Number: 1657

Date: 17-Jul-84 12':19':57

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: Masinter.pa

Subject: top-level command NDIR now works': prints out directory in tabular format

Assigned To: Masinter.pa

Attn: Release

Status: Fixed

In/By: Harmony/Intermezzo

Problem Type: Design - UI

Impact: Annoying

Difficulty: 

Frequency: Everytime

Priority: Perhaps

System: Operating System

Subsystem: Generic File Operations

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Disposition: In Harmony, NDIR will work and not include version numbers. In Intermezzo, it will work *and* include version numbers. The Harmony release message can note that NDIR works, and the Intermezzo release message can note that, by popular demand, NDIR now includes version numbers.'
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["Sannella.PA" "12-Sep-84 17':54':48" Attn': Status':(Closed->Open) In/By': Description':]'
["Sannella.PA" "13-Sep-84 09':49':08" Problem% Type':(Bug->Design% -% UI) Description':]'
["masinter" "24-Sep-84 17':39':28" Attn': Status':(Open->Fixed) In/By': Disposition':]

Description: '
Date': 16 Jul 84 17':03 PDT'
From': Masinter.pa'
Subject': bug fixed'
To': lispsupport'
cc': vanMelle'
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NDIR as a top level command now works. It prints out the directory in a tabular format. Used to die with an "illegal version number" for most machines.'
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[I guess this is an AR which should be submitted as "Fixed", OS/Generic Files, etc.]'
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Subject': NDIR doesn''t print version numbers'
To': Masinter'
cc': Sannella.pa'
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I just noticed that NDIR doesn''t print the version numbers for files.  If you have FOO;1 thru FOO;5, it just prints'
FOO     FOO     FOO     FOO     FOO'
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I have changed the status of AR 1657 (top-level command NDIR now works': prints out directory in tabular format) back to Open.'
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Date': 12 Sep 84 18':05 PDT'
From': masinter.pa'
Subject': Re': NDIR doesn''t print version numbers'
In-reply-to': Sannella.pa''s message of 12 Sep 84 17':54 PDT'
To': Sannella.pa'
cc': LispSupport'
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Re': "I just noticed that NDIR doesn''t print the version numbers for files.  If you have FOO;1 thru FOO;5, it just prints'
FOO     FOO     FOO     FOO     FOO'
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I have changed the status of AR 1657 (top-level command NDIR now works': prints out directory in tabular format) back to Open"'
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that''s not a bug, its a feature.'
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DIR *.* COLUMNS 20 will print out the directory in 20-character columns including versions.'
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NDIR spec     is equivalent to'
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DIR spec PP COLUMNS 20'
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and PP means "no version"'
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If this isn''t documented, it needs to be, but I think the stuff "works"'
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If you just say '
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NDIR'
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it only prints out the "highest" version anyway.'
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Do you think I should change the default for NDIR to include the version?'
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Date': 12 Sep 84 18':24 PDT'
From': Sannella.pa'
Subject': Re': NDIR doesn''t print version numbers'
In-reply-to': masinter.pa''s message of 12 Sep 84 18':05 PDT'
To': masinter.pa'
cc': Sannella.pa, LispSupport.pa'
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Is this the way it used to be in Interlisp-10 (NDIR prints no version numbers by default)?  How strange.  I would think that if a user wanted no version numbers, he could just specify NDIR xx PP.'
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Do whatever you want.  If you think it is fine as it is, change the AR to Fixed.  It just looked wierd enough to me that I thought it was a bug.'
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From': masinter.pa'
Date': 12-Sep-84 19':28':12 PDT'
Subject': Re': NDIR doesn''t print version numbers'
In-reply-to': Sannella''s message of 12 Sep 84 18':24 PDT'
To': Sannella'
cc': masinter, LispSupport'
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I''ll change the default to print versions, as a "design- UI" change rather than as a "bug" fix.'
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(oh, hair splitting, right?)'
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Edit-By: masinter

Edit-Date: 24-Sep-84 17':39':29