Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uwm.edu!lll-winken!aunro!ersys!mforget From: ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Michel Forget) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TOS Command Line Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 04:40:09 GMT References: Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada Lines: 25 steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) writes: > > Command lines can be up to 125 characters long. > > If you need to pass more information than that, there are three currently > used methods, of which one, XARG, is currently endorsed by Atari Corp. The > file EXARG.DOC in the Gemini distribution (see comp.binaries.atari.st) > will tell you all you need to know. There's some code in the samples > folder to show how it's done. Thanks for the information. I'll get the latest version of Gemini from atari.archives.umich.edu and see what happens. I am programming in Pascal, but C is close enough to convert back and forth. In the documentation I have, which doesn't seem to be too correct to begin with since the Pexec function they supply doesn't work at all, forces an 80 character limit on you. I'll see what the EXARG.DOC file says. Do I have to use Gemini to use the method of parameter passing? I use NeoDesk right now, and I'd like to keep using it. The last version of Gemini I saw was 1.1. Anyway, I'll take a look. Thanks. << ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca >> << or in the language that PEOPLE use >> << Michel Forget...:) >>