Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/15/15:29:31
On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, yeep wrote:
> > > Hey! another maybe wish for OpenDOS, instead of regular line-wrapping,
> > > smart breaking at either '/' or '\'. Too much?
> >
> > \ would be interpreted as a directory path, so if you said:
> >
> > COPY FILE1.txt \
> >
> > It would go to the next line and wait for you to type in more
> > instead of copying the file to the root dir.
> >
> > / would be interpreted as a switch character, so if you said:
> >
> > COPY FILE.TXT .. /
> >
> > It would complain that an invalid switch was present.
> >
> > I believe that COMMAND.COM / 4DOS allready allow you to do what
> > you are suggesting by pressing a control character at the end of
> > a line. In plain ole COMMAND.COM without DOSKEY, I think that it
> > is the ESC character although it has been 5 or 6 years since I
> > remember.
>
> No, ESC means: "screw this, let's start all over", in other words, then DOS
> ignores all you have typed before and starts with a clean prompt (without
> the prompt that is).
Right. I'm sure that there is a control char or something...
I'll see if I can find it....
Nope, I tried for 5 minutes and read help and stuff. Can't find
it. Well, it could be added if someone wants it.
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