ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) (08/06/90)
In article <21700006@suna7> fireman@suna7.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >Can anyone tell me of a public domain clone (or enhanced version) of >Norton DOS Editor? The F3 key just doesn't do it when you want to go back >several commands. Asking and getting information about PD and shareware programs and their whereabouts is one of the usages of c.b.i.p.d. Seeing a reply posted here will help also other users finding useful programs. Nevertheless, there is one general answer which can be invoked when the question (like this one) concerns utilities that should be the basic knowledge of almost every PC user. This general answer is first to look at file lists. For more details on file lists see the extract below from a prerecorded chyde.uwasa.fi Q&A files. As for DOS command line editors, there are some very useful ones around. A utility called ced (our directory /pc/pd2), or the advanced anarkey (/pc/sysutil) system are such utilities. 15. ***** Q: I am interested to know if there exists a program for such and such purpose. Would you point me in the right direction. (This question also often occurs in the news postings.) A1: Most often the best answer is to look through file lists. We have several such lists which should together have quite a good coverage of the PD programs in circulation. These lists are /pc/0contents, /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2, /pc/ts/0dir-ts (lists for our site, chyde.uwasa.fi), /pc/pd2/files-mm.zip (a good English speaking Finnish BBS), and /pc/pd2/simibm.zip (Simtel20 list). A2: How to find files on chyde.uwasa.fi: If you are looking for a particular program at chyde.uwasa.fi you should always start by getting the following three files: /pc/0contents /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2 /pc/ts/0dir-ts And for seeing what is new in the /pc/pd2 and /pc/ts directories, get /pc/pd2/0news-pd2 /pc/ts/0news-ts A3: To save you the trouble of downloading all of those files if all you want is to search for one or two programs, you can use an index server maintained by Raymond Chen (raymond@math.berkeley.edu). To obtain instructions, send email with the subject "Command" (the subject is crucial) and containing the single word "help" to one of the following addresses (please choose the address closer to you): raymond@math.berkeley.edu (California, USA) rjc@math.princeton.edu (New Jersey, USA) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun