Re: Calling a file as an argument to Editor.exe

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Kari,

This looks clever.

I think I get the principle, but the details would take more time and
effort than I can put in now.


I have long used one XPL program, for a different purpose, that writes a
batch file that then will be run via a quick shell to DOS.


--Harry

> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> As for NB3, it has NB.EXE that does not accept this kind of argument at
> all. What I have used for years with success is the following:
>
>
> I have at the end of startup.int two lines:
> RUN startup.dir
> Run startup.fil
>
> They in turn are subroutines that configure the startup location and the
> file to be loaded at startup if any.
>
> startup.dir has:
> D:
> CD \FOLDER
>
> startup.fil has:
> #3 BC CA FILE.TXB XC≪ex≫
> This one-liner is easy to make up dynamically by echoing from a batch file
> if need be.
>
>
> The startup.dir subroutine is handy with vDosPlus. I have a batch will
> that can be used to change the location of the next instance of NB. This
> way I can open many instances in different folders with one set of editor
> files. The last instance remains when I use the editor the next time.
>
>
> ***Xy_where.bat
> ECHO OFF
> TITLE Select XyWrite startup directory
> CLS
> :MENU
> ECHO ---------------------------------------
> ECHO Change startup directory for XyWrite
> ECHO ---------------------------------------
> ECHO.
> ECHO 1 - FIRST
> ECHO 2 - SECOND
> ECHO 3 - THIRD
> ECHO 4 - EXIT
> ECHO.
> CHOICE /C:1234
> IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET M=1
> IF ERRORLEVEL 2 SET M=2
> IF ERRORLEVEL 3 SET M=3
> IF ERRORLEVEL 4 SET M=4
>
> IF %M%==1 GOTO FIRST
> IF %M%==2 GOTO SECOND
> IF %M%==3 GOTO ENSU
> IF %M%==4 GOTO EOF
>
> :FIRST
> copy c:\xy\conf\first.dir c:\xy\startup.dir >nul
> cls
> echo.
> echo XyWrite will start up in: FIRST
> echo.
> GOTO MENU
> :SECOND
> copy c:\xy\conf\second.dir c:\xy\startup.dir >nul
> cls
> echo.
> echo XyWrite will start up in: SECOND
> echo.
> GOTO MENU
> :THIRD
> copy c:\xy\conf\third.dir c:\xy\startup.dir >nul
> cls
> echo.
> echo XyWrite will start up in: THIRD
> echo.
> GOTO MENU
> ***
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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>
> > It used to be that this would open XyWrite with foo.bar called:
> >
> > c:\Xy\Editor.exe foo.bar
> >
> > But for years (since Xy4?) that hasn't worked on my system, whether I'm
> > launching from cmd.exe or from 4DOS.
> >
> > I have a workaround (creating on the fly a special startup.int that
> > calls foo.bar) but is there some other solution, or is this a problem
> > only on my system?