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| 2 | ³ F(ile) M(anager)/2 is free software from Mark Kimes ³
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| 3 | ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄŽ
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| 4 | ³ See end of document for contact info ³
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| 5 | ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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[7] | 6 |
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[1464] | 7 | FM/2 3.17: This release provides for loading FM/2 partially in high memory
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[1468] | 8 | since this won't work on older systems (pre fixpack 13?) or you might have
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| 9 | other reasons not to use it we provide a low memory version also. Some high
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[1496] | 10 | loaded programs hang in the exit handler (i.e. don't close). We didn't
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[1468] | 11 | experience this problem but if you do install the low memory version (3.17.0).
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[1464] | 12 | The high memory version is 3.17.1.
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| 13 |
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| 14 | This release makes changes that should speed the scanning and
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| 15 | container filling in FM/2. We have added some visual clues to let you know
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[1468] | 16 | FM/2 is still working. The LED in the lower right hand corner now blinks
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[1464] | 17 | while long operations are in progress or you can open the thread note
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[1468] | 18 | window (click on the LED) for even more detailed information about an
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| 19 | operation in progress. We also added a better "scanning" message.
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[1464] | 20 |
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[1468] | 21 | We have updated the look and functionality of the drivebar. It now has the
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| 22 | drive letters superimposed over the drive icons allowing for larger icons.
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| 23 | We have add a refresh removable media and rescan button to the beginning
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| 24 | of the bar to make it a more complete replacement for the tree container
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| 25 | in FM/2 lite. You can also show the file system type or drive label next
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| 26 | to the drive letter in the tree container. See the Tree settings notebook
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| 27 | page to try this option.
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[1464] | 28 |
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[1468] | 29 | The INI viewer option on the utilities menu now lets you choose to open
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| 30 | the user INI, system INI or FM2's INI. We now allow LONGNAMES to be
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| 31 | displayed for FAT & LAN drives and we delete .LONGNAME EA if it becomes
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[1464] | 32 | the filename on a copy or move. In addition to these we fixed 2 rare crashes
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| 33 | and a hang associated with SMP. We also fixed a handful of interface problems.
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| 34 | See the history file for more information.
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| 35 |
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[1468] | 36 | FM/2 3.16: This release makes changes that should allow FM/2 to be
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| 37 | translated into different languages. It also adds date and number
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| 38 | formatting based on the system locale settings. We now need to find
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| 39 | some individuals who are interested in doing the translations.
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[1420] | 40 | Currently, double bit character sets are not supported in FM/2.
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| 41 |
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| 42 | We have also fixed multiple minor annoyances such as improving
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| 43 | detection of text verses binary files when opening viewers and
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| 44 | filtering/(de)select mask now works for archives with pathnames.
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[1468] | 45 | We added the ability to turn error/alert beeps on and off in the
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[1420] | 46 | settings notebook (General page) and changes to the details switches
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| 47 | in compare directories are now saved. See the history for more details.
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| 48 |
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[1377] | 49 | FM/2 3.15: This release turns on some new features by default
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| 50 | don't panic they can all be turned off if you don't like them.
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| 51 | The first is recursive scanning on start up. This slows the initial
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| 52 | scan a bit but speeds expansion of the tree later. It is on for
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| 53 | local hard drives and can be turned on for other drive types. The
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| 54 | second new feature is an automatic rescan of the drive tree on
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| 55 | eject of removable media keeping the tree container more current.
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| 56 | Both of these features can be turn on or off on the scanning page
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| 57 | of the notebook. The third new feature actually turns write verify
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| 58 | off on a per drive basis. This is to address the fact that many
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| 59 | USB removables fail or worse (hangs/traps) when write verify is on.
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| 60 | We turn it off by default for removables other than standard floppies.
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| 61 | If you want it on/off for a given drive edit that drive's drive flags
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| 62 | accordingly. The global write verify selector is unchanged and the
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| 63 | drive flags have no effect if it is off.
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| 64 |
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| 65 | We have some additional new items we hope you will find useful. We
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| 66 | have added the ability to have the extract commands create a
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| 67 | subdirectory based on the archive file name for the extraction target.
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| 68 | Seek and Scan has been added to the drives and directories context
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[1420] | 69 | menu and when selected from there will add the drive or directory as
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[1377] | 70 | the root for the search. We also added refresh removable media so
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| 71 | you can scan for newly inserted drives from the tree container
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| 72 | We did some additional work on the main menus like adding Databar
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[1420] | 73 | to the utilities menu and we now gray out items that are unavailable
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[1377] | 74 | or inappropriate and un-grayed some items that were inappropriately
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| 75 | turned off. We reorganized the internal editor menus as well.
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| 76 |
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| 77 | We made changes to the archiver code so that archivers that don't
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[1496] | 78 | have specific start/end list strings will work (i.e. TAR.EXE). We
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[1377] | 79 | have included the commands for .tar .tar.gz and .tar.bz in archiver.tmp
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| 80 | (gzip.exe and/or bzip.exe must be in the path) These only work with tar 1.15
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[1381] | 81 | or higher. We included a separate entry for TAR 1.10 but versions of TAR prior
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| 82 | to 1.15 don't work for tar.gz/bz2 files. You can either replace archiver.bb2
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| 83 | with the archiver.tmp or if you have made changes to archiver.bb2 you can cut
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| 84 | and paste the new archiver definitions into an appropriate position in your
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| 85 | existing archiver.bb2
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[1377] | 86 |
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[1381] | 87 | Numerous fixes to minor interface appearance and behavior issues are also include.
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[1377] | 88 | We have added exceptq support to make it easier to track down defects. We
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| 89 | also eliminated the cause of three rare traps including one associated with
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| 90 | deleting directories. See the history file for more details.
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| 91 |
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[1278] | 92 | FM/2 3.14: This release updates many of the icons and bitmaps
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| 93 | used in FM/2. In addition, more updates have been made to the
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| 94 | toolbars to activate the new toolbars follow the instruction for
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| 95 | using CFGMGR in the section about version 3.13. One other change
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| 96 | may require some user intervention. Inadvertently the expected
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| 97 | name of the filters data file was change in version 3.12 from
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| 98 | filters.dat to filter.dat. We have corrected this, however, this
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| 99 | means your filters may be spread across 2 different files or may
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| 100 | seem to have disappeared. If they have disappeared go to the FM/2
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| 101 | directory and rename the file filter.dat to filters.dat. This should
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| 102 | restore your saved filters. If you find you have both filter.dat and
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| 103 | filters.dat use a text editor to add the contents of filter.dat
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| 104 | to filters.dat.
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| 105 |
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| 106 | This release also contains some menu changes with unformatted drives
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| 107 | using the "drives" context menu, the elimination of more than one
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| 108 | default on some submenus and menu items such as "format" being
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| 109 | disabled for network drives and enabled for removables. Some of the
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| 110 | changes should make FM/2 more responsive (Let us know if you notice
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| 111 | a difference). We have also included some bug fixes.
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| 112 |
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[1142] | 113 | FM/2 3.13: Many of the changes in this release are related to
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| 114 | the toolbars. A new feature is that the current toolbar, along
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| 115 | with the current Target directory, are now saved and restored
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| 116 | with states. Toolbar code and documentation has been improved, new
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| 117 | toolbar button bitmaps have been added and bugs have been fixed.
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| 118 |
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| 119 | The installation of FM/2 will not replace existing user
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| 120 | customization files like the toolbar files. So, if this is not
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| 121 | your first installation of FM/2, some of these improvements will
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| 122 | not be available because of the old, pre v3.13 toolbar files. It
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| 123 | is therefore recommended that you run the following:
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| 124 |
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| 125 | CFGMGR /INSTALL /DEFAULTS /TOOLBARSONLY /UNATTENDED
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[1147] | 126 |
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[1142] | 127 | CFGMGR is a REXX program located in the FM/2 installation directory.
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| 128 | If run as given above it will copy your existing toolbar files into
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| 129 | a "User_config_backup" subdirectory and then install FM/2 default
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| 130 | toolbar files. If you have done some customizations of FM/2 toolbars
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| 131 | you can use a text editor and/or file comparison utility like GFC
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| 132 | to "merge" your changes, now found in the backup subdirectory,
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| 133 | with the default files now found in the FM/2 directory. If you want
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| 134 | more control over the operation of CFGMGR, then leave off the
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[1143] | 135 | /UNATTENDED parameter. Without the /UNATTENDED parameter CFGMGR
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| 136 | will ask your permission before replacing each file.
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[1142] | 137 |
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[1149] | 138 | The delete = move to trash can is off by default (turn it on on the
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| 139 | General settings notebook page). FM/2 now checks for adequate disk
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| 140 | space to avoid data loss.
