Starting SML/NJ on Windows produces unsightly REM lines

[kcrary]

Version

110.99.4 (Latest)

Operating System

• Any
• Linux
• macOS
• Windows
• Other Unix

OS Version

Windows 10

Processor

• Any
• Arm (using Rosetta)
• PowerPC
• Sparc
• x86 (32-bit)
• x86-64 (64-bit)
• Other

System Component

Core system

Severity

Cosmetic

Description

When starting SML/NJ on Windows, you see a bunch of comment lines:

The solution is to move the @echo OFF line in bin/sml.bat to the top.

Transcript

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2861]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

c:\crary>sml c:/crary/lib/sml/misc.sml

c:\crary>REM sml.bat 

c:\crary>REM

c:\crary>REM Copyright 2020 The Fellowship of SML/NJ (http://www.smlnj.org) 

c:\crary>REM All rights reserved. 

c:\crary>REM

c:\crary>REM The standard driver for SML/NJ under the new runtime system 

c:\crary>REM
Standard ML of New Jersey (32-bit) v110.99.3 [built: Thu Jul 28 00:45:02 2022]

Expected Behavior

Steps to Reproduce

Additional Information

Email address

[JohnReppy]

Made the suggested edit to the sml.bat file. Fixed for 110.99.5.