Category : File Managers
Archive   : NARC40.ZIP
Filename : NARCHELP.HLP

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NARC Help Facility, copyright (c) 1987-89 Infinity Design Concepts, Inc.ð Help Facility Index



Section 1 ............................................ Extract file(s)
Section 2 ............................................ View file
Section 3 ............................................ Print file(s)
Section 4 ............................................ Select ZIP file
Section 5 ............................................ Select drive
Section 6 ............................................ Directory tree
Section 7 ............................................ Quit
Section 8 ............................................ Misc. commands
and Function Keys

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Extracting File(s) Section 1
This command allows extracting files from an archive or zipfile.
You may extract highlighted or tagged files. NARC will ask for the
drive/path to extract the file(s) to. Hitting the ENTER key
alone will cause the files to be extracted to the current directory.

NOTE: Control-R will repeat the last extraction path.
ð View File Section 2

The currently highlighted file is read, formatted and displayed on the screen.
The Pg Up, Pg Down, Home, End and arrow keys allow you to move easily through
the file.

F - key toggles the filter so that the output files from some word
processors can be displayed correctly.

M or H key toggles the display mode from HEX dump to ASCII view.
S - searches for a string of text in the file and highlights the located
string.

ESC,Q,X,F1,ENTER or either mouse button ends the view.
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The print routine will print the highlighted or tagged files. You
have several options here. The first option that comes to the screen
is the printer string option. This allows you to select a character
font for printing the file. There are four optional fonts. They are,

0 Send no printer string (use printers default)
1 Set printer to 10 cpi (pica)
2 Set printer to 12 cpi (elite)
3 Set printer to 17 cpi (compressed)

These printer strings come with NARC configured for an EPSON compatible
printer. They can be changed to anything that you like with NARCCFG.EXE.
Each string has a maximum length of 9 bytes.

The ESC key aborts the print operation completely.
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The second option tells NARC how to format the document. There are
three options. Each option is toggled between YES and NO with the SPACE
bar. The ESC key aborts the print operation completely and the ENTER
key accepts the currently displayed options.

Format -

YES - This option tells NARC that you want the document
formatted during printing. The formatting includes page
numbers, page breaks and expanded tabs.
NO - This option tells NARC not to perform any formatting at
all during print. This is for use on files that have already
been formatted with formfeeds etc.
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Strip High bit -

YES - This option tells NARC to strip the high bit off
of each character that is printed. This is to allow
WordStar (c) type documents to be printed correctly,
since WordStar and other word processors use the
high bit of some characters to denote paragraph
alignment etc.
NO - Do not strip the high bit from each character.

Strip Control Characters -

YES - This option tells NARC to remove all control characters
from the document before printing. The exceptions to this
are carriage returns, linefeeds and tabs.
NO - Do not remove control characters.
ð Select ZIP/ARC file Section 4
This option allows selecting an archive file from the list
of ZIP,ARC or ARK files in the current directory. The directory
is searched for files with any of the above extensions. They are
then sorted and displayed in a box. Use the arrow keys to move the
highlight bar to the desired file and select the file with the
ENTER key (or left mouse button). The "O" command will toggle
sorting of the ZIP/ARC files on and off.

NOTE: Those of you that wish to handle archive files with non-standard
file extensions can do so by passing the filename on the command
line (From DOS, enter NARC /H for complete information) or you
may use the "S" command from the ZIP window or main screen.
ð Select drive Section 5
This option allows selecting a new disk drive. All of the drives
that are currently available, as reported by DOS are displayed in
a box. Use the arrow keys to position the highlight bar and then
select the drive with the ENTER key (or left mouse button).
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This command will scan the complete disk searching for sub-directories. The
directories are sorted and sub-sorted and displayed in a visual tree. There are
several commands available at this point, such as creating new directories,
removing existing directories or scanning a new drive.

The disk is scanned for directory entries when you use the "D" command
from the main menu. This information is stored so that with subsequent

use of the "D" command, the disk need not be rescanned unless you have
changed drives.

