VAX-256 Update April, 1988 Replaces previous versions of the following programs: DM Version 7.3A November, 1987 SD Version 4.4A WPE Version 2.5 VT-241/VT-340 Color Management Version 5.1 Principal Author: Dale E. Coy, Los Alamos National Laboratory Previous contributions - DM: John C. Hayre, Texas Instruments / Veeco Rich Gregory, Pharmaceutical Research Associates Previous contributions - SD: Alan L. Zirkle, NSWC Co-Author - WPE: Karl Nielsen, Los Alamos National Laboratory Previous contributions - WPE: (EVE) Michael Good, Digital Equipment Corp. (EVEPlus A-15) Anonymous, Digital Equip. Corp. Contributing Authors - Colors: (XCO) - Tom Beery, Los Alamos National Laboratory (PCO) - Dennis Hall, Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-Author - Command files, Installation, System Management: Jim Whitfill, Los Alamos National Laboratory Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.7 Source Languages: VAX FORTRAN VAX Macro VAXTPU (@V4.7) VMSDCL (@V4.7) Hardware Required: DM & (full) SD: VT-52 or ANSI-compliant or DEC terminal. WPE: VT-1xx or VT-2xx compliant terminal. Colors: REGis compliant color terminal (VT-241/VT340). Keywords: Directory Manager, Set Default, Editor, TPU, Color, Terminal Handler, Terminal Management. NOTE: FORTRAN Compiler is required after modifying the source code of DM and SD, if VMS Version is 4.4 or below. FULL documentation is provided for all of the programs, in .TXT, .WPL (for WPS+), and .LN03 (Very fancy) forms. Two memory cartridges are required to print the .LN03 files. Changes from previous DECUS Library Version: DM - Significantly improved handling of broadcast messages (now saves them until exit from DM), 20-line command recall, Improved method of saving default parameters, Much Improved Tree functions and Tree printing, Minor bug fixes, Fixes to Attached Printer routine, etc. SD - With sufficient privilege, SD @USERNAME will move you to the user's SYS$Login directory, Much Improved Tree functions and Tree printing, Minor bug fixes. WPE - a NOTABS mode has been added. COLORS - The user may now save and restore up to 9 favorite color maps. Improvements to several routines and minor bug fixes. DOCUMENTATION - The .LN03 form is now provided in the popular 7 x 9 size. Abstract: This submission contains three sub-directories: . DM$SD (Directory Manager and Set Default) . WPE (Word-Processing-Like Editor) . COLORS (VT-241/VT-340 Colors Management) (1) DM$SD - Contains both DM and SD. ========================================= DM (Directory Manager) Version 7.3A DM is a utility which allows you to more easily manage, clean up, and otherwise work with your files and directory structure. DM is particularly useful if you have large numbers of files or subdirectories, and is helpful in encouraging users to clean up their directories (by making it easy to do so). It is invaluable for sorting through the DECUS SIG tapes after they have been loaded. DM displays the files in your current directory (or your directory tree). With one or two keystrokes you can do most major DCL commands: delete, copy, purge, print, edit, view, rename, etc. The keystrokes are All-in-1 like. Your favorite editor may be used from DM. The SMG$ interface is used for terminal independence and efficiency. Full on-line help and extensive documentation are provided. SD Version 4.4A SD is a utility which shortens the commands for SET DEFAULT and SHOW DEFAULT, and expands the capabilities of the SET DEFAULT command. In addition to less typing, SD provides convenient movement between directories, a "stack" of 20 directories, an interactive display of your directory tree, and much more. SD is implemented in FORTRAN for speed, and uses the SMG$ screen interface. Full on-line help and extensive documentation are provided. (2) WPE Version 2.5 ========================================================= WPE is a full (well, almost) implementation of WPS-PLUS (TM) for editing ASCII files. WPE is, in its own right, an extremely powerful text editor. In addition to full-feature editing, searching, replacing, etc., WPE provides two-window editing, the most useful features of EVEPlus, and several other extensions. Included are some Language Sensitive features for editing .COM files. A "read-only" option, called MORE, is an outstanding replacement for the TYPE command. It's easy to "get started" with WPE, but a large set of advanced features are available to the curious user. Full on-line help and extensive documentation are provided. An additional advantage of WPE is that the user who uses WPS+ has essentially the same keyboard interface to WPE (avoids having to remember several editors). Features include: All of WPS+ that was reasonable (full-function editing). Two-window editing. Multiple files. Bookmarks. Insert and examine special characters. Print files with special characters. Fixup files by removing CR/LF Automatic tailoring for .COM, .HLP, .FOR, and .TPU files. Read-only interface (called MORE). WPE is written in VAXTPU and built on EVE, so it's inherently extendable. DM, SD, and WPE work well together, or separately. (3) COLORS Version 5.1 ====================================================== Colors management is a suite of programs for managing and setting "default" colors for REGis color terminals. Having a VT-241, VT-340, (or other color ReGIS terminal) is much more fun if you use color combinations other than Red-Blue-Green. These programs make it easy for the user to control his/her terminal colors. A side-effect is provision of a "system default" set of pleasant colors. CO - Gets any user some set of colors. OCO - Used if terminal is garbaged - fixes terminal & restores colors. NCO - Gets a new set of random, contrasting colors. CCO - Gets a new set of random, complementary ("artsy") colors. SCO - Gets a new set of random, similar (soft) colors. PCO - Lists 64 choices and lets the user pick. XCO - An interactive/visual user chooser. ZCO - Saves the current color map for future recall. These programs are lots of fun (if you have a VT-241 or VT-340), and the PCO and XCO programs have a nice user interface. Comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome. Bug fix requests will also be considered. Submitted by: Dale E. Coy Los Alamos National Laboratory MEE-5, MS/J572, PO Box 1663 Los Alamos, NM 87545 (505) 667-3270 or -4277 FTS 843-3270 or -4277