foust@gumby.UUCP (07/29/85)
There is a history stack-like program out in public domain. I got a copy from a friend who told me it was available on the Plantz BBS. I have the uuencoded binary and the split document ready to go if somebody wants it. It is called CED. It maintains configurable sized queues of commands that you typed to DOS and application programs that use the buffered input DOS call. It's pretty slick. The up and down arrow keys recall the top and bottom of the queue, and the insert, delete, right and left keys work like they do in the BASIC screen editor - that is, like they really should. It also has aliases, can be told not to stack given lines at the DOS prompt, and can remember the arguments given to a certain command, and then recall them whenever you type the command. That is, if you use an editor called 'v', and you are always typing 'v setupfoo.c', you can just type 'v', and CED will force the parameter ' setupfoo.c', thereby saving you hours of work time, and letting you take longer coffee breaks. It also lets you type things like 'del *.bak; del *.obj; link foo' on the same DOS line and let CED force them into the keyboard buffer. I would have really liked to pay for this program. The author will probably sell the next version, but this one is PD. -- John Foust "I used to be disgusted, but now I'm just amused"