Re: U2 Query: file locations

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Robert wrote:
>JM 2.GetPathQ2 ;*; Get the d:\path to Editor in S/G 50
SX01,>;*; The driveletter of Editor
BX :Q2 ;*; Switch to Editor's drive
>{less_than}3>+"\">;*; Add
  terminal backslash if in root dir (S/G50 is only two characters)
BX cd Q2 ;*; ChangeDir to Editor's dir without
  affecting S/G50 (we need it later)
then execute rest of STARTUP.INT, and include things like
BX d DR=\docsQ2 ;*; Set path to overflow files to
  d:\editor's_dir\docs (moved from DFL)
This is fascinating. I had been just used to hearing the error beeps when
the required directories weren't found.
And etc. Making a truly portable setup requires thought,
but it is eminently doable.
Hmmm. Will the day come when we won't need laptops, just a key drive that
will plug into any computer (within certain hardware limits, of course) and
make it function like your home computer? That seems to me to be the ideal.
With desktops so cheap, you could expect every hotel room to have a
computer for this use, and every friend should have a spare computer for
his guests.

Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx