C70:info-cpm (08/03/82)
>From rconn@BRL Tue Aug 3 00:25:57 1982
CCP-GROUP is currently formulating plans for the next
release of ZCPR, and if anyone wishes to see something changed
about ZCPR or a significant and "reasonable" new feature added to
it, please feel free to send your ideas to CCP-GROUP at BRL.
CCP-GROUP is small by choice and necessity, and the
membership is currently frozen. The chief reason for this is be-
cause, thru experience, we have found that design by committee to
be highly non-productive if the committee size exceeds 5 or so,
and CCP-GROUP is now running at around 5 members, and we all-
too-frequently find this to be too large of a group for effective
design work. We feel that ZCPR came out originally in a good,
workable, and extensible form due to the previous effort of the
group, and, with several significant new ideas proposed, we are
considering putting out a new "sanctioned" release of ZCPR.
Anyway, getting on with the new ZCPR, some of the key
enhancements currently under consideration include:
1. a non-echoed input for the pause in the TYPE command
2. an optional verification prompt for the ERA command;
this will print the file names to be erased and then ask the user
if he wishes to do so, as per Frank Wancho's mod transmitted ear-
lier
3. a totally-new indirect command file facility (ZSUB
instead of SUBMIT and XSUB) which optionally combines SUBMIT and
XSUB capabilities into one command as well as providing command-
file flow control and other nice JCL features
4. a new command called PATH, which allows the user to
dynamically specify the command-search hierarchy; examples in-
clude:
PATH <-- display current path
PATH $,a10,b11,a0 <-- search current, A10, B11,
and A0 in that order
If anyone has ideas of other facilities to add or change,
feel free to submit a comment.
Rick