SetCmd
Description:	Easily switch between versions of software
Download:	setcmd.lha       (TIPS: Use the right click menu if your browser takes you back here all the time)
Size:	292kb
Version:	1.1.0
Date:	07 Apr 2020
Author:	Mark Dastmalchi-Round
Submitter:	Mark Dastmalchi-Round
Email:	amiga/markround com
Homepage:	https://github.com/markround/setcmd
Category:	utility/shell
Replaces:	utility/shell/setcmd.lha
License:	BSD
Distribute:	yes
Min OS Version:	4.1
FileID:	11222
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SetCmd
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I developed SetCmd primarily to solve a problem I had - switching between
different versions of the UAE Emulator on my X5000 while using classic Amiga
software. It is also particularly useful for maintaining different versions of
development tools, compilers and so on.

Quickstart
==========

After you have run the installer, create a SETCMD: assign pointing to the
installation directory, and run setcmd init from there:

assign SETCMD: Software:Programs/SetCmd
SETCMD:setcmd init

This installs SetCmd so it's directory of managed commands comes first in your
shell search path.

Then you can add a command, and add versions for that command. Here's a quick
example using the UAE emulator as the command to be managed:

setcmd add-cmd uae
setcmd add-version uae system System:Emulation/E-UAE-amigfx/uae
setcmd add-version uae dev Work:Downloads/E-UAE-git/uae

And switch between them:

setcmd set-version uae system

; uae command now points to the system-provided UAE emulator

setcmd set-version uae dev

; uae command now points to the git checkout in my Downloads directory

Full documentation is provided as an AmigaGuide document, and running "setcmd"
on it's own will display an example help screen with usage examples. 

There is also an extended README.txt included which has additional information.

More information is also available at the GitHub project:
https://github.com/markround/setcmd

And at my Amiga blog: http://markround.com/amiga

Changes
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1.1.0 : Added SETCMD_NOFORMAT env var option to control formatting

1.0.0 : Initial public release

Notes
=====
SetCmd was also written to accompany my series of blog posts exploring the
next-gen AmigaOS. I used it as an experiment to learn how to develop, package
and distribute software for AmigaOS, as well as picking up the C language along
the way. Excluding variations on "Hello, World!" I studied years ago at
University, this tool is my first full C program ever, and my first release for
the Amiga in a very long time!

I wanted to make the tool as Amiga-native as possible. This meant things like:

  *  Providing an Installer script to install the software
  *  Documentation in AmigaGuide format
  *  Using AmigaOS 4.x SDK functions and standards instead of "portable" C 

So if there are any hardcore Amiga developers out there reading this, bear in
mind this is my first attempt at all of this! That said, I'd love any feedback,
pull requests, comments etc. that will help my learning and understanding of all
these different technologies.