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                     *  User's Manual Supplement   *
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                     *  CMFiler -- Version 5.37    *
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     The following features have been added or improved since the printing of
     the CMFiler Version 5.36q User's Manual:

     Synchronization of DESCRIPT.ION and NARATIVE.CF files:  CMFiler keeps
     file and directory notes that you enter (using the edit notes facility,
     Ctrl-N) in a file called NARATIVE.CF.  This file is in a different format
     from 4DOS/NDOS DESCRIPT.ION files.  After some debate on whether to
     convert CMFiler over to using the DESCRIPT.ION format, I have decided to
     keep the separate NARATIVE.CF file format for CMFiler's notes, but add a
     routine that, at the user's option, "synchronizes" the NARATIVE.CF and
     DESCRIPT.ION files every time the CMFiler notes facility is called for
     viewing or editing notes, or copying or moving of files.  Any entries
     already contained in either file will be preserved, and unique entries
     from each file will be simply added to the other.

     This synchronizing routine must be activated by resetting a switch ("Meld
     NARATIVE.CF and DESCRIPT.ION files?") in the Shift-O user Options menu.

     Swapping file names:  A new feature in the Rename routine in the main
     file services module permits swapping two file names.  If exactly two
     files are tagged when the key R is struck, CMFiler asks if the user wants
     to swap their names.  If Yes, the file names are swapped, if No, CMFiler
     goes to the normal rename facility.

     Cursor Height:  The new command Ctrl-K decrements the cursor height on
     each keypress.  The cursor height is now a savable parameter using
     Shift-S.

     Swap Panels:  In the main module, you can quickly swap panels left-for-
     right and right-for-left, keeping the cursor in the same panel, left or
     right, with the new command Ctrl-W (for sWap).

     Diskette Images:  In diskette copying and scanning routines (disKopy and
     scAn), there is a new option to save the diskette image as a file on the
     hard disk after reading master diskette, and to use a previously saved
     image as the master for making new diskettes.

     There is a short-cut to using a previously stored diskette images from
     the hard disk.  Select the directory with the diskette image you want to
     use, and put the cursor on the name of the image file before pressing
     Shift-K for disKopy.  Press Shift-K, and answer the first question Yes.
     The file name will be given as the default in the data entry window.
     Press enter to accept it, and continue with the disk copy session.

     Enhancements for Blind Users:  To assist blind users of Telesensory
     Systems, Inc. Power Braille 40 displays, the character * is printed in
     the column to the left of the filename to denote a normal-tagged file
     (the character 1-9 or a-z was already printed to denote an Alt-tagged
     file), and the character denoting a directory is changed from the
     graphics character ASCII 249 (a small dot in the center of the character
     array) to a colon.

     Colorized editor:  The editor is now colorized, in the same scheme as the
     main file services module and tree module.

     PKZIP support enhancement:  Previously, the number of files which could
     be tagged for ZIPping in one shot by CMFiler was limited by the remaining
     space in the command line after the commands, options and ZIP filespec --
     about 8 to 16 files, depending on the length of their names.  CMFiler now
     takes advantage of the @filelist option of PKZIP, and will create a
     temporary file list as ZZIPLIST.CF in the current directory, containing
     all the tagged files.  PKZIP itself places some limits on how large this
     file can be, but for practical purposes this will no longer frustrate
     CMFiler users.

     Other editor changes:  The Find-string command now seeds the search
     string with whatever word of text the cursor is on when Alt-F is pressed.
     A new string-finding aid has been added; Ctrl-G (for "Goto next same
     word").  When the cursor is placed on a word and Ctrl-G is pressed, the
     editor searches the file for the next appearance of that word and
     repositions to it.  Unlike Alt-F, this search will recycle to the
     beginning of the file if necessary.

































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