Re: [cc65] Filenames for POSIX functins on CBM targets

From: <silverdr1wfmh.org.pl>
Date: 2012-08-12 00:39:30
On 2012-08-12, at 00:28, Groepaz wrote:

> On Sunday 12 August 2012, you wrote:
>> On 2012-08-11, at 20:00, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
>>>>> * Everybody has his pet syntax for this purpose.
>>>> 
>>>> A missing standard is from my perspective no excuse to not support it at
>>>> all.
>>> 
>>> If you write a program and require the user to enter a file name, you
>>> will need to teach him the required syntax. This is difficult if he is
>>> used to something else.
>> 
>> This should be for the programmers, not the users. The users should have UI
>> with fields to choose/enter device, drive, file. Programmers should know
>> what to do with what users enter.
>> 
>> Now the problem is that programmers don't have a way to deliver those
>> choices (of devices) to the users.
> 
> the programmer cant have the user enter the device number and then put that 
> number into _curdrive ?

It was a shortcut. Of course he has number of other options. He can use cbm_k_ or assembler or, etc.

-- 
SD!

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