From: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 17:00:05 -0500 (EST) To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Cc: OpenDOS discussion list Subject: Re: [opendos] A suggestion for DOSBOOK. In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk A problem common to edit.exe and dosbook.exe is they don't write to bios but use direct screen writess. I don't know if those programs have the option available to write to bios the same way msdos normally does when qbasic; edit, and help.exe and dosshell.exe aren't being used but making that ability for opendos really would offer speech synthesizer users some alternatives. Those might be writes to dos services instead, but it's for sure they're not direct with programs like edlin.exe for instance. I don't use m$dos edit.exe in favor of edlin.exe for that reason when I want to do quick edits. The opendos edit.exe I hope is more than a screen-oriented editor, its size is large enough to be a wordprocessor. On Sat, 1 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote: > On Sat, 1 Feb 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote: > > > It would also be helpful if opendos would use > > ascii symbols around those valid links too. > > Perhaps brackets around all valid links, and inequality signs > > abound the current link where the cursor was positioned. > > I know it's customary to use color, but > > even sighted people are color blind sometimes. > > Sure! Can't see why that shouldn't also be an option. Say, > DOSBOOK /L gives LYNX-like action, and DOSBOOK /V gives output as you > state above for the "Visually challenged". I'm willing to look into > coding that as well. As soon as I see the source that is. > > > Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris > Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. > My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html > mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca > > LINUX: Lost access to your keyboard after a game? Email me for fix. > > jude