Larsen Commander

About Larsen Commander, version 1.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Larsen Commander is a powerful GUI File Manager and Command Processor that has a look and feel like the classic Norton Commander. The most notable difference is that the Larsen Commander is pure GUI. Still it has a built in command line and a scrollable console monitor. Larsen Commander is shareware. In other words you can use it freely only for a limited period of time which should not exceed one month. If you use Larsen Commander regularly for a longer period then you must register your copy so that further development of it can take place. You can freely distribute Larsen Commander as long as you don't change it or sell it and as long as this readme file is contained in the distribution together with the program. Larsen Commander requires OS/2 Warp 3 or higher. It is compiled for usage on 80486 processors, or higher. It was developed and built using IBM Visual Age C++ 4.01 for OS/2. Great parts of the Larsen Commander have been developed and tested on relative slow computers and therefore performs very well even on relatively weak machines. On power machines the Larsen Commander is flying... Installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~ To install the product you can follow these steps: 1. Unzip the distribution archive file in the directory of where you want to install the program. 2. Run the script LCMDINST.CMD that is part of the distribution. This will create a Larsen Commander folder on your desktop. This is all. Upgrade from version 1.1.x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To upgrade from Larsen Commander version 1.1 to version 1.5 you can follow these steps: 1. Backup all the 1.1 files, including the INI-file, in case you will experience problems with version 1.5 and you will need to revert to version 1.1 while waiting for a fix. 2. Unzip the 1.5 distribution archive in the same directory as of where Larsen Commander 1.1 is installed. 3. Run Larsen Commander. You don't have to execute the LCMDINST.CMD script, unless you want to recreate the Larsen Commander folder on your desktop. NOTE: Due to a number of changes in the way Larsen Commander 1.5 reads and uses the content of LCMD.INI (with respect to version 1.1) you will likely experience that at least some of your original configuration is lost when you upgrade to version 1.5. You should consider deleting the LCMD.INI file from version 1.1 and let Larsen Commander 1.5 create a new one for you. This will clean out some unused entries, and it will make Larsen Commander 1.5 start up slightly faster and possibly use somewhat less memory. How to register Larsen Commander ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can register Larsen Commander online at the following sites: BMT Micro, USA: http://www.bmtmicro.com BTSoftware BV, The Netherlands: http://www.btsoftware.com Mensys BV, The Netherlands: http://www.mensys.nl Berggreen Service, Denmark: http://www.berggreen.dk For more information, see the Larsen Commander registration page at http://home.online.no/~leifel/lcmd/register.html The register fee for Larsen Commander version 1.5 is $39 US. This includes a free upgrade to all new versions up to, but not including version 2.0. Larsen Commander mailing list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Larsen Commander mailing list is for online support and discussion of almost any Larsen Commander topics. You can join it simply by visiting http://www.egroups.com/group/lcmd Known bugs and problems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Some programs uses the VIO subset of OS/2 in such a way that they can not be run as a child process in the console monitor of Larsen Commander. You can execute such programs by pressing ALT+ENTER rather than just ENTER. This will ensure that the program is run in a new session, completely independent from Larsen Commander. This is a common and well known problem not only to Larsen Commander but also to other GUI shells, such as Take Command/2 and the SHELL facility of the OS/2 EPM Editor. Anyway, you can always press CTRL+C to break the current child program should it operate in an unaccessible way. To make Larsen Commander automatically run the program in a new session, regardless if you execute it with ALT+ENTER or just ENTER, just add the program name to the list of TTY-apps in the options dialog (Options->Jump To->Commands->TTY-Apps). 