From: dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, 5 March 2023 at 22:34:01 UTC, Zaidy036 wrote:   
   > On 3/5/2023 4:28 PM, John Stockton wrote:    
   > >    
   > > I have scripts which generate (in %TEMP%) a plain-text file of batch code,   
   and I want to read this file by eye, in a new plain Window, then manually   
   copy'n'paste or drag'n'drop selected lines or contiguous groups of lines into   
   a Command Prompt window,   
    which will be ready and waiting. The lines all start "DEL" or "RD"; but must   
   be thought about and selected before execution. I want to be UNABLE to alter   
   the characters displayed, apart from by scrolling.    
   > >    
   > > The batch command    
   > > START MSEDGE %1    
   > > does this, except that it does not work in Windows XP and that it opens a   
   new tab rather than a new Window. In any case, EDGE is "a sledgehammer to   
   crack a nut", and I don't want to have a window/tab which looks in the least   
   like any browser that I    
   have open.    
   > >    
   > > So : is there an obscure but standard small part of Windows 10+ that can   
   display a text file in a simple non-editable Window that supports Ctrl-C and   
   vertical scroll? Notepad would do nicely, if it could be opened in a non-edit   
   mode.    
   > >    
   > > Can VBScript or JScript called from batch create such a Window _easily_?    
   > >    
   > > Ideally, but certainly not essentially, I would like the displayed text to   
   be on a light-coloured background !    
   > >    
   > >   
   > COLOR XX & TYPE    
      
      
   I wasn't sufficiently aware of COLOR (and it might nowadays be illegal of   
   Microsoft to have failed to implement, as an alternative, the correct spelling   
   "COLOUR") - thanks for that.  It would be nice to have a modification which   
   applies the new colour    
   only to subsequent lines.   
      
   I would want to use a different Command Prompt window to receive the copied   
   selected lines; but START CMD will open one, of usefully different visual   
   styling.   
      
   I need to test the idea out, to see whether the chief user (me) likes it in   
   operation.   
      
      
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