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THE DIRECTORY WINDOW
The Directory Window is the heart of ShortCut. Whenever a file is
displayed here, you can perform actions on it using ShortCut's
features.
What is in the Directory Window?
The Directory Window displays the contents of the Current
Displayed Directory including all files and subdirectories
within. You will know which directory is the Current Dis-
played Directory because it will be the directory name that
is highlighted on your screen.
The path that DOS used to reach your Current Displayed
Directory is shown just above it in the Directory Window.
Your root directory will be listed at the top of the Direc-
tory Window and each subdirectory that follows is the next
step in the path through which DOS must travel to reach your
Current Displayed Directory.
If you have no subdirectories on your disk, the root direc-
tory will always be the Current Displayed Directory.
Beneath your Current Displayed Directory you will find all
the files the directory contains if there are any. If the
Current Displayed Directory has any subdirectories belonging
to it, you will see them listed after the filenames.
The subdirectories that are part of the current path are
separated from the subdirectories belonging to the Current
Displayed Directory by the filenames. This should help you
see clearly where you are. You always know that all the
directories displayed at the top of the Directory Window are
part of the path that got you to the Current Displayed
Directory. All subdirectories displayed at the bottom of the
Directory Window are branches from the Current Displayed
Directory.
Let's see what all this means. Suppose your Directory Window
displays the following:
FILENAME EXT DATE
FIXED DISK <ROOT DIR> root directory
LEVEL1 <SUB DIR> a subdirectory of the root
LEVEL2 <SUB DIR> a subdirectory of LEVEL1
BERRY.TXT 6-01-1987 a subdirectory of LEVEL2
SHORTCUT.DAT 6-01-1987 a file in subdirectory LEVEL2
SHORTCUT.EXE 6-01-1987 a file in subdirectory LEVEL2
WILDTIME.TXT 1-01-1987 a file in subdirectory LEVEL2
LEVEL3A <SUB DIR> a subdirectory of LEVEL2
LEVEL3B <SUB DIR> a subdirectory of LEVEL2
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Pretend LEVEL2 <SUB DIR> is highlighted, making it the
Current Displayed Directory. The first three entries repre-
sent a subdirectory path equivalent to the DOS path \FIXED
DISK\LEVEL1\LEVEL2. The Current Displayed Directory contains
four files. Following the filenames are subdirectories that
belong to the Current Displayed Directory.
Note that there is always only one path back to the root
directory from whatever subdirectory you are in, but there
may be any number of paths leaving from your Current Dis-
played Directory.
Viewing the Rest of Your Files
Since only 16 files and subdirectory names will fit at one
time in the Directory Window, you need a way to see the rest
if you have more on your disk. ShortCut gives you several
ways to do this.
Down Arrow - Moves the screen arrow down one line. When the
arrow is at the bottom of the window and more entries
exist, pressing the down arrow key will scroll the
entries up one by one until the last entry is reached.
Up Arrow - Moves the screen arrow up one line. When the
arrow is at the top of the window and more entries are
above it, pressing the up arrow key will scroll the
entries down one at a time until the root directory
entry is reached.
Scroll Lock - Scroll Lock affects how the up and down arrow
keys work. With Scroll Lock engaged, the screen arrow
will remain stationary while the entry names will scroll
around it. You will hear a beep when ShortCut cannot
scroll up or down any more.
Home - Moves the screen arrow to the top entry in the Direc-
tory Window.
End - Moves the screen arrow to the bottom entry in the
Directory Window.
Home, Home or Ctrl-Home - Moves the screen arrow to the first
entry (the root directory) and positions that entry at
the top of the Directory Window.
End, End or Ctrl-End - Moves the screen arrow to the last
entry and positions that entry at the bottom of the
Directory Window.
PgDn - Displays the next 16 entries in the Directory Window.
The screen arrow will not move below the last entry so a
partial PgDn will occur if there are less than 16
entries below the displayed files.
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PgUp - Displays the previous 16 entries in the Directory
Window. The screen arrow will not move above the root
directory so a partial PgUp will occur if there are less
than 16 entries above the displayed files.
If you know the name of the file you want to find, you can
move the screen arrow to it quickly with the Locate File
command. Press <Alt-L>. Type the first letter of the
filename. The screen arrow moves to the first file beginning
with that letter. Continue typing letters and the screen
arrow will move to the first filename with the displayed
letters. You need type only as many letters as necessary to
point the screen arrow at the correct file. Press <Enter>,
<Esc>, or the Up or Down arrow key to stop Locate File, or
press the <Space Bar> to stop it and mark the filename. See
Locate File for more information.
Limit on Directory Window Entries
ShortCut limits the number of slots available for file and
subdirectory names in the Directory Window to 250. If the
directory names in your path plus the filenames in your
Current Displayed Directory plus the subdirectories belonging
to your Current Displayed Directory exceed 250, the excess
will not be visible in the Directory Window.
If the 250 limit is exceeded, ShortCut will suggest that you
change the File Pattern. In this way you can use very large
directories and still locate the files you want by screening
out the files you don't need.
Additional File Information
File and directory names are always visible in the Directory
Window. ShortCut can also display the date a file was
created or last updated, the time of day a file was created
or updated, and the size of the file in number of bytes.
Because of the Directory Window size, only one of these
options can be shown at any one time. The current option is
displayed just to the right of the EXT header and will be
highlighted.
To select a different option, move the screen arrow to this
area by pressing the right arrow key from the Directory
Window or the up arrow key from the Display Drive box. Your
options are DATE, TIME, and SIZE. Select the one you want by
pressing the first letter of your choice.
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