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- The Following is a short explanation of how to enable the `Resident' Command.
-
- Copy Resident to Sys:c Directory
- Copy CLI-Resident to Sys:l Directory
- Type the following.
- Resident CLI l/CLI-Resident REPLACE
- Then the following.
- Resident <Filename1> <Location><Filename2>
- Where <Filename1> = The name you want to call the command.
- Where <Location> = The directory where the file can be found.
- Where <Filename2> = The name of the File you want to reside in the memory.
- (The two Filenames can be the same.)
- NOTE: Whichever CLI you impliment the `Resident' command, it will not
- work in that CLI. Therefore it is advised that you have it in your
- Startup-Sequence File, then open up another CLI and then `EndCLI'
- the original CLI that the command was implimented from.
-
-
- The Following is a batch file sequence that illustrates the implementation
- of the `Resident' Command. It could be added to your Startup-Sequence file.
- It will enable the `Resident' and copy 9 files into Residency. Then it will
- open up 2 CLIs and close the original CLI.
-
- Resident CLI l/CLI-Resident REPLACE
- Resident CD C:CD
- Resident Copy C:Copy
- Resident Del C:Delete
- Resident Dir C:Dir
- Resident DiskCopy C:DiskCopy
- Resident Format C:Format
- Resident Info C:Info
- Resident List C:List
- Resident Rename C:Rename
- NewCLI "CON:350/150/200/50/RAM's CLI"
- NewCLI "CON:0/10/550/190/AMIGA's CLI"
- EndCLI > Nil:
-
- NOTE: On the fourth line, the second word is `Del'. The reason that `Delete'
- was not used, even though `Delete' is the original name of the command,
- is because `Delete' is a KEY word that Resident uses. It is used to
- `Delete' a file from Residency.
-
- The Following will delete `Diskcopy' from Residency.
- Resident Delete Diskcopy
-
- If you type in `Resident', by itself, you'll get a list of the names, how
- many times the file is being used, and the memory location of the file.
- By all means, 9 is not the limit of files that you can put into Residency.
- You can put MORE or LESS files. It's capacity sorely depends on your needs
- and your memory availability.
-
- WARNING: If you choose to put any `NON-C Directory Command' File into
- Residency, like TxEd, it is advised that you only run it once
- from the Residency. For example. In order to have more than
- one TxEd running simultaneously, run the next TxEd from within
- the TxEd program, `Right-Amiga' depressed along with `4', or
- select a free CLI and type the directory where TxEd is stored,
- for example `DF0:TxEd'. DO NOT run the TxEd for the second
- time from the Residency simultaneously while the first one
- is still running. This will have a disastrous effect, and you
- will get a house call from the `GURU MEDITATORS'.
-
- <<JOHN>>
-
- Addendum from Dick Barnes: You can say that in SPADES! I have some letters
- in which folks tried to make other editors RESIDENT (including AEDIT). None
- of them were designed as RESIDENT programs, and GURUs shed their blood all
- over the place! Confine RESIDENT programs to DOS commands or to programs
- written specifically to be resident. Few are.
-