In article <1995Nov5.184707@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (R.E. Williams, Jr.) writes: > In article <1995Nov5.183814@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) writes: >> Actually, there are several. The blank lines are what are causing the >> problem. DCL is fairly forgiving many times. It lets you leave out >> the $ at the beginning of lines sometimes and lets you have blank lines in >> your program...sometimes. This is one of those times, though, when you >> can't have blank lines. The blank line is confusing the SET TERMINAL >> command. > > Well, there goes one of the most useful things for making code readable.... > Oh well; it doesn't seem to mind the rest, so I'll leave 'em in. I guess I > could use comments.... That's generally what I do. Instead of a blank line, I just use: $! -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask]