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James Mathews
Blue Sky Software
172 Manor Drive
Absecon, NJ 08201
Copyright (c) 1987 Blue Sky Software. All rights reserved.
#ovhelp HOW TO USE HELP IN OVERVIEW
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OverView uses the last two lines of your computer's screen to show you what
topics have help information available. The next to last line displays the
list of topics available while the very last line displays a short message
about one of the topics listed.
You can select a topic for further help in one of two ways. You can
"point" to the topic by using the space bar, tab key, or backspace key to
move the highlighted bar over the desired topic and press the Return key.
As you move the highlighted bar, the last line will change to display a
short message about the currently highlighted topic. The other, faster
method of selecting a help topic is to simply press the key that is the
first letter of the topic.
For example, to get help on OverView commands ("Cmds" on the topic line
below) you can either press the space bar twice (to highlight "Cmds") and
then press the Return key, or just press the C key once.
For more information on using HELP, press the H key.
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Help More help on using Help
Menus Help on using menus
Cmds Help on OverView commands
DOS Help on DOS command macros
Fkeys Help on function key usage
Info Display OverView version information
Keys Help on other key usage
Screen Help on OverView screen displays
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#info OVERVIEW RELEASE INFORMATION
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Version 1.43, 13-Jun-87
James Mathews
Blue Sky Software
172 Manor Drive
Absecon, NJ 08201
Copyright (c) 1986, 1987 Blue Sky Software. All rights reserved.
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#help MORE HELP ON USING HELP
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Each help screen contains a topic named "Quit." Selecting the Quit topic
will exit OverView's help facility and return you to whatever you were
doing before you asked for help.
All help screens except the first screen contain a topic named "Prev." If
you select the Prev topic, you will be returned to whatever help screen was
displayed prior to the current topic.
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#keys OTHER KEY SUMMARY
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Esc - Returns you to the top level menu of the current function.
- Interrupts an operation (copy, rename, etc) on tagged files.
- Aborts operation when answering prompt.
- Moves the file or dir pointer, scrolls up in VIEW, recalls previous
response when answering prompt.
- Moves the file or dir pointer, scroll down in VIEW, recalls more
recent response when answering prompt.
-> - Moves the file or dir pointer, scrolls right in VIEW, moves cursor
right when answering prompt.
<- - Moves the file or dir pointer, scrolls left in VIEW, moves cursor
left when answering prompt.
Home- Goes to first file name, moves to top of file in VIEW, moves to root
dir in DIR.
End - Goes to last file name, moves to bottom of file in VIEW.
PgUp- Moves up a screen of file names, moves up a screen in VIEW.
PgDn- Moves down a screen of file names, moves down a screen in VIEW.
Ins - Toggles insert mode when answering prompt.
Del - Deletes char under cursor when answering prompt.
<- - (backspace) Deletes char left of cursor when answering prompt.
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#menus USING MENUS
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The last two lines of the computer's screen display a menu of the commands
and command options you can currently perform (in HELP, they display the
help topics available). The next to last line lists the individual
commands or options available, while the very last line displays a short
message about the highlighted command or option.
You can select a command or option from the menu in one of two ways. You
can "point" to the command or option using the space bar, tab key, or
backspace key to move the highlighted bar over the desired topic and press
the Return key. As you move the highlighted bar, the last line changes to
display a short message about the currently highlighted command. The
other, faster method of selecting a command or option is to simply press
the key that is the first letter of the topic.
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#screen SCREEN LAYOUT
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OverView has four distinctly different screen displays. They are:
File name display - displays the names of the files in the current
directory or drive. Detailed information about each file will be shown if
selected by the INFO command. This is the normal display.
Directory tree display - displays the directory organization of the current
disk in a graphical, tree-like manner. This display is selected by the DIR
command.
Help display - displays a screen of help information. You are looking at
the help display now. This display is selected by the HELP command or the
F1 function key.
View display - displays the contents of a file in ascii or hexadecimal
format. The view display is selected by the VIEW command.
The file name and directory tree displays share a common header that
displays information about the current disk and directory. For more
information on the header, select the More option from the menu below.
