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- C E D A R 1 . 0 0 / 2 . 0 0
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- Users Guide
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- Copywrite (c) 1989 by Fred Van Andel
- All rights reserved.
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- Fred Van Andel
- 414 Richmond st.
- New Westminster B.C.
- Canada
- V3L 4C2
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- 1.0 What is CEDAR.
- CEDAR is a directory program with a difference. The most important
- advantage that CEDAR has over other directory programs is that it will
- allow you to list your files in color. You can choose what color you want
- each type of file displayed in based on the file extension (assuming you
- have a color monitor). As well CEDAR will list your files in 1, 2, 4 or 6
- columns, and it will sort your files by almost anything.
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- For example, you can have all .COM, .EXE, and .BAT files shown in red,
- while all .DOC and .TXT files are green, all your subdirectories are in
- magenta, and all other files are white. You can set up to 200 different
- file extension/color pairs (20 in the Shareware version) at a time and
- change them easily. In addition CEDAR is configurable, you can set the
- sort and display parameters at the same time as the colors. Whenever you
- run CEDAR it will always list the files the way you want it to.
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- 2.0 Registration.
- There are two versions of CEDAR. The Shareware version and the registered
- version. The Shareware version has a version number of 1.XX, the
- registered version has a version number of 2.XX.
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- The Shareware version (1.XX) of these programs and documentation are
- copywrite and have been released to the public as Shareware.
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- THESE ARE NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN OR FREE PROGRAMS.
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- Anyone may use this program on a trial basis for 30 days without
- obligation. If you find this program useful and continue to use it you are
- expected to register your copy. All government, commercial and business
- users of this program are required to register their copy.
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- 2.1 Why Register?
- If you register you will get:
- A disk containing the latest registered version of CEDAR (Version 2.00
- or above).
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- The registered version of these programs and documentation are similar
- except they have more options (see section 3.2.X on command line
- switches for more details). As well the registered version can set
- 200 color combinations instead of 20. The Shareware version of CEDAR
- is NOT Crippleware. It is both functional and useful. I just want
- to give people a reason to register their copy.
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- All registered users will receive notification of major revisions and
- will be able to upgrade at nominal cost.
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- A sense of pride and ownership, in having honestly participated in the
- Shareware revolution.
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- You help to keep software prices down, by supporting a distribution
- method which doesn't rely on expensive advertising campaigns.
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- To register please fill out the registration form at the end of this file
- or run CEDAR with the /f option and send it and the registration fee to
- Fred Van Andel.
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- The survival of the Shareware method of distribution depends on people
- registering their programs.
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- The Shareware version (1.XX) of these programs and documentation files may
- be freely copied and distributed by any individual, or nonprofit
- organization, under the following conditions.
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- CEDAR and any associated files may NOT be distributed as part of any
- other Shareware, public domain or commercial package except with prior
- written approval from Fred Van Andel.
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- Shareware distributors and user groups may distribute this package as
- part of a disk library if the fee charged is less than $5.00 per disk.
- Please write and inform me if you do so.
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- All program and documentation files must be distributed together and may
- not be modified in any way.
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- Commercial use of the Shareware (1.XX) version is prohibited, you must
- register your copy in order to use it for business.
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- The Registered version (2.XX) of CEDAR and all associated files may not be
- distributed in any form except by Fred Van Andel or its designated agents.
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- The Registered version (2.XX) of CEDAR must be treated like a book, you can
- make backup copies as long as the same registered copy of CEDAR cannot be
- used by more than one computer at the same time.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL IS SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO
- PERFORMANCE OR SUITABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESS OR
- IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL FRED VAN ANDEL BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF
- PROFIT OR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR MISUSE OF THIS PRODUCT,
- EVEN IF FRED VAN ANDEL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
- THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM(S) CONSTITUTES AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE
- CONDITIONS.
- 3.0 Running CEDAR.
- In its simplest form CEDAR is run from the DOS prompt by typing its name
- followed by a return. If you have not changed any of the defaults:
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- CEDAR
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- will give you a listing similar to this one.
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- CEDAR 2.00 Registered Version Copyright (c) 1989 by F Van Andel /? for Help
- Path: C:\MISC Filespec: *.*
- ───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
- . <DIR> │BIG .TXT 1.2M│COMMAND .COM 25308│README .DOC 1024
- .. <DIR> │CEDAR .C 23664│FIND .EXE 6403│XCOPY .EXE 11216
- JUNK <DIR> │CEDAR .CTL 3320│FORMAT .COM 11671│
- ANSI .SYS 1647│CEDAR .DOC 19545│LABEL .COM 2346│
- BEEP .COM 7│CEDAR .H 243│MISC .DOC 169378│
- ───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
- 17 Files using 1.5M Bytes. 475136 Bytes free.
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- This is a 4 column listing of all files in the directory showing filename,
- extension and size sorted by type, name and extension. At the bottom it
- will show how many files are listed, the total size of the listed files
- and how much free disk space is available. What you can't see is the
- color, you will just have to run it yourself for that.
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- Please note that if the file sizes or the totals exceeds 1 million bytes
- then the size will be displayed in megabytes. For example: 1.5M Bytes.
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- 3.1 Filespec.
- If all you want to see is the .EXE and the .COM files then you use the
- command:
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- CEDAR *.exe *.com
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- Unlike the DIR command in DOS you can give more than one filespec on the
- command line. You can even run CEDAR across directories and drives. For
- example:
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- CEDAR *.* a:*.doc b:*.doc
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- will give you a list of all the files on your current directory and all
- the .DOC files on your a: and b: drives. Note however the amount of free
- disk space reported will be that of your b: drive. You can have up to 9
- different pathnames.
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- Please note that the directories . and .. will be listed more than once if
- your filespec allows it. The . and .. directories can be suppressed, see
- section 3.2.3.
- 3.2 Switches.
- Command line switches are supported by using the backslash character (/).
- For example, to use a 2 column format and sort by file size you would use
- the command:
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- CEDAR /2 /s
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- CEDAR /2s
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- Using command line switches it is possible to control how CEDAR runs.
- There are 4 basic groups of switches, those that control sorting, those
- that control how the files are displayed, those that control how the files
- are output, and those that control other things.
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- Some switches allow the use of a minus sign (-) after them to allow for
- the canceling of a switch or to reverse the order. See the descriptions
- for /n, /e, /s, /t, /d. /y, /o, /c, /u, /p, and /i for more information.
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- 3.2.1 Display Switches.
- The directory can be listed in either 1, 2, 4 or 6 columns. The switches
- are:
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- /1 1 column. Displays the directory in a single column similar to DOS
- DIR. The files name, extension, size, time and date are shown.
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- /2 2 column. Displays the directory in 2 columns. The same information
- as /1 is shown except it is 2 columns side by side.
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- /4 4 column. Displays filename, extension and size in 4 columns.
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- /6 6 column. Displays filename and extension only in 6 columns, similar
- to DOS DIR /w command.
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- /h Horizontal. Displays the files across instead of down. This option
- is not available in the Shareware version. Please register your copy.
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- /v Vertical. Displays the files down instead of across. This option is
- not available in the Shareware version. Please register your copy.
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- 3.2.2 Sort Switches.
- The directory can be sorted almost any order you want.
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- In general by following a switch by a minus sign then the sorting will be
- in reverse order. For example:
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- CEDAR \s-
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- will sort the files from smallest to largest instead of largest to
- smallest.
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- /n sort by file Name. Files are sorted in ASCII order, punctuation
- before numbers before letters. /n- sorts in the reverse order.
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- /e sort by file Extension. Extensions are sorted in ASCII order,
- punctuation before numbers before letters. /e- sorts in the reverse
- order.
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- /s sort by Size. Larger files are listed before smaller files.
- Directories (which have zero size) are last. /s- sorts from smallest
- to largest. This option is not available in the Shareware version.
- Please register your copy to get this feature.
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- /t sort by Time. Older files are listed first. /t- sorts from newest to
- oldest. This option is not available in the Shareware version.
- Please register your copy to get this feature.
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- /d sort by Date. Older files are listed first. /s- sorts from newest to
- oldest. This option is not available in the Shareware version.
- Please register your copy to get this feature.
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- /y sort by tYpe. Directories will be listed before regular files. /y-
- will list directories last.
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- /o sorted by Order. Files will be sorted according to the order that
- they appear in the CEDAR.CTL file. See section 4.0 on Configuration
- for more details. /o- will sort files in the opposite order. This
- option is not available in the Shareware version. Please register
- your copy to get this feature.
