Warp wrote:

>   That seems to be a problem with Windows: It simply doesn't invite you
> to do things by scripting.

I guess that's because it's "designed for novicies".

On the other hand, just about every tool in MS Office comes with VBA. 
It's just that Windows itself doesn't really invite you to script it.

>   I have been a regular Windows user for over 10 years, yet I don't have
> the slightest idea about vbscripts nor even how you could even run them.
> Can you run them directly? Do you need some kind of interpreter for it?
> Does Windows support them by default, or do you need to install something?
> I really don't have the slightest idea. I don't even know where to start.

The DOS scripts I usually write work regardless. (*.bat, or *.cmd for NT 
or later.) As I understand it, to run exotic languages like VBScript or 
JavaScript, you need the Windows Script Host (WSH). This is an optional 
extra for NT 4.0, but comes with XP (and, presumably, later). I did have 
a look at using JavaScript in this capacity, but I couldn't find any 
documentation anywhere.

>   I have also been a regular Unix user for over 10 years, and I'm somewhat
> fluent in shell scripting. I'm in fact so used to it, that I find a terminal
> emulator much more comfortable for browsing and handling files than a
> graphical file browser (even though all linux distros have both).

I find a GUI to be a superior way of *viewing* files (in general), but 
the CLI can be a superior way of *working on* files. From a command 
prompt, I can easily say "del *.png", but no GUI I've ever seen offers 
similar functionallity.

Sometimes I fantasise about writing my own file manager. It's right up 
there next to my various other unfinished projects. :-/

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