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Date: Sat, 30 Jul 94 00:24 CDT
From: ekl@sdf.lonestar.org (Evan K. Langlois)
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Subject: Re: GEM-List
Precedence: bulk
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A C:\SYSTEM or C:\SYS folder is the best we can do. Recommend putting
C:\CPX and C:\GEMSYS and C:\SPEEDO there and re-directing the
appropriate pointers.
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Here's the directory structure that I would recommend :
C:\
AUTO\
GEMSYS\
ACC\
CLIPBRD\
CPX\
SPEEDO\
FONTS\
DRIVERS\
APP-DEFS.SYS
MINT\ ( <- or MultiTOS)
MYRIAD\
ASSIGN.SYS
SHDRIVER.SYS
NEWDESK.INF
ETC/ETC/ETC
Note that this configuration can be done with a TOS 1.0 set-up.
All GDOS's allow you to use any valid GEMDOS path in assign.sys.
CONTROL.INF (again in the damn root) tells Xcontrol where the
CPX directory is. The AES itself (and therefore Xcontrol)
knows about the CLIPBRD position (actually, XControl tells the
AES, and the AES tells the apps). We already HAVE a GEMSYS
folder, we just never use it, and its name has never been standardized.
The above works for me, and if my AES allowed me to use an ACC
folder, then I'd work that one too (need MultiTOS or similar).
As for app-defs.sys, looking first in C:/gemsys/appdefs.sys isn't
so hard. I think that /etc (current drive, which will hopefully be
U:\) should be searched next, or vice-versa. Then check root
of boot, then CWD, then fail.
When found, put a note in your config file and search that first next
time!!
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to 70 characters - that can be as little as 4 directories deep. It
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It can be alot less than 4. You can have names alot longer than 8+3!
I like folders name MiNT_1.10_Sources instead of MINT110.SRC especially
when you need revision levels, like MiNT_1.10_H5_Sources
Anyone want to be bold enough to suggest a standard Un*x-ish directory
structure ?
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