Hi, ok - I see I have to update my website :-)
I am using FreeDOS and Enhanced Dr-DOS with DOSLFN, a very good LFN driver for DOS (I mean Win32 long file name implementation!). oZone is a DJGPP program, so it uses LFN if a LFN driver is present. Else it uses short file names (not tested by me, but I think it will make some problems (but it should be configurable to use only short file names). I don't see any reason, why you wouldn't want to use the LFN driver. And then you can work without problems... copy, rename, move etc. inside of oZone! It includes a navigator, which is like the "explorer" of Windows. The test version at my page hasn't a sorted (by name, size etc.) file list and directory tree, the next version will have a sorted list, so oZone should be really useable as a file manager. Sorry for my bad English... bye flo PS: a mouse driver like CTMOUSE needs to be installed! John Hupp wrote: > Yes, I see that I need to clarify. This is for a pure FreeDOS system. > FreeDOS does not have native support for LFN, correct? I could perhaps run > a LFN driver, but I don't know how much native support FreeDOS has for LFN. > If you do some FreeDOS operation on a file that the LFN driver has named > (move, copy, xcopy, chkdsk), will it strip the LFN? Or worst case, mess up > the file/directory structure trying to interpret what the LFN driver has > done? > > The approach that MS-DOS DOSSHELL takes is to offer long Program Item names > or descriptions that display in the Program Manager, but the underlying DOS > file is untouched. The long name is maintained only in DOSSHELL.INI. > > The DOSSHELL approach is fine for my purposes at the moment, but I'd like to > see a more graphical-looking interface. > > So that was my question about oZone. When you say that oZone supports LFN, > do you mean the Win32 long file name implementation? > > --John Hupp > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Florian Xaver > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] DOS GUI opinions > > > Hi, > > what do you mean with long names for program items? oZone supports LFN > (long file names), so there should be no problem :-) > > bye > Flo > > John Hupp wrote: >> I couldn't tell from the screen shots or descriptions if the oZone desktop >> currently supports creating long names for program items. I would like >> the >> program manager to display "Flight Of The Amazon Queen", for instance, and >> not just FOTAQ. >> >> --JDH >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Florian Xaver >> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 5:00 PM >> Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] DOS GUI opinions >> >> >> John Hupp wrote: >>> I'm looking for opinions on DOS GUI's. I'm familiar with >>> still-developing >>> OpenGEM, but I am especially interested in any freeware/open source GUI's >>> that provide for long names for program items (like MS-DOS DOSSHELL but >>> with >>> a more modern look). Also your judgment of the GUI's file manager, >>> stability and resource consumption. Task switching is nice, especially >>> if >>> stable, but that's a secondary concern. >> A very cool GUI is oZone ;-)))))) It includes a file manager (navigator) >> and is a "modern" GUI with Skin support. Feedback is welcome everytime ;-) >> >>> An off-hand related thought: Is anyone using Arachne as a primary GUI? >>> If >>> so, the same kinds of questions apply about its shell support. >> I am using as HTML/Help viewer in DOS. The GUI is very good for a >> browser, but not so good for a general GUI. >> >> Bye > -- Florian Xaver <http://www.flox.at.tf> Dr-DOS Wiki <http://www.drdos.org> oZone-a GUI operating system for DOS,Linux,Win SWORD-a nice GUI library for DOS/DJGPP <http://www.flox.at.tf> _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
