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GENERAL UTILITY
FEATURES
■POWERFUL FILE MANAGER ■EXTENSIVE MACRO TEXT EDITOR
■INTELLIGENT, FAST FILE TRANSFER THROUGH SERIAL PORT
■CONVENIENT DOS-COMMAND/PROGRAMME BUFFER
■FULL MOUSE interface or KEYBOARD ■INTUITIVE OPERATION
■SAVE HOURS OVER USING COMMAND.COM ■SAVE DOLLARS OVER XTREE-PRO
■FILE MANAGER
■Copy Files (Automatically will not copy files already up to date)
■Delete Files
■Rename Files
■Tag/Untag files for multiple file commands
■View files (Extended ASCII Text mode OR HEX mode)
■Make/Remove Directories
■Change Disk/Directories
■Directory Listing Sorted by Name, Extension, Size or Age
■Directory Listing Format selectable (2, 3 or 5 column)
■Print Files
■Print Sorted, Formated Directory Listings
■TEXT EDITOR
■Edit files as large as available memory.
■256 User Defined MACROS (saved in the Current Directory as XDOS.MAC)
■Macro Repeat Facility (repeats while cursor stays inside the Block)
■Word-Wrap mode and Programmer mode
■Change Case of Word: xxxx >> Xxxx >> XXXX >> xxxx etc
■Single/Double/Thick/Asterisk Line Drawing modes (supports ALL combinations)
■Access to all 256 extended ASCII character codes
■User Defined Tabs
■UNDO Command .. etc ..
■FILE TRANSFER through COM1:
■Recieve and Transmit files at 115200 baud
■Automatically will not send files already up to date
■Requires a Null Modem cable between 2 computers running XDOS
■Also works over the phone through Hayes compatible Modems
■COMMAND BUFFER
■Execute Programs/DOS-Commands with historical edit/replay
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GENERAL UTILITY
Revision 14.22
OPERATION MANUAL
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GENERAL
■XDOS will work completely and efficiently with a keyboard or a mouse. 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.
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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.
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■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.
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■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.
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■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 date. If an existing file is
going to be overwritten by an older one of the same name, the incoming
file is renamed by changing the first character to "$".
■Put Transfers file(s) through COM1:. If no files are tagged,
only the Currently Selected file is transfered, otherwise
all tagged files are transfered. The computer at the other
end of the serial cable must issue a "Get" command.
■Get Receive file(s) through COM1:. The computer is now ready to
receive files sent from the other computer. This command is
issued in conjunction with the "Put" command on the other
computer. The computer will be ready to receive files until
the operator presses Esc.
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■Baud Change Baud Rates for file transfer. The default baud rate
is 115,200 baud which will even work on a 4.77 MHz PC. The
two slower rates, 1200 and 2400 baud will cause file
transfer via Hayes compatible modems over a phone line. In
this case, it is assumed that voice connection has already
been established before file transfer is to take place. To
help inter modem connection, the Put command should be
issued before the Get command. After these commands are
issued the phone should be hung up when the modem takes
control of the phone line. After the file transfer is
complete, the operators are asked to resume the phone
conversation. A token "*" appears near the baud rate on the
display to signify modem communication.
DISPLAY CONTROL
■Sort Changes the sort mode of the Directory Listing. The sorting
modes are; sort by name then extension, sort by extension
then name, sort by size (smallest first), sort by age
(newest first).
■Info Changes the amount of information displayed with each file
in the Directory Listing. This also changes the number of
displayed columns. The modes are; file name only, file name
and size, file name, size and date/time.
■Num-Lines Changes the number of lines displayed on the screen.
■Colour Allows the operator to select the colour (foreground and
background) of the different objects in the XDOS display.
The colours are entered as a number from 0 to 255. A window
showing all 256 combinations is displayed. The second half
of these are normally flashing characters, but XDOS uses
the bright background option that is available on some
displays. The different objects are; Normal Text (inside
windows), Directories (ie sub-directories in the Directory
Listing), Highlighted (areas that appear for operator
input), Selected (the Currently Selected file/directory AND
the Block in the Text Editor), Borders (around all
windows), Menu Lines, Hot Keys (within the Menu Lines) and
Mouse Mask. The Mouse Mask is different than the other
fields because it does not represent the actual colour of
the mouse cursor but what the colour under the mouse cursor
will be "exclusive-ored" with to produce the mouse cursor
colour. Select the different objects wi the up and down
arrow keys. On completion of the colour adjustment, either
type Enter to keep the changes (for now) or type Esc to
discard the changes. The changed colour set can be written
into XDOS.EXE if it is in the Current Directory, making it
a permanent change. No config file is necessary.
