Re: SL command

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

Func SL doesn't save directories. But it *will* save any
open file, whether or not it's expedient to do so (your
U2 example); it's not discriminating. Neither is the XPL
routine I posted the other day, but discriminating
intelligence could readily be added. On the one hand, it
could be instructed (via one or more User Variables) to
skip (not save) certain files (e.g., files with specified
extensions, filenames starting with or containing
particular strings, or even entire directories). On the
other hand (and moving even farther afield from func
SL's behavior), it could be instructed to save *only*
specified files and skip the rest. On yet another hand
(and in combination either of the other two hands), it
could be designed more cautiously to pause at each open
window and ask for user confirmation before saving the
file. If any of these hands beckons, let me know and
I'll try my hand at implementing them. Could come in,
uh, handy.

--
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx
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> > > SL worked for me with my old laptop, where I used Xy4.014Dos
> > > out of the box in a Dos window, but using Xy4.018Dos in a Win
> > > window on my Dell Inspiron 3200, SL doesn't work.
> > >
> Carl Distefano wrote:
>
> > ....... Though I
> > see its potential uses, the idea of blindly SAving or SToring files
> > not visible in the current window has never appealed to me.
> >
> Hmmm. I liked SL because I frequently have something in all
> 9 XyDos windows, and given the glitchiness of Win and
> Win-related products, I sometimes have to go on rebooting
> binges, which means manually closing out Xy each time. But I
> don't want to STore directories, do I, or--gulp--U2? I'm
> gonna have to give this a little thought. Thanks for the
> quibble.
>
> Judith Davidsen
>