Subj : list.com
To   : Ed Vance
From : AKAcastor
Date : Tue Apr 16 2024 04:46 pm

 EV> LIST.com written by (IIRC) Vernon  Berg.
 EV> Fell in love with it and have a BAT file on XP box 
 EV> called L.bat since I use it regularly.

The batch file is a nice idea, I think besides 'cd' and 'dir' probably 'list' is typed more than anything else.  Big efficiency win by cutting it from 4 down to 1 keypress. :)

 EV> Alt-h is the On/Off toggle that You found.

It's such an obvious hotkey too, I am surprised I didn't find it even without reading the help screen!  I am pretty good at being oblivious to things.

 EV> Sometimes I look at html code to see and learn about how to write html.

Peeking inside all kinds of files is such a great way to learn how things work!  I'm surprised by how many people who are longtime computer users don't realize you can open files up in different applications, and that plain text editors or hex viewers exist.  (ok the last part doesn't surprise me quite as much, but the genuine lack of knowledge that it's POSSIBLE does surprise me sometimes.)

Do you have a favourite text editor?  I usually use QEdit, but to be honest I lost the muscle memory for all the hotkeys so it's not really easier for me than any other text editor these days.  I got spoiled by the GUIs over the years.


Chris/akacastor

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