1. Control+C Bug info...
A still unsolved bug (as I recall) is the fact that ex.exe crashes when I
press control+pause or control+c and I know you are well aware of that.
Nevertheless, I came accros a file on my HD, called config.txt (in the
windows directory) which includes the following information:
--From windows\config.txt ----
BREAK
=====
This command sets or clears extended CTRL+C
checking. You can use this command at the
command prompt or in your CONFIG.SYS file.
You can press CTRL+C to stop a program or an
activity, such as file sorting. Typically, MS-DOS
checks for CTRL+C only while it reads from the
keyboard or writes to the screen or a printer. If
you set BREAK to ON, you extend CTRL+C checking to
other functions, such as disk read and write
operations.
Syntax
BREAK [ON|OFF]
To display the current BREAK setting at the command
prompt, use the following syntax:
BREAK
In your CONFIG.SYS file, use the following syntax:
BREAK=ON|OFF
Parameter
ON|OFF
Turns extended CTRL+C checking on or off.
----- end of qoute ----
Maybe this can lead to the answer ?
Ralf
2. Re: Control+C Bug info...
>A still unsolved bug (as I recall) is the fact that ex.exe crashes when I
>press control+pause or control+c and I know you are well aware of that.
>
>Nevertheless, I came accros a file on my HD, called config.txt (in the
>windows directory) which includes the following information:
>Typically, MS-DOS checks for CTRL+C only while it reads from the
>keyboard or writes to the screen or a printer.
BREAK OFF
>If you set BREAK to ON, you extend CTRL+C checking to
>other functions, such as disk read and write operations.
BREAK ON
>ON|OFF
> Turns *EXTENDED* CTRL+C checking on or off.
>Maybe this can lead to the answer ?
Unfortunetly, no.
BREAK is Off by default, turning it on makes it more
dangerous as you can halt a program in the middle
of writing to a file. (Then you'd have to run ScanDisk)
Are you saying that:
include machine.e
allow_break(0)
Doesn't keep your program from crashing?
I have found that using keyread.e's get_keys(), CTRL+C
doesn't crash the machine. David Cuny also has a solution
in his TextGUI.
