4EDIT USER'S GUIDE VERSION 1.03 JUNE 1990 _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Iram J. Weinstein XD SYSTEMS 1014 SHIPMAN LANE MCLEAN, VA 22101 CONTENTS Limited Warranty 1 Background 2 4EDIT Usage 2 Regarding Registration 3 4EDIT Version History 4 4ZIP/4UNZIP 5 Software Registration Form and Order 6 LIMITED WARRANTY XD Systems warrants the physical diskette enclosed herein to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 60 days from the date of purchase. In the event of notification within the warranty period of defects in material or workmanship, XD Systems will replace the defective diskette. XD Systems specifically disclaims all other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall XD Systems be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential or other damages arising out of the use, the result of use, or inability to use this product. This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 4DOS is a trademark of J.P. Software. PKZip and PKUnzip are trademarks of PKWare. 4EDIT and all the files and document- ation distributed with it are copyright 1990 by Iram J. Weinstein. All rights reserved. 1 4EDIT User's Guide Version 1.02 Copyright (C) 1990 I. J. Weinstein A.BACKGROUND In 1988, I wrote and distributed a shareware program, XDIR, which was one of the first DOS directory programs to attach a comment to each file. When I first saw 4DOS, I loved it, but I wanted to have the same sort of full-screen editor for directory comments (or, in 4DOS terms, Descriptions) that I had in XDIR. 4EDIT provides this feature. I think you will find it very useful. Its good practice to comment your files, and often its handy to see the descriptions attached to other files, while you are writing a new one. B. 4EDIT USAGE 4EDIT Usage is: 4EDIT [d:][path][filespec] [+ filespec] [+..] A directory display similar to that of SELECT will appear showing all of the files meeting any of the filespecs. This use of include lists is identical to the 4DOS 3.0 DIR and SELECT usage. Note that only the first argument in an include list can have a pathname; subsequent arguments default to the same path. You can cursor around the screen using , , , , and . At any row, you can start typing. This will automatically start the EDIT mode, and a cursor will appear. Typing will start at the beginning of the description in Insert mode. The editor is WordStar compatible and also supports the following: Quit without saving End edit. Save changed Descriptions Cursor back one screen Cursor forward one screen Cursor to top of first screen Cursor to end of last screen Cursor left one character Cursor right one character Cursor left one word Cursor right one word Cursor to beginning of line Cursor to end of line 2 Delete character at cursor Delete character to left of cursor Delete to end of line , Delete entire line Delete from beginning of line Delete word to right of cursor Restore original contents of line Toggle INSERT on and off. Thin cursor indicates overwrite mode; thicker cursor indicates insert mode (default). C. REGARDING REGISTRATION 4EDIT is ShareWare. The law requires that if you use this program, you must register and obtain a license for it. The registration fee is $15. Registered users will be notified of upgrades to 4EDIT as they are released, and will receive the latest version of the program. Online help is available through CompuServe, by EasyPlex. Help is also available by mail. I will try to answer all letters within 48 hours. Non-registered users must include a SASE for a reply. The degree of help available to non-registered users is purely discretionary. Registrations and inquiries should be sent to: Iram J. Weinstein XD Systems 1014 Shipman Lane McLean, VA 22101 Voice (703) 821-3215 CIS 70741,3711 A registration form is included at the end of this manual. Commercial use of 4EDIT without payment of the registration fee is prohibited. Site licenses are available for users with multiple machines. Please contact me for information. The program and its associated documentation are the copyrighted property of the author. Non-commercial users are granted the right to use copy and share 4EDIT with the following conditions: Shareware distributors and Users Groups may charge a nominal fee for copying and distributing this program and Bulletin Board Systems may likewise carry it. Any distribution of 4EDIT must include without alteration only the files 4EDIT.EXE and 4EDIT.TXT, unchanged. Permission is also given for electronic distribution of archived versions of these files on electronic bulletin boards. 3 D. 4EDIT VERSION HISTORY Ver 0.90 (Beta Test) 12/01/89 This is the original release. It used batch files to drive 4edit and could only run under 4DOS. Ver 0.91 (Beta Test) 12/20/89 4EDIT now stands alone, and can be run under DOS. Ver 0.92 (Beta Test) 1/18/90 Corrected error causing highlighted row to blink on some machines. Modified so that EDIT function is always active. Correct command line parser so that C: ==> C:*.* and ABC ==> ABC\*.* if ABC is a directory but ABC.* otherwise. Ver 0.93 (Beta Test) 2/04/90 This is mostly bug cleanup. 1. Entering the editor with a right arrow positioned the cursor to the second character of an existing description, but to the first character of an empty description. Fixed to always go to the first character position. 2. Cursor size in Insert mode made larger and easier to distinguish from overstrike mode. 3. 4EDIT lost descriptions on some files in big directories. Now fixed. 4. Use of wildcard symbols * and ? changed to match 4DOS extended features. 5.Ver 0.92 tried to correct command line parser so that C: ==> C:*.* and ABC ==> ABC\*.* if ABC is a directory but ABC.* otherwise. Got it right this time! 6. The default state of the editor is insert mode. This used to be reset on each line. Now 4EDIT remembers if you toggle insert mode and starts the next line in the state you left it. Version 1.0 3/11/90 First public release Version 1.01 3/21/90 Minor changes in documentation. Version 1.02 4/01/90 Changed file access to run on networks reliably. Added name and serial number on registered copies. Version 1.03 6/10/90 Modified to correct for 4DOS 3.0 quirk. Entries in DESCRIPT.ION are sometimes delimited by LF instead of CRLF. Earlier versions of 4EDIT misread these lines. 4 E. 4ZIP/4UNZIP Also take a look at 4ZIP and 4UNZIP. These are also utilities for use with 4DOS. These programs are shells that use the PKWare programs PKZIP and PKUNZIP. They provide a facility for ZIPping and UNZIPping selected files along with the 4DOS directory comments. Both provide a full screen SELECT screen, allowing you to easily pick the files to enter or remove from the ZIP file. The 4ZIP/4UNZIP package is shareware, available on Bulletin Boards and from shareware distributors. Registration is $15. See the order form at the end of this manual. 5 SOFTWARE REGISTRATION FORM AND ORDER Check all that apply: [ ] 4EDIT registration _____ @ $15.00 [ ] 4ZIP/4UNZIP registration _____ @ $15.00 TOTAL ENCLOSED: $______ If you already have copies of the programs you are ordering , where were they obtained? [ ]CompuServe [ ]Friend [ ]Employer [ ]BBS ______________________ [ ]ShareWare Distributor ________________________________________ Payment is by check[ ] or money order[ ] (Sorry - no COD or charges) NAME ___________________________________________ COMPANY ___________________________________________ ADDRESS ___________________________________________ CITY ___________________________________________ STATE __________________________ZIP _____________ Send your registration form and payment to: XD Systems 1014 Shipman Lane McLean, VA 22101 6