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- Documentation for "CSHELL.PRG"
- ShareWare by E.E. Aycock
-
- I wrote "CSHELL.PRG" so that those of us who want to use GEM with
- DRI's ALCYON "C" package could. It is a shell that will allow the use of
- MicroEmacs, a batch program and a command processor in one nice little
- GEM interface.
-
- First make sure the files "ME.TTP", "BATCH.TTP" (or a good substitute)
- and "COMMAND.TOS" (if you use it) are on the DEFAULT drive (the drive you
- run "CSHELL.PRG" from). Then run "CSHELL.PRG". As far as making choices
- it's pretty straight forward. You just pick a menu item, select a file,
- and then it will run the program and pass the name of the file to work with
- along to the editor or batch program and run it. A slight deviation is with
- the "Command Line Window" option. When you select it from the menu you will
- get a file-selector box. You don't have to pick a file! Just click in the
- "OK" box and the file "COMMAND.TOS" will be loaded. If you change your mind
- click "CANCEL". To run a program from the shell choose either of the two
- types; "Run a GEM Program" or "Run a TOS Program". Make sure of the type of
- file BEFORE you run it! If you run a GEM file with the "Run a TOS Program"
- item YOU WILL HAVE NO MOUSE!!
-
- This program is best used with a large capacity system (i.e. Hard Drive).
- It is not very useful if you just have a floppy based system or a RamDisk
- since they aren't big enough to hold all your compiler, linker, editor, batch
- and source files, not to mention the shell itself or the command program. If
- used with a Hard Drive it is WONDERFUL!
-
- Strange Things:
-
- 1) It seems that if you run a program from within the shell and that program
- exits in some way unknown to me, you'll get strange mixtures of the
- Alpha(text) and GEM screens. Most of the programs that I have run from it
- work fine. I feel that some persons aren't cleaning up correctly before
- they exit their applications (Most of the "bad" ones were written in
- PASCAL).
-
- 2) Can't think of anything else! I put it through the ringer trying to find
- bugs but couldn't. If you run across any PLEASE leave me a message on
- DELPHI in the ANALOG/ATARI sig. My handle is "JOEST".
-
-
- P.S. You can probably tell I'm one of those guys who just LOVE GEM!!
-
-
- Thanks and Enjoy,
-
- E.E. Aycock
-