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4EDIT USER'S GUIDE
DECEMBER 1991
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| ____|__ | Association of
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|___|___| MEMBER
XD SYSTEMS
1014 SHIPMAN LANE
MCLEAN, VA 22101
CONTENTS
Limited Warranty 1
Background 2
4EDIT Usage 2
Regarding Registration 3
4EDIT Version History 4
4ZIP/4UNZIP 5
Software Registration Form and Order 6
LIMITED WARRANTY
XD Systems warrants the physical diskette enclosed herein to
be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 60
days from the date of purchase. In the event of notification within
the warranty period of defects in material or workmanship, XD
Systems will replace the defective diskette.
XD Systems specifically disclaims all other warranties,
express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties
of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event
shall XD Systems be liable for any loss of profit or any other
commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental,
consequential or other damages arising out of the use, the result of
use, or inability to use this product.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a
Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman, 70007,3536. The
ombudsman may also be contacted by FAX by sending to the ASP FAX
number: (616) 788-2765. In communication with the Ombudsman, please
include a telephone number and/or FAX if possible.
4DOS is a trademark of J.P. Software. PKZip and PKUnzip are
trademarks of PKWare. 4EDIT and all the files and documentation
distributed with it are copyright 1990 by Iram J. Weinstein. All
rights reserved.
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4EDIT User's Guide
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991
I.J. Weinstein
A. BACKGROUND
In 1988, I wrote and distributed a shareware program, XDIR,
which was one of the first DOS directory programs to attach a comment
to each file. When I first saw 4DOS, I loved it, but I wanted to
have the same sort of full-screen editor for directory comments (or,
in 4DOS terms, Descriptions) that I had in XDIR.
4EDIT provides this feature. I think you will find it very
useful. Its good practice to comment your files, and often it is
handy to see the descriptions attached to other files, while you are
writing a new one.
4EDIT reads the DESCRIPT.ION files produced by 4DOS and
allows you to modify them, or creates a new file if 4DOS has
not already provided one. You should know that the DESCRIPT.ION
file is a hidden file. You will not see it in the DOS directory
unless you change the file attribute or use the 4DOS DIR /A:h (Dir /h
in Version 3.x) option.
B. 4EDIT USAGE
4EDIT Usage is:
4EDIT [/12 | /24] [d:][path][filespec] [filespec] [...]
A directory display similar to that of SELECT will appear
showing all of the files meeting any of the filespecs. This use of
include lists is like the 4DOS DIR and SELECT usage. Filespecs can
freely use the wildcard characters '*' and '?'. For example the
filespecs c:\wp\*smith*.*; *. xyz would display all the files in the
c:\wp directory that either have the letters smith in the name part
or have xyz as the extension. Note that only the first argument in an
include list can have a pathname; subsequent arguments default to
the same path. Filespecs in an include list can be separated by ';',
as in 4DOS, or, for convenience, '+' or ' '.
4EDIT implements International date and time formats. The
display will automatically be consistent with your country=xxx
command in config.sys. Since some users prefer different time
formats, 4EDIT provides command line overrides for the time format.
They are:
/24 Use 24 hour time
/12 Use 12 hour time (e.g., 10:35p)
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You can cursor around the screen using <Up>, <Dn>, <PgUp>,
<PgDn>, <Ctrl-PgUp> and <Ctrl-PgDn>. At any row, you can start
typing, and a cursor will appear. Typing will start at the
beginning of the description in Insert mode. The editor is WordStar
compatible and also supports the following:
<Esc> Restore original contents of current line, if
in the midst of editing it. Otherwise quit
4EDIT without saving.(If you want to exit
4EDIT before you do any editing, it may be
necessary to press Esc twice.)
<F10> ,<AltF4> End edit. Save changed Descriptions
<PgUp> Cursor back one screen
<PgDn> Cursor forward one screen
<Ctrl-PgUp> Cursor to top of first screen
<Ctrl-PgDn> Cursor to end of last screen
<Left> Cursor left one character
<Right> Cursor right one character
<CtrlLeft> Cursor left one word
<CtrlRight> Cursor right one word
<Home> Cursor to beginning of line
<End> Cursor to end of line
<Del> Delete character at cursor
<Bksp> Delete character to left of cursor
<CtrlEnd> <ShftDel> Delete to end of line
<CtrlY>,<CtrlX> Delete entire line
<CtrlHome> Delete from beginning of line
<CtrlT> Delete word to right of cursor
<CtrlR> Restore original contents of line
<Ins> Toggle INSERT on and off. Thin cursor
indicates overwrite mode; thicker
cursor indicates insert mode (default).
<CtrlC>,<CtrlIns> Copy description to clipboard
<CtrlP>,<ShiftIns> Copy from clipboard to description
ASCII characters that are not on the keyboard can be inserted
into a description by holding down the left shift key, simultaneously
pressing ALT and entering the ASCII code for the character on the
keypad.
4DOS Version 4.0 has extended the allowable description length
to 80 characters, and has made provisions for additional fields in its
description records for eventual use for other purpo