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diff --git a/src/scripting.txt b/src/scripting.txt index 7242e73f..dd706165 100644 --- a/src/scripting.txt +++ b/src/scripting.txt @@ -11,15 +11,38 @@ only Jim Tcl has been forwarded as a patch. Tcl is also backwards syntax compatible with OpenOCD
commands.
+What scripting will not do
+==========================
+It is not the intention that normal OpenOCD users will
+use tcl scripting extensively, write lots of clever scripts,
+or contribute back to OpenOCD.
+
+The scripting support is intended for developers of OpenOCD.
+
+Target scripts can contain new procedures that end users may
+tinker to their needs without really understanding tcl.
+
+Since end users are not expected to mess with the scripting
+language, the choice of language is not terribly important
+to those same end users.
+
Uses of scripting
=================
-
Default implementation of procedures in tcl/procedures.tcl.
- Polymorphic commands for target scripts.
- - produce <file> <serialnumber>. Default implementation
+ - there will be added some commands in Tcl that the target
+ scripts can replace.
+ - produce <productionfile> <serialnumber>. Default implementation
is to ignore serial number and write a raw binary file
- to beginning of first flash.
+ to beginning of first flash. Target script can dictate
+ file format and structure of serialnumber. Tcl allows
+ an argument to consit of e.g. a list so the structure of
+ the serial number is not limited to a single string.
- reset handling. Precise control of how srst, trst &
- tms is handled and when.
-
\ No newline at end of file + tms is handled.
+- replace some parts of the current command line handler.
+ This is only to simplify the implementation of OpenOCD
+ and will have no externally visible consequences.
+ Tcl has an advantage in that it's syntax is backwards
+ compatible with the current OpenOCD syntax.
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