dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (06/02/91)
In article <1991Jun01.110117.19901@cavebbs.gen.nz>, clear@cavebbs.gen.nz (Charlie Lear) writes: > Hint: it is repugnant, but in your own best interests to learn edlin. > You never know when you will be confronted with a box containing a nice > new PC and nothing on it apart from the standard DOS utils. Beats having > to retype an entire config.sys or autoexec by using COPY CON: when you > are debugging and setting the system up... Plus, edlin can be learned in a matter of minutes. It's also handy as part of an application which requires script editing capabilities. I've written more than one install procedure which concluded with "edlin foo <bar" -dh (an individual with the unique ability to learn a new editor in fifteen minutes or less--what else do you expect when you teach system independent text formatting software?)