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From: eldorado@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (David D Jansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Davex
Message-ID: <8912062007.AA20278@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 6 Dec 89 20:07:06 GMT
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Keywords: Davex


>I am posting this for a friend of mine who is trying to use Davex.  I think he
>said his problem is something with the online help.  He says he gets a "file
>not found" problem.  I have looked at the docs and the I know about putting
>the file in the help directory.  We did that.  The file (I forget it's name)
>has a file type of 00.  Is that right?  He really can't use the program because
>the docs don't explain enough and of course the online help doesn't work so...

Yes, the INDEXED.HELP file is supposed to have filetype $00 (it'll have a
Real filetype in the next version), and it needs to go in a directory called
"help" -inside- whatever directory you're running Davex from.  (For example,
if the Davex application's path is /h1/davex/davex, your "%" directory is
/h1/davex, and your help directory is /h1/davex/help.)


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Well we did it but no go.  He loads Davex into his ram disk /expand so his
"%" is /expand/unix and his help directory is /expand/unix/help.  The help
file is index.help, size 102 blocks, type $00.  Now I am starting to get
interested in Davex.  It really could be configured to be like Unix.  Can
some of the commands be changed directly because cat in Unix lists a file
but in Applesoft it's a directory listing.  Davex has cat aliased as ls,
great!, but cat can't be used as a file listing.  What a catch 22!!!!
Add in file completion, a mini version of vi as an editor, and somehow
get the help working and I would make this THE shell of choice.
By the way this letter has taken me about 20 minutes to write because
I am in the process of learning the Dvorak keyboard.  Who was it who
said Dvorak was fast?  Boy are they wrong!!! :^)
At this rate I will never finish my program that is due tomorrow.  I think
I'm typing at about 50 baud.  What are words per minute? :^)

Dave Jansen (The Gilded One)
eldorado@en.ecn.purdue.edu

"I'm a self-made man who worships his creator"