Hi ZB,
> 1. I believe it would be handy if it could immediately after its start > perform 'r' (show registers' contents). Usually we're going to have > a look at that first when using "debug". Even if we aren't - having > these two lines on the screen immediately after start won't do any harm. It can harm if you do batch processing. And WHY do you perform "r" at the start? I always only look at "r" AFTER doing things which will have sent interesting data to the registers, NOT before. > 2. It could keep "history" for last, say. twenty-thirty command-line > entries (available as usual with Up/Down keys). That would be nice, yes. > 3. Its command line should recognize "movement keys" just like command.com > does, I mean Home/End should move cursor to beginning and end current > entry, Left/Right also for movement (presently Right does just "latest > entry" while Left is redundant "Backspace" copy) and Del should "eat" > characters "right from the cursor" (the usual "Del way"). Basically you want https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Readline > Just basic stuff. Actually I believe that EVERY utility that offers command > line entry should act like I described in points 2 and 3. Why not use these > keys we have present on every PC keyboard - for easier and faster editing? Mercury also suggests Ctrl-Arrow for word-wise cursor movements. Regards, Eric _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
