[Svardos-users] Simple File Browser/Manager

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Robert Riebisch rr****@bttr-*****
Sat Mar 19 04:45:44 JST 2022


Hi Carsten,

>> Is this Peter Campbell/Bruce Axten's FAST, which is under GNU GPL since
>> 2017?
> 
> yes. Having FAST under GPL would be great. Do you know where I can
> find it? A search with all my favourite search engines did not show
> any useful results.

https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2017/05/fast-compiler-and-sofa-assembler/

Few weeks ago I gave the compiler an hour to play with, but found its
syntax not more readable than anything else. So, I'll stay with Pascal,
Asm, C, ...

>> Um, sounds interesting, but would it still be a "*Simple* File
>> Browser/Manager" then?
>>
> 
> I need *some* motivation when writing code, and that is usually doing
> something that I haven't done before.

I understand your very well. :-)

>> As I said before, it sounds interesting, but from my understanding it
>> contradicts "simple".
> 
> I interpreted the *simple* attribute from the users point of view,
> not from the code pov.

Okay. But would be great if not only you will understand the code
finally. ;-)

>> What I had in mind, was a tool for DOS novices to be included as core
>> package. Just to navigate the file systems, read some docs, and probably
>> install a more advanced file manager, maybe like what you described
>> above, for daily use.
>>
> 
> I'll make a proof of concept and than we can decide where to go.

Cool! :-)

Cheers,
Robert
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