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A BRIEF OUTLINE OF ONE PERSONS USE OF DIRECTORY OPUS.
by Ross Davis
Ed: Some of the program Ross mentions in this article are on our MD_Extras
disk this issue. See elsewhere info on the next version of Dir Opus which
is imminent.
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This is in no way meant to be a technical article. It is simply a
description of some convenient (lazy) uses to which I have put my copy of
Directory Opus.
Reference may be made to the picture of my setup that should accompany
this file.
I have complemented the standard GADGETS that have been set by adding and
enhancing some existing ones.
Many of the gadgets that I have set up are for my more commonly used
programs. They are useful to set up this way due to them being in the one
place and through having no need to remember any command structures to
access files.
The
ARC LIST
gadget has had more archivers added to the archive
configuration. This enables me to list/view and DeArchive all common
archives that are on most BBSs.
I play MED/OCTAMED samples with the
OCTAMED
gadget, decompress
DMS disks with
DMS
, can view just about any picture using any of
VIEW, MOSTRA, PPSHOW
or
P-READER.
HAMLAB
gadget allows me to view & convert .gif files,
NEWZAP
allows access to HexData.
One of the more convenient gadgets is simply
VERSION
which
enables me to check versions of files I have downloaded. The
WHATIS?
gadget is also quite useful to check out what a file might be.
I also initiate
GPTERM
my terminal program and
AZ
the
text editor which I use most of the time by using gadgets from DirOpus.
Most of the gadgets I have set up work automatically by first selecting a
source file from a directory window of DirOpus then clicking on the
appropriate gadget to work on that file. In fact I hardly have to use CLI
or Workbench to run most of my daily programs.
I also use DirOpus to launch other programs like DPaint, GPFax and even
games, some via configured menus and others by using DirOpus's Output
shell.
I'm no genius but I have managed to make the program do what I want
instead of doing what the program tells me. Most of this probably works
with other directory utilities but I'm happy with DirOpus.
Product: Dir Opus Directory utility
Availability: Good dealers, Megadisc
Price: RRP $64.95.
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