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STILL RIVER SHELL
BILL WHITE
P.O. BOX 57
STILL RIVER, MA 01467
617-456-3699
Gentle User:
This file contains the revision history of the Still River
Shell's Release 2.
RELEASE 2.44 changes:
- Supports an EGA or VGA board with a monochrome display in
the high performance direct io mode.
- List size limited to available memory only. On a 640K
system, the shell can handle about 11,700 files in a single
list. Disk size limited to a 4.2 gigabytes (4,294,967,294
bytes).
- Allocates as much free memory for work space as it needs and
releases all its work space back to DOS prior to executing a
program under DOS from within the shell.
RELEASE 2.36 changes:
- Modifies tag logic: a file's tag is removed after a tag
sensitive operation completes against the tagged file.
- 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>.
- 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.
- 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:
- Adds ATTRibute command to change file attributes.
- 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.
- Adds hidden global TAG commands (<ALT>+<F>or<G>or<D> plus a
quick flip tag, <SPACE_BAR>, which work in command selection
mode in both LIST and FIND presentations.
- COPY, DELETE and MOVE work with a set of tagged files,
- Function Keys now execute for each tagged file if you tag
files.
- XDOS supports an Ad Hoc batch execution against a set of
tagged files with replaceable parameters in the command
line.
- 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>.
- Adds a file text search option to FIND.
- 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.
- Adds FIND text subcommand to VIEW.
- Adds HEX mode to VIEW including HEX FIND.
- TREE now supports full directory tree for selected
directory. If you use (\), a directory tree of the entire
disk is displayed.
- Adds UP command to TREE.
- Adds directory summary information for all directories and
subdirectories in TREE.
- <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.
- Adds a full path insert to the command line edit.
- Access is provided to hidden and system files with query
safeguards.
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- Eliminates keywords from Shell's start-up command line.
- Pitch comes up only once a day, once or twice a month.
- OPTIONS uses an option editor, stored configuration file and
adds the following options:
* <selector> placement after SORT.
* Real time color selection.
* Monochrome display attributes.
* Memory usage display.
* Initial sort criteria.
* Case conversion.
* XDOS and <Fn> batch execution against tagged files.
* Query during batch execution.
* Foreign language character display in VIEW.
* Context recovery technique.
* VIEW tab value.
* Existing target file protection.
- Speed has improved.
- Frees more memory when executing programs under DOS.
- Manual is rewritten, expanded and now wire bound instead of
three hole punched.
- Alas, the shell is no longer a light weight at 92K + 20K
minimum work space.
We would like to thank our registered users whose support made
these improvements possible. And we hope you enjoy your
evaluation of the Still River Shell.
Sincerely,
Bob Dye &
Bill White
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