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| 141 |
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[1147] | 142 | We also fixed some additional bugs and provide some performance
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| 143 | enhancements. If you have had trouble with "broken pipe" errors
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[1496] | 144 | copying to a Netdrive samba drive let me know if it now works
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[1147] | 145 | better. I have built in some retries for this error but can't test
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| 146 | it since I don't see the problem. Also please report back to us anytime
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| 147 | you see the Debug error report to author box with as much detail about
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| 148 | what you were doing as possible. Thanks
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| 149 |
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[1094] | 150 | FM/2 3.12 Fixes a bug introduced in 3.11 (trap when viewing
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| 151 | multiple files from an archive at the same time). It also adds
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| 152 | Open Default, Open Settings and via an accel key ctrl + l Open
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| 153 | Multimedia (using FM2play.exe) to the archive viewer. FM/2 now
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| 154 | uses the system TMP/TEMP directory for it temporary files and
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| 155 | cleans up after a crash on the next restart. FM/2 creates a
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| 156 | subdirectory of the pattern $FM2*.*. The settings notebook can
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[1496] | 157 | now be closed using Esc, F3 or Enter; the last 2 save any
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[1094] | 158 | changes that have been made. You can now select which environment
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| 159 | variables to show when using show the environment in the drive
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| 160 | tree. Just add or remove from the list on the "Tree" page of
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| 161 | the notebook. It defaults initially to the current list. You can
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| 162 | now save/append either a full pathname or just a filename or a
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| 163 | list of either to the clipboard. We have changed the wording
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| 164 | in the menus to make this easier to find. We fixed a few other
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| 165 | minor issues see the history for more details.
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| 166 |
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[1057] | 167 | FM/2 3.11 adds the option of having delete move the objects
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| 168 | to the Xworkplace trashcan. Undelete will open the trashcan
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| 169 | so you can restore deleted files. The only short coming is you
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| 170 | will need to rescan in order to see the restored file.
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| 171 | We also added a reserved state which allows you to return
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| 172 | FM/2 to the state it was in on start up (the shut down state).
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| 173 | We have improved the filtering of file names that contain
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| 174 | multiple periods and fixed FM/2's failure to always follow
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| 175 | the details settings from the setup notebook. The primary
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| 176 | task achieved for this release was the addition of fortify
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| 177 | support which allowed us to fix a handful of memory usage
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| 178 | related bugs. We fixed a few other minor issues see the
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| 179 | history for more details.
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| 180 |
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[994] | 181 | Fm/2 3.10 adds the ability to set the command line length
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| 182 | to correspond to the command shell you are using. We have
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| 183 | moved some menu items to submenus to reduce menu clutter
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| 184 | while adding "unhide" to reveal previously hidden items and
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| 185 | adding a settings notebook submenu to allow selection of the
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| 186 | page you wish to visit. We have updated the look of several
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| 187 | dialogs and containers including adding the ability to remember
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| 188 | size location and presentation parameters. We have reworked
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[1052] | 189 | the save state on close so it will save the different states
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| 190 | of multiple directory containers and in greater detail. This
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| 191 | state can also be restored at anytime during a session by
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[994] | 192 | selecting it from the "States" drop down. We have provided better
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| 193 | progress indicators to update the progress of long operations.
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[1496] | 194 | We now provide both the SYM & MAP files in a separate WarpIN
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[994] | 195 | package. This will allow interested individuals the tools needed
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[1420] | 196 | to assist with analyzing any problem that may occur. This
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[994] | 197 | package is not needed to run FM/2. As always this update
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| 198 | provides some performance enhancements and defect fixes.
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| 199 |
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[915] | 200 | FM/2 3.09 adds "mailto:" so you can configure the ability to
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| 201 | double click an email address in the new viewer and have it
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| 202 | open a new email using that address. The viewer page in the
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| 203 | settings notebook was split into 2 pages to facilitate the
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[1057] | 204 | change. Additionally, We fixed some defects and enhanced
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[915] | 205 | performance in some areas such as commandline quoting.
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| 206 |
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[834] | 207 | FM/2 3.08 has had changes to its file filtering logic.
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| 208 | It now searches for the last extension if a mask like *.zip
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| 209 | is used. This change was made to over come the problem with
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[915] | 210 | associations failing on files with multiple ".". You can
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[1420] | 211 | also search for a complete string within the file names by
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[834] | 212 | using the pattern *stuff* (stuff can't contain an * or ?).
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| 213 | If "stuff" contains an * or ? the old method of searching
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[866] | 214 | (character by character)is used.Large (>4GiB) file support
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| 215 | has been added.
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[834] | 216 |
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[1496] | 217 | FM/2 3.07 had changes made to its INI file structure.
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| 218 | These changes mean that the INI file is not backward
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[811] | 219 | compatible. Please backup you FM3.INI file before installing
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[915] | 220 | so you can revert to an earlier version without losing some
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[811] | 221 | of your customizations. Please note you need to leave a copy
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[915] | 222 | of the fm3.ini file in the install directory in order to keep your
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| 223 | customizations in 3.07. The temp file fm3.!!! will not update
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[1496] | 224 | the new INI as it is only used when FM/2 is running.
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[811] | 225 |
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[915] | 226 | File Manager/2 (FM/2) starting with version 3.6 is being
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| 227 | built with OpenWatcom. Changing compilers can introduce
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[704] | 228 | unexpected problem so you may want to backup your current
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[915] | 229 | install, or at minimum have a working copy of the FM/2
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[1496] | 230 | version 3.5.9 WarpIN package available for reinstall if problems arise.
