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From: svirsky@ttidca.TTI.COM (Bill Svirsky)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Commando v1.0 - powerful DOS command line editor
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Message-ID: <3443@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 23 Nov 88 18:00:21 GMT
References: <9715@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <7778@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: svirsky@tab.tti.com (Bill Svirsky)
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In article <7778@dasys1.UUCP> tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
>I wonder if the author of COMMANDO has ever seen Chris Dunford's CED,
>which does nearly all the same stuff and more, and has been out for two
>or three years.

I tried CED and gave it up because it didn't do enough of the things I
wanted.  Unless it's changed radically since I used it, I don't think it
does any of the following from the Commando list:

	- Search facility
	- Filename and wildcard expansion on the command line
	- List of files that match a given path (like ^D in csh)  
	- Ability to save commands without executing them.
	  (eg.  if you type a long command in but have to do another
		command first. Just save it and recall it later)
	- Aliases 
		- parameterized aliases (like DOS batch parms %1- %9 where
		  %1 is first argument on command line etc.)
	- Many others such as.
		- not saving small commands in the recall buffer
	        - ability to define the recall buffer as circular or linear
		- copy recalled commands to end of recall buffer

>1988 is a tad late to be reinventing the wheel on an
>OS so late in its life cycle.

The only time it's too late to enhance an OS is when it's dead.  And
MS-DOS is far from dead.  I'll be happy to avail myself of Brent's
generosity and try Commando.  If it does what I want, I'll use it. 
Otherwise, I'll keep looking.  I'm too lazy to write one myself (-:.

>CED would be a worthy choice for posting
>here, if there's room amidst the massive commercial demos.

I agree.  I know enough people who use CED and like it to warrant
posting it.

--- Bill
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