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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)
-
- --
- Martin Lafaix
- lafaix@ibm.net
-