─EDIT IS A ─IRECTORY ╙ORT PROGRAM. ╔T FEATURES AN ┴LPHABETICAL ╙ORT, ╨ACK (GET RID OF DELETED FILES THAT ARE STILL IN THE DIRECTORY), AND A ═ANUAL ╙ORT. ╘HERE IS A CURRENT LIMITATION OF 504 ─IRECTORY ┼NTRIES ON THE 64, AND 1000 ─IRECTORY ENTRIES ON THE 128 VERSION.
═AIN ═ENU
1 - ╙ORT ─IRECTORY
2 - ╨ACK ─IRECTORY
3 - ═ANUAL ╙ORT ─IRECTORY
4 - ─╧╙ ├OMMANDS
5 - ─IRECTORY
6 - ├HANGE ┴CTIVE ─RIVE
7 - ╙CREEN ┬LANK ╘OGGLE (ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE 64 VERSION)
8 - ┼╬─
╙ORT ─IRECTORY
╘HE SCREEN WILL TELL YOU THAT THE COMPUTER IS DETERMINING THE DRIVE TYPE AND WHETHER YOU ARE WORKING ON A ╟┼╧╙ FORMATTED DISK / PARTITION.
┴FTER THIS IS COMPLETED, THE PROGRAM WILL READ THE DIRECTORY, DISPLAY THE CONTENTS ON THE SCREEN, AND THEN SORT THE DIRECTORY.. ╔F THE DIRECTORY IS A ╬ATIVE OR ╬ATIVE ╙UB, ANY SUB DIRECTORIES WILL BE PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
╘HEN THE PROGRAM WILL DISPLAY THE SORTED CONTENTS TO SCREEN AND ASK IF THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT. ╔F SO, THE DIRECTORY WILL BE RE-WRITTEN BACK TO THE DISK. ╔F A NATIVE SUB WAS FOUND OR THE DIRECTORY IS A NATIVE SUB, THEN A ╓ALIDATION WILL OCCUR.
╨ACK ─IRECTORY
╘HE SCREEN WILL TELL YOU THAT THE COMPUTER IS DETERMINING THE DRIVE TYPE AND WHETHER YOU ARE WORKING ON A ╟┼╧╙ FORMATTED DISK / PARTITION.
┴FTER THIS IS COMPLETED, THE PROGRAM WILL READ THE DIRECTORY, DISPLAY THE CONTENTS ON THE SCREEN, ASK IF THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT. ╔F SO, THE DIRECTORY WILL BE RE-WRITTEN BACK TO THE DISK. ╔F A NATIVE SUB WAS FOUND OR THE DIRECTORY IS A NATIVE SUB, THEN A ╓ALIDATION WILL OCCUR.
═ANUAL ╙ORT
╘HE SCREEN WILL TELL YOU THAT THE COMPUTER IS DETERMINING THE DRIVE TYPE AND WHETHER YOU ARE WORKING ON A ╟┼╧╙ FORMATTED DISK / PARTITION.
┴FTER THIS IS COMPLETE, THE PROGRAM WILL READ THE DIRECTORY, DISPLAY THE CONTENTS ON THE SCREEN, AND THEN BRING UP A SCREEN TO LET YOU MANIPULATE THE DIRECTORY. ┘OU CAN DELETE FILES, RENAME THEM, CHANGE FILE TYPES, AND LOCK THEM.
╘O HIGHLIGHT A FILE TO MOVE, MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE FILE AND PRESS RETURN. ╘HEN MOVE THE CURSOR TO WHERE YOU WISH THE FILE TO BE PLACED. ╘HE FILE WILL BE PLACED IN FRONT OF THE FILE THAT YOU HAVE THE CURSOR ON. ╨RESS RETURN AND THE FILE WILL BE MOVED. ╔F YOU WISH TO ABORT THE MOVE, PLACE THE CURSOR BACK ON TOP OF THE FILENAME AND PRESS RETURN.
╒SE '╬' AND '╨' TO GOTO THE ╬┼╪╘ AND ╨╥┼╓╔╧╒╙ PAGES.
╨RESS '╞7' TO GET THE HELP SCREEN WHEN IN THE ═ANUAL ╙ORT. ┴LL OF THE OPTIONS IN THE ═ANUAL ╙ORT ARE EXPLAINED HERE.
╨RESS '╞1' TO RE-WRITE THE DIRECTORY TO DISK. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU ARE SURE, AND THEN THE DIRECTORY IS WRITTEN BACK. ╔F A VALIDATION IS NEEDED, ONE WILL BE PERFORMED.
╨RESSING '╥╒╬╙╘╧╨' WILL CAUSE AN ┴┬╧╥╘ OF THE ═ANUAL ╙ORT.
