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- * User's Manual Supplement *
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- * CMFiler -- Version 5.37b *
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- The following features have been added or improved since the printing of
- the CMFiler Version 5.36q User's Manual:
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- Synchronization of DESCRIPT.ION and NARATIVE.CF files: CMFiler keeps
- file and directory notes that you enter (using the edit notes facility,
- Ctrl-N) in a file called NARATIVE.CF. This file is in a different format
- from 4DOS/NDOS DESCRIPT.ION files. After some debate on whether to
- convert CMFiler over to using the DESCRIPT.ION format, I have decided to
- keep the separate NARATIVE.CF file format for CMFiler's notes, but add a
- routine that, at the user's option, "synchronizes" the NARATIVE.CF and
- DESCRIPT.ION files every time the CMFiler notes facility is called for
- viewing or editing notes, or copying or moving of files. Any entries
- already contained in either file will be preserved, and unique entries
- from each file will be simply added to the other.
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- This synchronizing routine must be activated by resetting a switch ("Meld
- NARATIVE.CF and DESCRIPT.ION files?") in the Shift-O user Options menu.
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- Swapping file names: A new feature in the Rename routine in the main
- file services module permits swapping two file names. If exactly two
- files are tagged when the key R is struck, CMFiler asks if the user wants
- to swap their names. If Yes, the file names are swapped, if No, CMFiler
- goes to the normal rename facility.
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- Swapping Panels: In the main module, you can quickly swap panels left-
- for-right and right-for-left, keeping the cursor in the same panel, left
- or right, with the new command Ctrl-W (for sWap).
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- Diskette Images: In diskette copying and scanning routines (disKopy and
- scAn), there is a new option to save the diskette image as a file on the
- hard disk after reading master diskette, and to use a previously saved
- image as the master for making new diskettes.
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- There is a short-cut to using a previously stored diskette images from
- the hard disk. Select the directory with the diskette image you want to
- use, and put the cursor on the name of the image file before pressing
- Shift-K for disKopy. Press Shift-K, and answer the first question Yes.
- The file name will be given as the default in the data entry window.
- Press enter to accept it, and continue with the disk copy session.
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- Enhancements for Blind Users: To assist blind users of Telesensory
- Systems, Inc. Power Braille 40 displays, the character * is printed in
- the column to the left of the filename to denote a normal-tagged file
- (the character 1-9 or a-z was already printed to denote an Alt-tagged
- file), and the character denoting a directory is changed from the
- graphics character ASCII 249 (a small dot in the center of the character
- array) to a colon.
- PKZIP support enhancement: Previously, the number of files which could
- be tagged for ZIPping in one shot by CMFiler was limited by the remaining
- space in the command line after the commands, options and ZIP filespec --
- about 8 to 16 files, depending on the length of their names. CMFiler now
- takes advantage of the @filelist option of PKZIP, and will create a
- temporary file list as ZZIPLIST.CF in the current directory, containing
- all the tagged files. PKZIP itself places some limits on how large this
- file can be, but for practical purposes this will no longer frustrate
- CMFiler users.
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- .BTM support: The extension .BTM is now recognized as a batch file
- extension for 4DOS users.
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- Cursor Height: The new command Ctrl-K decrements the cursor height on
- each keypress. The cursor height is now a savable parameter using
- Shift-S.
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- Editor changes:
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- o The editor is now colorized, in the same scheme as the main file
- services module and tree module.
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- o The Find-string command Alt-F now seeds the search string data entry
- line with whatever word of text the cursor is on when Alt-F is pressed.
- The previous search string can be retrieved with the Up Arrow.
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- o A new string-finding aid has been added; Ctrl-G (for "Goto next same
- word"). When the cursor is placed on a word and Ctrl-G is pressed, the
- editor searches the file for the next appearance of that word and
- repositions to it. Unlike Alt-F, this search will recycle to the
- beginning of the file if necessary.
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- o The cursor left-right positioning while moving up and down the screen
- is now like WordPerfect. Specifically, the cursor tries to maintain its
- original position on the line, but stays within the limits of the line.
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- o The Home and End key logic has been cleaned up. The first press
- takes the cursor to the beginning or end of the line. If the cursor was
- already there, the keystroke is ignored. The second press takes the
- cursor to the top or bottom of the current screen page. If it was
- already there, the keystroke is ignored. The third press goes to the
- beginning or end of the file. (The previous action of these keys could
- be surprising. For example, if the cursor was already at the beginning
- of the line, the first press of Home would produce the unwanted effect of
- immediately jumping up to the top of the screen page, which the user was
- not expecting until the second press.)
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- CMFiler -- Supplement 1-2
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