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SCRTCH.ALF contains: SCRTCH.BAS & MAKEFILE.BAS
DOC FOR SCRTCH.BAS
The first action by this program is to record the settings for keyboard auto-
delay (KRPDEL), left margin (LMARGN), and cursor visibility (CRSINH). These
settings are restored when quitting.
The first thing on the screen is the main menu. There are four choices:
1. A directory of any disk in drives 1-8. You may also dump the directory to a
printer. Lines 20185-20200 concern printer left margin and emphasized
printing. I use emphasized because my SG-10 will not print NLQ without
jamming. There are printer codes for the SG-10 and KX-P1080i (That may sound
like a plug for the Panasonic printer. IT IS!). If you don't want to set the
left margin or use emphasized print, just delete these lines. The rest of the
directory section is menu driven.
2. This section is the one most used. It will display each file name from the
designated disk and allow you to mark it for deletion or to skip to the next
file. If the file is locked, you will be alerted and given a choice of
deleting it or moving to the next file. You can abort the search by pressing
CONTROL-A. After you have completed the search, a list of the marked files is
displayed. You can then delete all marked files or abort. The program will
delete the files automatically with no further prompts. The screen will blank
out while deleting.
3. This section allows you to enter a series of individual file names for
deletion including wildcard names. You are warned that any file name entered
from this section will be deleted whether it is locked or not.
4. This is the prompt to quit. I have disabled the break key to avoid stopping
the program by inadvertently hitting the break key instead of the Delete/Bk Sp
key. The original settings for keyboard auto-delay rate, left margin, and
cursor visibility are restored.
MAKEFILE.BAS is a very short file that will create 22 short practice files with
every third file locked.
Ken Cox
71777,430
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