2. Some of the menu commands in Larsen Commander depends on external programs on your system. For instance, when you choose to edit a text file from within Larsen Commander, by default the OS/2 standard text editor program E.EXE will be launched. However, you can easily choose another program module if you like (probably you will). Just open the options menu and select "Programs...". Then, just type in the desired program module name and parameter list of each program category. A few of the default programs are shareware programs that you might not have installed on you system. For instance, when you choose the menu command for comparing the content of two text files, Larsen Commander will (by default) try to launch the PM-Diff shareware program. I am working on internal versions of some of those menu commands. Stay tuned! Contacting the author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discussion/support: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lcmd Direct E-mail.....: leifel@online.no Homepage..........: http://home.online.no/~leifel/index.html Phone, private....: +47 35953734 Phone, work.......: +47 22801544 Snail mail........: Leif-Erik Larsen Lovskeidaasen 5 3800 Bo Norway Getting the latest version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can always find the latest version of Larsen Commander at the Larsen Commander Home Page at http://home.online.no/~leifel/lcmd/index.html I will always upload the latest public updates of Larsen Commander to that URL first. Then I will upload it to some various other sites in addition. Warranty ~~~~~~~~ Use of this software for any purpose whatsoever constitutes your unqualified acceptance of the following statements. The author makes no warranty or representation that the software will be error free. The author disclaims any warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. The user agrees to take full responsibility for the selection of and any use whatsoever made of the software. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, INTERRUPTION IN THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF ANY POSSIBILITY OR LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES. Have fun! ------------------------------------------------------------ /* * File: lcmdkeys.txt * TEMPORARY LIST OF SHORTCUT KEYS IN LARSEN COMMANDER. * Updated: May 15, 2001. */ The Larsen Commander was developed with great care to emulate as much of the native functionality of Norton Commander as possible. Another product that inspired the functionality of Larsen Commander was the great OS/2 Warp and Win32 program "File Commander", written by Brian Havard. Thus, the various keyboard shortcuts of Larsen Commander should be easy for you to use if you are already used to one of those two programs. F1 About. F2 User defined menu. F3 View the content of the current selected file. F4 Edit the content of the current selected file. F5 Copy the current selected file(s) to another location. F6 Move or rename the current selected file(s). F7 Create a new directory. F8 Delete the current selected file(s). F9 Activate the menu bar. F10 Exit Larsen Commander. Alt+F1 Choose drive for the left panel. Alt+F2 Choose drive for the right panel. Alt+F5 Show the Directory Shortcut dialog. Alt+F6 Create WPS object on the OS/2 desktop. Alt+F7 Find file(s) on the system. Alt+F8 Show the Command History dialog. Alt+F9 Search for duplicate files on the system. Ctrl+F2 Sort current panel by time. Ctrl+F3 Sort current panel by name. Ctrl+F4 Sort current panel by extension. Ctrl+F5 Sort current panel by date. Ctrl+F6 Sort current panel by file size. Ctrl+F7 Unsort current panel. Ctrl+F8 Reverse the current sort order. Ctrl+F9 Open the sorting options dialog of the current panel. Ctrl+F10 Clone the current program instance. Shift+F3 Search for text in console monitor. Shift+F4 Search next in console monitor, using recent search criteris. Shift+F5 Copy selected file or directory to a new name in the same directory. Shift+F6 Rename the current selected file or directory. Shift+F7 Activate the most recent directory of the current panel. Shift+F8 Show the Directory History dialog. Shift+F9 Save current setup. Shift+F10 Show context popup menu of current selected file(s). Alt+Shift+F1 Activate the BRIEF mode on current panel. Alt+Shift+F2 Activate the FULL mode on current panel. Alt+Shift+F3 Activate the WIDE mode on current panel. Alt+Shift+F4 Activate the TREE mode on current panel. Alt+Shift+F5 Toggle the visibility of the tool bar. Alt+Shift+F6 Toggle the visibility of the command line. Alt+Shift+F7 Toggle the visibility of the key bar. Alt+Shift+F8 Toggle the visibility of the status bar. Alt+Shift+F9 Toggle full "screen" file panels. Ctrl+Shift+F2 Align file panel horizontally. Ctrl+Shift+F3 Align file panel vertically. Ctrl+Shift+F8 Undelete files. Alt+Letter Start the dynamic filename search. Alt+Left Navigate cursor to the left in the command line. Alt+Right Navigate cursor to the right in the command line. Alt+Down Navigate next match, in dynamic filename search. Alt+Up Navigate previous match, in dynamic filename search. Alt+PageDown Extend the width of the left panel by five percent. Alt+PageUp Extend the width of the right panel by five percent. Alt+Insert Toggle the insert-mode of the command line entry field. Ctrl+Up Scroll through command history in backward direction. Ctrl+Down Scroll through command history in foreward