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- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 94 00:24 CDT
- From: ekl@sdf.lonestar.org (Evan K. Langlois)
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Subject: Re: GEM-List
- Precedence: bulk
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- A C:\SYSTEM or C:\SYS folder is the best we can do. Recommend putting
- C:\CPX and C:\GEMSYS and C:\SPEEDO there and re-directing the
- appropriate pointers.
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- Here's the directory structure that I would recommend :
-
- C:\
- AUTO\
- GEMSYS\
- ACC\
- CLIPBRD\
- CPX\
- SPEEDO\
- FONTS\
- DRIVERS\
- APP-DEFS.SYS
- MINT\ ( <- or MultiTOS)
- MYRIAD\
- ASSIGN.SYS
- SHDRIVER.SYS
- NEWDESK.INF
- ETC/ETC/ETC
-
- Note that this configuration can be done with a TOS 1.0 set-up.
- All GDOS's allow you to use any valid GEMDOS path in assign.sys.
- CONTROL.INF (again in the damn root) tells Xcontrol where the
- CPX directory is. The AES itself (and therefore Xcontrol)
- knows about the CLIPBRD position (actually, XControl tells the
- AES, and the AES tells the apps). We already HAVE a GEMSYS
- folder, we just never use it, and its name has never been standardized.
- The above works for me, and if my AES allowed me to use an ACC
- folder, then I'd work that one too (need MultiTOS or similar).
-
- As for app-defs.sys, looking first in C:/gemsys/appdefs.sys isn't
- so hard. I think that /etc (current drive, which will hopefully be
- U:\) should be searched next, or vice-versa. Then check root
- of boot, then CWD, then fail.
-
- When found, put a note in your config file and search that first next
- time!!
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- to 70 characters - that can be as little as 4 directories deep. It
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- It can be alot less than 4. You can have names alot longer than 8+3!
- I like folders name MiNT_1.10_Sources instead of MINT110.SRC especially
- when you need revision levels, like MiNT_1.10_H5_Sources
-
- Anyone want to be bold enough to suggest a standard Un*x-ish directory
- structure ?
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