Thanks, please do! :) I should have also added that to email. Next time... --
|\_ | .\---. / ,__/ / /Wolf <wolf+...@bergenheim.net>_ On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 12:47 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >>"DOG is a DOS SHELL, or command interpreter. DOG works on most, if not > all flavors of DOS." > > I should add that to the news item I posted to the website last night. I > remembered DOG was a shell, but others will not know. > > > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 3:18 AM Wolf Bergenheim via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 9:38 AM Mart Zirnask via Freedos-user < >> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for putting the manual online. I was not aware of DOG, but got >>> curious already when you presented an earlier version update in this >>> list some time ago. >>> >> >> Great to hear! The old DOG website had actually been taken down at some >> point when I wasn't looking. >> >> >>> >>> I like how all the commands consist of only two letters. Might be a >>> personal preference (of my particular brain :), but somehow this works >>> really well as a mnemonic. >>> >> >> It (obviously) works for me too, somehow. I find that I tend to make 2 >> letter aliases of commands I use at work too. :) >> >> >>> >>> Maybe you could also share examples of some lenghtier, more complex >>> batch files (or, as you call them, DOGFILES :). >>> >>> >> Good idea! I think I could demonstrate how to build a menu system using >> DOGfiles. 🤔 I've made a note, so it's going to happen. >> Thanks for your feedback! >> >> --Wolf >> >> -- >> >> |\_ >> | .\---. >> / ,__/ >> / /Wolf <wolf+...@bergenheim.net>_ >> >> >> >> Best, >>> Mart >>> >>> On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 at 07:40, Roger via Freedos-user >>> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> > >>> > "DOG is a DOS SHELL, or command interpreter. DOG works on most, if not >>> all flavors of DOG." >>> > >>> > So, this is pun at DOS for being a dog? ;-) This is found on the >>> Github page. >>> > >>> > Think you meant to state, "DOG is a DOS shell or command interpreter. >>> DOG shell works on most, if not all flavors of DOS." >>> > >>> > Added some minor grammar, or reading flow improvements, I think. >>> > >>> > On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 8:07 PM Wolf Bergenheim via Freedos-user < >>> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi all! >>> >> >>> >> After 22 years of being dormant I recently re-discovered the joy of >>> DOS and my old DOG project. >>> >> >>> >> Today I'm proud to release version 0.8.4b together with a migration >>> to github and a brand new website. >>> >> >>> >> You can find the new DOG Operating Guide at https://dog.zumppe.net/ >>> and the github project is at https://github.com/susi/dog >>> >> >>> >> Please give it a spin, if you're curious, and if you find bugs or >>> have feature requests, please report them in GitHub: >>> https://github.com/susi/dog/issues >>> >> >>> >> ^..^ >>> >> >>> >> Fixes/changes: >>> >> ============== >>> >> >>> >> DOG: >>> >> - Fixed init + mkudata (for env and alias blocks). >>> >> - Restored the old DOG prompt as the default when no PROMPT variable >>> is set. >>> >> - Now using Borland C++ 3.1 to build, and Make instead of the batch >>> files >>> >> in previous versions. >>> >> - HH utilizes HELP to display more thorough help texts, through the >>> alias HHH. >>> >> The example DOG.DOG file sets up the alias: >>> >> al hhh %DOGDIR%\bin\help.com >>> >> - Updated the IF syntax to be more versatile and to be similar with >>> DO. >>> >> - Implemented 44 and DO and IN and TI. >>> >> - Fixed the Control-C implementation. Now it asks the user if they >>> want to >>> >> abort the program. >>> >> - Implemented a proper Critical Error handler. >>> >> - Fixed environment initialization and management. >>> >> - Default dog.dog is used to set up the basic environment, edit this >>> to suit your needs. >>> >> >>> >> External commands: >>> >> - CP: now takes more options: -i (interactive), -f (force) >>> >> - VR: Fixed FreeDOS detection + print FD kernel string. Also added >>> DOSbox detection. >>> >> - LS: -w option to display a wide listing with no details -z to show >>> human readable sizes. >>> >> - RT: Is now built from the rm.c file in addition to RM. >>> >> >>> >> Utilities: >>> >> - HELP - Expanded help to fully document all commands and DOG itself. >>> The manual.txt is >>> >> built with HELP. >>> >> - GENERR - is a silly utility which returns the error code given as >>> arg 1. Used in >>> >> testbat.dog to have predictable errorlevels. >>> >> - TINT24 - test utility for testing the critical error handler. >>> >> >>> >> --Wolf >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> >>> >> |\_ >>> >> | .\---. >>> >> / ,__/ >>> >> / /Wolf <wolf+...@bergenheim.net>_ >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Freedos-user mailing list >>> >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Freedos-user mailing list >>> > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedos-user mailing list >>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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