Re: VDL: new batch file and U2 frame for vDos-lfn

["Carl Distefano" cld@xxxxxxxx]

Discovered a typo in VDL.BAT. If you've already downloaded it, please
download again:

http://users.datarealm.com/ammaze/xy/VDL.ZIP

Thanks.

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Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx

> The latest release of vDos-lfn is a boon to XyWriters (and all
> vDos-lfn users) who, like me, use vDos-lfn to run multiple
> configurations of Xywrite as well as other DOS programs. I've
> written a batch file, VDL.BAT, and a U2 frame, VDL,VDL/, that take
> advantage of vDos-lfn's new command-line syntax.
>
> VDL.BAT allows you to launch vDos-lfn with or without command-line
> parameters, and also permits saving configuration arguments with a
> nickname, or "alias". Here are some command-line usage examples:
>
> Start vDos-lfn using your current config.txt & autoexec.txt:
> VDL.BAT
>
> Start vDos-lfn using specified config and autoexec files and
> settings: VDL.BAT /cfg config.pnk /set autoexec=autoexec.pnk;
> frame=on; title=Xy-Pink
>
> Start vDos-lfn using a configuration "alias": VDL.BAT pink
>
> To set up the alias "pink", you would edit VDL.BAT to add a three-
> line subroutine, like this:
>
> :pink set VDLargs=/cfg config.pnk /set autoexec=autoexec.pnk;
> frame=on; title=Xy-Pink exit /b
>
> Other examples and instructions are in VDL.BAT.
>
> U2 frame VDL,VDL/ enables you to issue VDL.BAT commands from the
> Xy4 command line. So, the above examples would be:
>
> VDL VDL /cfg config.pnk /set autoexec=autoexec.pnk;
> frame=on; title=Xy-Pink VDL pink
>
> A separate frame name, VDL/, does the same thing, except that it
> closes the current XyWrite session while opening the new one.
>
> I should add that frame VDL,VDL/ supports arguments that are too
> long to fit on the XyWrite command line. These can be launched
> using frame U2L, for long U2 commands, or with XPL:
> JM 2.VDLQ2 ;*;
>
> You can download VDL.BAT and frame VDL,VDL/, in a single ZIP file,
> here:
>
> http://users.datarealm.com/ammaze/xy/VDL.ZIP
>
> Unzip VDL.BAT into your vDos-lfn directory. U2 users should CAll
> VDL.FRM in XyWrite, DeFine the entire file with DFA, and
> command ADD2U2 to add the frame to your U2 file.
>
> VDL.BAT and frame VDL,VDL/ replace the earlier VDOSSET.BAT and
> frame VDOSSET.
>
> Hope you'll enjoy these. Comments are welcome.