QCD V1.2 - Quick Change Directory 


1) Why QCD?
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Don't you hate typing long directory-names just to move from
one directory to another? With QCD V1.2, you may jump around
in your directory tree just by using the arrow keys.
The tree will be read while you're using QCD, and the current
tree will always be shown. You don't therefore have to maintain
or update a special file containing an image of the directory tree,
as you do in other directory programs.


2) Features
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- By pressing a single letter, you may cycle among all the
  subdirectories at the current level that start with this letter.
  If no subdirectory exists, starting with this letter, nothing happens.

- You change drives by entering a capital letter.

- The current working-directory is displayed blinking.

- Pressing the spacebar lets you change directories without leaving QCD.

- Esc will cancel QCD commands and leave you where you started.

- If you move to the right, a new level of subdirectories will appear if
  one exists. When you press <F2> after moving back to the left, this
  level will be closed.

- Pressing <F1> will bring up a help screen.


3) Switches
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When you enter QCD /? on the command line, you'll get a help display
listing the available switches, something like this:

/L##: Set number of lines to scroll
      When at the top or bottom of the screen, the screen will scroll
      as many lines as you typed here; the default is 6.

/H##: Set color for hidden                 directories
      Hidden directories will be shown in this color.

/S##: Set color for system                 directories
      System directories will be shown in this color.

/B##: Set color for both hidden and system directories
      Hidden and system directories will be shown in this color.

/R##: Set color for regular                directories
      All other directories will be shown in this color.

/O  : Show in sorted order
      Subdirectories will be printed in alphabetical order.
      You may toggle this from within QCD by pressing '+'.

/M  : Memory information
      Representing the directory tree is done with data pointers.
      When you use the /M switch, the difference between allocated
      and deallocated pointers will be shown.
      Be aware that this slows down the program.
      (When you open a new level and then close it, the difference
       must be the same as before).

/D  : Detailed Memory information
      This shows the absolute number of allocated and deallocated
      pointers. Be aware that this slows down the program.


4) Known Bug
============

When you have a pathname so long it won't fit on one line,
sideways scrolling won't take place. I think that this situation
won't happen very often, so I won't spend time on fixing this.


5) Email
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I'd appreciate any kinds of comments to this program
as well to my other tools in 'grtool13.zip'.
Please feel free to drop me a line to whatever you want to say.



At the end I'd like to thank M. Naughton for helping me
fixing some literal mistakes in this documents.
However if there are still some mistakes, it's due to me because
I did some changes after his corrections.


Ciao Roland :)


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