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.