[Coco] NitrOS-9 Differences.

[gene heskett]

On Thursday, June 02, 2011 04:43:55 PM Stephen H. Fischer did opine:

> Hi,
> 
> Are you saying that:
> --------------------
> t
> tmode .1 pau=1
> --------------------
> Are active in the new shell in the new window?
> 
> I see neither.
> 
> OS9:Echo This is a test<CR> produces:
> This is a test
> --NOT-- What it should:
> OS9:Echo This is a test
> Echo This is a test
> This is a test
> 
The Echo doesn't echo, never has, it only produces the string passed as the 
argument.

> Entering OS9:tmode <CR> produces
> a list of parameters including pau=0 in the new window.
> 
> AND no mention of the ".1" parameter which I looked up in the OS-9
> manual again.

The .1 is the path number, where 0 is stdin, 1 is stdout, and 2 is stderr.
 
> I make heavy use of ShellPlus Variables and Shell Sub Variables so
> having "t" on is important.
> 
> I am relying on twenty year old memory that indicates that the new shell
> gets these parameters from the forking shell.
> 
> Variables are not passed which is why I put the var.0=12 on the call to
> Windows.s
> 
> Plus you CANNOT even do that if the script is converted to a DATAMOD,
> something I have been very upset about for ~ 20 years.
> 
> NOTE: W.s and Windows.s are in /DD/CMDS.
> 
> SHF
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS-9 Differences.
> 
> > Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I have noted some differences between OS-9 that I was running and
> >> NitrOS-9 for the VCC emulator.
> >> 
> >> I cannot find what the current parameters for "tmode" are.
> >> 
> >> In any case, the following shell script does not pass "t' and "tmode"
> >> settings to the forked script like I remembered from twenty years
> >> ago.
> >> 
> >> I checked and "PATH=" has these words. "The specified paths are
> >> retained when subshells are forked, either by directly calling the
> >> shell (shell i=/w&) or by running a shellscript/memscript."
> >> 
> >> Sorry about the wrapped lines and vertical spacing.
> >> 
> >> SHF
> > 
> > Stephen,
> > 
> > The scripts as written work for me on VCC so I'm not sure what the
> > problem was.
> > 
> > If you enter 'tmode' all the parameters are listed. I think you may
> > mean how do these new terms relate to those used by tmode in OS-9? If
> > that is the case, comparing the new terms vs those listed in the OS-9
> > manual should be enough to find the correlation.
> > 
> > Robert
> 
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