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EDDY (TM)
REVISION HISTORY
Since the first public release of EDDY, many intermediate versions have
been produced, but they had very limited distribution. There does not
seem to be any useful purpose in detailing the history of all of them.
This document describes functionality changes other than minor bug
fixes. Changes in the current version of EDDY are described first.
Changes to versions prior to 4.15 have been deleted from this file, as
there seems to be little interest in ancient history among the user
base. 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 5.50 (changes since 5.49)
=================================
1. <Ctrl>-shifted letter keys are treated similarly in LOOK mode as
they are in EDIT, described in item 3, version 5.49, below. Note
that when entering data, as in PATCH or FIND, the <Ctrl>-shifted
letters enter their corresponding characters.
2. <s-F7> and <s-^F7> are used for the "Destroy" and "Destroy ALL"
commands. Formerly, these commands used <F8> and <^F8>. <F8> now
reserved for future use.
Version 5.49 (changes since 5.45)
=================================
1. When calculating the net change in disk usage for the UPDATE
confirmation display, space used for directories is included
whether or not option /D is on. (Except with disks larger than
32 MB, for which this is not yet implemented.)
2. Read-only files may be patched without explicitly turning off the
read-only attribute first (after a warning and "yes" answer from
the keyboard).
3. Some users who use different keyboards at different times have
mentioned that they often hit <Ctrl> when they want <Alt> om the
AT-style "enhanced" keyboard. To minimize errors due to this
problem, in EDIT mode EDDY treats most <Ctrl>-shifted letter keys
the same as if the corresponding <Alt>-shifted key. Thus, either
<A-o> or <^o> can be used to change the option settings, <A-a> or
<^a> to set an attribute filter, etc.
Only four of the letter keys are not always treated this way: <^f>,
<^w>, <^n> and <^y>. <^f> always means "FIND in all files". <^w>
always means "Where's that file?". <^n> and <^y> set attributes IF
the cursor is in the attribute field; if not, <^n> sorts the
directory by name (like <A-n>) and <^y> has no effect (like <a-y>).
4. Option /W is used only from the command line. To initiate "Where's
that file?" searching within EDDY, only <^w> is used.
Version 5.45 (changes since 5.44)
=================================
1. When EDDY asks for a "y/n" response, again pressing the same key
that produced the message is treated as "yes".
2. The "seconds" field of a file's timestamp may be edited. (But only
even #s may be entered - a DOS limitation.)
3. <Alt=p>, pressed when you are in EDIT mode, prints the directory.
If you press <Alt-p> when EDDY is waiting for you to confirm that
you want to UPDATE (i.e., after you have pressed <Enter>), all
update actions will be printed as they occur. Pressing <Alt-p>
again turns printing off.
Version 5.44 (changes since 5.42)
=================================
1. Bit stripping now works with hex-format displays.
2. When LOOKing at a file in hex format, you may select the hex portion
of the display to be in words (as opposed to the normal bytes) by
pressing <w>. If you want to see the words in inverted order (high-
order byte first), press <W>. Press the same key again to return to
the normal byte display.
Version 5.42 (changes since 5.34)
=================================
1. You may delete a subdirectory that is not empty. When you press
<F7>, EDDY will tell you if this is the case, and wait for you to
decide whether to proceed. If you do go ahead with the delete, all
files - and all subdirectories below the current one, plus all of
their files - will be deleted when you UPDATE. Read only attributes
on files or subordinate subdirectories will be ignored.
2. The LOOK mode functions are now in a separate program module -
EDDYLOOK.AUX - which is loaded only when required. This results in
three improvements: 1) EDDY can display more files (up to around
400); 2) more memory is available for use with the DOS Gateway; and
3) the initial program load is slightly faster.
3. EDDY can switch freely between SUBST'ed drives and subdirectories
and their un-SUBST'ed, fully expanded path equivalents. See EDDY.DOC,
Section 5.5 for more info on this.
