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Subject:	Re: Environment variables, and command line option's.
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Date:	Sun, 23 Jun 2002 06:36:08 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, oldCoder wrote:
> 
> 
>>>http://cmdedit.adoxa.cjb.net/
>>>
>>>Jason.
>>>
>>>
>>There's an even better 'command line editor,' and it comes with DJGPP: 
>>BASH (Bourne Again SHell).  It's _far_ more powerful than any flavor of 
>>DOS box, especially when it comes to writing scripts (but I leave the 
>>building of executables, etc., to MAKE), and the only reason I can think 
>>of _not_ to use it would be the problems with Win2K/XP (which 2.0.4 
>>seemed to mostly clear up).
>>
> 
> Bash is great, but some DOS programs cannot be run from it, 
> unfortunately.  For example, 16-bit DPMI programs (the DPMI spec 
> prohibits mixing 16-bit and 32-bit DPMI clients in the same session) 
> and some other types of DOS-extended programs don't live well with 32-bit 
> DPMI environment.
> 
> If you never need to run such programs, Bash is for you.
> 

I did not realize this, so I guess I've never run into any 16-bit DPMI 
clients.  Thx for the heads-up!

BTW, sorry I responded to U via email the other day; I'm rather new to 
newsgroups and didn't realize that I was being notified of a new post.

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