DOS shell w/ scrollback buffer in win9x

[TheLinuxDuck]

I know this isn't linux-ish, and it's not very programming related, but it is, too..

I do most of my java coding in windows in a dos shell.. the problem is that if a large number of execeptions happen, as they do with swing, I can't even see where it's going. win 9x doesn't allow console err messages to be redirected (that I know of), so I need some kind of dos shell with a scroll-back buffer.

Preferably something free, so that I don't have to install it over and over every 30 days.

Thanks!

[bwkaz]

No, 9x doesn't allow you to redirect stderr, but that's a different rant entirely.

As for the problem at hand, I seem to remember some utility that PC Magazine wrote about back in its glory days (when it didn't assume the average reader was a moron, but that, too, is a different rant). But I don't remember what it was called or anything. Maybe you could do a search of PC Mag's site (http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag)?

[Danger Fan]

Have you tried just sending it to a text file? When you call system print (or whatever it's called in java) can you just use this?:


print("blah blah" > test.txt);


I'm not sure, just a thought. :D

[TheLinuxDuck]

Danger Fan:

That would be nice, except these are exception error messages from the interpreter... (^= in many cases, there are so many, I can't even begin to guess where it stemmed from.. (^=

Thanks for the advice, though.

bwkaz:

I'll take a look and see if I can't turn something up.. thanks!

[TheLinuxDuck]

bwkaz:

After searching, the only util I could find was 'doskey', which I already use....

Hmmm....

[Danger Fan]

Originally posted by TheLinuxDuck:
<STRONG>Danger Fan:

That would be nice, except these are exception error messages from the interpreter... (^= in many cases, there are so many, I can't even begin to guess where it stemmed from.. (^=

Thanks for the advice, though.

</STRONG>

aaahhhh, I thought you just wanted the dos text. my fault :D

[Energon]

I haven't tried it, but maybe redirect w/ cygwin? I've tried scrolling with cygwin, but it appears to be limited by being in a DOS shell there, but maybe it can get in and let you mess with those?

[sans-hubris]

Originally posted by Energon:
<STRONG>I haven't tried it, but maybe redirect w/ cygwin? I've tried scrolling with cygwin, but it appears to be limited by being in a DOS shell there, but maybe it can get in and let you mess with those?</STRONG>
Cygwin should give you more options for output redirection than your vanilla DOS shell.