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From: db21@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Beyerl)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Name that program!
Summary: The program is most likely dosedit.  The alias capability lets
	 you use an alias for program or command names.
Keywords: DOS, command line editor, identify!
Message-ID: <8133@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 88 17:32:55 GMT
References: <1693@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
Lines: 19

In article <1693@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com>, bhoule@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com (Bill Houle) writes:
> 
> I have a PD program with no docs (but then again, it really doesn't
> need any].  . . . The one curious feature is that if you press Ctrl-A,
> an "alias list" is displayed.

	The program is most likely dosedit.  Within dosedit you can use
aliases for long program names or command sequences.  The aliases are
given in a file called 'alias' which is invoked on startup, typically
in your autoexec.bat, as 'dosedit alias'.  An entry in this file is of
the form
	alias	name.

For example, if I wanted to use env instead of set to show my
environment, I would include the line
	env	set
in my alias file.  As you found out, you can display the current
aliases by pressing Ctrl-A.
					Dave Beyerl
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