9Jul95 4 U U TTTTT I L SSSSS 4 4 U U T I L S 4 4 U U T I L S 4 4 U U T I L SSS 44444 U U T I L S 4 U U T I L S 4 U U T I L S 4 UUUUU T I LLLLL SSSSS 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Binary created using Turbo Pascal 7.0 (c) Borland International 1992 Note: This document has been formatted and is ready for printing. (60 lines per page, up to 75 characters per line.) Table of contents: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 0. Legal Status, Warranty ............................... 2 1. Distribution Policy .................................. 2 2. Introduction ......................................... 3 3. Getting started ...................................... 4 4. 4DESC - a simple 4DOS-description editor ............. 5 4.1 Command line switches and parameters ................ 5 4.2 Editing and changing descriptions ................... 5 5. 4FF - a simple file finder ......................... 7 5.1 Command line switches and parameters ................ 7 6. Customizing 4DESC and 4FF - the 4UTILS.INI file ...... 9 7. (Re)Compiling 4DESC or 4FF............................12 8. Bugs and Comments.....................................13 9. How to reach the authors..............................15 10. Acknowledgements......................................15 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 1 0. Legal Status, Warranty 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � � � Since 4UTILS is licensed free of charge, the authors, David Frey � � and Tom Bowden, provide absolutely no warranty of any kind, either � � expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied � � warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. � � � � 4UTILS is provided "as is"; the entire risk as to the quality and � � performance of the program is with you. Should the program prove � � defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair � � or correction. � � � � In no event will any copyright holder, or any other party who may � � modify and/or redistribute the program as permitted below, be liable � � to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental � � or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use � � the program (including but not limited to loss of data or data being � � rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a � � failure of the program to operate with any other programs), even if � � such holder or other party has been advised of the possibility of � � such damages. � � � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴暠 These programs are freeware: you are allowed to use, copy and change them free of charge, when the following conditions are met: * 4DESC or 4FF may not be sold or hired. * Never change copyright statements: the copyright remains in our hands. * If you make any (considerable) changes to the source code, please let us know (send us a copy or a listing). We would like to see what you have done. 1. Distribution Policy 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 You can distribute these utilities under the following conditions: * You ask no contribution from the receiver of this package except from a nominal copying charge not to exceed US $6. (SFr. 10). 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 2 * This archive must be left intact (repacking allowed). That means the receiver of this package must receive the following files: Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name ------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ------ ---- 49296 Deflate 24644 50% 09-07-95 17:50 d1c3fd2f 4desc.exe 38597 Deflate 8775 77% 09-07-95 17:50 d1ffa4b1 4desc.pas 1799 Deflate 817 55% 09-07-95 17:50 fe0cdf9e 4desc.txt 49552 Deflate 24607 50% 09-07-95 17:50 4bafe410 4desc86.exe 47568 Deflate 22260 53% 09-07-95 19:00 6b56ce04 4ff.exe 17592 Deflate 5333 70% 09-07-95 19:00 e73a78a9 4ff.pas 1932 Deflate 812 58% 09-07-95 19:00 33cf4f89 4ff.txt 47728 Deflate 22222 53% 09-07-95 19:00 2dd040d7 4ff86.exe 32881 Deflate 11246 66% 09-07-95 17:50 80674160 4utils.doc 4023 Deflate 1585 61% 09-07-95 17:50 2d5a4fee 4utils.smp 1997 Deflate 579 71% 09-07-95 17:50 9d8a949e desc.btm 22364 Deflate 6181 72% 09-07-95 17:50 e8833674 descript.pas 12229 Deflate 3687 70% 09-07-95 17:50 4cbc21d9 