direction. Ctrl+PageUp Go to parent directory. Ctrl+PageDown Move into the current selected directory. Shift+Up Scroll the Console Monitor one line up. Shift+Down Scroll the Console Monitor one line down. Shift+PageUp Scroll the Console Monitor one page up. Shift+PageDown Scroll the Console Monitor one page down. Shift+Left Scroll the Console Monitor five columns to the left. Shift+Right Scroll the Console Monitor five columns to the right. Shift+Home Scroll the Console Monitor to the first column. Shift+End Scroll the Console Monitor to the last column. Shift+Ctrl+Home Scroll to the top of the Console Monitor. Shift+Ctrl+End Scroll to the bottom of the Console Monitor. Alt+Shift+Left Make the right directory current in the left file panel. Alt+Shift+Right Make the left directory current in the right file panel. Alt+Shift+PageDown Extend the height of the panels, making the console monitor smaller. Alt+Shift+PageUp Extend the height of the console monitor, making the file panels smaller. Down Navigate down. Scroll command history foreward if panels are off. Up Navigate up. Scroll command history backward if panels are off. Right Navigate right. Command line cursor right if panels are off. Left Navigate left. Command line cursor left if panels are off. Page Down Navigate page down. Scrolls console if panels are off. Page Up Navigate page up. Scrolls console if panels are off. Home Navigate home. Command line cursor home if panels are off. End Navigate to the end. Command line cursor end if panels are off. Tab Activate the opposite panel. Shift+Tab Toggle activation between command line and console monitor. Ctrl+Tab Autofill filename in foreward direction. Ctrl+Shift+Tab Autofill filename in backward direction. Insert Toggle selection mark on the current file and navigate down. Escape Toggle file panels on/off. Ctrl+Space Toggle selection mark on the current file. Enter Execute command line or open the selected item. Alt+\ Activate the current directory of the opposite panel. Alt+Ctrl+\ Make the current directory active into the opposite panel. Alt+Enter Run the command line in a new session. Ctrl+Enter Insert name of selected item to command line. Shift+Enter Show detailed information about the selected item. Ctrl+Shift+Enter Insert full path of selected item to command line. Ctrl+Shift+Ins Copy all Command Line text to clipboard, ignoring selection. Ctrl++ Add directory to first free index in Directory Shortcut table. Ctrl+\ Activate the root directory Ctrl+0 Activate stored directory #0. Ctrl+1 Activate stored directory #1. Ctrl+2 Activate stored directory #2. Ctrl+3 Activate stored directory #3. Ctrl+4 Activate stored directory #4. Ctrl+5 Activate stored directory #5. Ctrl+6 Activate stored directory #6. Ctrl+7 Activate stored directory #7. Ctrl+8 Activate stored directory #8. Ctrl+9 Activate stored directory #9. Shift+Ctrl+0 Add current directory to Stored Directories #0. Shift+Ctrl+1 Add current directory to Stored Directories #1. Shift+Ctrl+2 Add current directory to Stored Directories #2. Shift+Ctrl+3 Add current directory to Stored Directories #3. Shift+Ctrl+4 Add current directory to Stored Directories #4. Shift+Ctrl+5 Add current directory to Stored Directories #5. Shift+Ctrl+6 Add current directory to Stored Directories #6. Shift+Ctrl+7 Add current directory to Stored Directories #7. Shift+Ctrl+8 Add current directory to Stored Directories #8. Shift+Ctrl+9 Add current directory to Stored Directories #9. Ctrl+A View or edit standard file attributes. Ctrl+C Break the current running child process, if any. Ctrl+D Move the cursor one step to the right in the command line. Ctrl+E Scroll through command history in backward direction. Ctrl+F Insert full path of selected item to command line. Ctrl+G Goto line number in console monitor. Ctrl+H Toggle visibility of hidden files. Ctrl+I Cycle the type of icons used in the current panel. Ctrl+J Insert name of selected item to command line. Ctrl+K Compare the two current directories. Ctrl+L Activate INFO mode on opposite panel. Ctrl+N Activate the menu bar. Ctrl+O Toggle visibility of the two panels. Ctrl+P Compare content of the two current file items. Ctrl+Q Calculate directory size and statistics. Ctrl+R Reread current directory. Ctrl+S Move the cursor one step to the left in the command line. Ctrl+T Tag (select) filenames in current panel by filter. Ctrl+U Swap the two panels. Ctrl+W Open current directory in WPS folder. Ctrl+X Scroll through command history in foreward direction. Ctrl+Y Untag (unselect) filenames in current panel by filter. Shift+Ctrl+C Change file name case. Shift+Ctrl+D View or edit file time and date stamps. Shift+Ctrl+F Copy full path of current selected file to clipboard. Shift+Ctrl+J Copy name of current selectyed file to clipboard. Shift+Ctrl+V Calculate size and statistics for the current drive. Shift+Ctrl+X Browse the Extended Attributes of the current file. Alt+Ctrl+R Rescan directory cache for the current drive.