|-------------------------------| | EDDY (TM) version 4.02 | | File and Directory Editor | | Copyright(C) 1987,88,89 | | by John Scofield | | All rights reserved | | * User Supported Software * | |-------------------------------| * * * Be sure to read "WHY USE EDDY", in the file EDDY.WHY! * * * ***************************************************** EDDY is a full-screen editor for DOS directories, and much more! It is a greatly-improved version of the program reviewed in the July, 1987 issue of "Computer Language" magazine. Some quotes from that review by Tim Palmer... "The interface ... is elegant." "...clean, easy-to-use, well-written program." "...quality of product we've seen from Peter Norton." EDDY (for EDit DirectorY) provides the following services: - EDIT directory entries, including name, date, time and attributes of files - Sort directory display by file name, extension, size or date/time - Select files by timestamp and/or attribute byte values - COPY, MOVE, DELETE and/or DESTROY files - LOOK at or PATCH data in files - or in your PC's memory - FIND strings of data in a file or group of files - Locate files when directory not known ("Where's that file?") Most of what EDDY does isn't new; the program was developed as a test of the "Build a better mousetrap..." theory of economics. EDDY is offered as a tool that's felt to be easier and more convenient to use than other programs which do similar things. It's cheaper, too! EDDY has extensive HELP facilities, which may be called on at any time by pressing . HELP includes all of the basic information needed to use EDDY. The simplest way to get familiar with EDDY is to just type "EDDY" and . There is no danger of damage to your disk data, because no changes will be made to any of your directories or files unless you explicitly tell EDDY to do so. Complete documentation for EDDY (a 50+ page manual) is available in the file EDDY.DOC, which can be printed with the DOS PRINT command. It contains no printer control characters other than carriage returns, line feeds and form feeds. EDDY.DOC can also be read with EDDY's own LOOK command. If there are things you don't like about EDDY, have a look at Section 20 of EDDY.DOC; it's likely that you can change EDDY to work the way you want. In the May-June, '88 issue of "MicroCornucopia", Anthony Barcellos called this capability "user-driven self-modifying code". If you have an earlier release of EDDY, you should probably look at the file "EDDY.HST", which lists the changes by version. EDDY is distributed as "user supported" software, without charge. EDDY and its User's Manual may be copied ad lib provided the author's copyright notice and disclaimers of warranty are reproduced in full. The program is supplied as-is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and the warranties of fitness for any purpose. Copies of the program may not be sold for more than the cost of the medium they are copied on, plus reason- able handling charges. The total charge may not exceed $10. Although EDDY is distributed in this way, it is not free. After a reasonable trial period, if you find EDDY to be useful and satisfactory to you, and you continue to use EDDY, then please consider mailing a usage and registration fee of $15.00 to me at one of the addresses below. Box 47136 1522 W. 5th St. Morrison Hill P.O. -OR- San Pedro,CA 90732 Hong Kong USA This low fee entitles you to technical support as described in EDDY.DOC, to receive one free update, subsequent updates at cost of distribution, and to the satisfaction of knowing you have done "the right thing". THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! NOTE: If EDDY's display is blurred or unreadable, try running EDDY with option /M (i.e., "EDDY/M"). If the display is now OK, follow the steps given in Section 20.2 of EDDY.DOC to modify EDDY to work better with your monitor.