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- PUFF - a Pop-Up File Facility
- David Mitchell
-
- Version 3.05D of PUFF:
- - ensure file closed after pasting (prevents hangs due to
- consumption of all file handles
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- Changes in Version 3.05C:
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- - fix bug causing repeat search to fail when tabs being expanded
- - fix features of "DOSEDIT" line recall
- - fix bug causing hangs on repeated entry to file browse
- - fix bug causing hangs when pasting at the DOS prompt
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- Changes in Version 3.05B:
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- - popup logic restructured (again!)
- - issue message if copy fails (eg not enough room)
- - fix bug when scrolling right over multiple tabs
- - ensure current PUFF directory name shown on main menu
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- Changes in Version 3.05A:
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- - fix bug causing initial sort to be ignored if initvu option specified
- - fix bug causing hangs when PSRD used with T or PUFF
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- Changes in Version 3.05:
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- - Enhanced keyboard problems removed (PUFF interfered with some
- attempts to determine if enhanced keyboard BIOS was present)
- - the algorithm used to establish position when going up the
- directory tree is much improved
- - the date/time of a file copy can be either as Old (i.e. same as
- original file) or Now (i.e. current DOS time)
- - garbage at foot of "Set Initial View Options" menu has been
- removed
-
- Changes in Version 3.04B:
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- - add GOTO command in ASCII file browse
- - fix bug when erase fails (went into Rename code)
- - force redisplay of filename after search when not zoomed
- - correct help display when F1 pressed during entry of search string
- - fix bugs when scrolling back and cursor not on top line
- (e.g. PgUp when on line 3 didn't move back to line 1)
- - add MOVE option to popup menu in directory browse
- - fix date/time separator problem with DOS 2
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- Changes in Version 3.04:
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- - fix bugs in selection of default directory
- - add date/time format options to Initial View Options menu
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- Changes in Version 3.03:
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- - fix bugs affecting current directory setting
- - fix bug causing problems when file read errors occured
- - fix bug causing problems with Jack Botner's DL
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- The following new features were added:
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- - attempts to paste or view zero-size files result in an error message
- - rename target may be just a drive or directory, in which case
- the source filename/extension is used
- - after an attempt to browse an empty directory, PUFF will
- return to the last non-empty directory viewed
- - scroll arrows on the command menus indicate when more commands
- exist beyond the top or bottom ones shown
- - new Move option on directory menu allows simpler moving of files
- - support for YY/MM/DD directory format
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- Changes in Version 3.02:
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- - fix bug causing problems in ASCII search
- - fix bug preventing characters below x'09' being displayed
- in text mode
- - fix bug causing problems with date/time display under DOS 2
- - fix bug causing <DIR> to appear when file copied
-
- Changes in Version 3.01:
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- - bug causing Alt-Z not to be recognised as a hot-key
- - bug causing unknown commands in hex file browse to do a zoom
- - bug in command menu handling preventing letter keys being recognised
- - bug causing hang after certain I/O error
- - bug causing bad time/date separators for DOS 2.0
- - bug causing loop if file error immediately on popping up
- - bug causing garbled directory display when no files found
- - bug causing hang when tabs are expanded
- - bug preventing INITVU option going direct to file browse
- - bug preventing line being cleared initially when getting input
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- The following new features were added:
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- - Right arrow treated as Enter on all menus
- - Left arrow treated as Esc on all menus
- - Home/End/PgUp/PgDn recognised on command menus
- - EBCDIC searching works properly (/ converts string to EBCDIC
- and case insensitivity works properly)
-
- PUFF Version 3 is a MAJOR rewrite of PUFF with quite a lot of new
- function. Highlights of the new version include:
-
- General Changes:
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- - support for larger screens (43-line etc)
- - some support for enhanced keyboards
- - all PUFFSET customising functions now included
- - PUFF now always pops up on the current DOS screen
- (can't force Mono anymore)
- - PUFF no longer supports 40-column screens
- - it's got bigger!
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- Directory Browse:
-
- - new popup menu of commands via "?"
- - attributes can be shown (instead of size)
- - sorting is almost twice as fast
- - new commands allow copy, erase and rename of files
- (and rename of directories and moving of files)
- - can now switch directly to another directory via 'N' command
- - customise options menus available directly via 'O' command
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- File Browse:
-
- - new popup menu of commands via "?"
- - can now switch directly to another file via 'N' command
- - customise options menus available directly via 'O' command
- - searching and browsing are almost twice as fast
- - search string can always be entered in hex or text
- and search can be case sensitive or not as required
- - in text mode, the cursor moves as in a normal editor
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- General Information
-
- PUFF is a directory and file browser which pops up on demand.
- It runs under DOS 2 or 3 on any model PC and will work on both
- Mono and Color adapters.
-
- Quick Hints (for those who never read the Manual!)
-
- 1. install PUFF by typing PUFF
- or get help by typing PUFF ?
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- 2. pop up PUFF by pressing Alt-D
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