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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ File Commander/2 is a 32 bit OS/2 text mode file manager and shell that allows you to locate, copy, move, delete, view, edit and execute your files in a quick, convenient and customisable manner. It's main display provides dual directory view panels that may serve as source and destination of a copy or move operation or just two different views of your files. A panel may also be used to view a directory tree, drive statistics or may be turned off altogether. A command line is also provided and operates in conjuction with the directory panels to make it much more powerful than a regular CLI including pasting file names from the panel, a command history recall window and command completion from history. Please remember that File Commander/2 is Shareware. If you like and use it, please support the shareware concept by Registering. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Features ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following are some of the major features of File Commander/2: o Mouse support. o Full HPFS long file name support. o Online help. o Many configuration options. o Built in file viewer with hex view mode. o Built in editor with cut/copy/paste ability using the OS/2 clipboard. o Screen saver. o Tree views for quick and easy directory changes. o Ability to start OS/2 text mode, PM, DOS and Windows applications. o User definable menu. o Easy creation of WPS objects. o Enhanced wildcard handling. o Flexible file name filtering. o Support for 4DOS/4OS2 descriptions o 132 column mode support. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Shareware ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ File Commander/2 is copyrighted software. However, you are encouraged to copy and share the software with others according to the following requirements: File Commander/2 may be freely copied and shared with others, so long as no charge is made for the software, and it is unmodified and copied in its entirety, including program documentation. It may be distributed by electronic means (modem, ftp etc), provided that all files are transmitted (archived) together. Notice that shareware is copyrighted software. It is not "Public Domain" software, nor is it "free" software. If you continue to use this program beyond a reasonable "trial period", not to exceed 30 days, you must pay for it by registering. See Registering for how to register. o Your registration fee makes it possible for me to continue to improve the program and increases the likelihood that I will provide useful, cheap software in the future. o IF YOU USE THE PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, YOU MUST REGISTER. o Your registration fee buys you the right to use the program beyond the trial period of 30 days. Your registration covers ALL VERSIONS of File Commander/2, past, present AND future. ie You'll only ever have to register File Commander/2 once. You may NOT charge anyone for a copy of this software other than a small copying fee. You may NOT include this software with any commercial software without the consent of the author. This software is supplied WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. In no event shall the author be liable to you for any consequential, special incidental or indirect damages of any kind arising out of the performance or use of the software, even if the author has been advised of the possibility of such damages. By using the software, you agree to these terms. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Registering ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The registration fee for File Commander/2 is $29 Australian. If you are not an Australian resident you can pay by one of the following means: 1. Register using your Credit card (Mastercard or Visa). Note that if you pay by this method the entry on your credit card statement will list "Greater Chicago Online! BBS" 2. An international draft made out for $29 Australian (Beware, some banks charge huge fees for these, check first). 3. A cheque made out in your local currency for the equivalent of $35 Australian (It costs me to cash foreign currency cheques at this end). Please don't try making out "Eurocheques" in Australian dollars. They are only valid if made out in a European currency. 4. If you trust the postal service you can send cash in your local currency to the value of $29 Australian (example US$20 note). Registered mail recommended. Send payments to the address given in Contacting the Author. Please make cheques payable to 'Brian Havard' (and please spell it correctly when writing the cheque to keep my bank manager happy). Please include a Registration form (or note containing same information). Once you have registered, you will be sent a serial number that, with your name, will allow you to 'register' the copy of the program you have. Once you have done this your name will appear in the 'Info' panel and you will not see any shareware reminders. This serial number will be good for all future versions of FC/2 so you'll only ever have to pay once. If you have an email address (Internet or Compuserve), include it on the registration form for fastest response. The next best alternative is a fax number. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Registration Form ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ File Commander/2 Registration Form ---------------------------------- Name:................................................... Address:................................... ................................... ................................... ................................... Fax: ................................. Email: ................................. I would like to register [ ] copy/copies of File Commander/2 at $29 Australian per copy. Total A$ : _______________ Comments: ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Credit Card Registrations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can register File Commander/2 using your credit card (Mastercard or Visa) in one of three ways. The cost of registration is US$23.95. 1. Call the Greater Chicago Online BBS directly on (708) 895-4042 in the USA and register while online. 2. Send an electronic mail message to fc2reg@gco.com containing a filled out Credit Card registration form. 3. Fill in and print a Credit Card registration form and mail it to me at the address given in Contacting the Author. GCO's Sysop will pass your details on to me and I'll get back to you with your registration serial number. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.1. Credit Card Registration Form ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ File Commander/2 Registration Form ---------------------------------- Name: ______________________________ (as it appears on your credit card) Address: ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Fax: _________________________________ Email: _________________________________ Credit Card Number: ____-____-____-____ Expiration: _______ MasterCard [ ] Visa [ ] Product Name: File Commander/2 Qty [ ] X US$23.95 = Total Price: __________ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. Site Licences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you want a company site licence for File Commander/2, the following pricing applies: ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ ΓöéUsers Γöé5 Γöé10 Γöé25 Γöé50 Γöé100 ΓöéUnlimited Γöé Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ ΓöéPrice Γöé$120 Γöé$200 Γöé$500 Γöé$800 Γöé$1200 Γöé$2000 Γöé ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ All prices are in Australian dollars. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Where to find FC/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To find the latest version of FC/2, try the following places: o If you have access to internet ftp, try one of the following sites: 1. ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/os2/32bit/diskutil/fc2_xxx.zip 2. ftp.luth.se 3. ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de 4. archive.latrobe.edu.au o If you have access to internet electronic mail you can make use of an ftpmail server to retrieve FC/2 from one of the above ftp sites. Mail a message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com containing just the word "help" for more information or see the ftpmail example. o Compuserve in the OS2USER forum section 4 (Applications). o The Software Works BBS, Melbourne, Australia (login as FC2) +61-3-9589-1638 (V.FC) Fidonet: 3:632/998 FREQ FC2 o The Hobbes OS/2 CD-ROM from Walnut Creek. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. FTP Mail example ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can use an ftpmail server to retrieve FC/2 (or any other file on an ftp archive site) as an electronic mail message. Mail the following message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com and you should receive in reply a series of mail messages that contain FC/2 in uuencoded form. To extract the ZIP file you need to remove the headers and footers from the mail messages, join them together and run a uudecode program on the resulting file. reply <your email address> connect ftp.cdrom.com binary uuencode chdir pub/os2/32bit/diskutil get fc2_131.zip quit Change the file name in the 'get' command to the name of the latest version. If you do not know what that is, you can change the 'get' command to a 'dir' command and you will be sent a list of the files available. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Online Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ FC/2 has an online help facility that may be called up using the F1 key. For it to work, you must have the file fc.hlp in the same directory as fc.exe. The text called up will depend on what state FC/2 is in when F1 is pressed. There are separate help texts for the following: o The main FC/2 screen o Each of the 5 Menus o The Configuration window o The Confirmations window o The internal viewer o The internal editor o The history window o The help window When there is more text than will fit in the window, you can use the Up / Down arrow, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keys to move around or you can click the mouse in the top or bottom thirds of the window to scroll it (like in the Internal Viewer). ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. The File Panels ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The file panels are central to most operations in FC/2. They allow you to browse through the files on your drives, copy, move, rename and delete files you select from them as well as view, edit or execute any file. Normally, one panel will be active and the other will be inactive. The active panel is indicated by having its title highlighted. To change the active panel, press the TAB key or click the mouse on the panel you wish to become active. At any time, either or both panels can be hidden, allowing you to view the screen behind which will contain the output of any programs you've run. Press Ctrl-O to hide / re-display all visible panels or Ctrl-F1/F2 to switch the Left/Right panel on or off. If you feel that the information in a panel is no longer up to date, you can press Ctrl-R to re-read the information displayed in the panel. Note that this may take some time for Tree view panels if you have a large number of directories on your drive. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Panel View Modes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The panels can display a list of files in several different ways. To change the style of view, select it via the Menu (Left or Right, depending on which panel you wish to change). You have the choice of: Brief Displays three columns of file names with no details. The status line at the bottom of the panel displays the details as in Full view for the current file. Full Displays file names with their size and the date and time of last modification. The status line is devoted entirely to displaying as much of the file name as possible allowing you to see more of a long file name than in the main section of the panel. Wide Displays file names with their size, providing much more space for the file name. This mode is most useful when viewing HPFS directories with many long file names. Tree Views the overall directory structure of the current drive of the opposite panel. Unlike in the above modes, when a panel is in tree mode, it is linked to the opposite panel in that selecting a directory on the tree and pressing ENTER causes the opposite panel to view that directory. Info The Info panel displays drive summary information for the current drive of the opposite panel. Details listed include total space, free space, label, file system and serial number. You can quickly activate an Info panel using Ctrl-L. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Moving Around the Current Directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ When you have a list of files showing (which is most of the time) you can move around the list using the following keys: Up Arrow Move up one file name. Down Arrow Move down one file name. Page Up Move up one screenful of file names. Page Down Move down one screenful of files names. Home Move to the first file name End Move to the last file name. Alt-[printable char] Move to the first file starting with [printable char]. If you continue to type printable characters, FC/2 will look for a file starting with the string you've typed. Your typing is displayed in the status line of the current panel. Alt-Up Move to the previous file name matching the partial name entered using the above. Alt-Down As above but moves to next match. When the current panel is in Brief mode, The left and right arrow keys move across one column. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. Navigating around your drives ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ When moving to a particular directory, the first step is get the correct drive showing. Press Alt-F1 for the left panel or Alt-F2 for the right panel to display a simple dialog box showing the currently available drives. Select the drive you want by pressing the appropriate letter, using the left / right arrows to move the highligt and press ENTER or clicking on the letter with the mouse. You can also change drives by entering a command in the form "d:" on the command line. Once you have the right drive, you can move around your directories by moving the cursor to a directory you want to change into and pressing ENTER. Selecting ".." moves to the parent of the current directory. Moving the cursor around the list of files in the current directory is achieved using the Up / Down arrows, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End. Double clicking the mouse on a directory name has will also change into that directory. The full path of the current directory is always shown on the top line of the panel. Other useful keys for navigating around your drive are: Ctrl-\ Move to the root directory of the current drive. Ctrl '-' Move back to the previously viewed directory. Ctrl-Page Up Move to the parent of the current directory (same as selecting ".."). Ctrl-Page Down Move into the currently highlighted directory (same as pressing ENTER except that the contents of the command line is ignored). A number of other methods can be used to find the directory you want, including: o Change directory tree o File Find o Recall stored path o Tree view panel o Command Line CD ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3.1. Change Directory Tree ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Change Directory Tree can be used to quickly locate and display the directory you're looking for. To activate it, press Alt-F10 or select it from the Commands Menu. You can then either browse through the tree structure using the same keys as used to browse through a file panel, or you can start typing the name of the directory you are looking for. As you type, the view will jump to the first directory name matching what you have typed so far. You can either keep typing until the directory you're looking for is located or you can use Ctrl-Enter to find the next match of what you've typed. When you've found the directory you want, press ENTER to make it the current directory of the current panel. You can exit the Change Directory Tree at any time by pressing ESC. If you have not previously viewed the tree of the current drive it must be read and this may take some time on a large drive. Once it has been read, the tree structure for the drive is saved to a file for future reference. Normally this file (fc2tree.dat) is written to the root directory of the drive the file describes. If you don't like this or if it's not possible (eg CD-ROM drives) you can make FC/2 store all tree data files in one directory of your choice. To do this, change the treedir setting in Options/Configuration to specify the directory where you want the data files. If at any time you believe the tree being shown is not correct, you can re-read the tree structure by pressing Ctrl-R. