Old 4Dos alias which works

[Ivan Lowe]

I have been using this alias since the days of 4Dos. It seems to have been lost in all the improvements, but, for me it is extremely useful. Note, I am assuming you have the directories index made and search at level 3, just in case it is relevant.

I am sorry I cannot remember the name of the person who wrote this alias. Thankyou if you are reading this.

; The following GX alias is a bonus for having made it this far into the
; file. It will "popup" a selection windows containing all the
; subdirectories in your current working directory. Select the one you
; want (including ".." for the parent directory) by using the usual
; navigation keys, and pressing ENTER, or hit ESCAPE to cancel.

GX=`*echo ..>!%temp\_gx&*dir /kmba:d>>!%temp\_gx&*CDD %@select[%temp\_gx,2,50,15,73,þ Subdirs þ]>$nul&*del /q %temp\_gx`

 

[samintz]

Old 4Dos aliase which works

Why can't you just do:
select /a:d /1 cdd [*]

or

pdir /a:d /h /(fn) |! cdd %@select[con,2,50,15,73,"Select"]

-Scott


Ivan Lowe <> wrote
on 05/06/2011 04:55:43 PM:

> I have been using this alias since the days of 4Dos. It seems to
> have been lost in all the improvements, but, for me it is extremely

> useful. Note, I am assuming you have the directories index made and

> search at level 3, just in case it is relevant.
>
> I am sorry I cannot remember the name of the person who wrote this

> alias. Thankyou if you are reading this.
>
> ; The following GX alias is a bonus for having made it this far into

the

> ; file. It will "popup" a selection windows containing all

the

> ; subdirectories in your current working directory. Select the one

you

> ; want (including ".." for the parent directory) by using

the usual

> ; navigation keys, and pressing ENTER, or hit ESCAPE to cancel.
>
> GX=`*echo ..>!%temp\_gx&*dir /kmba:d>>!%temp\_gx&*CDD

%@select[%temp

> \_gx,2,50,15,73,þ Subdirs þ]>$nul&*del /q %temp\_gx`
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

[Ivan Lowe]

Re: Old 4Dos aliase which works

Good idea. I must try it. Thanks.

But I cannot yet write such complicated aliases. My main way of working is to use, with small modifications, aliases suggested by others. The one I posted seems to have got lost over the years and this is the forum for sharing ideas. I wonder how many other old aliases could be recycled.

I have been using versions of this program since 4dos version 3 and still find the command line more instinctive and controllable than a GUI. But as I have seen the product grow my knowledge of programming has not grown (I do not have time to learn) to match the sophistication and power of the new products.

I would like to see more ideas for short practical aliases shared.

 

[samintz]

Re: Old 4Dos aliase which works

I have a relatively small list of aliases
I use. Steve Fabian has hundreds. I have no idea how he keeps
them all straight in his head.

This is my list:
rw=attrib -r -s -h %$
ro=attrib -a +r %$
nd=md %1 & cd %1
in=pu %1 & %2$ & po
pu=pushd
po=popd
al=alias
ex*cept=*except
read=c:\v\v
pgp=c:\pgp\pgp
tlib=n:\tlib\tlib2
cw=start c:\cw32\cw32
edit=*edit %@altname[%$]
4nt=%ComSpec
4exit=c:\jpsoft\_4EXIT
@@Alt-F4=exit
ct=cleartool
bd*ebugger=*bdebugger
np="c:\Notepad++Portable\Notepad++Portable.exe"

Some of those (most?) originated in
the 4DOS days. Some, like EX, don't have a whole lot of use nowadays
because of the much more powerful file exclusion ranges.

-Scott



Ivan Lowe <> wrote
on 05/10/2011 05:34:03 PM:

>
> I would like to see more ideas for short practical aliases shared.
>
>

 

[K_Meinhard]

Re: Old 4Dos aliase which works

Hallo Ivan,

> I would like to see more ideas for short practical aliases shared.

did you have a look at my site www.4dos.info?

On page http://www.4dos.info/4obtms.htm you can find a few alias collections. And there are lot of btms from the 4dos day<s to give you ideas :-)

herzliche Grüße,

Klaus Meinhard