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FileManager 5.2 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference Manual Stouse Technology, Inc. 4015 Dome Drive Addison, TX 75244 (214) 661-0343 THE unNECESSARY STUFF Warranty Stouse Technology, Inc. makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, any warranties or merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. Stouse Technology, Inc. shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user. Stouse Technology, Inc. shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by the use of this program. IN NO EVENT WILL STOUSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. Trademarks ARC is copyright by System Enhancement Associates, Inc. DESQview and QEMM-386 are trademarks of Quarterdeck Office Systems. IBM is an official trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. LaserJet is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. LHarc is copyright by Haruyasu Yoshizaki (Yoshi). Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. PAK is copyright by NoGate Consulting. PKZIP, PKUNZIP, PKPAK, PKUNPAK, PKARC and PKXARC are copyright by PKWARE, Inc. SideKick is a registered trademark of Borland International, Inc. QEDIT is copyright by SemWare. WordStar and MicroPro are registered trademarks of MicroPro International Corporation. FileManager Hard Disk Utility Program Version 5.2 R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L Stouse Technology, Inc. 4015 Dome Drive Addison, TX 75244 (214) 661-0343 Copyright (c) 1990 Stouse Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved H E L P ! ! ! Please Help Us! FileManager is not "free" or public domain software, but is being offered as "shareware." That means we are not spending money on distribution costs so that your cost can remain very low! The only way we can get FileManager to a lot of people is if you help. Please give FileManager to everyone you know! Please help place FileManager on as many bulletin boards as possible. The only way we can ever hope to make amy money from FileManager is if enough people try it and like it so that they will register themselves (which means they'll send us money!) and receive future updates to the program at a reduced rate. The only thing we ask when you give out FileManager is that you observe the following: ∙ FileManager must be copied in unmodified form, complete with any documentation file supplied, ∙ No fee or charge may be accepted or requested, and ∙ FileManager may not be distributed with any other product or service without prior written permission from Stouse Technology, Inc. Ordering Information Registering FileManager licenses you to use the program as often as you like, on as many computers as you like (provided you are the only person using FileManager). Users need only register one time: all subsequent versions of FileManager are automatically registered to you. You will automatically receive notification of updates to the program as they become available. Updates to registered users are available at a nominal fee of $10.00 by calling or writing to Stouse Technology, Inc. To register as a FileManager user or order FileManager or FileManager documentation, please use the order form found on the following page. FileManager software is Copyright (c) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 by Stouse Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Copyright (c) 1990 by Stouse Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Order Form Remit to: Stouse Technology, Inc. Version 5.2 4015 Dome Drive Addison, TX 75244 (214) 661-0343 QTY _______ FileManager Registration for New Users $25.20 __________ (you will receive latest version of FileManager in the return mail) _______ FileManager Registration for New Users $35.20 __________ and Printed Documentation (you will receive latest version of FileManager in the return mail) _______ FileManager Update to Existing Users $10.00 __________ _______ FileManager Update to Existing Users $20.00 __________ and Printed Documentation _______ FileManager Printed Manual Only $10.00 __________ Subtotal __________ Texas residents add 8.00% Sales Tax __________ Disk Size: ( ) 5¼" ( ) 3½" Total __________ Payment: ( ) Check ( ) MasterCard ( ) Visa ( ) P.O. Card #/P.O.: _________________________________________________________ Expiration: _________________________________________________________ Signature: _________________________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________________________ Company: _________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Daytime Phone: (___________) _____________ ── _____________________ Nighttime Phone: (___________) _____________ ── _____________________ User Comments I acquired FileManager 5.2 from: ( ) ─ Friend ( ) ─ Bulletin Board ( ) ─ Computer Club ( ) ─ Computer Store ( ) ─ Other ─ Please Specify __________________________ We appreciate any comments or suggestions concerning FileManager. If you have any ideas that you feel would make FileManager a better product for everyone, please let us know! Thank you for your comments! Comments and/or suggestions: _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── What is FileManager? ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ FileManager is a software tool originally developed to help us do most of our DOS-related tasks. Since then, it has been revised extensively because of user feedback. If you have any ideas that you feel would make FileManager a better product for everyone, please let us know! Now you don't have to be a computer expert, or know a computer expert, to begin using a microcomputer. Listed below are some of the ways that FileManager makes this easy for you: ∙ Display Files ── in any subdirectory on any disk drive, or only those files on a disk drive that match a certain file specification; when displaying files, FileManager can make full use of EGA or VGA monitor display capabilities. ∙ Copy, Delete, Move Files. ∙ Print Files ── using a wide variety of print options, print single files, groups of files, subdirectory listings, or only those files matching certain file specification(s); control codes can be sent to the printer for various purposes (to put the printer into compressed, print, emphasized print, landscape mode, etc.). ∙ Archive/Zip Files ── using any archiving program, you can add to, extract from, move to, create self- extracting program, test, or list contents of a file. ∙ Edit Files ── with FileManager's built-in editor, you can edit ASCII files. ∙ Browse Files ── no matter what kind or how large a file is (even executable or hidden files); use full up, down and sideways scrolling; in hexadecimal browse, you can change a file, byte-by-byte; from browse, you can print part or all of a file in either ASCII or hexadecimal format. ∙ Find Files that Contain Text String ── produce a list (or tag) all files in the current subdirectory that contain a string of text. ∙ Where Is File Specification ── produce a list of all files that match a certain file specification. ∙ Display Tree Structure of Hard Disk's Contents ── allowing you to switch to different subdirectories more easily; the tree structure display can also be printed. ∙ Sort Files ── by file name, extension and file name, file size, date & time, only tagged files, or no sort. ∙ Execute Programs or Batch Files ── use FileManager as a DOS shell, provided you have sufficient RAM. ∙ Load a Highlighted File into a Program and Execute ── when you want to work with a certain file and your favorite word processor, text editor, spreadsheet, etc., simply highlight the file and press a key; FileManager loads that file into the program so you can begin working immediately. ∙ Perform DOS Tasks ── format floppy disks, run CHKDSK, determine hardware configuration, change file attributes. FileManager has three different display modes: 1. A primary display mode in which up to 56 files and/or subdirectories (128 in EGA mode or 156 in VGA mode) at a time can be displayed. 2. An alternate display mode in which up to 14 files and/or subdirectories (32 in EGA mode or 39 in VGA mode) at a time can be displayed. 3. A tree structure display listing all subdirectories on a specified drive. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── What's New in FileManager 5.2? ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Lots of things! In fact, FileManager 5.2 is a complete rewrite from previous versions. FileManager has received a "facelift" in the form of pulldown menus. Most commands can be accessed either through the pulldown menus or directly by a single keystroke. FileManager now employs overlays to decrease the amount of RAM used ── these overlays are automatically loaded into EMS if available to speed up the various operations. The following is a complete list of the new features of FileManager 5.2: ∙ Overlays ── most of the features of FileManager have been placed into overlays so the amount of RAM used is significantly decreased. ∙ Uses EMS for Overlays if available. ∙ Pulldown Menus ── all of FileManager's features can be accessed through the pulldown menus. However, most of the features can still be accessed through a single keystroke. Horizontal scrolling through the pulldown menus makes it easy to find a desired feature. ∙ Archive/Zip File ── up to 9 different archiving programs can now be configured into FileManager, providing maximum flexibility with today's wealth of archiving programs available. Two new features have been added to the archiving capability: ∙ Move tagged files into archive file. ∙ Create self-extracting file from archive file (if the archiving program supports this feature). ∙ Copy ── files can now appended together to form a new file. ∙ Move ── file(s) can now be moved to a different disk drive in one step. ∙ Delete ── files matching a certain file specification can be deleted without having to first display that file specification on the screen. ∙ Whereis ── can now act on the following drives: ∙ Act on current drive only. ∙ Act on all hard disks & RAM disks. ∙ Act on all disks (floppy, hard & RAM). ∙ Help ── complete online help is now available for all of FileManager's features. The help can be activated in any of the following ways: ∙ By pulldown menu. ∙ By feature. ∙ By keystroke. ∙ Display Color Attributes ── displays all 256 color attributes with their corresponding values. ∙ Display ASCII Table ── displays all 256 ASCII characters with their corresponding values in both decimal and hexadecimal. ∙ Print ── when printing a single file, the printout can start at a specific line number. ∙ Browse ── find text while in hexadecimal mode. ∙ Appointment Scheduler ── a full-featured appointment scheduler that is compatible with SideKick's appointment files. Appointments can be viewed/modified in the following ways: ∙ Entered/changed as a single occurrence. ∙ Entered/changed as a recurring entry. ∙ Displayed on-screen. ∙ Printed a month at a time. ∙ Printed for the next # of days. ∙ Installation Program ── completely rewritten to support all of FileManager's new features. In addition, it is now easier to select colors for various features. ∙ Whizbangs ── the following are user-configurable: ∙ Exploding windows on/off ∙ Shadows on windows on/off ∙ Sound effects on/off ∙ All sound on/off ∙ More control of colors ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Getting Started ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ FileManager is designed primarily as a utility for hard disk-based machines but will also work for floppy disk-based systems. It's been tested on 8088's, 80286's and 80386's using monochrome, CGA, EGA and VGA monitors. It should run on any true MS-DOS compatible computer. To benefit from all of FileManager's capabilities, you need a minimum of 350K of free RAM on your computer (run CHKDSK.COM if you are unsure how much free RAM is available). FileManager should be ready to run when you receive it. You can select it from a menu system or run it from a DOS prompt (e.g., C:\>, C:\FM>, A:\>, etc.). If you are running FileManager from a DOS prompt, type the word, FM, and then press <Enter>: C:\> FM <Enter> Moving Around the Screen Whether you select FileManager from a menu system or run it from a DOS prompt, a display window will pop up listing up to 56 files and subdirectories in normal mode, 128 files in EGA mode or 156 files in VGA mode. If there are no files or subdirectories in a directory, a message to that effect appears. If there are more than 56 files (or 128 of 156) in the directory, you can display the additional files using any of the following methods: ∙ To move up or down the list, highlighting one file at a time, press <UpAr> or <DnAr>. ∙ To highlight files to the left or right, one column at a time, press <LtAr> or <RtAr>. ∙ To page up or down, 56 (or 128 or 156) files/subdirectories at a time, press <PgUp> or <PgDn>. ∙ To jump to the end of the list, press <End>; to jump to the beginning of the list, press <Home>. Pressing <Enter> when a file is highlighted causes a window to appear showing the date and time the file was created or last modified, as well as its file attribute(s). Pressing <Enter> when a directory is highlighted causes the directory to be accessed and its subdirectories and/or files to be listed. Pressing <Esc> takes you up one directory level (if one exists) and a new directory listing then appears. Pressing <F1> causes a tree structure representation of the hard disk to appear. You can access any subdirectory displayed in this tree structure by highlighting it using the <UpAr>, <DnAr>, <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Home> and <End> keys, and pressing <Enter>. Pressing the <Esc> key takes you back to the subdirectory you were in when you first displayed the tree structure. Pressing <F2> exits FileManager in the subdirectory you were in when you first executed FileManager. Pressing <F3> exits FileManager into the current subdirectory. FileManager needs the following files available: ∙ FM.EXE ── the main program file. ∙ FM.OVR ── the overlay file that contains the bulk of the program code. ∙ FM.DAT ── the data file defining colors and pathnames of various files. ∙ FM.PRT ── the printer definition file ── needed to be able to send control codes to a given printer. For FileManager to be invoked, one of the following must be true: ∙ you must be in the same subdirectory as FM.EXE, FM.OVR, FM.DAT and FM.PRT. ∙ you must type in the full path name, including the disk drive (e.g., c:\fm\fm <Enter> ). ∙ or, you must be "PATH"-ed into the subdirectory through a batch file. If you use the PATH command in a batch file, specify the drive in addition to the subdirectory. For example, if FM.EXE, FM.OVR, FM.DAT