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From: nik@st_nik!swindon.ingr.com (Nik Simpson x4333)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,connect.audit
Subject: Re: Object Oriented Shell
Keywords: visual, windows, ksh
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.170257.25274@st_nik!swindon.ingr.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 17:02:57 GMT
References: <1991Jan29.173315.6399@ibmpcug.co.uk>
Organization: Intergraph UK Ltd. (swindon)
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In article <1991Jan29.173315.6399@ibmpcug.co.uk> bill@ibmpcug.co.uk (Bill Birch) writes:
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>		Bill Birch's Object-Oriented Shell (oosh)
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>			2 November 1990
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	I think it is worth mentioning that there is at least one commercial
product that has very similar capabilities to this,  the product is
Looking Glass from VISIX,  I daresay the X.Desktop from IXI also provides
similar functionality.
	The description of how your "classes" would work could be describing
the file typing language of Looking Glass.
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