meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu (Tim Meekins) (04/22/91)
OK. Can anyone out there tell me how the Text Tool set and the GS/OS console driver interact? For example, the Orca shell uses the text tool set for its character streams, redirection, piping and so forth. What happens if I write a shell utility but use the console driver? Will redirection work? Also, lets say that Orca was written using the console driver, would all the existing utilities work? Thanks. -- +---------------------------S-U-P-P-O-R-T-----------------------------------+ |/ Tim Meekins <<>> Snail Mail: <<>> Apple II \| |> meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu <<>> 8372 Morris Rd. <<>> Forever! <| |\ timm@pro-tcc.cts.com <<>> Hilliard, OH 43026 <<>> /|
toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (04/22/91)
meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu (Tim Meekins) writes: >OK. Can anyone out there tell me how the Text Tool set and the GS/OS >console driver interact? For example, the Orca shell uses the text tool >set for its character streams, redirection, piping and so forth. What >happens if I write a shell utility but use the console driver? Will >redirection work? Also, lets say that Orca was written using the console >driver, would all the existing utilities work? The Text Tool set and the GS/OS console driver DON'T interact. Orca uses the Text Tools for ouput and patches the toolbox vector to provide I/O redirection. It's yet another thing about the Orca shell environment that really pisses me off -- however Mike is supposedly going to be using the GS/OS prefixes in the 2.x versions of the Orca shell, so there's hope. What I want to see is Orca using GS/OS facilities whenever possible (looks like Mike is finally getting smart and doing that) and less dependence on the Orca or APW shells -- I want a PD shell that can be distributed so everybody can use EXE's without half of them barfing because the Orca shell isn't present. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu