From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.libero.it ([193.70.192.51]) by hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca with SMTP id <45353>; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 05:47:34 -0500 Received: from tango.texne.priv (151.15.134.54) by smtp1.libero.it (6.0.032) id 3BD437D50002CA96 for rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:59:44 +0200 Received: from carlos by tango.texne.priv with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15vvTh-0004HG-00; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:55:57 +0200 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 02:55:57 -0500 From: Carlo Strozzi To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Re: Beta release rc-1.6b3 available Message-ID: <20011023085557.A16410@texne.com> Mail-Followup-To: Carlo Strozzi , rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu References: <20011015125606.2248.qmail@happy.star.le.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011015125606.2248.qmail@happy.star.le.ac.uk>; from tjg@star.le.ac.uk on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 08:56:06AM -0500 Organization: ScriptaWorks.COM On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 08:56:06AM -0500, Tim Goodwin wrote: > A new beta release, rc-1.6b3, is available from the usual place. > > http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~tjg/rc/beta/rc-1.6b3.tar.gz > > Please test this beta! I'd like to turn it into rc-1.7, but it needs > a lot more testing first. I need positive feedback (platforms where > it builds and runs smoothly) as well as reports of any problems. Mine is not really a bug report, buth rather a request for a new feature. I dunno whether it has been asked before on this list, but are there any chances that rc will ever handle a path specification in the form of: ; command ~/path/to/file where ``~'' gets substituted internally with the value of $home ? Likewise, ~user should be replaced by $home/user/. Of course this is a-la-bash, but it would make rc much more handy to use as a login shell. The executable that I use has been linked with the GNU readline library, which handles the above cases correctly, but when it passes the path to rc the latter complains, of course. bye, carlo -- For easier reading please set the Courier font. Messages larger than 30 KB may not receive immediate attention. Freedom for Business: http://swpat.ffii.org