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More More information on the header format
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#more HEADER FORMAT
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The top of the file name and directory tree screens show OverView's current
status. Included is information about the current disk Volume, the current
directory Path, the Files in the current directory and Selection criteria
used to pick the files displayed.
The Volume section displays the current disks volume label, the size of the
disk in bytes and the amount of free space available on the disk.
The Path section displays the full pathname of the current directory.
The Files section displays the number and size in bytes of the selected
files in the current directory and the number and size of the tagged files.
The Selection section displays the current file name mask and attribute
settings used to selection files from the current directory. Only files
that match the selection criteria are displayed in the file name screen.
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#cmds OVERVIEW COMMAND SUMMARY
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HELP - Provides on-line help on OverView usage
COPY - Copies the current or all tagged files
DIR - Display the current disk's directory tree
ERASE - Erases the current or all tagged files
INFO - Toggles the display of additional file information
NEW - Reread and redisplay the current directory
RENAME - Rename (or move) the current or all tagged files
SORT - Sort files by name, extension, date, size, unsorted
TAG - Tag one or more files for other operations
VIEW - View the current file on your screen
OTHER - Display secondary menu of commands
QUIT - Quit to DOS
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menu
Dir Help on DIR commands
Info Help on Info
Sort Help on SORT commands
Tag Help on TAG commands
View Help on VIEW commands
Other Help on OTHER commands
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#fkeys FUNCTION KEY SUMMARY
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F1 - Get Help
F2 - Tag/Untag the current file (toggles current tag state)
F3 - Login to the parent directory
F4 - Login to the subdirectory under the file pointer
F5 - Goto the next tagged file (next find in VIEW)
F6 - Goto the previous tagged file (prev find in VIEW)
F7 - Open another file name display window
F8 - Close the current file name display window
F9 - Goto the next file name display window
F10 - Goto the previous file name display window
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#dir DIR COMMAND
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The DIR commands let you view, make, remove, and change directories. When
DIR is selected from the main menu, the current disks directory structure
will be displayed in a graphical tree format.
When first displayed, the current directory will be highlighted. You can
move this dir pointer by using the keypad arrow keys and the home key. As
you move the dir pointer, the pathname displayed at the top of the screen
will be updated.
Moving the dir pointer does not actually change the current directory
unless you use the Dir Login command to log in to the currently highlighted
directory. If you quit the dir tree display (instead of logging into a
directory) you will be returned to same directory that was displayed before
displaying the dir tree (regardless of where you move the dir pointer).
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#dos DOS COMMAND MACROS
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There are several macros that can be used on any DOS command line executed
by OverView (COMMAND, XECUTE, Point-and-Go, UDK). They are:
$C - The current file name, with extension.
$D - The current drive letter (without a trailing :).
$P - The directory pathname for the current or tagged file
(without a trailing \).
$T - The first or next tagged file name, with extension. When
$T appears in a command line, OverView will execute the
command once for each tagged file.
$XC - The current file name, without its extension or trailing
period.
$XT - The first or next tagged file name, without its extension
or trailing period. Like $T, $XT causes the command to
be run once for each tagged file name.
Examples: PRINT $C - Prints the current file
FIND "flarp" $T - Finds "flarp" in tagged files
Use two $'s if macro should not be expanded. Ex: FLARP $$D = FLARP $D
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#info INFO COMMAND
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The INFO command turns on and off the display of extra information for the
files displayed. When the extra information display is off, only the names
of the selected files are displayed. When the extra information display is
on, the following information is also displayed about each selected file:
1) the file size in bytes, 2) the amount of disk space used by the file, 3)
the date the file was created or last modified, 4) the time the file was
created or last modified and, 5) the file attributes.
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#sort SORT COMMAND
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The SORT commands allow you to display file names sorted by primary file
name, by file name extension, by date, by size, or in DOS directory order
(unsorted). Additionally, with the sort options command, you can have the
file names sorted in ascending or descending order.
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#tag TAG COMMAND
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The TAG commands allow you pick files to be operated on by other commands.
For example, with TAG you can pick all the files that have been created or
modified after a particular date and use the copy command to copy these
files to another disk or directory.
Tagged files have a -> displayed in front of the file name and the name is
displayed in a different (user selectable) video attribute so that tagged
files visually "stand out" from untagged files.
The number of files current tagged, and the size of the tagged files is
displayed in the Files section of the header at the top of the screen.
The TAG CURRENT command will tag the current file. The current file can
also be tagged with the F2 key.
The TAG INVERT command will flip the tag state of all displayed files.
Tagged files become untagged, untagged files become tagged.
The TAG RESET command untags all files.
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menu
More More help on TAG commands
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#view VIEW COMMAND
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The VIEW command allows you to view the contents of the current file. VIEW
will attempt to display as an ASCII text file. The file can be viewed in a
hexadecimal "dump" format by selecting the HEX subcommand.
The VIEW 7BIT and 8BIT subcommands display the ASCII data as either 7 or 8
bit characters. Some word processing programs my leave the high order bit
of some characters turned on, making the text difficult to read without the
7 bit option.
The VIEW TOF and EOF subcommands allow you to skip the the Top or End of
File without viewing all the intervening data.
VIEW allows you to set from 1 to 5 markers anywhere in the file with the
SET subcommand. The GOTO subcommand can be used to returned to any set
marker location from anywhere else in the file.
The DWN subcommand (and PgDn key) display the next screen in the file. UP
(and PgUp) display the prior screen. NXT (and ) move down a line. PRV
(and ) move up a line. RIGHT (and ->) move right 8 columns. LEFT (and
<-) move left 8 columns.
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menu
Find Help with VIEW FIND
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#find VIEW FIND COMMAND
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The VIEW FIND command allows you to search the file being viewed for a
specified string value. Select the string to search for with the VIEW FIND
STRING command. The VIEW FIND OPTIONS command allows you to specify if the
case of the string is important when searching for a match.
The VIEW FIND NEXT command locates the next occurance of the search string.
If the location of the last string found with VIEW FIND is currently
displayed, the search begins from the last occurance found--otherwise the
search starts at the top of the currently displayed screen. The F5 key
performs the same function as VIEW FIND NEXT when viewing a file
The VIEW FIND PREV command locates the previous occurance of the search
string. If the location of the last string found with VIEW FIND is
currently displayed, the search begins from the last occurance found--
otherwise the search starts at the bottom of the currently displayed
screen. The F6 key performs the same function as VIEW FIND NEXT when
viewing a file.
When a string is found with the VIEW FIND NEXT or PREV command, OverView
highlights the line containing the string and tries to center the line in
the middle of the viewing screen.
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#more ADDITIONAL TAG COMMANDS
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The TAG TODAY command is a shortcut method of tagging all files that have
been created or modified since 0:00 a.m. this morning.
The TAG MODIFIED command will tag all files that have the DOS Archive
attribute set. DOS turn on this attribute whenever a file is created or
modified.
The TAG NAME command allows you to tag files by giving a file name. You
can supply a specific file name to tag an individual file, or you can enter
a pattern to tag all matching file names. OverView supports the standard
DOS * and ? wildcard characters. For example, entering OV*.C will tag all
files that start with the letters "OV" and have an extension of "C".
The TAG DATE command allows you to tag all files created or modified
between two dates and times. You must specify the From and To date/times
in MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS A/P format. Remember to give the time in a 12 hour
format and specify A for a.m. or P for p.m. Hit return to move between
fields.
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#other OTHER COMMAND SUMMARY
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ATTRIB - Set DOS file attributes for current or tagged files
COMMAND - Execute a single DOS command
DEFINE - Define (set) parameters
INTERPRETER - Spawn a copy of the DOS command interpreter
SELECT - Specify file selection criteria
VOLUME - Create or change the volume name
WINDOW - Open, close, or switch file name display windows
XECUTE - Execute the current file
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menu
Attrib Help on the ATTRIB command
Define Help on the DEFINE command
Select Help on the SELECT command
Window Help on the WINDOW command
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#attrib ATTRIB COMMAND
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The ATTRIB command allows you to set the DOS file attributes for the
current or all tagged files. There are four attributes that you can set:
Read/Only, Hidden, System, and Archive (R H S A). Refer to your DOS
documentation for the meaning and usage of each attribute.
