RE: Calling Files Sequentially

[Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from Jack Shafer  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 15:29:48 -0700

Jack, I put a couple of programs on XyWWWeb that answer some of the
questions you raise. The programs happen to complement one another,
although they're really unrelated.

The first is a substitute DIR or FIND command; when you put, for example,
 DIR *.TMP
on your CMline, then hit your  instead of , the program is
triggered and solicits a sort principle. If you request (F)ilename
sorting, the priorities are set "f,e,h"; for (D)ate sorting, "d,f,h,r"; and
similarly for (E)xtension or (S)ize sorting. You can also add Reverse
sorts if you're interested, or any of the params related to Document
Information. Configurable.

The second program is CALLNEXT.PM. This takes a directory listing -- such
as the customized sort generated above -- then calls files sequentially in
listed order. The DIRectory listing lurks in the background; you needn't
look at it again. You just hit "callnext" or "cn", and files pop
into the foreground (focus) window one after the other, each time you issue
the command -- it's like EditNext EN, only more flexible. Between CAlls,
the program isn't running, hence unobtrusive. Try 'em. Both work fine in
XyWin (albeit smoother and much faster in Xy4-DOS). Lemme know.

 http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/#dirfind

Also wrote a telephone repeat dialer today, which hammers away at one
number until it breaks through the busy signal. (Actually, I intended to
use the telephone company codes that disconnect a busy blabbeur from whoever
(s)he's blabbing with, so that you can get a ringer on her line. It's tons of
fun to pretend that you don't know why she was suddenly disconnected -- and
to express your wonderment that you just happened to ring up .5 seconds later!
But as programming, this is mild stuff.) And a document that describes
in detail how to get an ACcent Table to load (as a PRiNter file,
which is what it is), plus how to manipulate the functions that generate
diacritics; and a program that replaces the fourteen (or so) function
calls that need to be assigned to fourteen different keys to generate accents,
with a single program on one key doing exactly the same work, providing easy
access to hundreds of foreign characters... Ahhh, summer. Almost time to turn
the computer OFF! For good at last?



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Robert Holmgren
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