LIST Version 7.5h WHAT'S NEW 5/13/91 New Command Line Switches ------------------------- /? displays LIST usage information /B tells LIST to use the BIOS for displaying data. /D forces display of the File Selection menu for the specified files, e.g. *.TXT for only .TXT files; a filespec must be supplied. /E tells LIST to begin displaying the files at the end of each file instead of at the beginning. /K disables the mouse. Both the /M and /K mouse options are clonable. /Q toggles sounding of beeps and bells; same function as the alt-Q command. /V causes a verify function to be performed after any Copy or Move function /4 places LIST into 43/50 display mode; this requires an EGA or VGA display adapter. /Ttext 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. /Ftext begins a text search through all selected files now invokes the Find function which is NOT case sensitive. /#nnnnnn supplies the record number from which the display is to begin. | - The /L, /W, /M, /S, 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 or /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 ------------------------ - the distribution files are LISTS.COM (small), LISTR.COM (regular), and | LIST.COM (plus). Only LIST.COM is included in the archive file | available on bulletin boards and by online services. - The 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files for the ViewArc and archive extraction functions, e.g. SET LIST=C:\TEMP - All DEBUG offsets and information have been replaced by a new program called LISTOPT which is used to set defaults and options.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. See | the file DEBUG.TXT for patching information. LIST Version 7.5h WHAT'S NEW 5/13/91 - 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 - An 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 ------------------- - 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; replying ESCape to | the "Options:" prompt cancels the command 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. - the X command exits to DOS in the NEW (current) 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, and | a minus "-" prefix option for sorting in descending order; ESCape | now cancels the S)ort request. - a \ may be used in place of the P)ath command to change directories LIST Version 7.5h WHAT'S NEW 5/13/91 File Selection Menu (cont'd) ------------------- | - the F2 command to toggle the bottom line status display has been | changed to F3 - you may press the shift key and a letter key to move the selection to the first filename beginning with that letter, e.g. shift-C will put the cursor on the first file name beginning with the letter 'c' New Commands ------------ - 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 and is clonable. Changed Commands ---------------- - 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-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-T 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-T, 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. Sending of a '1' prefix has been removed. If the modem fails | to dial initially, press the to try a re-dial. | - The Ctrl-P command to print the entire file now sends a formfeed at the | end of printing. | - The File Selection C)opy and M)ove commands check for sufficient space | on the target drive before copying the file. LIST Version 7.5h DEBUG OFFSETS 5/13/91 The default filter options are now: alt-T - expand TABs is ON alt-J - filter out control characters is ON Item Offset Value Description of contents -------------- ------ ----- ----------------------- Special 0132 70 Top/bottom line colors Normal 0134 07 Text colors Bright 0136 09 Find/Scan line colors Window 1 color 0138 07 Normal window text color Window 2 color 0139 0F Second window text color Flag3 013A 09 Retrace off and junk filter on Flag4 013B 08 Tabs on Find row 013C 0800 Position of found line on screen, 8 Scroll incr 013E 0A00 Left/right scroll increment, 10 Scroll start 0140 0000 Starting scroll offset, 0 Tab value 0142 0800 Tab interval, 8 Tab mask 0144 F8FF Tab bit mask Loudness 0146 C8 Beep tone level Key rate 0148 FF Continuous scroll increment, 255 Overlap 0149 0000 PgUp/PgDn scroll overlap, 0 Wildcard esc 014B 26 Scan/Find wildcard ? escape character Alt-V up 014C 0500 Alt-V display files per line, 5 LIST Plus only -------------- Eye-catcher 014E 'COM:' COM port 0152 F803 Default for COM1, use F802 for COM2 Sort offset 0154 00 Default sort key offset 00 by filename 08 by extension 0C by datestamp 10 by file size Modem init 0157 'AT' 30-byte modem initialization string Editor name 0175 'Edit' 8-byte name of editor program Modem hang-up 017E 'ATZ' 9-byte modem disconnect command Temp var name 0187 LIST 4-character environment name for temps The following offsets change from version to version. Look for the eye-catchers to be sure of the offset: Key table 0468 'WHAT' Eye catcher 046C 0026 Key command table Routines 0571 'WHERE' Eye catcher 0576 xxxx Command routines Examples of using DEBUG can be found in the DIALER.PAT and COLORS.PAT files. To use them, copy LIST.COM to the current directory and issue the DEBUG command. For example: DEBUG