displayk.pas 3195 Deflate 1239 61% 09-07-95 17:50 1f60796b dmouse.pas 401 Deflate 274 32% 09-07-95 15:38 3bab006d file_id.diz 1462 Deflate 666 54% 09-07-95 17:50 515f0ad0 fix.pas 5842 Deflate 2088 64% 09-07-95 19:00 02be5b7f globals.pas 8497 Deflate 2848 66% 09-07-95 17:50 f11584a6 handlein.pas 1648 Deflate 591 64% 09-07-95 17:50 99f6d947 packing.lst 9654 Deflate 2991 69% 09-07-95 19:00 1010a54e scanarjf.pas 6496 Deflate 1983 69% 09-07-95 19:00 b8477542 scanlzhf.pas 9160 Deflate 2533 72% 09-07-95 19:00 cdd57f08 scanzipf.pas 13559 Deflate 3374 75% 09-07-95 17:50 84f8dfaa stringda.pas 4692 Deflate 2106 55% 09-07-95 17:50 3212e82c whats.new ------ ------ --- ------- 392164 153441 61% 24 2. Introduction 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 4UTILS is a small collection of 4DOS *) utilities. I have created them for my needs and I'm releasing them as freeware. *) 4DOS is a trademark of JP Software Inc, PO Box 1470 E. Arlington MA 02174 USA I'm a happy (and registered) user of 4DOS and I could not return to plain COMMAND.COM. In course of time I began to write tools which were aware of an important 4DOS feature: file descriptions. These file descriptions are very handy; when I was searching some files (with `FF read.me' for example) I've often missed them. So I decided to write a 4DOS aware file finder. 4DESC was written because 4DOS's `describe' is not able of cutting and pasting. As a (hobby) programmer, I need this feature quite often, since the executables and the source code often get similar descriptions. Getting bored of retyping similar descriptions I wrote 4DESC. 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 3 3. Getting started 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Installing 4UTILS is simple. Do the following: (In this example I assume you install the 4UTILS package in C:\4UTILS; please change the directory name if this does not apply.) i) create a new directory where 4UTILS should reside, and change into it: CDD C:\ MKDIR 4UTILS (or MD 4UTILS) CD 4UTILS ii) unzip the contents of 4UTILSx.ZIP: UNZIP C:\TEMP\4UTILSxy.ZIP ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ | | | | | The newest version of 4UTILS, the version | | number is coded in the last letters, | | e.g. 4UTILS86.ZIP | | | The directory where 4UTILSxy.ZIP resides | UNZIP is the unzipper you are using. You can either use UNZIP from the InfoZip Group (free) or original PKUNZIP. iii) Append the directory 4UTILS to your path. ESET PATH Press and type ';C:\4UTILS' or SET path=%path%;C:\4UTILS iv) Run DESC.BTM to describe your newly extracted files. v) Adapt (or create) a suitable 4UTILS.INI file, if needed. (see section `Customizing') A sample 4UTILS.INI file has been provided, it's name is 4UTILS.SMP. It contains the default values 4DESC/4FF would use and a few explanations of the parameters. 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 4 4. 4DESC - a simple 4DOS-description editor 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 4.1 Command line switches and parameters 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� The Syntax of 4DESC is : 4DESC [/help] [/mono] [/dontask] [d:][\path] There are three command line switches: /help jumps directly into the help screen, after a key press you can start editing. /mono 4DESC automatically detects on startup whether you are using a monochrome or a color monitor. This switch is intended to override this detection (useful on EGA/VGA displays only). /dontask suppresses the `May I save ?' questions. The descriptions will always be saved. This feature eases navigation in directory trees, but may save unwanted changes too. When supplying a path specification, 4DESC will read the description file residing in the path you specified. 