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3.2. File Find ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The File Find function can be used to search for a particular file. To activate it, press Alt-F7 or select it from the Commands Menu. There are three controls on the File Find dialog that you can use to narrow the search. These are: File(s) to Find The name of the file you're looking for. The name can contain any of the wildcard characters described in Tagging. Containing A text string that a file must contain in order to be considered a match. Start at Root If this option is checked (default) the file search will search the entire current drive. If not, only the current directory and its subdirectories will be searched. Press ENTER to begin the search. As matches are found, they are listed with their full path in the File Find window. You can stop the search at any time by pressing ESC. You can do this to save time if the file you're looking for has been located but much of the drive has yet to be searched. Once the search is over, the list of matches is displayed from which you can choose one using the Up / Down arrows, Page Up/Down, Home/End or clicking with the mouse. Pressing ENTER or double clicking the mouse on a file name will return to the file panel with its current directory changed to that of the selected file and with the selected file highlighted. You can also view or edit a file from the list using F3 or F4 respectively. If you used the Containing field and you use FC/2's internal viewer or editor, the starting position will be that of the first match. If you do not want to see any of the files found you can press ESC to exit File Find (or click Cancel) or press 'n' (or click New) to start another search. Whichever way you exit the File Find dialog, you can recall the list of files found by the last search by pressing Shift-Alt-F7. This can be very handy if you wish to examine each matched file in turn. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3.3. Storing and retrieving Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To make directory navigation easier, you can store the current directory path in one of ten 'slots'. At a later point in time you may recall the directory which causes the current panel to instantly move to the stored directory. o To store the current directory, hold down Ctrl and Shift then press one of keys 0-9 on the numeric keypad. o To retrieve a directory, hold down Ctrl then press one of keys 0-9 on the numeric keypad. If you forget which directories you've assigned to which keys, you can view the contents of the slots using Alt-F5. This lists all ten stored paths from which you can select one to change to using the Up / Down arrow keys and ENTER, clicking on one with the mouse or pressing a number from 0-9. If you do a 'Save Setup' before exiting FC/2, the directories you've stored will be remembered the next time you start it up. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4. Copying, Moving and Deleting Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ These three operations are all performed in a similar way. All can be performed on either a single file or a group of files. To operate on a single file, simply move the highlight bar to the file you want to copy/move/delete using the keys described in Moving Around the Current Directory and press F5 to copy, F6 to move and F8 to delete. These keys (along with the rest of the function keys) are listed at the bottom of the screen so you don't have to memorize them. If you want to operate on a number of files at once, you should tag the files you wish to be affected (See Tagging) If you select copy or move, you will next be presented with a dialog box that allows you to specify the destination directory and file name. The default destination is the directory showing in the opposite panel. If this is what you want, just press ENTER to proceed, otherwise use the arrow keys, Delete, Backspace etc., to alter the path to what you want. You can also change the file name if you wish. You can rename several files at once using wild card characters '*' and '?'. For example, to change the extension of several files to .bak you would specify the destination file as '*.bak'. The wildcard characters represent characters taken from the source file name. If you select delete, you will be prompted with a confirmation dialog. If you're sure you want to go ahead with the delete, press Enter, 'y' or click 'OK'. To back out, press ESC, 'n' or click 'Cancel'. If there are files tagged you will be warned and asked a second time to confirm the delete. This is to make sure you haven't forgotten that some files are tagged which can happen if the tagged files have been scrolled off the panel. Either or both of these confirmations can be disabled if you wish (See Confirmations). All of the above operations can be stopped mid-process by pressing ESC. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5. Tagging Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ There are several commands available to tag files. These are: Insert Pressing the Insert key toggles the tag for the currently highlighted file and moves the highlight down to the next file allowing you to repeatedly press Insert to tag multiple files. Grey + Pressing the '+' key on the numeric key pad pops up a dialog into which you can enter a file name mask to specify which files should be tagged. The following types of wildcard can be used in the mask: * Substitutes for zero or more characters of any value. ? Substitutes for one character of any value. [a-d] Substitutes for one character of value a, b, c or d. [^a-d] Substitutes for one character of any value except a, b, c or d. [a-d^c] Substitutes for a, b or d. Grey - This is just like Grey + except that it untags files that match the file mask. Grey * Invert tagging. All untagged files become tagged and all tagged files become untagged. Ctrl-Grey + Tag all files. Ctrl-Grey - Untag all files. Compare directories Selecting Compare Directories from the Commands Menu tags all files that do not exist in the directory of the opposite panel or are newer than the copy there. Mouse Clicking the right mouse button on a file name toggles the tagging for that file. Holding the right button down and moving the mouse will tag / untag all files touched. If the Tag Directories option is not set, only Insert and Mouse allow you to tag directories. The other tagging methods ignore directories. When the Tag Directories option is set, all the above commands except Compare directories affect directory tagging. When any files are tagged, a summary of the tagged files is shown on the status line of the panel. This shows the number of files tagged and their total size. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.6. Creating a Directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To create a subdirectory in the current directory, press F7 and enter the name of the subdirectory you want to create into the dialog. If the current panel is in tree view mode, the directory will be created in the directory the highlight is currently on. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.7. Directory Size Calculation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you want to get an idea of what's taking up your precious disk space it's often useful to calculate how much space is used by a particular directory and all its sub-directories. File Commander/2 allows you to do this for one or more of the directories showing in a file panel. To calculate the size of a directory, move the highlght on to the directory you wish to know the size of and press Ctrl-Q. This may take some time if there are a large number of files or sub-directories in the directory being calculated. When the directory has been scanned its total size is displayed in the same field as where a file's size is displayed instead of the word SUBDIR. If you want sereral of the directories in the panel to be calculated, tag them before pressing Ctrl-Q and all will be calculated. Calculating all of the directories provides a useful breakdown of where your disk space is being used. If you decide that the calculation is taking too long you can cancel it at any time by pressing ESC. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.8. Creating Workplace Shell Objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ File Commander/2 provides a quick and easy way to create Workplace Shell Objects that is much easier than opening up your templates folder, dragging an object out and filling in all the details for it. All you have to do is locate the file you want an object for and press Alt-F6. There is a simple confirmation dialog to make sure you mean what you've pressed. If the file is an executable (.exe .com .bat .cmd) a Program object is created. For all other file types (including directories) a shadow object is created the same as if you had created a shadow of the file from the Drives object. Note that if you have tagged any files, objects will be created for all tagged files. All objects are created on the desktop ready for you to drop them into whichever folder you want them in. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.9. Starting Programs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ There are several ways to start a program using FC/2. 1. Move the highlight bar to an executable file (.exe .com .cmd .bat) and press ENTER. 2. Move the highlight bar to a file which matches a defined Association and press ENTER. 3. Select a program from the User Menu. 4. Enter the program name on the Command Line. With all these methods, except the User Menu, you can start the program in a separate session by pressing Alt-Enter instead of just Enter. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.9.1. Associations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ An association is used to link data files to the program that uses them. To create an association, add a line of the following form: mask : program to your fc.ini file using the Commands/Edit Associations menu option. This file is created the first time you use Save Setup (See the Options Menu). You can also use the following when specifying the program: ! Name of current file. !p Path of current panel. !P Path of opposite panel. !f Name of current file with full path. !s Path of current panel with trailing '\' !S Path of opposite panel with trailing '\' !n Nothing, but prevents automatic appending of current file name If none of the above are used, the name of the current file is appended. EG *.dsk:loaddskf ! a: *.zip:pkunzip ! !P *.inf:view *.ico:iconedit *.zoo:zoo x *.tif*:pmview (matches both x.tif and x.tiff) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Command Line ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The command line provided by FC/2 operates in much the same way as your normal OS/2 command prompt with a few extra features. The following keys are used to operate the FC/2 command line: Pasting file names Ctrl-J or Ctrl-Enter Pastes the file name of the currently highlighted file into the command line. Note that if the character to the left of the cursor is alphanumeric, a recall from History will be performed instead. Ctrl-F Pastes the file name of the currently highlighted file with its full path into the command line. Clipboard Ctrl-Insert Copies the whole command line to the clipboard. Shift-Insert Pastes the clipboard to the command line at the cursor's current position. Moving the cursor Left/Right Arrows Move the cursor around the command line. Note that these keys do not operate the command line if the current panel is in brief view. Use Alt-Left/Right Arrows instead. Alt-Left/Right Arrows Move the cursor around the command line regardless of which mode the current panel is in. Ctrl-Left/Right Arrows Move the cursor one word left or right. Ctrl-Home Move the cursor to the start of the line. Ctrl-End Move the cursor to the end of the line. Deleting characters Backspace Delete the character to the left of the cursor. Delete Delete the character under the cursor. Ctrl-Delete Delete the word to the right of the cursor. Ctrl-Backspace Delete the word to the left of the cursor. Esc Clear the entire command line. Changing Drive/Directory Commands of the form d: and cd somedir are interpreted by FC/2 instead of being executed by the command interpreter. This provides the following differences to normal command line behaviour: 1. A CD command that specifies a drive letter will change both the current drive and directory in one command. 2. If the directory specified in a CD command does not exist in the current directory then any tree data that has been colleted will be searched for the directory name specified. If found, it will be changed into. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Command history is used to save you re-typing a command that is the same or similar to a command you've entered before. There are several ways to locate the command you wish to repeat: Ctrl-E or Ctrl-Up Recall previously entered command. Repeated use steps through command history from newest entry to oldest entry. Ctrl-X or Ctrl-Down Steps forwards through command history. Useful if you overshoot using Ctrl-E Ctrl-J or Ctrl-Enter Recall previously entered command that matches the text to the left of the cursor. Can be used repeatedly to find successive matches. Note that this function only operates when the character to the left of the cursor is alphanumeric, otherwise a file name paste occurs as described in Command Line. Alt-F8 Displays a window containing a list of previously entered commands from which you can choose. Once you've highlighted the command you want using the Up / Down arrow keys or the mouse, you can press: Enter Re-execute command now. Alt-Enter Re-execute command now in a separate session. Ctrl-Enter Place command on the command line for editing. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ FC/2 includes a menu system to provide easy access to a range of functions. Most of the functions on the menu can be activated by short-cut keys which are listed on the menus. The menu system can be operated by keyboard, mouse or a combination of both if you like. Keyboard 1. Activate the menu bar by pressing F9 or Ctrl-N. Also, Shift-F10 activates the menu with the cursor positioned on the last used function. 2. Select which menu you want by pressing the first letter of its title or by using the Left / Right arrows and pressing Enter. 3. Use the Up / Down arrows to select the menu item you want and press Enter to activate it. Alternatively, you can press the key that is highlighted in the menu item's name. 4. You can press Esc to back out. Mouse 1. Activate the menu bar by clicking the right mouse button on the top line. 2. Click on the title of the menu you want to use. 3. Click on the menu item you want ot activate. 4. To dismiss the menu, click anywhere away from the menus. These should be taken as examples only. The menus operate in much the same way as OS/2 PM menus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. Left / Right Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Left and Right menus contain exactly the same functions but apply them to the appropriate panel. Brief Set panel to view files in Brief mode. Full Set panel to view files in Full mode. Wide Set panel to view files in Wide mode. Info Set panel to show drive summary information. Tree Set panel to view directories as a Tree. On/Off Toggle the visibility of the panel. Turning a panel off allows you to see the output of previously executed commands. Name Sort panel by file name Extension Sort panel by file name extension. The extension of a file name is from the last '.' onwards. Files with the same extension are ordered by name. Time Sort panel by file modification time and date. Files are listed from newest to oldest. Size Sort panel by file size. Files are listed from largest to smallest. Files of the same size are ordered by name. Unsorted Files are listed in the order provided by the file system. Reverse Reverses the order in which files are listed. Re-Read Refresh the contents of the panel. Useful if another process has modified the contents of the panel's directory or if removable media has been changed. Filter Display a dialog that allows you to modify the file name Filter Drive Change the drive being viewed. A small dialog is displayed showing the currently available drives from which you can choose. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1.1. Filters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The file name filter can be used to define which files you want to see and which files you don't. It may contain up to 40, space separated file masks that are tested from left to right. The first mask that matches a file name will determine that file's visibility. To indicate an exclusion file mask, precede it with a '!'. If a file name doesn't match any of the masks, it will not be shown. EG *.exe *.com *.cmd *.bat Show only executable files !*.obj * Show all files except object files. foo* !*.obj * Show all files except object files unless they start with foo. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.2. Files Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Manual View User Manual. User Menu Display the User Menu. View View the current file. Edit Edit the current file. Copy Copy Files. Rename or Move Move Files. Make Directory Create a Directory. Delete Delete Files. File Attributes Display a dialog to alter File Attributes. File Case Modify a file or group of tagged files' names to be upper, lower or mixed case. This is only useful on case preserving file systems like HPFS. Select Group Tag a group of files by file name mask. Unselect Group Untag a group of files by file name mask. Invert Tagging Toggle the Tagging status of all files in the current panel. Quit Exit File Commander/2. