Msg: Re: vDos-lfn screen colors when shell to 4DOS

Hi Harry,

4DOS files including 4DOS.COM and 4HELP.EXE are embedded inside vDos-lfn.exe. Some other 4DOS files like OPTION.EXE and BATCOMP.EXE are located in the 4DOS sub-directory. However, when you launch vDos-lfn.exe, the embedded 4DOS.COM will look for 4DOS.INI at the current location. So if you have several 4DOS folders on your system, you can probably make a symbolic link named 4DOS.INI that points to the 4DOS.INI you want to use (symbolic links can be created with the MKLINK command). I think this can be easily done in AUTOEXEC.TXT. Hope this helps.

Wengier

On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 8:40 PM, Harry Binswanger wrote:

Yes, if you go launch it from that subdirectory, you get an old-fashioned
DOS set of options, which you go through using TAB and cursor-up/cursor-down.

I have several 4DOS folders on my system, and the trick is to get vDos-lfn
to work with a different 4DOS.INI from that used by my freestanding 4DOS.
Is there a setting in AUTOEXEC.TXT or elsewhere that can tell vDos-lfn the
location of the 4DOS files it uses?

Regards,
Harry

>Hi James,
>
>If you have installed vDos-lfn for XyWrite, the executable OPTION.EXE
>should be located in the 4DOS sub-directory of the vDos-lfn main
>directory. So you will be able to run the OPTION command if the 4DOS
>sub-directory is already in your PATH environment variable. If not, please
>either add it into your PATH environment variable or go to the
>sub-directory where OPTION.EXE is located in and then run OPTION (but not
>OPTION.EXE). Hope this helps.
>
>Wengier
>
>
>On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 6:14 PM, James Woolley
>mailto:woolleyj@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
>Hi Wengier,
>
>Is the "vDos-lfn command line" the same thing as the 4DOS comand
>line? I'm not able to enter the command "OPTION" on the 4DOS command line.
>
>Thanks,
>
>James
>
>At 30.8.16 17:38, you wrote:
> >Hi Harry,
> >
> >I am no 4DOS expert, but I think you can indeed set the 4DOS colors
> >by entering the command "OPTION" from the vDos-lfn command line, and
> >then select "Display" from the "Configure" menu; from there you can
> >set for example 4DOS's foreground and background colors (remember to
> >save the changes). I tried it myself, and I believe you will see the
> >color change after entering the CLS command at the command line.
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >Wengier
>
>
>