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From: cpm5479@rigel.tamu.edu (Christopher Menzel)
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Subject: Re: NDOSEDIT type utility that works with multiple Windows 3.0 DOS
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Date: 28 Feb 91 19:28:16 GMT
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>>When I have two or more DOS boxes running in WINDOWS 3.0 at the same time and I
>>UP-Arrow NDOSEDIT, Windows gets very upset and terminates my DOS Box(s).
>>Is there a Dos Command Line Editor that is Windows 3.0 DOS Box compatible?
> 
>One easy solution is to get rid of NDOSEDIT *and* command.com, and
>replace them with 4Dos. 4dos is a command.com replacedment, and
>features, among lots of other things, a command line editor.
> 
>(other things include filename completion, moving files, aliases,
>powerful batch language etc etc.)
> 

A freeware solution is the PC Magazine utility ALIAS.COM, available 
on most BBSs.  It allows command line editing, aliases, and 
customized function key definitions.  I run a batch file that loads 
the utility when I open a DOS window.  I regularly open several such 
windows and have never encountered a problem.

--Chris