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Help with SWITCHAR

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From: Fred Hollander
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1986 22:20
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I am using a 'more' program that was posted some time ago.  It allows you
to enter the editor by typing 'e'.  It works fine but, when I add the line:
	switchar=-
to my config.sys file, trying to enter the editor from more causes the error:
	Specified COMMAND search directory bad
and doing a set shows that PATH is empty and COMPSPEC is the only other
environment variable set.

I've tried setting the SHELL in the config.sys file and changing the PATH
to use '/' instead of '\' but, I've had no luck.
Does anybody know what the problem might be?

Thanks for your help,
Fred Hollander
Penn State
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From: holland@psuvax1.UUCP (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.micro.ti
Subject: Help with SWITCHAR
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 17:20:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 17:20:49 1986
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Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ.
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