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Number   :  665
Date     :  2001-09-02
Author   :  Jack Kitchen
Subject  :  =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5Bxxcopy=5D_The__=A6_more_or_|_more_quirk?=
Size(KB) :  2


Yes please this would interest me very much ! I would like to see the proto=
type.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Kan Yabumoto=20
To: xxcopy@yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [xxcopy] The =A6 more or | more quirk


At 2001-09-02 11:03, you wrote:
>I accept that /HELP is constrained and that there are many more useful
>things to do for the future of XXCOPY than including a self-paging /HELP=
.
>Smart help is great once you are using XXCOPY.
>
>Those with no prior knowledge of DOS may be lost when all they can reach=
, on
>the first occasion they try XXCOPY and seek help, is the XXCOPY copyrigh=
t
>notice.
>
>Would you please consider adding a penultimate line in /HELP which says:=
-
>
>"For a page by page view of /HELP type /HELP | MORE"
>
>or, to cover firmware and/or software which does not properly segregate
>ALT+124 and ALT+221,
>
> "For a page by page view of /HELP type /HELP | MORE [some screens=
use
>/HELP =A6 MORE]"
>
>At times, even smart help needs | MORE



OK, we could add the lines shown below near the end.

-------------------------------------------------------------------
To view this help text one page at a time, use the following line

XXCOPY /HELP | MORE
-------------------------------------------------------------------

But, frankly, there are just too many things that we have to teach those
who do not know how to use the |MORE feature in order to effectively
utilize the power of XXCOPY. The space-constrained HELP menu is not the
place. Remember, your own (and all other XXCOPY users') hard disks will
be consumed by the extra 120 bytes or so for the sake of novices!!!

For that matter, we have been working on a project with a GUI-based
front end (anybody care to see the prototype?)

Due to the hard disk cluster granularity, it should not add anything
(but sooner or later, the difference would be 32KB!!!)

If sufficiently large number of users vote for the addition of the
120 bytes, we will add the proposed lines to the help text.

So, please voice your opinion here.


Kan Yabumoto

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