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Programming / Re: REXX tutorials -- start developing applets under ArcaOS out-of-the-box
« on: March 02, 2025, 09:12:19 pm »
Hi Dan, given the thread subject, "out of the box", I'm not sure what you mean by "fairly quickly" -- shouldn't that be the point? Unless... are you absolutely new to OS/2 / ArcaOS? If that's the case,
perhaps the first thing ArcaOS needs to have in its Development folder (REXX Folder?) is simply a 'Hello world' Rexx program object to be run, another program object specifically to show how it's done ("Edit Hello World!"), and the shortest readme / intro ("What is REXX?"):
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REXX is the default scripting language in ArcaOS. To start creating REXX programs, you just need a plain text editor and the ability to read the simplest English (click on Edit "Hello World!").
Once you save your REXX scripts you can run them simply double-clicking on them, or typing their name at the command line from the folders where you have created them.
ArcaOS comes with <this and that>, please see <X, Y, Z, under ... > (pointers to a selection of the included materials best suitable for new users).
perhaps the first thing ArcaOS needs to have in its Development folder (REXX Folder?) is simply a 'Hello world' Rexx program object to be run, another program object specifically to show how it's done ("Edit Hello World!"), and the shortest readme / intro ("What is REXX?"):
----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----
REXX is the default scripting language in ArcaOS. To start creating REXX programs, you just need a plain text editor and the ability to read the simplest English (click on Edit "Hello World!").
Once you save your REXX scripts you can run them simply double-clicking on them, or typing their name at the command line from the folders where you have created them.
ArcaOS comes with <this and that>, please see <X, Y, Z, under ... > (pointers to a selection of the included materials best suitable for new users).