Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:09:09 -0500, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> Greg, didn't like my use of the terminalogy,
"returning from"
> an ALT-X. I guess he wants me to use the term
"start" or
> "restart instead". It 's strictly a matter
of semantics.
Nope, I had no disagreement with "return". As far
as I'm
concerned, any time you go back to something or some place
that
you've been to before, you can call it a return.
As I recall it you (or someone) said that Alt-X and Alt-E
did the
same thing. My view is that what they do is very similar but
not
identical. That's why they are different commands. If they
were
the same there would be no need for two separate commands.
I ain't going to bother about digging out old messages just
to
keep this discussion alive.
So let's leave it at that.
> I have a batch file named X.bat....see it below:
<snip>
> When I type "X", then I get Arachne whether
> I used ALT-E or ALT-X to reach a DOS prompt.
That's a good idea.
I have a batch file for arachne that does the following:
1. copies one of several ACF files over ARACHNE.CFG (for
whichever ISP I want to use)
2. sets the startup for arachne to the URGENT mail folder,
the
Inbox, or to my personal links page, in that order of
preference
3. calls ARACHNE.BAT
4. on exit, checks for PPP.LOG, and if it exists warns
"you are
still online" and gives option of disconnecting,
reconnecting
or ignoring
5. compares the hotlist with a backup and if changed allows
option of backing up
6. checks for anything in MAILTRASH, and if present gives
option
of deleting it
Arachne at FreeLists
-- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --
|