and FM.PRT are all in the C:\FM subdirectory, in the batch file you could type: PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\FM Command-Line Parameters Several parameters are available when you first invoke FileManager that will cause it to behave in various ways. At the DOS prompt, type any of the following parameters and then press <Enter>: Type: fm ? or fm /h Effect: FileManager displays a help screen describing the following command-line parameters. Type: fm /a=mmddyy Effect: FileManager reads and displays only the files after the data specified. If /B is also included on the command line (fm /a=mmddyy /b), FileManager displays only the files before the date specified. Type: fm /b Effect: FileManager displays the files in the directory sorted backwards. Type: fm /c Effect: FileManager does not display the date and clock. Type: fm /d Effect: FileManager displays the files in the directory sorted by date and time. Type: fm /e Effect: FileManager displays the files in the directory sorted by extension. Type: fm /f=filename.ext Effect: FileManager reads filename.ext instead of FM.DAT for setting the colors and pathnames. This allows you to use different color schemes and/or programs for any particular session. Type: fm /m Effect: FileManager writes differently to the video display adapter. If FileManager isn't working properly on your monochrome display, and your display uses a monochrome adapter, you might try this parameter when invoking FileManager ── this will work in some cases. Type: fm /n Effect: FileManager does not sort files in a subdirectory. Type: fm /p=filename.ext Effect: FileManager re-directs all printout to a specified file. To re-direct the printout to "nothing", type: fm /p=nul. This allows you to count lines in a file without actually printing the file. To re-direct the printout to the serial port, type: fm /p=com1. The default for FileManager is: fm /p=lpt1. Type: fm /r Effect: The display is adjusted to the maximum resolution available (EGA or VGA, if possible). Type: fm /s Effect: FileManager displays the files in the directory sorted by size. Type: fm /t Effect: FileManager reads the directory of the disk and when <F1> is pressed, the tree structure will instantly be displayed. Any of the above parameters can be combined. For example, to make FileManager sort the directory backwards by date and time, you would type the following: fm /d/b You can also tell FileManager what file specification to use. A FileManager file specification can be any legal DOS specification, including any disk drive/subdirectory or wildcard. For example, to list only Pascal text files, you could type: fm *.pas To select a different input file (for using different color schemes or different programs), you could type: fm /f=blue.dat Pulldown Menus Pulldown Menus can be activated by pressing the letter highlighted on the menu at the top of the display. Most menus have several options under them ── these can be accessed by pressing <UpAr> or <DnAr> until the desired option is highlighted and then pressing <Enter>, or by pressing the highlighted letter on the secondary menu. For example, to select "Extract from archive file" from the "Archive" menu, you could: ∙ press <DnAr> 1 time and then press <Enter> ∙ press "E" Or, instead of using the pulldown menus, you could: ∙ press <Ctl-X> To scroll left or right to the next pulldown menu, press <LtAr> or <RtAr>. Note: Throughout this document the phrases "arc", "archive" and "zip" refer to any type of program that compresses files into a common file. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Quick Reference ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ There are two ways to access FileManager features: 1) through the pulldown menus, or 2) (in most cases) through single keystrokes. To see which features have single keystroke equivalents, press "H" for help, and then "K" for by keystroke. A help window will be displayed showing the single-keystroke commands. The following is a quick reference of all the FileManager commands, listing the pulldown menu and the single keystrokes need to invoke them, and their descriptions. All commands that are preceded by "*" indicate that they are either new or have been changed in FileManager Version 5.2. Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── A ── A Add to Archive File ── adds all tagged files into a subdirectory and archive file specified by the user. To add the files into an archive file in the current subdirectory, just specify the archive filename. A ── E <Ctl-X> Extract from Archive File ── extracts all specified files from an archive file. If no files are specified, *.* will be assumed (except for some versions of LHarc, which must be specified as *.