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From: cms@vlsvax1.UUCP (Chuck M. Sweeney)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Micro C-Shell Info Request
Message-ID: <202@vlsvax1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 12:40:23 EDT
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In article <93@uwmacc.UUCP> demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
>A question for the house:
>
>I am considering purchasing Micro C-Shell from David Beckemeyer Development
>Tools in Oakland. Can anyone fill me in on this product a little bit more 
>than the article in START magazine did? (Has anyone out there even
>used it?)
>
>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?
>
>Any other information would be appreciated. 
>

I have been using Micro C-Shell since last November.  To answer the
questions quickly; 1) It reads a login.sh file on start-up in which
you can set environment parameters, call other .sh files or programs
and so on.  2)  It runs batch files (read shell scripts) just like
executable programs as long as they are in the path. 3) It does not
allow access to the desk accessories (which has become a pain since
I installed the "MacroManager" accessory from Blue Moon Software
-neat, but that's another topic).

Micro C-Shell is a terifically handy product for me.  Most commonly,
I run it out of a ram disk (which avoids the only irritant to me, that
it accessess the drive for program reads often if the programs/utilities
don't live in a ram disk).  You can configure an environment pretty
much any way you want, with .tos or .ttp programs in a bin directory
or other directory in the user path which is an enivronment variable.
It works so much like csh on 4.2BSD that I have the same aliases and
(most) environment variables the same as I do at work (VAX/4.2) and
do not have to worry about remembering different key sequences or
commands.  If you couldn't guess, I like it a *lot*.  Also, late word
from the author is that he is releasing the C-Shell with a multi-tasking
operating system and a bunch of new features.  I expect to be getting
this, so stay tuned to this channel for a review.

Sweeney
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