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- LIST Version 7.5f WHAT'S NEW 10/26/90
-
- New Operational Features
- ------------------------
-
- - the distribution files are LISTS.COM (small), LISTR.COM (regular), and
- LIST.COM (plus)
-
- - The new LIST environment variable tells LIST where to place temporary
- files for the ViewArc and archive extraction functions, e.g.
-
- SET LIST=C:\TEMP
-
- - A new /E command line switch tells LIST to begin displaying the files
- at the end of each file instead of at the beginning.
-
- | - A new /Ttext command line parameter 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.
-
- | - A new /B command line switch tells LIST to use BIOS for displaying data
-
- - A new /K command line switch disables the mouse. Both the /M and /K
- mouse options are clonable.
-
- - A new /#nnnnnn command line switch instructs LIST to begin displaying
- the file starting at line number 'nnnnnn'.
-
- - The /Ftext command line parameter to begin a text search through all
- selected files now invokes the Find function which is NOT case
- sensitive.
-
- - 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
-
- - A great 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 LHARC
- files. Otherwise, if a file does not have the .ARC, .LZH, or .ZIP
- extension, the file is assumed to be a .ARC file.
-
-
- 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
-
- Alt-Z toggles the status display on the bottom line from disk and
- file statistics line to a menu command help line
- LIST Version 7.5f WHAT'S NEW 10/26/90
-
-
- - 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.
-
- - X and F10 exit to DOS in the NEW 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
-
-
- 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 ten bookmarks
- and recall them in the same order.
-
- - 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.
-
-
- 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-G command (shell to DOS) now clears the screen.
-
- - The Alt-R Ruler option has been improved to better show offsets
- when in the Hex Dump (Alt-H) display mode.
-
- - 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.
-
- - 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.
-
- LIST Version 7.5f DEBUG OFFSETS 10/26/90
-
-
- 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 C800 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 03D9 'WHAT' Eye catcher
- 03DD 0026 Key command table
- Routines 04E2 'WHERE' Eye catcher
- 04E7 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