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- SUPERSPY.DOC (Ver. 2.0)
-
- With SUPERSPY.COM you can scroll forward and backward through a file,
- easily move to another file without exiting SUPERSPY, copy any portion of
- the resulting screen to a printer or file, and locate files by displaying
- all (or selected) directory entries.
- SYNTAX: SUPERSPY <ENTER> or SUPERSPY [path]filename.ext <ENTER>
- This program has three separate modes: READ, DIRECTORY, and COPY. If
- you invoke the program with a valid filename, you will go directly to the
- READ mode with a display of the contents of that file. The commands that
- are available in this mode are:
- HOME Return to the beginning of the file.
- UP ARROW Back up one line.
- PG UP Back up one screen.
- LEFT ARROW Return to left margin.
- RIGHT ARROW Move screen 8 spaces to the right.
- DOWN ARROW Move screen down one line.
- PG DN Move down one screen.
- W or w Toggle the WRAP-AROUND MODE.
- N or n Leave this file and get NEW FILE.
- ALT-D Enter the DIRECTORY MODE.
- SPACE BAR Freeze screen and enter the COPY MODE.
- H or h HELP. Displays this document if it is
- in the default directory.
- ESC EXIT from SUPERSPY.COM.
- END Move screen to end of file
-
- Wide displays are not broken at 80 columns, as with TYPE. SUPERSPY.COM
- ignores carriage returns and breaks lines only on line feeds. The right
- arrow key scrolls the display to the right in eight-character increments
- and the left arrow returns to the left margin. Up arrow and down arrow
- move the screen one line at a time. Pg Up and Pg Dn move the display one
- screen height. W (either upper or lower case) toggles the WRAP-AROUND
- MODE either on or off. In WRAP-AROUND there is nothing off-screen to the
- right. Therefore RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW are deactivated.
-
- COPY MODE
-
- In the copy mode the screen is fixed and a blinking cursor appears
- in the screen position of the top left corner of the last copy rectangle.
- The initial position is the upper left corner of the screen. You can move
- this blinking cursor with the arrow keys to the upper left corner of the
- rectangular section of the screen that you want to copy. Press <ENTER> to
- lock this corner in place and use the arrow keys to put the desired text
- in reverse video. You can then decide if you want to copy this rectangle
- to the PRINTER, ( Press P or p ) or to append it to the end of a FILE,
- ( Press F or f ). Successive saves to the same filename are appended
- to and do not overwrite that file.
- If you send material to a PRINTER and it contains non-alpha numeric
- characters, the printer may do unpredictable things such as page down, or
- change font, pitch, or character size. This happens because the printer
- interprets these characters as control functions and performs whatever
- commands these characters represent.
- If you send material to a FILE, a filename will appear at the top
- of the screen. Initially, in each run of SUPERSPY.COM this filename will
- be CLIP.WWW in the default directory. If you wish to add this material
- to the end of the file named at the top of the screen, press <ENTER> and
- it will be done, the reverse video will return to normal, and you will
- be back in the READ mode in the same screen position. If you want to use
- some other filename, even in another directory, BACKSPACE over the name
- and type the new path and filename, then <ENTER>. If the file does not
- exist it will be created. Thereafter, this new file will be the default
- file until you change it or exit the program. Wildcards are not supported
- in either the filename or the NEW NAME.
-
- DIRECTORY MODE
-
- If you want to see what other files are available, hold the ALT key
- down and press D . The screen will be cleared and you will be instructed
- to type the path of the directory that you want to see. You may list any
- number of directories in sequence and use any of the DOS switches and
- wildcards in this mode since this program locates, loads, and runs a copy
- of COMMAND.COM for this function. Use <ESC> to exit the DIRECTORY MODE.
- If it was invoked in a NEW NAME request you will return to a clear screen
- with the NEW NAME prompt. If it was invoked in the READ mode you will
- return to the initial screen of the file you were reading. No provision
- is made for entering the DIRECTORY MODE from the COPY MODE.
-
- If you want to recover a file from the directory mode, display the
- directory that contains the desired file and press the Alt-D combination
- again and SUPERSPY will display the directory in the wide mode and ask
- you to type in the path and name of the file you want. You can get the
- complete path from the directory header and you can double check the
- correct spelling of the file name from the display. Remember to put the
- \ between the path and the file name and to put the . between the file
- name and its extension. Wild Cards are not supported.
-
- THE DARK SIDE
-
- As the term SPY implies, this program can be used for either GOOD or
- EVIL. It can, and generally should, be used as a special purpose WORD
- PROCESSOR type program capable of combining text from several different
- ASCII files in the same way that the CLIPBOARD function works on more
- sophisticated (and more expensive) programs. On the dark side, there is
- no restriction placed on the filename that you wish to copy to, or on the
- material that you wish to copy.
- For example, assume that you have a one line file "TEST.BAT" that is
- dir a:\ , and you run SUPERSPY TEST.BAT . Now press the <SPACE BAR> and
- <ENTER> and expand the reverse video to cover the text, then press F ,
- backspace over CLIP.WWW and type TEST.BAT, and press <ENTER>. Next press
- N and type TEST.BAT and <ENTER>, press <SPACE BAR> and <ENTER> ,expand
- the reverse video over the two lines of "dir a:\", and press F , <ENTER>,
- and <ESC>. If you now run TEST.BAT you will get four copies of the a:
- directory. If you had repeated the cycle three more times you would get
- thirty two copies.
- COM and EXE files are generally safe from this malicious corruption
- due to their termination techniques.
-
- A NOT-SO-OBVIOUS APPLICATION
-
- If you have a MODEM and you are using a COMMUNICATION program like
- PROCOMM PLUS you might try rerunning the SETUP PROGRAM and substitute
- SUPERSPY.COM for the active program for viewing a file. The advantage is
- that you would then have direct access to other files and directories and
- also have a clipboard function that was not included in the original
- COMMUNICATION software.
-
- CONTRIBUTIONS
-
- Copyright 1989, 1990 ROBERT WALLINGFORD P.E. All Rights Reserved.
- You are free to use, copy and distribute SUPERSPY.COM providing that:
- NO FEE IS CHARGED FOR USE, COPYING OR DISTRIBUTION.
- IT IS NOT MODIFIED IN ANY WAY.
- Clubs and user groups may charge a nominal fee for expenses and
- handling while distributing SUPERSPY.COM.
- SUPERSPY.COM is provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or
- implied, including, but not limited to, fitness for a particular purpose.
- If SUPERSPY.COM is of any value to you, a $15 contribution would be
- appreciated. With each contribution of $25 or more I will add your name
- to my preferred customer list and you will receive a free copy of some of
- my other popular creations for your evaluation. I will even give you a
- $7. credit towards the registration of any one of these programs.
-
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