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- /c sort by Color. Files will be sorted according to there color number.
- See section 4.0 on configuration for more information on colors. /c-
- will sort in the opposite order. This option is not available in the
- Shareware version. Please register your copy to get this feature.
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- /u Unsorted, do not sort the files but display them as they are on the
- disk. If this option is used any other sort option on the command
- line such as /n or /t will be ignored. /u- will cancel the /u
- command. This is for when there is a /u set by the configuration file
- and you want to cancel it. Using /u- will allow other sort switches
- such as /n and /t to be processed.
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- Note: It is possible to sort on an item that is not displayed, for
- example:
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- CEDAR \t4 *.exe
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- will sort by time, but the file time is not displayed in the 4
- column format.
- 3.2.3 Control Switches.
- These switches control various aspects of how CEDAR works.
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- /? Help. A short summary of all the switches.
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- /r or
- /r [filename]
- Reset. This will reset or configure CEDAR to use new colors and set
- new defaults. If [filename] not is given then the file CEDAR.CTL will
- be used. See section 4.0 on configuration for more details.
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- /p Pause. This will display a screen full (24 lines) and ask you to hit
- a key before continuing. /p- will turn pausing off, this is for when
- there is a /p set by the configuration file and you want to cancel it.
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- /f Form. This will display a registration form after to the screen,
- printer or a file called REGISTER.FRM after prompting you for your
- choice.
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- /i Ignore. This will suppress the listing of the . and .. directories.
- /i- will display the . and .. directories, for when there is a /i set
- by the configuration file and you want to cancel it. This option is
- not available in the Shareware version. Please register your copy to
- get this feature.
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- 3.2.4 Output Switches
- Output switches control how the listing is displayed.
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- /b Bios. This causes CEDAR to use the BIOS to write to the screen. This
- method allows colors to be displayed but does not support redirection.
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- This is the default mode. If no output switches are specified in the
- configuration file or on the command line this is the mode that will
- be used. This switch is not available in the Shareware version.
- Please register your copy to get this feature.
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- /x DOS. This mode uses DOS to write to the screen. It does not allow
- color but it does allow redirection. For example:
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- CEDAR /x2 *.doc *.txt > test.dir
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- will write the directory to the file test.dir.
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- CEDAR /x >prn
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- will send the directory to the printer.
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- Please note that if you use the pause (/p) option while redirecting
- the output the prompt to hit a key will also be redirected and will
- not appear on the screen. I am sorry that /x doesn't sound like
- anything but I ran out of appropriate letters. This option is not
- available in the Shareware version. Please register your copy to get
- this feature.
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- /a Ansi. This mode uses the ANSI.SYS driver to display the directory.
- This mode is redirectable and it also allows color. However it is
- slow. If you redirect this mode to the printer or a file you will get
- a lot of extra characters between the columns. You can redirect this
- mode over a modem and receive color on the other side, or you can
- redirect to a file and when you TYPE that file you will see color.
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- The ANSI.SYS driver must be loaded for this to work. Ie. You must
- have a line in your CONFIG.SYS file that says:
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- device=[path]ansi.sys
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- If the ANSI.SYS driver is not present then you will get a lot of extra
- characters between the columns and no color.
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- 4.0 Configuration
- Configuration is the most important and powerful feature of CEDAR. It
- allows you to set up the file extension and color combinations the way you
- want them as well as set up the default switches.
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- When you use the Reset default switch (/r) CEDAR will read from the
- configuration file and modify itself based on what the file contains. The
- command is as follows:
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- CEDAR /r c:\utilities\default.cfg
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- If no filename is given then CEDAR will use the file CEDAR.CFG. If CEDAR
- cannot find this file the program will abort.
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- The format for the configuration file is simple.
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- To set the file extension/color combinations you list the file extension
- including the period, followed by the number for the color. For Example:
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- .exe 12 ; light red on black
- .com 12
- .bat 12
- .doc 13 ; light magenta on black
- .txt 13
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- This will set up cedar so that .exe, .com, and .bat files are displayed in
- color 12 (Light red letters on a black background) and all .doc and .txt
- files are displayed in color 13 (Light Magenta on Black). In the
- registered version you can set to 200 file extension, color combinations.
- In the Shareware release you can set up to 20.
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- Everything after a semicolon (;) on a line is a comment and will be
- ignored.
