Re: HTML help documents

> I had a quick look. Some sentences are exactly the same but much of it
> is different. Look at the introduction to "LABEL" for one example; Tom
> can probably point out more.

not really. I just found some, found a lot of 
  'would be nice for FreeDOS, and should be there, but hasn't yet been
implemented'

so I concluded, that it's (at least) a rip of MS original doc.

BTW: one html tag wanted to signalize
	  'should be there, but hasn't yet been implemented'
color might be <GREY>


> * compare what each says about this or that command.
> * if at least one (non-trivial) sentence is exactly the same, write down
> that command somewhere, delete the FreeDOS version and write it the
> new help in your own words (a few days later).
> 
> For other commands like diskcopy and mem the htmlhelp is completely
> different so there's no need to change or rewrite.

I agree. for COMMAND.COM, 
	C:>DIR /?
gives you a start, though 
	C:>DIR /?
tells you, that you can sort the listing with /O, and that you can search
for
attributes with /A, which is complete bullshit.

please document existing functionality only; it's not necessary for
everyone to 
repeat my experience.

	C:>DIR *.c /od
	invalid switch
	C:>DIR *.c /OD
	invalid switch
	C:>DIR *.c -od
	invalid switch
	C:>DIR *.c -OD
	invalid switch
	C:>DIR *.c -OS
	invalid switch
... (300 lines snip)
	C:>DIR *.c /O
	invalid switch

to conlude that /O doesn't exist.
	
tom

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