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Dave Yeo

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DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« on: March 11, 2026, 02:21:26 am »
So the latest release of Dooble introduces a new thing, to quote,
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Introduced the Dooble Awesome Shell (DASH). Interactive commands are not functional. Unix onlySo I had to try it.
With Dooble-Qt5, it works well. You get a bash shell and you can even enter cmd.exe and get a cmd shell. Seems to work as expected. There are limitations such as no interactive commands and starting a PM app blocks the shell until it exits. In cmd.exe can use start to work around it. The bash equivalent doesn't work. 4OS2 is also somewhat broken due to trying to use colours in the prompt and such.
Unluckily with Dooble-Qt6, attempting to run any command results in the tab closing. Perhaps other versions of Qt6 work better. It's a shame as I was thinking of permanently enabling it.
Binaries for those that want to test,
ftp://dry@ftp.os2voice.org/tmp/dooble.2026.03.09-Qt5.zip
ftp://dry@ftp.os2voice.org/tmp/dooble.2026.03.09-Qt5.zip 

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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2026, 03:47:57 pm »
Hello Dave

I tested the Qt5 version and worked here. I don't know if this feature will make my life easier, I guess it is interesting to be surfing the web and quickly opening a command line to do something, but I will keep testing, and the good thing is that nobody is forcing to use it  :D

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Dave Yeo

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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2026, 04:42:46 pm »
Yes, it is more of a curiosity then very useful, especially since copy and paste don't seem to work. Still interesting what can be done and shows a weakness in our Qt6 port.

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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2026, 06:59:31 pm »
Hi Dave

Yes, it is more of a curiosity then very useful, especially since copy and paste don't seem to work. Still interesting what can be done and shows a weakness in our Qt6 port.


Probably follows on from weaknesses in qt5.

DASH sounds interesting but as dooble is unusable...


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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2026, 08:37:05 pm »
I use it quite a bit, though usually use SM. There are tricks. The latest ACPI helps. Installing the block lists etc to stop ads helps and staying away from some multimedia helps. Need a higher VIRTUAADDRESSLIMIT as well. I do find the Qt5 version more stable, while the Qt6 version handles more web sites. Really depends on the sites you use.

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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2026, 03:37:11 am »
Hi Dave

Yes, sites with lots of images and javascript eg ebay cause dooble qt5 to quit fairly quickly - 5 to 10 mins use if lucky. Less "busy" sites usually last a little longer, maybe 20 mins, and some sites do not work at all. Sadly the qt6 version usually quits after a few minutes regardless of how "busy" a site is.

Possibly upping VAL value would help - but it would screw up other apps that are more important.


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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2026, 04:08:42 am »
It depends on the computer but personally I think the stock VAL value is way to low. You should be able to raise it until it hits PCI space. Here, my computer is stable with 2944 and crashy with 3072. 2560 should be good for most.

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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2026, 11:58:41 pm »
Hi Dave

It depends on the computer but personally I think the stock VAL value is way to low. You should be able to raise it until it hits PCI space. Here, my computer is stable with 2944 and crashy with 3072. 2560 should be good for most.


I suspect the stock VAL does not take into account the need to run ported nix software.

Yes, 2560 is good here. Anything higher leads to a reboot when trying to run AOO and Seamonkey - or Dooble - at the same time.


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Re: DASH (Dooble Awesome Shell)
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2026, 09:05:46 am »
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I suspect the stock VAL does not take into account the need to run ported nix software.

Yes, 2560 is good here. Anything higher leads to a reboot when trying to run AOO and Seamonkey - or Dooble - at the same time.


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I think that's the reason it is set that low after installation. It simply does not work on many machines with high values. I've one here which can't run with >2048. Although quite standard and not very new Asustek mainboard. Unfortunately with 2048 it's unusable for me as a workhorse :-(.