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- The number representing the color is the standard color attributes for a
- CGA display. If you have a different type of display the colors might be
- different depending on how it has been set up.
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- The standard colors are:
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- COLOR FOREGROUND BACKGROUND
- ----- ---------- ----------
- Black 0 0
- Blue 1 16
- Green 2 32
- Cyan 3 48
- Red 4 64
- Magenta 5 80
- Brown 6 96
- White 7 112
- Grey 8
- Light Blue 9
- Light Green 10
- Light Cyan 11
- Light Red 12
- Light Magenta 13
- Yellow 14
- Bright White 15
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- To Get the desired foreground, background colors add the two numbers
- together. For example the number for white letters on a blue background
- is 7 (White) + 16 (Blue) = 23 (White on Blue). If you then add 128 to
- this number the colors will flash on and off.
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- In the ansi mode (/a) not all colors are possible. Only the first 8
- foreground colors are allowed. Any color after white will be displayed as
- that color number minus 8.
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- On a monochrome monitor color is rather meaningless. Instead of
- displaying color you might get underlining. Use the DOS switch (/x)
- instead of the BIOS switch (/b) or edit the CEDAR.CTL to change the colors
- to something more appropriate.
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- If you run the program SEECOLOR.EXE it will display a table of all the
- color combinations and you can clearly see what they look like.
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- There are some special file extension rules. Directories are specified by
- <dir>. The default color is specified by #def. This color is used for
- files that don't match any specified extension as well as the titles,
- borders, and footers. For Example:
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- <dir> 27 ; Will display directories in color 27.
- #def 33 ; Will display the title borders, footers and
- ; unknown file types in color 33.
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- The command #swi allows you to set the default command line switches.
- These switches will be used if no switches are specified when running the
- program.For example:
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- If your CEDAR.CTL file contained the line
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- #swi /2p
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- Then every time you ran CEDAR without any command line switches then CEDAR
- will run as if you had typed
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- CEDAR /2p
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- When using the #swi command you must have all your options as part of one
- switch. For Example you must always use
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- #swi /ys-
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- #swi /y /s-
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- If you use the second method you will get an invalid option error. This
- applies for the configuration file only, you still can split up your
- switches on the command line without any problems.
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- If no Sort switches are set by either the command line or the
- configuration file then /yne will be used.
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- If no Display switches are set by either the command line or the
- configuration file then /4v will be used.
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- If no Output switches are set by either the command line or the
- configuration file then /b will be used.
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- 5.0 Version History
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- April 26, 1989 Version 0.90
- Beta test version. Very limited release.
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- June xx, 1989 Version 1.00
- Initial release.
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- Possible future enhancements
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- Allow wildcards, so configuration file entries such as .wk? 12 will
- work.
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- Color displayed based of entire file name instead of just the
- extension.
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- For Example, an entry in the configuration of:
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- tax*.wks 15
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- would work.
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- Make CEDAR aware of different types of video monitors (EGA and VGA)
- so that it is not tied into an 80 column by 25 line screen.
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- Make the executable program smaller.
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- 6.0 Registration Form
- CEDAR 2.00 ORDER FORM
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- Please send with check or money order to:
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- Fred Van Andel Date:_____________________
- 414 Richmond St.
- New Westminster B.C.
- Canada V3L 4C2
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- From:
- Name: ________________________________________________
- Address:______________________________________________
- City:_________________________________________________
- Province/State:_______________________________________
- Postal/Zip:___________________________________________
- Phone:(_____)_________________________________________
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- Enclosed is a check or Money Order for the following:
- US / CDN
- Registration of CEDAR 2.00 _____ copies @ $15.00/$17.00 ea $_______.
- (Includes Registration, program
- and manual on disk)
- -Discount: $(______)
- B.C.Residents add 6% sales tax: $_______.
- Total: $_______.
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- Multiple copies of CEDAR are subject to the following discount:
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- 1 to 9 copies no discount.
- 10 to 24 copies 10% discount.
- 25 to 99 copies 20% discount.
- 100+ copies 30% discount.
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- Please rate this package on a scale of 1 to 10:
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- Usefulness: _____
- Power: _____
- Ease of use: _____
- Documentation: _____
- Value: _____
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- General Comments:_______________________________________________________
- ________________________________________________________________________
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- What features would you like to see in the future:_____________________
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- Signature:_______________________________________
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