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- Date: 31 Dec 1995 18:21:00 +0100
- From: jhd@herold.de (Joachim Durchholz)
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- Subject: Re: Language "ranking" based on posts to users groups
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- erik@naggum.no wrote on 22 Dec 95:
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- > also note that the backslash is a user interface issue. you used to be
- > able to choose the option character with OPTCHAR (I think) in CONFIG.SYS.
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- Yes, you can. Microsoft's DOS programs will even know the difference. Most
- other application programs won't.
- Retrieving the setting was an *undocumented* feature for a long time, and
- I'm not sure wether it got documented, was discontinued, or went to
- Nirvana <g>.
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- HTH (what it may be worth)
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- Joachim Durchholz
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