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mazorj
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Twenty-five years ago I posted a comment in some forum to the effect
that if you're still using and liking edlin, you probably also enjoy
dentistry without anesthesia, mow your grass with a reel-action push
mower, and light your cigarettes by rubbing two sticks together.
They and edlin all would get the job done, but indeed, why would you
do it that way? Even then, the relatively simple DOS-based word
processors we had made writing and editing text files far, far
easier.
Can someone explain the OP's desire to edit batch (text) files in a
cmd window? Why not just load it into Notepad, or Notepad++ if
you're
doing coding?
< "Different strokes for different folks."
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< I don't do coding in a cmd window.
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< I can often do things far faster in a command line than through a
windows GUI.
Um, okay, some people are very adept at doing complex work in those
black DOS-like boxes with nothing but command lines. I'm not one of
them, although I started with CP/M then DOS so I'm not uncomfortable
with simple tasks there. Vista is making all of us do a lot of >C:
prompt calls to tweak its odd and otherwise inaccessible parameters.
If you don't mind my asking, why the need for a cmd line editor to
create/edit batch files? You still have to open the editor, make your
changes, then save and close it, so IMO there's not much of a penalty
for opening Notepad, working there, then diving back into the cmd
environment.
But if it's just your personal preference to stay in the black cmd box
for all your work, then I'll stop here - different strokes do indeed
work for different folks.
- mazorj
De gustibus non est disputandum,
à chacun ses goûts,
and there's no accounting for tastes.