Bret,
> 3. Just let the problem happen and "fix" the screen afterwords Jerome's approach is probably the only sensible solution, like >> echo off | vgotoxy up | vecho /n /e > This to me seems like a solution that could actually do what I'm > wanting to accomplish. I may experiment with that and see what > happens. As you note, there may be compatibility issues with some > DOS versions (V8 power tools may not work with older versions of DOS). very unlikely. besides that, writing a utility get cursor position, subtract one, set cursor position, output " \r" exit is left as an exercise to the reader(s). > With batch files, including AUTOEXEC.BAT, the default is "ECHO ON", > which is backwards from what CONFIG.SYS does. Anyway, I was > wondering if it might not be a good idea in a future version of > FreeDOS to have something like a "BATCHECHO=OFF/ON" and > "CONFIGECHO=OFF/ON" setting (probably in CONFIG.SYS) to set the > default ECHO values for those, and maybe have the "@" do the > opposite of what it does now when ECHO=OFF (display a line instead > of hide it). Just a thought (maybe a stupid one). this would 'solve' the problem for future FreeDOS/FreeCOM versions ONLY. however FreeCOM has the well known @ECHO OFF feature to begin with ;) Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