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[704] | 231 | To backup your current install simple zip up your install
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| 232 | directory with its subdirectories or copy them to a different
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[915] | 233 | location.To restore simply copy the old FM/2 back to the
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[704] | 234 | its original location. Remember you can't use the new FM/2
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| 235 | to do this since if it is running some files will be locked
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| 236 | and won't be replaced. If you didn't backup and need to go
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[1496] | 237 | back just install the 3.5.9 WarpIN package over the new
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[704] | 238 | install. It will warn you that the install is newer but just
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[1496] | 239 | tell it to install anyway. The WarpIN install process is
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[915] | 240 | designed to save all your customizations. Don't delete the
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| 241 | new install if you don't have a backup since this will result
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| 242 | in the loss of any custom changes you have made. If you need
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| 243 | to delete it to get the reinstall to work. Backup up the new
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| 244 | install and then copy the *.bmp, *.tls, *.dat, *.cmd & *.ini
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| 245 | files back to the install directory after the reinstall.
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| 246 | Don't copy the *.str files as they are version specific.
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[704] | 247 | If you have problems be sure to report it (See Support
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[915] | 248 | at the end of this file).
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[704] | 249 |
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[668] | 250 | File Manager/2 (FM/2) is a free OS/2(Warp)/eCS Presentation
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[671] | 251 | Manager 32-bit file/directory/archive maintenance utility
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| 252 | (a sort of super-Drives object, something midway between the
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| 253 | Drives objects and a more traditional file manager) with plenty
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[668] | 254 | of bells, whistles and utilities, drag and drop, context menus,
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[642] | 255 | toolbars, bubble help and accelerator keys. If you know how
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| 256 | to use OS/2, you already know how to use most of FM/2. You
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| 257 | can easily glean the rest from the extensive online help,
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[7] | 258 | including tutorials.
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| 259 |
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[642] | 260 | This document explains how to install FM/2, including
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| 261 | upgrading from previous versions. It explains command line
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| 262 | syntaxes (parameters in a program object) and how to get the
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| 263 | program(s) running. The online help tells you how to
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| 264 | actually use FM/2. I'll try to keep this brief.
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[7] | 265 |
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[642] | 266 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it
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| 267 | and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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| 268 | License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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| 269 | version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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| 270 | version.
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[7] | 271 |
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[642] | 272 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
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| 273 | useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
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| 274 | warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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| 275 | PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
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| 276 | details.
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[55] | 277 |
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[642] | 278 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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| 279 | License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
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| 280 | Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
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| 281 | Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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[55] | 282 |
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| 283 |
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[7] | 284 | FM/2 3.x installation instructions:
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| 285 | ==================================
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| 286 |
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[642] | 287 | Pre-requisite:
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[668] | 288 | WarpIN 0.9.20 or higher must be installed.
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[7] | 289 |
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[642] | 290 | Install (or re-install) from a FM/2 ZIP file distribution
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| 291 | ---------------------------------------------------------
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[7] | 292 |
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[642] | 293 | 1. Unpack the FM2*.ZIP archive in a private directory (for
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| 294 | example, C:\TMP). (UNZIP.EXE works nicely to unpack the
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| 295 | file.) Two WPI files, FM2.WPI and FM2UTILS.WPI will be
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| 296 | unzipped.
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[7] | 297 |
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[642] | 298 | 2. Follow the instructions for installing from WPI file(s)
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| 299 | below.
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[7] | 300 |
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| 301 |
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[642] | 302 | Install (or re-install) from a FM/2 WPI file distribution
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| 303 | ---------------------------------------------------------
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[7] | 304 |
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[642] | 305 | 1. Open the WPS folder containing the WPI file(s).
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[7] | 306 |
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[642] | 307 | 2. Double click on FM2.WPI. Since WarpIN associates itself
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| 308 | with WPI files this will start WarpIN with FM2.WPI as the
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| 309 | parameter.
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| 310 |
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| 311 | 3, You may then install FM/2 to a directory of your choice
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| 312 | and, if FM2UTILS.WPI is present, install FM/2 Utilities to
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| 313 | a directory of your choice.
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| 314 |
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| 315 | NOTE: If you double click on FM2UTILS.WPI instead of
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| 316 | FM2.WPI, you will only be able to install the FM/2
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| 317 | Utilities. It is recommended that, even if you only want to
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| 318 | install FM/2 Utilities, that you do so using FM2.WPI.
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| 319 |
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| 320 |
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| 321 | Moving FM/2 and/or FM/2 Utilities:
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| 322 | ----------------------------------
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| 323 |
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| 324 | 1. Copy your existing installation directory to the new
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| 325 | location.
