Re: [ros-general] writing file manager / how to use lex?

[Tom Lee Mullins]

Brian Palmer wrote:
> This reminds me of all the linux guys saying "why not just use and improve
> linux instead of writing your own". I say go ahead and have fun with it.
>
> My $0.02
> Brian
>
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> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Jason Filby
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ros-general] writing file manager / how to use lex?
>
> Jan Tisje wrote:
> > it seems to me, ROS exp is far from finished, too. 
> > and first view was not what I was expecting from a file manager. 
> > Well, i do not know anything about the internals. is anything
>
> available?
> > Jan
>
> Hi Jan
>
> ROS Explorer being far from finished doesn't seem like a valid reason
> to 
> start from scratch again. There's no reason you can't write an 
> alternative, but I do think that you should first consider furthering
>
> ROS Explorer. Another plus for ROS Explorer is that it's written in
> C++ 
> and can be compiled with MingW. A Delphi shell will not easily be 
> included with the ReactOS distribution - but perhaps that's not what
> you 
> want anyway. These are not reasons not to begin work on your file 
> manager - just things to be aware of before you begin.
>
> The webpage for ROS Explorer is here:
> http://www.sky.franken.de/explorer/
>
> The source code is in the ReactOS source under:
> reactos\subsys\system\explorer
>
> Cheers
> Jason
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It seems to be what some are trying to do with the OSFree project - a clone
of IBM's OS/2 Warp ver 4.  http://www.osfree.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osfree . I am hoping those working on
OSFree (and ReactOS) won't heed those words/comments since it might
bring both under scrutiny of SCO who seems to want to destroy Linux.

TomLeeM
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