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This file was prepared from an outline devised by Nelson Ford, for
the Public (Software) Library.
program name: DIREDIT
version num.: 3.05 date: 5/27/90
Author: Peter R. Fletcher
Address: 1515 West Montgomery Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010
Telephone support is available to registered users.
Requirements
r = minimum required s = supported/optional n = not supported
- = not applicable
******************************************************************
Computer Memory Monitor Printer Input Device
(*) Any MSDOS (_) 64k (r) Any (-) Any (r) any kybd
(s) PC (_) 128k (_) CGA (_) Dot Mtrx. (-) 12 fkeys
(s) PCjr (r) 256k (_) EGA (_) Laser (n) Mouse
(s) PC-AT (_) 512k (_) Mono (_) Graphics (-) Joystick
(_) AT&T 6300 (_) 640k (_) Herc (_) Color (-) Digitiz.
(s) 99% Compat. (_) >640k ________ (_) Pin Feed (_) ________
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# Drives Modem Software DOS Experience
(s) 5.25" (-) 300 (-) BASIC (n) 1.x (_) None
(s) 3.5" (-) 1200 (-) GW-BASIC (r) 2.x (r) Beginning
(s) 1.2 meg. (-) 2400 (-) ANSI.SYS (s) 3.x (_) Moderate
(s) Hard dsk. (-) 4800 (_) ________ (_) ______ (_) Expert
(*) RAM disk (-) 9600 (_) ________ (_) ______ (_) _________
Other: * This version of the program will operate on many RAMdisks
but some may not be compatible with it, even with the use of the
(supplied) VALIDATE program. Only one (hard or floppy) disk drive
is required to run the program.
Program Description
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Purpose: DIREDIT allows MS-DOS directories to be rearranged for
increased convenience and/or efficiency. Individual files may be
moved around and/or the entire directory can be reordered.
Features: DIREDIT allows you to "edit" MS-DOS directories. There
are a number of programs, some in the public domain, others
available as components of commercial utility packages (e.g. the
Norton Utilities (TM)), which allow directories to be sorted in
various ways (by filename, by file type ("extension"), by
modification date, by size), but DIREDIT also allows the user to
specify an arbitrary order and/or to move individual directory
entries around at will. DIREDIT also displays the directory in a
very compact manner, with up to 80 file-names visible on the
screen at once, but allows you to see the full file description
for any entry simply by moving a cursor to the name. The order in
which subdirectories and files are listed in the directory is the
order in which DOS searches through them (when asked to find a
data file or executable program). It follows from this that
programs and data files will be accessed fastest if they appear at
the top of the directory listing of the subdirectory in which they
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are found, and also that subdirectories (especially those which
are specified in your PATH command) should, for fast access, be at
the top of the directory listing. On the other hand, many people
find it easier to find a file that they are searching for if the
directory is sorted in some other way. DIREDIT can be used for
both purposes - arranging directories on disk for efficient access
and then resorting them temporarily on the screen when searching
for a file without (necessarily) saving the resorted directory to
disk. The DIREDIT package includes full on-disk documentation and
on-line help.