DOS ain't dead

Just tested DZ in ReactOS...


It works, but MODE.EXE don't exist so there is no resizing.

> The Windows version has a small problem in Win7 (64-bit) - when I press
> Alt-F9 to enlarge the Doszip window to comprise the entire screen, it
> doesn't reposition itself to desktop position 0,0. Works in XP.

MODE is used to set the size but the position depends on other things I guess. Having a short-cut is one way (I set this to ?4,-4). A double-click on the title line seems to work as well.

Programming this seems to involve graphical functions which I'm trying to avoid using.

> 1) The Win32 version is under Windows98 virtualy unusable. The main screen
> with two blue pannels is not correctly displayed. But I replaced the stub
> into DOS only stub so everything is OK now.

Haven't really tested Win98, but I will look into it.

> 2) I really miss the keyboard shortcuts CTRL-[ and CTRL-]
> In Volkov commander (and maybe in NC too) it copies into commandline the
> listed directory from left or right pannel. In Volkov I love the
> possibility to write f.e.: "rar x <CRTL-ENTER> <CTRL-]>" and it is!

Had some trouble with the keyboard in Win32, so the Ctrl-KeyBar functions was removed. Ctrl-Enter still works and the KeyBar also works in the DOS version, but the commands may differ.

> 3) from documentation is not clear where shall be located the plugins. It
> shall be ".\PLUGIN\"? or ".\PLUGINS\" or ".\DOC\PLUGIN\"??

True, documentation is not good, but there is now in the binary .ZIP file a plugin directory. Also the Plugin.ZIP file includes a full path to this directory.

There are some confusion with regards to the DOC directory since it?s possible to set DZ=config_directory, or use the argument /C#. However, using %DZ% makes all copies and recursive calls to DZ use this directory which is a bit inconvenient. The 32-bit version now sets DZ and DOSZIP on init and DOSZIP to the top of the PATH. The DOS version will ignore DZ if set and behave as before.

A copy of DZ in K:\CC called from DZ with K:\CC\dz /C%DZ% will create an instance which pushes K:\CC to the top of the path, but changes to the configuration will be lost on exit. A call with no arguments will most likely use K:\CC\dz\doc, and this will have the same effect as calling the local DZ with argument /CK:\CC\dz\doc.

So, it's still confusing and I'm not exactly shore how to handle this, but the default for now is to assume .\DOC directory is used.

> 4) I don't understand why renaming and moving files are separated into two
> diferent keys (F2 and F6) but OK, it is about your habit.

F2 rename a single file/directory directly on the screen. F6 moves a single or a selection set of files between panels.

> 2) I really miss the keyboard shortcuts CTRL-[ and CTRL-]

On my keyboard Ctrl-[ is the same as Ctrl-8, and ]=9.

Ctrl-8 is hooked up to [Directory] in DZ.INI
[Directory]
...
08=Doszip &Directory, %doszip%
09=&Temp Directory, %TEMP%

Ctrl-8 will now change directory to %doszip%, and Ctrl-9 to %TEMP%

Not shore how useful these short cuts are, but having access to the panel directories would be good.

Btw, I've noticed something new. Syntax hilighting in the editor. It seems that's only for asm and c for now.



I'm not aware how the other nc clones did it, but for me hilighter syntax seems a bit confusing. :)


[.]
00=[default]
01=.c.words
02=.#
03=.//
04=./**/

[.#]
00=B X2 #
[.//]
00=B X8 //
[./**/]
00=N X8 /* */
[.c.words]
00=W XF const operator char int long void typedef struct
01=if else for do while break continue goto return
02=switch case default public extern


But I think I got it. In the first part you define the hilighting "sections". In the second part you define the rules for those sections.

Well the rules are still a bit unclear. What do "B, X8, X2, XF, W, etc" stand for? :)