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SYMANTEC LOCALISATION GROUP IRELAND

README.TXT--
Copyright 1993 Symantec Corp. All Rights Reserved.

NORTON COMMANDER
Version 5.0

Welcome to Norton Commander Version 5.0 !
------------------------------------------
Please read this document carefully, it contains important information not 
included in the documentation.

     Topics covered in this note include:

     * Files that come with Norton Commander 5.0
     * Memory Requirements 
    <> Commander Memory Requirements
        <> Launching Commander with Small and Tiny memory configurations.
     * Compressed File Support
        <> Compressing Hidden Files
        <> Password protected Compressed files
    <> Limitations in Compressed Files
     * Viewer Support
    <> Internal Viewer
    <> Defining Viewers
     * Filters
     * Commander File Transfer
    <> Cloning using SHARE.EXE
    <> Pin layout of Commander cables
        - Pin layout of the serial cable
        - Pin layout of the parallel cable
     * Special Characters in the Commander Editor
     * Norton Commander Environment Variables
     * Limitations in Changing Drives
     * Accented characters in file and directory names
     * Installing Commander under Windows 3.1
     * Datex.p File
     * Windows 95 and OS/2 Compatibility
     * Copy Diskette Utility
     * Playwave Utility
     * Telephone Book Conversion Utility (DIR2DIR)
     * NC_EXIT Utility
     * Novell NDS 
     * Useful advice when running Commander on a 1MB or less system
     * Running Norton Commander from a shared Network Drive
     * Creating a user defined tools menu
     * Using screen savers under Windows


Norton Commander 5.0 File List
------------------------------

Diskette 1 : Installation Diskette
    install.cfg         Installation Configuration File
    install.exe     Installation Program
    installd.exe        Installation Program
    nc.cfg              Configuration program for Viewers
    nc.exe              NC Loader
    nc.fil              NC Filters Database
    nc.hlp              NC Main Help File
    nc.msg              NC Message File
    ncclean.exe         NC Cleanup Utility
    ncclean.ini         NC Cleanup Utility INI File
    ncedit.exe          NC Internal editor
    ncedit.msg          NC Internal editor Message File
    ncff.exe            NC File Finder
    ncff.msg            NC File Finder Message File
    ncmain.exe          NC Main Shell
    nczip.exe           NC Compression Engine
    nczip.msg           NC Compression Engine Message File
    packer.set          NC Compression Configuration File
    readme.txt          Readme File
    whats.new           List of what's new in Commander 5.0

Diskette 2 : Program Diskette 2

    123view.ex!         Spreadsheet Viewer
    4372ansi.set        Conversion Table CP437->ANSI
    8502ansi.set        Conversion Table CP850->ANSI
    8632ansi.set        Conversion Table CP832->ANSI
    8652ansi.set        Conversion Table CP852->ANSI
    8662ansi.set        Conversion Table CP866->ANSI
    ansi2437.set        Conversion Table 
    ansi2850.set        Conversion Table 
    ansi2863.set        Conversion Table 
    ansi2865.set        Conversion Table 
    ansi2866.set        Conversion Table 
    arcview.ex!         Compress File Viewer
    bitmap.ex!          Bitmap Viewer
    bug.ns!             Screen Saver
    bungee.ns!          Screen Saver
    clp2dib.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    dbview.ex!          Database Viewer
    draw2wmf.ex!        Viewer Conversion File
    drw2wmf.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    evileye.ns!         Screen Saver
    faces.ns!           Screen Saver
    flip.ns!            Screen Saver
    ico2dib.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    message.ms!         General Message File
    mouse.ns!           Screen Saver
    msp2dib.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    nc.ic!              Icon File for NC 5.0
    norton.in!          INI File for NCSF, NCDD
    packer.ex!          Compression Converter Engine
    pct2dib.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    q&aview.ex!         Q&A Database Viewer
    refview.ex!         Reflex Viewer
    saver.ex!           Screen Save Utility
    term95.gt!          Terminal Emulation File
    term95.hl!          Terminal Emulation Help File
    term95.in!          Terminal Emulation INI File
    term95.re!          Terminal Emulation Message File
    tif2dib.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    tornado.ns!         Screen Saver
    vector.ex!          Viewer Conversion File
    wpb2dib.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    wpv2wmf.ex!         Viewer Conversion File
    wpview.ex!          Wordprocessor Viewer

