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#: 19310 S9/Utilities
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11-Nov-93 10:07:34
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Sb: #19105-AR
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Fm: Lee Veal 74726,1752
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To: Carl Kreider 71076,76
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Carl,
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Keith Alphonso had some sort of a problem with Shell+ when he tried to run his
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HDTree program (as I recall), so he supplied instructions on how to allow Shell
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and Shell+ to co-exist.
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As I recall he made a copy of the original shell in an unpacked form, then used
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ded or some other utility to change the name in the header to "shelp" which
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matched the name that he'd copied shell to. When he need to run his HDTree (or
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whatever program had the problem with SHELL+), he'd start "SHELP" in a window
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instead of "Shell"(+).
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It's been a long time since I saw the demo that he was doing, back at one of
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the Chicago Rainbowfests, but I remember doing a "PROCS" and seeing that both
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SHELL and SHELP were in the task list. I asked what "SHELP" was and he then
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explained about his program's problem with shell+. It could be that he
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internally called SHELP and passed stuff to it, it's been along time since I
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got the explanation.
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Lee
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p.s. How are you and Debra doing?
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LV
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#: 19311 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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11-Nov-93 10:27:45
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Sb: #19262-#Shell+V2.1 fix
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Fm: Ron Lammardo 75706,336
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To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X)
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Bill, So I have the dilemma.....do I take the currently unsupported stuff out
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of Shell+...or wait for the other stuff to come out? In fact will it come out?
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Have the other features been offically (or unofficially) dropped, never to be
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seen again? As a point of interest.....have you realized that the 5 year time
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restraint has passed?
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Ron
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There are 2 Replies.
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#: 19316 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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12-Nov-93 07:40:33
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Sb: #19311-Shell+V2.1 fix
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Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523
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To: Ron Lammardo 75706,336
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Ron,
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I don't know what the status of the other features is at this point. I had
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either forgotten about the 5 year limit, or never knew about it. I looked for
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my copy of the agreement, but didn't find it, although I didn't look all that
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hard. Kevin has all of it, and he was the one that set the whole thing up, so I
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guess its up to him. The new new improved Users Group is trying to persuade
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Microware to release the source to 6809 OS9 to them. I'm sure they would be
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interested in getting their hands on the LII upgrade, too.
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If I were you, I'd wait a bit to see what happens. If nothing looks like its
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going to happen, release a version without the new stuff. You can always
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release the new stuff if/when the rest of the upgrade appears. You could also
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talk to whoever wrote the stuff you need, didn't Chris Burke do all the data
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module code? But then it might need other parts of the upgrade to function. I
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need to dust off that set of utilities I started working on that take advantage
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of the Shell+ 3.0 features.
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-Bill-
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#: 19317 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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12-Nov-93 17:33:42
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Sb: #19311-#Shell+V2.1 fix
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Fm: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762
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To: Ron Lammardo 75706,336
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I'm not sure exactly what new features Shell+ will gain if you go ahead, but I
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can tell you one or two I would dearly love to have (both of which, I am
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reluctant to say, are standard in MSDOS' shell). First, the ability to pass
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parameters to a script file by including them on the command line. This would
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allow script files to look just like programs, and would allow programs with
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complex parameters to be called via a simple script. For example, using the
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script file called "print" which contains
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vpt %1 -e -i=vpt..dwp -o=/p1
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could be used to print a file by simply typing
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print myfile
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and "myfile" would automatically be passed to %1 without the need for a var.1
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command.
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Second, expanded wild card handling. With MSDOS shell, for example, I can do
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something like:
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rename *.prn *.txt
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to rename all matching files in a directory. I really miss this in OS9.
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Whaddya think?
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Ian
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 19320 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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13-Nov-93 05:00:41
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Sb: #19317-Shell+V2.1 fix
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Fm: Ken Flanagan 75460,2514
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To: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762
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There is a utility available called ren that will rename files that way. It
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has it's own wildcard handling, so you'll have to put the ":" in front of the
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command line. It's sort of like a batch program though as it calls the rename
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command (or at least appears to).
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#: 19318 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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12-Nov-93 23:24:53
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Sb: #19305-thanks
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Fm: Michele Dalene 72652,2765
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To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X)
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Probally the reason. oh well
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Incidently you do not know if there is any programs for the Coco other
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than STERM that uses the TERMCAP LIBRAIRY of the sterm package do you?
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Michele Dalene
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#: 19319 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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12-Nov-93 23:31:38
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Sb: Termcap stuff for 6809
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Fm: Michele Dalene 72652,2765
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To: [F] all
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Dear sir:
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I am looking for a program that goes with the Mark Griffith C Termcap
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Librairy called Setterm which configures the /dd/sys/ttype file have you seen
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this program around? I did not check my orignal archive but I think I
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downloaded it from either a BBS or DElphi so I thought I would ask if you have
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seen it or maybe you know of who has this ditty?
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I also am looking for a copy of SLED (NOT SCRED!!!!) that is compiled for
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Termcaps? Aparently the oldie I have could be compiled but everytime I try I
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get nasty Syntax errors during C.pass2 so I gave up on the program. I want the
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finished 6809 Object code!! I also would die for any disk editors that are
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Termcap based instead of getting Nasty with DED and MODPATCHING the whole
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monster for a specific terminal type and get stuck with a DED verson for the
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Coco or my VT100 compatible terminal (A Visual 100 brick :))
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Please respond ASASP with some input. Also I did download when it was here
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a tiny ditty calleld Tcap.ar which allows termcap I/O from the command line
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but... it uses NAMED PIPES in OS9 Level 2 and I have yet to decide a good
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substitute for this lacking feature. Does anyone have shareware pipes?
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Michele Dalene
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#: 19314 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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12-Nov-93 03:05:28
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Sb: #19291-Screen program for OSK
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Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Bob,
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Haven't had time to try your version of screens yet.
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Ed
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#: 19313 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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12-Nov-93 03:05:02
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Sb: #19288-Screen program for OSK
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Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
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To: robert brose 72067,3021
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Bob,
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Do you have the current email address for Peter? With some changes he's
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made, the addresses I have aren't any good.
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Ed
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#: 19309 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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11-Nov-93 02:49:02
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Sb: #19303-Sculptor Problem
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Fm: Bob Taylor 73270,3124
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To: Frank Hoffman 72733,3655
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Frank,
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>I've written a lot for 1.14:6 and still have good original disks. I
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>don't know if that is a help to you or not.
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I'm thinking there is a bug in 1.14:5 somehow related to VT100's clear screen
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home cursor escape sequences. If there is a vdu file for the VT100 for this
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version I would be interested in seeing it.
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Thanks,
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Bob
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