README.TXT-Copyright 1993 Symantec Corporation All Rights Reserved. NORTON COMMANDER Version 4.

0 Welcome to Norton Commander Version 4.0 ! -----------------------------------------Please read this document carefully, it contains important information not included in the documentation. Topics covered in this document include: * * * * * * * * * * Files that come with Norton Commander 4.0 Compressing files from the Tree Panel Internal Editor & Viewer Password protected Compressed files Cloning using SHARE.EXE Filters Viewers Special Characters Norton Commander Environment Variables Limitations in Changing Drives

Files that come with Norton Commander 4.0 ----------------------------------------The following files are shipped on the diskettes for Norton Commander Version 4.0 : Diskette 1 : Program Diskette install.exe Install program readme.txt Useful information not included in manual nc_arc.exe Compressed file containing the following files: 4372ansi.set 8502ansi.set 8632ansi.set ansi2437.set ansi2850.set ansi2863.set nc.cfg nc.exe nc.hlp nc.ico ncedit.exe ncmain.exe nczip.exe packer.exe packer.set nml_mci.drv nmail.exe nmail.ico nmail.hlp nml_nmd.ovl 123view.exe q&aview.exe dbview.exe refview.exe rbview.exe Conversion table from CP437 to ANSI Conversion table from CP850 to ANSI Conversion table from CP863 to ANSI Conversion table from ANSI to 437 Conversion table from ANSI to 850 Conversion table from ANSI to 863 Configuration file for Filters and Viewers Norton Commander V4.0 Loader Norton Commander V4.0 Help File Norton Commander V4.0 Icon Norton Commander V4.0 Editor Norton Commander V4.0 File Manager Norton Commander V4.0 Compressor Norton Commander V4.0 Compressor Interpreter Program file for PACKER.EXE Norton Mail Device Driver Norton Mail Program Norton Mail Icon Norton Mail Help Norton Mail Overlay File Norton Commander V4.0 Viewer Norton Commander V4.0 Viewer Norton Commander V4.0 Viewer Norton Commander V4.0 Viewer Norton Commander V4.0 Viewer

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Compressing files from the Tree Panel ------------------------------------A powerful feature was added to Norton Commander Version 4.0 that is not documented in the User's Guide. This is the ability to select a directory from the Tree Panel and then compress is using Commander Compression or any other packer defined in PACKER.SET. Internal Editor & Viewer -----------------------There is no internal editor built into NCMAIN.EXE in Commander Version 4.0. The Commander Editor is now in the file NCEDIT.EXE. However a simple Internal Viewer is still functional in the NCMAIN.EXE file. Use ALT+F3 to invoke this. Password protected Compressed files -----------------------------------As in any password protected file system, if you have protected your compressed file with a password, you cannot decompress it without specifying it correctly. If you forget your password you will not be able to decompress the file correctly. Cloning using SHARE.EXE -----------------------A problem exists when you are trying to clone to a COM port on a machine that has SHARE.EXE installed. A conflict exists between the Clone software opening the device COMX and SHARE granting exclusive rights to this port to the Clone Bootstrap loader. This results in sharing violation errors occurring during a cloning session. To get around this problem use the CTTY AUX command instead of CTTY COM1:. Filters ------The definition of the Filters for Norton Commander Version 4.0 are defined in the file NC.CFG. The Filters dialog box can be changed by modifying this file. One good example of using this file is to create a filter for Program Files. (ie Files with extensions such as CXX, HPP, C and H ). To create a filter like this simply enter the following data into the NC.CFG file in the filter section :!Program Files ;DevFiles :*.c?? :*.h?? The text following the ! will appear in the Filter Selection Dialog box. The text following the ; is the text that will appear in the Title Bar of the panel.

This is displayed when this filter is operational. The file specifications following the : are the types of files that are to be associated with this filter. All valid DOS wildcards are allowable. Viewers -------All viewers that are supported by Norton Commander v4.0 are defined in the file NC.CFG. You can modify this list of files that are associated with viewers. For example, if your word processor documents have a special file extension such as .DCC, then you can change the list of files that the wpview.exe file handles by simply adding this file specification to the list of files that are defined underneath WPVIEW.EXE. Special Characters -----------------To enter special European characters, it is sometimes necessary to use the CTRL+Q key first followed by the character you wish to enter. For example, to enter the German paragraph character, type CTRL+Q followed by SHIFT+3. Norton Commander Environment Variables --------------------------------------Norton Commander searches your environment for the following three environment variables in order to determine where to locate and store temporary work files :- TEMP, TMP, NC Limitations in Compressed Files ------------------------------If the current panel contains an open compressed file, then it is not possible to change the drive of that panel. This compressed file should be closed first and then the drive selected in the normal manner. Due to the wide range of different compression utilities on the market today and the major differences in behavior, you may find some features of Norton Commander impossible to implement using your compression utility. This is especially true of some compression utilities that do not support the decompressing of files into a destination location other than the current directory. In addition to this not all compression utilities support the storing of full pathnames and directories. If you are interested in inserting a new compressor of your own here is an example of how you might implement the LHA Version 2.13 utility. The following lines would be added to your packer.set file. For a detailed description of adding support for a new compressor, see the PACKER.SET file. :LHA Version 2.13 00: LZH 01: LHA a 02: LHA a 03: LHA e 04: LHA e 05: LHA m 06: LHA m 07: LHA d 08: 09: 10: 11: 01 12: @ 13: 1;0