Diskette 3 : Program Diskette 3

    dir2dir.ex!         Telephone Book Conversion Utility
    fish.ns!            Screen Saver
    ncdd.ex!            NC Disk Copier
    ncff.hl!            NC File Find Help File
    nclabel.ex!         NC Label Utility
    ncnet.ex!           NC Network Utility
    ncpscrip.hd!        NC Postscript Header File
    ncsf.ex!            NC Diskette Format
    ncsi.ex!            NC System Information
    nc_exit.co!         NC_EXIT Utility
    nc_exit.do!         NC_EXIT Documentation
    paraview.ex!        Paradox Viewer
    playwave.ex!        WAV Sound File
    rbview.ex!          Database Viewer
    term95.ex!          Terminal Emulation Program
    term95.sc!          Term95 Scripts




Memory Requirements
--------------------
    <> Memory requirements for Commander.

    Norton Commander needs at least 512K conventional memory in order to 
    run all its external viewers. Some of the viewers need additional 
    memory to run in quick view mode. 

    <> Launching Commander with Small and Tiny memory configurations

    In some low memory situations, you will not be able to quickview 
    large files using the Commander built-in viewers. In order to help 
    you get around this problem, Norton Commander 5.0 comes with two
    additional memory configurations that can be selected from the 
    command line. Each memory configuration limits the number of files 
    that can be stored in each Commander File Panel. The command line 
    syntax of these memory configurations are :-

    Command Line        Description
    ------------------- --------------------------------------------
    nc /s           Launch Commander with SMALL memory 
                configuration. Number of files per panel 
                is 700.

    nc /t           Launch Commander with TINY memory 
                configuration.  Number of files per panel 
                is 300.

Compressed File Support
-----------------------
    <> Compressing Hidden Files

    If a hidden file is compressed using Norton Commander Compression, 
    it will loose its hidden file attribute. This is to keep the 
    Commander Compression File format compatible with PKZIPs. PKZIP at 
    this time does not support hidden compressed files.

    <> Password protected Compressed files

    While the Norton Commander Compression Engine is compatible with 
    PKZIP 1.x and PKZIP 2.x compress file formats, Commander only 
    allows a single password for each compressed file to be active.

    <> Limitations in Compressed Files

    If the current panel contains an open compressed file, then it is 
    not possible to change the drive of that panel. This compressed file 
    should be closed first and then the drive selected in the normal 
    manner.

    Due to the wide range of different compression utilities on the 
    market today and the major differences in behaviour, you may find 
    some features of Norton Commander impossible to implement using your 
    compression utility. This is especially true of some compression 
    utilities that do not support the decompressing of files into a 
    destination location other than the current directory. In addition 
    to this not all compression utilities support the storing of full 
    pathnames and directories.

    Consult the instructions at the top of the Packer.Set file for ways
    to program Commander's compressed file support.

Viewer Support
--------------
    <> Internal Viewer

    To launch the internal viewer contained within NCMAIN.EXE, 
    type ALT+F3.

    <> Defining Viewers

    All viewers that are supported by Norton Commander v5.0 are defined 
    in the file NC.CFG. You can modify the list of files that are 
    associated with viewers. For example, if your word processor 
    documents have a special file extension such as .DCC, then you can 
    change the list of files that the wpview.exe file handles by simply 
    adding this file specification to the list of files that are defined 
    underneath WPVIEW.EXE. For example, the WPVIEW section of NC.CFG
    would look similar to :-

                ~wpview.exe
                $*.exe,p
                $*.com,p
                $*.dll,p
                $*.dcc,p     <----- Line added here to support
                $*.*            *.dcc files
Filters
-------
The definitions for the Panel Filters used in Norton Commander Version 4.0 
were stored in a file called NC.CFG. In the new Commander, Panel Filters 
(and indeed File Operation Filters) are stored in a binary file called 
NC.FIL. You will need to convert your existing Commander 4.0 filters to
this new filter file by creating the filters from within Commander 5.0. 
Refer to your User's Guide for instructions on how to define Filters.

