open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

[Sarah Reichelt]

> > > it's actually much simpler than what's been described...
> > > open a command box and type the following
> > > assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association
>
> > Sorry, but to someone who is not familiar with DOS/Windows, there is
> > no way this could possibly be simpler than the previous suggestions.
> > You give no indication of what is the output from the first command
> > and what is supposed to be typed in. Even with the first command, I am
> > left wondering whether to type the exclamation mark or whether it is
> > just a comment marker.
>
> Sorry to disapoint you Sarah. DOS is like C, ugly, hard and non-friendly
> but damn is it faster than any GUI Moft makes. The point of the batch
> here is that with a double click, you dont have to mess with any GUIs
> and it's easy to repeat at any time you reinstall rev...
>
> The ! was there to show that was a comment... (if i had used ' the
> comment character though im sure it would have brought up more
> questions ;)
>

Now you are adding a new instruction. Where do I do this magical
double-click that will solve everything?

Sarah
(who gets the all the list emails singly but still finds long sigs to
be an annoyance).