FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: Backspace/History Hotkey Doesn't Work

["Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>]

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HI Greg,
                   Good question......the answer is 
because in one case, (Alt-X), arachne exits
into its own shell( the 1st command.com)
so the command EXIT has no effect. There 
is no command.com to shut down(ie. there
is no shell to exit) and also; since ALT-X was 
used, Arachne doesn't write a batch file to
restart Arachne. When ALT-E is used then
Arachne is shut down and then a new shell
is opened(the 2nd command.com). When
the 2nd command.com shell is closed by
the EXIT command, then Arachne is automatically
restarted by the batch file that created the
shell(the 2nd command.com) in the  1st
place.
       So like I said, with Alt-X, Arachne requires
the command arachne to start her.  With Alt-E,
the command EXIT is required to exit the DOS
shell...and...since the DOS shell was opened
by a call from a batch file which Arachne created,
then Arachne is started automatically by the
command "arachne" in that same batch file.

Eric 

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:10:22 +1030 "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:05:00 -5000, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> 
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> > Greg,
> >  Your playing a game of symantics with
> > me concerning ALT-E and ALT-X. The fact is
> > that either command removes Arachne from
> > memory. If you doubt me, then try this
> > experiment.
> 
> I don't doubt you.
> 
> > 8. So in both cases a manually entered command
> > re-starts Arachne. In one case EXIT restarts her
> > and in the other case arachne restarts her.
> 
> So try manually entering EXIT after you do an Alt-X.
> 
> Or try manually entering ARACHNE.BAT after an Alt-E.
> 
> If Alt-X and Alt-E are the same thing, the ways back into
> Arachne should be interchangeable.
> 
> If they aren't interchangeable, then why aren't they?

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