*!). The user is asked to specify the subdirectory in which to "un-arc" the files. Entering nothing for this prompt will un-arc into the current subdirectory. (For LHarc, if you specify a subdirectory, be sure to include a "\" at the end!) A ── M * Move to Archive File ── adds all tagged files into a subdirectory and archive file specified by the user and then deletes the tagged files. To add the files into an archive file in the current subdirectory, just specify the archive filename. A ── S * Self-Extracting Archive ── create a self- extracting archive file from an existing archive file (the archiving program must support this feature!). Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── A ── T Test Archive File ── test the integrity of an archive file. A ── V <Ctl-R> * Verbose Listing of Archive ── display the verbose listing of all files inside an archive file. C ── A * Copy: Append Tagged Files into New File ── copies all tagged files into a new file. If the new file is an existing file, the existing file will first be erased. C ── B Copy: Backup Tagged Files to Floppy Disk ── copies all tagged files onto floppy disks, or other medium. If all files fit on a single floppy disk, all files on the floppy will be exact copies of the originals. If any file does not fit entirely on a floppy disk, FileManager's Copy/Restore or Copy/Append routine must be used to merge the sections of file back together. C ── N <Ctl-N> Copy: Newer Tagged Files ── copies all tagged files only if they are newer than the same file on the target drive or if the file does not exist on the target drive. C ── R Copy: Restore Files from Floppy Disk ── the companion to the Copy/Backup command, allows you to restore files from floppy disk(s) that were copies with FileManager's Copy/Backup command. C ── S <Alt-C> Copy: Single (Highlighted) File ── allows you to copy a single file to a different drive and/or subdirectory, or to the current subdirectory if you give the copied file a new name. C ── T <Ctl-C> Copy: Tagged Files ── copies all tagged files to a different drive and/or subdirectory. If you are copying to a floppy disk and the floppy disk becomes full, you may format the next floppy, or continue on with additional floppies. Using this command, each file must be smaller than the floppy disk! If any file is larger than the floppy disk, the Copy/Backup routine must be used instead. Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── C ── W Copy: Wordstar to ASCII ── copies all tagged files to a different drive and/or subdirectory, stripping off the 8th bit in the process. D ── F * Delete: File Specification ── delete all files in the current subdirectory matching a user-specified file specification. This eliminates the intermediate step of changing the displayed files to the desired file specification, tagging the files and then deleting them. D ── S <Alt-D> Delete: Single (Highlighted) File ── deletes the currently-highlighted file. D ── T <Ctl-D> Delete: Tagged Files ── deletes all tagged files. You will be asked if you want to automatically delete all tagged files, or if you want to confirm each deletion. E E Edit ── allows the user to edit the currently-highlighted file with FileManager's internal editor. FileManager's editor incorporates the following features: ∙ full-screen editing ∙ automatic indentation ∙ fixed or smart tabs ∙ block operations ∙ text markers ∙ find-and-replace operations ∙ printing See Appendix E for complete list of keystrokes available in the editor. F ── A <Alt-A> File-Specific: Attribute Change ── change the DOS file attribute of the currently- highlighted file. F ── B B * File-Specific: Browse ── allows the user to browse through the currently- highlighted file. The user can switch between ASCII mode and hexadecimal mode by pressing "h" or <F10>. If the <F1> key is pressed, a help window is displayed showing the keystrokes available in Browse. In hexadecimal mode, individual bytes can be edited by pressing "e". Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── F ── O <Alt-B> File-Specific: Browse ─ Strip 8th Bit ── allows the user to browse through the currently-highlighted file and strips off the 8th bit as it is read in. If a file appears unreadable, pressing <Alt-B> may help. However, if the file is a program file or data file, try browsing in hexadecimal mode. F ── F <Ctl-R> * File-Specific: Information on Archive File ── same as "Verbose Listing of Archive", but only works on .ARC or .ZIP files. F ── I I File-Specific: Find Text ── allows the user to search through all currently- displayed files for a particular text string. All files with the matching string are displayed. A listing of the files can optionally be sent to a printer. These files can also be tagged for further manipulation. F ── T <Ctl-I> File-Specific: Find Text ── allows the user to search through all currently- displayed files for a particular text string. All files with the matching string are displayed, along with the line(s) containing the string. A listing of the files can optionally be sent to a printer. These files can also