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2 total messages Started by Jeff Epler Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:48
File View utility wanted
#354
Author: Jeff Epler
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:48
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I am looking for a file viewer, but I desire some features I haven't
been able to find:

 -- Ability to load files larger than memory, up to about 2 megabyte
 -- Ability to exit a file and return to the same place in it later
 -- Ability to paste characters from screen into buffer as program
 exits

(Hmm, TSR might be nice too, to decrease disk access since it could
keep the file open.  This might be necessary, too, for the keyboard
stuffing bit..)

My desire is to be able to browse files such as the listings of SIMTEL
and Garbo while in an interactive FTP session.  Currently, I have a
key in my terminal set to execute list on a certain file.  This works
okay, except that if I return briefly to the terminal to do a command
in FTP, I have to find the spot I need to return to.  This is an
annoyance.

If there's a way to accomplish this with list, I would be overjoyed to
hear about it.. Otherwise, I would like pointers to a file somewhere
in the world of FTP..

Mail is preferred, I'll summarize the responses I get.

--
Jeff Epler jepler@nyx.cs.du.edu or bx304@cleveland.freenet.edu (preferred)
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Re: File View utility wanted
#350
Author: Timo Salmi
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:09
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In article <1993Jan27.024839.6769@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jepler@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Epler) writes:
>I am looking for a file viewer, but I desire some features I haven't
>been able to find:
>
> -- Ability to load files larger than memory, up to about 2 megabyte
> -- Ability to exit a file and return to the same place in it later
> -- Ability to paste characters from screen into buffer as program
> exits

If you can't find exactly what you want, consider the following. 
You can do this with a proper combination of tools even if the
browser does not itself fulfil all the requirements.  Use the
following programs and information in combination

  92658 Oct  7 15:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/list77a.zip
  21151 Oct 20 02:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/screen/snippr26.zip
  21244 Jun 24  1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysutil/shroom20.zip
   6016 May 19 07:16 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/bestpr24.zip

As for item 2, shell to DOS.

   All the best, Timo

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