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



Wengier,

Yes, I use a couple of symbolic links, though I don't really understand
them. I'll give it a whirl.


Thanks,
Harry

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@xxxxxxxxwoolleyj@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 > > >