> if I wrote > anything I think it would be something that actually tries to > manipulate the ECHO state (if that's even possible without a WHOLE lot of > work).
1'st) you still get the output of your ECHOSTATE OFF program on screen, which started the whole discussion. 2'nd) there is no ECHO state variable, other then a local variable for each version and release of command. forget it. > But, I still think this provided an interesting discussion and > generated some good ideas people may be able to use in other > situations. I definitely found it interesting how the different DOS > versions handle something as seemingly benign as processing the ECHO command > in batch files. > I'll probably end up just learning to live with the screen clutter and leave > it at that. I'm still surprised the ECHO Off | VGoToXY Up | VEcho /N /E line doesn't work, but as I don't care about MSDOS 3.x anyway I will be able to live with that.... Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
