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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Copyright (read this!) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The OS/2-Commander v 0.99fb
(C) Copyright 1992-94 by Wolfgang Sarp
All rights reserved worldwide!
This software is Shareware
Nobody except me is allowed to sell this program! You're allowed to copy it,
distribute it in BBS-systems but only the complete shareware-version and NOT
for money! If you give/send this program to anybody else, you're not allowed to
take money for it!
SincethereisnooriginalNortonCommanderforOS / 2available( ok ,thereisone
,butthatreallykillsthecat[ sorryPeter ]< g > )IdecidedtowritemyownOS / 2 -
Commander .Themostfunctionsareverysimilartotheoriginal
,butsomeareabitdifferentandsomeevencan ' tbefoundinthe' original ' .
Theauthorisnotresponsibleforanydamagemadebythisprogram .Ifyoudon '
tagreewiththis ,pleasedeletetheprogramimmediatly .
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. How to use the program ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This section describes how to use the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Start ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
It's necessary to change the OS2COM.INI to your needs!
How to use the OS2COM.INI is described in this manual and in the original
OS2COM.INI delivered with the program. Every line is commented and should give
you all the help you need to understand what it does.
However, there's a section with a detailed explanation in this manual.
The OS/2-Commander should be started with the OS2C.CMD.
This is the only way to change to the current drive and directory when leaving
the program. If you don't need it (e.g. if running in a window) of course you
can run it by starting the OS2COM.EXE directly.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. The keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
CURSOR-Up/Down (or mouse) moves through the files.
CURSOR-Left/Right moves the cursor in the command line.
If the command line is empty, you can use CURSOR_Left/Right to change a
directory up/down. Use CTRL-CURSOR_Left/Right in a Brief-List.
CTRL-END moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
CTRL-HOME moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
ENTER or mouse double-klick changes into the directory the cursor is actual on,
starts a program, changes inside an archive or starts a program linked to the
extension. See OS2COM.INI for more information.
If the comand line is not empty, ENTER executes the command, ESC erases the
command line.
ALT-ENTER also starts programs, but Commander will launch a new task for it.
INSERT or right mouse button tags an entry.
SPACE tags an entry, if the command line is empty.
F1 open the Help window
F2 User menu. See OS2COM.MNU for more information.
F3 Viewer (internal or external). See OS2COM.INI for more information.
F4 Editor (internal or external). See OS2COM.INI for more information.
F5 copy a file, a number of selected files or a directory tree.
SHIFT-F5 to copy additional to the file also the entry in the FILES.BBS.
F6 rename or move a file, a number of selected files or a directory tree.
SHIFT-F6 to move additional to the file also the entry in the FILES.BBS.
F7 creates a new directory
F8 kill a file, a number of selected files or a directory tree.
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Γöé The OS/2-Commander is able to copy, move or delete a complete Γöé
Γöé directory tree! Γöé
Γöé F5, F6 or F8, with the cursor on a directory will copy, move Γöé
Γöé or delete a directory completely with all subdirectories! Γöé
Γöé So please be careful, especially when using F8 (delete)! Γöé
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SHIFT-F8 kills additional to the file also the entry in the FILES.BBS.
F9 pulldown menu
F10 or ESC to quit.
F11 open file-menu
F12 open command-menu
TAB change between left and right window.
+ (grey) select files.
- (grey) unselect files.
* invert selection
ALT-F1 change drive (left window).
ALT-F2 change drive (right window).
ALT-F3 Viewer (internal or external). See OS2COM.INI for more information.
ALT-F4 Editor (internal or external). See OS2COM.INI for more information.
ALT-F5 change to the root directory.
ALT-F6 show directory macros (currently stored pathes).
ALT-F7 starts the Find-function.
You can enter the filename to search for. If you append the parameter /a to
the filename OS/2-Commander will search for the files on all drives. Than you
can enter a text to search for in these files.
You get a list of all files that matches your search criterion and have now the
possibility to change to a drive and directory of a found file. You can also
view the files in this list, tag the files and copy, move or delete all or some
of the found files.
