Subj : Re: list.com
To   : AKAcastor
From : mary4
Date : Wed Apr 17 2024 10:28:36

On 16 Apr 2024, AKAcastor said the following...
 
 AK>  EV> LIST.com written by (IIRC) Vernon  Berg.
 AK>  EV> Fell in love with it and have a BAT file on XP box 
 AK>  EV> called L.bat since I use it regularly.
 AK> 
 AK> The batch file is a nice idea, I think besides 'cd' and 'dir' probably
 AK> 'list' is typed more than anything else.  Big efficiency win by cutting
 AK> it from 4 down to 1 keypress. :)
 AK> 
fancy
 AK>  EV> Alt-h is the On/Off toggle that You found.
 AK> 
 AK> It's such an obvious hotkey too, I am surprised I didn't find it even
 AK> without reading the help screen!  I am pretty good at being oblivious to
 AK> things.
 AK> 
interesting!
 AK>  EV> Sometimes I look at html code to see and learn about how to write htm
 AK> 
 AK> Peeking inside all kinds of files is such a great way to learn how
 AK> things work!  I'm surprised by how many people who are longtime computer
 AK> users don't realize you can open files up in different applications, and
 AK> that plain text editors or hex viewers exist.  (ok the last part doesn't
 AK> surprise me quite as much, but the genuine lack of knowledge that it's
 AK> POSSIBLE does surprise me sometimes.)
 AK> 
yeah we more computer knowledge!
 AK> Do you have a favourite text editor?  I usually use QEdit, but to be
 AK> honest I lost the muscle memory for all the hotkeys so it's not really
 AK> easier for me than any other text editor these days.  I got spoiled by
 AK> the GUIs over the years.
 AK> 
 AK> 
i love nano and FreeDOS edit.com i use kate for large projects with many files xD i really hate the bloated m$ code! xD

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

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