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- SHORT: CD and find files/dirs quickly (uses a database)
-
- 940505 QuickTools Release 1.1
- Requires an Amiga with OS compatible with Workbench 2.04.
-
- Copyright © 1994 Ultima Thule Software, All Rights Reserved.
- Author: Eivind Nordseth
-
- QuickTools is the tool-package for the harddisk-owner who is tired of
- writing long pathnames when changing directories and who doesn't have
- the time to search for files manually. QuickTools consists mainly of
- four small utilities and a library where the search-routines are. All
- search-routines support standard AmigaDOS wildcards.
-
- Qcd:
- With this you can change directory by only writing enough of the
- directory name to identify it. The directory can be anywhere on the
- harddisk.
-
- If you want to change to a directory with the following path:
- 'Harddisk0:Work/SAS/SelfMade/QuickCD'
- It's several ways to do it:
- You can write: 'Qcd Harddisk0:Work/SAS/SelfMade/QuickCD' (the hard way)
- Or : 'Qcd hard:/sas//quic'
- Or : 'Qcd Self/Quick'
- Or : 'Qcd :///#?cd'
- Or : 'Qcd QuickCD'
- Or just : 'Qcd qui' (the fast way)
-
- And bang you are in 'Harddisk0:Work/SAS/SelfMade/QuickCD' !!
- Quite nice eh!!
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- QFind:
- Search for files, scans through the database in just a few seconds.
-
- QPop:
- A commodity for file and directory searching.
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- QMan:
- A documentation finding utility using the database to locate the
- documentation file for a specified program. The found file can be shown
- with a configurable viewer.
-
-
- These programs are a must for any serious hard-disk user!!
-
-
- Brief summary of news and fixes for Release 1.1:
- - Default arguments for most commands can be put in a envirorment
- variable.
- - QCD opens selection requester on the active public screen if possible.
- - Posiblilites to disable the selection requester in QCD.
- - GetQInfo has got a number of new parameters: OLDERTHAN, DELAY,
- SAVEREQUEST, EXCLUDEDIR, EXCLUDEFILE.
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- See QuickTools.doc for description of all changes.
-
-
- Why use QuickTools instead of other similar utilities:
- - All search routines support wildcards and are in a seperate library
- which also could be used by *your* program without any trouble.
- - Qcd, QFind and QMan is quite small and can be made resident.
- - The database is quite compact, (37K to store 4500 filenames with
- directory information).
- - Qcd is almost as fast as the normal CD since the directory database
- is kept resident in memory.
- - QPop can pop up with a hotkey and the search result can be copied to
- the clipboard so that it can be pasted to the input stream by program
- supporting this.
- - All GUI's can be controlled by the keyboard. No need to move your
- hand to the mouse.
-
- Not convinced ? Give it a try anyway.
-