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;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; AVIEW V4.x 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, SQZ, 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)
#Next Page#
[Next Page]
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
[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# #NOCOLOR# #SORT#
#ALTERNATELAYOUT# #NOMOUSE# #SWAPPATH#
#DATEFORMAT# #NOPATHS# #TEMPPATH#
#EDITOR# #NOUMB# #VIEWER#
#EXTRACTPATH# #NOXMS# #ZOOMSPEED#
#FSSORT# #SCANNER#
#NOEMS# #SCREENMODE#
[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, SQZ, ZIP or ZOO.
There are two variables, %A and %F, thes two must ALWAYS exist in one
of the commands (except xxxRESPONSE), %A will be replaced by AVIEW
with the name of the archive processed, and %F with a filename for
adding/deleting/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# #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxDELETE# #xxxUPDATE#
#xxxEXTRACT# #xxxRESPONSE#
[NOEMS]
NOEMS
─────
With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT use expanded memory (EMS)
when swapping before executing any external programm.
#NOUMB# #NOXMS#
[NOUMB]
NOUMB
─────
With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT use any upper memory
blocks (UMB) when swapping before executing any external programm.
#NOEMS# #NOXMS#
[NOXMS]
NOXMS
─────
With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT use any extended memory
(XMS) when swapping before executing any external programm.
#NOUMB# #NOXMS#
[NOPATHS]
NOPATHS
───────
With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT extract any paths from
archives when the extract function is used.
[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#
[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.
[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#
[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.
[ZOOMSPEED]
ZOOMSPEED <Milliseconds>
────────────────────────
With this command you define the zoom-speed of the popup-windows to
build up onto the screen, 0 means immediate popup, default is 10
[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# #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE#
[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# #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE#
[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# #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE#
[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#
#xxxUPDATE# #xxxRESPONSE#
[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#
#xxxUNPACK# #xxxRESPONSE#
[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#
#xxxUNPACK# #xxxUPDATE#
[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.
#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)
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
[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
──────────
Swapping: Display:
/NE - Don't use EMS /M - Monochrome mode (LCD)
/NU - Don't use UMB /25 - Use 25 lines per screen
/NX - Don't use XMS /35 - Use 35 lines per screen
/40 - Use 40 lines per screen
Sorting: /43 - Use 43 lines per screen
/A - Sort acsending /50 - Use 50 lines per screen
/D - Sort descending
/SC - Sort on compressed size Miscellaneous:
/SD - Sort on date /? - This screen
/SE - Sort on extension /C - Define .CTL file to use
/SM - Sort on method /NP - Don't extract paths
/SN - Sort on name /NV - Don't scan for any viri
/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 /NU /NV /NX /SC /SD /SE /SM /SN /SO /SR /SU
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
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!
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; EOF