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.2.1. File Attributes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The File Attributes dialog allows you to modify the 'Read Only', 'Archive', 'Hidden' and 'System' attributes of a file or a group of files. To activate it select it from the Files Menu. If no files are tagged, you'll be presented with a dialog displaying the attributes of the currently highlighted file. You can use the Up / Down arrow to move the cursor and Space to toggle the attribute the cursor is on or you can click on the check boxes with the mouse. If you have any files tagged, you'll be presented with a slightly different dialog. For each attribute, you can set, clear or leave alone that attribute for all the tagged files. When you've set all the check boxes the way you want them, press Enter (or click OK) to proceed or ESC (or click Cancel) to exit without changing anything. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.3. Commands Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Tree Pop up the Change Directory Tree. File Find Locate a file using File Find History View the Command Line History. EGA Lines Toggle 50 line mode. Swap Panels Swaps the positions of the left and right panels. Panels On/Off Removes or replaces the panels allowing you to view the output of previously executed programs. Compare Directories Tags files according to the differences between the two panels. See Tagging for details. Calculate Dir Size Totals the size of all the files the currently highlighted diretory or currently tagged directories and displays the result(s) on the file panel in the field that normally says 'SUBDIR' Open WPS Window Causes the Workplace Shell to open the window corresponding to the directory that FC/2 is currently displaying. Register Turns a shareware copy of File Commander/2 into a registered version. Once you have entered your name and serial number, you will not see any reminder messages and your name will appear on the Info panel. Edit Associations Starts the internal editor on your FC.INI file. Any changes you make to associations will become active immediately. Edit User Menu Starts the internal editor on your main FC.MNU file. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4. Options Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Configuration Display the Configuration dialog allowing you to alter a number of options. Colours Edit the Colour Scheme Confirmations Display a dialog that allows you to disable some of the Confirmations. Hidden Files Toggles whether files with their hidden attribute set will be shown on the file panels or not. When hidden files are displayed, they are denoted by a 'Γûæ' character. Path Prompt Toggles the display of the current path on FC/2's command line prompt. Full Screen Toggles whether the panels occupy the full screen length or just half the screen. Clock Toggles whether a clock will be shown in the top right hand corner or not. Tag Directories Enables the mass tagging commands to tag directories also. See Tagging Files for more details. Thousand Separator Toggles the use of a thousand separator in the file size column of Full and Wide modes. This reduces the number of significant digits that can be displayed but can increase readability. Save Setup Saves all current settings to the file 'FC.INI' so that all FC/2 options will be set the same the next time you start it up. This can be performed automatically on exit if you wish by setting the autosave option (See Configuration). ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4.1. Configuration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To view the configuration options, select 'Configuration' from the Options Menu. Any options you change take effect as soon as you click OK (or move the highlight to OK and press Enter). If you use Cancel, all changes you've made are forgotten. To select an option to change either click on it with the mouse or use the Up / Down arrow keys to move to it. The current option is denoted by a '()'. To alter non-string options, use the space bar to toggle the value. Moving up from the first option or down from the last option will highlight one of the buttons at the bottom of the dialog. You can then use the Left / Right arrows to move the highlight onto the button you want and Enter to activate it. It's usually easier to use the mouse. If you want the changes to still be in effect the next time you start FC/2 you need to select 'Save Setup' from the Options Menu otherwise the changes will be lost when you exit. Alternatively, you can switch on 'Autosave Setup' seen below. The options are: Viewer The file name (with full path if not in a directory on your PATH) of the file viewer to be used when you press F3. All the '!' substitutions described in Associations can be used when specifying a viewer or an editor. If this field is left blank, the Internal Viewer will be used. Viewer2 As for Viewer but specifies the viewer used when Alt-F3 is pressed. Editor Similar to Viewer but specifies the editor used when F4 is pressed. If left empty, the Internal Editor will be used. Editor2 As for Editor but specifies the editor used when Alt-F4 is pressed. Manual Name of an Information Presentation Facility file (*.inf) that is to be viewed when 'Manual' is chosen from the Files Menu. The default is fc.inf (this file). Left The directory the left panel will display on start up. If left blank, the current directory for the session will be shown. Right The directory the right panel will display on start up. If left blank, the current directory for the session will be shown. Background String added at the start of a command that causes it to be executed in a separate session. Default value is 'start /f'. See the OS/2 command reference for more options for the 'start' command. Treedir The directory where tree data is stored. If left blank, tree data will be written to the root directory of each drive as "fc2tree.dat". The data stored is a representation of the directory structure of a drive and is used to avoid re-scanning the drive. Casefilter A list of file system names (as displayed on the Info panel) that are not case preserving and so need file names to be converted to lower case for easier reading. If not listed here, file names will be displayed as provided by the file system. Autosave Switching Autosave on causes FC/2 to automatically perform a 'Save Setup' just before exiting the program. Lines Sets the number of lines on screen or in window. Can be any number supported by your video card for full screen sessions or any value of at least 25 for a windowed session. Using a number that is not supported by your card in a full screen session will result in the number of lines being set to the next possible value up. Saver The number of minutes of idle time before FC/2 activates its screen saver. If set to 0, the screen saver will not activate. Note that the screen saver only operates when in a full screen session. Numlock Specifies if numlock should be fixed on or not. Affects both FC/2 and any program started by FC/2 unless it is in a separate session. Mouspeed When FC/2 is running in a full screen session, this option specifies the sensitivity of the mouse. The default value is 8 with smaller values giving a faster mouse and larger values slowing it down. Scrolldelay The time (in milliseconds) that FC/2 waits between scrolling each line when the mouse has been used to scroll a panel or window. Only used when FC/2 is running in a full screen session. Use of this option stops the text flying past before you've had a chance to look at it. Timemode The type of time display used on the clock and when file time stamps are viewed in the files panel (Full mode). Codepage If non-zero, FC/2 will switch to the specified code page. Otherwise the default code page for the session will be used. For the best looking display, FC/2 needs to use graphics characters that are only in code page 437 (US), specifically the line drawing characters that join single to double lines. If another code page is active, FC/2 will avoid using these characters. Use132 When on, FC/2 will use 132 column display whenever possible. 132 column mode is only supported on some video cards in full screen sessions. Versions of OS/2 before 3.0 do not support more than 80 columns in a window. PMClip When on, FC/2's internal editor will use OS/2's PM clipboard when performing Copy/Cut/Paste operations allowing it to share clipboard data with other programs. When this option is turned off, FC/2 reverts to using its private clipboard which operates somewhat faster. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4.2. Colours ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Colours dialog allows you to alter the colour scheme used by FC/2. To activate it, select 'Colours' from the Options Menu You will be presented with a list of items in the colour scheme. Use the four arrow keys to move to the item you wish to change and then use F to cycle through forground colours and B to cycle through background colours. Holding SHIFT at the same time will cycle backwards. There are a total of 16 foreground and 8 background colours to choose from. When you're done, press Enter to use the changes you've made or ESC to forget them. Note that the changes will only be remembered for next time if you use 'Save Setup' or have Autosave enabled. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4.3. Confirmations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Before doing anything significantly destructive, FC/2 will ask for confirmation from the user to prevent accidental loss of data. If you are confident in your use of FC/2 and don't want to be asked for confirmation all the time, you can disable some of the more common confirmation prompts by selecting 'Confirmations' from the Options Menu. A dialog displaying a list of confirmation types is then displayed with a check box next to each one. An 'X' in a check box indicates that the confirmation is enabled. To disable a confirmation, click its check box with the mouse and click OK. The keyboard can also be used (Up / Down arrows and Space, Enter when done). The confirmations you can alter are: Delete File/Empty Directory The first prompt you see after pressing F8. Delete Tagged Files The second prompt you see after pressing F8 when there are files tagged. Delete Non-empty Directory The prompt that asks you to type "YES" before doing a tree delete. Quit FC/2 The prompt shown when you press F10. With this disabled, F10 causes immediate exit. "YES" prompt for Non-Empty Directory Similar to Delete Non-empty Directory but instead of disabling the "YES" prompt altogether, it is replaced by an OK / Cancel choice, the default being Cancel. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Viewing / Editing Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ FC/2 allows you to view the current file with a choice of two viewers or to edit the current file with a choice of two editors. To view a file, use F3 or Alt-F3. To edit a file, use F4 or Alt-F4. The program used to view or edit is specified in the Configuration dialog. By default, the built in Viewer and the built in Editor are used for F3 and F4 respectively. If you wish to specify the file to view or edit by typing its file name, use Shift-F3 for view or Shift-F4 for edit. If you specify a file to edit that does not exist, you will be given the option to create it. The viewer or editor can be invoked directly when starting FC/2 using the command line switches /v or /e followed by the name of the file to be viewed or edited. This allows other programs to call FC/2 to view or edit files for them. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.1. The Internal Viewer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The file viewer built into FC/2 is a basic text viewer that is perfect for taking a quick look at your text files. You can use the mouse or keyboard to scroll the text up and down (Keys: Cursor-Up/Down, Page Up/Down, Home, End). To scroll the text using the mouse, click the mouse in the top or bottom thirds of the screen. Using the right mouse button pages up or down. When the mouse is being used to scroll the text, the speed of scrolling is determined by the 'scrolldelay' Configuration directive. If a line is longer than 80 columns it will be chopped off at that length and the remainder placed one the next line unless you use F2 to select Unwrap mode. With the text unwrapped, you can use the Left / Right arrows to scroll the text horizontally. Ctrl-Left/Right scrolls in a much larger step (40 columns). Also, the mouse can be used to scroll horizontally by clicking the mouse in the centre third of the screen on the left or right side. ie o You can search for a string using F7 (or Shift-F7 to find next). The search is case insensitive. o Will correctly interpret UNIX, PC or MAC line terminators (LF, CR/LF, CR) or even a mix of all three. o F4 will toggle between ASCII and Hex view. o I think I've got all the bugs out of it but if you ever think it has become confused, pressing Ctrl-L will repaint the screen. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.2. The Internal Editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The built in editor is a simple text editor that allows you to make quick changes to any plain text file. o Like the viewer, the editor will read a file using any type of line terminator. When the file is written, however, all lines will be CR/LF terminated. o Although there is no limit on the size of file you can edit, keep in mind that the whole file is loaded into memory so opening a multi-megabyte file may strain your swapper.dat file. o The editor uses the OS/2 clipboard allowing you to exchange text with other programs. As text mode applications like FC/2 don't normally have access to the PM clipboard, a helper PM process (clipserv.exe) needs to be used. FC/2 automatically starts this process when needed. This feature may be turned off using the 'pmclip' setting in the Configuration Note: FC/2 allows the copying of blocks of text into the PM clipboard that are greater than 64K in size. Attempting to paste such blocks of text into a 16 bit OS/2 program will usually cause it to fail. o If you edit the same file again, FC/2 will return you to the same edit position as when you last exited the editor. The following keys operate in the editor: Left/Right/Up/Down As you'd expect Backspace Delete character left of the cursor. Ctrl-Backspace Delete word left of the cursor. Delete Delete character under the cursor or, if any text is selected, deletes selected text. Ctrl-Delete Delete word right of the cursor. Home Start of line End End of line. Page Up/Down Up/Down one page Ctrl-Home Top of screen Ctrl-End Bottom of screen Ctrl-Page Up/Down Start/End of file Ctrl-Y Erase line Ctrl-Insert Copy selected text to clipboard Shift-Insert Paste from clipboard Ctrl-Delete Delete selected text. Shift-Delete Cut selected text and place on the clipboard. ESC or F10 Exit editor (prompts to save if changes made) Shift-F10 Save and exit F2 Save now without exiting F3 Save now with prompt to change file name. F7 Search for a word in the text (case insensitive) Shift-F7 Search for the same word again Ctrl-Q Quote next character. This enables you to enter control character into the file that would normally be rejected. For example, pressing Ctrl-Q ESC would insert the ESC character into the text. Insert Toggle Insert/Overstrike mode. When in overstrike mode, an 'O' appears in the top status line. Alt-I Toggle Auto Indent mode. When this mode is on (indicated by an 'I' on the status line) Pressing ENTER will start a new line with the same indentation as the line above. This is most useful when editing program source files. To select text, hold down Shift and use the above cursor movement keys to move over the text you want to select. You can also drag the mouse over the text. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. The User Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The user menu is a list of functions defined by you to help you carry out common tasks. It is activated by pressing F2 and then using the Up/Down arrows and Home/End to choose an item and Enter to select or ESC to cancel. The mouse may also be used to select a user menu choice. To create a user menu you need to create a plain text file (using an editor like the OS/2 System editor "e.exe" or FC/2's internal editor) named fc.mnu containing your list of menu functions in the same directory as fc.exe. Here is an example user menu file: S: Scan for viruses os2scan c: d: D: Dos Window start /dos F12: Pulse start pulse U: Unzip to opposite panel cd !P unzip !f cd !p A line that starts in the first column is a description line. The key used to activate the function is first and may be any single letter or number or one of the function keys F1-F12. After a separating colon comes the description that will appear in the menu when it is displayed. Any line that starts with a space or tab is a command and will be executed when the preceding description is chosen from the menu. It may contain the same '!' substitutions as Associations with the addition of the following: !t Substitutes for the name of a file and causes the command to be executed once for each tagged file. If no files are tagged, !t is just like !. !l Substitutes for a list of all tagged files, space separated. The command line length will not be allowed to grow beyond 1000 characters so if many files are tagged, some might not make it. If this happens, the files that were not included remain tagged after the command is executed. !L Same as above but for the opposite panel. Local User Menus In addition to the main user menu, you may create additional special purpose user menus by creating an fc.mnu file in directories other than the one containing fc.exe. When you press F2 to activate the user menu, FC/2 first looks in the current directory for a local user menu and displays it if found. If no fc.mnu is found in the current directory the main user menu is displayed. You can force the main user menu to show by pressing Shift-F2 instead of F2. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Using the Mouse ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can use the mouse to perform the following operations: o Select a file by clicking button 1 on a file name. o Tag/Untag a file by clicking button 2 on it. o Execute a file or change into a directory by double clicking button 1 on it. o Scroll the files up or down by clicking button 1 on the line directly above or below the files. o Tag several files by holding down button 2 and moving the mouse. If, while button 2 is pressed, the mouse is moved onto the line above or below the file list, the panel will scroll, tagging all files that pass by. o Select a function to perform by clicking on the function bar at the bottom of the screen. Using button 2 Selects the Alt function. This is particularly handy for changing drives (Alt-F1/F2). o Activate the menu by clicking button 2 on the top line of the screen. The easiest way to make a selection is to hold button 2 down after activating the menu, "pull down" the menu you want and release button 2 when you have the correct item highlighted. Clicking outside the menu area will dismiss the menu. o Whenever a dialog popup appears that contains push buttons that look like "[ OK ]", you may click on these with mouse button 1 to select the indicated choice. Clicking button 2 will select the highlighted button. o Whenever a dialog popup appears that requests a string input (eg Make Directory), button 1 may be used to position the cursor on the line and button 2 is equivalent to pressing ENTER. Clicking button 1 outside the dialog box or on a Cancel button, cancels the operation. o When the results of a 'File Find' operation are showing, double clicking button 1 on a file name will cause FC/2 to jump to the directory the file is in (like pressing ENTER). The window can be scrolled by clicking on the top or bottom lines of the window. o When using the internal file viewer, clicking button 1 in the top or bottom third of the screen scrolls the screen up/down. Using button 2 pages up or down. o When using the internal editor, the mouse may be used to position the cursor on the currently displayed page. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Notes, Hints and Tips ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ o If you use 4os2 as your command interpreter, try to keep the contents of your 4start.cmd to a minimum as it is run every time you execute an external command in FC/2. o The fastest way to select a new drive for a panel using the mouse is to click the right mouse button on F1/F2 in the help bar at the bottom of the screen. o FC/2's tree information is kept up to date if you create and delete directories using FC/2. The only exception to this is if a directory tree is copied or moved between drives. o If you attach 4DOS/4OS2 descriptions to your files, they will be preserved if you copy or move them using FC/2. o If you want your viewer or editor to run in a separate session (or want FC/2 to be able to operate while using a DOS viewer / editor) add the 'start' keyword before the name of your viewer / editor. o If you don't get the blue FC/2 icon when you install FC/2 onto your desktop, you've probably lost the EAs attached to fc.exe. Use InfoZip's unzip when unzipping the FC/2 distribution. o People who really don't like the 3D shadow effect can turn it off by editing fc.ini so that it contains a line: shadows=off ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Contacting the Author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you have any comments, questions, suggestions or bug reports, please feel free to contact me by any of the following means: Internet: brianh@kheldar.apana.org.au Fidonet NetMail: Brian Havard @ 3:632/998 Users of PGP public key encryption may wish to use my PGP Public key Snail Mail: Brian Havard PO Box 152 Southland Centre 3192 Victoria AUSTRALIA ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Release History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ o 13/04/93 v0.1 Initial Release o 28/04/93 v0.11 o 24/05/93 v0.12 o 07/06/93 v0.13 o 21/07/93 v0.14 o 12/08/93 v0.15 o 13/10/93 v0.16 o 17/01/94 v0.17 o 14/03/94 v1.00 o 25/03/94 v1.01 o 28/03/94 v1.02 o 19/04/94 v1.03 o 25/05/94 v1.1 o 03/06/94 v1.11 o 21/10/94 v1.2 o 28/11/94 v1.21 o 6/5/95 v1.3 o 25/05/95 v1.31 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.1. Version 1.00 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ New Features o Popup of stored paths o File Attribute change added. o Directories can now be tagged for copy/move/delete operations. o Online, context sensitive, text mode help. o Auto save setup option. o Will now work under Tshell. Minor enhancements o Added quote next key (Ctrl-Q) to internal editor. o Added more '!' substitutions which can now be used in User Menu functions. o Panel on/off status now saved in fc.ini o Tree is now updated with information seen by reading file panels. o The need to type "YES" to delete tree can be disabled. Replaced by OK, Cancel choice. o When a match is found in the internal viewer, it is now shown several lines from the top of the screen. o Unwrap in viewer. o 'Save As' in editor. o Create Object fills in 'Working directory' o Create Object now works for tagged files. o A value of 0 for the 'lines' configuration causes FC/2 to use the number of lines already showing. o File Find will now find hidden files if hidden option enabled. o Repeated use of same command only entered into history once. o Home and End now work on command line if panels are off. Bug fixes o Fixed trap when using Page-Down in tree popup. o Should no longer trap on exiting editor. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.2. Version 1.01 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ New Features o Added 'Edit Associations' to Commands menu. o Support for 132 column modes in full screen sessions added. Minor Enhancements o 'All' option added to second type of tree delete confirmation allowing quicker deletion of tagged directories. o Command line colour now affects the output of executed commands. o Pressing Ctrl now switches key bar as well as Alt. o Added help for confirmations dialog. o Home, End, Page Up and Page Down now work in History window. Bug Fixes o Odd lines in fc.mnu could cause the user menu to crash. o If only right panel switched on at start up, it will be active. o Tree will be kept up to date when moving tagged directories. o Tick mark next to correct sort mode. o History window would die if very long lines had been entered. o Fixed bug that caused occasional random traps (well, one anyway). ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.3. Version 1.02 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Bug Fixes o Major bug in memory management code introduced in V1.01 fixed. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.4. Version 1.03 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Minor Enhancements o You no longer have to hold down Alt when seeking to a file name. o 'help' configuration renamed 'manual' to prevent confusion. The default value of this is now the full path of fc.inf (as long as it is in the same directory as fc.exe). o Added install.doc. Bug Fixes o If started with only one panel, use of Alt-F1/F2 to activate other panel would cause incorrect display. o Attempting to copy a file over itself handled better. o Changing sort mode on a tree panel would make a mess of the tree. o Under some circumstances, deleting a directory from a tree panel would fail to remove the directory from the tree. o Changing directory with tree or Ctrl-\ wrongly preserved tagging. o Attempting to rename a directory containing an in-use file would cause an incorrect error message. o Internal viewer did not handle lines containing tabs properly when scrolling horizontally. o When moving tagged directories AND files, files went to the wrong directory. o 4DOS descriptions were not getting removed for moved files. o A command line length exceeding 512 characters would kill FC/2. o Entering 'cd' and 'd:' type commands on the FC/2 command line was not effective if both panels were hidden. o Store/Recall paths did not work as expected if current panel was a tree. o Fixed Ctrl-Q in internal editor. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.5. Version 1.