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| 326 |
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| 327 | 2. If you have added your own icons to any of the FM/2
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| 328 | folders, then you should move them elsewhere temporarily.
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| 329 |
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| 330 | 3. Follow the instructions for de-installing below.
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| 331 |
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| 332 | 4. Re-install the package using the installation
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| 333 | instructions above. This will update the WarpIN database and
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| 334 | reset your icons to the new locations.
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| 335 |
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| 336 | 5. Move the icons you saved in step #2, back into the FM/2
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| 337 | folders if you wish.
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| 338 |
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| 339 |
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| 340 | De-installing FM/2 and/or FM/2 Utilities:
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| 341 | -----------------------------------------
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| 342 |
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[1496] | 343 | 1. Run WarpIN without parameters.
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[642] | 344 |
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| 345 | 2. Right click on a package you want to de-install and
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| 346 | select "de-install all packages".
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| 347 |
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| 348 | 3. Click on OK in the "De-install Packages" window that
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| 349 | appears.
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| 350 |
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| 351 |
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| 352 | =================
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[7] | 353 | First-time notes:
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[642] | 354 | =================
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[7] | 355 |
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| 356 | Starting FM/2 -- how it works, customizing parameters:
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| 357 |
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[642] | 358 | If you start File Manager/2 (filename FM3.EXE) with no
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| 359 | parameters, it opens the Drive Tree window but no directory
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| 360 | windows (unless the "Save state of dir windows" toggle is
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| 361 | checked -- see online help).
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[7] | 362 |
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[642] | 363 | File Manager/2 optionally accepts names of directories in
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| 364 | the parameters field of its program object; it'll open a
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| 365 | directory window for each one. Hint: If you often do
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| 366 | different specific things with FM/2, you might set up a WPS
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| 367 | object customized to start up ideally for each activity. For
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| 368 | example, if you wanted to maintain your BBS areas, you might
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| 369 | have one object with parameters like: "D:\BBSDIR
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| 370 | D:\BBSDIR\MAILIN D:\BBSDIR\MAILOUT", and if you also like to
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| 371 | use FM/2 to set icons on files, you might have another
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| 372 | object with parameters like: "E:\MYICONS D:\NEWFILES". The
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| 373 | State quicklist can also be used for this within FM/2 itself
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| 374 | -- see online help.
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[7] | 375 |
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[642] | 376 | You can exclude drives in the parameters by prefacing the
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| 377 | drive letter with "/", and there can be more than one drive
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| 378 | letter behind the "/" (i.e. "/BH" to exclude both drives B:
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| 379 | and H:). Hint: Many people like to use /B to exclude
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| 380 | "phantom" drive B: if they have a single-floppy system.
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| 381 | Similarly, you can cause drives NOT to be prescanned by the
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| 382 | Drive Tree by prefacing the drive letter with ";", drives
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| 383 | NOT to load icons for objects by prefacing the drive letter
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| 384 | with ",", drives NOT to load subjects for objects by
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| 385 | prefacing the drive letter with "`" and drives NOT to load
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| 386 | longnames for objects by prefacing the drive letter with
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| 387 | "'". This can be handy if you have a very slow drive like a
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| 388 | CD-ROM or Zip drive. FM/2 Lite recognizes these switches,
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| 389 | too. See also the Drive Flags dialog in FM/2.
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[7] | 390 |
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[642] | 391 | If you place the plus sign "+" (alone, separated from
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| 392 | anything else by spaces) in the parameters, FM/2 will log,
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| 393 | to FM2.LOG, delete, rename, move and copy operations that
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| 394 | are performed by drag-and-drop or with the menus. FM/2 Lite
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| 395 | recognizes this switch, too.
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[7] | 396 |
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[642] | 397 | The parameter "-" (alone, separated from anything else by
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| 398 | spaces) causes FM/2 to ignore, not load or save, the
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| 399 | previous state of directory windows (see the "Save state of
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| 400 | dir windows" toggle under Config Menu->Toggles in the online
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| 401 | help) for that invocation.
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[7] | 402 |
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[642] | 403 | You can specify the name of an alternate INI file with
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| 404 | "-<inifilename>" -- for example: "-C:\FM2\MYINI.INI".
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[82] | 405 |
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[642] | 406 | You can also specify the INI file location with the
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| 407 | environment variable FM2INI -- for example:
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| 408 | SET FM2INI=C:\FM2\MYINI.INI.
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| 409 |
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| 410 |
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| 411 | ------------------------------
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[7] | 412 | How to get started using FM/2:
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| 413 | -----------------------------
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[642] | 414 | Please read the following sections in the online help when
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| 415 | you start FM/2 for the first time: "How to use FM/2's Help,"
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| 416 | "Terminology" and "General Help," then "Hints." A peek at
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[1420] | 417 | the labeled "Window Layouts" pictures would probably be a
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[642] | 418 | good idea, too. The rest you can browse as you get time/feel
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| 419 | the need; for instance, if you want to know what a toggle
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| 420 | does, read the help under Settings notebook for that page
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| 421 | (each Settings notebook page has its own Help button).
