›       MyDOS File Selector v.0.4›           By Bill Kendrick,›        New Breed Software 1996››            January 13, 1996›››About MyDOS File Selector:››    This powerful  program gives you›  a menu  from which you can  easily›  select and  run executable  binary›  programs,   read  text  files  and›  navigate MyDOS subdirectories.››Features:››- Compatible:›  + MyDOS 4.53 compatible›  + MyDOS subdirectory support›  + SIO2PC and APE compatible›  + APE PC Mirror compatible›  + Changes the current directory to›    the file you're loading's path›  + Built-in text file reader›  + Understands ATASCII, ASCII and›    Unix text files›  N Strips LFs from ASCII files›  N Page-up command in text reader››- Easy to use:›  + Easy listing navigation›  + Joystick or keyboard control›  + Safe Exit-to-DOS command›  + "Same directory" (".") entry›    lets you reload the same listing›    without going out and back into›    a subdirectory›  + "Previous directory" ("..")›    entry adds the "back" command to›    joystick naviagtion›  + Always remembers where you were,›    even when coming back out of a›    MyDOS sub-directory››- Configurable:›  + Configuration file›  + List filtering by filename›    extension›  + Wildcards allowed in filters›  + User defined screen colors, font›    and title colors›  + Sort listings (by descending or›    ascending by name or extension)›  + Directories are sorted above›    files››N = New features for version 0.4›››Installation and Startup:››    Simply  put  this program  on  a›  bootable    MyDOS  (4.53)    disk.›  DUP.SYS is unnecessary if you want›  to   boot   directly   into   File›  Selector  (but the  "exit" command›  will not  work  unless  DUP.SYS is›  available somewhere).››    If you wish the menu to appear›  at boot time, name it›  "FILESEL.AR0".›  (Or if other  autorun files exist,›  rename  it  appropriately,  making›  sure it's  the last to be loaded.)››    If you want to load the menu›  from the DOS menu, be sure DUP.SYS›  is  available.   When the  DUP.SYS›  menu appears, [L]oad "FILESEL.COM"›  from the menu.›››Controls:››  Selecting:››      Selecting a file is  done with›    the arrow  keys or  a  joystick.›    Both  the  arrow keys  (with  or›    without the  [CONTROL] key down)›    and the joystick directions move›    the highlight  by one selection.›    Arrow keys with [SHIFT] move the›    highlight  to the to the extreme›    (far left or far right of a row,›    or top or bottom of a column).››      You can  also select files  by›    their  first  letter.   Press  a›    letter ([A] through [Z]) and the›    next  entry  having that  letter›    as their first character will be›    selected.››  Loading Programs:››      Press  [RETURN] or [FIRE] on a›    selection to load and run it.››  Subdirectories:››      To enter a subdirectory, press›    [RETURN] or [>] on it.   The new›    directory   listing   will    be›    loaded.››      To return from a subdirectory,›    press    [BackSpace]   or    [<]›    (anywhere), or select  the  ".."›    directory  entry.    The  parent›    directory  will   be   reloaded.›    (The  highlight  will  also   be›    where  it  was when you  entered›    the directory!)››  Viewing Text Files:››      Any  file which doesn't  begin›    with the standard  Atari "FF,FF"›    binary-load   file  header  will›    instead   be  displayed  on  the›    screen.   This  is  useful   for›    reading text files.››      Before the file is loaded, the›    first 100 characters  are tested›    to  find  character 155's (Atari›    EOL),  13's (ASCII CR) and  10's›    (Unix NL).  Depending  on  which›    is  found  first,  any  of  that›    character found in the text file›    will be  converted to an  EOL on›    the screen.   If CR's are found,›    any  LF's (character 10's)  will›    be stripped.   This  should make›    reading IBM,  Mac and Unix  text›    files easier.››      One  screenful  of  40  column›    text will be  displayed and then›    it will pause.››      During the pause,  press [ESC]›    joystick  [LEFT]  to  abort  the›    display  and return to  the file›    selection  menu,  or  press  any›    other  key,  [FIRE] or  joystick›    [DOWN] to continue reading.››      Press [UP] or joystick [UP] to›    reload  the  previous  screenful›    of text  (you can  read back  to›    the beginning of the file,  with›    a 256 page limit).››      Press  [T]  to jump to the top›    of the file.››      NOTE:  Because APE's PC Mirror›    doesn't support random access of›    file data, the "previous screen"›    and "top of file" commands won't›    work correctly.››  Changing Drives:››      Press a number ([1] to [9]) to›    select the  "root" directory  of›    that drive.››  Reloading A Directory:››      To reload a directory  (useful›    if the disk was changed somehow)›    select the "." directory entry.››      If you're  at the  "root" of a›    disk  (not  in a  subdirectory),›    you can  simply type  the number›    of  the drive it's  in to reload›    it.››  PC Mirror Subdirectories:››    APE PC Mirror subdirectories are›  supported.   APE allows the  Atari›  to access to PC  subdirectories by›  making  them  "normal" files  (and›  APE  itself  remembers  what  dir-›  ectory you're in).››    When  the Atari tries  to open a›  PC Mirror subdirectory, APE recog-›  nizes this, changes the directory,›  and returns an error (139).››    To  access  an  APE   directory,›  simply  try  to open  the entry on›  the menu.   