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From: hadgraft@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: DOS for Windows
Message-ID: <1991May15.090905.86708@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 14 May 91 23:09:05 GMT
References: <1991May13.202956.6214@wam.umd.edu>
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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In article <1991May13.202956.6214@wam.umd.edu>, harold@wam.umd.edu (James B. Harold) writes:
>
>   I've been happily (usually) buzzing along with Win 3.0 now for a
> few months.  But I happen to _like_ command line environments,
> so I keep a DOS window up most of the time.  Thing is, after
> using Windows apps for awhile I start wanting more out of
> my DOS box.  Specifically, I'd like to be able to scroll
> back through previous pages of the session using a slider,
> like other apps.  Is there some app out there that would
> do something like that?  Sort of a windows version of a
> command line editor?

I can't help with that, but it would be useful.

> Other ideas would include highlighting
> a section of text, then an <ENTER> to execute it on the
> command line.

I can help with this. I already have an application that acts as a companion to
other applications (particularly DOS ones). It lets you build menus of commands.
When you select a menu item, a sequence of keystrokes is fired at the companion
application (eg. DOS in a window). Menu items can do a number of other things as
well, one of which is to copy what has been highlighted in the companion
application, then fire it back followed by RETURN to have it executed. This is
really neat (for example) when using FTP. I highlight the file I want to get,
and select "Get Marked file". My app copies the name of the file (via the
clipboard), then sends back GET FILENAME{ENTER}., and it's done.

Menu items may also execute applications, present a simple list box of files
from which to choose, etc.

I haven't made it available, because it's still a bit experimental, but I'd be
willing to make it available via e-mail to a few dedicated users. I use it
reqularly with WinQVT (my biggest use), DOS (for zipping files), and MemoryMate
(a DOS free text database), and as a general platform for launching
applications.

One of its neater features is when you run an application, it can start it in
whatever directory is at the top of the stack in File Manager. I find this
really handy, and I know of no other application that can do this.
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