[Coco] Sugestions for new NitrOS-9 versions

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Shellplus already supports adding extra exectuion directory paths, does it not?
(I don't remember the exact syntax... been awhile).

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



On Apr 2, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What would you change on NitrOS-9 for the next versions ?
> 
> I have one suggestion: make the executable path (CHX) multiple and
> relative like:
> 
> chx ./;./cmds;/dd/cmds/
> 
> For example using the path this would make the os-9 search for modules
> first on you current dir, then into a CMDS folder on the same level as
> you are and then finally in the default /dd/cmds
> 
> Why ? because every time you use a second disk you have to type:
> 
> chx /d1/cmds
> 
> and this is very annoying. Then you need to check the DIR if you don't
> have it in your /d1/cmds folder you will need to make
> 
> chx /dd/cmds
> 
> or call:
> 
> /dd/cmds/dir
> 
> What do you think about this suggestion ? Especially using large CF or
> HDDs with apps installed in multiple folders changing CHX everytime is
> a pain. Copying everything to your /dd/cmds is a mess and could cause
> file conflicts.
> 
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