From errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Sat Oct 8 23:47:14 1994 Received: from relay2.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA23826; Sat, 8 Oct 94 23:44:41 PDT Received: from uucp5.UU.NET by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxkvi08550; Sun, 9 Oct 1994 02:44:37 -0400 Received: from megalith.UUCP by uucp5.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Sun, 9 Oct 1994 02:45:02 -0400 Received: by megalith.miami.fl.us (AmigaSmail3.13 for ) id <0l47@megalith.miami.fl.us>; Sun, 09 Oct 1994 02:36:00 -0400 (EDT) Sender: CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us Errors-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Warnings-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (CSAA-Submissions) X-Newsgatesoftware: Amiga Newsgate V1.6 Reply-To: amk@zikzak.in-berlin.de (Andreas M. Kirchwitz) Message-Number: 952 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce X-Newssoftware: CSAA NMS 1.2 Organization: 20 minutes into the future. From: amk@zikzak.in-berlin.de (Andreas M. Kirchwitz) (CSAA) Subject: (CSAA) C-Shell (csh) 5.39 Message-Id: Date: Sun, 09 Oct 1994 02:36:20 -0400 Status: RO TITLE C-Shell (csh) VERSION 5.39 AUTHOR Andreas M. Kirchwitz (csh 5.20+), based on csh 5.19 by Urban D. Mueller E-Mail: csh-fan@zikzak.in-berlin.de DESCRIPTION C-Shell is a replacement for the AmigaDOS command line interface. Many builtin Unix-like commands, very fast script language, file- name completion, command-name completion, comfortable command line editing, pattern matching, AUX: mode, object oriented file classes, abbreviation of internal and external commands. Supports multiple users. C-Shell is easy to install and to use. Online help for all commands, functions and various subjects. ARP-free! NEW FEATURES Changes since version 5.39 (summary): - New builtin variable "_timeout" (in microseconds) sets maximum response time for terminal to answer WINDOW STATUS REQUEST (for window bounds). Defaults to 1 (for local usage), must be set to higher value for remote connections. Only used, if window pointer is not available. - Removed command line length limitation (140 chars) for ARexx scripts that ends with ".rexx" but are started without the trailing ".rexx". - Removed command line length limitation (518 chars) for ARexx scripts and external shells (#! in first line), this was a limitation in AmigaOS' System() function. DOS scripts still have this limitation, because you cannot RunCommand() "execute". - Not only "*" and "?" but also "[" and "]" recognized as AmigaDOS pattern. (that means, to use "[" and "]" you must quote (") or escape (\) them!) - ... and much more workarounds for serious bugs in DateToStr() and Locale. - Fixed bug: making an assign to an executable and calling the executable by its assign crashed machine. - Fixed bug: builtin command "cp" sometimes used already freed memory for generating error messages (resulted in some strange error messages). - New flag for for command abbreviation ($_abbrev): 8, search DOS path-list if command wasn't found in Cshell's internal program hash list (see "rehash" command) - CTRL-D now shows matching files if current word is not a directory. (if directory then shows contents of directory -- as usual) In its current implementation this may have unexpected side effects if current word is already a pattern. - Class definition for AmigaE in class.sh - Now internal timer (eg, %e in the titlebar) not set to zero when a null command is encountered. (same for return code, %x in titlebar) - The idea of always using the variable "_dirformat" for "dir" wasn't a good idea. So, "_dirformat" is only used if option -z is given (when "_dirformat" is unset then use first argument as format string). - New control-code for line-editing: "^V" (ctrl-v) quotes next char. - New builtin variable "_kick" holds version number of Operating System. - Builtin command "assign" now prints volume name if assign points to an unmounted volume (eg, a removed floppy disk) and doesn't pop up a requester "Please replace volume ..." - It was a stupid idea to force redirecting of all Cshell-related system requesters to CSH's screen, because requester windows inherit the window title of their "initiator". They appear now again on your default public screen. - Fixed serious bug (crashed machine) with redirection and launching programs into background. (files closed twice) Known bug: it's still not possible to run pipes into background... - When running programs into background (run, rback, &), internal commands and aliases are recognized and executed with "csh -c". Aliases WON'T be resolved on this level so they must be declared in .cshrc to run them into background. - Execution of Rexx-Scripts (without trailing ".rexx") and any other program with "#! my_prog" or ";! my_prog" in first line of script now possible also from DOS search path and not only $_path. - New builtin variable "_mappath" (see manual), enables pathname- mapping for commands if script starts with "#!" or ";!" in first line. Converts Unix pathes like "/usr/..." to "usr:...". - New option "-w" for Cshell, don't use window pointer (useful for KingCON). - New option "-V" for Cshell, send only VT100 compatible control sequences. - Internal variable "o_vt100" now used (if option -t or -V is set), don't send control sequences that are not VT100 compatible (eg, special Amiga control sequences). - Various changes/enhancements to existing commands. - Miscellaneous bug fixes. See file "HISTORY" in archive csh539.lha for complete listing of changes and new features. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AmigaOS 2.0 (or higher) HOST NAME FTP/Internet: AmiNet and mirrors For example, ftp.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4]. UUCP/E-Mail : mail-server@cs.tu-berlin.de Send mail to the address above and put the line "send /pub/aminet/util/shell/csh539.lha" in the body. DIRECTORY pub/aminet/util/shell FILE NAMES csh539.lha (binary and documentation) csh539src.lha (source code for SAS/C 6) DISTRIBUTABILITY Freely distributable, Copyright by the individual authors. -- Andreas M. Kirchwitz, Seesener Str. 69, D-10709 Berlin, Germany +49 (0)30 8623376, amk@{zikzak.in|cs.tu|fu}-berlin.de, IRC bonzo -- Read all administrative posts before putting your post up. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu. Comments to CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us. MAIL ALL COMP.SYS.AMIGA.ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO announce@cs.ucdavis.edu. ============================================================================ This is part of a mailing list gateway maintained by Carlos Amezaga. Bugs & comments to CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us. Subscribes, UnSubcribes, help and faq requests should be sent to announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu.