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; AVIEW V4.2+ Help-Text, Copyright (C) 1992-93 by Chris Buijs.
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│                 The Norton Commander Archive Viewer                  │
│                  Copyright (C) 1992-93 by C. Buijs                   │
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  Welcome to the AVIEW help-system, this help-system can be used as an
  on-line reference of all the functions of AVIEW.

  Choose the subject you want help on.

  Help on: #Archive-Lister#    #Input-Fields#    #Info#
           #AVIEW.CTL#         #Help#            #Credits#
           #File-Selector#     #Parameters#
[Archive-Lister]
Archive-Lister Help
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With the archive-lister you can view the contents of an ARC, ARJ, LZH,
PAK, ZIP or ZOO archive (also there SFX variants), the archive-lister
also can view archives in archives (up to 16 deep).

The archive-viewer can be used to view files, edit files, or manipulate
archives.

#Archive-Lister Keys#
[Archive-Lister Keys]
Archive-Lister Keys
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F1          - Help            CTRL-F1  - Ascend/Descend sorting
F2          - Extract         CTRL-F2  - Extract to current path
F3 or ENTER - View file       CTRL-F3  - Sort on name
F4          - Edit file       CTRL-F4  - Sort on extension
F5          - Convert         CTRL-F5  - Sort on original size
F6 or ALT-S - Sort list       CTRL-F6  - Sort on compressed size
F7          - Add file(s)     CTRL-F7  - Sort on ratio
F8 or DEL   - Delete file(s)  CTRL-F8  - Sort on date/time
F9 or ALT-J - DOS-Shell       CTRL-F9  - Sort on method
F10 or ESC  - Quit            CTRL-F10 - No sort (Unsorted)

#Next Page#
[Next Page]
Archive-Lister Keys (Page 2)
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ALT-L       - Change screen-layout     SHIFT-F2 - Extract to any path
                                       SHIFT-F7 - Create file
UP/DOWN     - Go up/down one entry     SHIFT-F9 - Print file
HOME/END    - Go to begin/end of list
                                       ALT-F2   - Extract without paths
INS/SPACE   - Tag/Untag files          ALT-F3   - Select viewer and view
Gray +/-    - Wildcard Tag/Untag       ALT-F4   - Select editor and edit
Gray *      - Invert selections        ALT-F9   - EGA/VGA Lines
[AVIEW.CTL]
AVIEW.CTL
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AVIEW.CTL is an plain ascii-file that can be edited to fully configure
all the functions of AVIEW, the following commands are availble:

#Archiver-Commands#    #NOCOLOR#               #SCREENMODE#
#ALTERNATELAYOUT#      #NOMOUSE#               #SORT#
#DATEFORMAT#           #NOPATHS#               #SWAPPATH#
#EDITOR#               #NOUMB#                 #TEMPPATH#
#EXTRACTPATH#          #NOXMS#                 #VIEWER#
#NOEMS#                #SCANNER#               #ZOOMSPEED#
[Archiver-Commands]
Archiver-Commands
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With the following commands you can define the parameters that must
be used for the external archiver-utilities, the 'xxx' in the
commands must be replaced by ARC, ARJ, LHA, PAK, ZIP or ZOO.

There are two variables, %A and %F, thes two must ALWAYS exist in one
of the commands (except xxxRESPONSE), %A will be replaced by AVIEW
with the name of the archive processed, and %F with a filename for
adding/deleting/updating, note that AVIEW will automatically add the
response-file-char before the filename when needed. The variables %A
and %F are NOT optional!

#xxxADD#           #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxDELETE#        #xxxUPDATE#
#xxxEXTRACT#       #xxxRESPONSE#
[NOEMS]
NOEMS
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With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT use expanded memory (EMS)
when swapping before executing any external programm.

#NOUMB#    #NOXMS#
[NOUMB]
NOUMB
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With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT use any upper memory
blocks (UMB) when swapping before executing any external programm.

#NOEMS#    #NOXMS#
[NOXMS]
NOXMS
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With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT use any extended memory
(XMS) when swapping before executing any external programm.

