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LIST Version 7.5g WHAT'S NEW 3/11/91
New Command Line Switches
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| - a new /? command line switch display LIST usage information
- a new /E command line switch tells LIST to begin displaying the files
at the end of each file instead of at the beginning.
- A new /Ttext command line parameter searches all files immediately
for the 'text' and is case sensitive. The /Ftext or /Ttext parameter
must be the last on the command line. Both cannot be used at one time.
- The /Ftext command line parameter to begin a text search through all
selected files now invokes the Find function which is NOT case
sensitive.
- A new /B command line switch tells LIST to use BIOS for displaying data
| - A new /D command line switch to force display of the File Selection
| menu for the specified files, e.g. *.TXT for only .TXT files
- A new /K command line switch disables the mouse. Both the /M and /K
mouse options are clonable.
| - A new /Q command line option (and alt-Q command) to toggle sounding
| of beeps and bells.
| - A new /V command line switch which causes a verify function to be
| performed after any Copy or Move function
- A new /#nnnnnn command line switch instructs LIST to begin displaying
the file starting at line number 'nnnnnn'.
| - A new /4 command line switch may be used to place LIST into 43/50
| display mode; this requires an EGA or VGA display adapter.
| - The /L, /W, and /J command line switches now allow for disabling the
| function (in case LIST was cloned with the option on). To do this, add
| a minus sign, e.g. /W- will set wrap off. The B, D, and Q switches
| are toggles. That is, specifying them reverses the default (or
| cloned setting .
New Operational Features
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- the distribution files are LISTS.COM (small), LISTR.COM (regular), and
LIST.COM (plus)
- The new LIST environment variable tells LIST where to place temporary
files for the ViewArc and archive extraction functions, e.g.
SET LIST=C:\TEMP
| - All DEBUG offsets and information have been replaced by a new
| program called LISTOPT which is used to set defaults and options.
| LISTOPT is available to registered and licensed users only.
LIST Version 7.5g WHAT'S NEW 3/11/91
- The maximum "logical" record size has been increased from 910 to 2048.
- A second Help screen is now available in the Plus version which shows
all of the Ctrl- and cursor key functions
- A great improvement in speed is available when all filter options are
set off. Use alt-Z to display the toggles on the bottom line. An
option is off when its corresponding letter, e.g. 'J' for alt-J junk
filter or 'T' for the alt-T tab expansion filter, is in lower case.
| - The Viewarc function now assumes that .EXE and .COM files are self-
| extracting files and will actually execute them to extract the
| selected file. Not all self-extracting programs support this.
| Otherwise, if a file does not have the .ARC, .LZH, .ZIP, .PAK,
| or .SDN extension, the file is assumed to be a .ARC file.
| - The top status line while viewing a file has changed. Until the last
| record number is known, LIST now displays a percentage of the file
| read so far.
File Selection Menu
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- New commands are available from the File Selection (Alt-V) menu:
E invokes the 'Edit' editor to let you edit the selected file;
create a BATch file called EDIT.BAT which invokes the
editor of your choice with the optional parameters it needs
I invokes (executes) the selected program
Alt-Z toggles the status display on the bottom line from disk and
file statistics line to a menu command help line
- Changes to other file selection menu (Alt-V) commands:
- Q)uit returns you to the display of the last file you viewed
if no file has been displayed, Q exits to DOS.
- X and F10 exit to DOS in the NEW directory
- ESCape exits to DOS in the ORIGINAL directory
- Alt-X exits to DOS and shows the original screen
- the 1-up display now includes the file attributes
- Alt-C saves (clones) the settings
- the S)ort command now has a None (no sort) ordering option
| - a \ may be used in place of the P)ath command to change directories
| - you may press the shift key and a letter key to move the selection
| to the first filename beginngin with that letter, e.g. shift-C will
| put the cursor on the first file name beginning with the letter 'c'
LIST Version 7.5g WHAT'S NEW 3/11/91
New Commands
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- A new ctrl-Y command saves the current position as a bookmark, and
alt-Y repositions to the last bookmark. You may set up to 10 bookmarks.
- A new 1 command restarts displaying files with the first file.
- A new Ctrl-right command scrolls the screen right to the end of the
current line.
- A new O command toggles the date format from U.S. mm/dd/yy to
European format dd-mm-yy.
Changed Commands
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- The X command exits to DOS and clears the screen. In the Plus version,
you are now placed in the new (selected) directory.
- The Alt-G command (shell to DOS) now clears the screen.
- The Alt-D and Alt-O (write lines to a file) commands have been changed
to default to writing a found (highlighted line after Scan or Find)
line if no lines have been marked.
| - All command which as for a d:\path and/or a filename now check for
| embedded blanks and non-valid characters.
- The ctrl-I command has been added to the Plus version. It allows
setting the TAB interval to values other than the standard 8. Ctrl-I
prompts you to enter the new interval, which can be from 1 to 99.
| - The ctrl-D dial command will initially place the cursor on a line
| with found text, i.e. you scan for a name and LIST find it. The found
| text is highlighted. When you issue ctrl-D, the cursor is placed there.
| LIST copies all numbers and valid telephone number characters, like
| dash and comma, up to the first non-numeric character as the phone
| number. Also, if the telephone number has more than 7 digits, LIST will
| prefix the number with a 1 unless the phone number starts with a 1.