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- This file was prepared from an outline devised by Nelson Ford, for
- the Public (Software) Library.
-
-
- program name: DIREDIT
- version num.: 3.01 date: 11/8/89
-
- Author: Peter R. Fletcher
- Address: 1515 West Montgomery Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010
-
- Telephone support is available to registered users.
-
-
- Requirements
- r = minimum required s = supported/optional n = not supported
- - = not applicable
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- Computer Memory Monitor Printer Input Device
- (*) Any MSDOS (_) 64k (r) Any (-) Any (r) any kybd
- (s) PC (_) 128k (_) CGA (_) Dot Mtrx. (-) 12 fkeys
- (s) PCjr (r) 256k (_) EGA (_) Laser (n) Mouse
- (s) PC-AT (_) 512k (_) Mono (_) Graphics (-) Joystick
- (_) AT&T 6300 (_) 640k (_) Herc (_) Color (-) Digitiz.
- (s) 99% Compat. (_) >640k ________ (_) Pin Feed (_) ________
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-
- # Drives Modem Software DOS Experience
- (s) 5.25" (-) 300 (-) BASIC (n) 1.x (_) None
- (s) 3.5" (-) 1200 (-) GW-BASIC (r) 2.x (r) Beginning
- (s) 1.2 meg. (-) 2400 (-) ANSI.SYS (s) 3.x (_) Moderate
- (s) Hard dsk. (-) 4800 (_) ________ (_) ______ (_) Expert
- (*) RAM disk (-) 9600 (_) ________ (_) ______ (_) _________
-
- Other: * This version of the program will operate on many RAMdisks
- but some may not be compatible with it, even with the use of the
- (supplied) VALIDATE program. Only one (hard or floppy) disk drive
- is required to run the program.
-
- Program Description
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- Purpose: DIREDIT allows MS-DOS directories to be rearranged for
- increased convenience and/or efficiency. Individual files may be
- move around and/or the entire directory can be reordered.
-
- Features: DIREDIT allows you to "edit" MS-DOS directories. There
- are a number of programs, some in the public domain, others
- available as components of commercial utility packages (e.g. the
- Norton Utilities (TM)), which allow directories to be sorted in
- various ways (by filename, by file type ("extension"), by
- modification date, by size), but DIREDIT also allows the user to
- specify an arbitrary order and/or to move individual directory
- entries around at will. DIREDIT also displays the directory in a
- very compact manner, with up to 80 file-names visible on the
- screen at once, but allows you to see the full file description
- for any entry simply by moving a cursor to the name. The order in
- which subdirectories and files are listed in the directory is the
- order in which DOS searches through them (when asked to find a
- data file or executable program). It follows from this that
- programs and data files will be accessed fastest if they appear at
- the top of the directory listing of the subdirectory in which they
- are found, and also that subdirectories (especially those which
- are specified in your PATH command) should, for fast access, be at
- the top of the directory listing. On the other hand, many people
- find it easier to find a file that they are searching for if the
- directory is sorted in some other way. DIREDIT can be used for
- both purposes - arranging directories on disk for efficient access
- and then resorting them temporarily on the screen when searching
- for a file without (necessarily) saving the resorted directory to
- disk. The DIREDIT package includes full on-disk documentation and
- on-line help.
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