Microsoft KB Archive/68003

= Peculiarities with Edlin's Line Display =

Article ID: 68003

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q68003



SUMMARY
Edlin appears to treat lines containing 69 characters as though they visually wrap on the screen. To see this behavior, use Edlin's &quot;L&quot; command.

Normally, without line wrapping, Edlin's &quot;L&quot; command displays one full screen of text. If a line containing 69 characters is contained within the lines being displayed, the following prompt is displayed:

Continue (Y/N)?

The number of lines displayed on the screen at this point is fewer than one full screen, even though screen wrapping has not occurred.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS versions 4.0, 4.01, and 5.0. Edlin is not included with later versions of MS-DOS.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.01 5.00 noupd

Keywords: KB68003

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