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- ZAP - by Ken Stillson April 1990 Updated for version 3.3
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- Read LICENCE.DOC to make sure you can legally run this program !
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- > THE MENU SYSTEM:
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- There are five menus in ZAP. Pressing -SPACE- will rotate though
- each menu. Pressing ALT-a will jump to menu number a.
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- > SHORTCUTS:
- - Press the 1st letter of a name to jump the cursor to that file.
- - Use SHIFT+letter to jump and change into a directory by 1st letter.
- - Press / or \ to jump to root directory
- - Press . to jump to parent directory
- - use F8 to swap the current directory and the ~ directory.
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- > MARKING FILES:
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- + - mark the file under the cursor
- - - unmark the file "
- F5 - unmark all files }
- F6 - mark all files } Add shift to process only the
- F7 - reverse all marks } files at or below the cursor.
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- > PROCESSING THE MARKED FILES:
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- F1 - Copy all marked files
- F2 - Delete "
- F3 - Move "
- F4 - Special:
- Performs any operation on the marked files, one by one,
- substituting marked file's names for "meta-characters"
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- Eg: SORT @ > @..SRT
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- will sort each marked file to a file with the same name
- but the extension .SRT
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- > FUNCTIONS UPON THE HIGHLIGHTED FILE:
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- Return - run the view program on this file under the cursor
- shift+return - run the editor "
- ctrl+return - execute the file (must be .EXE, .COM, or .BAT)
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- > THE TILDE-DIRECTORY:
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- Think of it as a special macro for remembering a directory.
- Set ~ to the current directory by pressing ~.
- ~ is the default value whenever asked for a pathname.
- ~ can be referenced on any other input by the ~-metacharacter.
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- > VARIOUS META-CHARACTERS:
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- F4 only:
- @ - filename of marked files
- @. - " without extension
- $ - pathname of marked files
- $. - " without extension
- @@ - list of marked files, separated by spaces
- @, - " , separated by comma's
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- On any input line:
- ~ - the ~ directory
- &X - macro X
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- > THE MEMORIZED LIST:
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- @ - append filenames of marked files to list
- $ - append pathnames "
- ; - display list
- > - write list to a file
- < - read list from a file
- _ - mark files that are on the list
- DEL - clear the list
- * - toggle "save-mode" (see below)
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- = the following F4 meta-characters will cause the memorized list
- to be processed instead of the marked files:
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- {@} - filename of listed files
- {$} - pathname of listed files
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- > ASSORTED SPECIAL FEATURES:
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- ! - Shell to DOS (enter command to run or press return
- for a complete shell)
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- ? - Display the ZAP.DOC file if ZAP can find it.
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- ctrl-F2 - chop a directory and its children out of existence
- ctrl-F4 - sweep a command though the directory tree
- ctrl-F9 - locate a wildcard of files in all directory trees
- ctrl-F10 - locate a string of filenames in all directory trees
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- ctrl-a - show hidden and system files also
- ctrl-b - toggle "beep when finished with something" mode
- ctrl-c - toggle colorize directory by extension mode
- ctrl-f - look at free space on a disk
- ctrl-g - rotate though possible graphics modes
- ctrl-l - re-draw the screen
- ctrl-k - confirm, then fast delete of CD:*.*
- ctrl-t - toggle pause after viewing a file mode
- ctrl-u - update ZAP.COM defaults with current values
- ctrl-x - change view and edit programs
- ctrl-z - tell you where the ZAP.COM file is.
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- ctrl-n - sort list by name
- ctrl-e - by extension
- ctrl-s - by file size (or ctrl-i)
- ctrl-d - by file date
- ctrl-o - don't sort the list
- ctrl-r - toggle Reverse current sort mode
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- > MACROS:
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- Press & to change the value of a macro.
- Use the &X metacharacter to put macro X into an input line.
- Press ALT-X to run macro X though an F4 command.
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