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- ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ; AVIEW V4.8 Help-Text, Copyright (C) 1992-94 by Chris Buijs.
- ; For correct operation: DON'T EDIT THIS FILE!!!!
- ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- [Main]
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ The Norton Commander Archive Viewer │
- │ Copyright (C) 1992-94 by C. Buijs │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Welcome to the AVIEW help-system, this help-system can be used as an
- on-line reference of all the functions of AVIEW.
-
- Choose the subject you want help on.
-
- Help on: #Archive-Lister# #Input-Fields# #Info#
- #AVIEW.CTL# #Help# #Credits#
- #File-Selector# #Parameters#
- [Archive-Lister]
- Archive-Lister Help
- ───────────────────
- With the archive-lister you can view the contents of an ARC, ARJ, HYP,
- LZH, PAK, RAR, SQZ, UC2, ZIP or ZOO archive (also there SFX variants),
- the archive-lister also can view archives in archives (up to 16 deep).
-
- The archive-viewer can be used to view files, edit files, or manipulate
- archives.
-
- #Archive-Lister Keys#
- [Archive-Lister Keys]
- Archive-Lister Keys
- ───────────────────
- F1 - Help CTRL-F1 - Ascend/Descend sorting
- F2 - Extract CTRL-F2 - Extract to current path
- F3 or ENTER - View file CTRL-F3 - Sort on name
- F4 - Edit file CTRL-F4 - Sort on extension
- F5 - Convert CTRL-F5 - Sort on original size
- F6 or ALT-S - Sort list CTRL-F6 - Sort on compressed size
- F7 - Add file(s) CTRL-F7 - Sort on ratio
- F8 or DEL - Delete file(s) CTRL-F8 - Sort on date/time
- F9 or ALT-J - DOS-Shell CTRL-F9 - Sort on method
- F10 or ESC - Quit CTRL-F10 - No sort (Unsorted)
-
- Alpha-Numeric keys can be used for speed-search.
-
- #Archive-Lister Keys Page 2#
- [Archive-Lister Keys Page 2]
- Archive-Lister Keys Page 2
- ──────────────────────────
- ALT-L - Change screen-layout SHIFT-F2 - Extract to any path
- SHIFT-F7 - Create file
- UP/DOWN - Go up/down one entry SHIFT-F9 - Print file
- HOME/END - Go to begin/end of list
- ALT-F2 - Extract without paths
- INS/SPACE - Tag/Untag files ALT-F3 - Select viewer and view
- Gray +/- - Wildcard Tag/Untag ALT-F4 - Select editor and edit
- Gray * - Invert selections ALT-F9 - EGA/VGA Lines
-
- ALT-X - Exit AVIEW immidiate
- [AVIEW.CTL]
- AVIEW.CTL
- ─────────
- AVIEW.CTL is an plain ascii-file that can be edited to fully configure
- all the functions of AVIEW, the following commands are availble:
-
- #Archiver-Commands# #NOMOUSE# #SORT#
- #ALTERNATELAYOUT# #NOPATHS# #SWAPMODE#
- #DATEFORMAT# #NOSNOW# #SWAPPATH#
- #EDITOR# #NOXMS# #TEMPPATH#
- #EXTRACTPATH# #SCANNER# #TEMPREMOVE#
- #FSSORT# #SCANPROMPT# #VIEWER#
- #NOCOLOR# #SCREENMODE# #WAIT#
- #NOEMS# #SHOWSPECIAL#
- [Archiver-Commands]
- Archiver-Commands
- ─────────────────
- With the following commands you can define the parameters that must
- be used for the external archiver-utilities, the 'xxx' in the
- commands must be replaced by ARC, ARJ, HYP, LHA, PAK, RAR, SQZ,
- ZIP, UC2 or ZOO.
-
- There are two variables, %A and %F, thes two must ALWAYS exist in one
- of the commands (except xxxRESPONSE and xxxTEST), %A will be replaced
- by AVIEW with the name of the archive processed, and %F with a
- filename for adding, deleting and updating, note that AVIEW will
- automatically add the response-file-char before the filename when
- needed. The variables %A and %F are NOT optional!
-
- #xxxADD# #NOxxx# #xxxRESPONSE#
- #xxxDELETE# #xxxUNPACK# #xxxSFX#
- #xxxEXTRACT# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxTEST#
- [NOPATHS]
- NOPATHS
- ───────
- With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT extract any paths from
- archives when the extract function is used.
- [NOSNOW]
- NOSNOW
- ──────
- With this command you tell AVIEW to supress snow on (old) CGA-Cards.
- [SWAPMODE]
- SWAPMODE <Mode>
- ───────────────
- With this command you tell AVIEW how to swap before an external
- utility is executed, there are 5 modes:
-
- 0 - Swap to EMS/Disk.
