Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Scott Couston - Registration Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-15-06 09:39]: > ... >> When ever I accidentally hit the ` ( till ) - above left TAB - >> Character the prompt disappears and I don't know where I am in the >> directory structure. How do I regain the standard prompt equal to MS $p >> $g > > don't know 'MS $p$g', but seem to recall that configured the dos prompt > before Billie bought the code. > > a <ctrl-c> or another tilde will return you to the prompt. The first tilde > is the opening for a statement which will be contained by the closing > tilde for execution at one time to be delivered to some other command.
I think there's some confusion. The character that Scott typed - ` - is a *backtick*. A *tilde* looks like this - ~ -. <http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/reference/characters/> A pair of backticks works as Patrick described. A tilde is short for your home directory. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