4. <A-^F7> flags all files as "ignored". Sounds silly, but see
EDDY.DOC Section 13.1.
5. Customizing by using a previously-customized version of EDDY (item
5, version 5.26, below) is no longer available. The logic needed to
ensure full compatibility between versions is bulkier and more cumber-
some than seems warranted for such an infrequently-used feature.
6. When LOOKing at an entire disk, any sectors which had read errors
when read by DOS are flagged with "???" between the hex and ASCII
portions of the display.
7. When LOOKing at RAM, the display is updated constantly to let you
watch locations that change dynamically (not for CGAs).
Version 5.34 (changes since 5.31)
=================================
1. <S-^F9> is a multi-file "Point-and-shoot" for ALL displayed files,
allowing you to process a list of files with the command(s) of your
choice - e.g., MASM, PRINT, PKARC, WS or ???. See EDDY.DOC Section
15.2.2.
2. Comparing files - <A-S-F3> - has been enhanced to tell you where the
differences in files are, including in files of different lengths.
3. A file that has been "ignored" - <A-F7> - is "un-ignored" only when
a command affecting that file is performed.
4. When you exit to DOS from EDDY using <F9>, the "prompt" string is
changed to include the characters "Exit>" at the end. This is to
remind you that EDDY is still active, and needs eventually to be
EXITed to and terminated. See EDDY.DOC Section 24.3.1 if you don't
like this change.
Version 5.31 (changes since 5.27)
=================================
1. <S-^F3> compares all working directory entries to their correspon-
ding target directory entries. For each entry, the result of the
comparison is displayed, and EDDY pauses until a key is pressed.
2. When the display is in inverted order (e.g., after <A-i>), moving
the cursor to the bottom of a subdirectory list via <PgDn> or <^End>
leaves the cursor on the '..' entry, ready for a possible <F3>.
3. Option /I is eliminated.
4. Mailing address on final display changed.
Version 5.27 (changes since 5.26)
=================================
1. Copying and moving is now done AFTER all other changes - renaming,
timestamp, attributes - have been made to a file. Previously, copies
and moves were done first.
Version 5.26 (changes since 5.17)
=================================
1. Pressing <A-S-F3> compares the contents of the current file to a
file with the same name in the target directory, and reports
whether they are identical or not.
2. EDDY now has a "point-and-shoot" capability. You can define
commands to be executed on specified files, without leaving EDDY, by
creating a file called "EDDY.USE". For example, if EDDY.USE
contains the line:
*.ARC C:\UTIL\PKARC V %1
pressing <S-F9> while the cursor is on a file with a ".ARC"
extension will display the contents of that file.
3. When the cursor is on a ".COM", ".EXE" or ".BAT" file, pressing
<A-F9> executes that file, then returns to EDDY.
4. The COPY/MOVE/DELETE Controls default settings are changed to
Y,Y,C,C,N,N.
5. If you are upgrading to a new level of EDDY, and you already have an
old copy customized the way you like it, you may tell EDDY to create
the new version with the same customized configuration as the old.
See EDDY.DOC, Section 24.3.
Version 5.17 (changes since 5.05)
=================================
1. A "FIND and REPLACE" function is now available. It is toggled
ON/OFF by pressing <A-r> while the FIND window is displayed. If you
start a search (by pressing <Enter> or <^Enter>) while the "REPLACE"
portion of the window is displayed, REPLACE is activated whenever a
match is found.
2. <End> is used to mark the end of a FIND string, rather than <Up>.
3. COPY, MOVE, DELETE and DESTROY can now be done in batch mode.
4. The file attribute heading letters have been changed from "RHSDAN"
to "RHYDAS"; the meaning of "S" is now "Shared" (replacing "N"
for "Network"), and "Y" means "sYstem".
