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From: steve@thelake.UUCP (Steve Yelvington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: P/D Command Driven OS?
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Date: 11 Nov 89 07:01:50 GMT
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In article <73839@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>,
     thamer@rose.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mustafa Thamer) writes ... 

>Although the ST DEsktop has its mouse-based advantages, I'm really starting
>to miss the MSDOS/UNIX type abilities to just type CD somewhere or 
>run a program anywhere by typing its name or path, or the advantages
>of simple batch files.  I'm getting real tired of clicking my way through the
>7 partitions of my 85 meg drive to get to the directory I want just to run
>a program.
>	Anyone know of a command driven TOS interpreter ala MSDOS that's
>public domain.  If not, I'm about to write one.  

There are probably a dozen or more free or shareware command shells for
the ST. The most well-known is gulam, which uses a Unix-like command set
and includes a built-in version of MicroEMACS and a communications
terminal. I currently use John Stanley's jShell (it's small and has a nice
uEMACS-style command-line editing facility).

Others I have used include David Parsons' tsh (Teeny Shell), a Korn
Shell-like interpreter with a very powerful scripting facility, and
PCommand, which is very much like the MS-DOS COMMAND.COM interpreter. 

There are several commercial alternatives, too, including the msh program
that comes with Mark Williams' C compiler, and Dave Beckemeyer's Micro C
Shell and Multitasking C Shell (the latter for use with Micro RTX).

With many of these interpreters, you can create a batch file (shell
script), install the interpreter as a .TTP application (using the GEM
Desktop's "Install Application" menu), and run the batch file from the
desktop simply by clicking on it.

You don't have to use a command-line environment to avoid having to click
your way through 85mb of folders, though. Neodesk, a replacement for the
built-in GEM Desktop, lets you drag program icons out on the desktop where
you can reach them without having to dig into folders. And, incidentally,
you can design your own icons for the programs. Another program, Hotwire,
lets you define alt-key combinations to launch programs.
   -- Steve Yelvington, up at the lake in Minnesota        
  ... pwcs.StPaul.GOV!stag!thelake!steve             (UUCP)