DOS-EDIT Charles Petzold Command PC Magazine, Vol 5, No 3 Copyright 1986 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company ______________________________________________________ Purpose: Permits moving to, editing, and reentering on-screen DOS commands without retyping. Format: DOS-EDIT (loads memory-resident program) then (enables DOS-Edit keys) (cursor left) (cursor right) (cursor up) (cursor down) (destructive backspace) (insert/overwrite toggle) (delete character) (delete to end of line) (cursor to column 1) (cursor to initial column #) (exit edit mode, no changes) (transfer text line right of cursor to end of original line) (like , plus execute command) Remarks: When loaded, normally through your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, an initial Up Arrow keypress activates the DOS-EDIT mode. (Thereafter, the Up Arrow functions as a normal cursor arrow key.) If you move the cursor down to the original line, you will leave the DOS-EDIT mode (e.g., the Left Arrow key will once again delete characters). Example: A typical use of DOS-EDIT is to correct a long command line in which you made a typing error. Simply move the cursor up to the mis- typed line, correct the mistake (using the appropriate keys listed under FORMAT), press Home (to position the cursor to pick up the whole of the line), then Enter. A less obvious example occurs if you have just done a DIR listing and want to run a program. Move the cursor up and just to the right of the program name. Press PgDn to delete the extension and the rest of the line, PgUp to position the cursor to pick up the whole command name, then Enter. Note: 1. DOS-EDIT is a memory-resident program, and so may cause conflicts with some other memory-resident software programs. Such problems can frequently be solved by changing the order in which the several memory-resident programs are loaded. DOS-EDIT should be loaded before ASSIGN.COM and before SideKick, for example.