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NeuralCommander
Version 2.01
Copyright ⌐1997-1998 by Christophe Planet (a.k.a. Boss/NeuralTech)
NeuralCommander is a freeware program. You may use it either for personnal
and professionnal purpose. You may copy and distribute this product, as
long as the author's name (Christophe Planet) is mentionned and all files
that come with NeuralCommander are shipped along with.
The sources, written in Delphi 3, may be obtained on request.
To get information about the last released version of NeuralCommander,
e-Mail to Christophe Planet at NeuralTech@MindLess.com.
All products named in this document belong to their respective authors.
This document was updated 15 jan 1998.
Contents
--------
1. Introduction
2. Using NeuralCommander
3. Archives handling
4. Advanced features
5. The future of NeuralCommander
6. Credits/Thanks
7. Files package
8. Known bugs
1. Introduction
---------------
NeuralCommander is a file manager running under Windows 95 and Windows NT.
Its presentation is the same as the one of Norton Commander : two windows
displaying each of them a directory's content.
All standard operations can be done on the files :
- Select files from one window using wildcards.
- Copy files from one window to the other.
- Move files from one window to the other.
- Delete files from one window.
- Rename one or several files (using wildcards).
- Running a program or a help file.
NeuralCommander brings up several tools to view data files :
- Pictures (BMP, DIB, GIF, JIF, JPG, PCX, RLE, TGA).
- Text files (several extensions, that can be modified by user).
- Sound files (ADF, AU, WAV).
- Music files (MID).
- Music modules (IT, MOD, S3M, XM).
- Internet files (HTM, HTML).
NeuralCommander comes with a text editor, not limited by the 32 kb of the
Windows' notepad.
In addition, NeuralCommander handles archive files (ZIP) just as if they
were directories.
To install NeuralCommander on your computer, simply copy all the files in a
new directory.
2. Using NeuralCommander
------------------------
When you launch NeuralCommander, the main windows comes up with to child
windows, each of them displaying a directory content.
At the top of each window, a combo-box enables you to change the current
drive.
At the bottom, you find information about the currently displayed
directory :
- Total number of objects displayed.
- Total size of the directory.
- Number of selected objects.
- Size of the selected objects.
The main part of the window lists all objects in the directory the same way
as the Windows Explorer does. You may change the sort order using the
[Sort] menu or clicking directly on a column's header.
There are two differences between the NeuralCommander directory window and
the Windows Explorer file list :
- The ZIP files are listed just bellow the directories.
- The whole line is selected (and not only the file's name).
To select files, you may use the standard mouse manipulations : click with
the [Ctrl] and/or the [Shift] key.
Once files are selected, you may achieve one of the different actions that
are proposed in the [File] menu : copy, move, delete or rename. When you
copy, move or rename files, NeuralCommander takes care of names conflicts.
If you wish to rename several files, you are asked to enter a mask for the
new names, for example :
- Selected files : TEXTFILE.TXT, PROGRAM.PRG, DATABASE.DAT
- Rename mask : ????NEW.*
- Renamed files : TEXTNEW.TXT, PROGNEW.PRG, DATANEW.DAT
- Rename mask : NEW*.M?D
- Renamed files : NEWTFILE.MXD, NEWGRAM.MRD, NEWATA.MAD
The copy and move actions may be performed using the drag&drop feature,
using the [Ctrl] key to copy.
You may create a new directory, using the [Create directory] option in the
[File] menu.
If you double-click on a directory, it will become the new directory and
the window will update.
If you double-click on a file, it will be opened if it matches any of
NeuralCommander's viewer/player, executed if it is an application or a
help file. You may change the extensions linked to NeuralCommander's
viewers (see chapter 4).
To set the other window's directory to the current window's directory,
select the [Synchronize windows] option in the [File] menu. You may compute
the visible directories' sizes by selecting the [Directories sizes] in the
[File] menu.
Most of these options have a shortcut.
NeuralCommander comes up with a full text editor, where you can manage all
your text files. It is called from the [Text editor] option in the [Window]
menu.
3. Archives handling
--------------------
As said in the introduction, archive files (ZIP extension) are treated just
like directories. When you double-click on an archive file, its content is
listed in the window. You may then view the files or copy files from inside
the archive to a directory, the same way as with normal files.
4. Advanced features
--------------------
Using the [Properties] option in the [Tools] menu, you get access to the
NeuralCommander's configuration. Here, you may add or suppress extensions
associated to NeuralCommander's viewers/players. You may also tell if file
deletions should use the Windows bin or not.
5. The future of NeuralCommander
--------------------------------
These functionnalities are planned for a near future (no order) :
- Bug-free version, if it is ever possible ;-).
- Use of the registry instead of an INI file.
- Better drag&drop.
- Better HTML viewer (perhaps a full browser).
- Better viewers / players (more options).
- LZH archives support.
- RAR archives support.
- More files support (more pictures, RTF, Word, Excel,...).
- File attributes modification.
- Hexadecimal editor.
- REAL help file, but I guess I am too lazy for the moment.
- French version, just because I am french ;-).
- Anything I haven't thought about yet...
6. Credits/Thanks
-----------------
- Petteri Kangaslampi and Jarno Paananen (http://kalahari.ton.tut.fi/s2
/midas/), for the MIDAS Sound System.
- K. Nishita (KNishita@ibm.net), for the graphics library.
- Eric W. Engler (EnglerE@Swcp.com), for the ZIP library.
- Brad Stowers (BStowers@Pobox.com, http://www.pobox.com/~bstowers
/delphi/), for the file list management.
- John Mertus (John_Mertus@Brown.edu), for the audio support.
- Tan Qunzhao (Zhyu@Ecust.edu.cn), for the fire effect.
- All people around the Net who have supported NeuralCommander since the
first released version.
- Borland, for having developped Delphi (THE programming language).
7. Files package
----------------
The NeuralCommander package (NCmd_201.zip) contains the following files :
- NCommand.exe
- NCommand.ini
- DelphiMM.dll
- Midas11.dll
- NViewLib.dll
- UAFdll.dll
- Unzdll.dll
- Zipdll.dll
- English.txt (this file !)
8. Known bugs
-------------
- Some files keep selection when they should not.
- Files in ZIP files do not have the real icon.
- Multiple files rename does not work accurately.
- Copying/moving directories to ZIP files does not work.
Christophe Planet (a.k.a. Boss/NeuralTech)
e-Mail : NeuralTech@MindLess.com
ICQ : 6202186
Web : Not yet :-(
Address : Christophe Planet
15, rue de la Revolution Francaise
66000 Perpignan
France