DOS ain't dead

FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) (DOSX)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 22.03.2009, 21:42

> So, Japheth, could you please focus on it and make FAR manager run with
> HX-DOS?

Your wish was my command!

With the current hx prerelease v2.16 one might be able to run FAR manager in DOS. I haven't tested the usual functions too much, there are surely things which won't work (yet).

However, if you aren't afraid to fiddle around with a config file you might be able to use FAR's FTP client. At least I was able to do so.

The config file which needs some manual work is called "DOS" . It's supposed to contain the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch of the Win32 registry (FAR uses the registry to store it's persistent variables). It should exist after FM has been launched the first time in DOS. It's stored where DADVAPI.DLL is located.

Anyways, once this file exists it must be edited. This is required because of a bug in DKRNL32's "profile file" functions which isn't fixed yet. To make FAR find the FTP hosts there must be the following entries in the specified order:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Far\Plugins\FTP]
@=

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Far\Plugins\FTP\Hosts]
@=

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Far\Plugins\FTP\Hosts\Item0]
@=
HostName=ftp.xxxxxx.xxx
User=xxxxxx

[... more hosts ... Item1, Item2, ...]

I admit, it's all a bit experimental yet.

Please note that FAR needs LFN support in DOS, and - of course - the FTP client requires a packet driver.

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• HX-DOS and FAR manager - Laaca, 25.03.2008, 21:37 (DOSX)
  • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Steve, 26.03.2008, 01:08
    • File managers with ftp and terminal - Steve, 26.03.2008, 09:49
      • File managers with ftp and terminal - Laaca, 26.03.2008, 12:43
  • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 03:30
    • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 08:15
      • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 13:18
        • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Laaca, 27.03.2008, 21:20
          • HX-DOS and FAR manager - rr, 28.03.2008, 23:50
  • HX-DOS and FAR manager - RayeR, 26.03.2008, 15:01
  • Agreed, I want FAR under DOS - grompe, 28.04.2008, 13:43
    • Agreed, I want FAR under DOS - rr, 28.04.2008, 14:04
      • Agreed, I want FAR under DOS - Japheth, 29.04.2008, 19:45
        • I'm not ready to submit patches - grompe, 29.04.2008, 20:20
  • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - Japheth, 22.03.2009, 21:42
    • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - Laaca, 23.03.2009, 19:33
      • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - rr, 23.03.2009, 21:00
      • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - Japheth, 24.03.2009, 04:06
        • FAR manager works better now - Japheth, 28.03.2009, 14:46
          • FAR manager works better now - Laaca, 29.03.2009, 22:41