You can tag files with INS or SPACE. If the scrollbar in on a directory, the
selection for all files in it will be inverted. With "+" you can select all
files, "-" will deselect all files, "*" will invert the selection of all files.
ALT-F8 history window of the last 20 commands.
RETURN or left mouse button executes the command, CTRL-RETURN puts the
command to the command line.
ALT-F9 Video-mode If you've trouble with 30 or 34 lines since OS/2 2.1
March-beta try ALT-F9 to solve it.
ALT-F10 Directory-Tree
ALT-<letter> moves the cursor to the next entry starting with this letter. See
OS2COM.INI for more information.
ALT-[0-9] change to directory stored under that number
SHIFT-ALT-[0-9] store current path under that number
CTRL-F1 to CTRL-F5 sorts the active window by name, extension, date, size or
unsorted.
CTRL-F6 to switch to a number of video modes.
CTRL-F9 Diskcopy
CTRL-\ (CTRL-# on german keyboards) to switch to the root-directory
CTRL-A shows the listing of self-extracting archives.
CTRL-C kill archive coments. Works only inside a ZIP or ARJ archive.
CTRL-D switches the 'DesInfo' default. Show 4OS2/4DOS descriptions in the
DESCRIPT.ION file ON/OFF.
CTRL-E is scrolling through the command-history
CTRL-Cursor_Up can be used as a History-Search-Function similar to CTRL-E. If
you want to get back a special command out of the history you can enter the
beginning of the command and get the command back with CTRL-Cursor_Up.
CTRL-Cursor_Down like CTRL-Cursor_Up, but search backwards.
CTRL-F change file attribute, date and time.
CTRL-G switches between ascending and descending sorting
CTRL-H show hidden files on/off. Default can be defined in the OS2COM.INI.
CTRL-I switches FILES.BBS-Info. If ON the descriptions of files are shown if
there is a FILES.BBS in the current directory and the opposite window is the
Info-window. Can be turned on at default in the OS2COM.INI.
CTRL-J puts the filename under the cursor to the command line.
CTRL-K print the file
CTRL-L switches the inactiv window between 'Info' and 'Filelist'.
CTRL-N compares to directories.
CTRL-O switch of the screen (show background).
CTRL-Q Quick View (files/bytes of a directory). Works only when the cursor is
on a subdirectory.
CTRL-R re-reads the directory.
CTRL-S change setup.
CTRL-U swaps left/right panel
CTRL-V change volume label
CTRL-X is scrolling backwards through the command-history
CTRL-PgUp changes one directory up (..).
CTRL-PgDn changes one directory down.
CTRL-ENTER puts the filename under the cursor to the command line.
LeftShift-ENTER puts the current path to the command line.
RightShift-ENTER puts the current path + filename to the command line.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. The OS2COM.INI ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This section describes the OS2COM.INI
The OS2COM.INI is devided into different sections. All switches can be defined
only in the with brackets given section and are useless in any other section.
Lines beginning with a ";" are comments and are ignored.
The commands in the OS2COM.INI:
[StartUp]
ViMode 3
The video-mode OS/2-Commander shall use at startup. Possible are:
1=25, 2=28, 3=30, 4=34, 5=43, 6=50, 7=60 rows.
If the line is commented out OS/2-Commander will use the current mode.
ScrSav 1
Defines after how many minutes the screen-saver is aktivated. If 0 is used, it
is deaktivated.
NumLock Yes
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Activate NumLock at startup or not.
GIF No
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
If 'Yes' the resolution of GIF-files under the scroll bar will be shown, if the
opposite window is the Info-Window.
ShowHidden Yes
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Default value if OS/2-Commander shows hidden files or not. This can be changed
at any time with CTRL-H in the program.
LWList Full
Possible are 'Full', 'Wide', 'Large', 'Brief' or 'Info'.
This defines the outfit of the left window at program start.
RWList Info
Possible are 'Full', 'Wide', 'Large', 'Brief' or 'Info'.
