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From: rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
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Subject: Re: UI idea...comments, anyone?
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Date: 15 Jun 91 10:11:34 GMT
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In article <676362343.2@egsgate.FidoNet.Org> Varun.Mitroo@f98.n250.z1.FidoNet.Org (Varun Mitroo) writes:
#Seems like there are a couple of ways of making the unix shell more
#integrated
#with the Workspace.  The first way would be to have the shell become part of
#the Workspace app and have a shell associated with every file viewer.
#Something similar to how Improv hides all the rules for a worksheet would be
#a nice way to do it.
#
#The second way would be to make a new version of the Terminal app that has a
#mini browser associated with every shell window (maybe attached to the top of
#the shell).  You could either type "cd <directory#" in the shell or do it
#from
#the browser.  Maybe this could also have a definable set of buttons along the
#top margin of the window (similar to the shelf on File Viewers) that
#contained

How about adding a Service to Stuart/Terminal that cd's to a
selection?
Of course that implies that the Workspace manager has to provide the
path of the currently selected file in form of text. Or maybe a simple
copy/paste of the selected file would be enough.

Ronald

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