Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:55:04 -0500 (EST)
From: "Norman D. Megill" <ndm AT shore DOT net>
Message-Id: <199901221455.JAA23887@northshore.shore.net>
To: broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de, ndm AT shore DOT net
Subject: Re: djgpp loses characters when pasting to DOS
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Thanks for your response and helpful suggestions.  While it may end up
being the only practical approach, the problem with it is that I am
constantly switching between applications in the same DOS window:  e.g.
I do ls or mv (from bash), a quick compile (djgpp), run, maybe a wc
(bash) on the output; I have some programs that put out LaTeX, so I want
to to latex (tex) then yap (yap) to view it, all in quick succession.
If I have to keep switching environments every command - or keep
clicking between windows open for each - this would halve my
productivity, not to mention be error-prone because I'll forget.  I
know, I can redo all the commands with batch files to context-switch
invisibly, but...  I'm trying to use the computer as a tool for my
research work not an end in itself and have limited time.  But I'll
manage somehow.

It does seem to me a short-sightedness on the part of a programmer who
creates a random short name for a .exe that only the application uses,
rather than tie the name to the principal application.  In large
projects with thousands of programs I've worked on before all
subprograms were always named with common first few characters, and it
was much easier to identify what program belonged to what, as well as
avoid naming conflicts.

Regards,
Norm