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XLIST (tm) Hard Disk Manager Version 2.71i 2-22-2000
Copyright 1985-2000 Gary W. Wood All Rights Reserved. XLIST /h for usage
You are free to use, copy and distribute XLIST for personal use and shareware
distribution IN ITS ORIGINAL, UNMODIFIED FORM PROVIDED NO FEE BEYOND REASONABLE
MEDIA AND/OR SHIPPING CHARGES IS LEVIED.
Gary W. Wood disclaims all warranties as to this software, whether express or
implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchant-
ability, fitness for a particular purpose, functionality or data integrity
or protection. This program may not be used in a business, corporation,
organization, government or agency environment without a negotiated site
license. See documentation for further disclaimers and information.
If you find XLIST fast, easy, and convenient to use, a registration of $25
would be appreciated. If you send $25 or more you will receive, when
available, the next version of XLIST. Please state the version of the
software that you currently have.
Send check or money order to:
Gary W. Wood
P.O. Box 17265
Little Rock, AR 72222-7265
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WELCOME!
This is the latest release of XLIST. This will be the
most powerful version of XLIST ever released. It has new features
as outlined below.
Please read the documentation and review the XLIST.PRO file for
processing options in order to set-up XLIST properly. XLIST function
keys and *EXECUTE profile commands work in conjunction with your
favorite browser, editor, word processor, etc... in order to make
a seamless disk manager, and should be set-up properly within XLIST.PRO
before using XLIST.
INVENTORY of ZIP file.
README.271 This file.
XLIST.EXE Main program (DOS Version)
XLIST.ICO Icon for OS/2 in 2.0 format
XLISTOS2.EXE Main program (OS/2 1.2 thru 2.1 Version)
XLIST.CNF Contains colors and keyboard settings (Binary file,
Please don't edit this file).
XLIST.PRO User options (should be reviewed and edited
to specify user options).
XLIST.DOC Documentation
????????.FNT Optional loadable fonts with *VGAMODE profile command.
Version for OS/2 1.0 no longer available!
ENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS:
For best performance of XLIST, set the following environment
parameters before using XLIST. This will page approximately
130K of memory to a virtual disk when XLIST launches a program
if the *OVERLAY option in XLIST.PRO is set ON. (DOS Version)
SET TMP=D:\ <-- Set to a virtual disk or temporary directory
SET XLIST=C:\XLIST <-- Set to location of XLIST.PRO & XLIST.CNF
(optional)
NEW FEATURES:
Version 2.70 --- June 2, 1992
Preview file entries when browsing the directory tree
when the new profile command *TREESCAN is ON.
Option to reload directory tree when a XLIST_x.LOG file exists
is controlled by the *TREEDATE profile command.
Position to archive file when exiting directory scan of
archive.
Un-highlite current command line when executing commands.
Correct the space utilization "allocation unit" amount.
Some color changes to the directory tree & /exe window.
Version 2.70A --- July 14, 1992
Correction to include all directories of LZH archive files.
/EXP & /EXE command wouldn't function correctly in clearing screen.
Version 2.70B --- July 27, 1992
Modified to load upward to 5900 entries using the *ENTRIES
parameter by using 31-bit huge pointers.
Recompiled programs to resolve intermittent problems in OS/2 2.0
causing SYS3175 and SYS3176 protection faults with DOS
version in DOS window. (Compiled with MS C/C++ 7.0.)
Directory tree work file naming standards changed to "XLIST.LOG"
for MS-DOS and non-HPFS OS/2 drives and "XLIST.HPFS"
for HPFS OS/2 drives. Lets you have Xlist active in
both DOS & OS/2 windows without directory tree
confusion.
Pressing CTRL-ENTER will only execute the command on the current
command line where the cursor is positioned.
Version 2.70C --- August 6, 1992
Will now support Digital Research's DR.DOS 6.0 memory management
features when using the *OVERLAY feature and high memory
active.
