Hi, I'm pleased to announce the preview version of ZShellScripts v0.1 ZShellScripts is currently distributed under the GNU GPL, but I may change the license if sufficient interest in this product is reported... Download ZShellScripts v0.1 from : http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/ZShellScripts-0.1.tar.gz What is The Grand Unification Theory ??? The Grand Unification Theory : ------------------------------ Why would Zope only support Python Scripts ? Install ZShellScripts instead. This will allow you to add your own languages interpreters, and even define your own language syntax. Here's how : 1 - Create a Shell instance somewhere. Three types of Shell instances are currently provided : * Shell (Python) -- Can execute standard Zope Python Scripts. Code was unashamedly borrowed from Zope 2.5.1, then was re-ordered and factorized, so please report any problem. * Shell (Unix) -- Can execute Unix commands as the user Zope is run as. Variables like context, container, and so on are available as standard environment variables, but will contain the URL to the object instead of its value. This allows your shell script to talk back to Zope using wget for example ! * Shell (Zope) -- Can (*will soon*) execute Zope ZShell commands. This part is currently not working but be sure you'll get it soon !!! Shell (Python) and Shell (Unix) work as expected, as far as I have tested. 2 - Create a "Script (ZShell)" instance, and put the path to your Shell instance on its first line in the usual Unix shell scripts way : #! /path/to/myshell 3 - Put content in your "Script (ZShell)" instance, for example put Python code in it if the shell you use is an instance of "Shell (Python)", or Unix shell commands if it is an instance of "Shell (Unix)", and so on... 4 - Run your "Script (ZShell)" instance as usual, as if it was a standard Zope Python Script for example. Launching your instance, will in fact delegate the code execution to the Shell instance which path you specified on the first line of your "Script (ZShell)" instance. 5 - Enjoy ! 6 - Profit ! (ok, this one comes directly from SlashDot) 7 - Use ShellUnix.py, ShellPython.py, and ShellZope.py as examples to create your own Shell class. ZShellScripts don't need to change. Any comment, bug report or help is **very** welcome. NB : It's only a 0.1 version. Jerome Alet - alet@librelogiciel.com