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From: archer@hsi.UUCP (Garry Archer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: DOS3.3/ProDOS CATALOGs/POKEs/etc
Summary: CATALOG pause
Message-ID: <281@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 89 15:27:41 GMT
References: <8901290133.aa16254@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT
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In article <8901290133.aa16254@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") writes:
> >[...] By the way, I would also suggest one other change when you
> >write that catalog to a file: If you have a long catalog, it is going
> >to pause after about a screenful and wait for a keypress, which it
> >will never find since the computer is getting its input from the
> >disk.
> >Patrick Townson
> 
> No--BASIC.SYSTEM does not pause its catalog listings.  (You can
> pause with Ctrl-S, though.)

Now there would be nice patch!  I've often wished I could emulate Unix's
"more" command on ProDOS's "cat" (basic list) or "catalog" (extra file info)
commands.  I hate the CTRL-S method.  I've often thought of writing an
Applesoft program to read the directory and await a keypress after a screen
full of information.  Is there an easier way?  A few pokes to patch "cat"
and "catalog" perhaps?




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