Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/09/03:12:26
In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970207173028 DOT 4560b-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
>I'm using Telix. I've used many text mode terminal programs.
>I've yet to find one that needs ANSI.SYS. Yes, Telix supports
>ANSI directly as well as several others.
OK, but for each one that *you've* used that has automatic ANSI
emulation, there are plenty of others that don't have it.
>Nope. Use the %@exec[] command inside your prompt and it will
>fit easily. That is what I used to do. You can then have it
>call a batch file, or another command, alias, .exe, or whatever.
>
>It is much more powerful, and not at all difficult to set up. I
>used to have quite a complicated "die-hard" prompt setup in 4DOS
>in this manner. You might want to look up %@exec[] in the 4DOS
>manual, also look up the PROMPT command for examples of how to
>use %@exec[].
Yes yes yes, seen that, done than, read the book. I've been using 4DOS
for 5 years or so, so I know what it can do. I also know that doing
things this way adds extra CRLF sequences to your prompt after the exec
has finished, which usually screws stuff up.
>> Annoying for you, maybe. But for me, I display a whole bunch of info up
>> in the top right of the screen (memory, date/time, session name etc.)
>> This CANNOT be fast enough! ;-)
>
>It can if you use 4DOS's %_MEM, %_DATE, %_TIME variables and
>countless other 4DOS variables and internal functions, along with
>the direct screen write commands I mentioned earlier and the
>%@exec[] function.
Which is what I use. How do you think I get the info? As I said, I'm a
4DOS user too, you don't have to sell it to me.
>If you're interested, send me your ANSI prompt in email, and I'll
>write you up a 4DOS FAST version.
Look. I know you're trying to be helpful, but it seems to me you're
just padding out messages to prove a point.
I've tried reducing the prompt size in the environment by using the exec
function about a year ago, and as I said already it adds extra CRLF
sequences in all the wrong places...
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