[ros-users] rosmsg and rossrv prototype

[Wim Meeussen]

+1

I usually end up writing a python script with a publisher because I
can't remember the rostopic pub yaml syntax.

Wim


On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Benjamin Cohen <bencohen2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1
>
> I always forget that syntax.... especially when using vectors.
>
> -ben
>
> On Nov 1, 2011 11:21 AM, "Jack O'Quin" <jack.oquin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Thibault Kruse <kruset at in.tum.de> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > When using rostopic pub or rosservice call I often find it difficult to
>> > get
>> > the YAML right quickly, and a bit tedious as well.
>> >
>> > I therefore implemented a function for
>> > $ rosmsg prototype
>> > $ rossrv prototype
>> >
>> > that work similar to rosmsg show and rossrv show, except that yaml is
>> > returned that can be used for rostopic pub / rosservice call.
>>
>> > Examples:
>> > $ rosmsg prototype sensor_msgs/PointCloud
>> > "{channels: [{name: '', values: []}], header: {frame_id: '', seq: 0,
>> > stamp:
>> > {nsecs: 0,\
>> >      secs: 0}}, points: [{x: 0.0, y: 0.0, z: 0.0}]}"
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I find "rostopic pub" commands difficult to type by hand on the fly,
>> which is when they are most useful.
>> --
>>  joq
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