Re: no applications

From: Andrew Thompson (SeeMySites_at_www.invalid)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 04:52:54 GMT

On Sun, 30 May 2004 19:25:37 +0100, Pat Brady wrote:
> "Andrew Thompson" <SeeMySites@www.invalid> wrote in message
>> On Sat, 29 May 2004 20:31:49 -0500, Ryan Stewart wrote:
>>> "Pat Brady" <no56@eircom.net> wrote in message
...
> im not certain about the cmd prompt stuff
> so i think i'll leave it for now
> is it that necessary ?

Depends who you ask.. We all are constantly
discussing (OK ..bickering) about it.

> are there any good books/sites explaining
> about it ?

I am not so familiar with the specifics of
books good for teaching this sort of beginner
detail. Books usually either ignore the
comand line (DOS) or mention it in passing,
assuming the student has had to get a handle
on it previously.

> ive got 'HeadFirstJava' and Deitel 'How to ...'
> but both of these seem to expect you to know this
> stuff

Ahhh.. yup.

> i guess its 'Command Prompt for Dummies' for me !

I have been thinking of doing more pages on
the command line. How to ..copy text out of it,
send O/P to a file, build long commands with
variables, ..etc.

> this is my first time using a newsgroup and i have to
> say the vibe is excellent

It is a nice community here..

> Andrew, ive made a small (i am a student) donation
> to your site

Yes, I was surprised and delighted to
see the notification in my mail-box
earlier.

It is worth a million to me Pat..

> keep up the good work
>
> thanks a mill

Thank You! I have had that button on my
site for some months and you are the *first*
to actually make a donation. 

-- 
Andrew Thompson
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