4.2 Editing and changing descriptions 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The following keys have special meanings: Arrow Keys, PgUp, PgDn, Home, End moves bar resp. cursor Ctrl-PgUp moves to first line | Ctrl-PgDn moves to last line Ctrl-Left moves to previous word | Ctrl-Right moves to next word Ctrl-Home deletes from cursor to | Ctrl-End deletes from cursor to start of line | end of line Backspace deletes character | DEL deletes character before cursor | under cursor INS toggles from insert mode | to overwrite mode and | vice versa. | | Alt-D deletes current | description entirely | Alt-C copy current description | Alt-M or move current description to buffer 2) | Alt-T to buffer 2) Alt-P pastes the buffer to | current description | | Alt-S or | Shift-F10 Shell to (4)DOS | | ESC Exits 4DESC, i.e. saves | Alt-X Exits 4DESC, i.e. saves | the descriptions and | the descriptions and returns to the directory | stays in the currently where it has been started| selected directory. from. | 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 5 Alt-Q Quits 4DESC, i.e. | discards the changes and | returns to the original | directory | | F3 or | Alt-V View highlighted file | Alt-E Edit highlighted file F4 or Change into highlighted | F5 or Change into highlighted ENTER on dir directory. | ENTER on .. directory. (one level down) | (one level up) F6 or | Alt-L Change drive | | Ctrl-N sort directory by name | Ctrl-R Ctrl-N reverse sort by name Ctrl-E sort directory by extension| Ctrl-R Ctrl-E reverse sort by ext. Ctrl-S sort directory by size | Ctrl-R Ctrl-S reverse sort by size Ctrl-D sort directory by date | Ctrl-R Ctrl-D reverse sort by date Shift+Cursor selects part of text Shift+INS Paste current selection | Ctrl+INS Copy current selection Shift+DEL Cut current selection | Ctrl+DEL Delete current selection 1) A "Edit" flag will appear on the bottom right side of the screen 2) " "Buf" " " " " " " " " " " " Remark: When changing directories/drives the question "Descriptions have been edited. Shall they be saved (Y/N) ?" will appear; you need therefore not to worry about your description's actuality. (should you regard the questions as annoying, use the /dontask switch, as described above.) 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 6 5. 4FF - a simple file finder 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 5.1 Command line switches and parameters 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Syntax of 4FF is: 4FF [/a:[[+|]-]rash][/z-alz][/s][/b][/ddesc][/x][/f][/n][/p][/?] [dir] {file} This time there is a bunch of command line switches, but they are rather simple. /a followed by a combination of r (read only), -r (not read only) a (archive) , -a (not archived) s (system) or -s (not system) h (hidden) -h (not hidden) searches for files which have these attributes set resp. reset. Examples: . 4ff /a:-r *.exe *.com searches for executable, writeable files. . 4ff /a:a *.* searches for files which have not been backed up yet. /zx do search in the archive type denoted by the letter x. x my be one of the following: - : do not scan archives at all. a : do scan .ARJ archives only l : do scan .LZH archives only z : do scan .ZIP archives By default 4FF scans .lzh, .zip and .arj archives, using /zx will will speed 4FF up. Example: 4FF /z- *.bak Searching for *.bak files in archives is not very intelligent ! /s scan only subdirectories of given path `start-dir' 4FF will begin scanning the subdirectory you specified in start dir and will recurse to the deeper levels. This will speed your search up, if you roughly know where your files reside. /b bare listing (omits size, date, and descriptions) This switch is intended for producing "bare" file listing (file names only) for batch files or piping into other programs. 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 7 /ddesc Display all files which contain the (sub)string 'desc' in their descriptions. /x scan all fixed drives (floppy drives excluded) Example: 4FF /x *.bak *.swp *.tmp Locates backup, swap and temporary files, which generally may be deleted before backing up your hard disk. /f similar to /x but scans all drives (floppy drives included) /m:nn set right margin to nn. When printing direct to your line printer, you can set the printer width by this switch. Example: 4FF /m:132 *.pas > prn: [Note: Putting your printer in 132 column mode is your duty!] /p page output pages the output, i.e. prints a "-- more --" message and waits for key to be pressed. /? shows a small help display. 