be tagged for further manipulation. F ── N N File-Specific: Edit New File ── allows the user to create a new ASCII file using FileManager's internal editor. F ── R R File-Specific: Rename File ── allows the user to rename the currently-highlighted file in the current subdirectory. FileManager checks to verify that the new name does not already exist. If it does, the user is asked if they want to replace the existing file. F ── V V * File-Specific: Move Single (Highlighted) File ── allows the user to move the currently-highlighted file to a different subdirectory, or to a different disk drive. F ── E <Ctl-V> * File-Specific: Move Tagged Files ── allows the user to move tagged files to a different subdirectory, or to a different disk drive. Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── F ── W W * File-Specific: Whereis File Specification ── searches all subdirectories for a user- defined file specification (e.g., *.com, *.c?m, etc.). The command can be performed on the following: ∙ Current drive only ∙ All hard & RAM disks ∙ All disks (floppy, hard & RAM) F ── 1 <Ctl-E> File-Specific: 1st External Editor ── allows the user to pull the currently- highlighted file into the 1st external editor configured in FM.DAT. (This could actually be an editor, a spreadsheet, a graphics display program, or any other program that accepts a filename on its command line.) F ── 2 <Alt-E> File-Specific: 2nd External Editor ── allows the user to pull the currently- highlighted file into the 2nd external editor configured in FM.DAT. (This could actually be an editor, a spreadsheet, a graphics display program, or any other program that accepts a filename on its command line.) H ── F * Help: by Feature ── displays help screens for all of FileManager's features, allowing you to select the topic from a list of features. H ── K * Help: by Keystroke ── displays help screens for all of FileManager's features that are accessed through single keystrokes, allowing you to select the topic from a list of keystrokes. H ── M * Help: by Menu ── displays help screens for all of FileManager's features, allowing you to select the topic from the pulldown menus. K ── A <Ctl-A> Disk-Specific: Available Bytes on Disk ── shows the available disk space on the specified disk drive. K ── I I Disk-Specific: Find Text ── allows the user to search through all currently- displayed files for a particular text string. All files with the matching Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── string are displayed. A listing of the files can optionally be sent to a printer. These files can also be tagged for further manipulation. K ── T <Ctl-I> Disk-Specific: Find Text ── allows the user to search through all currently- displayed files for a particular text string. All files with the matching string are displayed, along with the line(s) containing the string. A listing of the files can optionally be sent to a printer. These files can also be tagged for further manipulation. K ── L L Disk-Specific: Log onto Another Disk ── allows the user to log onto a different disk drive and to use any legal command on the new disk drive. However, upon exiting FileManager, the user is returned to the disk drive and subdirectory the user was in when FileManager was first executed (unless the user exits by pressing <F3>). K ── M M Disk-Specific: Make New Subdirectory ── allows the user to make a new directory under the current subdirectory. K ── W W * Disk-Specific: Whereis File Specification ── searches all subdirectories for a user- defined file specification (e.g., *.com, *.c?m, etc.). The command can be performed on the following: ∙ Current drive only ∙ All hard & RAM disks ∙ All disks (floppy, hard & RAM) O ── A <Alt-I> * DOS Operating System: ASCII Table ── displays a table of all 256 printable ASCII characters, including their decimal and hexadecimal value. O ── C DOS Operating System: ChkDsk ── runs DOS's CHKDSK.COM program. O ── D DOS Operating System: Directory Listing ── produces a directory listing of the user-specified disk drive/subdirectory/file specification in the standard DOS format. Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── O ── F DOS Operating System: Format Floppy Disk ── allows the user to format a floppy disk (Drive A: or Drive B: only), using DOS's FORMAT.COM program. O ── H DOS Operating System: Hardware Information ── displays information about the hardware (e.g., amount of RAM, expanded memory, extended memory, presence of math coprocessor, etc.). O ── S DOS Operating System: Shell to DOS ── allows the user to temporarily exit FileManager to execute any DOS command at a DOS prompt (if there is sufficient RAM). The user can then return to where they exited FileManager by typing the word "EXIT" at the DOS prompt. O ── X X DOS Operating System: Execute Current File ── allows the user to execute the currently-highlighted .BAT, .COM or .EXE file (if there is sufficient