LIST Version 9.6y/2.4y WHAT'S NEW Feb 17, 2005 This file contains changes to information in the manual. Contents: --------- 1. Command Line Switches 2. New Operational Features 3. Long File Names 4. File Selection Menu 5. New Commands 6. Changed Commands 7. Extended text modes 8. DEBUG patch information 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. /1 places LIST Enhanced into 132-column mode (DOS and Win9x only) /C for LIST Enhanced, lock columns on left side of display /N for LIST Enhanced, lock first file lines on top of display /@filename specifies a file containing a list of names of files to display; the @ (at symbol) can be used in the viewer to get a list of selected files /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). LIST Version 9.6y/2.4y WHAT'S NEW Feb 17, 2005 New Operational Features ------------------------ - the program files are LISTS.COM (small), LISTR.COM (regular), LIST.COM, and LISTEDMB.COM (Enhanced for 400+mb files); | - The TEMP environment variable tells LIST where to place temporary files for the ViewArc and archive extraction functions, e.g. | SET TEMP=C:\TEMP | If the TEMP variable is not set, the current directory is used to store temporary and extracted files. - All DEBUG offsets and information have been replaced by a new program called LISTOPT which is used to set defaults and options.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. - The unregistered version of LIST Plus does not support network drives. This is due to companies using the shareware version on networks, and not getting a license. LISTOPT now supports entering registration information so that new versions may be downloaded and registered by the user alone. - The ? (question mark) Help command has been changed for LIST Enhanced to view the online manual. This requires the LISTHELP.COM and LIST.HLP files be in the same directory as the LIST.COM file. - The maximum "logical" record size has been increased from 910 to 4096. - 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. LIST Version 9.6y/2.4y WHAT'S NEW Feb 17, 2005 Long File Names --------------- - Long file names are supported under Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, and XP | as much as Windows support DOS/command long file and path names, e.g. | Windows XP only supports a maximum of 76 characters for the path\file - A single long file name may be entered on the command line when | using Windows 9x, Me, or 2000, or XP - The alt-F (get new filename) command now accepts a long file name including drive and path - The 1-up File Selection Men display includes the first part of the long file name - up to 95 characters. - The long file name is preserved for move and copy operations. The maximum length of a path name is 76 characters which means that directories with very long path names may not be accessible. - The @ command (available while viewing a file) shows a list of files that have been viewed. The path and file name are short names. - A new ~ (tilde) command under Windows 9x while viewing a file displays the file's long file name and other information. - Long file names may not be available on NTFS volumes LIST Version 9.6x/2.4x WHAT'S NEW June 17, 20044 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; at least one space is required: a null cancels the command. * refreshes the directory display Alt-Z toggles the status display on the bottom line from disk and file statistics line to a menu command help line Ctl-S executes the program associated with the selected file, e.g. Wordpad for .DOC, WinAmp for .MP3, ACDSee for .JPG Alt-D toggles whether or not directory entries are included when sorting the file selection menu; the default is to exclude them so that all directory entries show at the beginning of the list Ctl-V executes the program LXPIC.COM to view a graphic image file for the selected file - 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. The descending sort option is clonable. - a \ may be used in place of the P)ath command to change directories - 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 alt-F7 and alt-F8 commands change the color of the bar for the current file entry at the cursor position LIST Version 9.6x/2.4x WHAT'S NEW June 17, 20044 New Commands ------------ - A new Ctrl-G command in the viewer sets the length of fixed length records using the length of the first record displayed. This supplements Ctrl-B which is used to manually enter the length. - A new Ctrl-L command toggles the display of page breaks - Added video mode T for ATI Graphics Ultra Plus adapters - The Ctrl-O (control printer output) command has been expanded to offer more choices, i.e. portrait, landscape, condensed, and normal print modes. Only the printers supporting the HP PCL (laserjet and deskjet) printers are supported. For other printers, some patches are available. LISTOPT will eventually allow for printer codes to be supplied by the user. - 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. - A new % (percent) command toggles whether LIST displays the file's last line number or percentage of file read. | - A new ctrl-Q command toggles display of UCS-2 text files, i.e. files | that contain two unicode characaters to represent a single character LIST Version 9.6y/2.4y WHAT'S NEW Feb 17, 2005 - The Rename command will change a directory or file name to a long file name under Windows 9x. Only the first 55 characters are used. - The registered and licensed versions of LIST Plus and LIST Enhanced support access to network drives. This includes Novell, Lantastic, and MS Clients such as Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. To access MS Client drives, map the client drive as a local drive either through the NET USE command, or through a Windows application such as Explorer. LIST does not yet recognize the syntax \\computer\resource in place of d:\path. - To execute LIST from a server drive, the server version is required. LIST Version 9.6y/2.4y WHAT'S NEW Feb 17, 2005 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 ask 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 File Selection C)opy and M)ove commands check for sufficient space on the target drive before copying the file. - The Alt-E video mode switching command now recognizes VESA and will offer a selection of VESA modes which the display adapter supports. Only extended text modes are offered, e.g. 132 by 25. When you use alt-E, you are presented with one of two bottom line prompt messages: Screen: 0=adapter:I 1=80x25 2=80x43 3=132x44 4=132x25 etc. the choices for dimension depend on the video card. Use the 0 subcommand to cycle through the letter choices. Vesa mode: 0=80x25 1=132x25 2=132x43 3=132x44 again, the choices for dimension depend on the text modes that the video card supports If you are getting the "Screen" prompt and want the "Vesa" prompt, use the ctrl-J command to toggle the choice. You may clone any of these settings using the alt-C command. For text modes other than 80x25, and you are using Windows, be sure that you are in full screen mode; use alt-Enter if necessary to toggle full screen display. You may also need to change the properties of the DOS box. Typically, right clicking the top line of the DOS box will present a menu that you can naviagate to change the dislay rows, columns, and font. - The alt-F command now accepts a long file name, up to 70 characters - The file copy function from the File Selection Menu has a new option. In addition to the Y, N, S options, you may now specify the U option. This results in copying only those files which do not exist in the target directory. The check is for duplicate file names only and does not check for duplicate files with different date/timestamps. LIST Version 9.6y/2.4y WHAT'S NEW Feb 17, 2005 Extended Video Text Modes - Mode codes for the alt-E command: Alt-E 0 Code SVGA Manufacturer ------------ --------------------- I Generic IBM VGA A Ahead EGA2001 and VGA P Paradise VGA G Genoa SuperVGA U Ultra Vision O Tseng 4000 and Orchid V Vega, Video7 T ATI K Paradise VGA and ARK D Trident M Matrox LIST Version 9.6y/2.4y WHAT'S NEW Feb 17, 2005 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