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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: swift240 on November 27, 2016, 06:21:17 PM
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At one time I used Arexx a lot, well I still do from time to time.
The Arexx language is good to use.
So here is my question:-
How many of you use Arexx for your Amiga ?
And for what uses ?
Mike.
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I do, for various tasks here and there. My last script just sets system time by connecting to remote unix shell over serial port. Too bad I used dignet.library that does not work on 68000, and I have been too lazy/busy to rewrite it for RxSerial for example, lol.
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I use ARexx for almost all of my general scripting work. I could use Perl in many cases, but I am more comfortable in ARexx. Lately I have been doing more in Regina Rexx in Windows and have run into a problems with file handling even with Arexx compatibility enabled.
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I use ARexx for variety of scripts, mostly simple tasks. One example was a simple program I used while I was Treasurer for a club. I used it to record cash, bank deposits and withdrawals. It generated a file that I pasted into my report each month. I used Final Writer 97 to type my report and another script written by someone else to save my report as a pdf file. I also wrote a sendmail program and some email reader programs. For text only emails. Nothing fancy. At first, my sendmail program called SMTPpost to actually send the email. However, about 5 years ago, my internet service provider made some changes to the protocol, and I had to update my sendmail program to talk directly with server using the new protocol.