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THE CATALOG TOOL
Written by: James Weiler
The Catalog Tool is a versatile
utility program that allows you to
rearrange the files on your disk into
any order you desire.
When the menu comes up select B,
"Use the Tool". Insert the disk you
want to work on, then press the space
bar. At that point, the Catalog Tool
will read the catalog from your disk
into memory and display the first 18
file names.
Your options are:
f3 - MOVE CURSOR UP
f5 - MOVE CURSOR DOWN
f1 - MOVE FILE NAME UP
f7 - MOVE FILE NAME DOWN
P - PUSH DELETED FILES TO BOTTOM
A - ALPHABETIZE
Z - ZALPHABETIZE
Q - QUIT
The cursor is the '>' symbol at the
left of the screen. Press f3 to move
it up. Press f5 to move it down. To
move a file up, press f1. Press f7
to move one down.
Lines that have "del" at the right
are files that have been scratched.
You can push them down to the bottom
of the directory by pushing the "P"
key. The Catalog Tool takes a while
to push them all down, so be patient.
Lines that are filled with reversed
"@" symbols are empty file positions
at the bottom of your directory. You
cannot move real files down into them.
You have two options if you want a
sorted catalog. Pressing "A" will
alphabetize the directory; "Z" will
"zalphabetize" it. A zalphabetized
directory is in exactly the reverse
order of an alphabetized one. It's
not a very useful function, but it was
easy to code so you get it anyway.
When you have rearranged the
catalog to look the way you like it,
press "Q", to quit. You will see
three options:
1. Write the catalog back onto the
disk. (All the editing you have
been doing was done in memory.)
2. Go back to editing the catalog.
(You may have hit "Q" by mistake.)
3. Just quit, leaving the diskette
exactly as it was when you
started. If you have made a
complete mess of your catalog
you might choose this option.
Only if you choose option 1 will the
changes be made permanently on your
disk.
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GENERAL NOTES
The Catalog Tool consists of three
files:
CAT TOOL BOOT (BASIC)
Q&D CAT TOOL (Compiled BASIC)
Q&D CAT TOOL.OBJ (Machine code)
*** All are necessary. ***
The Catalog Tool has enough built-
in intelligence to know when you are
trying to do something that would
mess up your catalog so that DOS
couldn't make sense of it. If you
try anything like that, the Catalog
Tool will simply tell you what you
tried to do wrong. It will not carry
out your erroneous command.
We use the Catalog Tool at Loadstar
every month to keep our catalogs in
order. Isn't that right, Alan?
>Well...gee, Jimmy, we sure do!!
If you would like to run the CAT
TOOL now, please press the '\'
\oad"cat tool boot",8
(English pound key) now.
>Files used: CAT TOOL BOOT
Q&D CAT TOOL
Q&D CAT TOOL.OBJ
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