Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!maytag!water!ljdickey From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: P/D Command Driven OS? Message-ID: <2757@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 16 Nov 89 13:32:51 GMT References: <73839@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 56 In article <73839@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> 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 know that several have answered this, and most have mentioned GULAM, but I would like to add this: I like Gulam, because of its large set of built-in features, including these, which I think are its major assets: MicroEmacs, terminal emulator, command line editing, xmodem file transfer, and shell scripts. The shell scripts are quite like the cshell I use on the VAX at the office, and so, for quite a few things, the commmand set is the same. Where there are differences, I feel that I have the control, through the use of shell scripts, to make them enough alike that I feel comfortable and productive in both places. Those who know UNIX will recognise some commands in the list below, which I see when I press the HELP key. =============================================================================== beta-test version 1.03.04.05 121887 of yet another shell for AtariST/TOS (non-profit redistribution is permitted) /gulam. Copyright = 1987 pm@cwru.edu 62 built-in commands: alias dm endwhile help more printenv set ue cat dirc exit history mson pushd setenv unalias cd dirs fg if msoff pwd source unset chmod echo fgrep kb mv rehash sx unsetenv copy egrep foreach lpr peekw ren te which cp ef format ls pokew rm teexit while date endfor gem mem popd rmdir time df endif grep mkdir print rx touch =============================================================================== In addition to the things here, there have been a few things distributed over the net that I behave much like UNIX commands I like. An example of one of these is LV, and later STEVIE, which are much like "vi" . I am not sure that UNIX is the best operating system, but I does have some very nice advantages. The fact that GULAM has the same set of commands means a lot to me. -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@water.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu