[openbeos] Re: Scripting (Shells)
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 11:15:46 +0200 (MEST)
En réponse à Mat Hounsell <mat_geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Ahh, Toasty. Why is it I always start a little fire ?!?
>
> [ui]
> A GUI is only a tool, it is not _the_ solution. I use a Command Line all
> the
> time. And there are many times I have telneted into other machines.
>
> So, no one knows how to determine if there is a GUI available. Should we
> add
> this to the interface kit? I would like to allow alert to display a
> text
> interface if there is no GUI. (I have written the replacement.)
>
> e.g.
> $>alert "Look an Alert Box!" Yes No ?Que?
> +------------------------------------------------+
> | o "Look an Alert Box!" |
> | | |
> | |_| +---------+--------+----------+
> | |1> Yes |2> No |3> ?Que? |
> +------------------------------------------------+
> Option? _
>
I begun once to write a text mode version...
anyway
>
> [csh]
> BeOS was created to throw away the legacy, correct? Maybe, but Be bent
> the
> rules on many occassions. Why did they include sh? Because people knew
> how to
> use it. Why in the world did they use the crappiest linking system
> devised?
Speaking of PEF I hope ?
In case it's elf... Are you kidding or what ?
did you ever tried to build Windows DLLs ???
Anyway I'm pretty sure AmigaOS invented the concept of shared libraries...
then M$ stole it (as always :))
> Because, people knew how to use it. So lets not preach from the pulpit
> on a
> shell. Yes csh has faults, but so does sh.
>
>
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