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From: scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga's Worst Enemy
Message-ID: <141@l5comp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 23-May-87 19:41:32 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 23 19:41:32 1987
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Reply-To: scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner)
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Keywords: Developers programmers comercial software MCC EA DeluxePaint
Summary: Shell reply.

In article <1303@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> ross@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Ross Miller) writes:
>	I did try the shell for a bit, and I found that it did not
>deal well with some programs.  Unfortunantly I cannot remember what
>since it was so long ago.  I think it might have been one of
>the various Emacses that are floating around.
I've been using the shell since Dec 1986 and have NEVER had any trouble with
it's dealings with software. I had all sorts of trouble with the PD shells
though which is what drove me to shell out for the MCC shell. I've used several
of the microEmacs editors floating around with no trouble from the shell.
One major feature I like, that keeps it out of trouble, is that it doesn't try
to expand wild cards. I had no END of trouble using PD shells that expanded
wildcards. Seems there is alot of software out there that only eats one
argument and expects it to have wild cards in it for use on multiple files.
Other software eats ONLY one filename and then another param, like this prpage
program I use alot. It's syntax is 'prpage infile outfile'. Feed that a PD
shell wildcard expansion and you loose one of your files!!! Yeah, ICK!

Scott Turner

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