This defines the outfit of the right window at program start.
LWSort Name
Possible are Name, Ext, Date, Size, Unsort
This is the default sort method for the left window. Possible methods are by
Filename, Extension, Date, Size or Unsorted.
LWPath
Defines the drive and directory the left window should start in. If none is
given, the current will be used.
RWSort Name
Possible are Name, Ext, Date, Size, Unsort
This is the default sort method for the right window. Possible methods are by
Filename, Extension, Date, Size or Unsorted.
RWPath f:\max\bink\inbound
Defines the drive and directory the right window should start in. If none is
given, the current will be used.
IntDefE Yes
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Defines which key to use for the internal and external editor. If 'Yes', F4
starts the internal editor and ALT-F4 the external editor. If 'No', ALT-F4
starts the internal editor and F4 the external editor.
IntDefV Yes
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Defines which key to use for the internal and external viewer. If 'Yes', F3
starts the internal viewer and ALT-F3 the external viewer. If 'No', ALT-F3
starts the internal viewer and F3 the external viewer.
OrigHPFS Yes
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Defines if OS/2-Commander should show the filenames on HPFS-partitions in the
same way as on FAT-partitions (directories upper-case and files lower-case) or
in their original style.
QSMove No
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Defines the behavior of the QuickSearch-function. If 'Yes' QuickSearch moves
down even if the name matches the current filename, if 'No' the scroll bar
stays at the current file as long as the search string matches the name
DesInfo No
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
'DesInfo Yes' turns on the showing of the 4OS2/4DOS descriptions in the
DESCRIPT.ION by default. The descriptions are only showed if the other panel is
the Info-Window. You can switch DesInfo within OS/2-Commander with CTRL-D.
BBSInfo No
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Defines the default value for FILES.BBS-Info. If activated the file description
of the current filename is shown, if a FILS.BBS exists in the current directory
and the opposite window is the Info-Window.
This can be changed at any time with CTRL-I in the program.
HistMax 100
I suppose not to use a value higher than 1000.
This number defines the maximum number of commands that OS/2-Commander stores.
The commands are stored in the file OS2COM.HIS when leaving the program and
will be read automatically at the next program start.
DateFor 1
Possible are '1' or '2'.
Defines the format OS/2-Commander will show a date. If '1' the european format
DDMMYY is used, if '2' the US format MMDDYY is used.
DateSep .
Defines the character that should be used as date separator.
TimeSep .
Defines the character that should be used as time separator.
ThouSep . Defines the character that should be used as thousands separator
[Keyboard]
Valid values are ALT-0 to ALT-9. Here you can put directories on the keys to
wich you can switch within the program with these keys. Within the program you
can change it with SHIFT-ALT-[0-9].
Alt-1 c:\4os2
Alt-2 g:\maximus\dos\tools
Alt-3 f:\max\squish
Alt-4 f:\max\bink\inbound
Alt-5 f:\comp\cpp\os2com
[External]
SessionStart /c /FS
This defines the parameter that OS/2-Commander should use to start a new task.
/FS means Fullscreen-Session, /c means that the task is closed after the
program finished. Type "help start" at the command line to get a detailed
explanation and more parameter.
Editor F:\OS2\QEDIT\Q.EXE
The external editor called with ALT-F4 or F4. If you use a DOS- or WPS-program
as external editor, don't give the extension!
Viewer c:\4os2\L2.EXE
The external viewer called with ALT-F3 or F3. If you use a DOS- or WPS-program
as external viewer, don't give the extension!
ExWait No
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
Wait for a keystroke after running a program or prompt command before returning
to OS/2-Commander.
TempPath C:\SPOOL
The path for temporary files. This path is also used to extract the files to
you want to view from inside an archive. This path has to be defined and must
exist, otherwise OS/2-Commander will not start!
[Colors]
In this section a lot of colours can be defined. Valid values for foreground
colours are 0 to 15, 0 to 7 for background colours.
MainFg 11
Main screen foreground colour
MainBg 1
Main screen background colour
HeadFg 14
Foreground colour for the header row (Name/Size/Date/Time).
SelIFg 14
Foreground colour for selected files.
SelIBg 1
Background colour for selected files.
ScBaFg 0
Foreground colour for the scroll bar.
ScBaBg 3
Background colour for the scroll bar.
StRoFg 0
Foreground colour for the status row.
StRoBg 3
Background colour for the status row.
MenuFg 0
Foreground colour for the Popup-menus, the User-menu and some other windows.
MenuBg 7
Background colour for the Popup-menus, the User-menu and some other windows.
MeBaFg 0
Foreground colour for the scroll bar in the Popup-menus, the User-menu and some
other menus.
MeBaBg 3
Background colour for the scroll bar in the Popup-menus, the User-menu and some
other menus.
FindFg 0
Foreground colour for the FIND-Window.
FindBg 7
Background colour for the FIND-Window.
FiBaFg 15
Foreground colour for the scroll bar in the FIND-Window.
FiBaBg 4
Background colour for the scroll bar in the FIND-Window.
TreeFg 0
Foreground colour for the TREE-Window.
TreeBg 7
Background colour for the TREE-Window.
TrBaFg 0
Foreground colour for the scroll bar in the TREE-Window.
TrBaBg 3
Background colour for the scroll bar in the TREE-Window.
ViewFg 7
Foreground colour for the internal viewer.
ViewBg 0
Background colour for the internal viewer.
HPFSDi 15
Foreground colour for directory-entries on HPFS-partitions.
[Extensions]
In this section you can define which program to start with which extension.
ENTER on a filename with one of these extensions will start the defined program
and give the filename as parameter to it.
inf: c:\os2\view
doc: F:\OS2\QEDIT\Q
txt: F:\OS2\QEDIT\Q
pcx: f:\os2\pmview\pmview
gif: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg
jpg: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg
lbm: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg
bmp: f:\os2\pmjpeg\pmjpeg
mod: D:\sound\wow\wowii
mec: f:\max\meccap
ipf: i:\toolkt21\os2bin\ipfc /INF /S
[Arcer]
This section defines which program to start for which arcer.
UNZIP: C:\TOOLS\ARC\UNZIP.EXE
The program to use to extract files from ZIP archives.
ZIP: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZIP.EXE
The program to use to add files to and delete from ZIP archives.
UNZOO: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZOO.EXE
The program to use to extract files from ZOO archives.
ZOO: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ZOO.EXE
The program to use to add files to and delete from ZOO archives.
LZH: C:\TOOLS\ARC\LH32.EXE
The program to use for LZH archives.
UNARC: C:\TOOLS\ARC\UNARJ.EXE
The program to use to extract files from ARJ archives.
ARJ: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ARJ.EXE
The program to use to add files to and delete from ARJ archives.
ARC: C:\TOOLS\ARC\ARC2.EXE
The program to use for ARC archives.
RAR: C:\TOOLS\ARC\RAR.EXE
The program to use for RAR archives.
UASSF: Yes
Possible are 'Yes' or 'No'.
UnArj Supports Single Files?
There is a version of UNARJ.EXE 2.41 available that is modified by Kerry Flint.
This version supports extraction of single files. The normal demo version by
Robert Jung doesn't! If you have this version, the OS/2 version is used for a
lot of things we had to use the DOS version before.
[AddArcer]
This section describes how to define additional arcer.
EXT: UC2
The extension of the archive files.
NAME: C:\TOOLS\ARC\UC.EXE
The arcer to call.
LIST: VS
Parameter for a listing of the archive file.
ADD: A -TST
Parameter to add files.
EXTRACT: EF
Parameter to extract files.
DELETE: D
Parameter to delete files.
BEGLIST: -->@1
After this string in the list the files are following.
The character "@" defines the end of the string respectively the beginning of
the position.
@1 = the string is found at position (column) 1 in the line,
@0 = the string is somewhere in the line.
