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[Janina Sajka]

Well, get the code from Jamal and port it. 

I never used td because its features were always behind what I
needed, i.e. the zip it supported wasn't the latest, the
WordPerfect it read wasn't the latest, etc.

And, to tell the truth, I saw no reason to learn td's cryptic
commands when I already knew a superior 4DOS command set.

If you learn bash, you can take that knowledge anywhere bash is.
If you learn a td clone, you can only use a td clone.

On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote:

> Did you ever use TD in DOS?  That is what I am talking about.
> 
> -- charlie Crawford.
> At 12:01 PM 5/13/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Charlie,
> >Well, I personally like those cryptic commands--each one does a single
> >task well.  I hate tabbing through a long list of checkboxes and radio
> >buttons (oops, which radio button in the last 15 did I check?)  As for
> >quickness Jim, there are a few tasks in that unmentionable series of
> >operating systems that are achievable very quickly--but I find most
> >tasks very cumbersome on those graphical OS's.  Of course having worked
> >on UNIX systems for about 8 years might have somethingto do with my
> >attitude.
> >
> >      Jim Wantz WB0TFK
> >On Mon, 13 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
> >
> > > Charlie:
> > >
> > > Well, there's absolutely nothing stopping someone from writing
> > > such a menuing system!
> > >
> > > hint hint hint
> > >
> > > Getting people to use it instead of the command line? Well,
> > > that's another story.
> > >
> > > Here's what I think will happen. Some peopl will chose it because
> > > it seems to make life simple. Then they'll want to do something
> > > the menus don't support. Then the author gets mail saying "why
> > > doesn't your menu ..." Then were are you?
> > >
> > > Back at the command line?
> > >
> > > Hopefully. Because the alternative, a fully capable menuing
> > > system, is far worse.
> > >
> > > Just goes to say there's no substitute for learning.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote:
> > >
> > > > Jim,
> > > >
> > > >          There is access not far off.  I would like to see a menuing 
> > system
> > > > for Linix text mode that would reduce the criptic command line having to
> > > > remember all those commands and switches.
> > > >
> > > > -- charlie Crawford.
> > > > At 10:12 PM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > >Do you think we will ever have access to the gui?
> > > > >
> > > > >I find that I can access things faster in windows then in Linux text
> > > > >mode.  I will admit that linux works much better then windows or the 
> > winxp.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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