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From: derek@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl (derek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Minor 4dos gripe
Message-ID: <634@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl>
Date: 5 Dec 90 14:50:06 GMT
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poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:

>I have a minor gripe with 4dos. The file completion feature is nice (F9), but
>if more than one file matches the string you are trying to complete, it
>completes to one of the files. If that isn't the one you want, you must re-edit
>the line.

Not true!!! If you don't move the cursor, just can just press F9 again to
get the next match. If you are too enthusiastic, press F8 to back up.

>A better behavior, like used on most UNIX shells with this feature, is to
>complete up to the first non-common character and beep, or flash the screen.
>This allows the user to enter more characters to further identify it.

Only in Cshell, which has so many bugs I despise it. Korn shell is almost
workable. You can almost get it to work like 4dos, which is FAR superior
to Unix. (I hate Unix. Sunview on a Sparc is almost livable with.) 
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Best Regards, Derek Carr
DEREK@DTS.INE.PHILIPS.NL           Philips I&E TQV-5 Eindhoven, The Netherlands 
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