bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Scott Kendig) (05/14/89)
My roommate has an Amiga, and its user interface has imppressed me for a long time. It has a Workbench very similar to the Mac's Finder, but he can at any time create a CLI - a command line interface, which is a resizeable, moveable window into which he can type Unix commands to move around in the directory hierarchy, list directories, print files, run programs, and do all sorts of other things you normally see on a Unix system. Thus his machine is not totally dependent on a graphic interface; he can accomplish the same things by either pointing-and-clicking or typing. Both approaches have their advantages. I realized the other day that the Mac might benefit from this kind of dual interface. Does any sort of CLI exist for the Mac? I don't see that it would be terribly difficult to make a DA (or perhaps an application to run under Multifinder) that could parse typed commands and relay them on to the file handler, so I'd be surprised if this sort of thing had not been tried before. Trouble is, I can't find any examples of it. Could someone point me in the right direction - show me where to find such a program as I seek, send me one, or send me code which might help me create my own CLI interface program? I'd appreciate any help anyone might be able to offer! -- | Brian S. Kendig /\ +----+ /\ of Power | bskendig | | Computer Engineering / Triforces! \ Courage | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU | | Princeton University +----+ \/ +----+ Wisdom | @PUCC.BITNET | | "Estu la Forteco kun vi." - Obi-Wan Kenobi | @somewhere_past_Betelgeuse |