Hello, Ken;

01 May 03 15:37, Ken Hrynchuk wrote to Robert Bull:

 KH> Yes, it is, and I've noticed that some of the newer DOS programs that
 KH> I've tried don't seen to support F3, anymore. Since PKLITE worked on

At work I run a TSR called TODDY;

TODDY613.RAR   35631 04-19-98  TODDY v6.13 - A DOS command line editor. Adds
                               macros, key reassignments, single key file
                               name completion, and nondestructive cursor
                               movement to the standard DOS com- mand line.
TODDY615.RAR   34028 01-15-99  No description!

6.15 doesn't have quite such good docs, hence two versions.  It adds as 
much as I want of a 4DOS-like command line to a Win95 or Win98 DOS box.  So 
far, F3 seems to have worked, though I more often use the up arrow or tab 
command completion.  Seems to work, and might be worth your while to try, 
especially as it's free and a BFDS file.  ISTR Bat uses ALIAS, which is 
shareware I think, and there are others.

 KH> That's for sure; I'm really sorry to hear that Allan's 'put it on the
 KH> back burner'. Maybe he's getting tired of trying to deal with LFN's
 KH> (an odious task, to say the least)? I would've liked to have seen an

It's possible, but seems to be uphill work.  My DOS editor VDE now has 
limited support for LFNs, for example, and so do some of Eric Meyer's other 
utilities like his ZIP PC-to-PC file transfer program.

 KH> option to report compare errors only, to the console. I might send him
 KH> an email, supporting the above stance, but I imagine he's already
 KH> tired of hearing from disappointed users.

"Disappointed," as in, "please, author, just this one more
little feature"  
:-/

 KH> there'd be a 'clear cache' or 'invalidate cache' type of call, to
 KH> VCACHE (or, something along those lines). If there was, I'd guess that
 KH> writing the program would be relatively easy.

It might be worth asking Horst Schaeffer.  He now writes Win programs too, 
and gets to grips with the Win API...

     Regards,

              Robert.

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