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++ REVISION HISTORY ++
This file describes functionality changes other than minor bug fixes.
Changes in the current version of EDDY are described first. Changes to
versions prior to 8a have been deleted, as there isn't a lot of interest
in ancient history among the user base, and the file was getting pretty
big. If you have one of the older versions, and feel that you need this
information, I'll be glad to send it to you. Just ask.
Version 8d
==========
.. A history of directory usage -- working and target -- is maintained.
This allows you to return to earlier directories easily from the
dialog boxes, by pressing [Up]/[Down], similar to DOSKEY.
.. The old directory recall functions -- [Shift+F10]/[Shift+^F10] --
are no longer used.
.. Swap file handling/usage has been revised. EDDY.DOC, Section 15.3
.. The modifier "!" is no longer used by EDDY.USE, nor when using the
DOS Shell.
.. You may specify -- by customizing -- a "trashcan" directory, into
which deleted files will be moved rather than deleted completely.
[Del] is used to override use of the trashcan.
.. Identification of compressed drives (e.g., Stacker) has been made
more aggressive, to reduce the frequency that you will be asked the
question. If EDDY makes a mistake with this analysis, you can
override it by pressing [F12].
Version 8c
==========
.. When using the DOS Shell ([F9]), confirming with [!] instead of [F9]
causes EDDY to attempt to swap out its memory, even when EDDY is
configured for "no swapping" (added in version 8c3).
.. There are MAJOR enhancements to EDDY.USE. Many thanks to user
Jacques Bensimon for most of the ideas! You may need to revise your
current EDDY.USE file (if you're using an earlier version of EDDY).
Please review Section 14 of EDDY.DOC carefully, to determine what
changes you need to make, and which enhancements you'd like to take
advantage of. One change that's easy to overlook: the meaning of
the "^" (caret) is reversed in this version.
.. Now you can be very precise about which files you wish to have
included in the working directory display. You may provide up to
five different file specifications, simultaneously, either from the
command line or from the [Alt+w] dialog box. File specs are
separated by commas. Thus, to see all executable files in a
directory, you could enter:
"EDDY *.COM,*.EXE,*.DLL"
You can use (and mix) file specs with and without wildcards; e.g.,
"EDDY *.COM,*.EXE,THISONE.ABC,THATONE.XYZ,*.B??"
is acceptable.
If you use press [*] -- the "file exclusion" feature -- you'll get a
display of all files that DON'T match ANY of the given file specs.
Multiple file specs may also be used with "where-is" searching.
.. If you often use similar, lengthy command lines -- e.g., lots of
options, long pathnames, multiple file specifications, and/or
filters -- you may want to use a "response file" instead of typing
everything from the command line. See EDDY.DOC, Section 2.4.
.. If EDDY is not able to determine positively whether the working
directory is on a "compressed drive" or not, you'll be asked.
Perhaps annoying, but it won't happen any more if you customize.
Also, as a sort of "compensation" you'll probably note that the
initial display (where the question doesn't have to be asked) comes
up noticeably faster.
.. The "exclusion" function now works with respect to attribute or
timestamp filters, as well as file specifications. If you use a
filter, you can use this function even when your file spec is "*.*".
.. When filtering, subdirectories are always displayed, even if they
don't match the filter. The "filter dirs" configuration parameter
is no longer used.
.. When there is not enough room on the target disk to handle all the
COPY/MOVEs you want to do, EDDY will warn you, as before, but if you
press [Enter] to continue with the update, any files that DO fit on
the target disk will be copied/moved. The others will stay tagged.
Copying is attempted in the order the files appear in the EDIT
display.
.. A frequently-requested feature has been the ability to make a copy,
in the working directory, of a file in the working directory (under
a different name, of course). This doesn't actually require any
special treatment by EDDY. With EDDY.USE, and the DOS "copy"
command, it's easy. To illustrate this, a file called EDDYCOPY.BAT
is included, along with a corresponding entry in EDDY.USE. Read the
comments in those two files for details.
.. When copying or moving directories or trees, the timestamp is
preserved. Previously, it was set to the current DOS timestamp.
.. The "list file" function is enhanced for use with multiple
directories, particularly when combined with the "Where's That
File?" command/option. Refer to EDDY.DOC, Sections 5.7.1 and 22.
.. When doing a "Where's That File?" search, you can tag subdirectories
at the start of the search as "Ignore" if you don't want to include
them in the search.
.. When doing a "FIND" in RAM, EDDY no longer displays a "hit" on the
copies of the string used internally by EDDY for matching and
display.
.. After an [Alt+o] when LOOKing at a raw disk to find the "owner" of
what you're looking at, the progress is shown during the potentially
long FAT and directory search process, to reassure you that EDDY's
not stuck. Also, you can cancel the process by pressing a key.
Handling of CVFs is better, too, with fewer (none, that I know of)
false alarms re "lost clusters".
.. Additional double click mouse actions:
- on the "LOOK" button, go directly to PATCH the current file (just
as though you had pressed [F4] ).
- on the "QUIT" button, exit to current working directory (just as
though you had pressed [Alt+F10] ).
.. The swap file name is now generated by DOS (rather than being called
"EDDY.SWP"), so as to be unique within its directory. This allows
nested swapping if another copy of EDDY is run from the DOS Gateway.
.. For "drives" that are recognized by EDDY -- either automatically or
as identified by the user -- as being "compressed volume files"
(CVFs), the third line from the top of the screen will show "[CVF]"
instead of "Drive".
.. The "wasted space" calculation is no longer done for compressed
drives, as the compression products themselves have already
optimized this by their own methods. Short of changing to a
different compression utility, there's not a lot the user can do to
improve on this.
[F11] toggles the "wasted space" display to show the potential space
saving, IF the disk were partitioned with different cluster sizes.
If your keyboard doesn't have an [F11] key, see EDDY.DOC, Appendix
A, Section I.
.. To cancel the current target, press: [Alt+t], [.], [CR]
.. When EDDY's timestamp is frozen (by pressing [Alt+=]), the frozen
state is indicated by an "=" next to the word "time" in the display
heading.
.. The date format may be customized by using the "date style"
parameter, described in EDDY.DOC, Section 30.3.2e, whether or not
you use DOS's "COUNTRY.SYS" in your CONFIG.SYS file.
.. CD-ROM handling is improved: better testing for ready/not ready, use
of [Alt+x], [Alt+l], [^