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- sub-tile=Manual Addendum
-
- 0. "The code grows faster the the documentation." This has been
- DISKED's motto for a long time. There are still features not
- yet in the manual (new manual will be out real soon now, honest).
-
-
- 1. A consistant user interface has been the most troublesome aspect
- of programming. I have tried very hard to keep DISKED easy to
- use (I am lazy, I HATE trying to remember obscure, non-sensical
- key/command sequences; a function key based interface for example).
-
- There may exist problems like messages appearing at weird places
- or command input suddenly ending when you least expect it, or
- lack of or extra spaces.
-
-
- 2. New commands:
-
- '^T' Track file. All sector movement will be limited to the
- cuurent file. Sector buffer offsets will be based on
- the size of the file and the sector offset within the
- file. This makes editing a binary file Much Easier!
- '^T' again or any Quit key will un-lock the file.
-
- While a file is tracked, many commands will be disabled;
- only the buffer, sector/cluster movement and misc.
- commands will work. (The find command may be added
- later.)
-
- '*' Toggle dump filter. If on, the ASCII portion of sector
- dumps will not display character values below 20h (space)
- or above 7Eh ('~'). Useful for Print-Scrn.
-
- 'D' Debug. This command was previously undocumented. This
- enters a debug mode where memory allocation can be
- examined. There are the following sub-commands:
-
- 'd' Display memory status.
-
- 'h' Display summary of used and free blocks.
-
- 'm' Minimize heap. This can be helpful for the '!'
- command.
-
- 'g' Grow heap.
-
- 'ln' List memory.
-
- 'k' Change memory list format.
-
- '/' Brief help.
-
- '?' Extended help.
-
- '.' Exit debug.
-
- There is much more to the memory allocation features which
- I will delay explaining until I finish the real manual.
-
-
- 3. Command changes:
-
- 'fs' Find now locates strings across sector boundries.
-
- BS Drive statistics now shows both logical and physical
- parameters. (Switching back and forth was driving me
- crazy.)
-
- 't' Tagged sectors used to be cleared everytime a new disk,
- even the current one, was logged. Now, an argument of
- 0 will ask to clear the tagged array.
-
-
- 4. Keyword changes:
-
- Logical This has bascially been eliminated. Sector parameters
- now show both logical and physical parameters. I left
- this in just to turn off the physical parameters.
-
- 5. Bugs:
-
- /s This command line switch will not set to a file name that
- begins with a number; DISKED will think it is a sector
- number to set to.
-
- '^Y' and 'Y' Save and Restore state. These commands need work
- but I have left them in with the thought that maybe someone
- who thinks they will be useful will give me feedback about
- them.
-