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From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Does a Mac command-line file interface exist?
Message-ID: <10150@claris.com>
Date: 15 May 89 01:13:05 GMT
References: <8410@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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From article <8410@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, by bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Scott Kendig):
> My roommate has an Amiga, and its user interface has imppressed me for a long
> time.  It has a Workbench very similar to the Mac's Finder, but he can at any
> time create a CLI - a command line interface, which is a resizeable, moveable
> window into which he can type Unix commands to move around in the directory
> hierarchy, list directories, print files, run programs, and do all sorts of
> other things you normally see on a Unix system.  Thus his machine is not
> totally dependent on a graphic interface; he can accomplish the same things
> by either pointing-and-clicking or typing.  Both approaches have their
> advantages.
> 
> I realized the other day that the Mac might benefit from this kind of dual
> interface.  Does any sort of CLI exist for the Mac?  I don't see that it would
> be terribly difficult to make a DA (or perhaps an application to run under
> Multifinder) that could parse typed commands and relay them on to the file
> handler, so I'd be surprised if this sort of thing had not been tried before.
> 
> Trouble is, I can't find any examples of it.  Could someone point me in the
> right direction - show me where to find such a program as I seek, send me one,
> or send me code which might help me create my own CLI interface program?
> 
> I'd appreciate any help anyone might be able to offer!
> 
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There is not one in the standard system, however, the Macintosh Programmer's
Workshop has a very good command-line-graphics combination.  Unfortuantely,
it's reall expensive if you aren't developing software (and even if you are).


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