FNAME: 1,12
The position (column) where to find the filename. Here from column 1 to column
12.
FSIZE: 15,25
The position (column) where to find the filesize. Here from column 15 to column
25.
FDATE: 28,38
The position (column) where to find the filedate. Here from column 28 to column
38.
FTIME: 41,45
The position (column) where to find the filetime. Here from column 41 to column
45.
ENDLIST: matching file@0
After this string in the list the list of files ends.
@5 = the string is found at position (column) 5 in the line,
@0 = the string is somewhere in the line.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. The OS2COM.MNU ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The OS2COM.MNU contains the User-mene that is activated with F2. It is possible
to use more than one menu. OS/2-Commander will look in the current directory
for the OS2COM.MNU, and then, if none was found, in the directory that contains
the OS2COM.EXE.
Structure of the OS2COM.MNU:
F1 : Squish Squash
f:
cd\max\squish
sq386p squash
F1: defines the key that is used to start this menu entry, the following text
is shown as Menu-text in the menu.
All other lines are normal commands like in normal batch files.
F2 : Maximus Filebase Compiler
f:
cd \max
fbp
F: Format Drive A
format a:
F9 : View Fax
cdd d:\zfax
zfaxg vf [%P]\[%F]
You can use 3 different macros in the commands.
[%F] will insert the currently highlighted file name into the command line,
[%P] the current path name,
[%D] the current drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. The OS2COM.MSG ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The OS2COM.MSG has to be in the same directory as the OS2COM.EXE.
It contains a couple of messages that OS/2-Commander will show at specific
actions or errors. It is an ENGLISH.MSG available that contains the english
messages and a DEUTSCH.MSG that contains the German messages. If you prefer the
German language rename the DEUTSCH.MSG to OS2COM.MSG.
Please do not edit the *.MSG- files!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. The Screen-Saver ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The screen saver is automaticaly activated after the number of minutes without
pressing a key defined on the OS2COM.INI. If defined as 0, the screen saver is
not activated. You can activate the screen saver immediately if you move the
mouse cursor to the upper right corner. If the mouse cursor is in the lower
left corner the screen saver is deactivated.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7. Archive-Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The OS/2-Commander has an integrated Archive-Viewer.
Archives are showed like normal directories. Inside an archive you can view,
copy, move and delete files. It can handle the archive types ZIP, LHZ, ARJ,
ZOO, ARC, SQZ and RAR and the self-extracting archives of ZIP, LZH and ARJ.
With a definition in the OS2COM.INI it is possible to use every other arcer.
The following programs are needed to use the archive-viewer:
ARJ: "ARJ.EXE" from Robert K. Jung and the OS/2-version "UNARJ.EXE".
The OS/2-version is only used for unpacking if you want to unpack all files and
didn't give them a target directory. That's because UNARJ don't support any
interesting command line switches. Otherwise ARJ (DOS) will be used.
LZH: LH/2 from Peter Fitzsimmons (OS/2-version).
ZIP: The above defined programs ZIP/UNZIP for OS/2 from InfoZip.
ARC: The OS/2-version 6.0 "ARC2.EXE" from SEA.
ZOO: The OS/2-version 2.1 with above defined name from Rahul Dhesi.
SQZ: The DOS-version 1.08.3 from J. Hammarberg.
RAR: The DOS-version 1.51 from Eugene Roshal.
The OS/2-Commander will detect archives files with a different than the
standard-extension. When pressing ENTER e.g. on a ZIP-file with the extension
".SA0" OS2COM will detect a ZIP-archive and start the archive-viewer.
To get full advantage of the archive functions you have to configure the arcer
in the OS2COM.INI!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. How to register ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This section describes how to register the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. from outside Germany ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This program is Shareware! Not public domain and not Freeware!
If you want to use it for more than 30 days, you have to pay for it!
If you don't register, you're not allowed to use the program for more than 30
days!
After that time you have to register or delete the program!
REGISTERING
Send me or my bank US $30 or more for private use, US $50 for a commercial use.