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 8 6. Customizing 4DESC and 4FF - the 4UTILS.INI file 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� This section is only for people interested in customizing 4FF or 4DESC. You need not to worry about all the options described below if you "just" want to use 4DESC/4FF _and_ if you are happy with the country settings and the colors. If you are familiar with the SSTOOLS.INI file (as a FRACTINT or PICLAB user) or if the 4DOS.INI has already been changed by you, you shouldn't have problems with the 4UTILS.INI file. A 4UTILS.INI file consists of several sections, enclosed in square brackets ([ and ]). The case of the keywords is (at least for 4DESC/4FF) not relevant. Remark: The following examples have been taken out of 4UTILS.SMP - a sample 4UTILS.INI file. In this release a new feature has been introduced (thanks to Jorj Strumolo for this suggestion): The 4DOS.INI file will be evaluated too, so you are allowed to place all this stuff into the 4DOS.INI file too (instead of creating a separate 4UTILS.INI file) [ but you should use 4DOS version 5.0 or above, the old version does not (officially) support the presence of "foreign" sections. It may support it unofficially, but this has not been tested. ] To be precise, 4DESC reads first the contents of the 4DOS.INI file (first searched in the directory where 4DOS resides (via COMSPEC) and then in the root directory of the boot drive, i.e C:\). Afterwards the contents of the 4UTILS.INI file (searched in the directory where 4DESC/4FF has been star- ted from, in the path or via the 4UTILS-environment variable) will be appended. The consequence is, that you can put 4DOS-Statements in a 4UTILS.INI file (e.g. ampm, Editmode, CursorIns, CursorOver etc). This "trick" is handy for 4DOS 4.02 users, who want to set the EditMode variable. I suggest you one of the following strategies: 0) Live with the defaults. 1) put everything into a 4UTILS.INI file and forget 4DOS.INI. Put the 4UTILS.INI file in the same directory where 4UTILS resides or set the 4UTILS environment variable. If you are working on a (hard)diskless PC or if you are the network administrator you'll prefer this method. Reason for this strategy: it is not always easy to locate the "right" 4DOS.INI file in a net- worked environment, since it is not easy to tell where it resides (The question is, where 4DOS looked for it settings, there is even the possibility to put the @4dos.ini-entry into CONFIG.SYS!) 2) On a stand-alone PC running 4DOS 5.0 you can put the settings into the 4DOS.INI file. You may even split the information into a 4DOS.INI-part and into a 4UTILS.INI part. 3) Recompile 4DESC/4FF with the proper settings (cf Chapter 7) 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 9 [DateAndTimeFormats] ! The section title has been renamed from [Date & Time Formats]. This was ! necessary to appease the 4DOS parser (Sorry, but you may have to change ! your .INI file) The following entries are possible: DateFormat = mmddyy | ddmmyy | yymmdd | ddMMMyy 7.10.92, 10-07-92, 92/10/7, 7Oct92. DateSep = - Date separator is a hyphen (mm-dd-yy) TimeFormat= 12 valid entries are: 12 (am/pm) or 24 (24 hours). (you can also use 4DOS's am-Flag) TimeSep = : Time separator is a colon (hh:mm). Fill in what you like. MilleSep = ' Fill in what you like for the thousands separator. NOTE: 4DESC / 4FF detect on startup where you live. (provided that your COUNTRY= settings in CONFIG.SYS has been properly set.) The switches above are merely cosmetic. [ColorDisplay] That is the place where you may change the colors! The following colors are available (case not significant) Black , DarkGray Blue , LightBlue Green , LightGreen Cyan , LightCyan Red , LightRed Magenta , LightMagenta Brown , Yellow LightGray, White StatusFg = Blue ; Status line foreground color StatusBg = Cyan ; " " background " DirFg = LightBlue ; Directories are shown in DirFg on NormBg SelectFg = Blue ; Select bar foreground color SelectBg = Cyan ; " " background " HighFg = LightRed ; Highlighted foreground, used for "Edit" and "Cut" marks NormFg = LightGray ; normal foreground color NormBg = Blue ; " background " WarnFg = Yellow ; foreground for warning messages. WarnBg = Cyan ; background " " " 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 10 [MonoDisplay] The same for monochrome displays... StatusFg = Black StatusBg = LightGray DirFg = White SelectFg = Black SelectBg = LightGray HighFg = LightGray; NormFg = LightGray