From: bhodge AT gpu1 DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca (B Hodge)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Text editors
Date: 20 Jan 1997 07:52:37 GMT
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Daniel P Hudson (afn03257 AT freenet2 DOT afn DOT org) wrote:
:  You call yourself a programmer and you haven't figured out how to patch 
:  this yet? Look at QBASIC.EXE under DOSSHELL using F9 or even better a 
:  binary editor. Scroll down to around 2dc70h bytes and notice in plain
:  day the *.TXT in the ascii column. Edit it over too *.* followed by 
:  2 ascii NULL characters. Save and run edit.

Great suggestion!  I made a small C program that'll do it.  Run it from
the directory with QBASIC.EXE in it.  I recommend backing up your
QBASIC.EXE...

#include <stdio.h>

void main(void)
{
	FILE *file=fopen("QBASIC.EXE", "r+b");
	fseek(file, 0x2DC70, SEEK_SET);
	fputc('*', file);
	fputc('.', file);
	fputc('*', file);
	fputc(0, file);
	fputc(0, file);
	fclose(file);
}

Also I'm trying to make my own editor.  Anyone have any insights or
features they'd like to see in a text editor designed for programming?
E-mail or post and ideas.  Dunno if I'll finish but hey, the info would be
a great help.

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