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We old-time users of Norton Commander have grown accustomed to several of its 
great features.  I am sure that others like I have tried Windows 3.1 and its 
File Manager and have found it very nice except for a few nicities NC has but
File Manager doesn't -- in particular, NC's interaction with the DOS prompt is
carries at the bottom it its dual list of directories.  Although one can run
a DOS command line constantly in Windows 3.1, File Manager doesn't interact 
with it the way NC does.  For example,

(1) In NC, the current directory for the DOS prompt is always set to whichever
of the two listed directories contains the highlighted file selection bar.
Thus, if a DOS command line is entered at the DOS prompt, the command is 
executed in the directory of the selected file.  

(2)  In NC, one can compose a DOS command line at the prompt by copying one,
two, three, or any number of file names from the directory listing (using
CTRL-Enter).  I can't see how to use drag-and-drop to accomplish this with 
Windows 3.1 File Manager and DOS prompt.  

Does anyone know of software for Windows 3.1 that makes File Manager work with
a DOS prompt in these ways?  Are there shareware solutions?  Or is the answer
Norton Desktop for Windows?  (Of course, these are the kinds of things one 
would like to try out before blowing a hundred bucks or so and finding no such
features.)


Dwynn Lafleur

lafleur@usl.edu
   - or - 
shields@sparc.ncpa.olemiss.edu