PAUL PAVLIK wrote: > > ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- > Subject: Inside PCMag.com for December 21, 2001 > Date Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:30 AM > From: PC Magazine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Utility Download: What Have You Done, Lately? > > Remember the old 80-20 rule? Maybe not, but it described how > most people use roughly 20 percent of the functionality of any > software application. The rule may be old, but it's no less > true today. Applications are more complex than ever, yet we > routinely use them for just a handful of tasks. Often times, > these tasks are made up of a handful of tedious, repetitive > keystrokes. Fortunately, we have an early holiday present for > you--our newest utility download, RecentCommands. It does what > many of your applications cannot: it memorizes a set of often-used > commands and lets you package them into a hot key. So not only do > you get a great free utility, but you also get a little more time > to learn the remaining 80 percent of your favorite application. > > http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eNW40DFPqF0EvR0dJE0AH put this line in DR-DOS's config.sys: HISTORY ON Every CLI command goes into a buffer, and the up arrow will scroll thru them in LIFO fashion.
I also use this set of batch files- a[cr] fires up a.bat which has in it: DC A: DC.COM is my file manager, so it looks at the floppy from the current directory, which is the default destination for any files which are copied or moved. F8 swaps the source and destination. b[cr] c[cr] d[cr] e[cr] f[cr] does the same for a second floppy or hard drive, a ram drive and the CD ROM. PK.bat unzips all archives in the current directory, which is a hold over. I now often use RAR which has a nearly as convenient scrollbar menu in ANSI color to make or extract archives. All of these are gonzo faster than any mouse. If I have any kind of ongoing project I routinely write a small batch file like the above to launch it, and after exit fire up the file manager, in my case, DC.COM For Arachne, I used aa.bat, to wit: RELEASE CD .. CD C:\ARACHNE ARACHNE CD.. MARK JOT_IT F DC [EOF] "RELEASE " reads a tag set by MARK.COM, which then dumps from memory any TSR placed after it. After Arachne, 'MARK.COM' sets another RAM tag, and after that you see JOT_IT installed with a 16 page (0x0f) buffer. JOT_IT is a TSR notepad screen cap for text modes which Arachne cant use, but it has it's own screen capture and I can cut and paste between them later if need be. The system for constructing two letter mnemonic tags for routine tasks goes all the way back to 'WP" for launching word processors like Word Star. Since I am a touch typist, this is gonzo faster than using a mouse to launch tasks, and since each tag is of my own choosing, it aint hard for me to remember what each one does. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
