General Features and Enhancements

What's New - General Features and Enhancements 

        »  Added a complete batch file debugger.  The debugger displays 
           the batch file in a window and allows you to execute each line 
           step by step, process or trace into additional batch files and 
           subroutines, and display variables and aliases at each step. 
            See Batch File Debugging for complete details. 

        »  Popup windows (for filename completion, command history recall, 
           etc.) now allow you to search for a line within the window 
           contents by typing the first few characters of the line.  The 
           search string is displayed in the lower right corner of the 
           window. 

        »  You can now redirect to and from the clipboard by using the 
           pseudo-device name CLIP:.  For example, to redirect DIR to the 
           clipboard: 

           
                   dir *.doc > clip:
           

        »  The online help has been reorganized to make it easier to 
           navigate through the main topics, and includes additional 
           reference information, reference tables, and a glossary. 

        »  The default maximum file description length is now 511 bytes in 
           all products. 

        »  Two new characters can now follow the escape character:  An 
           escape followed by a 'q' will substitute a double quote; an 
           escape followed by a 'k' will substitute a back quote. 

        »  The decimal and thousands characters used in @EVAL and in 
           displayed version numbers and other similar locations are now 
           controllable with the DecimalChar and ThousandsChar directives 
           in the .INI file, the corresponding options in the 
           configuration or OPTION dialogs, and the SETDOS /G command. 
            These characters are saved by SETLOCAL and restored by 
           ENDLOCAL.  This is intended as an aid to those writing batch 
           files which perform arithmetic operations and which may be used 
           in countries with differing separator characters. 

        »  The directory stack size used by PUSHD and POPD has been 
           increased from 255 to 511 bytes to leave adequate room for long 
           directory names. 

        »  .BTM files can now be longer than 64K bytes, though compressed 
           .BTMs still have to be less than 64K.