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- 09/07/87
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- * NOOKEY! *
- * *
- * Written By *
- * *
- * David K. Lidia *
- * *
- * P.O. Box 1549 *
- * Pearl City, HI 96782 *
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- Most of us are familiar with the Shareware concept. If you believe in
- inexpensive programs that are useful, please support shareware so that the
- authors may continue to write these programs. If you find this utility I have
- written useful to you, your contribution of $5 would be gratefully appreciated.
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- NOOKEY was written to help both new users and the so-called "Power User"
- alike. It is simply a key redifinition program to streamline your operations
- in DOS. A very handy tool which is menu driven.
-
- When I first began computing, I couldn't believe all of the commands
- that were required just to move around in DOS! At that time DOS-Shells were
- just being written, and as I didn't even know what one was... I poured over
- my manuals daily. I was also lucky because I had a couple of brothers who
- had been computing for several years and they were kind enough to encourage
- me and give me a hand. Many times I wished I had a simple system like NOOKEY!
- to take some of the drudgery out of doing simple DOS tasks. With that said,
- I present to you NOOKEY!
-
- NOOKEY! is written for IBM PC/XT and AT's (or compatables) using DOS
- 2.0 or higher (I use 3.2). Although I haven't tried it with a Hercules card,
- I know it will work with a CGA or EGA card. NOOKEY! uses the ANSI driver that
- comes with DOS to redefine your F-Keys. You MUST add the following line in
- your CONFIG.SYS file found in your root directory:
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- DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
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- NOOKEY! is written for those of us who have hard drives (C:) and
- you can use either another physical hard drive as (D:) or a logical drive
- such as a RAM DISK as (D:).
-
- The files that came with NOOKEY! are as follows:
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- README.DOC
- NOOKEY.BAT
- NOOKEY.DAT
- KEYMEN.BAT
- NOOKEY.MNU
- CLRKEYS.BAT
- CLRKEYS.DAT
-
- README.DOC is this file. To get a hard copy of it, type "PRINT README.DOC"
- at your DOS prompt.
-
- NOOKEY.BAT is a batch file that will run the NOOKEY.DAT file. There are
- several methods you can use to run NOOKEY.DAT. You could put it into your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file so it will automatically load up as you boot. If you do
- this, the line: TYPE NOOKEY.DAT should be at or near the end of your AUTOEXEC.
- BAT file. The file NOOKEY.DAT should of course be in your root (C:\) direct-
- ory so that your AUTOEXEC.BAT file can access it upon boot. If you don't wish
- to use NOOKEY! every time you boot, you should put NOOKEY.BAT and NOOKEY.DAT
- in your root directory. Thereafter, whenever you want to redefine your keys,
- just type NOOKEY and the NOOKEY.BATch file will execute the NOOKEY.DAT file.
- You only need to redefine your keys once per session... either automatically
- when you boot via the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, or manually by typing "NOOKEY" and
- running the NOOKEY.BAT file.
-
- NOOKEY.DAT is the DATa file that calls upon your ANSI.SYS driver to redefine
- your keys. It should reside in your your root directory unless you have a
- PATH to the sub-directory it is located in. Please read your DOS manual about
- issuing the PATH command. If you are not using DOS's PATH command, NOOKEY.DAT
- MUST reside in your root directory.
-
- A typical root directory might look like this:
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- COMMAND.COM DOS's command interpreter.
- ANSI.SYS Your ANSI.SYStem driver.
- CONFIG.SYS A file you create to CONFIGure your SYStem.
- AUTOEXEC.BAT A BATch file you create to AUTOmatically EXECute upon boot.
- NOOKEY.BAT Use to call up NOOKEY.DAT manually (don't put in AUTOEXEC.BAT).
- NOOKEY.DAT To redefine your keys with. Put in root directory.
- KEYMEN.BAT A BATch file to call out KEYMEN.MNU.
- KEYMEN.MNU A colorful menu describing all of your new F-Key commands.
- CLRKEYS.BAT BATch file to call CLRKEYS.DAT.
- CLRKEYS.DAT File to return your keys to NORMAL.
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-
- As NOOKEY.DAT is the heart of the program, it is a datafile that when run,
- redefines your Function Keys. This will let you issue many tedious DOS comm-
- ands very conveniently by the simple press of a key. Also, by pressing the
- Ctrl and an appropriate F-Key, you will be able to perform more DOS commands.
