I think there are a lot of potential changes that could make roslaunch easier to user. Maybe we should setup a SIG to discuss these things, even if it is too late to do so for Groovy. -Dan On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Cedric Pradalier < cedric.pradalier@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > If we discuss roslaunch extension, one very important thing would be to > add dependencies, i.e. launch prog X once Y is running... > I know this raises all kind of complicated issues especially when > respawning but it would avoid developing the corresponding logic in each > node. > > Regards > > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Bill Morris wrote: > >> Does anyone have any opinions on extending the roslaunch and its XML >> format? >> >> I would like to propose modifications to the tag by adding a >> 'name' and 'description' attributes or elements. Icon information might >> also be nice as well, but isn't really as important. These will help >> make it easier to figure out what your launch files do in a way that is >> machine readable for other applications. >> >> For example, one idea is to be able to double click on a launch file >> have it start without a terminal, then it could call libnotify with the >> name and description of the launch file that was started. >> >> This would provide helpful feedback to the user as some launch files >> take a while to actually start. >> >> One issue I see is that libnotify/dbus seem designed to work on the >> local machine and multi master will probably fail. One fix for this >> might be to have roslaunch broadcast the Name and Description of each >> launch file it starts on a topic. Another node could then bridge this >> topic to libnotify. >> >> tl;dr >> launch file as a desktop icon, click it, too long to start. >> What is the easiest way to fix? >> >> -- >> Bill Morris >> I Heart Engineering >> http://www.iheartengineering.com >> <3 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> > > > > -- > Cedric Pradalier > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >