Re: "Semantic" shell? (for lack of better name)

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Erich Schubert wrote: > I've thought about similar efforts, much were centered about having a > generic "command line syntax definition language". I don't know if formal grammars (BNF, etc.) would apply there. > Not every application can be squeezed into the input,

"Semantic" shell? (for lack of better name)

Hi all, I'd like to work on a method to search for packages based off of recognized input file formats and recognized output file formats of the contained program(s). Maybe by MIME-type (RFC 2046), such as: image/gif image/jpeg image/png image/tiff video/mp4 video/mpeg application/x-latex Here's