Note:
It normally takes about 3 seconds to scan a slow 20MB drive. This speed
is achieved by reading the FAT tables directly rather than relying on the
relatively slow services offered by DOS.

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ALT-letter will take you immediately to the subdirectory whose name
begins with "letter". ALT-I would highlight the next directory name
that began with the letter "I" on the tree, ALT-I again would highlight
the one after that, etc. If no more are found, then the search begins
back at the root and moves down the list again.

ð Exit NARC Section 7
Exit NARC, with thanks from IDC.


Remember that if you play with hardware long enough, it BREAKS and
if you play with software long enough, it WORKS !
ð Miscellaneous Commands Section 8
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ALT-letter key will locate any file in the subdirectory having "letter" as
the first character of the filename

This same ALT-letter combination works in the directory tree as well.

F - command will also locate a subfile in the ZIPfile. You will be asked for
a wildcard filename mask. You don't even have to enter a complete file
specification, you may enter as much of the filename as you wish.

MOUSE:

The left mouse button is always available and simulates the ENTER key.
The right mouse button is always available and simulates the ESC key.

K - command will delete the highlighted file from the archive.

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FUNCTION KEYS

F1 - Calls up this help system.

F2 - On EGA/VGA systems, this key will toggle between 25 and 43
line modes.

F4 - This command will send a copy of the current directory to the printer
in the same format as the screen.

F5 - This command will allow running DOS commands. You also have the
option of running command.com again. Type EXIT to return to NARC
when finished in DOS.

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F6 - This command will tag all subfiles within the ZIPfile. Tagged
files are denoted with a diamond character in column 80.

F7 - This command will invert the tagged status of all subfiles, that
all tagged files will become untagged and all untagged files will
become tagged.

F8 - Display file comment for highlighted subfile in a ZIPfile.
(Also see ALT-F8)

F9 - This command will run your editor. The environment variable IDCED
must be set up before this command will work. The syntax is
SET IDCED=drive:\path\editor name (INCLUDE extension).
(Also see ALT-F9)

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F10 - This key will call up this help file (see F1).

ALT-F3 - Displays the stored pathname in a ZIP file. When files are stored
in a zipfile with their associated pathnames, this function allows
viewing the complete stored pathname.

ALT-F8 - Displays the comment for the entire zipfile, not to be confused
with the individual file comments. (Also see F8)

ALT-F10 - This key combination will display the NARC status screen.

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I - command.
This command will call IDCshell.EXE. The environment variable
IDCARCPATH must be set up -OR- IDCshell must be in the current
directory. The environment variable is set up as follows,

IDCARCPATH=c:\util\idcshell.exe

Note that the drive letter MUST be inserted. Then give the path
and filename for IDCshell. This allows you to change the name of
IDCshell.EXE to something else if you wish.

S - command.
This command will allow you to change the secondary search mask.
When NARC looks for archives on the disk, it looks for ZIP, ARC
and ARK files. This command allows changing the .ARK mask to
something other than .ARK. Wildcards are OK.
(This feature provided for Curt Edwards and other GT-SYSOPS)

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Environment variables.
For calling IDCshell.EXE, this environment variable tells NARC where
to find IDCshell on your disk. If this variable is not set, then NARC
will automatically look in the current directory. See NARC.DOC for
complete details.

Example: SET IDCARCPATH=c:\util\idcshell.exe

Note that the drive letter MUST be inserted. Then give the path
and filename for IDCshell. This allows you to change the name of
IDCshell.EXE to something else if you wish.

For calling your editor with the F9 key.

Example: SET IDCED=c:\ws.com

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Environment variables (continued)

Example: SET IDCTEMP=e:\ramdrive

This environment variable is used to tell NARC where to create
it's temporary files when viewing.


Note that these variables should be set up in your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Note also in NARC zip 3.0 and above, the environment variables
may be eliminated by using NARCCFG to permanently install the
pathnames into NARC. See the environment variable section in
NARC.DOC.