Re: [Freedos-user] DOS GUI opinions

[John Hupp]

I couldn't tell from the screen shots or descriptions if the oZone desktop 
currently supports creating long names for program items.  I would like the 
program manager to display "Flight Of The Amazon Queen", for instance, and 
not just FOTAQ.

--JDH

- Original Message - 
From: Florian Xaver
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] DOS GUI opinions


John Hupp wrote:
> I'm looking for opinions on DOS GUI's.  I'm familiar with still-developing
> OpenGEM, but I am especially interested in any freeware/open source GUI's
> that provide for long names for program items (like MS-DOS DOSSHELL but 
> with
> a more modern look).  Also your judgment of the GUI's file manager,
> stability and resource consumption.  Task switching is nice, especially if
> stable, but that's a secondary concern.

A very cool GUI is oZone ;-)) It includes a file manager (navigator)
and is a "modern" GUI with Skin support. Feedback is welcome everytime ;-)

> An off-hand related thought: Is anyone using Arachne as a primary GUI?  If
> so, the same kinds of questions apply about its shell support.

I am using as HTML/Help viewer in DOS. The GUI is very good for a
browser, but not so good for a general GUI.

Bye
-- 
Florian Xaver 

Dr-DOS  Wiki 
oZone-a GUI operating system for DOS,Linux,Win
SWORD-a nice GUI library for DOS/DJGPP










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Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

[Kenneth J. Davis]

Gerry Hickman wrote:

>>So I should have issued
>>
>>SYS B: C:
>>
>>It probably still won't work, but at least I'll be using the correct 
>>command.
> 
> 
> OK, this time it found the MS-DOS boot sector on the floppy and said 
> something like "MS boot sector not supported":(
> 

Based on your other message and this one; I never got around to writing 
the FAT32 boot sector, so at the moment MS/PC DOS are only supported by 
FD sys for FAT12 and FAT16 hence your problems.

Sorry,
Jeremy




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Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

[Gerry Hickman]

> So I should have issued
> 
> SYS B: C:
> 
> It probably still won't work, but at least I'll be using the correct 
> command.

OK, this time it found the MS-DOS boot sector on the floppy and said 
something like "MS boot sector not supported":(

-- 
Gerry Hickman (London UK)


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Re: [Freedos-user] Lua in DOS?

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Arkady V.Belousov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   First, don't forget to use Large memory model.
Second, increasing stack
> should help. Third, there is successful experience in
compiling Lua for DOS
> and running in it some examples from its TEST directory.
This was achieved
> by Mat Nieuwenhoven. If you wish, I resend you his
makefiles. Unfortunately,
> I not hear about complete success in DOS/16 version -
probably, Lua sources
> should be reviewed for bug-haunting.
> 

I recompiled both the lib and the interpreter in 32 bit
protected mode. I raised the stack to 128k for the
interpreter, and it's (hopefully) working now. Looks like it
does nothing, but it creates an output file, so I think it's
working :)

Thanks for your help!






 


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Re: [Freedos-user] Lua in DOS?

[Arkady V.Belousov]

Hi!

12-Июн-2006 19:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Escorter) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:

 >> >>   Yes. You may recompile as DOS application
E> Hmmm... I compiled the basic interpreter (min.c) as a
E> standard (real-mode) DOS program. If I run it without any
E> parameters, it shows the help. But when I try to run the
E> hello.lua script (the basic "Hello World!" script), the
E> interpreter only shows "Stack overflow!". What is the
E> problem? Do I need to modify the "Stack:" in the linker
E> options (I'm using the Open Watcom IDE)?

  First, don't forget to use Large memory model. Second, increasing stack
should help. Third, there is successful experience in compiling Lua for DOS
and running in it some examples from its TEST directory. This was achieved
by Mat Nieuwenhoven. If you wish, I resend you his makefiles. Unfortunately,
I not hear about complete success in DOS/16 version - probably, Lua sources
should be reviewed for bug-haunting.


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[Freedos-user] Best PDF provision

[John Hupp]

Anyone viewing PDF files *with images* under FreeDOS?

I understand that some implementation of Ghostscript is the way to go, but 
so far I haven't been able to get it to work.

I also understand that there are a couple of Ghostscript GUI's for DOS 
(PSView/PS_View and one other usually mentioned second), but these rely on a 
working command-line installation.

Aladdin/GNU Ghostscript v5.10 is supposed to be outdated in some respect 
(video support?) and I have failed with it so far.  There is more than one 
v7.05 distro out there, at least some of which are not complete but rely on 
a basic installation from elsewhere.  Documentation seems inadequate, and in 
any case, I haven't succeeded with it yet.

There are Arachne users who have some information, but so far I have not 
been able to bring it all together right.  And besides, they may not be 
using FreeDOS.  (I eventually want to be able to open PDF's with Arachne, 
but perhaps the best Arachne plug-in, which I do not yet know by name, 
relies on a working Ghostscript installation.)

SO, it would be nice if a FreeDOS user said "Go here, download this, unzip 
it there, and use this syntax to load a PDF.  And then for PS_View, go here 
..."

--John Hupp 



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Re: [Freedos-user] Lua in DOS?

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Arkady V.Belousov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Yes. You may recompile as DOS application

Hmmm... I compiled the basic interpreter (min.c) as a
standard (real-mode) DOS program. If I run it without any
parameters, it shows the help. But when I try to run the
hello.lua script (the basic "Hello World!" script), the
interpreter only shows "Stack overflow!". What is the
problem? Do I need to modify the "Stack:" in the linker
options (I'm using the Open Watcom IDE)?

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