File Selector will try›  to read it as a text file, realize›  it is an  APE subdirectory,  pause›  for a moment  (to give slower PC's›  enough  time to change the direct-›  ory) and reload the listing (which›  is now the new directory).››    NOTE:  I can often not open  APE›  PC Mirror subdirectories with File›  Selector.   If you  have any  sug-›  gestions as how to remedy this, or›  if  you  have the  same  problems,›  please contact me.   (Mention what›  model and  speed PC  you have  and›  what  version of  APE  you're run-›  ning.)››  Quitting:››    Press [ESC] or [RESET] to  exit›  to the MyDOS menu.›››Configuration File:››    When  the  MyDOS  File Selector›  loads,  it assumes  "D1:" as  the›  current  path  and looks  for the›  file "D1:FILESEL.DAT".››    Also,  every time a directory is›  changed  or  a  new  drive is sel-›  ected, a file in the new directory›  named "FILESEL.DAT" is looked for.››    It reads it,  two or three lines›  at  a  time.    (Blank  lines  are›  skipped.)  It interprets the first›  line as a command  and the  second›  line as data (a parameter) for the›  command.››    The   following   commands   are›  available:››    BACK   Backgd color (hue*16+lum)›           Default: "0"   (black)››    FORE   Foreground lum›           Default: "15"  (bright)››    BORD   Border color (hue*16+lum)›           Default: "0"   (black)››    FONT   Set a font for the screen›           If no drive/path is›           given, the current path›           (where this "FILESEL.DAT"›           was found) is used›           Default: NONE  (OS font)››    TBACK  Backgd. color of the›           title (hue*16+lum)›           Default: "128" (dk blue)››    TFORE  Foreground title lum›           Default: "15"  (bright)››    TBORD  Border hue of the title›           (shades of this hue used)›           Default: "144" (bluegrn)››    TITLE  Screen title (ie,"Games")›           Default:›             "File Selector v.0.4"››    MASK   Extension filter mask›           See below.›             (ie, "COM,EXE,OBJ")›           Default: NONE (All files)››    SORT   Sort files. The modes›           are:›             "NAME"  sort by fname›             "EXT"   sort by ext.›             "!NAME" sort backwards›                     by filename›             "!EXT"  sort backwards›                     by extension›           Default: NONE (No sort)››  About the Mask:››      The  mask  is a set of 3-char-›    acter strings (which can option-›    ally  be  separated  by   commas›    (","))  representing  extensions›    that will be  "listable".   When›    the  directory   ("D1:*.*",  for›    example)  is  read,  only  files›    that have  extensions that match›    one of the extensions  listed in›    the mask are shown   (MyDOS Sub-›    directories  are,   of   course,›    always shown,   no  matter  what›    their  extension.   To show  APE›    PC Mirror  directories,   you'll›    need  to specify any  extensions›    that  your  MSDOS subdirectories›    have for example,  "   ", (three›    blank spaces)  which would  show›    all  files  and   subdirectories›    that have no extension.››      If   the    mask   is    empty›    (default),  then  all files  are›    shown.››      The "?"  wildcard character is›    supported.  If you wish to list,›    for  example,  all of your MyDOS›    autorun  files  on  a disk,  the›    mask  entry  "AR?" can be  used.›    (Instead of  listing ALL possib-›    ilities ("AR0" through "AR9").)››  Sample FILESEL.DAT File Using All›  Commands:››    --------------------------------››    BACK›    128››    FORE›    12››    BORD›    4››    TBACK›    142››    TFORE›    0››    TBORD›    0››    TITLE›    Games››    FONT›    TIMES.FNT››    MASK›    COM,EXE,OBJ,AR?,DOC,TXT››    SORT›    NAME››    --------------------------------››      This  will give  a  dark  blue›    background,  light text,  and  a›    dark  grey border for  the  menu›    and text-reader area.  The title›    lines  will  have a  light  blue›    background,  dark  text,  and  a›    shaded grey border.››      The  screen   will  be  titled›    "Games" and  all files  with the›    extensions "COM",  "EXE",  "OBJ"›    and  MyDOS "AR#" (autorun) files›    (executables),  and  "DOC",  and›    "TXT" (text files) will be list-›    ed, sorted by name.›››Bugs:››    A   strange   bug   keeps   File›  Selector   from  loading   certain›  programs.   Try   replacing   your›  "DUP.SYS"  (MyDOS menu)  with  the›  File Selector  program if you wish›  to boot up into  File Selector and›  have  come  across  programs which›  won't run when File Selector is an›  AutoRun file.››    Please see the  section on using›  PC Mirror regarding any difficult-›  ies in chaning subdirectories with›  File Selector.››Planned Features:››  + Online help›  + File info. display›  + 62-sector graphics viewer›  + 9-sector font viewer›››Credits:››  Suggestion (idea):  Michael Kling›  Program/Documents:  Bill Kendrick›  Thanks to:          All supporters›››Support:››    If you need help, wish to submit›  ideas,  have  bugs  to report,  or›  want  more information  about this›  or  other   New   Breed   Software›  programs,  you can contact me  via›  postal mail or the Internet:›› Postal:›  New Breed Software›  c/o Bill Kendrick›  1530 Armstrong Ave. #47›  Novato, CA 94945-2574›› E-Mail:›  kendrick@zippy.sonoma.edu›› World Wide Web:›  http://zippy.sonoma.edu/'kendrick/›  (where "'" is a tilde)››