Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 02:14:55 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> 
> > > > > CTRL-J in PINE.
> > > > Or add a verification: ARE YOU SURE! [Y/N]
> > > And then after you type 'YES' out in full and hit enter, it asks
> > > you to type in the volume label from C: in DOS for confirmation.
> > 
> > Hmmm, getting a >little< extreme?
> 
> A *little* perhaps.  But I could be more extreme. :o)  Make it
> ask which line numbers you want to justify and you must enter
> each line number separated by a comma.  1,2,3,4,5...
> 
> Hehehe.
> 
> > > \ would be interpreted as a directory path, so if you said:
> > > COPY FILE1.txt \
> > 
> > No, only if the line is _longer_ than the the width of the screen, it'd
> > pop the entire line from the parsed point so you don't have a, (lets say)
> > critical filename split from right to left.
> 
> Ok, I think I see what you mean now.  What about pathnames > 80
> characters?  We could program logic to have it switch video modes
> to 132x50.  :o)

Uh-huh, you're merrily typing away in 80x25 and glance away from the
keyboard to make sure you're hitting the right keys and then POOF!  You
glance up only to see that something different and you can't find your
place in the screen so you spend a second or so locating the line you were
typing and completely lose the brilliant idea you were doing.  Smart.