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- LIST Version 9.0h WHAT'S NEW Feb 23, 1994
-
- New Command Line Switches
- -------------------------
-
- /? displays LIST usage information
-
- /B tells LIST to use the BIOS for displaying data.
-
- /D forces display of the File Selection menu for the specified files,
- e.g. *.TXT for only .TXT files; a filespec must be supplied.
- /E tells LIST to begin displaying the files at the end of each file
- instead of at the beginning.
- /K disables the mouse. Both the /M and /K mouse options are clonable.
- /Q toggles sounding of beeps and bells; same function as the alt-Q
- command.
- /V causes a verify function to be performed after any Copy or Move
- function
-
- /4 places LIST into 43/50 display mode; this requires an EGA or VGA
- display adapter.
-
- | /1 places LIST Enhanced into 132-column mode
- | /C for LIST Enhanced, lock columns on left side
- | /N for LIST Enhanced, lock first file lines on top
-
- /Ttext searches all files immediately for the 'text' and is case
- sensitive. The /Ftext or /Ttext parameter must be the last on the
- command line. Both cannot be used at one time.
-
- /Ftext begins a text search through all selected files now invokes the
- Find function which is NOT case sensitive.
-
- /#nnnnnn supplies the record number from which the display is to begin.
-
- - The /L, /W, /M, /S, and /J command line switches now allow for
- disabling the function (in case LIST was cloned with the option on).
- To do this, add a minus sign, e.g. /-W or /W- will set wrap off. The
- B, D, and Q switches are toggles. That is, specifying them reverses
- the default (or cloned setting).
-
- New Operational Features
- ------------------------
-
- - the program files are LISTS.COM (small), LISTR.COM (regular), and
- LIST.COM (plus).
-
- - The LIST environment variable tells LIST where to place temporary
- files for the ViewArc and archive extraction functions, e.g.
-
- SET LIST=C:\TEMP
-
- - All DEBUG offsets and information have been replaced by a new
- program called LISTOPT which is used to set defaults and options.
- LISTOPT is available to registered and licensed users only.
-
- | - The unregistered version of LIST Plus does not support network drives.
-
-
- LIST Version 9.0h WHAT'S NEW Feb 21, 1994
-
- - The maximum "logical" record size has been increased from 910 to 2048.
-
- - A second Help screen is now available in the Plus version which shows
- all of the Ctrl- and cursor key functions
-
- - An improvement in speed is available when all filter options are set
- off. Use alt-Z to display the toggles on the bottom line. An option
- is off when its corresponding letter, e.g. 'J' for alt-J junk filter
- or 'T' for the alt-T tab expansion filter, is in lower case.
-
- - The Viewarc function now assumes that .EXE and .COM files are self-
- extracting files and will actually execute them to extract the selected
- file. Not all self-extracting programs support this. Otherwise, if a
- file does not have the .ARC, .LZH, .ZIP, .PAK, or .SDN extension, the
- file is assumed to be a .ARC file.
-
- - The top status line while viewing a file has changed. Until the last
- record number is known, LIST now displays a percentage of the file read
- so far.
-
- File Selection Menu
- -------------------
-
- - New commands are available from the File Selection (Alt-V) menu:
-
- E invokes the 'Edit' editor to let you edit the selected file;
- create a BATch file called EDIT.BAT which invokes the
- editor of your choice with the optional parameters it needs
-
- I invokes (executes) the selected program; replying ESCape to
- the "Options:" prompt cancels the command; at least one
- space is required: a null <enter> cancels the command.
-
- * refreshes the directory display
-
- Alt-Z toggles the status display on the bottom line from disk and
- file statistics line to a menu command help line
-
- - Changes to other file selection menu (Alt-V) commands:
-
- - Q)uit returns you to the display of the last file you viewed
- if no file has been displayed, Q exits to DOS.
-
- - the X command exits to DOS in the NEW (current) directory
-
- - ESCape exits to DOS in the ORIGINAL directory
-
- - Alt-X exits to DOS and shows the original screen
-
- - the 1-up display now includes the file attributes
-
- - Alt-C saves (clones) the settings
-
- - the S)ort command now has a None (no sort) ordering option, and a
- minus "-" prefix option for sorting in descending order; ESCape now
- cancels the S)ort request. The descending sort option is clonable.
