A. Dormant

For the Friend developers, being able to access the OS using only language is a huge thing. It gives a lot of power and precision to an advanced user. Dormant is the name we have given to the technologies that allow you to use language to use Friend without a GUI. For now, this is using the CLI - Friend Shell, through Friend DOS. Later, we will add other interfaces, such as a speech to text interface, to give a user access to Dormant functionality.

Dormant - in the senses «fixed in position» and «latent»

Dormant is always available in a Friend system. It opens up the world to developers, allowing them to use and control any Friend application using only words and arguments. This allows for a powerful opportunity to automate tasks using very little programming.

Example:

launch FriendCreate
cd FriendCreate:Functions/
insert "Hello, this is written using Dormant"
selectall

Using Friend Network on a different machine:

fnet connect MyFriendsComputer
launch FriendCreate
cd FriendCreate:Functions/
insert "Hey! Just started the app for you and left a message."
exit

Dormant creates virtual file systems out of Friend applications. This allows an advanced user to enter into these disks and execute virtual executables. These disks can be shared over the network, allowing for some very advanced operations that are unseen in most other operating systems.