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 >
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