Corrected bug in the Zip archive directory causing only the first
entry to be displayed in some cases when central directory
had extra appended information.
Removed the *EMS option as unnecessary.
New parameters added to the *OVERLAY option to specify the possible
locations to swap the program from memory. These options
may be mixed on the *OVERLAY line following the first
option "ON". Values: SWAP_ANY, SWAP_DISK, SWAP_EMS,
SWAP_XMS, SWAP_EXT (Note: OS/2 Users in the DOS box should't
use the SWAP_ANY and SWAP_EXT options. Use SWAP_EMS or
SWAP_XMS option)
Minor correction to inconsistent operation of the /s option on the
command line.
Version 2.70D --- August 19, 1992
Support older archive .LZH method.
Bug causing the *DISABLE command not to work for the CD & CHDIR
commands.
Made the program more sticky on saving the status of the directory
when navigating between directories and to archives.
New $T variable will be a list of tagged files. $T is full pathname
and filenames while $t is shorter filename only.
The Ctrl-PgUp will position the highlite/cursor to the first tagged
file.
Recognizes encrypted archive entries on ZIP files and will prompt
for the password when using the $s or $S variable. $S will
always prompt for password while the $s will only prompt
once while in the archive.
Removed the SWAP_EXT option from *OVERLAY profile command.
Version 2.70E --- October 17, 1992
Fixed bug in the alt-t tag screen causing Xlist to execute tagged
entries when excaping with ESC key.
Made the /RD=[filespec] definitions "sticky" when navigating from
directories.
Add some more information on the directory tree using the TREESCAN ON
option in the XLIST.PRO file.
Add XLIST.ICO icon for OS/2 2.0
Version 2.70F --- October 22, 1992
The directory tree will recognize the sort parameters when
displaying using the TREESCAN option ON.
You can use the shifted PGUP/PGDN & up/down cursor to control
viewing the directory displayed in the directory tree
when using the TREESCAN option ON.
Version 2.71 --- November 22, 1992
Utilize OS/2 multi-thread processing for copying and erasing
files increasing the thruput (This works great!)
Misc. video speed improvements on OS/2 version.
Correction for creating multiple workfiles when browsing
archive files.
Correction to keep from having a SYS3175 error on OS/2 when
pressing enter in an empty directory.
Added feature to handle unsafe interrupts when shrinking
memory usage. If you get the "Unsafe interrupt..."
message when executing commands load the "TSRINT.EXE"
TSR program prior to executing Xlist. (Note: This
program is needed with the *OVERLAY option using
DOS under OS/2 2.0.)
Version 2.71a --- November 30, 1992
Corrected bug causing SYS3175 error when untagging tagged entries.
Version 2.71b --- January 2, 1992
Added new environment parameter XLIST= that points to the overriding
location of the XLIST.PRO and XLIST.CNF files.
Displays function keys F1 through F12 on bottom line of display.
The alt-s command will toggle through more display options.
Recognize the numeric keypad Enter key as different from the
normal Enter key for setting the keyboard.
Version 2.71d --- February 15, 1993
Correct small problem in the PF line showing a leading blank
on some commands.
Enter Key is unique for the keyboard and the numeric keypad
so you can set it on the keyboard layout (alt-k command).
The OS/2 "/START" command has been changed to be more flexible and
added the -NOR subcommand to make the started session
independent of Xlist.
Added code to make the directory tree less sluggish when continuing
to press the cursor keys.
Better envoking of OS/2 programs.
Version 2.71e --- May 1, 1993
Add new *SORTDIR profile command to allow the directories to be
sorted to the top of the list always.
Recompile the MS-DOS version with the new Microsoft C/C++
8.00 Visual C Compiler.
Version 2.71f --- June 27, 1993
Add new PRUNE command to delete a sub-directory and all
files and directories.
Version 2.71g --- April 22, 1994
Corrections to ability to envoke multiple commands on same
line for OS/2 version.
Version 2.71i --- Feb. 22, 2000
Added Y2K.