Subj : Re: Webster's dictionary from an alias To : Scorpius From : Martin Whittaker Date : Thu Dec 20 2001 04:35 am From: "Martin Whittaker" from the 4dos prompt: "start http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=webster" works on my system "start http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=%1 webster" does not (in each case, w/o the quotes of course) to be an alias, replace %1 with %%1, ie alias def=start http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=%%1 then "def webster" works fine here. ps. my command separator is the tilde "~", so the ampersand doesn't break the command string here... "Scorpius" wrote in message news:bfb2fb51.0112200342.3bd6f6a2@posting.google.com... > > That probably is not the actual command you're using -- DEF is not a > > command. > I wanted to define an alias called DEF. :) > > > Also, be aware that the ampersand (&) has special meaning in 4NT and > > TakeCommand. It's the default command separator; using it in a string > > would require special handling. (This should not be a problem in 4DOS, > > at least in its default configuration.) > It's that "special handling" I'm asking about. The alias works all the > way to the "&" sign, and after this it assumes that the part which > follows is another command. > Is there any way around it such as & in HTML, or do I have to > change the command separator defined in ini file? --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-2 * Origin: Mach2 Systems (1:342/3) .