Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:43:05 +0000 To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Tue, 25 Feb 1997 at 13:25:42, wrote: >! - valid filename character >@ - valid filename character - also used for response files ># - valid filename character >% - environment var dereferencer >^ - 4DOS command separator character (Also doorway.exe uses it) >& - Lets reserve this baby for future background processing :o) >* - wildcard. Try DIR * > >A better candidate would be then YEN symbol. :o) Nah, lets go right out the window and go for the UK pounds symbol. Mostly you can only type it from the UK keyboards, unless you use the ALT-156 combination, so the support calls would be really low on that feature :) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian 'DrDebug' Day | Email: Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk Dark Black Software Ltd. | WWW: http://www.darkblak.demon.co.uk The Home of MrDebug | Dark Knight BBS & Fax: +44 (0)1480 471465 (THE Clipper debugger) | Tel: +44 (0)1480 403104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------