Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 20:58:45 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: FreeBSD Small <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Command-line i/f (Re: PicoBSD) Message-ID: <Version.32.19981005204518.010043c0@pop.wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810050855220.27578-100000@korin.warman.org .pl> References: <Version.32.19981004223523.010a32d0@pop.wxs.nl>
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At 09:20 05-10-98 , Andrzej Bialecki wrote:
>On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
>> Reverse polish notation? I know of Hungarian notation, but not Polish, want
>> to enlighten me?
>
>A.k.a. postfix notation. E.g. if you want to compute (3+4)*7 you enter it
>this way:
>
>3 4 + 7 *
Ahh right'o, the awkward notation for humans ;)
>This is natural consequence of choosing the stack as the backbone of the
>language. This makes it somewhat harder to read, but it's much more
>natural for most machines to execute. :-)
I had a look at Forth today, looks workable enough... Now to gain some
expertise in it... =)
>> How far do we need to adhere to Cisco's IOS/Shiva's SpiderSoftware command
>> syntaxing? Most of it is good and usable.
>
>Hmmm... They are just an idea to start from, I think. We need to sit and
>think about a model of the system, in terms of hierarchy of subsystems.
>Some of them would be such subsystems as User mgmt, IP config (interfaces,
>routing, bridging, NAT...), Startup, Access control etc etc.. Then ,
>basing on this description, we could go down to the bottom of the final
>command which would look like:
[snip Cisco IOS like example]
>I know, this resembles IOS very close. If you happen to know other UI, you
>can share with us how this would look like... anyway, I hope you get the
>idea.
I will, will type some of Shiva's examples soon, for the moment, here's one:
Category Description
- ----------------------------------------------
Booting Booting Commands
Filters Filter Management Commands
Hosts Hosts and Services Commands
Install Installation Commands
Line Line and Session Commands
Management Network Management Commands
Menu Menu Commands
Phone Phone Commands
Routing Routing Commands
Statistics Statistical Information Commands
Terminal Terminal Configuration Commands
User User Commands
Utility Utility Commands
regards,
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / Asmodai <asmodai(at)wxs.nl>
ICQ-UIN: 1564317 .:. Ninth Circle Enterprises
Network/Security Specialist
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