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* CMFiler -- Version 5.34b *
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Changes Since Version 5.22:
The following features have been added or improved since Version 5.22, in
reverse chronological order:
o In trying other archive utilities in response to recent
requests from users, I have discovered that CMFiler has always
(accidently) supported LHA and ARJ, and perhaps others in
addition to the PKWare utilities, simply because they all use
the same syntax in the command line, namely:
archiver options archivefile file1[,file2,[...]]
To clarify that other archivers may be supported by the Zip and
Unzip commands in the main module, I have revised the help
screen and the F10 user-definition screen. CMFiler still
defaults to PKZIP and PKUNZIP unless otherwise specified.
However, if you want to use ARJ or LHA instead, press Shift-F10
from the main screen, and change both the fields "Compress = "
and " Extract = " to read "ARJ.EXE" or "LHA.EXE". Add the path
to these file specs if ARJ/LHA is not on a path in the DOS path
environment. Also make the "Compress Options = " line read "a"
(this is both ARJ's and LHA's way of knowing you want to add or
create a .ARJ or .LZH archive file), and the " Extract Options
= " line read "x" (for extract). (Command line option
parameters are necessary with ARJ and LHA because, unlike the
PKWare utilities which have separate compression and extraction
programs, the same program does both functions.)
Use of LHA or ARJ by this facility is the same as use of the
PKWare utilities. To compress, put the directory where you
want the archive file to be created or added to in one panel
and tag the archive file to be added to (if it exists); set up
the other panel with the directory of the files to be archived,
and optionally tag them (if none are tagged, the command line
parameter defaults to *.*); press Z, check and edit the command
line paramters if desired, and press Enter.
Extraction is easier. Set up the target panel in the directory
you want the extracted files to go, put the cursor on the
archive file, press U, check the command line parameters, and
press Enter. (5.34b)
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o The naming convention for backup files, created with the
command B in the main module, has been changed so that the
backup file will appear closer alphabetically to the original
file. If the original file has a three character extension,
the third character will be replaced with a tilde (~; ASCII
126). If the extension has less than three characters, it will
be padded with one or two exclamation points (!; ASCII 33), so
that the third character can be a tilde. (5.34a)
o When creating appended files (ie, Alt-tagging several files
followed by the command C to copy to the target, or B to copy
to the source), a default appended file name will be generated
(name of the first file in the append list plus extension APF),
but the user may edit that name before the file is created.
(5.34a)
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o In the tree module, while the cursor is in the file list during
a Show files or Goto file command, several commands are
available for disk cleanup that mimic commands in the main
module. Files may optionally be tagged with T or Spacebar, and
then deleted individually (if no tags are set) or as a group
with the D (soft) or Ctrl-D (hard) delete command. The command
A (tagAll) clears any tags set, or sets all tags, as in the
main module. (5.34)
o In the editor, the keypad map to the cursor movement functions
is now independent of Num Lock. Shift-Up/Down Arrow moves to
top/bottom of current video page. Gray+/Gray- function the
same as Alt-Plus/Alt-Minus, toggling the delimiter and bottom
displays. (5.34)
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o Navigation and file-finding in the tree module was revised to
follow the "G" and "Alt-G" conventions of the main module:
(5.33b)
- G ("Goto file") has replaced "F" as the file-finder
command. Pressing "G" commences a filename search, and as each
letter in the filename search string is typed, the tree and
file list dynamically adjust to highlight the matches and
position the cursor to the directory with the first match.
Mode is toggled off with G, Alt-G or Esc.
- Alt-G ("Goto directory") commences a directory name search
in the same fashion. As each letter of the search string is
tpyed, the matches are highlighted dynamically and the display
is adjusted so that the topmost match is show. Mode sets for
both panels, and stays until G, Alt-G or Esc is pressed.
CMFiler -- Addendum 1-2
o An anomaly was fixed to let the directory be re-read in its
"natural" DOS order after switching to Order mode 7. (5.33b)
o An anomaly was fixed which prevented CF from checking the
CF_TRASH.CAN directory on execution. (5.33a)
o A workaround was devised for an anomaly in the directory
structure of some netware, that prevented CF from navigating
back through the parent subdirectory in the main module.
(5.33a)
o The ZIP feature was revised to permit the use of either normal
or Alt-tags to denote which files to decompress. (5.33)
o The following improvements were made to the editor: (5.33)
- The notation of typeover/insert mode and wrap/no wrap mode
has been shortened and moved to the upper right corner of the
screen. It stays on the screen when the lower information area
is blanked.
- On color monitors, the lower five lines of text (which
become the top five lines on PgDn) are in red vice white, to
distinguish this area from the "active" video page (the top 20
lines), and to help the eye find its place in the text during
scrolling.
- The exit defaults after editing have been adjusted so that
most users will be able to answer the three questions with
three strokes of the Enter key most of the time. (Yes, save
this edit; No, don't reuse the date/time stamp from the
original file; No, don't save the original file as *.BKP).
- You may switch from View mode to Edit mode within the
editor, with the combination Alt-S(witch mode).
o In the tree module, on the Show files screen, Enter views the
file (same convention as main module), and Shift-Enter returns
to the main module with the cursor on that file name. (5.33)
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o The I/O buffer clearing featur