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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #825 on: February 28, 2011, 09:44:32 pm »
annnnnd...this thread is back on topic

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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #826 on: February 28, 2011, 09:45:28 pm »
So what is left to implement before the developer's release?

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« Reply #827 on: February 28, 2011, 09:46:17 pm »
Kernel: Filesystem
Dev Release:
*Castle
*File Explorer
*Basic Linking

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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #828 on: February 28, 2011, 09:47:16 pm »
Kernel: Filesystem
Dev Release:
*Castle
*File Explorer
*Basic Linking
Basic linking as in USB linking? I could use my arduino to send programs, but that doesn't work for those who are arduino-less.

Also, what is castle?
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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #829 on: February 28, 2011, 09:47:56 pm »
How far along is the filesystem currently?
Also, I was wondering, are you going to allow for symbolic links?
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« Reply #830 on: February 28, 2011, 09:49:19 pm »
Basic linking = some way of getting files onto it
Filesystem is barely there.  A functional test filesystem is in place, but the actual KFS is not.  Flash writing is mostly done, though.  And what are symbolic links?

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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #831 on: February 28, 2011, 09:52:02 pm »
Ah ok.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link or in other words, a file that represents another file. So with symbolic linking you can have the file /home/eeems/some_folder/this_file but with a symbolic link to it located at /link_to_file you can just reference /link_to_file to access it. Symbolic links to directories are also nice :P
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« Reply #832 on: February 28, 2011, 09:52:54 pm »
Nope, I won't support that.  But someone could probably write a program that does it.

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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #833 on: February 28, 2011, 09:54:10 pm »
I think I'll try to implement that in Rogue whenever I get the chance to actually do something with it :P
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« Reply #834 on: February 28, 2011, 09:56:04 pm »
Well, the filesystem is relatively basic.  However, programs will be able to associate themselves with extensions, and symbolic linking could easily be done through such a thing.
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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #835 on: February 28, 2011, 09:56:47 pm »
Sounds good :)
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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #836 on: February 28, 2011, 10:44:28 pm »
Yeah, You could just have a .lnk file.  What happens if two programs use the same extension?  This is getting exciting!

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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #837 on: February 28, 2011, 11:50:42 pm »
Ah ok.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link or in other words, a file that represents another file. So with symbolic linking you can have the file /home/eeems/some_folder/this_file but with a symbolic link to it located at /link_to_file you can just reference /link_to_file to access it. Symbolic links to directories are also nice :P
Is that basically a shortcut on windows systems?

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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #838 on: March 01, 2011, 12:49:43 am »
In the most basic sense, yes, but instead of just being a file, you can actually reference the original file with it, symbolic links are much more complex then shortcuts.
i.e: /home/eeems/Desktop/ha/ has a symbolic link located at /home/ha so instead of having to type out /home/eeems/Desktop/ha/ all the time to access that folder you can now use the shortcut of /home/ha/. Having a symbolic link to a file makes it seem like it is there, so symbolically linking a settings file in one location to another will make it editable by whatever accesses both locations, and unlike a .lnk which when you try to open it you open the shortcut file, symbolic links are followed when you edit them, so instead of the symbolic link file, you open the file it is pointed to.
In short, I much prefer the symbolic link method over the .lnk method due to the limitations that are not in place over symbolic links that are over .lnk files.
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Re: KnightOS
« Reply #839 on: March 01, 2011, 09:49:12 pm »
Well, he could make certain functions be for certain programs.  So you could claim the edit function and return the original file as well.