- 1 - Swap to EMS/XMS/Disk (Default).
- 2 - Swap to XMS/Disk.
- 3 - Swap to XMS/EMS/Disk.
- 4 - Swap to Disk.
- [SWAPPATH]
- SWAPPATH <Path>
- ───────────────
- With this command you define the directory where AVIEW must write
- his swap-files when used, use a ramdisk to speed-up AVIEW.
-
- #EXTRACTPATH# #TEMPPATH#
- [WAIT]
- WAIT
- ────
- With this command you force AVIEW to wait for a keypress after
- each external utility executed.
- [ALTERNATELAYOUT]
- ALTERNATELAYOUT
- ───────────────
- With this command you can select the alternate screen-layout of the
- archive-lister as default (With full-path), this option works like a
- toggle in AVIEW by pressing ALT-L.
- [DATEFORMAT]
- DATEFORMAT <Dateformat>
- ───────────────────────
- With this statement you can define how the file-date is shown, include
- MM for month, DD for day and YY for year, the sepparation-chars can be
- freely defined, default is MM/DD/YY
- [NOCOLOR]
- NOCOLOR
- ───────
- With this statement you force AVIEW in black and white mode, this can
- be handy for laptop-users who have a LCD-Screen.
- [NOEMS]
- NOEMS
- ─────
- With this statement you force AVIEW to NOT use any EMS memory.
- [NOXMS]
- NOXMS
- ─────
- With this statement you force AVIEW to NOT use any XMS memory.
- [NOMOUSE]
- NOMOUSE
- ───────
- With this statement you force AVIEW to ignore the mouse when detected.
- [VIEWER]
- VIEWER <Trigger> <Viewer> [<Parameters>]
- ────────────────────────────────────────
- With this command you can define up to 32 viewers, with <Trigger> you
- specify the file-extension which must trigger the viewer, the <Trigger>
- may include wildcards. Default viewer when non-defined is WPVIEW for
- all type of files.
-
- The variable %F can be used to pass the file-name selected in AVIEW to
- the viewer.
-
- #EDITOR#
- [EDITOR]
- EDITOR <Trigger> <Editor> [<Parameters>]
- ────────────────────────────────────────
- With this command you can define up to 32 editors, with <Trigger> you
- specify the file-extension which must trigger the editor, the <Trigger>
- may include wildcards. Default editor when non-defined is NCEDIT for
- all type of files.
-
- The variable %F can be used to pass the file-name selected in AVIEW to
- the editor.
-
- #VIEWER#
- [EXTRACTPATH]
- EXTRACTPATH <Path>
- ──────────────────
- With this command you define the path where files must be extracted to,
- when this command is NOT used, AVIEW will prompt you for a path.
-
- #SWAPPATH# #TEMPPATH#
- [SCREENMODE]
- SCREENMODE <Lines>
- ──────────────────
- With this statement you can define how many lines per screen AVIEW must
- use, valid number of lines are 25, 35, 40, 43 and 50, note that a
- number greater than 25 needs a EGA of VGA display-adapter.
- [SORT]
- SORT <Key> [Ascending|Descending]
- ─────────────────────────────────
- With this statement you can define how AVIEW must sort the archive-list as
- default, valid sort-keys are: NAME, EXTENSION, ORGSIZE, CMPSIZE,
- DATETIME, METHOD and UNSORTED, optional you can specify with ASCENDING
- or DESCENDING the default sort direction, default is ASCENDING.
- [FSSORT]
- FSSORT <Key> [Ascending|Descending]
- ───────────────────────────────────
- With this statement you can define how AVIEW must sort the file-selector
- list as default, valid sort-keys are: NAME, EXTENSION, SIZE, DATETIME
- and UNSORTED, optional you can specify with ASCENDING or DESCENDING
- the default sort direction, default is ASCENDING.
- [TEMPPATH]
- TEMPPATH <Path>
- ───────────────
- With this command you define the path AVIEW must use as work-directory,
- this can be a ram-drive which will speed-up AVIEW dramatically, when
- the directory does not exist, it will be created.
-
- #EXTRACTPATH# #SWAPPATH# #TEMPREMOVE#
- [TEMPREMOVE]
- TEMPREMOVE
- ──────────
- With this command you tell AVIEW to remove the complete TEMPPATH when
- AVIEW is finished.
-
- NOTE: All directories/files in the TEMPPATH will be deleted.
-
- As default, AVIEW only deletes tempry files.
-
- #TEMPPATH#
- [SHOWSPECIAL]
- SHOWSPECIAL
- ───────────
- With this command you force AVIEW to use special 'hidden' files as
- normal files, special 'hidden' files are for example the files
- beginning with U$~ in an UC2 archive.
-
- As default, AVIEW ignores special 'hidden' files.
- [SCANNER]
- SCANNER <Scanner> [<Parameters>]
- ────────────────────────────────
- With this command you define the virus-scanner to use after files are
- unpacked with the unpack function, when no scanner is defined, no
- virus-scan will be performed.
- [SCANPROMPT]
- SCANPROMPT
- ──────────
- With this command you force AVIEW to ask you if the virus-scanner
- must be executed after extracting files from an archive.
- [xxxADD]
- xxxADD <Command-Line>
- ─────────────────────
- Defines which parameters to use for adding a file to an archive, this
- is used for the ADD function.
-
- #xxxDELETE# #xxxEXTRACT# #NOxxx# #xxxTEST#
- #xxxUNPACK# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE# #xxxSFX#
- [xxxDELETE]
- xxxDELETE <Command-Line>
- ────────────────────────
- Defines which parameters to use for deleting a file or files from an
- archive, this is used for the DELETE function
-
- #xxxADD# #xxxEXTRACT# #NOxxx# #xxxTEST#
- #xxxUNPACK# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE# #xxxSFX#
- [xxxEXTRACT]
- xxxEXTRACT <Command-Line>
- ─────────────────────────
- Defines which parameters to use for extracting a file or files from
- an archive, this is used for the extract-function.
-
- #xxxADD# #xxxDELETE# #NOxxx# #xxxUNPACK#
- #xxxTEST# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE# #xxxSFX#
- [xxxUNPACK]
- xxxUNPACK <Command-Line>
- ────────────────────────
- Defines which parameters to use for extracting ONE file from an
- archive WITHOUT path, this is used internally in AVIEW.
-
- #xxxADD# #xxxDELETE# #xxxEXTRACT# #NOxxx#
- #xxxTEST# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE# #xxxSFX#
- [xxxUPDATE]
- xxxUPDATE <Command-Line>
- ────────────────────────
- Defines which parameters to use for updating a file in an archive,
- this is used after you edited a file from an archive.
-
- #xxxADD# #xxxDELETE# #xxxEXTRACT# #NOxxx#
- #xxxTEST# #xxxUNPACK# #xxxRESPONSE# #xxxSFX#
- [xxxRESPONSE]
- xxxRESPONSE <Response-Char>
- ───────────────────────────
- Defines which charachter to use before a file name to tell the
- archiver that it is a response file, AVIEW defines automatically
- when to use this or not.
-
- #xxxADD# #xxxDELETE# #xxxEXTRACT# #NOxxx#
- #xxxTEST# #xxxUNPACK# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxSFX#
- [NOxxx]
- NOxxx
- ─────
- Disable one of the supported archivers, the 'xxx' can be ARC,
- ARJ, HYP, LZH, PAK, RAR, SQZ, UC2, ZIP or ZOO.
- [xxxTEST]
- xxxTEST
- ───────
- Defines which parameters to use to test an archive.
-
- #xxxADD# #xxxDELETE# #xxxEXTRACT# #NOxxx#
- #xxxRESPONSE# #xxxUNPACK# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxSFX#
- [xxxSFX]
- xxxSFX
- ──────
- Defines which parameters or external utility to use for creating
- self-extracting (SFX) archives.
-
- Syntax: xxxSFX <Type> <Parameters|Command-Line>
-
- For type you can define PARAM or EXEC, with PARAM you can define
- the parameters to use with the xxxADD statement, with EXEC you
- can define the command-line to execute.
-
- #xxxADD# #xxxDELETE# #xxxEXTRACT# #NOxxx#
- #xxxRESPONSE# #xxxUNPACK# #xxxUPDATE# #xxxTEST#
- [File-Selector]
- File-Selector Help
- ──────────────────
- The file-selector is started when AVIEW is started without any
- file-specification or with a file-specification which contain
- any wildcards (* or/and ?), with the file-selector you can pick
- a file to view from any drive or directory.
-
- The file-selector also has some file-manipulating functions to
- manage your files.
-
- Alpha-Numeric keys can be used for speed-search.
