Date:	Thu, 03 Jul 1997 15:11:48 +0100
From:	Matthias Paul <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject:	Re: nwcdex
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Reply-to:	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Message-id:	<196C3684651@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de>
Organization:	Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen

During the last week, I replied concerning NWCDEX to be loaded 
in CONFIG.SYS.  There are two things, I'd like to correct myself:

- When I spoke of SWITCHES=/F, I actually meant SWITCHES=/N 
  to disable the <F5>/<F8> skip/single-step feature.  
  
- However, even if SWITCHES=/N appears to be scanned before 
  the normal CONFIG.SYS processing, this is not the case 
  (and this is, why I could not find it in the sources... ;-).  
  After all, its strange behaviour is just a matter of it's 
  function and the fact, that COD interprets CONFIG.SYS rather
  than compiling it.
  Still true:  If you are using SWITCHES= and want it to behave
  similar to MS-DOS', it needs to be placed in the very first
  line of CONFIG.SYS.
  
I'm currently thinking about adding a new pre-scanning of CONFIG.SYS
to cope with some of MS-DOS' features.  This would relax the problem
with SWITCHES=.  For backward compatibility, to disable the 
pre-scanning to become effective, a new SWITCHES=/P could be 
introduced... ;-)

Matthias

PS: For those waiting for my IBMBIO.COM update:  It will come as 
    soon as I have finished tiding up the sources.  However, I'm
    permanently inventing new features, so this may take some more
    time...  I'm thinking about making a *binary* alpha version 
    available via my web-pages within the next days, reflecting the 
    current status of the file.  Hope to receive all your comments 
    and bug-reports...
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