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From: disd@hubcap.clemson.edu (Gary Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Arp 1.3 OFFICIALLY released!
Message-ID: <5121@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 89 18:46:08 GMT
References: <6769@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <6769@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>, by aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell):
> I am just about to download it and give it a go, have read the README,
> as of right now, no .doc package is here (or finished according to the
> March 30, 1989 dated ReadMe) but it does sound VERY impressive, even
> down to an Install program that lets YOU choose WHERE and WHAT gets
> installed! and many other goodies that YOU ALL will get to see soon...

[Forgive the stream-of-consiousness.  Note that this is all from my
untrustworthy memory, so don't beat on me if get it wrong.]

It's neat!  The install program is just downright impressive.  This is
the way it should be.  I found it interesting that the install program,
was written using M2Sprint.  The ARP C: programs are characterisically
small, and fast.  The little bit that I've used them so far, they've
appeared to be compatable.  The '*' wildcard is still supported.  The 
Filerequester has been spruced up a bit, as far as its appearance is
concerned.  I haven't looked at it enough to see if its function has
changed.  I have no programmer stuff for ARP yet.

ASH, the ARP shell, looks intriguing.  It has a number of the more
common commands built in and its binary file is only about 8K (if I
remember right).  It appears to do all that the Amiga Shell does and a
little more.  It is almost "plug compatible" with Amiga Shell.  The
"hardest" part of the whole ARP installation was the one thing that the
install program wouldn't do for me.  That is, you need to remove the
line in your startup which residents the shell-seg.  I plugged ASH in,
without changing my shell-startup file, and I found one little
inconsistancy, which might be attributed to the hour of the morning and
the fact that I don't have complete docs.  The prompt command did not 
recognize the % sequence which displays the directory spec.  The aliases
in my shell-startup worked just fine.

Preliminary indications are that ARP 1.3 is a winner.  Professionalism
just drips from this package, and cheath et al. should be commended.


Gary



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Gary R Heffelfinger   -  disd@hubcap.clemson.edu   
"If it should become necessary to fight, could you arrange to find me
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