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Subject: Re: More 1.4 whishes
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Date: 28 Feb 89 17:44:36 GMT
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In article <5442@abo.fi> rosenbergr@abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg, Computer Science, ]bo Akademi) writes:
>Maybe now is the time to say what I want in 1.4 instead of asking why the
>things aren't there when it comes.
>
Me too.

Make programs resident *automatically* if their pure bit is set.
Then purge them, as is done with other things, automatically when memory
is low. This should work from CLI, SHELL, WORKBENCH or anyprogram
that uses LoadSeg or Execute. 
You should have the option of locking a program in memory so it 
will not be purged, but in general there should be no need to 
worry about which programs to residentize.

Make the NewShell and *real* shell with actual built in commands
for shell scripting; even messydos does this. I suppose
this would not be too necessary if an AREXX like thing is supplied.

Make the workbench programmable with WorkBench Scripts. YOu could
make a command file to automatically open disks, drawers, programs.
If there was a record option then WorkBench could write the 
script itself. None of this should depend on absolute coordinates
on the sceen or in a window; it would all have to be done by
filenames and such. Obviously I have not worked out the
details for this idea.