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- LLREAD: Lightning Logger Reader
- © 1988 -1989 Ronald T.Shaw
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-
- LLread, the Lightning Logger reader, offers some varied ways of
- obtaining general and precise lists from directory contents saved by the
- companion program LLog, Lightning Logger.
- At the start of the LLog documentation, a simple run was detailed,
- producing a RAM: directory of this issue of JUMPDISK. Let's approach the
- reader program the same way.
- If you have not turned off your computer since creating the RAM:
- directory of JUMPDISK, you may now use the program to work on that file.
- 1. Start the LLread program and choose LOAD from the pulldown PROJECT
- menu at upper left of screen.
- 2. A requester box appears, asking you to enter logged file's name.
- Type:
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- ram:hold
-
- . . . and click the DONE box.
- 3. Click on the word FILES at right of screen, and this produces a
- volume list -- a list of logged files. If this is your first try, the only
- entry should be the letter J -- for JUMPDISK. Click on the J and then click
- the word LOAD at the bottom of the box.
- 4. The options beneath the word LIST at right are activated. They are
- DIR, OPT A, CD and LIST.
- 5. Click on the word LIST, and you will see an AmigaDOS-style list of
- files, as they are stored by the logger program.
- 6. Next, go to the pulldown PROJECT at top left of screen and choose
- the word PRT:. This activates the printer so any display you request will
- be put on paper. You may return control to screen display by choosing
- PRT: a second time. The control toggles back and forth.
- There are more involved operations, which will be covered along with
- some standard information given in more detail.
- In addition to clicking the program icon to start it, a CLI/Shell start
- is also possible. As the program exists on JUMPDISK, the command would be:
-
- "j:lighting logger/llread" <press Return)
-
- . . . with the quote marks included.
- Clicking on the bottom window gadget, which shows the name of the
- volume, will bring up a window with information about the currently loaded
- volume.
-
- AUTO LOAD OF DEFAULT FILE
- This provides for standard lists of SKIP VOLUMES, SKIP DIRECTORIES and
- SERIES. It pre-loads a default logger file. This default file must have the
- following format and can be created by ED, EDIT and most other text editors.
- It must exist in the sys:s directory and be named:
-
- llg.def
-
- Using this file is one of the best reasons why the Lightning Logger
- programs should be put on a bootable Workbench disk for full use. Here is
- format:
-
- VOL-SKIP list:
- |VOL_SKIP|+,vol name,vol name, etc.
- (+ means turn on the VOL-SKIP gadget)
-
- |DIR_SKIP|+,dir name,dir name etc.
-
- |SERIES|,volume series name
-
- |DEFFILE|,vol:path/name
-
- SAMPLE DEFAULT FILE:
- |VOL_SKIP|+,a*,bar*,pix,Work*
- |DIR_SKIP|,c,lib,fonts,devs,s,empty,t
- |DEFFILE|,sys:t/mylib
- |SERIES|,music
-
- DEFAULT FILE MEANINGS
- 1. Insert ITEMS in volume skip list and turn on VOL-SKIP gadget.
- 2. When searching, skip all volumes beginning with the letters "a,"
- "bar" and "Work" or named "pix."
- 3. Insert items in directory skip list, don't turn on DIR-SKIP gadget,
- when searching SKIP all c, lib, fonts, devs, s, empty and t directories.
- 4. Load Logger file named music located in sys:t directory.
- 5. The series to use if series-search selected is music. This is useful
- if you have a series of volumes such as MUSIC1, MUSIC2, MUSIC3, etc.
-
- FILTER MENU
- VOL-SKIP: Allows bypass of selected volumes while searching. Note: The
- VOL-SKIP gadget must be activated.
- Wild card can be used to skip volumes.
- Entering A* skips all volumes beginning with the letter "A" and "a."
- Lightning Logger ignores differences between upper and lower case.
- DIR-SKIP: Works much like VOL-SKIP but doesn't allow wild cards.
