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 -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/