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A 2 or 3 button mouse is recommended. ■Select an item/character by either; 1) Using the arrow keys OR 2) Pointing and left-clicking with the mouse. Do this before issuing the required command. ■A Command is issued by; 1) Typing the highlighted character from the Menu OR 2) Pointing and left-clicking the command on the menu line (or part line). Even the arrow keys can be clicked, producing the same effect as typing the actual button. In the Edit File Window, if a mouse is detected, the names of several useful editor commands are listed on the bottom border line. These commands can also be issued by mouse- clicking. ■The Esc key will get you out of anything, stopping or cancelling the command that is in progress. ■The arrow-keys, PageUp and PageDown keys, Ins and Del keys, Home and End keys ALL do what you would expect. ■When a Yes or No is requested, a Y or an Enter signifies yes. A N signifies no. Also, a left-button mouse click signifies yes and a right-button mouse click signifies no. ■Right-clicking on a file tags or untags it. In the Edit File Window, right-clicking defines or stretches the Block. ■Double-clicking will cause a file to be executed or edited AND will cause a directory to become the Current Directory. Double-clicking in the Edit File Window will cause either a line split or a line append. ■When a line of characters (or string) is requested, a default string will already be displayed with the cursor at the start. A new string can be typed in, replacing the default, OR the default can be edited and used. Editing keys are; left and right arrows, Ins, Del, Home, End, ^Z clear to end of line, ^X clear line. The string entry is completed by typing Enter. Typing Esc will abort the entry. Also, mouse-clicking on the entry line will move the text cursor. Mouse-clicking off the entry line will exit the entry; a left-click will complete the entry (like Enter) and a right-click will abort the entry (like Esc). ■The Scroll Bars both show the position of the Current Selection, and allow it to be moved. Right-clicking on the Scroll Bar will scroll the present page forward. Left-clicking will scroll it backward. In the Edit File and View File Windows, the amount of scrolling depends on where on the scroll bar it was clicked. That is, at the top of the scroll bar, only one line is scrolled. At the bottom of the scroll bar, a whole page is scrolled. Middle-button-clicking (or left-and-right- button-clicking) will place the current page at the absolute position determined by the place pointed to on the scroll bar. In the Edit window, if a mouse is present, a partial horizontal scroll bar appears to allow convenient horizontal scrolling. Left-clicking on it moves the text window to the left and right-clicking moves it to the right. (C)opyright 1991 Alphasoft Pty Ltd DIRECTORY LISTING WINDOW This is the main menu screen of XDOS. All filing and file transfer operations are issued from here. ■Displays :- ■Current Directory Path ■Sub Directories─┐ ■Files───────────┴───Sorted ■Current Time & Date ■Available Space on the Selected Disk ■Type of Sort used (Name, Extension, Size or Age) ■Current Baud Rate for File Transfer ■Number of Tagged Files ■Total Size of all Tagged Files ■Scroll Bar ■Three Menu Lines with all the available commands Tagged files are displayed with a diamond character. ■Selecting Files / Sub-Directories ■The Selected File/Sub-Directory will be highlighted. ■To change the Selection, use the arrow keys or point and left-click the mouse. ■Other active keys are PageUp, PageDn, Home and End along with the corresponding mouse action on the Scroll Bar. ■Changing the Current Directory ■A Sub-Directory will become the Current Directory when it is selected and the Enter key is pressed. This can also be done by double- clicking that directory with the mouse. ■The "parent" directory is listed as "..\" and can be selected as above. ■To change disk drive, use the Log-disk command. (C)opyright 1991 Alphasoft Pty Ltd ■Command Summary NOTE: All commands are selected by pressing the highlighted letter of the command in the menu at the bottom of the screen. The command can also be selected by pointing and clicking the command with the mouse. ╒═════════╤═══════╤═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ COMMAND │ PRESS │ BRIEF DESCRIPTION │ ├─────────┼───────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ QUIT │ Q │ Exit XDOS at the Current Directory │ │ HELP │ F1 │ Brings up the Help Screen for this window │ │ │ │ │ │ View │ V │ View Selected File │ │ eXecute │ X │ Run a programme or DOS command │ │ Edit │ E │ Edit a file │ │ │ │ │ │ Copy │ C │ Copy File(s) │ │ Delete │ D │ Delete File(s) │ │ Rename │ R │ Rename File(s) │ │ │ │ │ │ MakeDir │ M │ Make Sub-Directory in Current Directory │ │ KillDir │ K │ Remove empty Sub-Directory │ │ prinT │ T │ Print Selected File or Directory Listing │ │ │ │ │ │ Log-disk│ L │ Selects a New Disk │ │ │ │ │ │ Put─┐ │ P │ Transmit file(s) through COM1: │ │ Get─┤ │ G │ Receive file(s) through COM1: │ │ Baud┘ │ B │ Change baud rate for file transfer │ │ │ │ │ │ Sort │ S │ Change Sort mode of Directory Listing │ │ Info │ I │ Change amount of File Information in Display │ │ NumLines│ N │ Change Number of Displayed Lines │ │ cOlour │ O │ Change displayed colour of all items │ │ │ │ │ │ TagFile │ <─┘ │ Tag/Untag a File OR Go Into a Sub-Directory │ │ TagAll │ A │ Tag/Untag all files in the Current Directory │ │ Swap │ W │ Swaps Current Directory with Copy Destination │ ╘═════════╧═══════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ■Command Description ■QUIT Exits XDOS returning to DOS at the XDOS Current Directory. ■View Displays files. The default display mode is extended ASCII. To swap between extended ASCII and Hexidecimal, press H. To move the window up and down within the file, use the up- arrow, down-arrow, PageUp, PageDn, Home and End keys. To move onto the next file in the directory (as sorted in the Directory Listing window), press N. To move onto the previous file press P. To exit the View File window, press Esc. (C)opyright 1991 Alphasoft Pty Ltd ■eXecute Runs a DOS command or a programme. The command/programme is requested, with the Current Selection appearing as the default. The operator can edit/replace this before running the command/programme by pressing Enter. Any previous commands/programmes issued from XDOS can be recalled with the up-arrow and down-arrow keys. After being recalled, it can be edited before being run again. ■Edit Edits a text file. The name of the file to edit is requested, with the Current Selection appearing as the default. The operator can edit/replace this before entering the text editor by pressing Enter. The editor is exited by pressing Esc. XDOS keeps track of the files that have been edited and, on subsequent editings, the cursor position, text block, etc., are restored to where they were previously. See the section on the Edit File window for details on the editor's commands. ■Tag-File Inverts the tagged status of a file. Used in the commands; Copy, Delete, Rename and Put. These commands will work with all tagged files, if any are tagged, or just the Currently Selected file if none are tagged. ■Tag-All If no files are tagged, all files become tagged. If some files are tagged, all files become untagged. ■Copy Copies file(s). If no files are tagged, only the Currently Selected file is copied, otherwise all tagged files are copied. The destination is requested, with the last destination appearing as the default. The operator can edit/replace this before starting the copy by pressing Enter. The destination can contain a directory, filename or both and the filename can contain the wildcard "*". This allows files to be renamed as they are copied. The Destination Directory is examined so that copying only occurs when the same dated file is not already there. No time is wasted copying a file that is already up to date. If an existing file is going to be overwritten by an older one of the same name, the operator must confirm before it will proceed. ■Delete Deletes file(s). If no files are tagged, only the Currently Selected file is deleted, otherwise all tagged files are deleted. The operator is asked for confirmation before deleting begins. ■Rename Renames file(s). If no files are tagged, only the Currently Selected file is renamed, otherwise all tagged files are renamed. The new name is requested, with the Current Selection appearing as the default. The operator can edit/replace this before renaming occurs by pressing Enter. The new name can contain the wildcard "*". This allows multiple files to be renamed at once. ■MakeDir Make a new Sub-Directory within the Current Directory. The name of the new directory is requested with no default. Extensions are allowed. (C)opyright 1991 Alphasoft Pty Ltd ■KillDir Removes the Currently Selected directory if it is empty. ■Print Prints a File and/or the Directory Listing. First, if the Current Selection is a file the operator will be asked if the file is to be printed. Then, the operator will be asked if the Current Directory is to be printed. If so, the resulting printout will echo both the current sort mode setting and file information setting as the display. ■Log-disk Selects a New Disk. A new disk drive letter is requested. All valid drives are displayed. ■Swap XDOS keeps track of two directory paths; the Current Directory and the Destination Directory. The Destination Directory is the default destination in a copy command and it is changed when the copy destination is changed. This command swaps these two paths names, making the Current Directory the Destination Directory and making the Destination Directory the previous Current Directory. The swap command can be used to save typing before a copy command. Go into the desired destination directory, do a swap and then go into the desired source directory. A copy command now issued will already have the desired destination set up as the default. Also, after a copy command, you can go into the Destination Directory simply by doing a swap. This allows you to easily see the state of the Destination Directory. On initialization, XDOS sets the Destination Directory to the Current Directory. FILE TRANSFER - These commands transfer file(s) between two computers via the COM1: serial port. The two computers must both be running XDOS and be connected by either a null modem cable or two connected Hayes compatible modems. The transfer protocol uses error checking and block handshaking for reliable file copying. Like the copy command, only files that need to be transfered will be transfered. No time is wasted transfering a file that is already up to d