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[7] | 422 |
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[776] | 423 | If you prefer hard copy help, print this file, run FM/2,
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[668] | 424 | press F1, click the "Print" button at the bottom (IBM View)
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[671] | 425 | or top (Newview)of the help window that appears and then print
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[668] | 426 | both the "Contents" and "All sections" (keep an eye on the printer,
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[642] | 427 | after page 100 of "All sections" as the Help Manager will
|
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| 428 | begin printing its own help then -- you may want to abort
|
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| 429 | printing at that point). Advanced and/or curious users may
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| 430 | also want to print FM3TOOLS.DAT and ARCHIVER.BB2. Be sure
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| 431 | you have plenty of paper and ink handy -- the package is
|
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| 432 | well documented. You'll probably also want a three-ring
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| 433 | binder and hole punch to get it bound, as staples aren't
|
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| 434 | going through that puppy. You can, of course, print only the
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| 435 | sections that are of particular interest to you.
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[7] | 436 |
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| 437 | Additional documentation:
|
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| 438 | ------------------------
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| 439 | FM3.HLP: FM/2's online help file.
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| 440 |
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[642] | 441 | Look in the FM/2 Docs subfolder of the File Manager/2 folder
|
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| 442 | for easy access to all documentation.
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[7] | 443 |
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| 444 |
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| 445 | Bonus programs:
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| 446 | ==============
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| 447 |
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[642] | 448 | You'll note the extra objects that the Install program
|
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| 449 | creates in the FM/2 Tools subfolder of the File Manager/2
|
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| 450 | folder. FM/2 is modular, so that you can get directly to
|
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| 451 | some of its components without running the entire ball of
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| 452 | wax. This may allow you to enhance the behavior of some of
|
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| 453 | your other applications in the WPS tradition. You don't
|
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| 454 | _have_ to keep these around, of course -- FM/2 itself
|
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| 455 | contains all their functionality.
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[7] | 456 |
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[642] | 457 | ARCHIVE VIEWER/2: Intended for drag-and-drop operation (or
|
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| 458 | WPS association) with WPS objects or other applications.
|
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| 459 | Drag an archive onto it, drop it, get an archive listing
|
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| 460 | box. FM/2's installation program sets up some associations
|
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| 461 | between archive files and this program by file extension.
|
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| 462 | AV/2 will try to display whatever you give it as
|
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| 463 | sensibly as it can. Filename AV2.EXE.
|
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[7] | 464 |
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[642] | 465 | EA VIEWER: Drag a file system object onto it and it'll show
|
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| 466 | you the object's extended attributes. Filename EAS.EXE.
|
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[7] | 467 |
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[642] | 468 | INI VIEWER: Drag an .INI file onto it and it'll show you its
|
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| 469 | contents. Filename INI.EXE.
|
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[7] | 470 |
|
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[642] | 471 | BOOKSHELF VIEWER: Shows all .INF files in a listbox and lets
|
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| 472 | you pick the one(s) you want to view. If you give any
|
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| 473 | command line argument, the .HLP files on the HELP path will
|
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| 474 | be shown instead (the Helpfile Viewer object calls
|
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| 475 | VIEWINFS.EXE with "dummy" for an argument, for example).
|
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| 476 | Filename VIEWINFS.EXE.
|
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[7] | 477 |
|
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[642] | 478 | PROCESS KILLER: Lets you kill off renegade processes. An
|
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| 479 | English version of PSTAT.EXE must be on your PATH. Filename
|
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| 480 | KILLPROC.EXE.
|
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[7] | 481 |
|
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[1420] | 482 | UNDELETE: Lets you undelete files (via interface with
|
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[642] | 483 | UNDELETE.COM). Drag a file system object onto it and it'll
|
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| 484 | let you undelete files for that drive. Filename UNDEL.EXE.
|
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[7] | 485 |
|
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[642] | 486 | VISUAL TREE: Opens a Drive Tree window (like the WPS Drives
|
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| 487 | object with more horsepower). Filename VTREE.EXE.
|
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[7] | 488 |
|
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[642] | 489 | VISUAL DIRECTORY: Opens a Directory Container window; drag a
|
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| 490 | file system object onto it and this will open its directory
|
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| 491 | (like a WPS directory Folder with more horsepower). Filename
|
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| 492 | VDIR.EXE.
|
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[7] | 493 |
|
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[642] | 494 | COLLECTOR: Opens a Collector window. Filename VCOLLECT.EXE.
