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From: chabris_c@h-sc4.harvard.edu (chris chabris)
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Subject: Re: Micro C-Shell Info Request
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Date: Wed, 30-Jul-86 18:47:28 EDT
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In article <780@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> mqh@batcomputer.UUCP (Mike Hojnowski) writes:
>In article <93@uwmacc.UUCP> demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
>>
>>I am interested in knowing things like: 
>>	- does it allow access to .login or .cshrc files or
>>	  their equivalents?
>> 	- does it allow batch files?
>>	- does it allow access to the desk accessories?
>
>I have Micro C-Shell, and am quite pleased with it.  The true UN*X hack
>will find the shell to be missing a lot of niceties, but for the casual
>user like myself, it's more than adequate.  The Shell does have a login
>file called "login.sh", but nothing like a .cshrc that I've noticed.  
>Once you're in the shell, you've left the desktop behind though, as far
>as I know, you can't access the desk accessories easily.  

Beckemeyer himself recently reported on CompuServe that he is working on
support for desk accessories in a future version (the current is 2.62, I
believe).  By the way, the MT/C-Shell is completed and will be shipped
within days, according to his office.  Apparently they are finishing up
the documentation.  The multitasking capabilities will, among other things,
allow the use of well-behaved TOS programs from a remote system that has
vt52 emulation (no termcaps at first, he says -- sorry).  Sounds intriguing.

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