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ New Features o Cut & paste in editor. o Insert key toggles Insert/Overstrike mode of editor. o Internal viewer and editor can be started from the OS/2 command line using /v and /e switches. Minor Enhancements o fc2tree.dat files are set to hidden. o Home and End keys operate on the User Menu and the drive selection dialog. o Ctrl-Left/Right in viewer scrolls horizontally 40 columns at a time. o 'Tag Directories' option added to Options menu. When enabled, the Grey +/-/* keys affect directory tagging. o Mouse support for horizontal scrolling in viewer. o Ctrl-Grey +/- shortcut keys for tag/untag all. Bug Fixes o File/Directory names containing '!' characters would confuse and sometimes even kill FC/2 when expanding associations or user menu entries. o Pressing a Ctrl/Shift/Alt key during a File Find would cause it to pause until another key was pressed. o When selecting a file from File Find that is in a root directory, the panel's path was incorrectly set to 'D:' instead of 'D:\' which caused some strange error messages when attempting to access files in the panel. o In editor, Ctrl-Page Up/Down could cause incorrect display of the line the cursor just left. o In editor, attempting to save to a write protected disk did not report an error. o Attempting to view a tree with >4096 directories would cause FC/2 to die. o Switching to hex view in 132 column mode would leave junk on the screen. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.6. Version 1.11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Minor Enhancements o Shift-F10 recalls last used menu position. o Cursor switches to block when editor set to overstrike mode. Bug Fixes o Renaming a directory where only case changes would fail (broken in v1.10) o In editor, newly typed text would vanish temporarily when selection was deselected by moving the cursor. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.7. Version 1.2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ New Features o FC/2 internal editor now uses PM clipboard for easy exchange of text between programs. o Reversal of sort order selectable from Left/Right menu. o Ctrl '-' changes to previously viewed directory. o Progress indicator on file copy and move o Editor now supports Ctrl-Del, Ctrl-Backspace for deleting words. o Simple auto-indent added to editor. o Calulation of a directory tree's disk usage. o User menu commands can be executed for each tagged file. o Local user menus Minor Enhancements o In Alt-F5 popup, pressing number key allows quick activation of a directory. o Many errors now have a 'Retry' option. o Page Up/Down in viewer move the view by one line less than the screen allowing easier continuation of reading. o Home, End, Page Up/Down operate on File Find results. o When fullscreen, FC/2 can now use any number of lines supported by your video card instead of the previous restriction of 25,28,43,50,60. o Numlock now works properly for windowed sessions. o Cut, paste and other functions now work with numeric keypad if Numlock is off. o "cd.." (no space in between) will now work on FC/2 command line. o Shift-F1 quick key to view the manual. o Most operations interuptable using ESC. Bug Fixes o In editor, when moving from the end of a long line to a shorter one, the whole current line could be off the left of the screen. o Ctrl-J died if directory was empty. o Fixed running without PM (would die in v1.11) o Pasting to a line >1024 chars would crash fc2. o Stored Path wasn't central in 132 column mode. o In viewer, when search finds text in a column > 80 it would not be correctly highlighted. o In editor, 'search again' (Shift-F7) wouldn't start from the correct column if the view was displaced horizontally. o Alt-224 wouldn't insert character 224. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.8. Version 1.21 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Minor Enhancements o Copy progress indicator now shows overall progress when copying directories. o 'Info' status of panel now saved in fc.ini allowing FC/2 to start up with an Info panel showing. Bug Fixes o In editor, several mouse related problems fixed. o In editor, a cut command when no text was marked would cause unpredictable results. o File name filtering didn't work properly on files starting with '.' o Directory size calculation would fail after performing many counts. o 'Drive' option of Left/Right menu missing. o Copying a directory from a write protected disk would fail with an incorrect 'Disk write protected' error. o Errors that occur during directory copy/move are handled better. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.9. Version 1.3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ New Features o Editor now remembers the edit position between edits. o CD command used on FC/2's command line will intelligently find the named directory using tree data. o Open WPS window of current directory (with Ctrl-W or menu). o Shadows on all popups (can be turned off if you really don't like it). o Trees are now kept sorted by name. o Modify case (upper/lower/mixed) of selected files. o Configuration option to specify which file systems are case filtered. Was fixed as FAT and NETWARE. o Read only attributes are no longer copied from CDROM drives. o Results of a File Find can be recalled using Shift-Alt-F7 o Exiting FC/2 can now leave the calling shell in FC/2's last current directory with the help of fc2.cmd o Shift-Insert (Paste) is now supported on the command line and in entry fields. o Whole contents of the command line or an entry field can be placed on the clipboard using Ctrl-Insert. o In a user menu entry, a !l can be used to insert the list if tagged files into a command. Minor Enhancements o Directory size calculation shows path of the directory it's counting. o Stopped flicker of status box during multi-file copy/move. o Can now run without PM running or PM DLLs available (eg booting from floppy, Warp's recovery command line). o If using a code page other than 437, incorrect characters would be displayed. o Ctrl-Up/Down does history recall, same as Ctrl-E/X o File panels can read an unlimited number of files. Was previously limited to 4096 but a few people hit this. o People with no Grey +/- can now use Ctrl-T/Y to tag and untag. o Ctrl-A added as a shortcut key for File Attributes. o Command line usage with 'fc /?' o All case conversion is now code page aware. o Ctrl-Del (delete word after cursor) now works on the command line. Bug Fixes o On unsorted panels, files/directories would wrongly become tagged. o Associations could not contain an '=' symbol. o EAs on directories were not being copied. o An empty directory would not show its size as 0 after being counted. o A directory's size was being calculated before being relocated on the same drive which is not necessary as no copying is needed. o 'Calculate Dir Size' and 'Edit Associations' had the same quick key on the Command menu. o If an error occurred during a tree copy operation, the error was being reported once for every level deep the error occurred at. o If an error occured during a file copy the partially copied destination file was not being deleted. o A "Directory collision" error was being incorrectly reported in a number of situations. o Editor: Using F3 SaveAs didn't store current line changes first. o Editor: Shift-ENTER would mark text. o Editor: Delete after shift delete would fail. o When copying a directory tree from a non case preserving file system (eg FAT) to a case preserving file system (eg HPFS) the files would end up ALL CAPS (yuk!). o Copying a directory into itself caused a mess. Now disallowed. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.10. Version 1.31 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ New Features o File Find now supports searching files for text and the option to search either the current directory tree or the whole drive. o View & edit now works directly on file find list. Bug Fixes o File name was not getting passed to external viewer/editor. o Using Ctrl-NumPad-[0-9] when no panels were showing would appear to work but didn't actually change the current directory for executed commands. o Ctrl-\ didn't work if panels off. o If the current directory was changed while the panels were off, the old directory's contents would show when the panels were turned back on. o F1-12 would not work on user menu. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Uuencoding is a method of converting binary files into text files. This allows binary files to be sent as electronic mail messages. Although the process originated on UNIX systems, ports of the uuencode/uudecode programs are available on most platforms including OS/2. 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