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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 17:18:47
To: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: DOSKEY (was: Can I try BASH?)
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At 01:24 PM 7/10/98 GMT, you wrote:

>It provides the command history. If you always use bash, then remove
>it. If you use COMMAND.COM sometimes and want the command history
>functionality don't remove it.
>
>Silence,
>
>MartinS

Martin: Your statement "It provides the command history" is, of course,
true, but if you
will permit me, I think it is an UNDERSTATEMENT.

I've got my BASH installed and working and see what you mean, but really
DOSKEY is a very
powerful macros utility that can be set temporarily from the prompt or in
the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file like this:

C:\DOS\DOSKEY /BUFSIZE=2048
CALL C:\DOS\MACROS.BAT

The buffer size can be any size you want and the macros.bat file can be
easily edited.

I have lots of macros in there allowing me to do all sorts of things fast.
I have never seen the
DOSKEY TSR interfere once with any program (assuming you don't need the
small amount of
conventional memory it occupies and also you choose your one-and-two-letter
commands with
care).

It can be loaded high, which mine is--I left out the LH numbers in my
example. Honest, I think
DOSKEY is quite valuable if you are not using BASH. I don't use it anymore
in my DJGPP
configuration, but I sure do in my other ones. It has saved me a lot of
finger work for many
years.

Regards,

Ralph