╘O ─┼╠┼╘┼ A DIRECTORY ENTRY, HI-LIGHT IT, AND PRESS '─'. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DELETE THE FILE.
╘O ╥┼╬┴═┼ A DIRECTORY ENTRY, HI-LIGHT IT, AND THEN PRESS '╥'. ┘OU WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR THE NEW NAME OF THE ENTRY. ╨RESSING '╥┼╘╒╥╬' WILL CAUSE ╬╧ ├╚┴╬╟┼ TO OCCUR.
─╧╙ ├OMMANDS
╘HIS AREA ALLOWS YOU TO SEND ─╧╙ COMMANDS TO CHANGE PARTITIONS/SUB-DIRECTORIES, SCRATCH FILES, FORMAT DISKS, ETC. ┴ LIST OF SOME OF THE COMMANDS ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. ╞OR A DETAILED LIST OF COMMANDS AVAILABLE, PLEASE REFER TO YOUR ─RIVE ═ANUAL.
┘OU CAN STACK COMMANDS BY USING THE ┼╬╟╠╔╙╚ ╨╧╒╬─ SYMBOL BETWEEN COMMANDS. ╘HERE IS A LIMIT OF ABOUT 255 CHARACTERS, SO WATCH HOW LONG YOU MAKE THE COMMAND!!
─IRECTORY
╘HIS WILL DISPLAY THE CURRENT DIRECTORY FOR THE DISK/PARTITION YOU ARE WORKING ON. ┘OU CAN PRESS '╤' TO ╤╒╔╘, AND '╙╨┴├┼' TO ╨┴╒╙┼. ─IFFERENT FILE-TYPES HAVE DIFFERENT COLOURS SO THAT THEY CAN BE READILY IDENTIFIED.
├HANGE ┴CTIVE ─RIVE ╬UMBER
┘OU HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE:
1 - ├HANGE ┴CTIVE ─RIVE ╬UMBER
2 - ╥ETURN TO ═AIN ═ENU
╔F YOU CHOOSE 1, YOU WILL BE QUESTIONED FOR THE DRIVE NUMBER OF THE NEW ACTIVE DRIVE. ╔F THAT DRIVE IS NOT FOUND ON THE BUS, THE DRIVE NUMBER WILL NOT BE CHANGED.
╙CREEN ┬LANK ╘OGGLE (64 ╓ERSION ╧╬╠┘!)
┘OU ARE NOW ABLE TO ╘OGGLE ╙CREEN ┬LANKING ╧╬ AND ╧╞╞. ╙CREEN ┬LANKING IS USED WHEN READING IN THE DIRECTORY INFORMATION AND WHEN A SORT IS TAKING PLACE. ╧N LARGE DIRECTORIES THE SCREEN BLANKING WILL SAVE SOME TIME.
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╘HIS ENDS THE PROGRAM. ┬OTH THE 64 & 128 VERSIONS OF THE PROGRAM NOW PERFORM A COLD-RESTART. ╘HIS MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE ╩IFFY─OS, THE KEY COMMANDS WILL BE BACK!!!
╙HARE-╫ARE ╬OTICE
╘HIS PROGRAM IS RELEASED AS ╙HARE-╫ARE. ╔F YOU FIND YOU ARE USING THE PROGRAM ALOT, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED AND OBLIGATED TO SEND THE AUTHOR, ╩EROME ╨. ┘ONER, A $5 DONATION TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
╘HE AUTHORS ADDRESS IS:
╩EROME ╨. ┘ONER
┬OX 548
┼STEVAN, ╙ASKATCHEWAN
╙4┴ 2┴5
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├URRENT VERSIONS CAN BE FOUND ON ╤-╠INK AND ╟┼NIE. ╔ WOULD LIKE TO THANK ─OUG ├OTTON OF ├═─ FOR HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM AND FOR THE SUPPORT ╔ HAVE GOTTEN FROM ├═─. ┴LSO, ─OUG UPLOADS MY PROGRAMS TO ╤-╠INK, AS ╔ DO NOT HAVE A ╤-╠INK ACCOUNT..
╔ MUST ALSO THANK ╦EN ╚ORNE FOR WHOM THE 128 VERSION WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN MADE AND FOR BEING MY MAIN TESTOR.
╔ MUST ALSO THANK ╬OEL ╬YMAN AND ╦ENT ╙ULLIVAN. ╬OEL PROVIDED THE ═╠ FOR READING THE DIRECTORY (OPTION 5 FROM ═AIN ═ENU ON THE 64 VERSION). ╦ENT WAS THE INTERMEDIARY AND WAS THE PERSON WHO SUGGESTED THAT ╔ USE ═╠ FOR THIS PART.
╠AST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, ╔ HAVE TO THANK MY GIRLFRIEND, AS WITHOUT HERE SUPPORT THIS UPDATE WOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
