Re: A86: Shell Name


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Re: A86: Shell Name




hmm sounds like oshell for 85...icons in a description bar would be nice but
the problem would be the space they take up and their resolution. if you are
going to use icons you would want ones like 8x8, 16x16 would be pushing it,
yet 8x8 might not be enough room to make a good icon (can barely make a good
one thats 16x16)

-----Original Message-----
From: Klukan <renegade@bmt.net>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: A86: Shell Name


>
>Muhammed Galadima wrote:
>
>> What is the shell's interface going to look like and what features
>> will
>> it have?
>
>It will look a lot like Rascall.  A friend of mine suggested that I
>create pull-down menus, and I have considered it.  The original design
>specs indicated that it would have multiple interfaces, like Usgard.  It
>will have the standard grouped program menu, a Filer (file manager
>util), minimal help function, and an easy-to-use setup feature with
>everything in a convenient menu so you don't have to memorize what keys
>do what (ie: p = password, etc.).  This shell will eventually emulate
>the TI-85 (like the other two ASM shells), and possibly the 82 and 83.
>It will show both BASIC and ASM programs in its menu and have optional
>program writeback.  I was also considering icons that would be displayed
>in the description bar.  Any ideas?
>
>> That could help pick a good name for instance MS chose windows because
>>
>> that's how it looked and DOS for it's function -- running disks, and
>> ZShell cause it's a shell for a Z80... you get the idea
>>
>> Muhammed
>> http://members.tripod.com/~Jedaler/index.html
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Jeremy
>


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