|
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| 495 | Two other objects, "See all files" and "Seek and scan" are
|
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| 496 | created which call up the Collector and go directly to
|
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| 497 | dialogs for the appropriate purpose.
|
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[7] | 498 |
|
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[642] | 499 | GLOBAL VIEWER: Opens a global view of a drive or drives.
|
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| 500 | Filename GLOBAL.EXE.
|
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[7] | 501 |
|
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[642] | 502 | DATABAR: Opens a databar showing some system information.
|
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| 503 | Filename DATABAR.EXE.
|
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[7] | 504 |
|
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[642] | 505 | DIRSIZE: Shows where drive usage is concentrated. Filename
|
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| 506 | DIRSIZE.EXE.
|
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[7] | 507 |
|
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[642] | 508 | FM/2 LITE: A simplified interface for "dummies." Filename
|
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| 509 | FM4.EXE.
|
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[7] | 510 |
|
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[642] | 511 | FM/2's install creates FM2.CMD, AV2.CMD, VDIR.CMD,
|
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| 512 | VTREE.CMD, VCOLLECT.CMD, UNDEL.CMD, KILLPROC.CMD, INI.CMD,
|
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| 513 | EAS.CMD, DIRSIZE.CMD, VIEWINFS.CMD and VIEWHELP.CMD files
|
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| 514 | for you in a directory "utils" off the install directory.
|
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| 515 | You should add this directory to your PATH= statement in
|
---|
| 516 | CONFIG.SYS (type HELP PATH at a command line for more info).
|
---|
| 517 | If you prefer, FM/2's INSTALL builds a SETENV.CMD in the
|
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| 518 | FM/2 directory which you can call to set the PATH for FM/2
|
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| 519 | in any given session without modifying CONFIG.SYS.
|
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[7] | 520 |
|
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| 521 |
|
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| 522 | Troubleshooting:
|
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| 523 | ===============
|
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| 524 |
|
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[642] | 525 | If FM/2 won't run, the probable culprit is CONFIG.SYS. Your
|
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[668] | 526 | LIBPATH statement should contain a ".;" entry. If yours
|
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[642] | 527 | doesn't, add it. It's standard for an OS/2 installation, but
|
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| 528 | some buggy install programs knock it out because they
|
---|
| 529 | translate entries to their full pathname before rewriting
|
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[668] | 530 | (so ".;" gets translated to whatever the current directory
|
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| 531 | is for the buggy install program). What this ".;" entry does
|
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[642] | 532 | is allow a program to find and use .DLL files in the
|
---|
| 533 | program's current directory -- obviously something you want
|
---|
| 534 | programs to be able to do, otherwise you'd have to put every
|
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| 535 | application's .DLLs into directories already on the LIBPATH,
|
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| 536 | or add the directories of all applications to the LIBPATH, a
|
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[7] | 537 | rather huge pain in the, uh, neck.
|
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| 538 |
|
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[642] | 539 | If things in FM/2 are suddenly acting strange after an
|
---|
[671] | 540 | upgrade, first check the integrity of the install using
|
---|
| 541 | using WarpIN. If it shows a problem rerun the install
|
---|
[1493] | 542 | package. If that fails try uninstalling with WarpIN and reinstalling.
|
---|
| 543 | Backup your existing directory so you can save any changes
|
---|
[668] | 544 | you made to the template files then uninstall and reinstall.
|
---|
[671] | 545 | Once you have FM/2 working migrate the *.ini, *.dat, *.tls,
|
---|
| 546 | *.bb2 and *.cmd from your old install/backup to recover your
|
---|
| 547 | custom settings
|
---|
[7] | 548 |
|
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[642] | 549 | If the "FM/2 Online Help" object in the "FM/2 Docs"
|
---|
| 550 | subfolder won't work properly, you've got a version of
|
---|
| 551 | VIEW.EXE that won't directly display help (.HLP) files. Use
|
---|
| 552 | SEEHELP.EXE from the FM/2 Utilities package to get around
|
---|
| 553 | this problem (or upgrade your version of OS/2).
|
---|
[7] | 554 |
|
---|
[642] | 555 | Don't drag files over Netscape -- it will lock up if files
|
---|
| 556 | (not WPS objects; there's a subtle difference) are dragged
|
---|
| 557 | over it.
|
---|
[7] | 558 |
|
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[642] | 559 | If you get a popup dialog that needs to be reported to the
|
---|
| 560 | maintainer, you can either take a screen shot or you can
|
---|
| 561 | capture the information from STDERR with:
|
---|
[398] | 562 |
|
---|
| 563 | FM3 2>STDERR.LOG
|
---|
| 564 |
|
---|
[1493] | 565 | This technique works for FM/2, FM/2 Lite and all the
|
---|
[642] | 566 | standalone applets.