RAM). P ── C Printer: Control Codes ── allows the user to send pre-defined control codes to the printer. The control codes are defined in the FM.PRT file using FileManager's installation program, FMINSTAL.EXE. P ── D Printer: Directory Listing ── allows the user to print a list of the directory files currently displayed. P ── F <Alt-F> Printer: Form Feed ── issues a form feed (ASCII 12) to the printer. P ── L Printer: Load New Printer File ── allows the user to change to a different .PRT file for use in subsequent printer "control code" operations. P ── P Printer: Print Directory Tree ── allows the user to print the tree structure representation of the hard disk. P ── R <F6> Printer: Re-Direct Printout ── allows the user to re-direct all subsequent printout by specifying a different file specification. The filename can be any legal DOS filename, including an existing filename, a new filename, or any standard DOS device name (e.g., LPT1, COM1, NUL, etc.). Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── P ── S <Alt-P> * Printer: Single (Highlighted) File ── prints the currently-highlighted file in any of the following formats: ∙ Book-type printer controls ∙ Landscape, side-by-side with heading on LaserJet ∙ Landscape, side-by-side without heading on LaserJet ∙ Landscape, side-by-side with heading, both sides of the paper on LaserJet IID ∙ No printer controls ∙ Standard printer controls ∙ User-specified printer controls P ── T <Ctl-P> * Printer: Tagged Files ── prints all tagged files in any of the following formats: ∙ Book-type printer controls ∙ Landscape, side-by-side with heading on LaserJet ∙ Landscape, side-by-side without heading on LaserJet ∙ Landscape, side-by-side with heading, both sides of the paper on LaserJet IID ∙ No printer controls ∙ Standard printer controls ∙ User-specified printer controls Q Q Quit ── exits FileManager into the original disk drive and subdirectory the user was in when FileManager was first executed. Q <F2> Quit ── exits FileManager into the original disk drive and subdirectory the user was in when FileManager was first executed. <F3> Quit ── exits FileManager into the current disk drive and subdirectory. S ── A <Alt-R> * Screen: Attribute of Colors ── displays the 256 DOS color attributes and their corresponding numerical values. S ── C <F5> Screen: Clock Toggle ── toggles the display of the clock and date on/off. This is useful when running under a multitasking operating system such as DESQview. Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── S ── D <F9> Screen: Display of Files ── allows the user to toggle between the two FileManager display modes: 1) a primary display mode in which up to 56 files and/or subdirectories can be listed at a time (128 in EGA or 156 in VGA) 2) an alternate display mode in which up to 14 files and/or subdirectories can be listed at a time (32 in EGA or 39 in VGA), along with their size, attributes, and date/time last modified. S ── E <F10> Screen: EGA Toggle ── allows the user to toggle between normal and EGA/VGA modes. S ── F <Ctl-F> Screen: File Specification ── allows the user to change the file specification used to select the group of files currently used in FileManager operations. When you select this command, you are asked to designate a file specification. If you press <Enter>, the existing file specification is retained. If you press <Esc>, the file specification "*.*" is used. If you want to designate a new file specification, any legal DOS file specification can be entered (e.g., *.com, *.pas, ar*.*, etc.). Once a file specification is designated, the current directory is re-read and the display is updated. S ── O <Ctl-O> * Screen: Opening Screen ── displays the screen at the time FileManager was first executed. S ── S <Ctl-S> * Screen: Sort on Screen ── allows the user to specify a different method of sorting the current subdirectory listing (including "no sort"). The sort command does not permanently rewrite the directory listing back to the disk! S ── T <F1> Screen: Tree of Directories ── allows the user to change into a different subdirectory using a tree structure display of all the subdirectories on the hard disk. Menu Keystroke New Description ───────── ───────── ─── ────────────────────────────────────── T T Tag ── tags the currently-highlighted file for further manipulation. <Ctl-T> Tag ── tags all currently-displayed files for further manipulation. <Alt-T> Tag ── makes all tagged files untagged and all untagged files tagged. U U Untag ── untags the currently-highlighted file. <Ctl-U> Untag ── untags all files. <Alt-F1> * Appointment Scheduler ── a full-featured appointment scheduler that is compatible with SideKick's appointment files. Appointments can be viewed/modified in the following ways: ∙ Entered/changed as a single occurrence. ∙ Entered/changed as a recurring entry. ∙ Displayed on-screen. ∙ Printed a month at a time. ∙ Printed for the next # of days. