I haven't shipped the NLS stuff since version 2.20 or so because I thought Jerome was handling that. -- Gregory
> On 01/22/2024 2:11 PM EST Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > It would be great when edlin could support the 20 NLS files that are shipped > with it some day. > At least 1.24 till 1.29 of the NLS files are not supported. And I do not > speak about Chinese. > > Willi > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 6:23 PM > From: "Gregory Pietsch via Freedos-devel" > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers." > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: "Gregory Pietsch" <gpiet...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] Question about edlin > > FD edlin ignores a leading space. If you want the leading space to be > searched for, put the string in quotes; e.g. > > 1r"written"," written" > > The reason why I didn't stick a ^Z there is because I wanted to get away from > control characters in the commands, and a comma just looks better, IMHO. > > Gregory > > > On 01/22/2024 12:06 PM EST Bret Johnson via Freedos-devel > > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm using the "r" (replace) instruction correctly: 1rfrom,to will > > > start at line 1 and replace "from" with "to". > > > > > > But it looks like a leading space is ignored, so edlin treats my > > > "1rwritten, written" as just "1rwritten,written" and seems to ignore > > > it because the "from" and "to" strings are the same. > > > > > > FYI: I can add a space in the middle of a replaced word, such as: > > > > > > *1rtext,te xt > > > 1: This is a plain te xt file,written in edlin. > > > > > > Is "ignore leading spaces after the comma in the 'r' command" the > > > expected behavior from MS-DOS edlin? > > > > I haven't used EDLIN in a LONG time (decades), but just did an experiment > > with MS-DOS 7.1 EDLIN. Your problem doesn't seem to be unrecognized spaces, > > it seems to be that you're not using any sort of "escape" character to > > separate your input and output strings. I believe you think the comma > > should be the "escape" character and it isn't. There's a similar issue with > > programs like SED and AWK/GAWK. > > > > When I'm in EDLIN (at least the one with comes with MD-SOD 7.1) and I type > > "?" to get help, the syntax for the Replace command looks like this: > > > > Replace [startline][,endline][?]R[oldtest][CTRL+Znewtest] > > > > It expects you to use a Ctrl-Z (end-of-file character) as the "escape" > > character. > > If I use the Ctrl-Z "trick" I can replace things like you're wanting to do. > > > > I do not remember if earlier versions of EDLIN did this or not, nor do I > > know how FD-EDLIN works. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > >
_______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
