nowlin@ihuxy.UUCP (05/26/87)
I'm ready to post ASH V0.70 but it seems that comp.binaries.atari.st is no longer with us. Should I wait until Jim Turner gets settled someplace or go ahead and post it to comp.sys.atari.st? It will be 3 messages long. If I don't get an overwhelming negative response I'll go ahead and post it in a couple of days. Here's a list of the improvements over V0.52 (and V0.60 which slipped out about a month ago). - I/O redirection is supported for built-in commands. - The . and .. files are ignored in rm commands whether they're explicitly specified on the command line or generated through wildcard expansion. They can't be removed so there isn't much point in trying. They're also ignored at appropriate times in cp and mv commands. - The keyboard clock is now set by the date command. - The mv command doesn't change a file's timestamp. The cp command does. - The arrow keys and the INSERT key are now active for history editing. - The 'ash.ini' initialization file handling has improved since any valid ASH commands are now allowed. - Script speed and memory usage has improved since ASH recurses now. - Scripts inherit the calling ASH's set variables and can modify them if called with the dot command. - The cp command works much faster now. It's comparable to desktop drags. - The ls command now has a -h option for hidden/system files. I have never seen any but the option is there to list them if they exist. The earlier versions listed everything anyway. Now you just have to ask explicitly for hidden files. - The opr command now has a -oN option to offset the left margin. It's handy for centering things on the page or getting the left margin you want. - The opr command now has a way to initialize the printer with the OPRINIT set variable. - The mkdir and rmdir commands now take multiple directory arguments. - If you ever wondered what to do with those slanty function keys ASH now gives you the ability to program them using set variables. - There is a new attr command which allows you to change the read and write attributes of a file to read only and back again. This implements file protection as requested by several people. - There is a new unset command which allows you delete variables from the defined list of set variables. - You now have the ability to repeat (^R) a range of commands from the history buffer. Jerry Nowlin (...!ihnp4!ihuxy!nowlin)
ljdickey@water.UUCP (05/27/87)
In article <1975@ihuxy.ATT.COM> nowlin@ihuxy.ATT.COM (Jerry Nowlin) writes: > >I'm ready to post ASH V0.70 but it seems that comp.binaries.atari.st is no >longer with us. Should I wait until Jim Turner gets settled someplace or >go ahead and post it to comp.sys.atari.st? We need to solve the problem in general. What should any person do? We could remove the "moderated" restriction on "comp.binaries.atari.st" until we find a moderator? -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@water.UUCP ljdickey%water@waterloo.CSNET ljdickey%water%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.ARPA ljdickey@watdcs.BITNET UUCP: ...!watmath!water!ljdickey