I also accept cheques made out in your currency, but I prefer them made out in
DM (German Mark).
If you are resident in a country of the european union (EU) you can of course
send me an Euro-Check made out in DM, or cash (DM). Then the price is the same
as for a registration from inside Germany.
If you trust the post you can send the money cash (no coins!) in a letter
(perhaps a registered letter). That saves me a lot of fees for a cheque in a
foreign currency or you the fee for a cheque in DM or a bank transfer. I accept
foreign currency, all I want is an amount of about US $30, but don't send me
coins! I can not exchange them.
Wolfgang Sarp
Paul-von-Schoenaichstr. 21
23858 Reinfeld
Germany
Account No. 111 038 651
Bank 230 516 10
Kreissparkasse Stormarn / Reinfeld
Fido: 2:240/5355
Internet: Wolfgang_Sarp@sandburg.fido.de
CompuServe: 100342,207
If you have a FIDO nodenumber or a CompuServe address I will contact you when I
received the money and send you your key crash (Fido) or by CISMail.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. from inside Germany ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This program is Shareware! Not public domain and not Freeware!
If you want to use it for more than 30 days, you have to pay for it!
If you don't register, you're not allowed to use the final version for more
than 30 days!
After that time you have to register or delete the program!
REGISTERING
Send me or my bank DM 30,- or more. I also accept cheques.
If you trust the post you can send the money cash (perhaps a registered
letter). If you have a FIDO nodenumber or a CompuServe address I will contact
you when I received the money and send you your key crash (Fido) or by CISMail.
If you have a point-number, I will put it on Hold and you can get it from my
system. If you want to receive the key-file and the latest version on disk
send me additional DM 10,- or an addressed and prepayed (frankierten!) envelope
together with a diskette.
Wolfgang Sarp
Paul-von-Schoenaichstr. 21
23858 Reinfeld
Germany
Account No. 111 038 651
Bank 230 516 10
Kreissparkasse Stormarn / Reinfeld
Fido: 2:240/5355
Internet: Wolfgang_Sarp@sandburg.fido.de
CompuServe: 100342,207
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. from the former USSR and Eastern Bloc ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
I know you guys don't have much money, that's why you don't need to pay for the
program. Until further notice you're explicitly allowed to use it for more than
30 days without registering. However, if you can afford it, I would also
appreciate your payment. If not, maybe you could send me something else?
Something that you can afford, perhaps a bottle of your famous wine, even if
it's only a nice postcard.
If you would like to receive a keyfile on a diskette, send me a letter with a
diskette and I'll put your key and the newest version on it and send it back to
you.
However, if you want to use the OS/2-Commander without any restrictions for
more than 30 days, you need a key.
This offer refers exclusive to user in countries of the former Eastern Bloc,
like Ex-USSR, Ex-Yugoslavia, Romania.
Wolfgang Sarp
Paul-von-Schoenaichstr. 21
23858 Reinfeld
Germany
Account No. 111 038 651
Bank 230 516 10
Kreissparkasse Stormarn / Reinfeld
Fido: 2:240/5355
Internet: Wolfgang_Sarp@sandburg.fido.de
CompuServe: 100342,207
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Problems and know bugs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This section describes known problems and how to solve them.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Program termination / SYS3175 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Sometimes OS/2-Commander terminates without any message or with SYS3175 when
working inside an archive, e.g. when trying to view or copy a file, or when
starting the external viewer or editor. This seems to be a memory problem, no
specific rules to reproduces this could be found yet.
You can solve/avoid the problem by defining the name of the archiv programs or
the viewer/editor without the exetension. Then a different function to start
the external arcer is used and the problem will not occur.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. External editor/viewer doesn't work ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you define a DOS- or WPS program as your external editor or viewer, you have
to strip the extension from the definition!
If you define the program with extension, a different and much faster method to
start the program is used, but this doesn't work with DOS programs or programs
running on the WPS. Strip the extension and it will work.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. What's new with this version ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
News and changes in version 0.99
- CTRL-ENTER no longer inserts spaces to the command line and it now inserts
the name at the current cursor position ein and is not simply appending to the
command line.
