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June 8, 1983
This is the latest version of SWEEP. It incorporates several changes
that I have wanted, or that have been asked for. With a little trickery,
I have managed to keep the image size from expanding.
Changes:
1. There is now an alternative to the V command. The P command
types the file, but pauses after every screen until a character
is typed.
2. There is an F command to find a particular file in the directory.
This allows rapid repositioning of the cursor. It needn't
be the complete file name; SWEEP will find the first file >= to the
string entered.
3. The new W command allows tagging of all files that match a wildcard
specification.
4. The menu has been redesigned. In addition, the screen is cleared
at sign-on and whenever the menu is displayed. It seems to be easier
to read.
5. An initialization program is supplied. SWINIT40 will configure the
few hardware dependencies in SWEEP.
maximum user area
number of disk drives
number of lines on terminal (for P command)
clearscreen sequence (two characters)
The defaults for these are probably benign enough. In fact, the
clear-screen sequence is simply a form-feed, space. Nevertheless,
reconfiguration should be fairly simple and is advised.
December 21, 1983
There are 3 changes in version 4.1
1. The V and P commands now suppress control characters from being sent
to the screen. This allows Wordstar files to be displayed on terminals
that otherwise act badly with some of the print formatting codes.
2. A minor change in mass delete. You must now specify T or U. It no
longer defaults to U. This is for safety reasons.
3. A minor change in the way the v may be entered in copy commands. The
old way still works, so read the DOC file if you are interested. This
answers one complaint that the documentation wasn't clear.
Note that SWINIT40 will not work with version 4.1. You need SWINIT41 if
you intend to patch the clear screen sequence. (The other patches will
still work though.)