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Appendix A ── Keystrokes Available in Line Editing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Description Key #1 Key #2 ────────────────────────────── ─────────── ─────────── Accept line <Enter> Quit without accepting line <ESC> Cursor left one character <LtAr> <Ctl-S> Cursor right one character <RtAr> <Ctl-D> Cursor left one word <Ctl-Lt> <Ctl-A> Cursor right one word <Ctl-Rt> <Ctl-F> Cursor to beginning of line <Home> <Ctl-Q> S Cursor to end of line <End> <Ctl-Q> D Delete character at cursor <DELETE> <Ctl-G> Delete character left of cursor <BKSPACE> <Ctl-H> Delete to end of line <Ctl-End> <Ctl-Q> Y Delete entire line <Ctl-Y> <Ctl-X> Delete from beginning of line <Ctl-Home> Delete word to right of cursor <Ctl-T> Toggle insert mode on and off <INS> Restore original line <Ctl-R> <Ctl-Q> L ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Appendix B ── Keystrokes Available in ASCII Browse ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Description Key #1 Key #2 ────────────────────────────── ─────────── ─────────── Help <F1> Exit Browse <F2> <ESC> Print Lines <F3> "p" or "P" Go To Line <F4> "g" or "G" Find String <F5> <Ctl-Q> F Repeat Find <F6> <Ctl-L> Set Marker <F7> # <Ctl-K> # Go To Marker <F8> # <Ctl-Q> # Toggle Ruler <F9> "r" or "R" ASCII Browse <F10> "h" or "H" Auto Scroll Down "1".."9" Stop Auto Scroll <ESC> "0" Scroll Up <UpAr> <Ctl-E> Scroll Down <DnAr> <Ctl-X> Scroll Left <LtAr> <Ctl-S> Scroll Right <RtAr> <Ctl-D> Scroll Left 10 <Ctl-LtAr> <Ctl-A> Scroll Right 10 <Ctl-RtAr> <Ctl-F> Scroll to Col 1 <Ctl-Home> Page Up <PgUp> <Ctl-R> Page Down <PgDn> <Ctl-C> Top Of File <Home> <Ctl-PgUp> Bottom Of File <End> <Ctl-PgDn> ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Appendix C ── Keystrokes Available in Hexadecimal Browse ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Description Key #1 Key #2 ────────────────────────────── ─────────── ─────────── Help <F1> Exit Browse <F2> <ESC> Print Lines <F3> "p" or "P" Go To Line <F4> "g" or "G" Find String <F5> <Ctl-Q> F Repeat Find <F6> <Ctl-L> ASCII Browse <F10> "h" or "H" Auto Scroll Down "1".."9" Stop Auto Scroll <ESC> "0" Scroll Up <UpAr> Scroll Down <DnAr> Page Up <PgUp> Page Down <PgDn> Top Of File <Home> <Ctl-PgUp> Bottom Of File <End> <Ctl-PgDn> Hexadecimal Edit "e" or "E" ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Appendix D ── Keystrokes Available in Browse Edit ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Description Key #2 ─────────────────────────────── ─────────── Move Highlight Up One Line <UpAr> Move Highlight Down One Line <DnAr> Move Highlight Right One Character <RtAr> Move Highlight Left One Character <LtAr> Move Highlight to Upper Left Corner <Home> Move Highlight to Lower Left Corner <End> Move Highlight to Upper Right Corner <PgUp> Move Highlight to Lower Right Corner <PgDn> Select Edit Mode (Dec, Hex, Asc) "c" or "C" Edit Highlighted Character <ENTER> Exit Edit Mode <ESC> ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Appendix E ── Keystrokes Available in Editor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Description Key #1 Key #2 ────────────────────────────── ─────────── ─────────── Character left <LtAr> <Ctl-S> Character right <RtAr> <Ctl-D> Word left <Ctl-Lt> <Ctl-A> Word right <Ctl-Rt> <Ctl-F> Line up <UpAr> <Ctl-E> Line down <DnAr> <Ctl-X> Scroll up <Ctl-W> Scroll down <Ctl-Z> Page up <PgUp> <Ctl-R> Page down <PgDn> <Ctl-C> Beginning of file <Ctl-PgUp> <Ctl-Q> R End of file <Ctl-PgDn> <Ctl-Q> C Beginning of line <Home> <Ctl-Q> S End of line <End> <Ctl-Q> D Top of screen <Ctl-Home> <Ctl-Q> E Bottom of screen <Ctl-End> <Ctl-Q> X Top of block <Ctl-Q> B Bottom of block <Ctl-Q> K Jump to marker 0..3 <Ctl-Q> 0 ... <Ctl-Q> 3 Set marker 0..3 <Ctl-K> 0 ... <Ctl-K> 3 Previous cursor position <Ctl-Q> P New line/paragraph <ENTER> <Ctl-M> Insert line <Ctl-N> Insert control character <Ctl-P> Tab <TAB> <Ctl-I> Delete current character <DELETE> <Ctl-G> Delete character left <BKSPACE> <Ctl-H> Delete word <Ctl-T> Delete to end of line <Ctl-Q> Y <F6> Delete line <Ctl-Y> Find <Ctl-Q> F <F4> Find and replace <Ctl-Q> A <F5> Find next <Ctl-L> Begin block <Ctl-K> B <F7> End block <Ctl-K> K <F8> ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Appendix E ── Keystrokes Available in Editor (cont'd) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Description Key #1 Key #2 ────────────────────────────── ─────────── ─────────── Copy block <Ctl-K> C <Alt-C> Move block <Ctl-K> V <Alt-M> Delete block <Ctl-K> Y <Alt-D> Hide block <Ctl-K> H Mark single word as block <Ctl-K> T Read block from file <Ctl-K> R <F9> Write block to file <Ctl-K> W <F10> Print block/file <Ctl-K> P <F3> Toggle insert mode <INS> <Ctl-V> Toggle auto indent mode <Ctl-O> I Toggle fixed tabs <Ctl-O> T Restore line <Ctl-Q> L <F1> Exit editor & save <Ctl-K> D <F2> Exit editor & save if changed <Ctl-K> Q <ESC>