GSoc: Scriptable Configuration

[Matt Shanks]

Hello all,

Am quite keen to get involved with Wine for GSoC - specifically the project
titled "Scriptable Configuration http://wiki.winehq.org/SummerOfCode"

Having spoken briefly to Lei, he essentially said that the more features
added to the reg.exe in Wine, the better.

I looked up what the Windows version does, and it seems like a pretty solid
list of features to aim for;

- add               Adds a new subkey or entry into the registry
- delete           Deletes a subkey or entries from the registry
- query            Displays the data in a subkey or a value
- compare       Compares specified registry subkeys or entries
- copy             Copy a subkey to another subkey
- Save             Saves a copy of specified subkeys, entries, and values of
the registry in hive (binary) format-- could be changed to save as
plaintext/flatfile format
- Load             Load a key values
etc

(Source http://commandwindows.com/reg.htm)

An apparent missing feature seems to be editing an existing key value

Also, for the command line tools for wine, beyond uninstallation and
windows-version calls, (from Console
Configurationhttp://wiki.winehq.org/ConsoleConfiguration)
are there any other particularly desirable features?

Any input/comments from anyone is much appreciated,

Kind regards,

Matt Shanks
('napi' on IRC)

[Maarten Lankhorst]

Hello Matt,

2008/3/24, Matt Shanks :
> Am quite keen to get involved with Wine for GSoC - specifically the project
> titled "Scriptable Configuration"

We have about 2 or 3 others also willing to do that project. I think
you would have a better chance of doing something like the print
dialog or one of the rich editor projects. They are good projects with
a known boundary.
> Having spoken briefly to Lei, he essentially said that the more features
> added to the reg.exe in Wine, the better.
>
> I looked up what the Windows version does, and it seems like a pretty solid
> list of features to aim for;

True, however most of them seem to map onto an existing advapi call,
so I'm not sure if it's that much work to implement.
> An apparent missing feature seems to be editing an existing key value
>
> Also, for the command line tools for wine, beyond uninstallation and
> windows-version calls, (from Console Configuration) are there any other
> particularly desirable features?

See above, you'll have more chance of being accepted by choosing
another project idea. Good luck!

Cheers,
Maarten