[pkg-wpa-devel] Another note on wpa_gui and the new configuration scheme

[Felix Homann]

On Saturday 15 April 2006 13:43, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> It doesn't have any (configuration) file handling at all! 

You can change the configuration file using wpa_gui. I would call that 
handling of the configuration file. Whatever it uses in the background to do 
that doesn't count to me. 

> It just 
> controls a running wpasupplicant instance. Everything which can be done
> with wpa_gui you can do with wpa_cli as well.

Please, tell me how to open the NetworkConfig form in wpa_cli. Tell me how to 
open the scan results window, etc. etc.

> wpasupplicant does the 
> handling of the configuration file.

Sure, would you even say that  vi cannot write a file because actually it's 
the kernel writing it on the disk?

>> Does network manager provide wpa_gui's functionality?
>
> It does even more.

I'll take a look at it.

>
> > BTW, looking through the source code I can't find anything indicating
> > that it is meant as an example only.
>
> It doesn't do anything else than submitting commands through he
> wpa_supplicant control interface.

That does make it an example? BTW, here's something else it does: It does 
provide a GUI.

Regards,

Felix