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- Matt Roberts
- 3 Cedar St., # 8
- Montpelier, Vt 05602-3006
- (802)223-2553
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- 11-19-91
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- NOTES ON BLANKLIN.COM
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- With DOS 3.0 or higher, you can generate blank lines in batch files by typing
- "ECHO.". ECHO with a period directly after it (no spaces) is a convenient way
- to make your screen writes more attractive. Unfortunately, versions of DOS
- below 3.0 don't seem to have that capability. One is forced to use "ECHO ."
- (ECHO with a space, then a period). This results in little dots between
- "paragraphs" in your batch file, which has always annoyed me. Therefore, I
- wrote BLANKLIN.COM, which has the sole purpose of generating as many blank
- lines as your heart might desire (unless it desires more than approximately
- 32000, in which case I recommend counseling).
-
- Usage is simple. If you want a blank line, you type BLANKLIN as one of the
- lines in your batch file. BLANKLIN.COM must, of course, be on the same disk
- and in the same directory as your batch file, or in a directory on the DOS
- path.
-
- If you want more than one blank line, you type BLANKLIN X, where X = the
- number of blank lines you want. So, if you want 1000 blank lines (not advised
- if you're in a hurry; my 8MHz machine took so long I worried it might have
- hung), you type BLANKLIN 1000, and so on for whatever number of blank lines
- you want (up to about 32000).
-
- BLANKLIN.COM was written with ASIC, a BASIC compiler by David Visti. ASIC is
- shareware, and current user registration is only $10.00. If you program in
- BASIC, and especially if you want a quick, easy way to write utilities, I
- strongly suggest you try it. The author can be reached at P.O. Box 2952,
- Raleigh, NC 27602-2952.
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- My only connection with ASIC is that I'm an ardent fan and a registered user.
- Any comments, questions, criticisms, or ASIC registrations should be sent to
- David Visti, not to me.
-
- As for the programs I write, I'd be delighted to hear from you. If you can't
- make a program work, call. If you have other comments, questions, or
- criticisms, please write. Your thoughts are important to me, since they help
- me write higher quality programs.
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