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- The OS/2-Commander v 0.81wb
- (C) Copyright 1992/93 by Wolfgang Sarp
- (Fido 2:242/339)
- All rights reserved!
-
-
- This software ist Shareware
- ---------------------------
- Nobody except me is allowed to sell this program! You're allowed
- to copy it, distribute it in BBS-systems but only the complete
- shareware-version and *NOT* for money! If you give/send this
- program to anybody else, you're not allowed to take money for it!
-
-
- Since there is no original Norton Commander for OS/2 available
- (ok, there is one, but I don't like programs running on my WPS)
- I decided to write my own OS/2-Commander.
- The most functions are very similar to the original, but it's not
- ready yet.
- This ist a Beta-version! But if you like it of course you can register
- this version. Just send me or my bank some money.
- 30,- DM (20,- US$) or more and you're allowed to use this program
- more than 30 days and it would really push me to improve this nice
- software.
- If you don't register, you have to delete it after 30 days!
-
- The author is not responsible for any damage made by this program.
- If you don't agree with this, please delete the programm immediatly.
-
-
- What the OS/2-Commander can do at the moment:
- ---------------------------------------------
- Yeah, almost all I need :-)
-
- Let's start at the begining:
-
- OS2COM should be started with the OS2C.CMD.
- This is the only way to change to the current drive and directory
- when leaving the program.
-
- CURSOR-KEYS (or mouse) moves through the files.
-
- ENTER or mouse double-klick changes into the directory the cursor
- is actual on.
-
- INSERT or right mouse button marks an entry.
-
- F1 Help
-
- F2 User-menu
-
- F3 Viewer
-
- F4 Editor
-
- F5 copy file(s) or directory.
-
- F6 rename or move file(s) or directory.
-
- F7 make directory
-
- F8 kill file(s) or directory.
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- ! The OS/2-Commander is able to copy, move or delete a complete !
- ! directory tree! !
- ! F5, F6 or F8, with the cursor on a directory will copy, move !
- ! or delete a directory completely with all subdirectories! !
- ! So please be careful, especially when using F8 (delete)! !
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- F9 how to sort the directory
-
- F10 or ESC to quit.
-
- F11 open file-menu
-
- F12 open command-menu
-
- TAB change between left and right window.
-
- + (grey) select files.
-
- - (grey) unselect files.
-
- ALT-F1 change drive (left window).
-
- ALT-F2 change drive (right window).
-
- ALT-F3 start external viewer.
-
- ALT-F4 start external editor.
-
- ALT-F5 change to the root directory.
- [somehow i like it :-)]
-
- ALT-F7 starts the Find-function.
- There you can enter the filename to search for first and than
- a text to search for in these files.
-
- ALT-F8 history of the last 20 commands.
- RETURN or left mouse button starts the command, CTRL-RETURN
- puts the command to the command line.
-
- ALT-F9 Video-mode
- If you've trouble with 30 or 34 lines since OS/2 2.1 March-beta
- try ALT-F9 to solve it.
-
- ALT-F10 Tree-function.
-
- ALT-<letter> moves the cursor to the next entry starting with this letter.
-
- CTRL-F1 to CTRL-F5 sorts the active window by name, extension, date, size
- or unsorted.
-
- CTRL-F6 to switch to a number of video modes.
-
- CTRL-\ (CTRL-# on german keyboards) to switch to the root-directory
-
- CTRL-A shows the listing of self-extracting archives.
-
- CTRL-E is scrolling through the command-history
-
- CTRL-Cursor_Up can now be used as a History-Search-Function similar to CTRL-E.
- If you want to get back a special command out of the history
- you can enter ther beginning of the command and get the command
- back with CTRL-Cursor_Up.
-
- CTRL-F change file attribute.
-
- CTRL-G switches between ascending and descending sorting
-
- Sysop-feature CTRL-I switches FILES.BBS-Info.
- If ON the descriptions of files are showed if there is a FILES.BBS
- in the current directory and the opposite window is the Info-window
-
- CTRL-L switches the inactiv window between 'Info' and 'Filelist'.
-
- CTRL-O switch of the screen (show background).
-
- CTRL-R re-reads the directory.
-
- CTRL-S change setup.
-
- CTRL-U swaps left/right panel
-
- CTRL-PgUp changes one directory up (..).
-
- CTRL-ENTER puts the filename under the cursor to the command line.
