Subj : Re: 4BATFAQ Update To : Outsider From : Klaus Meinhard Date : Mon Jan 28 2002 03:43 pm From: "Klaus Meinhard" Our resident kook wrote: > > 4dos is dos batch (not all of it but bit still is) > Yes but it is highly specialized and should naturally be discussed here. Ah! Now it is DOS batch after all? And only indepth discussions should be relegeated here, I thought? > > O> Personally, I think Klaus should _make his own FAQ_. What questions > > O> do people frequently ask about 4DOS? And what questions do people > > O> frequently ask about 4DOS that are experienced with MSDOS batch? It _is_ my own FAQ, BTW. Who are you to question that when even Timo doesn't do so? And what you think is really not pertinent here where you don't want to even consider using 4DOS: > I will not even consider using 4DOS. I don't want to wind up > with the personality of the typical 4DOS user I have seen!!! So just go somewhere else. > When MSDOS users come to this group to see if they want to use > 4DOS, they have every right to see a FAQ that they can relate to, don't > you think? People starting to use 4DOS just have to find the F1 key. There's extensive documentation for every command, many relevant examples, and no need to use tricks for what are very straightforward operations. Maybe the intricacies of getting a date into a filename under Command.com distorts the mind? > > O> Just copying someone else's FAQ is a disservice. It's not even a > > O> _real_ 4DOS FAQ It was never meant to be. It started with my views re Timo's FAQ 69, which deals with his opinions about 4DOS. It then became a FAQ showing 4DOS solutions to Command batch questions, which mostly do not concern us here. The name 4batfaq was chosen versus Timos 1batfaq. If I ever write a 4DOS batfaq (which I doubt very much) I will of course post it here :-) > How about a 4DOS FAQ for MSDOS users, and a 4DOS FAQ for > [experienced] 4DOS users? One of these exist already (see above). -- *Klaus Meinhard* 07ø36'57" East 53ø07'52" North Author of the 4XBTM batch collection at http://www.4xbtm.de --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-2 * Origin: Mach2 Systems (1:342/3) .