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Article #6697Re: PIPEs
From: Joe Porkka
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 15:56
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 15:56
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ked01@ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes: >IMO, *everything* in the user/machine interface should be programmable. This >includes choice of wildcards and other "special symbols", as well as aliases, >keymaps, pagers, shells, etc, etc, etc. >/kim This is great in principle, but it makes it harder to share (or include with applications) things like scripts, since the script can't depend on wildcards, or command syntax. Supposedly with DOS 2.0, you can make replacement shells easier - so to customize things just use the shell of your choice. It is important though to be able to depend on AmigaShell to exist and stuff like wildcards to be the "standard" way.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!ukma!psuvax1!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!convex.cl.msu.edu!jap From: jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: PIPEs Message-ID: <1990Nov16.155654.12075@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 16 Nov 90 15:56:54 GMT References: <2201@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <1990Nov10.231801.29933@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> <7f7R02Sr038b01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 17