Subj : I still discover...
To   : All
From : Laurent Jumet
Date : Tue Feb 05 2002 12:44 pm

From: Laurent.Jumet@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Laurent Jumet)
Subject: I still discover...

From: 1st_NAME.Lst_NAME@advalvas.be (Laurent Jumet)

Hello !
    I'm using 4dos since years, and I still discover things...:-)

    I'm loading the whole environement from a file VARLIST, using the set/r
command in autoexec.bat
    This is the PROMPT line, which aims to show me some parameters about my
system:
=== Begin varlist ===
PROMPT=$s($e[33;1;5;m$z$e[0m)  $m  ($e[32m%@dosmem[K]$e[0mK)
($e[36m%@xms[K]$e[0mK) ($e[34m%@EMS[K]$e[0mK)   $d
C:=$e[37;1m%@DISKFREE[c:,M]$e[0mMega
D:=$e[37;1m%@DISKFREE[d:,M]$e[0mMega$e[0m$_$P$e[1;37m$g$e[0m
=== End varlist ===
What I'd like you to look at, is that the variables have only one leadind "%",
and should have two if introduced from the command line, to avoid the PROMPT
showing always the same first value. If you use two "%" above, you'll get not
the value but the variable name itself.

    Now...
    I choose to change the prompt when in secundary shells, and I do it
with 4START.BTM
    But...
    The rules are *not* the same in 4START.BTM: in this particular case,
the two "%" are requested. During years, I didn't notice that...:-) Only my
first shell was updated, not my secundarys. The PROMPT in 4start.btm must be:
=== Begin 4start.btm ===
PROMPT=$s($e[33;1;m$z$e[0m)  $m  ($e[32m%%@dosmem[K]$e[0mK)
($e[36m%%@xms[K]$e[0mK) ($e[34m%%@EMS[K]$e[0mK)   $d
C:=$e[37;1m%%@DISKFREE[c:,M]$e[0mMega
D:=$e[37;1m%%@DISKFREE[d:,M]$e[0mMega$e[0m$_$P$e[1;37m$g$e[0m
=== End 4start.btm ===
    ,with the two leading "%".

Laurent Jumet - Point de Chat, Liege, BELGIUM
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