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EDIT FILE WINDOW
Issuing an Edit command from the Directory Listing window will take you
into this window. The file being edited is displayed and the editor
commands are now available.
■Displays :-
■Current Text Work area
■Current Text Block is highlighted
■File Name being edited
■Current Line Number
■If the file has been changed (denoted by "*")
■If Insert mode or Overwrite mode is active (denoted by "Ins" or
"Ovr")
■If Word Wrap mode is active (denoted by "Wrap")
■If a Line Draw mode is active (Denoted by "Draw┘", "Draw╝", "Draw▀"
or "Draw*")
■If a Macro is being defined (Denoted by "Macro")
■Current Time & Date
■Scroll Bar
■Part Menu Line with the commands: Help, Undo and Exit
■If a mouse is detected, more commands are displayed for click-
operation, along with a partial horizontal scroll bar.
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■Command Summary
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│ COMMAND │ PRESS │
├─────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│ Cursor move commands │ │
│ simple movement │ arrows │
│ Up one Page │ Page Up │
│ Down one Page │ Page Dn │
│ Start of line │ Home │
│ End of line │ End │
│ Top of file │ Home Home │
│ End of file │ End End │
│ Jump to Line Number │ ^J │
│ Swap Lines │ ^R │
│ │ │
│ Delete commands │ │
│ Back Space │ <─ │
│ Delete Line │ ^X │
│ Delete Character │ Del │
│ Clear to End of Line │ ^Z │
│ │ │
│ Block commands │ │
│ Block Set │ ^B ^S │
│ Go To Block │ ^B ^G │
│ Block Copy │ ^B ^C │
│ Block Delete │ ^B ^D │
│ Block Move │ ^B ^M │
│ Block Write Disk │ ^B ^W │
│ Block Read Disk │ ^B ^R │
│ Block Print │ ^B ^P │
│ │ │
│ Macro commands │ │
│ Define a macro │ ^D Macro-Key Set-of-Keys ^D │
│ Use a macro │ Macro-Key │
│ │ │
│ Miscellaneous commands │ │
│ QUIT ** │ Esc │
│ HELP │ F1 │
│ UNDO Last Change │ ^U │
│ Save File │ ^Y │
│ Insert Character │ Ins │
│ Overwrite/Insert mode │ ^O │
│ Word Wrap ON/OFF │ ^W │
│ Find │ ^F │
│ Find Previous │ ^E │
│ Split Line │ ^S │
│ Append Lines │ ^A │
│ Go Tab │ ─>│ │
│ Back Tab │ │<─ │
│ Set/Clear Tab │ ^T │
│ Clear All Tabs │ ^T ^T │
│ Place ASCII code │ ^P │
│ Change Case of Word │ ^C │
│ Change Line Draw mode │ ^L │
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■Some Commands Described
■QUIT Commad If any changes were made to the text file, then you
are asked if you want to save the file and to which
file name. The original name being the default. The
Macros are also saved to disk when you Quit to file
XDOS.MAC in the current directory.
■UNDO Command The UNDO command allows you to "go back" to what you
had before the last change. This allows you to
correct a change done by mistake. Commands which can
be undone this way include : Delete Line, Clear to
End of Line AND Block Delete. Also, if a single line
of text has been altered, either by inserting new
text or through use of the editing commands, the line
can be brought back to its original state by issuing
an UNDO. The line can not be undone, however, if the
cursor has been moved off the line. If the last
change can not be undone, a beep is sounded.
■Insert Line Typing Enter inserts a new, blank line under the
Current Line. The present line is not split by typing
Enter. To split a line, use the Split command (^S).
■Swap Lines The XDOS editor keeps track of two line numbers; the
Current Line and the Swap Line. Both default to the
top of the file on the first edit. The swap command
jumps between these two lines, allowing two areas of
the file to be worked on easily, without having to
search or remember line numbers.
■Block Commands A Text block, in the XDOS editor, consists of a set
of consecutive whole lines. It is displayed as a
highlighted section of text. The Block can be
defined, redefined and stretched with the Block-Set
command or the right mouse button. The Block-Copy
command inserts a copy of the Block under the Current
Line. A Block can not be copied within itself.
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■Using Macros One of the most powerful facilities of the XDOS
editor is the Macro facility. A Macro is a set of key
pressings defined on one key pressing. Pressing any
key that has a Macro defined on it, causes the
computer to "type" (or replay) the set of keys
defined in that Macro. For example, you can define a
Macro that contains the word "Nose" on the Alt-N key.
