Re: Two real, honest-to-goodness Xy questions

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Okay, okay, I've found out on my own what /x /z do. /z is covered in the
manual, and I infer that /x freezes the display from the manual's inclusion
of /x as a switch for DO (it's not in there under DOS). Sorry to bother
y'all on that. And I can probably figure out the .REG issue on my own, too.
Whether or not I can solve the 43 vs. 50 lines behavior, using the above,
remains to be seen, since TAME is involved at two levels: I use it for Xy
and for 4DOS, but I'll give it a shot.

So we can all return to discussing writing and editing.
> I'm on the trail of why I sometimes get 43 lines of screen length and
> sometimes 50 after shelling to DOS and returning. Rather than regale you
> with a long tale of confusing trials, let me ask two questions, the
> answers to which may enable me to solve it.
>
> 1. In shelling to DOS, what do the switches /x and /z do?
>
> 2. In Xywwweb.reg I have this stanza--is it right?
>
> [File Locations]
> Comspec_LUX=
> Comspec_MAC=
> ;Comspec_OS2=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
> Comspec_OS2=
> Comspec_W31=
> Comspec_W95=
> ;Comspec_W98=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMMAND.COM
> Comspec_W98=c:\4dos.com
> Comspec_WME=
> Comspec_WNT=
> Comspec_W2K=C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE
> Comspec_WXP=c:\4dos.com
> Edit_Copy_of_U2_File=
>
> VA/NV @652 does indeed show: WXP.
> I (sometimes) want Xy to shell to 4DOS, not regular DOS. It doesn't happen
> when I shell out, but that's not a problem because I have a .BAT file to
> launch it, when I want it. I have 4DOS.COM in the root directory of C:. I
> also have a directory off the root, named 4DOS, and which also contains
> 4DOS.COM.
>
> TIA.
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx