Message-ID:	<3259D8B1.7AF8@cs.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Oct 1996 21:29:37 -0700
From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Reply-To:	fighteer AT cs DOT com
Organization:	Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC:	DJGPP Workers Mailing List <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: DJVERIFY 0.1a uploaded
References:	<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 961007080557 DOT 2485O-100000 AT is>

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:
> 
> > Agreed.  When I finish I intend to stand them out not only with
> > separation but with making them appear "high-intensity" on the screen.
> > I _know_ that all monitors support that!
> 
> That is true, but I suspect there are people who make high intensity
> their default, especially those who play with 4DOS/NDOS.

Then I'll make my messages blinking!  Or force low intensity before
displaying anything!  I'll show them who's boss.  :)  (j/k - I think
blinking would be a good alternative)

[snip]
> Shouldn't assume anything about user intuition when writing fool-proof
> (well, diagnostics, anyway) programs.

Good point.  Okay, I think the batch file will be called DJVERIFY.BAT,
and the .EXE will be called... DJV.EXE?  Hmm... sounds good for a start.

Excellent idea for the batch file, BTW - I'll implement it forthwith.  I
did have something like what you suggested, but it required an explicit
switch (-F) to invoke.  The only problem I can foresee is that the
program itself uses the first non-switch input as the name of the log
file to send output to, and the second as the name of the system report
file.  I'd have to do some serious testing in the batch file for the
proper extensions, or just assume that if the batch file itself is
invoked, the first argument is the name of the program?  Maybe the (-F)
switch is the best way to do it.  Comments, please?  ;)

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