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Some of you may have noticed that some of the commands from Opus v4.x are missing from Opus v5.x. While there really is no need for some of these commands in Opus v5, some users have decided they couldn't live without them and have created scripts that emulate these commands. Below is a list of the Opus v4 internal and ARexx commands, together with their equivalent in Opus v5. The commands in the Opus v4 column in white are the ARexx commands that were available in v4. Directory Opus V4 Directory Opus V5 AbortPrint Available from the Print requester . About Menu - Opus About AddCustEntry lister addstem AddCustHandler lister set handler AddFile lister add lister addstem AddIcon AddIcon Alarm Alarm All All AnsiRead AnsiRead dopus read ARexx Can be selected via the Function Editor . Assign Assign Beep Beep BufferList CacheList Busy lister set busy Now that the listers go busy, there is really no need to busy the pointer. Remember Opus v5 is fully multitasking and multithreading. ButtonIconify Available through each button banks popup menu. CD CheckAbort dopus progress lister query abort CheckFit CheckFit ClearBuffers FreeCaches lister clearcaches ClearSizes ClearSizes ClearWin lister clear Clone Duplicate Comment Comment Configure All settings are available through the Settings menu. ContST Copy Copy CopyAs CopyAs CopyWindow A script to emulate this function lister copy DateStamp DateStamp Defaults You can load any environment through the Environment Editor . Delete Delete DirTree Listers do not support displaying directories as a tree, but there is no reason why you could not write a script or module to do it :) DiskCopy DiskCopy DiskCopyBG No longer required because the DiskCopy process multitasks. DiskInfo DiskInfo DisplayDir ScanDir lister refresh DOpusToBack dopus back DOpusToFront dopus front Encrypt Encrypt ErrorHelp Execute Can be selected via the Function Editor. FileInfo lister query entry FinishSection FinishSection Format Format FormatBG No longer required because the Format process multitasks. GetAll lister query entries GetDevices DeviceList GetDirs lister query dirs GetEntry lister query entry GetFileType dopus getfiletype GetFiles lister query files GetNextSelected lister query firstsel GetSelectedAll lister query selentries GetSelectedDirs lister query seldirs GetSelectedFiles lister query selfiles GetSizes GetSizes Help Simply press the Help key, or use the Opus - Help! menu item. HexRead Read HexRead dopus read Hunt FindFile Iconify Hide IconInfo IconInfo Install Available through the Format process. InstallBG Available through the Format process. LastSaved Available through the Environment Editor . LoadConfig LoadEnvironment LoadStrings LoopPlay MakeDir MakeDir Modify Modify items using the Environment Editor then choose Use. Move Move MoveAs MoveAs NewCLI CLI NextDrives DeviceList None None OtherWindow Since you are not restricted to two windows like v4, there is no equivalent to this function. The easiest way to swap listers is to activate them with the mouse. Parent Parent PatternMatch Play Play PlayST Play will handle some formats but it is better to use a dedicated module player like DeliTracker, etc using filetypes. Print Print PrintDir PrintDir Protect Protect Query lister query Quit Quit Read Read dopus read Redraw Use the Icons - Reset menuitem, to redraw Opus' Desktop. Relabel Rename Remember RemoveEntry lister remove RemoveFile lister remove Rename Rename Request dopus request dopus getstring lister request lister getstring Rescan ReReadDir Reselect ReSelect Restore Root Root Run Run SaveConfig Available through the Environment Editor . ScanDir ScanDir ScrollH ScrollToShow You can scroll the listers while operations are happening. ScrollV Search Search Select Select SelectEntry lister select SelectFile lister select SetWinTitle lister set title Show Show SmartRead SmartRead Status lister query lister set StopST The Play command provides an abort button to end playing, provided you haven't used the QUIET switch. SwapWindow A script to emulate this function TechSupport Read the manual! Toggle Toggle TopText lister set header lister set title Uniconify Reveal User1 - User4 User User1 User2 User3 User4 Verify Confirm Version dopus version