-
- ENTER on a filename starts the program or the program defined for this
- extension in the OS2COM.INI.
-
- You can start programs with ALT-ENTER although.
- If you do so, the Commander will launch the program in a new task.
-
- If the comand line is not empty, ENTER does the command, ESC erases
- the command line.
-
-
- The screen saver is automaticaly activated after the number of minutes
- without pressing a key defined on the OS2COM.INI.
- If defined as 0, the screen saver is not activated.
- You can activate the screen saver immediately if you move the mouse cursor
- to the upper right corner.
- If the mouse cursor is in the lower left corner the screen saver is
- deactivated.
-
-
- ARCHIVES
- ========
-
- The OS/2-Commander has an integrated Archive-Viewer.
- Archives are showed like normal directories. Inside an
- archive you can view, copy, move and delete files.
- It can handle the archive types ZIP, LHZ, ARJ, ZOO, ARC and SQZ
- and the self-extracting archives of ZIP, LZH and ARJ.
-
- You have to define following in the OS2COM.INI:
-
- ----------------------------------
- [Arcer]
- UNZIP: C:\TOOLS\ARC\UNZIP.EXE ; decompress
- ZIP: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZIP.EXE ; compress/delete
- UNZOO: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZOO2.EXE ; decompress
- ZOO: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZOO2.EXE ; compress
- LZH: C:\TOOLS\ARC\LH32.EXE
- UNARJ: C:\TOOLS\ARC\UNARJ.EXE ; decompress
- ARC: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ARC2.EXE
- ----------------------------------
-
- The ':' has to be directly behind the switch.
-
- If you define the complete name with path + extension, the program
- is called directly without loading a command interpreter first.
- This kind of call is much faster but seems not to work on all
- machines. Just try it, if it's not working, strip the extension.
-
- The following programs are needed to use the archive-viewer:
-
- For the other arcer you will need the following programs:
- ARJ: "ARJ.EXE" from Robert K. Jung and the OS/2-version "UNARJ.EXE".
- The OS/2-version is only used for unpacking if you want to unpack
- all files and didn't give them a target directory. That's because
- UNARJ don't support any interesting command line switches.
- Otherwise ARJ (DOS) will be used.
- LZH: LH/2 from Peter Fitzsimmons (OS/2-version).
- ZIP: The above defined programs PKZIP/PKUNZIP for OS/2 from PKWARE
- or the 32Bit-version ZIP.EXE and UNZIP.EXE from InfoZip
- ARC: The OS/2-version 6.0 "ARC2.EXE" from SEA.
- ZOO: The OS/2-version 2.1 with above defined name from Rahul Dhesi.
- SQZ: The DOS-version 1.08.3 from J. Hammarberg.
-
-
- The OS/2-Commander will detect archives files with a different
- than the standard-extension.
- When pressing ENTER f.e. on a ZIP-file with the extension ".SA0"
- OS2COM will detect a ZIP-archive and start the archive-viewer.
-
-
-
- What the OS/2-Commander can *not* do at the moment:
- ---------------------------------------------------
-
- - The internal viewer and editor are not ready yet, but you
- can use them.
-
- - The help-function is not a big deal
-
-
-
-
- What's the difference between the OS/2-Commander and the Norton-Commander?
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- - There is no "EGA/VGA-Mode".
- The OS/2-Commander will automatically detect the number of rows and
- columns and support every possible number of rows and you can
- switch to a number of video-modes with CTRL-F6.
-
- - The OS/2-Commander can copy, move and delete a directory tree.
-
- - maybe some things will be added later :-)
-
-
-
- What you should remenber:
- -------------------------
-
- I don't know....
- Oh yeah, change the OS2COM.INI to your needs.
-
-
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-
- REGISTERING
- ===========
-
- If you want to receive the key-file and the latest version on
- disk send me additional DM 10,-.
- If you have a FIDO node- or pointnumber I will contact you when I
- received the money
-
-
- Wolfgang Sarp
- Paul-von-Schoenaichstr. 21
- 23858 Reinfeld
- Germany
-
- Account No. 111 038 651
- Bank 230 516 10
- Kreissparkasse Stormarn / Reinfeld
-
-
- Fido: 2:242/339, 2:285/1.339 and 2:240/5355
- Internet: Wolfgang_Sarp@tonwerk2.fido.de
-