Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: REXX command standards Message-ID: Date: 17 Nov 90 04:07:28 GMT References: <3800@mindlink.UUCP> <1990Nov14.033931.12883@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 38 mwm@raven.relay.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: >The other thing you have to do before starting on a standard is >design the command set. Just throwing stuff in as needed is a good >way to create problems. The above set looks like it's in that >category. Ever see MFF+ (MicroFiche Filer +) I don't have the Manual handy but the Arexx commands are Annoying "Named" here are a few top'o my head suggestions to help smooth out commands/ports Have the port name in Lowercase letters. use all lowercase. (I spent an Hour figering oou why somthing wasen't working , Aress was upper casing the portname and i needed to ad some ' marks) Give Nice names to the commands but avoid LONG command names. Mff+ is a good bad example of this. To get WB to front (I think this is right) the command is . "MFF+_to_Back" . (Descripitive but annoying) All the other commands are equally weird. the Case is Mixed also, which has caused problems. (MFF uses a Weird way of Macros which are rexx scripts in single quotes and commands.mff which are normal rexx stuff. Well Just my .02$, CED2.0 has a very nice rexx port. basicially every menu item can be asecced from REXX. by saying the name of the menu item, or the menu command, ie menu(1,2,3) will select the 3 subitem of the 2 item on the first menu. C-ya -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.