Re: LZ: here is an Idea.....
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list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org wrote:
>
> >> I have bean thinking of re-writeing zshell (and hopefully fargos shell
> >> program when it comes out ) to look like csh. ie: unix. This not only
> will
> >> look really cool, it will have advantages over the zhell menu... just
> a
> >> thought...
> >
> >
> >This sounds like a great idea, although I agree with the rest of the
> >list about typing in names of programs. But I have an idea that might
> >be usefull for calcs with the RAM expander. Since the RAM expander can
> >hold litteraly hundreds of programs, we have to figure out a better way
> >of managing files. How about a hierartical (spell?) OS halfway between
> >DOS and Mac. You could use the arrows to scroll through folders and
> >files in one level of hierarchy and then press enter at a folder to go
> >into a deeper level. Text based but arrow oriented (sound good?). And
> >since it would be a more advanced OS it could include a basic library of
>
> >functions that are now commonly used in ZS programs (ie. Sound rutines,
> >sprite ruitines, maybe more support for different I/O devices like the
> >RAM Expander) stuff that would cut down on the size of ZS programs.
> >Then compatability? Make a ZS (normal ZS) program that would add in
> >those calls into the program so normal ZS could handle it. This would
> >take some work, but it would be really cool!
> >
> >What do you think?
>
> Anybody out there remember XTree? What about stealing the interface from
> that and using that instead of the arrow-keyboard hybrid?
>
> Jason "Thursday" Wenger
> jwenger@juno.com
> Illegitimi no carborundum
Lets just make a command line interface so stuff could be organized into
directories (/games, /util, /tibasic) and have a direcory called /timem
or whatever which shows everything in the calc's mem so that you could
just type cp /games/breakout /timem and it would store it in the calcs
memory. The only problem I can see is what do we store it as? string,
program, etc. Maybe if we named stuff like breakout.string or
blah.program, it would automatically copy as string or program, but if
nothing was specified, it would get copied as a string (the most
versatile data type)
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