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/* readme - this is the readme file of the MlRxShl package 960222 */
MlRxShl provides tools which improve the command-line environment. But
it's NOT another cmd.exe replacement.
The following text describes how to install this package, and what
features it provides.
This package contains the following files:
cdir.cmd -- puts some colors in your directory listings.
cmdshl.cmd -- the command shell front end.
df.cmd -- an Unix-like DF command.
file_id.diz -- a short description used by BBS.
fl.cmd -- a filelist-like file manager.
fl.hlp -- the fl.cmd online help.
history.shl -- CMDSHL's changelog.
less.cmd -- a better more.
mlrxshl.inf -- the complete documentation.
popd.cmd -- a 'pop dir' command.
profile.fl -- a FL profile sample.
profile.shl -- a CMDSHL profile sample.
profile1.shl -- a commented version of PROFILE.SHL.
pushd.cmd -- a 'push dir' command.
query.cmd -- extracts various informations from %ETC%\connect.log
readme.shl -- this file!
rexxvio.dll -- the text-mode interface for REXX.
INSTALLATION:
=============
Put the *.cmd files somewhere along your PATH, fl.hlp somewhere
along your DPATH. If you like them, you can also put profile.*
somewhere along your DPATH, too.
Put rexxvio.dll somewhere along your LIBPATH.
That's all!
FEATURES:
=========
The three provided tools are completely independent.
less.cmd
--------
Less is (yet another) better more. This one can act as a filter or
as a command, allows horizontal and vertical scrolling, can locate
specific text strings, ..., and, most of all, has a much faster
display speed than more.exe.
And less.cmd is so small (less than 2Kb :-)...
fl.cmd
------
Fl is yet another character-mode file manager. It mimics the
features of FILELIST.
CmdShl
------
CmdShl is a command interpreter front-end. It provides improved
editing commands, alias, filename completion, ...
It can use cmd.exe, 4os2.exe or any other command interpreter which
provides a Rexx environment.
KNOWN BUGS/PROBLEMS:
====================
CMD.EXE has a strange Ctrl-break management. If you hit Ctrl-C or
Ctrl-break during the execution of an internal command, cmdshl will
be ended, too. And I don't know how to catch it...
Another trouble with CMD.EXE and REXX: When you close a window which
contains a running rexx program, this program will be ended, BUT the
window will NOT be closed. This is annoying especially while
shutdowning. ***> THIS BEHAVIOR NO LONGER OCCURS WITH WARP! <***
[A workaround of this behavior is to start cmdshell in it's own
window, by issuing a 'start cmdshl.cmd', or by creating a program
object which contains cmdshell.cmd as the Path/Filename. Doing this
removes the second bug, but, alas, if you interrupt a cmd.exe
internal command, your window will be closed... :( ]
ORIGINAL FILE_ID.DIZ:
=====================
MLRXSHL provides tools which improve the
command-line environment. It contains
CmdShl, a command interpreter front-end
(with aliases, filename completion, "live"
command checking, etc.), Fl, a filelist-like
text-mode file manager, Less, a better more,
and some other useful tools.
[FREEWARE, w/ source code. 960223 release.]
Author: Martin Lafaix (lafaix@ibm.net)
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Martin Lafaix
lafaix@ibm.net