From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 15:06:03 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: yeep cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems In-Reply-To: <199702151916.UAA07456@magigimmix.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, yeep wrote: > > > Hey! another maybe wish for OpenDOS, instead of regular line-wrapping, > > > smart breaking at either '/' or '\'. Too much? > > > > \ would be interpreted as a directory path, so if you said: > > > > COPY FILE1.txt \ > > > > It would go to the next line and wait for you to type in more > > instead of copying the file to the root dir. > > > > / would be interpreted as a switch character, so if you said: > > > > COPY FILE.TXT .. / > > > > It would complain that an invalid switch was present. > > > > I believe that COMMAND.COM / 4DOS allready allow you to do what > > you are suggesting by pressing a control character at the end of > > a line. In plain ole COMMAND.COM without DOSKEY, I think that it > > is the ESC character although it has been 5 or 6 years since I > > remember. > > No, ESC means: "screw this, let's start all over", in other words, then DOS > ignores all you have typed before and starts with a clean prompt (without > the prompt that is). Right. I'm sure that there is a control char or something... I'll see if I can find it.... Nope, I tried for 5 minutes and read help and stuff. Can't find it. Well, it could be added if someone wants it. 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 OpenDOS: The NEW DOS with FREE source code! http://www.caldera.com