Tony B. Shepherd ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : Why not allow 'PRINT' to die of old age, and implement the suggestions : for the new 'DISPLAY' command? 'EXAMINE'? 'INSPECT'? (Hmm - Cobol : seems to have allocated some good words :-) I know that Jeff's purpose is to get CUSTOMER opinions, since us labbies are frequently too far removed from the Real World, but I can't help but jump in to support this -- it has always seemed wrong to me that :PRINT does not, as its usual behavior, cause a file to be printed, but rather DISPLAYed (or TYPEd, if you're an MS-DOS fan, but I hate that terminology as well). Because I also like the suggestion that ;RAW should be the default, and doing this for :PRINT could cause existing jobstreams or command files to break, a DISPLAY command provides the perfect opportunity to create what :PRINT could/should have been, without breaking backward compatibility. Of course, if this option is not chosen, Jeff, I'll still jump on the offical HP bandwagon and say that it was a completely unworkable, ill-advised concept :) . -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Yawn email [log in to unmask] Hewlett-Packard HPDesk Mike YAWN/HP6650/21 Commercial Systems Division Voice (408) 447-4367 19447 Pruneridge Ave M/S 44UP Fax (408) 447-0312 Cupertino, CA 95014 -----------------------------------------------------------------