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- STILL RIVER SHELL
- BILL WHITE
- P.O. BOX 57
- STILL RIVER, MA 01467
- 617-456-3699
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- Gentle User:
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- This file contains the revision history of the Still River
- Shell's Release 2.
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- RELEASE 2.36 changes:
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- - Modifies tag logic: a file's tag is removed after a tag
- sensitive operation completes against the tagged file.
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- - Adds a new TAG subcommand: PRIOR. The PRIOR command
- reestablishes the tags that existed prior to the last tag
- sensitive command's execution. PRIOR is available as a TAG
- subcommand, <P>, as well as a "Hidden TAG" command,
- <ALT>+<P>.
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- - Restores the Shell's Release 1.nn XDOS command line
- positioning: the DOS command line always appears at the
- Shell's command line input position near the bottom of the
- screen rather than where each completing program happens to
- leave it.
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- - Increases the diskette based documentation to include a
- general description of the syntax, features and operational
- characteristics of the Shell's commands.
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- RELEASE 2.24 changes to SR 1.82:
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- - Adds ATTRibute command to change file attributes.
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- - Adds TAG commands to the system which can tag, untag and
- reverse tag individual files, selected ranges of files,
- lists of files either in one directory, a list of
- directories or system wide.
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- - Adds hidden global TAG commands (<ALT>+<F>or<G>or<D> plus a
- quick flip tag, <SPACE_BAR>, which work in command selection
- mode on both LIST and FIND presentations.
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- - COPY, DELETE and MOVE work with a set of tagged files,
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- - Function Keys now execute for each tagged file if you tag
- files.
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- - XDOS supports an Ad Hoc batch execution against a set of
- tagged files with replaceable parameters in the command
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- - Adds a new replaceable <shell_state> parameter, <%6>, for
- use in an Ad Hoc batch executed XDOS command line which can
- be used in place of <%4.%5>.
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- - Adds a file text search option to FIND.
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- - Adds a /v option to FIND which drops you into VIEW when you
- find a file; then, you decide whether to add to the found
- file to the FIND list or not.
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- - Adds FIND to VIEW.
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- - Adds HEX mode to VIEW including HEX FIND.
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- - TREE now supports full directory tree for selected
- directory. If you use (\), a directory tree of the entire
- disk is displayed.
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- - Adds UP command to TREE.
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- - Adds directory summary information for all directories and
- subdirectories in TREE.
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- - <Fn> and XDOS now use a rapid context restore facility to
- restore FIND and LIST lists when they return from DOS.
- There is also a flash restore option which is even faster.
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- - Adds a full path insert to the command line edit.
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- - Access is provided to hidden and system files with query
- safeguards.
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- - Eliminates keywords from Shell's start-up command line.
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- - Pitch comes up only once a day, once or twice a month.
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- - OPTIONS uses an option editor, stored configuration file and
- adds the following options:
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- * <selector> placement after SORT.
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- * Real time color usage selection.
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- * Monochrome display attributes.
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- * Memory usage display.
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- * Initial sort criteria.
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- * Case conversion.
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- * XDOS and <Fn> batch execution against tagged files.
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- * Query during batch execution.
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- * Foreign language character display in VIEW.
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- * Context recovery technique.
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- * VIEW tab value.
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- * Existing target file protection.
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- - Speed has improved.
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- - Frees more memory when executing programs under DOS.
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- - Manual is rewritten, expanded and now wire bound instead of
- three hole punched.
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- - Alas, the shell is no longer a light weight at 92K + 20K
- minimum work space.
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- Thank you for your interest in the Still River Shell.
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- Sincerely,
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- Bill White
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