|
---|
[398] | 567 |
|
---|
[642] | 568 | If you are having trouble with Drag and Drop operations, try
|
---|
| 569 | the + command line switch described above. The content of
|
---|
| 570 | FM2.LOG may be helpful.
|
---|
[398] | 571 |
|
---|
[1496] | 572 |
|
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[55] | 573 | Known problems/shortcomings:
|
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| 574 | ===========================
|
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[11] | 575 |
|
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[1496] | 576 | - See the section of this name in the FM/2 help file (FM3.hlp).
|
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[1493] | 577 | It is installed to the same directory as FM/2.
|
---|
[11] | 578 |
|
---|
[671] | 579 | - See http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/report/1 for a complete list of
|
---|
[668] | 580 | currently active bugs
|
---|
[55] | 581 |
|
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[1496] | 582 |
|
---|
[55] | 583 | About FM/2:
|
---|
[11] | 584 | ==========
|
---|
| 585 |
|
---|
| 586 | FM/2 was originally written by:
|
---|
| 587 |
|
---|
| 588 | Mark Kimes
|
---|
| 589 | <hectorplasmic@worldnet.att.net>
|
---|
| 590 |
|
---|
[642] | 591 | He has kindly allowed me to take over maintenance and
|
---|
| 592 | support of FM/2 and to release the program under the GNU GPL
|
---|
| 593 | license. I'm sure he would appreciate a Thank You note for
|
---|
| 594 | his generosity.
|
---|
[11] | 595 |
|
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[1496] | 596 |
|
---|
[55] | 597 | Support:
|
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[11] | 598 | =======
|
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| 599 |
|
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[183] | 600 | There is a Yahoo group devoted to fm/2 at:
|
---|
[11] | 601 |
|
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[549] | 602 | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fm2user/
|
---|
[1468] | 603 |
|
---|
[1420] | 604 | This group is now closed but it still contains some useful information
|
---|
[1468] | 605 |
|
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[1420] | 606 | There is a new mailing list at:
|
---|
[1468] | 607 |
|
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[1420] | 608 | fm2-user@netlabs.org
|
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[1468] | 609 |
|
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[1420] | 610 | To subscribe send an email to:
|
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[1468] | 611 |
|
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[1420] | 612 | fm2-user-subscribe@netlabs.org
|
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[1468] | 613 |
|
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[1420] | 614 | The subject and body can be empty.
|
---|
[1468] | 615 |
|
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[1420] | 616 | This group is mirrored on Gmane at:
|
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[1468] | 617 |
|
---|
[1420] | 618 | http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.fm2.user
|
---|
[183] | 619 |
|
---|
| 620 | You will find lots of friendly folks ready to help.
|
---|
| 621 |
|
---|
[1420] | 622 | FM/2 has moved to Netlabs (thanks Adrian).
|
---|
[549] | 623 |
|
---|
| 624 | Check it out at
|
---|
| 625 |
|
---|
| 626 | http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2
|
---|
| 627 |
|
---|
[1420] | 628 | To create a ticket reporting a defect or requesting an enhancement.
|
---|
[1468] | 629 | You must be logged into TRAC. Please login with your Netlabs login id.
|
---|
| 630 | If you do not have a login id, you can request one at
|
---|
| 631 | http://www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml.
|
---|
| 632 | If you have troubles acquiring a Netlabs login id send an e-mail to
|
---|
[1420] | 633 | Netlabs Community Mailing List <community@netlabs.org>.
|
---|
[549] | 634 |
|
---|
[1420] | 635 | You can also browse the source at this site.
|
---|
| 636 |
|
---|
| 637 | To obtain the source from the SVN use something like the following to check out the trunk
|
---|
| 638 |
|
---|
| 639 | mkdir fm2_workspace
|
---|
| 640 | cd fm2_workspace
|
---|
| 641 | svn checkout http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/fm2/trunk trunk
|
---|
| 642 |
|
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[1468] | 643 | If you wish commit access please contact us directly.
|
---|
| 644 |
|
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[668] | 645 | You can reach us directly at:
|
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[183] | 646 |
|
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[11] | 647 | Steven H. Levine
|
---|
| 648 | steve53@earthlink.net
|
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| 649 |
|
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[668] | 650 | or
|
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| 651 |
|
---|
| 652 | Gregg Young
|
---|
| 653 | ygk@qwest.net
|
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| 654 |
|
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[1420] | 655 | We also monitor the comp.os.os2.apps newsgroup, several
|
---|
[1468] | 656 | others in the comp.os.os2.* hierarchy and other groups where
|
---|
| 657 | release announcements are made.
|
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[11] | 658 |
|
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| 659 | Thanks and enjoy.
|
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| 660 |
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[55] | 661 | $Id: README 1496 2009-12-30 16:54:41Z stevenhl $
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