5. The following operations are not allowed on network drives or on
disks larger than 32 MB:
- Any action (LOOK, PATCH, etc.) on the disk as a whole
- Moving directories
- Changing directory timestamps
6. The COPY/MOVE Controls may be used to govern the selection of files
to be deleted, also. This is useful when "cleaning up" a disk with
lots of duplicate files in various directories. You may, for
example, tell EDDY to delete only files that are also in the target,
and which have timestamps older than or the same as that file in the
target. See EDDY.DOC, Sections 10 and 12.2.
The default settings for the Controls are N,Y,C,C,N,N.
7. When LOOKing at a file, <F3> has the same effect as <Esc>, thus
saving a finger move between keys. <F4> works similarly for PATCH.
Version 5.05 (changes since 5.01)
=================================
1. You may move subdirectories, including any files and other direc-
tories they may contain (i.e., "prune and graft").
2. You may change the timestamp on directories.
3. In LOOK mode, <Alt-p> prints the file. Printing starts with the
first line of the display, and continues until a key is pressed.
4. In LOOK mode, <e> toggles EGA/VGA monitor between 25 lines per
screen and 43/50 lines.
5. The DOS gateway is now available in LOOK mode, by pressing <F9>.
Version 5.01 (changes since 4.16)
=================================
1. You may now LOOK at, FIND strings on, PATCH and COPY data from disks
directly by physical sectors, without regard to file or directory
structure. It's all described in Section 19 of EDDY.DOC. (In
version 5.08 and later, Section 21). Extreme caution advised!
PATCHing for physical disk sectors can also be permanently disabled,
if you want to put EDDY on a machine which potentially-mischievous
people can access.
2. EDDY now does data recovery. Using the above features, you can
easily select data to be copied to a target file. No dangerous
direct patching of directories and FATs required to recover a
deleted file. See Section 20 (in 5.08, 22) for details.
3. A file that is tagged for "Copy" may also be tagged so that the
new copy will be bit-stripped (any high-order bits removed) and/or
have any TAB characters expanded. This is done by pressing <A-b>
or <A-number>, respectively. These commands have the same effect
on the new copy that they would have on the LOOK mode display for
the file.
The file must already be tagged for "Copy" before these commands
will work.
4. Option /D, directory sizing, has been introduced. Normally, the
disk space used to hold subdirectories is not included in EDDY's
display or calculations. If you turn on option /D, all such space
will be accounted for in the display. However, the processing
needed to gather the information is VERY time-consuming, so you may
only wish to use it in cases where the information is really
important.
5. Some users report program "hangs" (or no response at all) when
certain keys or key combinations are used. If this happens to you,
try using option /I when you execute EDDY. Option /I tells EDDY to
use BIOS calls to access the keyboard, rather than the DOS calls
used normally. It also enables cursor size changes, and the pitch
and duration of "beeps" are controlled by EDDY, rather than DOS.
6. The display heading and the update summary display reflect the
actual physical disks involved, even if they are SUBSTed or ASSIGNed,
7. When entering FIND strings, the "don't match" attribute is specified
by pressing <A-k> instead of <A-m>.
8. HELP now offers menu selection of HELP topics. <F1> while in HELP
displays the menu, providing a "HELP-for-HELP" facility.
9. Auto-scroll works only in LOOK mode.
10. The suggested registration fee is increased to $20.00.
Version 4.16 (changes since 4.15)
=================================
1. When option /F is ON (file renaming enabled), a "." appears between
the filename and extension fields in the display. If it is ON for
only the current file (i.e., you pressed <Ins>), then only that
file's display has the ".".
2. If you rename EDDY.COM, and use the new name to execute EDDY, (and
you are using DOS 3.0 or later), the initial HELP screen will always
be suppressed.
3. You may include default attribute filters when customizing. This
could be used, for example, to suppress display of hidden files
unless you explicitly ask for them.
4. If you turn on option /K, then the key you use to respond to the
"Press a key..." message will be used as a command if it is one of
the valid command keys.
5. If you made an error in the target directory specification on the
command line, earlier versions of EDDY terminated with an error
message. Now, the working directory is displayed normally, and a
new target is requested, just as though you had pressed <A-t>.