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4EDIT USER'S GUIDE
DECEMBER 1990
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| ____|__ | Association of
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|___|___| MEMBER
Iram J. Weinstein
XD SYSTEMS
1014 SHIPMAN LANE
MCLEAN, VA 22101
CONTENTS
Limited Warranty 1
Background 2
4EDIT Usage 2
Regarding Registration 3
4EDIT Version History 4
4ZIP/4UNZIP 5
Software Registration Form and Order 6
LIMITED WARRANTY
XD Systems warrants the physical diskette enclosed herein
to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period
of 60 days from the date of purchase. In the event of notification
within the warranty period of defects in material or workmanship,
XD Systems will replace the defective diskette.
XD Systems specifically disclaims all other warranties,
express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties
of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no
event shall XD Systems be liable for any loss of profit or any
other commercial damage, including but not limited to special,
incidental, consequential or other damages arising out of the use,
the result of use, or inability to use this product.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does
not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
to the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send
a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
4DOS is a trademark of J.P. Software. PKZip and PKUnzip are
trademarks of PKWare. 4EDIT and all the files and document-
ation distributed with it are copyright 1990 by Iram J. Weinstein.
All rights reserved.
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4EDIT User's Guide
Copyright (C) 1990
I. J. Weinstein
A.BACKGROUND
In 1988, I wrote and distributed a shareware program, XDIR,
which was one of the first DOS directory programs to attach a
comment to each file. When I first saw 4DOS, I loved it, but
I wanted to have the same sort of full-screen editor for directory
comments (or, in 4DOS terms, Descriptions) that I had in XDIR.
4EDIT provides this feature. I think you will find it very
useful. Its good practice to comment your files, and often its
handy to see the descriptions attached to other files, while you
are writing a new one.
4EDIT reads the DESCRIPT.ION files produced by 4DOS and
allows you to modify them, or creates a new file if 4DOS has
not already provided one. You should know that the DESCRIPT.ION
file is a hidden file. You will not see it in the DOS directory
unless you change the file attribute or use the 4DOS DIR /h
option.
B. 4EDIT USAGE
4EDIT Usage is:
4EDIT [d:][path][filespec] [+ filespec] [+..]
A directory display similar to that of SELECT will appear
showing all of the files meeting any of the filespecs. This
use of include lists is identical to the 4DOS 3.0 DIR and
SELECT usage. Note that only the first argument in an include
list can have a pathname; subsequent arguments default to the
same path.
You can cursor around the screen using <Up>, <Dn>, <PgUp>,
<PgDn>, <Ctrl-PgUp> and <Ctrl-PgDn>. At any row, you can start
typing. This will automatically start the EDIT mode, and a
cursor will appear. Typing will start at the beginning of the
description in Insert mode. The editor is WordStar compatible
and also supports the following:
<Esc> Quit without saving
<Enter> End edit. Save changed Descriptions
<PgUp> Cursor back one screen
<PgDn> Cursor forward one screen
<Ctrl-PgUp> Cursor to top of first screen
<Ctrl-PgDn> Cursor to end of last screen
<Left> Cursor left one character
<Right> Cursor right one character
<CtrlLeft> Cursor left one word
<CtrlRight> Cursor right one word
<Home> Cursor to beginning of line
<End> Cursor to end of line
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<Del> Delete character at cursor
<Bksp> Delete character to left of cursor
<CtrlEnd> Delete to end of line
<CtrlY>,<CtrlX> Delete entire line
<CtrlHome> Delete from beginning of line
<CtrlT> Delete word to right of cursor
<CtrlR> Restore original contents of line
<Ins> Toggle INSERT on and off. Thin cursor
indicates overwrite mode; thicker
cursor indicates insert mode (default).
C. REGARDING REGISTRATION
4EDIT is ShareWare. The law requires that if you use this
program, you must register and obtain a license for it.
The registration fee is $15.
Registered users will be notified of upgrades to 4EDIT as
they are released, and will receive the latest version of the
program. Online help is available through CompuServe, by
EasyPlex. Help is also available by mail. I will try to answer
all letters within 48 hours. Non-registered users must include
a SASE for a reply. The degree of help available to non-registered
users is purely discretionary. Registrations and inquiries should
be sent to:
Iram J. Weinstein
XD Systems
1014 Shipman Lane
McLean, VA 22101
Voice (703) 821-3215
CIS 70741,3711
A registration form is included at the end of this manual.
Commercial use of 4EDIT without payment of the registration
fee is prohibited. Site licenses are available for users with
multiple machines. Please contact me for information.