NormBg = Black WarnFg = Black WarnBg = White [GeneralDisplay] Justify= Left | Left.Left | Right.Left Determines the arrangement of the filenames and their extensions. Left = xxxxxx.yyy Left.Left = xxxxxx .yyy Right.Left= xxxxxx.yyy ! This variable replaces the old LeftJust = Y|N entry. FullSize = Yes | No | Y | N Set FullSize=Y to get the `full' size display (x'xxx'xxx [Bytes]) instead of (xxxK). Viewer = any-viewer-you like Let Viewer point to your favorite viewer (defaulting to list). Editor = any-editor-you prefer The same settings for your favourite editor (default: edit), but I suggest TPE (Turbo Powers Editor). Hidden = Yes | No | Y | N Setting Hidden=Y enables display of hidden files. System files have the hidden attribute often set, so be sure to turn the Hidden=Yes line, if you plan to describe system files. SortCriteria= name | ext | size | date | rev-name| rev-ext | rev-size | rev-date Sets the (initial) sort criterion for 4DESC. Defaults to name. 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 11 [Misc] Delimiters= Delimiters=,.();:-!?/[]{}+*='`"@%&$_� This separator list is used by the Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right algorithm. PasteMovesToNextIndex= Y | N When pasting a description line, the bar "normally" moves to the next line (this ist at least the old behaviour). Set PasteMovesToNextIndex=No to suppress this. [Mouse] UseMouse = Y | N Switch the mouse autodetect off. Set UseMouse=N if you have a mouse connected, but do not want to use it. VMickeysPerKeyPress = 2 HMickeysPerKeyPress = 2 These 2 parameters control the "jumpiness" of the cursor when using the mouse. The cursor follows the mouse movements in x- or y-direction when more than VMickeysPerKeypress in x resp HMickeysPerKeypress in y direction were made. NOTE: These two parameters are _hardware-dependent_, strictly speaking speed dependent. Play around with these values till you get a smooth scrolling. The following parameters are originally 4DOS parameters and are typically found in a 4DOS.INI file. They can nevertheless exist in a 4UTILS.INI file, but then they count only for 4DESC/4FF. Put them in a blank section or in a [primary] section. ampm = y | n EditMode = Insert | Overstrike CursorOver = nnn CursorIns = nnn Please refer to 4DOS's help for further explanation of the meaning. [4FF] These options concern only 4FF. DoPage = Yes | No | Y | N Set DoPage = Y if you want to have permanent paging. (Remark: Redirecting output is still allowed, in this case the paging parameter will be ignored.) HilightMore = Yes | No | Y | N Choose whether to hilights the "-- more --" message (Y) or not (N). 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 12 7. (Re)Compiling 4DESC or 4FF 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Some hints about (re)compiling 4DESC or 4FF: (Recompiling 4DESC might be useful if you want to change the default colors *and* want to save the space a 4UTILS.INI file would occupy.) . 4DESC and 4FF have been written in Turbo Pascal 7.0 . They use the features Turbo Pascal 7.0 provides, i.e. * Inline Assembling ( ASM ... END ) If you don't have an inline assembler, recode the parts containing ASM-statements. ! * The description handling is done in the DESCRIPT.PAS unit. ! It uses a TSortedCollection to maintain a sorted list of directory ! entries plus their corresponding descriptions. ! ! This unit is used both from 4DESC and 4FF. ! ! It would be hard work to throw out the object-oriented part: ! You'd have to rewrite the whole unit. * 4FF uses the FormatStr-procedures, that implies the following: 4FF uses the Objects and the Drivers-Unit shipped with Turbo Pascal 6.0/7.0 sinces it uses the FormatStr procedure. (FormatStr is hidden in the Drivers unit, which needs Objects in order to work). * The TEST286.PAS unit shipped with Turbo Pascal 6.0/7.0 is needed to detect the processor type. This is used in conjunction with the {$G+} compiler directive to prevent lock ups on PCs and XTs. Remove the G+ directive, if you don't have (or find ;-) the TEST286.PAS unit. 