Re: A83: Re: Bugs in Sos v1.5

To: Joe Wingbermuehle <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: Re: A83: Re: Bugs in Sos v1.5
From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 18:43:37 +0100
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On 11-Oct-98, Joe Wingbermuehle wrote:

>>Yes, I know how to rename a program. But sos assumes that the program is
>>called prgmA, and THAT's the problem. The name A is NOT good as it'll
>appear
>>first in the prgm menu. What if a user writes a program that s/he wants to
>>have first in the prgm menu? With sos on the calculator that would be
>>impossible.

>SOS could care less what the name of the program is unless you're going to
>be running basic programs through it! If prgmA doesn't exist, it simply
>exits when you try to execute a basic program, no harm done!
>I never have the situation you suggest. I guess it could happen, but I wrote
>SOS to do what I wanted it to do, not this "user" you keep mentioning.

>>And I think sos/ashell should have a mechanism that depends on the User
>>choosing which programs should be displayed in the menu. There's really no
>>reason for not doing this, except perhaps that the shell coder is extremely
>>lazy, but that's not the case, is it?

>There is a reason for doing this, I think it's useless and it would take up
>memory. So guess what, I'm not going to do it!

>Joe Wingbermuehle
>http://www.usmo.com/~joewing/


Whatever. Let's end this discussion; you make programs for youself only,
whereas I make programs that others can use and enjoy aswell. Then ofcourse
we have different opinions.. =)

Linus

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Re: A83: Re: Bugs in Sos v1.5

From: "Joe Wingbermuehle" <joewing@usmo.com>