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O S / 2 - P r o g r a m m a T h e e k volume 9513
Source: Fernwood
Titel: Blackbeard/2 editor, DICE commandline edit , D2 directory
Number Name Size Date Comments
9513.01 BB2-120 ZIP 183339 9-10-89 Blackbeard/2 1.20 - Splendid
editor!
CATALOG O13 343 12-08-89 This list
9513.02 D2 ZIP 104316 5-27-89 Directory - MSDOS and OS/2
9513.03 DICE401 ZIP 31976 7-26-89 Command line editor
VOL9513 ABS 4736 12-08-89 Disk abstract by BAT30
5 File(s) 34814 bytes free on volume DOSGG9513
D2: Double Directory Program by Christopher Pelley
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Based on a program by David W. Terry called D.COM, D2.EXE expands on the
concept of a fast alternative to the "DIR" command.
Function:
D2.EXE uses OS calls to do its printing, achieving nearly the same speed but
a greater compatibility, with the added advantage of being able to run in
environments such as
MS-Windows or OS/2. It also detects the number of lines available on the
screen and utilizes the full amount (i.e. IBM DOS 4.00 50-line mode or
43-line mode). D2.EXE also works reliably on Novell Network file server
drives, giving accurate results for total bytes used, etc. D2.EXE also
displays the files in a sorted
fashion, starting with hidden files, then directories, and finally normal
files, each in alphabetical order by extension and filename. This eliminates
the need to run directory-sorting utilities continuously
(which is impossible in network environments anyway). Unlike D.COM, D2.EXE
allows you to break out of a directory between pages, either by pressing ESC
or Ctrl-Break.
Compatiblity:
D2.EXE is a "family application." It will run in either the MS-DOS or OS/2
environment.
D2.EXE will not work with computers that are not BIOS-level compatible with
the IBM PC, XT, AT, or PS/2. D2.EXE does NOT use any undocumented MS-DOS
or OS/2 calls. There is NO direct accessing of the hardware. If D2.EXE
fails to work on your machine, it is the result of an incompatibility in
either your BIOS or your version of MS-DOS or OS/2.
**** DICE ****
DICE (DOS Interactive Command Editor) is a command line editor. It
provides features which enable more efficient entry of typed-in commands for
DOS or OS/2 full screen command mode. It's features are:
1. Enhanced editing capability for the DOS and OS/2 command line.
2. Saves command line commands on a stack as they are entered.
3. Supports tag, save and recall of often used commands and arguments.
4. Display of tagged arguments, commands and stacked commands.
5. Help function that shows a summary of DICE commands.
*** BLACKBEARD/2 Editor (DOS version: 3611) ****
Welcome to Blackbeard/2. We hope you will enjoy using the high performance
easy to use editor, Blackbeard/2. In addition to Blackbeard/2 your diskette
contains several useful programs and files. The following is a brief
description of these programs.
BB2MAN.CMD will generate the Blackbeard/2 documentation into a file called
BB2.DOC.
S2GMAN.EXE is the documentation generator. SGMAN.DOC explains how to use the
generator to generate the Blackbeard/2 manual.
The current language files is for C. Contributions are welcomed for these
languages, or any other you may use, e.g., Pascal, BASIC.
This version includes all known bug fixes, and contains several major
enhancements.
1. MACROS. The Macro facility has been completely rewritten to support long
names for macros and more sophisticated read/write storage. This facility
although new to Blackbeard/2 has been thoroughly tested for several months in
other products.
2. HELP. The Help facility has been completely rewritten to support a
hypertext stlye of exploration. The speed of search has been accomplished by
using a B+ tree index file. The actual contents of the help file have been
substantially revised as well.
3. COMPILE/REVIEW. Cleaned up, and tested. Some memory saving tricks used.
Works well with Compilers generating standard error output and the grep
program.
4. LANGUAGE TEMPLATES. The language templates have been significantly
improved to support duplication and optional symbols. A function to insert
the first language symbol directly is also available.
5. KEY BINDING. Blackbeard/2 now supports multi level key binding. Notice
that Alt-L is a meta-key for the language template functions. Although
multi-level binding is not available at the user level yet (available real
soon now), this enhancement will make enhancement installation easier. More
importantly, key binding is now available inside Blackbeard/2 directly.
The Blackbeard compiler is gone.
6. LOG. The Captain's Log is a remarkable addition that provides the ability
to undo file changes, even across editing sessions. The log has been tested
since version 1.03 of Captain Blackbeard. It is very stable, although only
minimal error checking is currently performed. If logging is always left on,
it works completely transparently. Just clean up the logging directories
once in a while.