[ros-general] writing file manager / how to use lex?

[Brian Palmer]

This reminds me of all the linux guys saying "why not just use and improve
linux instead of writing your own". I say go ahead and have fun with it.

My $0.02
Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: ros-general-bounces at reactos.com
[mailto:ros-general-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Jason Filby
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:38 AM
To: ros-general at reactos.com
Subject: Re: [ros-general] writing file manager / how to use lex?

Jan Tisje wrote:

>it seems to me, ROS exp is far from finished, too. 
>and first view was not what I was expecting from a file manager. 
>Well, i do not know anything about the internals. is anything
available? 
>Jan
>  
>

Hi Jan

ROS Explorer being far from finished doesn't seem like a valid reason
to 
start from scratch again. There's no reason you can't write an 
alternative, but I do think that you should first consider furthering

ROS Explorer. Another plus for ROS Explorer is that it's written in
C++ 
and can be compiled with MingW. A Delphi shell will not easily be 
included with the ReactOS distribution - but perhaps that's not what
you 
want anyway. These are not reasons not to begin work on your file 
manager - just things to be aware of before you begin.

The webpage for ROS Explorer is here:
http://www.sky.franken.de/explorer/

The source code is in the ReactOS source under:
reactos\subsys\system\explorer

Cheers
Jason