Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282

[Jeremy Taffel]

Under uQLx the apps have comlete unfettered access to the native unix 
file system. Therefore AFAIK none of the file name/path issues affecting 
Dilwyn would have hit users of Lynx under uQLx.  ( I haven't tried it 
myself).  So, the port of any unix programme onto uQLx can, and often 
does, make use of files in the native file system. This simplifies the 
task and sidesteps the issue of naming conventions for the limited 
directory/filename structure under QDOS etc.  This does mean that the 
port is not complete if anyone wants to use the program on any other 
emulator, or native QL hardware, and its unreasonable to expect 
otherwise. I think it's a bit unfair to blame the unix community for the 
difficulties that Dilwyn encountered. Why not blame Marcel for not 
incorporating a unix ext2 file system within QPC2? ;-)

Seriously though; this highlights the need to automatically unix/dos 
file names to/from those acceptable to QDOS/SMSQE aka the dos long to 
short filename mapping. That would enable all filenames to be modified 
automatically instead of the painful exercise that Dilwyn has, and which 
will require repeating on almost all of the GNU software out there 
before it can be used  under QDOS.

Jeremy
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
This is the problem with all the programs ported from Unix - no-one
bothers to look at the documentation and see if it would make any
sense to  QL users.  Guess that's why Linux is free but you pay so
much to purchase  a copy and get support...
Linux ports to QL systems will be a waste of time until either we all
learn Linux or authors learn to make documentation make sense.


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