#NOUMB#    #NOXMS#
[NOPATHS]
NOPATHS
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With this command you instruct AVIEW to NOT extract any paths from
archives when the extract function is used.
[SWAPPATH]
SWAPPATH <Path>
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With this command you define the directory where AVIEW must write
his swap-files when used, use a ramdisk to speed-up AVIEW.

#EXTRACTPATH#    #TEMPPATH#
[ALTERNATELAYOUT]
ALTERNATELAYOUT
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With this command you can select the alternate screen-layout of the
archive-lister as default (With full-path), this option works like a
toggle in AVIEW by pressing ALT-L.
[DATEFORMAT]
DATEFORMAT <Dateformat>
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With this statement you can define how the file-date is shown, include
MM for month, DD for day and YY for year, the sepparation-chars can be
freely defined, default is MM/DD/YY
[NOCOLOR]
NOCOLOR
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With this statement you force AVIEW in black and white mode, this can
be handy for laptop-users who have a LCD-Screen.
[NOMOUSE]
NOMOUSE
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With this statement you force AVIEW to ignore the mouse when detected.
[VIEWER]
VIEWER <Trigger> <Viewer> [<Parameters>]
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With this command you can define up to 32 viewers, with <Trigger> you
specify the file-extension which must trigger the viewer, the <Trigger>
may include wildcards. Default viewer when non-defined is WPVIEW for
all type of files.

The variable %F can be used to pass the file-name selected in AVIEW to
the viewer.

#EDITOR#
[EDITOR]
EDITOR <Trigger> <Editor> [<Parameters>]
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With this command you can define up to 32 editors, with <Trigger> you
specify the file-extension which must trigger the editor, the <Trigger>
may include wildcards. Default editor when non-defined is NCEDIT for
all type of files.

The variable %F can be used to pass the file-name selected in AVIEW to
the editor.

#VIEWER#
[EXTRACTPATH]
EXTRACTPATH <Path>
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With this command you define the path where files must be extracted to,
when this command is NOT used, AVIEW will prompt you for a path.

#SWAPPATH#    #TEMPPATH#
[SCREENMODE]
SCREENMODE <Lines>
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With this statement you can define how many lines per screen AVIEW must
use, valid number of lines are 25, 35, 40, 43 and 50, note that a
number greater than 25 needs a EGA of VGA display-adapter.
[SORT]
SORT <Key> [Ascending|Descending]
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With this statement you can define how AVIEW must sort the file-lists as
default, valid sort-keys are: NAME, EXTENSION, ORGSIZE, CMPSIZE,
DATETIME, METHOD and UNSORTED, optional you can specify with ASCENDING
or DESCENDING the default sort direction, default is ASCENDING.
[TEMPPATH]
TEMPPATH <Path>
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With this command you define the path AVIEW must use as work-directory,
this can be a ram-drive which will speed-up AVIEW dramatically, when
the directory does not exist, it will be created.

#EXTRACTPATH#    #SWAPPATH#
[SCANNER]
SCANNER <Scanner> [<Parameters>]
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With this command you define the virus-scanner to use after files are
unpacked with the unpack function, when no scanner is defined, no
virus-scan will be performed.
[ZOOMSPEED]
ZOOMSPEED <Milliseconds>
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With this command you define the zoom-speed of the popup-windows to
build up onto the screen, 0 means immediate popup, default is 10
[xxxADD]
xxxADD <Command-Line>
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Defines which parameters to use for adding a file to an archive, this
is used for the ADD function.

#xxxDELETE#     #xxxEXTRACT#     #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxUPDATE#     #xxxRESPONSE#
[xxxDELETE]
xxxDELETE <Command-Line>
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Defines which parameters to use for deleting a file or files from an
archive, this is used for the DELETE function

#xxxADD#        #xxxEXTRACT#     #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxUPDATE#     #xxxRESPONSE#
[xxxEXTRACT]
xxxEXTRACT <Command-Line>
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Defines which parameters to use for extracting a file or files from
an archive, this is used for the extract-function.

#xxxADD#        #xxxDELETE#      #xxxUNPACK#
#xxxUPDATE#     #xxxRESPONSE#
[xxxUNPACK]
xxxUNPACK <Command-Line>
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Defines which parameters to use for extracting ONE file from an
archive WITHOUT path, this is used internally in AVIEW.

