Hi Jim, Sounds to me like you are a tried and true Dos fan. While I grew up with Dos in the 80's and early90's I still prefer the ease of use of the Windows GUI as I don't have to type various commands like cls, del, dir, and so on. However, as I said before I think this is personal preference.
I know, for example, there are some people on the Linux Speakup mailing list that do not use Gnome and the other graphical desktops for exactly the same reasons. Many of them started out in MS Dos and then switched to the Linux command line because it offered them an environment they were comfortible with such as typing ls to list the files in a directory, cp to copy a file, mv to move a file, rm to delete/remove a file, etc. If asked they would say that text based apps like the Nano text editor, the Lynx web browser, media players like mpg123 were easier to use than their graphical counterparts. While I might disagree with them it really comes down to their personal preference and what they are use to. Bottom line, I don't think such people are weird just different. I think the same of your use of old Dos bat files etc. You aren't weird just different. Cheers! On 5/31/13, Jim Kitchen <j...@kitchensinc.net> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Thank you, maybe some would not say that I am weird, but I'm sure that > other's might argue with you. <grin> > > You know when I started teaching myself programming variable names were > limited to two characters. And there was no hard or floppy drive available > for that computer. I had to buy a cable to connect it to a cassette tape > recorder. I did learn hexadecimal code so that I could define the eight by > eight grid block ASCII character sets and then put those blocks on the > screen so as to draw things. That was fun, but it is so much more fun now > to be able to play and move multiple sound files, use the text to speech > engine etc. Do wish though that I had better math skills etc... > > Right now I on the desk top press c and enter, cm and enter, d and enter. C > is my short cut icon to the command prompt. Cm changes to my mail archive > folder. D does, dir /-n /od. So at the bottom of the screen it reads; > > thomaswa txt 1,499,790 05/31/2013 10:27 AM > 4547 File(s) 264,731,769 bytes > 2 Dir(s) 18,240,888,832 bytes free > C:\mailarch> > > So that is one of the mail archive files that I have for you. And that is > the last file written to that folder because I am writing to you and it > first archived what you wrote. I do that some times to see if a person that > I am responding to has written me before. Instead of cm above, I type gobas > and see at the bottom of the screen the last files that I worked on in > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98 > I just like seeing the file name, size, date and time. > > I guess that I just have never liked the way that Windows lists files better > than the way that dos did. Some times though I do use /w or /b or do not > use the /-n with the dir command so as to see the full long names of files. > > Better say sorry for such a long rambling post. > > BFN > > Jim > > I remember when I used to peek and poke. > > j...@kitchensinc.net > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
