Adding a /QUIET option would be extraneous, as it wasn't in the original Edlin and could easily be achieved by "edlin > NUL:". The copying message is important!
The original Edlin had a /b option but I don't know how much of an improvement it is. Gregory > On 04/14/2024 12:43 PM EDT Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > Tom Ehlert wrote: > > > btw: do you have a lot of communication about EDLIN? > > Gregory Pietsch wrote: > > > > I did have a lot of communication about Edlin when it was first released, > > but not as much anymore. > > > I actually use Edlin, and I do so without irony. It's great if you run > a command and want to make a quick BAT file out of it. I don't need > Edit for that, I can just as easily tap out a few lines in Edlin and > save it. > > One thing that would make that easier is a command line option to > suppress Edlin output. Something like /QUIET or /Q to not display the > "welcome" message (copyright & license). Because if I run a command > and want to make a BAT file out of it, the extra text might push some > interesting stuff off the top of the screen. > > Also, it would be nice if Edlin supported the /? option on DOS to > display the usage. Right now, it assumes any command line parameter is > a file: > > > C:\> edlin /? > > edlin 2.23, copyright (c) 2003 Gregory Pietsch > > This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > > It is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it > > under the terms of the GNU General Public License -- either > > version 2 of the license, or, at your option, any later > > version. > > > > /?: New file. > > * > > Here's an idea: if Edlin supported /? for usage, Edlin might only > display the "welcome" screen there and *not* display it during normal > program startup. That would remove my need for a /QUIET command line > option. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
