[net.micro.amiga] AmigaDos w/o Directory in AmigaDos

claudio@ethz.UUCP (Claudio Nieder) (05/08/86)

I think it is funny (?) that this sort of (non-)directory is implemented
on a machine like the Amiga where most program will implement an OPEN
command which shows up the directory so that you can select which file
you need. On a UNIX or MSDOS computer you are free to type in the
filename if you already know it, and you don't have to wait for the
directory. On Window/Mouse-oriented programs on the Amiga you have to
wait until the OPEN command has collected all filenames. Therefor I
think the actual implementation of the file system (directory) is 
unapropriate for the Amiga.

					claudio

dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (05/15/86)

	Poo.  I don't like the directory structure either, but watch what
your saying.  The specific problem you mention is a programmer problem, not an
OS problem.  Window/Mouse-oriented programs only have to collect the directory
if they were written to.

					-Matt


>      I think it is funny (?) that this sort of (non-)directory is implemented
>      on a machine like the Amiga where most program will implement an OPEN
>      command which shows up the directory so that you can select which file
>      you need. On a UNIX or MSDOS computer you are free to type in the
>      filename if you already know it, and you don't have to wait for the
>      directory. On Window/Mouse-oriented programs on the Amiga you have to
>      wait until the OPEN command has collected all filenames. Therefor I
>      think the actual implementation of the file system (directory) is 
>      unapropriate for the Amiga.
>      
>      					claudio

breuel@h-sc1.UUCP (thomas breuel) (05/16/86)

|	Poo.  I don't like the directory structure either, but watch what
|your saying.  The specific problem you mention is a programmer problem, not an
|OS problem.  Window/Mouse-oriented programs only have to collect the directory
|if they were written to.

I do hope that many will be written to, and that the AmigaDOS directory
structure gets modified accordingly. It is more convenient to be presented
with a list of files from which to select one, than to have to remember
filenames. If I get presented with a requester box, I want to
be able to select by clicking...

						Thomas.