Re: [Condor-users] any submit file generators

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 5, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Ryan Lewis wrote:

> I do the same thing, but the idea here is let them get an account and
> be on there own until they ask for help.
>
> I don't understand why there isn't a a pre-existing project (maybe on
> sourceforge) for such a file generator.... Maybe we could start one?
> It seems like the basics have been covered by simple web forms, I
> think a proper AJAX based system could be constructed with the help of
> others...
I think part of the problem is that submit files are so application  
specific.  If you have a particular application in mind, it's not hard  
to write a script that will plug in the right input and output files,  
etc., but for more general use and more complex jobs the files quickly  
get different enough that you'd have to already understand the file  
syntax to know what to put into the web form.
I prefer to have my users get used to writing their own submit files  
for their early, simple jobs, so they have something to build from  
when they want to do more complicated stuff later.
That's just my opinion, though.  If you've got a good vision for how  
you want your system to work, I don't want to discourage you from  
pursuing it.
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David Brodbeck
System Administrator, Linguistics
University of Washington