Xref: utzoo comp.unix.shell:1400 comp.unix.programmer:980 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!samsung!uunet!visix!ken@nsx From: ken@nsx (Ken Mayer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,connect.audit,visix.general Subject: Re: Object Oriented Shell Message-ID: <9102052028.AA23515@nsx.visix.com> Date: 5 Feb 91 20:28:47 GMT References: <1991Jan29.173315.6399@ibmpcug.co.uk> Sender: daemon@visix.com Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: <1991Feb4.170257.25274@st_nik!swindon.ingr.com> In article <1991Feb4.170257.25274@st_nik!swindon.ingr.com> you write: >In article <1991Jan29.173315.6399@ibmpcug.co.uk> bill@ibmpcug.co.uk (Bill Birch) writes: >> >> Bill Birch's Object-Oriented Shell (oosh) >> >> 2 November 1990 >> > 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. >-- >|--------------------------------------------------| >| Nik Simpson UUCP :uunet!ingr!swindon!st_nik!nik| >| Systems Consultant (UNIX). Intergraph UK Ltd. | >|--------------------------------------------------| -- Ken Mayer ken@visix.com Technical Support Engineer ...!uunet!visix!ken Visix Software Inc. 703.758.8230 echo $PITHY_QUOTE