When you select the ATTRIB command, a dialog box will appear on the screen
showing the file name (or "TAGGED FILES" if you select ATTRIB TAGGED
instead of ATTRIB CURRENT) and the file's current attributes (none if
tagged selected). The attributes are displayed as the letters R, H, S, and
A for Read/Only, Hidden, System, and Archive, respectively. If a
particular attribute is not set for a file, it will be displayed as a
period (.).
Chose the attributes that the file(s) is (are) to have by selecting the
corresponding menu options. Each time an attribute menu option is
selected, the attribute will be toggled (turned on if off, off if on). When
the desired attributes are shown, select ENTER to actually change the
attributes for the file(s). QUIT will exit without changing any attributes.
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#define DEFINE COMMAND
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The DEFINE command allows you to customize OverView's screen display to
your own preferences. In addition, DEFINE allows you to set the User
Defined Key values and the Point-and-go values.
With DEFINE you can change the video attributes used to display various
types of information. On a color display monitor, the video attributes
determine which colors are displayed. On a monochrome monitor, the
attributes select display options like underlined, inverse video, and
intensity.
You can specify video attributes for seven different types of displayed
text. They are: Normal text, Highlighted text, Window text, Highlighted
window text, Heading text, Background text, and Tagged file name text. The
easiest way to determine what the different types of text are is to try
changing the colors and observing the results. Note that the attributes
selected will not be made permanent unless you tell OverView to write the
parameters to disk when quitting DEFINE.
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Colors Help on setting display "colors"
Snow Help on enabling/disabling video "snow"
Point-and-Go Help on setting Point-and-Go paramters
UDK Help on setting User Defined Keys
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#colors SETTING DISPLAY COLORS
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The DEFINE COLORS command enables you the change the display colors
(attributes) used by OverView. When you select the COLORS subcommand, the
display will show the types of text that can be selected, the attribute
combinations allowed, and short directions. The PgUp and PgDn keys on the
numeric keypad select the type of text to define, while the cursor keys
select the particular display attribute for that type of text. The current
type of text and the current attribute are always indicated by TEXT
characters.
When you have set the attributes you like, use the SET subcommand to end
color/attribute selection and begin using the new attributes. Note that
the attribute selections are not make permanent until you tell OverView to
write the parameters to disk when quitting DEFINE.
If you've selected a set of attributes you don't like, you can use the QUIT
subcommand to return to the previous attribute settings.
By using the RESET subcommand, you can restore the default (permanent)
settings even if you have SET other attributes. RESET will restore the
last settings that you made permanent.
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#snow ENABLING/DISABLING VIDEO SNOW
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The DEFINE SNOW command allows for faster screen updates on those systems
that do not make "snow" when writing directly to video memory. This
command is only useful for systems with color display adapters - monochrome
adapters do not make "snow" and OverView knows not to check for snow when
using a monochrome adapter.
Disabling "snow" checking will significantly speed up screen updates. If
you are not sure if your color display adapter makes snow or not, try
disabling OverView's snow checking. It will be immediately obvious if you
need to re-enable the snow checking.
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#Point-and-Go POINT-AND-GO PARAMETERS
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The DEFINE POINT-AND-GO command allows you to set/modify the 10 Point-and-
Go entries. The current values of the entries will be displayed, you
select the one to modify by entering its number (1 - 10).
After selecting which Point-and-Go entry to modify, the cursor will move to
that entry and you can set or modify the entry just like responding to any
other OverView prompt. To clear a Point-and-Go entry, just blank out the
EXT field.
Each Point-and-Go entry has four fields; EXT, CMD, PAUSE, and READ. EXT
identifies the file extension to which this entry applies. The CMD field
is the DOS command prototype to be executed when a file with this extension
is XECUTED.
A value of Y in the PAUSE field tells OverView to pause until you press a
key before redisplaying its screen after executing the DOS command. A N
value causes OverView to redisplay its screen as soon as the command is
finished. Y in the READ forces OverView to reread the current directory
after executing the command, N will not reread the directory.
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#udk USER DEFINED KEYS
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The DEFINE UDK command allows you to set/modify the 10 User Defined Key
entries. The current values of the entries will be displayed, you select
the one to modify by entering its number (1 - 10).
