DIRNOTES                             Michael J. Mefford
Lets you add notes to describe file 
contents                                    Version 1.0
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Purpose
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Produces a dual-column directory listing with
DOS-format, alphabetically-sorted filenames on the
left and a coordinated, 38-character field on the
right in which to enter descriptive comments about
file comments, hotkey information, etc.

Format
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    DIRNOTES [d:][path][directory]

Remarks
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The cursor Up- and Down-Arrow keys, are used to scroll
the coordinated directory listings/notes line by
line. PgUp and PgDn scroll by screenful, and Home and
End go to the beginning and end of the listings.

The DIRNOTES editor operates in overstrike mode and
incorporates a backspace delete. The Left- and
Right-Arrow keys can be used to move the cursor
without deleting characters beneath it. Pressing the
Esc key automatically saves user-entered notes in a
file called DIRN-abc.DAT, where abc represent the
first three letters of the directory name. The .DAT
file created by DIRNOTES is in standard ASCII, and so
may be TYPEd.

A "U" immediately after the filename in the DIRNOTES
directory listing indicates that that file has been
changed since the last time the data file was
updated. That file's descriptive comments may need to
be changed.

Note
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The .DAT files created by DIRNOTES should not be
edited with a word processor. The record field
lengths are fixed, and any changes made other than by
DIRNOTES itself may render the file unrecoverable.