The program and its associated documentation are the
copyrighted property of the author. Non-commercial users
are granted the right to use copy and share 4EDIT with the
following conditions:
Shareware distributors and Users Groups may charge a
nominal fee for copying and distributing this program
and Bulletin Board Systems may likewise carry it. Any
distribution of 4EDIT must include without alteration only the
files 4EDIT.EXE and 4EDIT.TXT, unchanged. Permission is
also given for electronic distribution of archived versions of
these files on electronic bulletin boards.
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D. 4EDIT VERSION HISTORY
Ver 0.90 (Beta Test) 12/01/89
This is the original release. It used batch files to drive
4edit and could only run under 4DOS.
Ver 0.91 (Beta Test) 12/20/89
4EDIT now stands alone, and can be run under DOS.
Ver 0.92 (Beta Test) 1/18/90
Corrected error causing highlighted row to blink on some machines.
Modified so that EDIT function is always active.
Correct command line parser so that C: ==> C:*.*
and ABC ==> ABC\*.* if ABC is a directory but ABC.* otherwise.
Ver 0.93 (Beta Test) 2/04/90
This is mostly bug cleanup.
1. Entering the editor with a right arrow positioned the cursor
to the second character of an existing description, but to the
first character of an empty description. Fixed to always go to
the first character position.
2. Cursor size in Insert mode made larger and easier to
distinguish from overstrike mode.
3. 4EDIT lost descriptions on some files in big directories. Now
fixed.
4. Use of wildcard symbols * and ? changed to match 4DOS extended
features.
5.Ver 0.92 tried to correct command line parser so that
C: ==> C:*.* and ABC ==> ABC\*.* if ABC is a directory but
ABC.* otherwise. Got it right this time!
6. The default state of the editor is insert mode. This used to be
reset on each line. Now 4EDIT remembers if you toggle insert mode
and starts the next line in the state you left it.
Version 1.0 3/11/90
First public release
Version 1.01 3/21/90
Minor changes in documentation.
Version 1.02 4/01/90
Changed file access to run on networks reliably.
Added name and serial number on registered copies.
Version 1.03 6/10/90
Modified to correct for 4DOS 3.0 quirk. Entries in DESCRIPT.ION
are sometimes delimited by LF instead of CRLF. Earlier versions
of 4EDIT misread these lines.
Version 1.04 8/03/90
Added Error Messages for Drive unready and Disk write-protected.
4EDIT a: is now equivalent to 4EDIT a:*.*
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Version 1.05 10/21/90
A problem with include lists that caused the same file to be selected
more than once has been corrected. For example, 4EDIT *.txt+4*.txt
would show the file 4zip.txt twice.
Many users have complained about my use of ENTER to mean EXIT. So I
have changed the key usage as follows:
F10 - Exit 4EDIT, saving all Description changes.
ENTER - Same as cursor down
Esc - If current line has been edited, restore it to original.
Otherwise, Exit 4Edit without saving changes.
The cursor is now ON at all times.
In addition, you can now copy the description from one line,
using CTRL-C, and paste it into another line, using CTRL-P.
Version 1.06 12/02/90
4EDIT would hang up if used on a directory that contained
only subdirectories. Now fixed.
E. 4ZIP/4UNZIP
Also take a look at 4ZIP and 4UNZIP. These are also
utilities for use with 4DOS. These programs are shells that
use the PKWare programs PKZIP and PKUNZIP. They provide a
facility for ZIPping and UNZIPping selected files along with
the 4DOS directory comments. Both provide a full screen SELECT
screen, allowing you to easily pick the files to enter or
remove from the ZIP file. The 4ZIP/4UNZIP package is shareware,
available on Bulletin Boards and from shareware distributors.
Registration is $15. See the order form at the end of this
manual.
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SOFTWARE REGISTRATION FORM AND ORDER
Check all that apply:
[ ] 4EDIT registration _____ @ $15.00
[ ] 4ZIP/4UNZIP registration _____ @ $15.00
TOTAL ENCLOSED: $______
If you already have copies of the programs you are
ordering , where were they obtained?
[ ]CompuServe [ ]Friend [ ]Employer [ ]BBS ______________________
[ ]ShareWare Distributor ________________________________________
Payment is by check[ ] or money order[ ] (Sorry - no COD or charges)
NAME ___________________________________________
COMPANY ___________________________________________
ADDRESS ___________________________________________
CITY ___________________________________________
STATE __________________________ZIP _____________
Send your registration form and payment to:
XD Systems
1014 Shipman Lane
McLean, VA 22101
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