On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:20 PM Bret Johnson <bretj...@juno.com> wrote:

> I don't like the idea of having EDIT.CFG (or whatever) files all over my hard 
> drive as Dennis suggests, though that is certainly one way to approach 
> things..

I'm not always thrilled by it, but it's a way to have config files
specific to what you're working on instead of global.

>  The main reason I use batch files is because it really gives you the most 
> flexibility -- you can accommodate and "force" almost any program to do what 
> you want it to do with batch files and small utilities instead of just 
> putting up with the limitations that come with most programs.

(Or use programs that don't have those limitations...)

I prefer to set context specific environment variables that way too.
I do it under *nix with shell scripts.  (Under *nix, such files
normally have a leading . in the file name, like .profile.  Files with
that naming convention are not normally displayed in a directory , so
you don't see clutter, and current drives are large enough that you
simply don't *care* about the space they take up.)
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Dennis
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