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- This file was prepared from an outline devised by Nelson Ford, for
- the Public (Software) Library.
-
-
- program name: DIREDIT
- version num.: 1.51 date: 8/1/86
-
- Author: Peter R. Fletcher
- Address: 1515 West Montgomery Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010
-
- Telephone support is available to registered users.
-
-
- Requirements
- r = minimum required s = supported/optional n = not supported
- - = not applicable
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- Computer Memory Monitor Printer Input Device
- (*) Any MSDOS (_) 64k (r) Any (-) Any (r) any kybd
- (s) PC (_) 128k (_) CGA (_) Dot Mtrx. (-) 12 fkeys
- (s) PCjr (r) 256k (_) EGA (_) Laser (n) Mouse
- (s) PC-AT (_) 512k (_) Mono (_) Graphics (-) Joystick
- (_) AT&T 6300 (_) 640k (_) Herc (_) Color (-) Digitiz.
- (s) 99% Compat. (_) >640k ________ (_) Pin Feed (_) ________
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-
- # Drives Modem Software DOS Experience
- (s) 5.25" (-) 300 (-) BASIC (n) 1.x (_) None
- (*) 3.5" (-) 1200 (-) GW-BASIC (r) 2.x (r) Beginning
- (s) 1.2 meg. (-) 2400 (r) ANSI.SYS (s) 3.x (_) Moderate
- (*) Hard dsk. (-) 4800 (_) ________ (_) ______ (_) Expert
- (*) RAM disk (-) 9600 (_) ________ (_) ______ (_) _________
-
- Other: * This version of the program will operate on 5.25" floppy
- disks and on 100% IBM compatible hard disks. The version sent to
- registered users will operate on most MS-DOS compatible hardware.
- Only one (hard or floppy) disk drive is required to run the
- program.
-
- Program Description
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- Purpose: DIREDIT allows MS-DOS directories to be rearranged for
- increased convenience and/or efficiency. Individual files may be
- move around and/or the entire directory can be reordered.
-
- Features: DIREDIT allows you to "edit" MS-DOS directories. There
- are a number of programs, some in the public domain, others
- available as components of commercial utility packages (e.g. the
- Norton Utilities (TM)), which allow directories to be sorted in
- various ways (by filename, by file type ("extension"), by
- modification date, by size), but DIREDIT is (as far as I know) the
- only one which also allows the user to specify an arbitrary order
- and/or to move individual directory entries around at will.
- DIREDIT also displays the directory in a very compact manner, with
- up to 80 file-names visible on the screen at once, but allows you
- to see the full file description for any entry simply by moving a
- cursor to the name. The order in which subdirectories and files are
- listed in the directory is the order in which DOS searches through
- them (when asked to find a data file or executable program). It
- follows from this that programs and data files will be accessed
- fastest if they appear at the top of the directory listing of the
- subdirectory in which they are found, and also that subdirectories
- (especially those which are specified in your PATH command)
- should, for fast access, be at the top of the directory listing.
- On the other hand, many people find it easier to find a file that
- they are searching for if the directory is sorted in some other
- way. DIREDIT can be used for both purposes - arranging directories
- on disk for efficient access and then resorting them temporarily
- on the screen when searching for a file without (necessarily)
- saving the resorted directory to disk. The DIREDIT package
- includes full on-disk documentation and on-line help.
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