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LIST Version 9.0c WHAT'S NEW Oct 24, 1993
New Command Line Switches
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/? displays LIST usage information
/B tells LIST to use the BIOS for displaying data.
/D forces display of the File Selection menu for the specified files,
e.g. *.TXT for only .TXT files; a filespec must be supplied.
/E tells LIST to begin displaying the files at the end of each file
instead of at the beginning.
/K disables the mouse. Both the /M and /K mouse options are clonable.
/Q toggles sounding of beeps and bells; same function as the alt-Q
command.
/V causes a verify function to be performed after any Copy or Move
function
/4 places LIST into 43/50 display mode; this requires an EGA or VGA
display adapter.
/Ttext searches all files immediately for the 'text' and is case
sensitive. The /Ftext or /Ttext parameter must be the last on the
command line. Both cannot be used at one time.
/Ftext begins a text search through all selected files now invokes the
Find function which is NOT case sensitive.
/#nnnnnn supplies the record number from which the display is to begin.
- The /L, /W, /M, /S, and /J command line switches now allow for
disabling the function (in case LIST was cloned with the option on).
To do this, add a minus sign, e.g. /-W or /W- will set wrap off. The
B, D, and Q switches are toggles. That is, specifying them reverses
the default (or cloned setting).
New Operational Features
------------------------
- the program files are LISTS.COM (small), LISTR.COM (regular), and
LIST.COM (plus).
- The LIST environment variable tells LIST where to place temporary
files for the ViewArc and archive extraction functions, e.g.
SET LIST=C:\TEMP
- All DEBUG offsets and information have been replaced by a new
program called LISTOPT which is used to set defaults and options.
LISTOPT is available to registered and licensed users only.
LIST Version 9.0c WHAT'S NEW Oct 24, 1993
- The maximum "logical" record size has been increased from 910 to 2048.
- A second Help screen is now available in the Plus version which shows
all of the Ctrl- and cursor key functions
- An improvement in speed is available when all filter options are set
off. Use alt-Z to display the toggles on the bottom line. An option
is off when its corresponding letter, e.g. 'J' for alt-J junk filter
or 'T' for the alt-T tab expansion filter, is in lower case.
- The Viewarc function now assumes that .EXE and .COM files are self-
extracting files and will actually execute them to extract the selected
file. Not all self-extracting programs support this. Otherwise, if a
file does not have the .ARC, .LZH, .ZIP, .PAK, or .SDN extension, the
file is assumed to be a .ARC file.
- The top status line while viewing a file has changed. Until the last
record number is known, LIST now displays a percentage of the file read
so far.
File Selection Menu
-------------------
- New commands are available from the File Selection (Alt-V) menu:
E invokes the 'Edit' editor to let you edit the selected file;
create a BATch file called EDIT.BAT which invokes the
editor of your choice with the optional parameters it needs
I invokes (executes) the selected program; replying ESCape to
the "Options:" prompt cancels the command; at least one
space is required: a null <enter> cancels the command.
* refreshes the directory display
Alt-Z toggles the status display on the bottom line from disk and
file statistics line to a menu command help line
- Changes to other file selection menu (Alt-V) commands:
- Q)uit returns you to the display of the last file you viewed
if no file has been displayed, Q exits to DOS.
- the X command exits to DOS in the NEW (current) directory
- ESCape exits to DOS in the ORIGINAL directory
- Alt-X exits to DOS and shows the original screen
- the 1-up display now includes the file attributes
- Alt-C saves (clones) the settings
- the S)ort command now has a None (no sort) ordering option, and a
minus "-" prefix option for sorting in descending order; ESCape now
cancels the S)ort request. The descending sort option is clonable.
- a \ may be used in place of the P)ath command to change directories
LIST Version 9.0c WHAT'S NEW Oct 24, 1993
File Selection Menu (cont'd)
-------------------
- the F2 command to toggle the bottom line status display has been
changed to F3
- you may press the shift key and a letter key to move the selection
to the first filename beginning with that letter, e.g. shift-C will
put the cursor on the first file name beginning with the letter 'c'
| - new alt-F7 and alt-F8 commands change the color of the bar for the
| current file entry at the cursor position
New Commands
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- A new ctrl-Y command saves the current position as a bookmark, and
alt-Y repositions to the last bookmark. You may set up to 10 bookmarks.
- A new 1 command restarts displaying files with the first file.
- A new Ctrl-right command scrolls the screen right to the end of the
current line.
- A new O command toggles the date format from U.S. mm/dd/yy to
European format dd-mm-yy and is clonable.
- A new % (percent) command toggles whether LIST displays the file's last
line number or percentage of file read.
| - A new Ctrl-L command toggles the display of page breaks
Changed Commands
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- The X command exits to DOS and clears the screen. In the Plus version,
you are now placed in the new (selected) directory.
- The Alt-D and Alt-O (write lines to a file) commands have been changed
to default to writing a found (highlighted line after Scan or Find)
line if no lines have been marked.
- All command which as for a d:\path and/or a filename now check for
embedded blanks and non-valid characters.
- The ctrl-I command has been added to the Plus version. It allows
setting the TAB interval to values other than the standard 8. Ctrl-I
prompts you to enter the new interval, which can be from 1 to 99.
- The ctrl-T dial command will initially place the cursor on a line
with found text, i.e. you scan for a name and LIST find it. The found
text is highlighted. When you issue ctrl-T, the cursor is placed there.
LIST copies all numbers and valid telephone number characters, like
dash and comma, up to the first non-numeric character as the phone
number. Sending of a '1' prefix has been removed. If the modem fails
to dial initially, press the <spacebar> to try a re-dial.
- The File Selection C)opy and M)ove commands check for sufficient space
on the target drive before copying the file.
LIST Version 9.0c DEBUG OFFSETS Oct 24, 1993
The default filter options are now:
alt-T - expand TABs is ON
alt-J - filter out control characters is ON
Item Offset Value Description of contents
-------------- ------ ----- -----------------------
Special 0132 70 Top/bottom line colors
Normal 0134 07 Text colors
Bright 0136 09 Find/Scan line colors
Window 1 color 0138 07 Normal window text color
Window 2 color 0139 0F Second window text color
Flag3 013A 09 Retrace off and junk filter on
Flag4 013B 08 Tabs on
Find row 013C 0800 Position of found line on screen, 8
Scroll incr 013E 0A00 Left/right scroll increment, 10
Scroll start 0140 0000 Starting scroll offset, 0
Tab value 0142 0800 Tab interval, 8
Tab mask 0144 F8FF Tab bit mask
Loudness 0146 C8 Beep tone level
Key rate 0148 FF Continuous scroll increment, 255
Overlap 0149 0000 PgUp/PgDn scroll overlap, 0
Wildcard esc 014B 26 Scan/Find wildcard ? escape character
Alt-V up 014C 0500 Alt-V display files per line, 5
LIST Plus only
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Eye-catcher 014E 'COM:'
COM port 0152 F803 Default for COM1, use F802 for COM2
Sort offset 0154 00 Default sort key offset
00 by filename
08 by extension
0C by datestamp
10 by file size
Modem init 0157 'AT' 30-byte modem initialization string
Editor name 0175 'Edit' 8-byte name of editor program
Modem hang-up 017E 'ATZ' 9-byte modem disconnect command
Temp var name 0187 LIST 4-character environment name for temps
The following offsets change from version to version. Look for the
eye-catchers to be sure of the offset:
| Key table 0400 'WHAT' Eye catcher
| 0404 0026 Key command table
| Routines 0509 'WHERE' Eye catcher
| 050E xxxx Command routines
Examples of using DEBUG can be found in the DIALER.PAT and
COLORS.PAT files. To use them, copy LIST.COM to the current
directory and issue the DEBUG command. For example:
DEBUG <DIALER.PAT