>FoxPros -
>
>I just made the following discovery through fumble-fingered typing:
>
>If you type "\anything" (without the quotes) in the command window, FoxPro
>will echo "anything" to the screen. This was unexpected. Why should this
>be? A forward slash gives the expected "Unrecognized command verb."
>
>Don Smith
Don,
Nothing surprising there. \ and \\ are native FoxPro commands like ? and ?? with the exception they don't need quotes and you need to surround expressions with "<<" and ">>" and set textmerge on to see result.
Cetin