-
- - a \ may be used in place of the P)ath command to change directories
- LIST Version 9.0h WHAT'S NEW Feb 21, 1994
-
- File Selection Menu (cont'd)
- -------------------
-
- - the F2 command to toggle the bottom line status display has been
- changed to F3
-
- - you may press the shift key and a letter key to move the selection
- to the first filename beginning with that letter, e.g. shift-C will
- put the cursor on the first file name beginning with the letter 'c'
-
- | - new alt-F7 and alt-F8 commands change the color of the bar for the
- | current file entry at the cursor position
-
- New Commands
- ------------
-
- - A new ctrl-Y command saves the current position as a bookmark, and
- alt-Y repositions to the last bookmark. You may set up to 10 bookmarks.
-
- - A new 1 command restarts displaying files with the first file.
-
- - A new Ctrl-right command scrolls the screen right to the end of the
- current line.
- - A new O command toggles the date format from U.S. mm/dd/yy to
- European format dd-mm-yy and is clonable.
- - A new % (percent) command toggles whether LIST displays the file's last
- line number or percentage of file read.
- | - A new Ctrl-L command toggles the display of page breaks
- | - Add video mode T for ATI Graphics Ultra Plus adapters
-
- Changed Commands
- ----------------
-
- - The X command exits to DOS and clears the screen. In the Plus version,
- you are now placed in the new (selected) directory.
-
- - The Alt-D and Alt-O (write lines to a file) commands have been changed
- to default to writing a found (highlighted line after Scan or Find)
- line if no lines have been marked.
-
- - All command which as for a d:\path and/or a filename now check for
- embedded blanks and non-valid characters.
-
- - The ctrl-I command has been added to the Plus version. It allows
- setting the TAB interval to values other than the standard 8. Ctrl-I
- prompts you to enter the new interval, which can be from 1 to 99.
-
- - The ctrl-T dial command will initially place the cursor on a line
- with found text, i.e. you scan for a name and LIST find it. The found
- text is highlighted. When you issue ctrl-T, the cursor is placed there.
- LIST copies all numbers and valid telephone number characters, like
- dash and comma, up to the first non-numeric character as the phone
- number. Sending of a '1' prefix has been removed. If the modem fails
- to dial initially, press the <spacebar> to try a re-dial.
-
- - The File Selection C)opy and M)ove commands check for sufficient space
- on the target drive before copying the file.
-
- LIST Version 9.0h DEBUG OFFSETS Feb 21, 1993
-
-
- The default filter options are now:
- alt-T - expand TABs is ON
- alt-J - filter out control characters is ON
-
- Item Offset Value Description of contents
- -------------- ------ ----- -----------------------
- Special 0132 70 Top/bottom line colors
- Normal 0134 07 Text colors
- Bright 0136 09 Find/Scan line colors
- Window 1 color 0138 07 Normal window text color
- Window 2 color 0139 0F Second window text color
- Flag3 013A 09 Retrace off and junk filter on
- Flag4 013B 08 Tabs on
- Find row 013C 0800 Position of found line on screen, 8
- Scroll incr 013E 0A00 Left/right scroll increment, 10
- Scroll start 0140 0000 Starting scroll offset, 0
- Tab value 0142 0800 Tab interval, 8
- Tab mask 0144 F8FF Tab bit mask
- Loudness 0146 C8 Beep tone level
- Key rate 0148 FF Continuous scroll increment, 255
- Overlap 0149 0000 PgUp/PgDn scroll overlap, 0
- Wildcard esc 014B 26 Scan/Find wildcard ? escape character
- Alt-V up 014C 0500 Alt-V display files per line, 5
-
- LIST Plus only
- --------------
- Eye-catcher 014E 'COM:'
- COM port 0152 F803 Default for COM1, use F802 for COM2
- Sort offset 0154 00 Default sort key offset
- 00 by filename
- 08 by extension
- 0C by datestamp
- 10 by file size
- Modem init 0157 'AT' 30-byte modem initialization string
- Editor name 0175 'Edit' 8-byte name of editor program
- Modem hang-up 017E 'ATZ' 9-byte modem disconnect command
- Temp var name 0187 LIST 4-character environment name for temps
-
- The following offsets change from version to version. Look for the
- eye-catchers to be sure of the offset:
-
- | Key table 0400 'WHAT' Eye catcher
- | 0404 0026 Key command table
- | Routines 0509 'WHERE' Eye catcher
- | 050E xxxx Command routines
-
- Examples of using DEBUG can be found in the DIALER.PAT and
- COLORS.PAT files. To use them, copy LIST.COM to the current
- directory and issue the DEBUG command. For example:
-
- DEBUG <DIALER.PAT
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