After selecting which UDK entry to modify, the cursor will move to that
entry and you can set or modify the entry just like responding to any other
OverView prompt. To clear a UDK entry, just blank out the CMD field.
Each UDK entry has three fields; CMD, PAUSE, and READ. The CMD field is
the DOS command prototype to be executed when the corresponding ALT-Fn key
combination is pressed. ALT-F1 invokes UDK number 1, ALT-F2 invokes UDK
number 2, and so forth.
A value of Y in the PAUSE field tells OverView to pause until you press a
key before redisplaying its screen after executing the DOS command. A N
value causes OverView to redisplay its screen as soon as the command is
finished. Y in the READ forces OverView to reread the current directory
after executing the command, N will not reread the directory.
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#select SELECT COMMAND
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The SELECT command allows you to specify a set of criteria to limit the
file names displayed by OverView. In addition, the SELECT SHOWALL command
displays all the files on the disk as if they were in the same directory.
With a selection mask you can display only the files that match a specific
file name pattern. For example, a selection mask of *.C will display on
files that have an extension of .C. You can also invert a selection mask
to display only those files that do not match a specific pattern. The file
name selection mask is set, cleared, and inverted by the SELECT MASK SET,
SELECT MASK CLEAR, SELECT MASK INVERT commands, respectively. The current
file selection mask is displayed in the Selection area of the header at the
top of the screen. By default, there is no selection mask, allowing all
files to be displayed.
With the SELECT ATTRIB command you can specify a set of DOS file attributes
to select which files wil be displayed. A file with a given attribute will
only be displayed if that attribute is enabled. The list of selection
attributes is displayed in the Selection area of the header at the top of
the screen. By default, all attributes are enabled, allowing all files to
be displyed.
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More More help on the Select command
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#more MORE HELP ON SELECT
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The SELECT SHOWALL command displays all files on the current disk. Note
that you can use this command in conjunction with the selection mask and/or
selection attributes to limit the files displayed. For example, a
selection mask of *.EXE combined with SELECT SHOWALL will display all .EXE
files on the current disk.
The SELECT TAGGED command selects all the tagged files currently displayed.
All non-tagged files are removed from the display.
The SELECT RESET command restores the file selection mask and selection
attributes to their default condition. Note that SELECT RESET does not
turn off SELECT SHOWALL.
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#window WINDOW COMMAND
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The WINDOW command allows you to work with additional file name display
windows. OverView can have up to four windows active at any one time -
there is always at least one window active. Each file name display window
can access a different drive and directory, or all the windows can access
the same directory.
Only one of the displayed windows will contain the highlighted file pointer
at any given time; this is called the current window. The name of the
directory shown in the current window is displayed in the header at the top
of the screen. Commands that operate on files will only work on the files
in the current directory. For example, the ERASE TAGGED command will erase
all tagged files in the directory shown by the current window. ERASE
TAGGED will not affect any tagged files displayed in other windows,
provided the other windows display different directories.
When more than one window is displayed, the WINDOW NEXT and WINDOW PREV
commands will switch the current window to be the next or previous window.
The WINDOW NEXT and WINDOW PREV commands can also be activated by the F9
and F10 function keys, respectively.
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menu
Open/Close Help on Opening and Closing Windows
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#open/close OPENING AND CLOSING WINDOWS
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When you "open" a new window (with the WINDOW OPEN command), OverView
initializes that window to use half the screen area of the current window.
Additionally, the new window will display the same directory as the current
window, and it will inherit the current window's sort options, tagged
files, and selection mask. If you want the new window to display a
different directory, simply use the LOGIN command (or F3/F4 keys) to switch
to the desired directory.
"Closing" a window (via the WINDOW CLOSE command) will remove the window
from the screen display. Closing a window has no affect on the files in
the window's directory, it simply removes the window from display.
The WINDOW EXPAND command will close all windows except for the current
window. This has the effect of making the current window to "expand" to
the full file name display area.
Note that the WINDOW OPEN and WINDOW CLOSE commands can also be executed by
the F7 and F8 function keys, respectively.
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