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Sending SKILL commands to a running instance of ICFB

gsimard

Hi all !

 

 I was wondering if it would be possible to send SKILL instructions to a running instance of ICFB, just as if I was typing them in the console of the ICFB, but from an external process. The idea is to use my favorite editor (emacs) and being able to interact with the ICFB process (sending code, retrieving replies, in the best scenario).

 

Thank you for any advice !

Guillaume

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  •  Thank you both !

     

    As usual your replies are most useful. I may actually go with a slightly different solution now that your hints enlightned me.. right now both machines (the one running emacs and the one running icfb) are actually the same one, so I will use two Linux FIFOs to create a bidirectional communication channel between the pair. This will allow me to use normal file reading and writing functions for communication. Also this will solve the security issue of opening a socket to the world, it's a bit of a backdoor :) I'm not really concerned that someone would really happen to know how to hack me through this, but the FIFOs' permission will prevent this.

    To Andrew: Maybe someday I'll come up with my own emacs mode for skill, if that's so I'll release the source code ;)

     

    Guillaume

     

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  •  Thank you both !

     

    As usual your replies are most useful. I may actually go with a slightly different solution now that your hints enlightned me.. right now both machines (the one running emacs and the one running icfb) are actually the same one, so I will use two Linux FIFOs to create a bidirectional communication channel between the pair. This will allow me to use normal file reading and writing functions for communication. Also this will solve the security issue of opening a socket to the world, it's a bit of a backdoor :) I'm not really concerned that someone would really happen to know how to hack me through this, but the FIFOs' permission will prevent this.

    To Andrew: Maybe someday I'll come up with my own emacs mode for skill, if that's so I'll release the source code ;)

     

    Guillaume

     

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