Commander File Transfer
-----------------------
    <> Cloning using SHARE.EXE

    A problem exists when you are trying to clone to a COM port on a 
    machine that has SHARE.EXE installed. A conflict exists between the 
    Clone software opening the device COMX and SHARE granting exclusive 
    rights to this port to the Clone Bootstrap loader. This results in 
    sharing violation errors occurring during a cloning session. To get 
    around this problem use the CTTY AUX command instead of CTTY COM1:.

    <> Pin layout of the cables.

    You can order a special Commander Cable to link any two computers 
    together. A special order form is included in the Norton 
    Commander 5.0 box. Please refer to it for further details on this 
    offer.

    <> Pin layout of the serial cables.

        9 - 9 Serial           9 - 25 Serial         25 - 25 Serial

        2 ======= 3             2 ======= 2          2 ======== 3
        3 ======= 2             3 ======= 3          3 ======== 2
        4 ======= 6             4 ======= 6          4 ======== 5
        5 ======= 5             5 ======= 7          5 ======== 4
        6 ======= 4             6 ======= 20         6 ======== 20
        7 ======= 8             7 ======= 5          7 ======== 7
        8 ======= 7             8 ======= 4         20 ======== 6

    <> Pin layout of the parallel cable.

                        1 ======= 7
                    2 ======= 15
                    3 ======= 13
                    4 ======= 12
                    5 ======= 10
                    6 ======= 11
                    7 ======= 1
                    8 ======= 14
                    9 ======= 16
                   10 ======= 5
                   11 ======= 6
                   12 ======= 4
                   13 ======= 3
                   14 ======= 8
                   15 ======= 2
                   16 ======= 9
                   17 ======= 17
                   18 ======= 18
                   19 ======= 19
                   20 ======= 20
                   21 ======= 21
                   22 ======= 22
                   23 ======= 23
                   24 ======= 24
                   25 ======= 25

Special Characters in the Commander Editor
-------------------------------------------
To enter special European characters, it is sometimes necessary to use the
CTRL+Q key first followed by the character you wish to enter. For example, to
enter the German paragraph character, type CTRL+Q followed by SHIFT+3. 

Norton Commander Environment Variables
---------------------------------------
Norton Commander searches your environment for the following three 
environment variables in order to determine where to locate and store 
temporary work files :- TEMP, TMP, NC.

Accented characters in file and directory names
-----------------------------------------------

On a Novell network, using NDOS, it is possible to create different files 
or directories using upper case or lower case accented characters. 
For example :

MD äÄ
MD Ää

creates two new directories. For this reason, Commander does not convert 
accented characters in file names or directories to upper or lower case. 


Installing commander under Windows 3.1
--------------------------------------

Go to the section headed "Installing Commander under Windows" of
the user manual. Perform steps 1 to 7.

Select the Change Icon button.

Type in the full path name of the NC.ICO file, e.g. C:\NC\NC.ICO, or use
the browse button if you are not sure of the path.

Select the OK button.

The Norton Commander is now installed on your desktop.

Datex.p File
------------
The file DATEX.P contains a list of telephone numbers that can be used
when running the script file CMPSRV.SCX. This file is used by the Terminal
Emulation Program. The format of this file is a follows :-

Position      1         2     3     4         5     6
1             5         5     5     5         5     5
<City Name   ><Prefix  ><300     ><1200/75 ><1200    ><2400    ><9600    >

The telephone numbers that are stored in this file correspond to the numbers 
that are used to connect to the CompuServe Bulletin Board System. The numbers
specified after position 25 are the different numbers to be used depending on 
the baud rate that you wish to connect at. You can add in you own telephone
numbers easily by modifying this file using the Commander Editor.

