Creating a custom feedback mode

While the internal feedback modes (normal, concise, silent, and verbose) cannot be modified, you can create your own custom feedback mode. The first step in this process is to copy an existing mode. The following example demonstrates how to copy the verbose mode to a myCustom mode with the /set mode myCustom verbose -command command string:

We used the -command option to ensure we would receive the command feedback. You can make various changes to your feedback mode using the /set command along with one of the options listed in the following screenshot:

As an example, let's walk through the truncation setting ...

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