Msg: Re: start.exe and URLs

Kari,

For some reason, my previous message was not completely sent to the server. So now I am trying to send the message again.

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Kari,

Thanks for your suggestion. I have updated start.exe as follows:

1) Start.exe will now also try to read command list from the file named "<program name>.lst" in the directory containing the executable. For example, if the executable name is "start.exe" (the default name), then it will try to open the command list file from "start.lst" in addition to "cmds.lst"; if the exectuable name is "command.com", then it will try to open the command list file from "command.lst" in addition to "cmds.lst". So you can for example rename the 3 files as "command.com", "command.lst" and "command.txt" as you wish for XyWin setups. For vDosPlus though, renaming to "command.com" will not work because the name is reserved.

2) Start.exe will now treat "|", "<" and ">" as separators just like "/". Thus, commands like "dir|more" (without a space in the middle) should now work properly from the Xy DOS command. If you run start.exe with commands containing such characters from within vDosPlus, then quotes will be needed, e.g. start "dir|more".

The cmds.lst file is for preventing Windows CLI commands from automatically closing the window. If you don't see such problem when you run a command (especially non-CLI commands), then there is no need to add it to the command list file.

The latest files are still downloadable from:

http://vdosplus.org/files/start.zip

Hope this helps.

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On Thursday, January 30, 2020, 11:30:12 a.m. EST, Wengier W <wengierwu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Kari,

I have updated start.exe as follows:

1) Start.exe will now also try to read command list from the file named "<program name>.lst" in the directory including the executable. For example, if the executable name is "Start.exe" (the default name), then it will try to open the command list file from "st

On Thursday, January 30, 2020, 02:49:57 a.m. EST, Kari Eveli <lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Wengier,

For XyWin, start.exe should be command.com to work out of the box. Works
well when you "go to DOS" from XyWin.

The cmds.lst has "internal" (DIR etc.) and "external" commands (XCOPY
etc.). What are the technical issues involved? Does this version add any
real additional functionality to what was already present in vDosPlus
(in case one would substitute this version for the old one)?

BTW, maybe this would be a better way to rename files (in case you are
willing to do such a thing):
cmds.lst => start.lst
readme.txt => start.txt

start.exe could perhaps also recognise internally "command.lst" as an
alternative to cmds.lst, then one could delete start.exe from the setup,
giving a setup like this:
command.com
command.lst

All this may seem like a lot of fuss, but my concern is to keep setups
as easily overseeable as possible by any user.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx

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> Wengier,
>
> Would you consider changing the filenames a bit to make it easier to
> locate the files that belong together and to enable a drag-and-drop
> install over existing setups. This way:
> cmds.lst => start_cmds.lst
> readme.txt => start_readme.txt
> start.exe
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> *** Lexitec Online ***
> Lexitec in English: http://www.lexitec.fi/english.html
> Home page in Finnish: http://www.lexitec.fi/
>
>
>> I have uploaded a new version of start.exe, which will (hopefully)
>> handle both URLs and inputs like "start.exe dir/p". It also improved
>> support for the FOR command. The file are still downloadable from:
>>
>> http://vdosplus.org/files/start.zip
>