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- Updates for SID v1.02 and before
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- Summary:
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- v1.02:
- 9) Properly identifies ARC files created with all versions of ARC.
- 10) Properly identifies WordPerfect files.
- 11) SID now detaches!
- 12) Can unarc into the destination directory.
-
- v1.01:
- 1) Added keyboard equivalents for some commands.
- 2) Can now copy files of size zero.
- 3) Cannot make a directory with a name that already exists.
- 4) Cannot make a directory, duplicate a file, or rename a file to a blank
- name.
- 5) LISTARC output now goes to the READ window.
- 6) Can now make a directory and load it in the same command.
- 7) Right mouse button now scrolls the directory display.
- 8) Double clicking on file will execute appropriate command.
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- Details:
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- 1) Added keyboard equivalents for some commands.
-
- You can now execute a number of commands from the keyboards:
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- CTRL-A .... ALL
- CTRL-D .... DISK
- CTRL-E .... EDIT
- CTRL-I .... INFO
- CTRL-M .... MAKEDIR
- CTRL-N .... NONE
- CTRL-P .... PATTERN
- CTRL-R .... RENAME
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- Plus a few other goodies:
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- CTRL-UpArrow ....... load parent of active list
- CTRL-LeftArrow ..... rehighlight left list
- CTRL-RightArrow .... rehighlight right list
- SHIFT-LeftArrow .... make left list active
- SHIFT-RightArrow ... make right list active
- LeftArrow .......... move cursor to left path field (old feature)
- RightArrow ......... move cursor to right path field (old feature)
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- 2) Can now copy files of size zero.
-
- Previously, SID would report an erroneous error about not having enough
- memory when you attempted to copy a file of size zero.
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- 3) Cannot make a directory with a name that already exists.
-
- Previously, SID would allow you to create a directory that had the same
- name as a file in the active list. This would have the effect of wiping
- out that file.
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- 4) Cannot make a directory, duplicate a file, or rename a file to a blank
- name.
-
- AmigaDOS allows you to do this, but to prevent user confusion, SID
- does not. SID also now strips all leading and trailing blanks from the
- file names you specify so that you cannot create file names that "look"
- the same but are not the same. If you really need to do this, you can
- always use the CLI.
-
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- 5) LISTARC output now goes to the READ window.
-
- This should make listing the contents of ARC files a little easier.
-
-
- 6) Can now make a directory and load it in the same command.
-
- These make/load directory commands are accessible only from the keyboard.
- Press:
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- CTRL-< or CTRL-,
- Creates the directory you specify and loads it in the left list.
-
- CTRL-> or CTRL-.
- Creates the directory you specify and loads it in the right list.
-
- For example, if the left list is active, and you press CTRL-<, the
- current directory will be replaced with the directory you create. If you
- press CTRL->, however, the directory you specify will appear in the left
- list, but will be loaded in the right list.
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-
- 7) Right mouse button now scrolls the directory display.
-
- If you click the right mouse button over one of the directory lists, that
- list becomes active and begins to scroll. If the mouse pointer is in the
- upper half of the list, the list scrolls up. If the pointer is in the
- lower half, the list scrolls down. As you move the pointer close to the
- vertical center of the list, the scroll slows down until it reverses
- direction when the pointer crosses the center.
-
- If you click the right mouse button above the directory lists, the menus
- are activated. If you click below the lists, the side you click on is
- activated but no scrolling occurs.
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- 8) Double clicking on file will execute appropriate command.
-
- When you double click on a file, it will execute the appropriate command
- (only) for the file on which you clicked:
-
- IFF Graphic ... VIEW
- IFF Sound ..... HEAR
- ARC File ...... LISTARC
- ZOO File ...... LISTARC
- ASCII File .... READ
- all others .... INFO
-
- Note that because ARC and ZOO do not support LISTARC yet, the INFO
- command will be executed for these files.
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- 9) Properly identifies ARC files created with all versions of ARC.
-
- Previously, I had been using the first two bytes (0x1A08) to identify an
- ARC'd file. As it turns out, the second byte is used to identify the
- version number of the ARC program that created the file. SID now
- identifies an ARC file based solely on the first byte. Thanks to John
- Ruckart for pointing this out.
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-
- 10) Properly identifies WordPerfect files.
-
- A little unsigned short bug caused SID to identify WordPerfect files as
- Binary files.
-
-
- 11) SID now detaches!
-
- Ta-da! When you run SID from the CLI, it detaches, meaning that the CLI
- window is free to accept input, and you can close the CLI window by
- entering "endcli". This means that you can put SID in your startup-
- sequence and have it automatically loaded for you when you boot your
- machine. Remember that you can config your SID window to come up shrunk,
- which is ideal when running from the startup-sequence.
-
- One unsavory side effect of detachability is that SID will crash when run
- from the CLI. Again thanks to John Ruckart (he was on a roll that day!),
- this dilemma has been solved. The supplied icon now runs a mini batch
- file that loads IconX, creates a CLI, and launches SID, hence preventing
- a crash. The CLI window then immediately closes behind SID.
-
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- 12) Can unarc into the destination directory.
-
- When you click on the arrow and turning it red, all archived files you
- highlight and UNARC will be unarchived into the destination directory. As
- with all two-directory commands (such as COPY and MOVE), the destination
- directory does not have to be loaded to receive unarchived files. When
- all files have been unarchived, the destination directory will be
- reloaded to reflect the new files.
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- UpdateDocs v1.02 09/02/89
- © Copyright 1989 Timm Martin
- All Rights Reserved Worldwide
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