I think you missed the point slightly there Eagle, this was intended for suggestions to be passed to the DOSBox team as well as for the forum here. (Tom has some contact - he interviewed them for AR).
In my experience there are 2 kinds of people using DOSBox who are active in here; those who have used DOS and try to understand how it does what it does, and those who just want to play a particular game - the former are happy to work it out for themselves (I personally managed to work it out by reading the readme and the guide we have on here) and it's the latter group who tend to post requests for help, and I think ideas like Reup's might be good for them. Even DFend requires a basic understanding in order to set up for each game (although it streamlines use after that) - for someone who isn't very computer literate, doesn't speak English as their first language or simply has difficulty following instructions with more than 2 steps, or who has never had to use a command prompt, DOSBox can be pretty daunting; not everyone enjoys the challenge of getting something to run as much as you or I do, they just want the instant gratification of playing the game - if there are simple effective ways to help them get it, why not implement them?
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