esxDOS BBS — Make all commands be avaliable as .command

Re: Make all commands be avaliable as .command

2014-03-26T16:14:18Z

I agree, it would be nice to have a .rm command for ERASE.

Re: Make all commands be avaliable as .command

2013-07-30T07:14:22Z

There are docs available on request, but the API is undergoing some changes as we speak, so anything you code now will have to be recompiled in a couple of months (when the API will be final and published). Send me an e-mail if still interested.

Re: Make all commands be avaliable as .command

2013-07-29T23:25:52Z

velesoft wrote:

csanchez71 wrote:
When using esxdos, is quite confusing to have to use a mix between .commands and old commands (like CAT). While browsing a disk there are countless times I make the mistake of writing ".cat"
You can duplicate "LS" file in BIN directory but as new filename use "CAT". Now will .CAT in esxdos work identically with .LS command :-)
For faster work and your better comfort you can duplicate + rename also other command in BIN direcotry. For example I use ".I" instead ".TAPEIN", ".O" instead ".TAPEOUT", ".S" instead ".SNAPLOAD", etc...

Yes, I had already copied LS into CAT, but it is not a general solution, cause other commands like ERASE don't have a matching dot command.

About the trick of renaming/copying, it's a good idea, in fact I will probably rename or copy some commands.

By the way, is there any documentation about how to make a dot command. I've tried to disassemble one but as I'm not sure if there is a header (for the "executable") I'm not sure what I got did have any sense. Also I tried to create a simple assembler code (just a RET) wih pasmo assembler, and save it in different formats (as binary, as .tap, as binary with +3DOS header..) and then add it to bin folder, but none worked.

Is there any docs?

Re: Make all commands be avaliable as .command

2013-07-29T21:34:25Z

csanchez71 wrote:

When using esxdos, is quite confusing to have to use a mix between .commands and old commands (like CAT). While browsing a disk there are countless times I make the mistake of writing ".cat"

You can duplicate "LS" file in BIN directory but as new filename use "CAT". Now will .CAT in esxdos work identically with .LS command :-)

For faster work and your better comfort you can duplicate + rename also other command in BIN direcotry. For example I use ".I" instead ".TAPEIN", ".O" instead ".TAPEOUT", ".S" instead ".SNAPLOAD", etc...

Re: Make all commands be avaliable as .command

2013-07-29T09:48:12Z

Nice, thanks!

Re: Make all commands be avaliable as .command

2013-07-29T07:38:38Z

Hi,

It is not possible at the moment to have these redirectors, but I will look into this in the future.

Make all commands be avaliable as .command

2013-07-28T16:40:16Z

When using esxdos, is quite confusing to have to use a mix between .commands and old commands (like CAT). While browsing a disk there are countless times I make the mistake of writing ".cat"

Even when they may be mere redirectors, rather than a full "cat" implementation, it would be nice to have CAT and any other "standar spectrum" commands avaliable at /BIN as dot commands (.load, .merge, .save, .goto, .erase, .cat).