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- From: rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosenkranz)
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- Subject: Re: ger2en19.lzh
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 23:57:24 GMT
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- In article <2A6D2781.25491@noiro.acs.uci.edu> jvance@maxwell.oac.uci.edu (Joachim Vance) writes:
- >But I would ask again that ZOO add an option similar to the one in Lha v1.00:
- >
- > w=<dir> specify extract directory
- >
- > Doesn't seem too big of a request, and it would make ZOO that much
- >better and easier for many users.
-
- this is a reasonable request. i suggest that if anyone does attempt this,
- that they:
-
- 1) #ifdef the changes to the original source code so it can be
- easily recompiled without this feature. try and use "standard"
- library calls like chdir(2) rather than GEMDOS Dsetpath. you
- will find it more easily accepted if done this way (MS-DOS C
- compilers, unix, ST GNU C, and other systems all have a chdir
- function, hence it is more portable).
- 2) write it in C :-)
- 3) mail the changes to rahul dhesi (the zoo author) for consideration
- in future zoo releases.
- 4) keep the UI consistent with zoo conventions, both novice and expert
- modes. novice might be something like: zoo -ext -dir <dir> <arch>.
- i am not sure about expert mode since it should work from the
- desktop to be most effective. then again, it might be reasonable
- to assume that novice mode is more prevelant among desktop users
- (tho i myself use -ext more often than the "x" commands even from
- a CLI and i suspect others do, too). remember that the desktop
- is case insensitive in the .ttp dialog and i believe converts
- everything to upper case.
-
- this would also be useful on any system, not just the ST. thanks for the idea.
-
- -bill
- rosenkra@convex.com
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