OpenEuphoria

Re: Standard Input Max Length Limitation

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at gmail.com> Jun 26, 2007
• 740 views

Bryan So wrote:
> 
> I have also tried the TCSH shell using Cygwin.  Same issue.
> 
> I'm writing a language interpreter and really want user to be able to enter
> long command lines, e.g. print("a long string .... etc etc")
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Bryan
> 
> ps... regarding "running under Vanilla DOS" comment.  I am under the
> impression
> that ex.exe is supposed to be run under vanilla DOS, right?  What else is
> available
> that is more recommended.  Thanks.

Is there a particular reason why you want to run under DOS instead of
windows?  You can use exwc.exe, which is the console version of the
interpreter for windows.  Or you could build it for cygwin (it'll probably
take some work, but start by trying to build as bsd).  

Whenever I need  something to work from the console, I use either exwc 
or exu.  Using the windows version, as opposed to the DOS version opens 
up many more opportunities, since you can access dynamic libraries, and
use the resources of the full operating system.

Matt