Windows 95 and OS/2 Compatibility
---------------------------------

Under Windows '95 and OS/2 2.x and 3.x you may experience difficulty in 
running some of the Disk Utilities. This is especially true of Disk Format
and System Information.

In addition to this, copying files with long filename on a Windows '95 machine
using Commander will result in the long filename associated with the file 
being lost. This is also true for Long Filename under OS/2.

Copy Diskette Utility
---------------------

The Option to Skip Bad Sectors is never saved in the Commander INI file. It 
defaults to OFF automatically when the utility is launched. All other options
in Copy Diskette will be saved.

Playwave Utility
----------------

Norton Commander 5.0 comes with a viewer for playing WAV files. Since this 
viewer does not rely on additional sound hardware on your machine, the 
quality of play back may be poor on some machines.

Telephone Book Conversion Utility (DIR2DIR)
-------------------------------------------
The DIR2DIR.EXE utility can be used to convert your phonebook files from
NC 4.0 to the new format in NC 5.0. Type DIR2DIR at the command prompt
for more details on this utility.

NC_EXIT Utility
---------------
This useful utility unloads the Norton Commander kernel without the use of 
a TSR program. It can also be used to optionally stuff up to an 11 character 
command for processing after. See the NC_EXIT.DOC file for more information
on this utility.

Novell NDS 
----------
The Norton Network Utilities will operate on Netware 3.x and 4.x. The login
component will have problems attaching to Netware 4.x servers running Novell's
Directory Services(NDS).

Useful advice when running Commander on a 1MB or less system
-------------------------------------------------------------
The memory management system that Commander uses to run its external utilities
is to swap the Kernel (NCMAIN) into extended or expanded memory. If your system
has less then 1 megabyte of memory, Commander will swap NCMAIN to a disk file.
This Commander SWAP file is stored in a temporary directory which is located by
searching for the following environment variables TEMP, TMP, NC, NORTON.

If you are running Commander from a floppy disk on a 1 Megabyte system, to 
ensure maximum performance, you should set one of these variables to a 
temporary directory on your hard disk, otherwise Commander will attempt to 
create its SWAP file on your floppy diskette.

Running Norton Commander from a shared Network Drive
----------------------------------------------------
Norton Commander can be run from a shared network drive as follows :-

1. Installation on shared network drive.
    - Log into your server as the Supervisor.
    - Create a directory called NC5NET.
    - Install the Norton Commander software into this account using 
      the standard installation diskettes.
    - Create an User account called NC5NETUSER.
    - Ensure that this account has only Read/File Scan rights to the 
      NC5NET directory.

2. Installation of NC 5.0 on User machine.
    - Copy only the INI files from the NC5NET account to the NC directory
      on the users machine.
    - Modify the autoexec.bat file and set the following environment
      variables :-
        SET NC=c:\NC5
        SET NORTON=c:\NC5
    - Login into the network as NC5NETUSER and ensure that the NC5NET 
      directory is in the user's DOS PATH.
    - Type NC at the command prompt.

Creating a tools menu
---------------------
It is possible to add a user defined Tools Menu to the Norton Commander's 
main menu. To define a Tools Menu create a file called TOOLS.MNU and store
it in the same directory as the NC.INI file.

Each line within the TOOLS.MNU file corresponds to a single menu item. To
define a Menu item use the following format :-

    Menu_Item_Name;Command_to_be invoked_when_selected

For example a simple Tools Menu may look like :-

    File Date;fd.exe
    Norton Control Centre;ncc.exe
    Norton Disk Doctor;ndd.exe
    Norton Disk Editor;de.exe
    Text Search;ts.exe

The number of menu items that can be defined in the TOOLS.MNU file is 
limited only by the amount of free memory.

Using screen savers under Windows 3.1
-------------------------------------
When Commander is running in a DOS box under MS-Windows, its graphical screen
savers will be disabled even if one is selected from the configuration panel. 
In circumstances like this, Commander's default screen saver will be 
invoked instead.
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