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the "Desk" menu  -  the "File" menu  -  the "View" menu  -  the "Options" menu

The "File" menu

The "File" menu allows you work with files, folders and disks.

     


Open...

     

(Note: The printing options of TOS 2.06 are pretty limited, so read my tips on printing for a summary along with useful tips).



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Show Information...

"Show Information" allows you to change the file name and read/write attribute. "Read Only" files are shown with a small triangle preceeding the file name (when viewed as text).


      


 



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Search...

 


 

 


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Delete Item...
Be careful with this one!
This option is grayed out from the menu unless you select file(s)/folder(s) by clicking them once. After this you can delete them by using the menu.

You can either remove the desktop icon or delete the whole file
(i.e. erasing it from the hard disk/floppy disk).
If you've set the preferences (in the "Options" menu) for file delete confirmation, you will be warned before files are deleted.
Press "Cancel" if you don't want to delete the files after all.

.... if you've started deleting files by mistake, press (and keep holding) <Undo> as quickly as possible.
This will hopefully prevent you from deleting everything!

     

To prevent things like this from happening in the first place you can turn on confirmation for file-deletes (and possibly also for file-overwriting). This way a dialog window will always ask if you really want to delete (or overwrite) the files.

However.... if you've already deleted files that you really wish you hadn't there's usually a way...
If you don't write/delete anything else to the drive there's a very big change the file(s) are still there and can be recovered by using an "undelete" type program such as "Checkdisk" or "ST-tools".



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Create Folder...
This menu allows you to create a new folder and give it a name.

     



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Close Directory
If you have a window or folder open, this will close it. It's the same as clicking on the "window closer" on the upper left hand side of any window on the desktop.

     



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Close Top Window
If several windows are layered on top of each other, this option closes whichever window is on top (i.e. the currently selected window).


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Bottom To Top
If you have two windows open the window in the "background" will become the active window.


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Select All Items
This selects all files/folders in an open window.


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Set File Mask
This lets you create a "mask" or "filter" to control which files should be displayed.

     

File mask Will show
*.* Any file
* Any file, but without any ending
(TEST, README, HELPME etc.)
*.RSC Any file ending with ".RSC"
(NPLAY.RSC, CONNECT.RSC, NOTATOR.RSC etc.)
RE* Any file starting with "RE" but without an ending
(RE, READ, REACTION, README etc.)
RE*.* Any file starting with "RE" with any ending
(RECHECK, READ.TXT, REACTION.WAV, README.1ST etc.)
KOBOLD.PRG The file KOBOLD.PRG" and nothing else.
KOBOLD The file "KOBOLD" and nothing else.
KOBOLD.* Any file with the exact name of "KOBOLD" but ending with anything
(KOBOLD.PRG, KOBOLD.INF, KOBOLD.RSC, KOBOLD.KBJ etc.)
KOBOLD* Any file starting with "KOBOLD" and but without an ending
(KOBOLD, KOBOLDA, KOBOLD1 etc.).
????.* Any file with any 4 characters (or less) with any ending
(READ, READ.TXT, HIYA.AIF etc.).
RE*.?? Any file starting with "RE" and ending with 2 characters (or less)
(RE, REA, REA.ME, READ.ME, REX.AB, READ_ME.XY etc.).


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Format Floppy Disk...
This menu allows you to format (or copy) a floppy disk.

NOTE: I personally would not recommend anyone to use the TOS 2.06 desktop formatter/copier.
I've found it to be slow, cumbersome and not able to format disks to proper MSDOS standards, meaning that they can't be read/written to on PCs, Macs (with "PC Exchange"/"Apple File-Exchange" etc.)
Instead, use a dedicated copier such as Hcopy or Kobold.
(others' experience with the desktop formatter may be different from mine as I've been told, so if it works for you; fine!).

The TOS 2.06 "Format Floppy Disk" menu. The TOS 2.06 "Format Floppy Disk" menu on a machine with a High-Density disk drive installed and internal jumpers set accordingly.




the "Desk" menu  -  the "File" menu  -  the "View" menu  -  the "Options" menu

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