- Example:
- Entering c, lib, libs, empty, printers, devs, fonts, etc., will skip
- these directories when searching.
- SEARCH: Has three modes (wild card activated).
- mode 1: Name searches through volumes to find matching file names.
- mode 2: Note searches to find matching file notes.
- mode 3: Both searches for matching file names and file notes.
- Example: To search for all files with a ".c" extension.
- 1. Select search from filter menu.
- 2. Select name from sub-menu.
- 3. Type *.c in the requester that appears.
- 4. If volumes are entered in volume skip list, click on VOL-SKIP
- gadget, which turns color when activated. If directories entered in
- directory skip list, click on DIR-SKIP gadget. If series is entered, click
- on SERIES-SEARCH and search begins. All file names ending in ".c" will be
- displayed on screen. If match memory is available, these matches will be
- held in memory to be recalled with the redisplay button until cleared, when
- the next search begins.
-
- SERIES
- If you have a series of similarly named volumes (example: ART1, ART2
- ... ART3) and you wish to search the series, select SERIES from the filter
- menu and enter ART (not the number) and enter the item to seek. Then click
- on the SERS-SEARCH gadget, and search will only search volumes belonging to
- this series. You can abort the search at any time with the abort button.
- VOL-SKIP: If selected and volumes are entered into volume skip list,
- the reader will bypass these volumes when searching.
- DIR-SKIP: If selected and directories are entered into dir skip list,
- the reader bypasses these directories when searching.
- SERS-SRCH: Only searches volumes in a numbered series.
- GO-SEARCH: Searches all volumes, unless VOL-SKIP activated.
- RE-DISPLAY: If matching items are found and match memory is on and set,
- these matching items can be re-displayed or printed. Re-display can be
- aborted by using the ABORT gadget.
- FILES: Brings up window with logged volumes. Clicking on the volume
- name and then clicking on LOAD will put this volume's files in memory for
- display or printing. Once the volumes files are loaded, the volume name and
- creation date are displayed. Clicking on this gadget opens a window that
- displays pertinent information about the selected volume. When a volume is
- selected and its files are loaded, the list, opt a, cd and dir gadgets are
- activated. They work similarly to the AmigaDOS commands with the same names,
- but there are a few exceptions. When using the "CD" gadget, entering ROOT:
- takes you back to the root directory of that volume. DIR, OPT A and LIST
- display files and file notes. Filenotes begin with ":" and are a different
- color than the regular entries.
-
- MEMORY BUFFER
- The memory buffer can be used to select the amount of memory LLread
- uses to hold volume records. This allows the reader to make a very fast
- search without going back to the disk file to re-read records -- once these
- records have been read once.
- FILE displays the amount of memory in kilobytes reserved by the reader
- to hold records in memory.
- MTCH displays to amount of memory reserved for matching items.
- To increase or decrease FILE or MTCH, click on the number, click on UP
- or DN, and digits will change accordingly. If some of the memory is in use,
- the USE gadgets to the left will be displayed in color. To free memory in
- the USED gadgets, click on the USED gadget and the memory will be freed.
- If the MTCH memory buffer is set to ZERO and items are found while
- searching, these items cannot be redisplayed because there is no memory
- buffer set for these items.
-
- TO THE PRINTER
- To print out only a list of volumes logged, select volume List from the
- MISC menu.
- To print out a complete listing of the library and files, select File
- List from the MISC menu under Volume PRT.
- To print out screen displays or matches, turn printer on from Menu
- "PRT:" and turn on your printer. Don't forget to set your printer in
- Preferences.
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- ON DISK
- To save a file on disk:
- 1. Click on CMD in your Workbench system drawer.
- 2. Set prt: or select print option in LLread.
-
- CL GADGET
- At the bottom right corner of the LLread Window is a CL gadget.
- Clicking on it resizes the LLread window, which allows access to windows
- behind LLread. Clicking again on the CL gadget brings LLread back to full
- size.
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