Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/15/00:54:52
On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > CTRL-J in PINE.
>
> Or add a verification: ARE YOU SURE! [Y/N]
And then after you type 'YES' out in full and hit enter, it asks
you to type in the volume label from C: in DOS for confirmation.
> > > We could call them something else, call them DLD, Dynamicly Loaded Driver.
> >
> > How about the extension ".Dynamically_Loaded_Driver_Module".
> > This would put an end to 8.3 forever! You could have for
> > example:
> >
> > IFSLOAD
> > C:\DOS\Installable_Filesystems
> \Extended_Filesystem_Number_2.Dynamically_Loaded_Driver_Module
> > MOUNT C: HDA3: /T=ext2
> >
> > Sorry, that one didn't quite fit on the screen.
> (you're excused)
>
> This _jams_!!, by utilizing the algorithm I proposed of using the first
> four characters of the first word in the filename, and secondary letters
> as needed to complete the filename, then using either the first three
> letters or the first letter of the first three words as the extension:
>
> Extended_Filesystem_Number_2.Dynamically_Loaded_Driver_Module
>
> becomes EXTEFN~2.DLD to a dos 8.3 program!
What if I allready have a file called EXTEFN~2.DLD in that
directory? I mean the chances are very small, however I could
simply create one just to prove my point. Then the algorithm
would break. A better method is the mangled name method that
DOSemu uses in LREDIR.
> > Sorry, that one didn't quite fit on the screen.
>
> Which does bring up an interesting rule for EFN's, keep them short enough
> to fit on the screen! ;)
>
> Hey! another maybe wish for OpenDOS, instead of regular line-wrapping,
> smart breaking at either '/' or '\'. Too much?
\ would be interpreted as a directory path, so if you said:
COPY FILE1.txt \
It would go to the next line and wait for you to type in more
instead of copying the file to the root dir.
/ would be interpreted as a switch character, so if you said:
COPY FILE.TXT .. /
It would complain that an invalid switch was present.
I believe that COMMAND.COM / 4DOS allready allow you to do what
you are suggesting by pressing a control character at the end of
a line. In plain ole COMMAND.COM without DOSKEY, I think that it
is the ESC character although it has been 5 or 6 years since I
remember.
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