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JavaScript scripting for MS-DOS
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a***@gmail.com
2019-06-09 15:54:17 UTC
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Hi there,

I just released the first public version of jSH:
A MSDOS Javascript interpreter to create text-mode GUIs and automatize tasks on GitHub:
https://github.com/SuperIlu/jSH

For testing I started to implement a minimal NortonCommander clone in JavaScript.

Suggestions on missing functionality (for the script engine, not the clone) are very much appreciated.

Thanks
Ilu
JJ
2019-06-10 13:12:22 UTC
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Post by a***@gmail.com
Hi there,
I just released the first public version of jSH: A MSDOS Javascript
https://github.com/SuperIlu/jSH
For testing I started to implement a minimal NortonCommander clone in JavaScript.
Suggestions on missing functionality (for the script engine, not the
clone) are very much appreciated.
Thanks Ilu
Nice.

I see that it uses MuJS, but MuJS doesn't say which ECMAScript edition it
implements.

And that 4MB RAM requirement... Isn't that too much? Can it be made
configurable so that it can uses less memory, and possibly, doesn't require
extended memory?
a***@gmail.com
2019-06-10 13:21:13 UTC
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Hi,

somewhere deep in the docs of MuJS it says ES2015.

As for the RAM requirements:
It most probably runs with less than 4MB, that was just the smallest amount I tested it with. In my experience DJGPP EXEs are a little hungry on the memory side.

To create a version w/o extended memory I guess I'd need to compile it with something like Watcom. I was thinking about trying that, but delayed it 'till later as jSH is only a side-project to DOjS. Also I wanted jSH to be more feature complete before I do stuff like switch compilers...
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