- In ZIP, LZH, ARJ, ARC, ZOO and RAR archives it is now possible to edit files
with F4/ALT-F4. This can cause problems if the file you want to edit is in a
subdirectory of the archive.
- New switch HistMax in the OS2COM.INI (section [StartUp]).
e.g. HistMax 100
I suppose not to use a value higher than 1000.
This number defines the maximum number of commands that OS/2-Commander stores.
The commands are stored in the file OS2COM.HIS when leaving the program and
will be read automatically at the next program start. This means that the
history now is permanent. Additional to ALT-F8 the History-Window can now be
called with CTRL-F8. With that the complete history is compared with the
current command line and only these commands that matches with the command line
will be shown. In principle this is like CTRL-Cursor_Up, but as a list.
Hi Ralph,t his new function is dedicated to Eileen, your 4 weeks old daughter!
Congratulations to you and your wife.
- CTRL-X scrolls backwards through the history.
- CTRL-Cursor_Down searches backwards through the history.
- Added support for the arcer RAR.
For it there is a new line 'RAR:' in the INI (section [Arcer]).
e.g. 'RAR: c:\tools\arc\rar.exe'.
- 'Wide'- 'Large'- and 'Brief'- filelist implemented.
Therefore the parameters for 'LWList' and 'RWList' in the OS2COM.INI changed.
Instead of 'Yes' and 'No' now you have to use 'Full', 'Wide', 'Large', 'Brief'
and 'Info'.
- New switch 'DesInfo' in the OS2COM.INI (section [StartUp]).
'DesInfo Yes' turns on the showing of the 4OS2/4DOS descriptions in the
DESCRIPT.ION by default. The descriptions are only showed if the other panel is
the Info-Window. You can switch DesInfo within OS/2-Commander with CTRL-D.
- Full support for 4OS2/4DOS descriptions. OS/2-Commander will copy, move and
delete them together with a file.
- On Novell-system OS/2-Commander sometimes did not show all directories. This
is fixed.
- Enhanced Sysop/FILES.BBS support. SHIFT-F5/SHIFT-F6 will copy or move
additionally to the file also the entry in the FILES.BBS.
- In the History window you can delete commands with DEL.
- added Help with F1 in the viewer and FIND window.
- Command line and Usermenu now is also available inside an archive.
- PKZIP-support removed. To zip and unzip files you need Info-ZIP's UnZip and
ZIP.
- Now you can select/deselect files with the SPACE bar if the command line is
empty.
- new switch for the Find-Function.
With /S added to the filename you want to search, OS/2-Commander will search
only in the current directory and it's subdirectories, not the complete drive.
- CTRL-N (or via menu) compares to directories.
- In MNU-Files you can use comments only if the ";" is the first character of
that line.
valid is:
; This is a comment line
not valid is:
F1: OS2SCAN /S ; start virus scanner
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. How to contact me ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Wolfgang Sarp
Paul-von-Schoenaichstr. 21
23858 Reinfeld
Germany
Fido: 2:240/5355
Internet: Wolfgang_Sarp@sandburg.fido.de
CompuServe: 100342,207
BBS: ++49-4533-5003 8,N,1 (19K2 ZyX)
Fax: ++49-4533-5003
Feel free to send me your comments, bugs and wishes. I can't garantee to answer
every letter and every message, but I read and think about all of them.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. WANTED! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
I'm looking for a temporary (perhaps 1 or 2 years) job in the USA, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand or South Africa!
Not absolutely as a programmer, I studied information business at the Business
Academy of Schleswig-Holstein and would also appreciate a job in this branch of
business.
I would appreciate any help from people in these countries or from companies in
Germany that have contacts, a parent company, affiliated company or a branch in
one of these countries!
If there's anybody who can help me, please contact me!
Thank you very much in advance.
Wolfgang Sarp, June 1994