SYMANTEC LOCALISATION GROUP IRELAND README.TXT-- Copyright 1993 Symantec Corp. All Rights Reserved. NORTON COMMANDER Version 4.0 Welcome to Norton Commander Version 4.0 ! ------------------------------------------ Please read this document carefully, it contains important information not included in the documentation. Topics covered in this document include: * Files that come with Norton Commander 4.0 * Compressing files from the Tree Panel * Internal Editor & Viewer * Password protected Compressed files * Cloning using SHARE.EXE * Filters * Viewers * Special Characters * Norton Commander Environment Variables * Limitations in Changing Drives * Datex.p File Files that come with Norton Commander 4.0 ----------------------------------------- The following files are shipped on the diskettes for Norton Commander Version 4.0 : Diskette 1 : Program Diskette install.exe Install program 4372ansi.set Conversion table from CP437 to ANSI 8502ansi.set Conversion table from CP850 to ANSI ansi2437.set Conversion table from ANSI to 437 ansi2850.set Conversion table from ANSI to 850 nc.cfg Configuration file for Filters and Viewers nc.exe Norton Commander V4.0 Loader nc.hlp Norton Commander V4.0 Help File nc.ico Norton Commander V4.0 Icon ncedit.exe Norton Commander V4.0 Editor ncmain.exe Norton Commander V4.0 File Manager nczip.exe Norton Commander V4.0 Compressor packer.exe Norton Commander V4.0 Compressor Interpreter packer.set Program file for PACKER.EXE readme.txt Useful information not included in manual term90.exe Terminal Emulation Program term90.hlp Terminal Emulation Help term90.res Terminal Emulation Resource File testmdm.scx Script File for Terminal Emulation cmpsrv.scx Script File for Terminal Emulation genie.scx Script File for Terminal Emulation datex.p Telephone number log file Diskette 2 : Utilities Diskette nc_arc.exe Compressed file containing Norton Commander V4.0 Viewers Compressing files from the Tree Panel ------------------------------------- A powerful feature was added to Norton Commander Version 4.0 that is not documented in the User's Guide. This is the ability to select a directory from the Tree Panel and then compress is using Commander Compression or any other packer defined in PACKER.SET. Internal Editor & Viewer ------------------------ There is no internal editor built into NCMAIN.EXE in Commander Version 4.0. The Commander Editor is now in the file NCEDIT.EXE. However a simple Internal Viewer is still functional in the NCMAIN.EXE file. Use ALT+F3 to invoke this. Password protected Compressed files ------------------------------------ As in any password protected file system, if you have protected your compressed file with a password, you cannot uncompress it without specifying it correctly. If you forget your password you will not be able to uncompress the file correctly. Cloning using SHARE.EXE ------------------------ A problem exists when you are trying to clone to a COM port on a machine that has SHARE.EXE installed. A conflict exists between the Clone software opening the device COMX and SHARE granting exclusive rights to this port to the Clone Bootstrap loader. This results in sharing violation errors occuring during a cloning session. To get around this problem use the CTTY AUX command instead of CTTY COM1:. Filters ------- The definition of the Filters for Norton Commander Version 4.0 are defined in the file NC.CFG. The Filters dialog box can be changed by modifying this file. One good example of using this file is to create a filter for Program Files. (ie Files with extensions such as CXX, HPP, C and H ). To create a filter like this simply enter the following data into the NC.CFG file in the filter section :- !Program Files ;DevFiles :*.c?? :*.h?? The text following the ! will appear in the Filter Selection Dialog box. The text following the ; is the text that will appear in the Title Bar of the panel. This is displayed when this filter is operational. The file specifications following the : are the types of files that are to be associated with this filter. All valid DOS wildcards are allowable. Viewers -------- All viewers that are supported by Norton Commander v4.0 are defined in the file NC.CFG. You can modify this list of files that are associated with viewers. For example, if your word processor documents have a special file extension such as .DCC, then you can change the list of files that the wpview.exe file handles by simply adding this file specification to the list of files that are defined underneath WPVIEW.EXE. Special Characters ------------------ To enter special European characters, it is sometimes neccessary to use the CRTL+Q key first followed by the character you wish to enter. For example, to enter the German paragraph character, type CRTL+Q followed by SHIFT+3. Norton Commander Environment Variables --------------------------------------- Norton Commander searches your environment for the following three environment variables in order to determine where to locate and store temporary work files :- TEMP, TMP, NC Limitations in Compressed Files ------------------------------- If the current panel contains an open compressed file, then it is not possible to change the drive of that panel. This compressed file should be closed first and then the drive selected in the normal manner. Due to the wide range of different compression utilities on the market today and the major differences in behaviour, you may find some features of Norton Commander impossible to implement using your compression utility. This is especially true of some compression utilities that do not support the decompressing of files into a destination location other than the current directory. In addition to this not all compression utilities support the storing of full pathnames and directories. Datex.p File ------------ The file DATEX.P contains a list of telephone numbers that can be used when running the script file CMPSRV.SCX. This file is used by the Terminal Emulation Program. The format of this file is a follows :- Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 <City Name ><Prefix ><300 ><1200/75 ><1200 ><2400 ><9600 > The telephone numbers that are stored in this file correspond to the numbers that are used to connect to the CompuServe Bulletin Board System. The numbers specified after position 25 are the different numbers to be used depending on the baud rate that you wish to connect at. You can add in you own telephone numbers easily by modifying this file using the Commander Editor.
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