-
- NOOKEY.MNU is the colorful menu that describes both the FKeys and the
- Control-Function (Called CF keys) keys on screen. Here is how they
- will function.
-
- F1 will format a diskette in drive A: (After YOU issue a carrage return).
- F2 will clear your screen.
- F3 will copy your last command at the DOS prompt (I left unchanged).
- F4 will give you the CD\ command.
- F5 will give you the DIR /P command.
- F6 is ^Z which I left unchanged. It's good for ending batch files.
- F7 will call up A: with a carriage return. The « indicates a carriage return
- F8 will call up B: with a carriage return. The « indicates a carriage return
- F9 will call up C: with a carriage return. The « indicates a carriage return
- F10 will call up D: with a carriage return. The « indicates a carriage return
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- CF1 (Which stands for pressing Ctrl+F1) will issue the DEL command WITHOUT a
- carriage return.
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- CF2 Will run CHKDSK to check your disk space on any drive. No carriage return.
- CF3 Will issue the TYPE command without a carriage return.
- CF4 Will issue the PRINT command without a carriage return.
- CF5 Will issue the DIR command and includes the carriage return.
- CF6 Will issue *.* without a carriage return.
- CF7 Will issue COPY *.* A: and ISSUES a carriage return.
- CF8 Will issue COPY *.* B: and ISSUES a carriage return.
- CF9 Will issue COPY *.* C: and ISSUES a carriage return.
- CF10 Will issue COPY *.* D: and ISSUES a carriage return.
-
- By using a COMBINATION of the Function Keys, you can do the following:
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- 1. If your on D:, press F7 and your now on A:
- 2. If your on A:, or B:, press F9 and your on C:
- 3. CF1 will erase a file w/DEL command. CF1=DEL, then press CF6 for *.* .
- YOU give the carriage return, and everything on that drive will be erased!
-
- These are a few of the possible combinations. Once you get use to
- it, you will find more usefull combinations.
-
-
- KEYMEN.BAT is a batch file that will call up NOOKEY.MNU, the KeyMenu. You can
- rename KEYMEN.BAT to whatever you like (KM ?) to make it more convenient. A
- menu will be helpful to you at the outset untill you remember these "HOT" keys.
- To get a hard copy, just to a Shift+Prt SC. You'll also get the surrounding
- menu graphics...
-
- Both KEYMEN.BAT and NOOKEY.MNU should be in your root directory. Thus,
- whenever you need your menu of "HOT-KEYS" just type KEYMEN (or whatever you
- would like to rename it) and a beautiful full-featured menu will appear
- describing the keys.
-
- Most programs that let you use the Function Keys take over those keys
- when you run the program. Most do... some don't. For example, I used the
- Ctrl+Function Key's instead of the Alt+Function Keys because I know that
- Bourlands Turbo Lightning uses the Alt-Function Keys for spell checking.
-
- I also used the Ctrl-Function Keys rather than the Left Shift-Function
- Keys as I know some of the keyboards make it inconvenient to hit your shift
- key. Pressing the Ctrl key seems more convenient on most keyboards.
-
- In order to let those programs that don't set up their own Function
- Key controls take over, I have written a short program that will CLEAR both
- the regular Function Keys and the Ctrl-Function Keys, and return them to
- their normal setting. The two files are as follows:
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- CLRKEYS.DAT is the ClearKeys data file that contains the program to reset
- your keys to normal. You can run it yourself from the DOS prompt by typing
- TYPE CLRKEYS.DAT, or, to make it more convenient:
-
- CLRKEYS.BAT is a simple batch file that can be called upon to run CLRKEYS.DAT
- for you. Of course you can rename CLRKEYS.BAT to something shorter... but
- you must leave the name of CLRKEYS.DAT the same, as the batch file calls out
- this file.
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- If you put these two files in your root directory, anytime you need
- to clear your keys for any reason, just type CLRKEYS and the batch file will
- fix you up! If you decide you want your F-Keys redefined again AFTER exiting
- your favorite program, just type NOOKEY and the NOOKEY.BAT file will take
- over and run NOOKEY.DAT, and redefine your keys.
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- I hope you find this utility useful, and your support will be appreciated.
- If you have suggestions or would like me to personalize your menu and system,
- please write to the above address or call: (808) 672-4361. If you pass this
- program on to your friends, please don't forget the documentation.
- Remember though... "We all need a little NOOKEY! some time."
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