Once defined, pressing Alt-N causes the word "Nose"
to appear, just as if you had typed it yourself. A
Macro can be defined on every key, shift-key, ctrl-
key and alt-key that the keyboard will allow. For
example: F6, Shift-F4, Ctrl-G, Q, Alt-A, etc.. Any
Macro can contain editor command characters as well
as typing characters. For example, you can define a
Macro to type the word Hello, search for 'ZZ', split
the line in between the Z's, and type a 'Q'. The
Macro would contain the following: H, e, l, l, o, ^F,
Z, Z, Enter, right-arrow, ^S, Q. Another useful
feature of these Macros is that, if a Macro is called
up inside the Block, the Macro will repeat until the
cursor is sent outside the Block (or until a key is
pressed or an error occurs). This repeat feature only
occurs if a Macro contains cursor movement commands.
Macros are useful for; standard/common words,
formatting tables, in/outdenting blocks, find &
replace, repeating the same edit that is required for
several lines etc. etc. Also, Macros are saved in a
separate file, XDOS.MAC, in the Current Directory.
Therefore: 1) You do not have to redefine your Macros
each time you do an edit. 2) You can have a set of
Macros in each directory, each set tailored for
different projects, languages, clients etc.
■Defining Macros To define a Macro: 1) Type ^D. 2) Type the key (or
shift/ctrl/alt-key combination) that the Macro is to
be defined on. 3) Type the keys that form the content
of the Macro. 4) Type ^D again to finish. As the
Macro is being defined (step 3)), the editor will
display "Macro" on the top status line, and the
editor will function normally, processing the keys in
the normal manner. This therefore shows the effect of
the Macro as it is being defined. When the second ^D
is typed to finish the Macro, the "Macro" will
disappear from the top status line. To clear a Macro,
redefine it with no content, ie no step 3) above.
NOTE: Don't define a Macro on a key code you are
likely to want to use (like Space Bar). The editor
will not let you define a macro on the Esc or ^D
keys.
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■Word Wrap If word wrap is on, as a line is entered/edited, the
editor will force a line break if the operator tries
to type past the right-hand screen margin. The break
will occur between words and will not interfere with
the operator's normal typing. This facility makes the
entering of documents easier. To print these
documents, a text processing programme, like DP, is
especially useful. Together, the XDOS editor and DP
make an efficient alternative to word processors.
Word Wrap mode is automatically enabled when editing
files with the extension ".DOC".
■Go Tab The XDOS editor treats the TAB and BACK-TAB keys
slightly differently to normal. These commands move
the cursor without inserting anything into the line.
It provides a quick way of getting around the screen
(if you don't have a mouse) as well as providing a
quick way of entering tables. Tabs can be toggled
ON/OFF at any position across the page by typing ^T.
All tabs are cleared by typing ^T^T. Default tabs are
positioned every 8th character.
■Find The Find command requests a target with the previous
target appearing as the default. The Find Previous
command always uses the previous target. These
commands are always case insensitive.
■Place ASCII The extended ASCII code of the character to place
into the text is requested in decimal. The code for
the character already there is the default. Examples
of use: Attachè, 3½", ░▒▓█, E=mc², ■Heading, etc.
■Change Case The word under (or just behind) the cursor will be
toggled between three states of letter casing: All
lower-case, first-only upper-case AND all upper-case.
■Draw Line Another powerful feature of the XDOS Text editor is
the exhaustive use of the IBM line draw characters,
and other special characters, in the Line Draw modes.
Type ^L to cycle between; No Line; Single Line;
Double Line; Thick Line; and Asterisks. The top
status line will display "Draw┘", "Draw╝", "Draw▀" or
"Draw*" when any of the line drawing modes is active.
In the Line Draw modes, moving the cursor with the
arrow keys will draw the line. Lines can be drawn
over each other and the correct intersection
character will be produced, even with different types
of lines. At any stage, the line type can be changed
(by typing ^L) thus allowing the operator to change
line type whenever required, eg around corners.
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■Mouse Commands in the Text Editor
If you have a Mouse, several commands will be available by clicking.
■Quit──┬───────────────────── Menu
■Help──┤
■Undo──┘
■Scroll Up/Down────────────┬─ Scroll Bar Click
■Scroll Left/Right─────────┤
■Move to absolute position─┘
■Move Cursor───────────────── Left Click on Text
■Find String─────────────┬─── Bottom Border Click
■Find Next Occurence─────┤
■Find Previous Occurence─┤
■Swap Lines──────────────┘
■Block Set─────────────────── Right Click on Text
■Block Copy────────────────── Shift-Left Click on Text
■Block Move────────────────── Ctrl-Left Click on Text
■Block Delete─┬────────────── Bottom Border Click
■Block Read───┤
■Block Write──┘
■Change Line Draw mode───┬─── Bottom Border Click
■Toggle Insert/Overwrite─┘
■Split Line───┬────────────── Double Click on Text
■Append Lines─┘
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