It could be argued that this is even more monkey business than asking the user   
   to use quotes, but most are familiar with notepad.  So this is how I've   
   decided to collect a comment:   
      
   :emptyAnswer   
     echo:  > snapComment.txt   
     echo Enter comments on the LINE ABOVE. >> snapComment.txt   
     echo The entire comment must appear on that line only. >> snapComment.txt   
     echo All other lines will be ignored. >> snapComment.txt   
     echo Close notepad and SAVE when complete. >> snapComment.txt   
     echo Fastest way?  Alt F4, YES >> snapComment.txt   
     notepad snapComment.txt   
      
     set /p ans=< snapComment.txt   
     echo %ans%   
      
   The cursor is sitting on the first line, thus the echo: to generate an empty   
   line.   
      
   The best I could do.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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