Re: A86: directories


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Re: A86: directories




What about this:  create a program to manage the directories.  When you
change directories, it swaps the VAT of the current directory with the new
VAT that it  has stored somewhere.  You'd have to create dummy vars to take
up space so the TI-OS doesn't overwrite your other variables.  Maybe
directories could be stored as a special type that would contain it's VAT
and all the vars in it.  That way, you wouldn't have to worry about the OS
"defragmenting" its memory--the directories would move with it.  Then you
could use any program without any trouble.  Maybe the directories could be
stored in a compressed format, and uncompressed when "changed" to...

At 08:58 PM 5/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>If it's really possible to create new variable types, what do you folks
>think about creating a directory variable type, that can be accessed
>with a token called "cd".  "cd games", when typed to the home screen,
>would switch to the games directory.. The unused byte in the VAT can be
>used to place each variable in a directory.
>It would be pretty neat -- you could have directories that require root
>access, or directories that have disabled sqrt programs..
>Does that ring like worthy idea?
>
>


// David Phillips
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