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Posted by metamorphic [send private reply] at April 18, 2002, 08:39:01 AM

I want to program some basic console apps to futher my skill, but i have no creativity and cannot think of anything to program on my own. can someone throw some ideas out?

Posted by taubz [send private reply] at April 18, 2002, 09:49:41 AM

Write a shell, like a replacement for the DOS prompt.

Posted by metamorphic [send private reply] at April 18, 2002, 09:51:07 AM

thats not basic :)

Posted by Sord [send private reply] at April 18, 2002, 01:54:55 PM

You could write a Unix to DOS file converter. I wrote mine in 32 lines.

Posted by slipknotclown [send private reply] at April 18, 2002, 04:15:54 PM

I also never know what to make

oh well i'll make another conversion program

Posted by taubz [send private reply] at April 18, 2002, 07:10:14 PM

It doesn't have to be as good as the DOS command prompt. You could make a simple version that inputs commands and run them... and then add features.

Posted by webdesign11 [send private reply] at April 20, 2002, 08:09:11 AM

How would you go about writing a shell, taubz? Sounds very complex.

Posted by taubz [send private reply] at April 20, 2002, 09:37:22 AM

The most basic shell looks like this (pseudocode):

do forever {
   readline $commandname;
   execute $commandname;
}


From there you just add little bells and whistles.

- taubz
Posted by metamorphic [send private reply] at April 20, 2002, 10:07:03 AM

ah thanks taubz, i'll try it

Posted by Psion [send private reply] at April 20, 2002, 11:16:19 AM

taubz, running tasks that take user input is already beyond what most people know....

Posted by buzgub [send private reply] at April 20, 2002, 11:44:12 PM

Psion, in that case, it's a good way of getting people to learn more.

Posted by unknown_lamer [send private reply] at April 22, 2002, 03:31:22 PM

/me notes how easy it is to make a shell that is better than the dos command shell

Write your own dialect of Lisp :-) All the cool kids are doing it.

Posted by Razvan [send private reply] at April 25, 2002, 09:07:14 AM

Copying the dos shell is to easy. I did it myself. I also modified it, so that if you would write ugly things... K-BOOM! :) I think making a sort of copy of norton comander would be cool and possible.

Posted by unknown_lamer [send private reply] at April 25, 2002, 01:47:01 PM

I still support the Lisp dialect. Why not make a Lisp shell (like SCSH)...

Posted by gian [send private reply] at April 25, 2002, 03:48:36 PM

Or you could hang me now and save me the trouble later :-)

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