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Matt Roberts
3 Cedar St., # 8
Montpelier, Vt 05602-3006
(802)223-2553
11-19-91
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.
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.