-
- #File-Selector Keys#
- [File-Selector Keys]
- File-Selector Keys
- ──────────────────
- F1 - Help Gray +/- - Wildcard tag/untag
- F2 - Change drive/directory Gray * - Invert selections
- F3 or ENTER - Select directory/file INS/SPACE - Tag/Untag
- F4 - Filter
- F5 - Not implemented CTRL-F1 - Asc./Des. Sorting
- F6 - Rename directory/file CTRL-F3 - Sort on name
- F7 - Create directory CTRL-F4 - Sort on extension
- F8 or DEL - Delete files/directories CTRL-F5 - Sort on size
- F9 or ALT-J - DOS-Shell CTRL-F8 - Sort on date/time
- F10 or ESC - Quit CTRL-F10 - No sort (Unsorted)
-
- #File-Selector Keys Page 2#
- [File-Selector Keys Page 2]
- File-Selector Keys Page 2
- ─────────────────────────
- ALT-F5 - Compress files to archive
- ALT-F6 - DeCompress files from archive
- ALT-F9 - EGA/VGA Lines
-
- UP/DOWN - Move cursor-bar up/down
- HOME/END - Move cursor-bar to begining/end of list
- PGUP/PGDN - Move cursor-bar one page up/down
-
- ALT-S - Sort listing
- ALT-X - Exit AVIEW immidiate
- [Input-Fields]
- Input-Fields Help
- ─────────────────
- AVIEW uses it's own routines for getting input from the user,
- this goes in a user-friendly manner, several options are
- availble when AVIEW is waiting for some input.
-
- #Input-Fields Keys#
- [Input-Fields Keys]
- Input-Fields Keys
- ─────────────────
- F1 - Help, This Screen
- F2 - File-selector
-
- LEFT/RIGHT - Move cursor-bar left/right
- HOME/END - Move cursor-bar to begining/end of line
-
- INS - Switch between insert/overtype mode
-
- DEL - Delete char under cursor
- BACKSPACE - Delete char left of cursor
- CTRL-Y - Delete line
- CTRL-HOME - Delete from cursor to begin of line
- CTRL-END - Delete from cursor to end of line
- [Help]
- Help on the Help-System
- ───────────────────────
- Use the cursor-keys to jump from topic to topic in the help-text,
- press ENTER to go to the help-text about the topic, press ESC to
- return to the previous help-screen.
- [Parameters]
- Parameters
- ──────────
- Miscellaneous: Display:
- /C - Define .CTL file /M - Monochrome mode (LCD)
- /NE - Don't use any EMS /25 - Use 25 lines per screen
- /NP - Don't extract paths /35 - Use 35 lines per screen
- /NV - Don't scan for viri /40 - Use 40 lines per screen
- /NX - Don't use any XMS /43 - Use 43 lines per screen
- /T - Show ARC-Type (File-sel.) /50 - Use 50 lines per screen
- /W - Wait after shell
- /! - Display swapping msgs
-
-
- #Syntax# #File-Selector# #Parameters Page 2#
- [Parameters Page 2]
- Parameters Page 2
- ─────────────────
- Sorting: Swapping:
- /A - Sort acsending /X0 - Swap to EMS/Disk
- /D - Sort descending /X1 - Swap to EMS/XMS/Disk
- /SC - Sort on compressed size /X2 - Swap to XMS/Disk
- /SD - Sort on date /X3 - Swap to XMS/EMS/Disk
- /SE - Sort on extension /X4 - Swap to Disk
- /SM - Sort on method
- /SN - Sort on name
- /SO - Sort on original size
- /SR - Sort on ratio
- /SU - Do not sort (Unsorted) #Syntax# #File-Selector#
- [Syntax]
- AVIEW Parameter Syntax
- ──────────────────────
- AVIEW <FileSpec> /? /! /25 /35 /40 /43 /50 /A /C:<CTL-FILE> /D /M /NE
- /NP /NV /NX /SC /SD /SE /SM /SN /SO /SR /SU /T /W
- /X0 /X1 /X2 /X3 /X4
-
- All parameters are optional, when a file must be specified, it must
- be the first parameter (may contain wildcards).
- [Info]
- Contacting the Author
- ─────────────────────
- If you have suggestions, bug-reports or other things concerning AVIEW,
- you can contact me (Chris Buijs) at:
-
- BBS : Action Board Zaandam, Tel: 31-(0)75-704890
-
- FidoNet : Chris Buijs, Point: 2:280/407.16
-
- CompuServe: Chris Buijs, ID: 100117,3242
-
- InterNet : 100117.3242@compuserve.com
- FTP : ftp.iaccess.za:/pub/bbsing/aview/ncav*.zip (or .exe)
-
- SnailMail : Chris Buijs
- De Spil 22
- 1507 CX Zaandam
- The Netherlands
- [Credits]
- Credits
- ───────
- Hereby i want to thank all alpha/beta/gamma-testers (all over the
- world) for there support and suggestions, keep up the good work!
-
- Special thanks go to:
-
- Jonas I. Hammerberg for a registered copy of Squeeze-It!
-
- AIP-NL for there info/help concerning the Ultra-Compressor II.
-
- Michael Cookson for making AVIEW availble on InterNet.
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