Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 18:18:37 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: wish list 2.0
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On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I just thought of something, the config.log and autoexec.log files should
> always generate on a boot.  If there were no errors in config.sys when
> the machine booted then config.log could be erased.

Hmmm, set up the erase as an option, people might want to review the log
record for who knows what reason.

> If there were no errors in autoexec.bat then autoexec.log could
> be erased.  Boots should do destructive writing of these log files.

Yea, open the sucker in open-for-write instead of open-append

> I know systems especially the faster ones boot up too fast even for
> people with 20:20 vission to read the screen much of the time and this
> feature were it implemented would remove that requirement. 

OpenDOS should also support single-stepping the boot as well.

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