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 13 8. Bugs and Comments 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Known bugs, comments and deficiencies: . Non-standard VGA-modes are now supported by 4DESC (Thanks to Robert Juhasz for his FIX.PAS!) However, you may encounter problems with your ANSI.SYS driver under DOS. (I, David, had the usual trouble with the DOS-5.0 ANSI.SYS when running an 132x60 screen - the driver recognized only 25 rows.) . Diacritics in filenames are not handled in a logical way: they are not down-cased. This is necessary for DOS; if they were down-cased (in the description file) DOS/4DOS would not find the corresponding description line anymore! This deficiency is not relevant for english-speaking people, and it should not be relevant for the others too; special characters in DOS filenames are not a good idea, anyway. (It is not guaranteed how DOS treats special-characters in filenames, legal DOS filenames consist of the letters A-Z plus the characters "!#$%&'()-@^_`{}" and "~". 4DOS (and other programs) use "%^@()" and "`" internally, so they should be avoided.) . 4DESC does not support file filtering (e.g. `4desc *.pas'). It would be awkward to implement this. It is not as easy as it looks: Currently I'm reading the whole directory and the whole description file. Fine. Masking out some directory entries is easy, but what happens with the excess descriptions ? On the one hand, they must be read in, or you'll loose descriptions, on the other hand, they should not be displayed (the user supplied *.pas, so (s)he doesn't want to see the descriptions for the *.bak files). To make things more complicated, the indexing - on the screen - is done directly; if you introduce a visible switch 4DESC would loose its speed. Since I have implemented sorting, is file filtering IMO superfluous. . I'm not going to write yet another Norton Commander, so if you really want to delete or rename files in 4DESC go ahead, but do not forget to change the description file. If you find any bugs not listed above drop us a note. Please describe your system you are working on (which CPU, 4DOS version specialities etc). 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 14 9. How to reach the authors 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Our addresses are: David Frey, & Tom Bowden Urdorferstrasse 30 1575 Canberra Drive 8952 Schlieren ZH Stone Mountain, GA 30088-3629 Switzerland USA eMail: eMail: david@eos.uu.ch 73247.3571@compuserve.com 10. Acknowledgements 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� The following people - in alphabetical order - helped to improve 4DESC resp. 4FF by supplying suggestions, bug reports and hints. Gateau Alain - Empty Drive bug. Jan Brentved - 4FF Piping bug. (4ff 1.83 was not able to pipe its output into LIST/s) Peter C. Broekhuizen - Arrow right stops after last character. - Arrow left scrolls as last as possible - Display of current column - Cut & Paste via shift-keys. Miguel Farah F. - ^Home erases from cursor to beginning of line, - ^PgUp moves bar to .. instead of . - Querier mode suppresses save-messages. - suggested Sorting Charles Goldie - reported bugs in the localisation code - suggested that entabbing of 4utils.ini should be allowed Robert Juhasz - contributed his FIX.PAS unit in order to support the Super VGA modi. Tobias Oetiker - inspired me to put this software on the net. Jos� Jo꼘 Colen Marques da Silva - suggested Sorting (among others) Jorj Strumolo - ESC escapes into startup directory, while Alt-X exits into the selected one. - Overstrike, Block cursor question. - Additional reading in the 4DOS.INI file - suggested Sorting Antti J Tuominen - suggested the /d flag in 4FF: /d scans the descriptions for a given string. - pointed out that the scrolling in 4DESC wasn't coherent (jumpy scrolling up vs. smooth scrolling down) Andreas Tranquillini - beta testing and editing improvements - Justify options - UseMouse switch - and a lot more... 4UTILS - A small 4DOS Utility Collection Page 15 Silvano Sgrignoli - /x switch, - single drive support - /h supersedes any options - no scan inside archives when looking for descriptions Frank Zago - Range bug in 4FF, - directory name parsing pi - Insert/Overwrite cursor question - BUG: When a description is empty, pressing the right key moves one position left. - .INI file will be read in dynamically, so it can be as big as 64KB. ...and other people I forgot to mention.