Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Text editing in DOS

Hi Tom,

Sounds like a useful utility, I haven't heard of anyone doing it yet.
Wouldn't be too hard to write. I have a small editor, but it only works
on a memory buffer, so the file size would be limited. Actually, I
tried writing a browser (?) for navigating directories and finding
files, I suppose one could display the "first line of text", without too
much problem (one file at a time). But I still have the 64K file size
limit... :>(

One could write a command line (DOS) program to read all the files in a
directory with a wildcard parameter ("PART??.CNC"), and generate output
(for a pipe '>'), that would be the file name and "first line" as you
suggest. Is that what you're looking for?

Alan KM6VV


Tom Eldredge wrote:

>
> Gentlemen,
>
> I am looking for a DOS program which will allow my GCode text files to be
> "browsed". I remember when DBASE II first came out, their brouse command
> would allow one to scan up and down through a file. In this case, I would
> like to be able to browse through a DOS subdirectory, and have the file name
> displayed on the left, and the first line of text of the file displayed on
> the same line as the file name, so that I can see the comment I put at the
> beginning of the file (to see what the G Code file was used for. After a
> while, I forget what the eight character file name means. Is there some
> utility which will allow this to be done, or is this a feature that can only
> be programmed inside an application?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom E.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gail & Bryan Harries <gab@...>
>
> > In my Net travels I came across a freeware DOS based ASCII text editor
> that
> > I thought may be of interest to those of you that hate Windoz...
> >
> > > "Pedit is a freeware DOS editor similar to, but better than the standard
> DOS
> > edit program."
> >
> > http://www.goldshell.com/pedit/main.htm
> >
> > I hope someone finds this of use.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bryan
> >
> >
> >
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