From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: norseman Subject: Re: 1.2.0 binary install Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:07:06 +0000 Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40112A8A.69BD3640@firstlight.net> References: <40118C39.1000809@my.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jan Willem Stumpel , linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > > Ged Haywood wrote: > > > Actually I dislike the verbosity, > My point was that I think *dummies* like the verbosity. If you are > a dummy, then of course I am mistaken. > > > but 'v' option or not, the tar manpage on my boxes says: [..] > Linux as a whole (not only dosemu) suffers from incredibly bad > documentation. xfzv works, and has worked for years, in any > permutation. > > > Sounds like time to send in a documentation patch. I tell you > > what. You write it, I'll test it. Deal? > You never (as you said) even tried the binary install. Some > tester! But I did. Let's do it the other way round: you make it > work (including the font part), then I write the doc. Deal? > > Seriously: I think the binary install should do exactly the same > that the (excellent) source install does; i.e. it should put > exactly the same files in exactly the same locations (/usr/local) > that are used by ./configure, make, [become root] make install. It > should just free the dummy user from the compilation step, for > which he/she most probably lacks the tools, and would be > confronted with (to her/him) incomprehensible error messages > because of that. It should (like the source install) also be > independent of freedos, because dosemu itself is independent of > it. Like the source install, it should ask which directory is the > 'C drive'. If user/dummy does not know, it should be pointed out > that some form of DOS is needed, and installation of freedos offered. > > > PS: Do you always send UTF-8? > In principle, yes.. but in Mozilla, apostrophes often behave > weirdly, don't quite understand why. ASCII is supposed to be valid > UTF-8. 'Send'? '73'? Radio? > > Regards, Jan > ====================================== Go get'm Jan! I agree 100% with you. As long as things are getting cleaned up: I suppose it makes one think their project is bigger if they scatter it out all over the damn place. But I suggest something like: $HOME/.dosemu drives/and user's config and such /usr/local/dosemu EVERYTHING else If having a hundered directories makes one feel more important, or just not able work without them, have at it in this one spot. BIG NOTE: MSDOS itself does not support record or file locking. Linux does and DOSEMU.bin can enforce. ONE user at a time please. Applies to /usr/local/dosemu/freedos and actual MSDOS partitions. exception: if a $HOME/freedos is used. Then each user would have his/her own dos world and locks would not apply. Steve Turner norseman@firstlight.net