#xxxADD#        #xxxDELETE#      #xxxEXTRACT#
#xxxUPDATE#     #xxxRESPONSE#
[xxxUPDATE]
xxxUPDATE <Command-Line>
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Defines which parameters to use for updating a file in an archive,
this is used after you edited a file from an archive.

#xxxADD#        #xxxDELETE#      #xxxEXTRACT#
#xxxUNPACK#     #xxxRESPONSE#
[xxxRESPONSE]
xxxRESPONSE <Response-Char>
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Defines which charachter to use before a file name to tell the
archiver that it is a response file, AVIEW defines automatically
when to use this or not.

#xxxADD#        #xxxDELETE#      #xxxEXTRACT#
#xxxUNPACK#     #xxxUPDATE#
[File-Selector]
File-Selector Help
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The file-selector is started when AVIEW is started without any
file-specification, with the file-selector you can pick a file to
view from any drive or directory.

The file-selector also has some file-manipulating functions to
manage your files.

#File-Selector Keys#
[File-Selector Keys]
File-Selector Keys
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F1          - Help                        Gray +/-  - Wildcard tag/untag
F2          - Change drive/directory      Gray *    - Invert selections
F3 or ENTER - Select directory/file
F5          - Create archive              INS/SPACE - Tag/UnTag
F6          - Rename directory/file
F7          - Create directory
F8 or DEL   - Delete files/directories
F9 or ALT-J - DOS-Shell
F10 or ESC  - Quit

UP/DOWN     - Move cursor-bar up/down
HOME/END    - Move cursor-bar to begining/end of list
PGUP/PGDN   - Move cursor-bar one page up/down
[Input-Fields]
Input-Fields Help
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AVIEW uses it's own routines for getting input from the user,
this goes in a user-friendly manner, several options are
availble when AVIEW is waiting for some input.

#Input-Fields Keys#
[Input-Fields Keys]
Input-Fields Keys
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F1         - Help, This Screen
F2         - File-selector

LEFT/RIGHT - Move cursor-bar left/right
HOME/END   - Move cursor-bar to begining/end of line

INS        - Switch between insert/overtype mode

DEL        - Delete char under cursor
BACKSPACE  - Delete char left of cursor
CTRL-Y     - Delete line
CTRL-HOME  - Delete from cursor to begin of line
CTRL-END   - Delete from cursor to end of line
[Help]
Help on the Help-System
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Use the cursor-keys to jump from topic to topic in the help-text,
press ENTER to go to the help-text about the topic, press ESC to
return to the previous help-screen.
[Parameters]
Parameters
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Swapping:                        Display:
/NE - Don't use EMS              /M  - Monochrome mode (LCD)
/NU - Don't use UMB              /25 - Use 25 lines per screen
/NX - Don't use XMS              /35 - Use 35 lines per screen
                                 /40 - Use 40 lines per screen
Sorting:                         /43 - Use 43 lines per screen
/A  - Sort acsending             /50 - Use 50 lines per screen
/D  - Sort descending                  
/SC - Sort on compressed size    Miscellaneous:
/SD - Sort on date               /?  - This screen
/SE - Sort on extension          /NP - Don't extract paths
/SM - Sort on method             /NV - Don't scan for any viri
/SN - Sort on name
/SO - Sort on original size
/SR - Sort on ratio
/SU - Do not sort (Unsorted)     #Syntax#   #File-Selector#
[Syntax]
AVIEW Parameter Syntax
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AVIEW <FileSpec> /? /25 /35 /40 /43 /50 /A /D /M /NE /NP /NU /NV /NX
                 /SC /SD /SE /SM /SN /SO /SR /SU

All parameters are optional, when a file must be specified, it must
be the first parameter.
[Info]
Contacting the Author
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If you have suggestions, bug-reports or other things concerning AVIEW,
you can contact me (Chris Buijs) at:

BBS       : Action Board Zaandam, Tel: 31-(0)75-704890

FidoNet   : Chris Buijs, Point: 2:280/407.16

CompuServe: Chris Buijs, ID: 100117,3242

SnailMail : Chris Buijs
            De Spil 22
            1507 CX Zaandam
            The Netherlands
[Credits]
Credits
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Hereby i want to thank all alpha/beta/gamma-testers (all over the
world) for there support and suggestions, keep up the good work!
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