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                        Multi-Mente versie 2.05_E

                      Copyright (C)MOGU  1993,1996

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     System program to work quick and handy with MSX-DOS2

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Boot:

MM <Drive:Directory> [RETURN]

Drive on which MM can be found.
Directory where all MM files can be found.

MM.COM     The program.

MM.EXE     The additional program of MM (needed to run MM).

MM.CFG     The configuration file.

MMRET.DAT  The file in which the settings are for the RETURN-option
           with which you can let MM do something for you, dependant
           on the extension of the current file. Change it for your
           own system.

MMMCR.DAT  The file that contains the menu-options of the menu that 
           can be popped up with the [GRAPH]-key.

MM.HIS     This file contains the commands which were input in the 
           [X] Window. 

MM.PHS     This file contains the commands which were input in the 
           [H] Window.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* MM uses the following environment items: *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

%HOME%     START drive/directory. With this set, you can go to the
           boot-directory of MM pressing '/'.
           Put this in a .BAT file. E.g. SET HOME =A:\MM

%SHELL%    Used when an external command/program is called.

%TEMP%     Drive/directory where the temporary-files are saved.
           Put this in a .BAT file.

%TMP%      Name (extension) of a temporary file.

%TIME%     Time in 12 or 24 hour-mode. (24 default.)
           Put this in a .BAT file.

%FONT0808% ON/OFF Switch on/off screen-remember-mode (for a quick-startup) 
                  Put this in a .BAT file.


So, you could put the following things in a .BAT file:

I'm asuming here that there exists a directory MM and a directory UTILS.

SET HOME=A:\MM         By pressing '/' you go immediately to  DRIVE/DIR.
SET TEMP=H:\           MM, PMM and DOS put there TMP-files on H: now.
SET TIME=12            Default 24.
SET FONT0808=ON        The screen is built-up very quickly now.
PATH = A:\ A:\MM A:\UTILS  Every file that MM (and also e.g. PMM) uses 
                           must be located here!

MM remembers the drive from which it was booted! 


Several things go faster when you put the following files on RAMdisk:

MM.COM
MM.EXE
MMRET.DAT
MMMCR.DAT
MM.HIS
MM.PHS

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The following programs are used by MM: *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

PMM    .COM:   View and unpack everything from PMA or LZH files.
KID    .COM:   Wordprocessor/editor (Can be replaced by e.g. MED or TEDJE).
VF     .COM:   External viewer.
PMEXT  .COM:   Unpack files packed in PMA / LZH format.
PMARC2 .COM:   Pack files in PMA-format.
LHA    .COM:   (or LHEXT.COM/LHPACK.COM) Pack/Unpack LZH-files.
UNZIP  .COM:   Unpack ZIP-files.
UNARC  .COM:   Unpakc ARC/ARK-files.
FUPDATE.COM:   Program to create/change file-lists.  
ISH    .COM:   Program to convert pictures to ISH-format. 
ISHREC .COM:   Program to restore ISH-files.
POPCOM .COM:   Compression and decompression of *.COM files.
PCMPLAY.COM:   Replay program for .PCM files.
MGSC   .COM:   Replay program for .MGS files.
SCRSAVE.COM:   Screen-saver by T. Emmelot.
BLS.COM  TMP.COM  SLV.COM  LAP.COM  XLD.COM  MISA.COM  BMP.COM  JLD.COM
MGS    .COM:   Group of programs for viewing .PIC .GIF etc.

This may be extended as much as you like, because MMRET.DAT and MMCR.DAT
can call any program (in principle)!

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Explanation of the keys used in MM: *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Items marked with a '*' are new! 
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* [F1]          Shows an English help-window, scroll with  
                [Cur-Up]/[Cur-Down], [ESC] is exit.              

[A]ttribute     Changes attributes of a file/directory/volumename.

[C]opy          Copy files/directories marked by the cursor or marked
                by the mark-sign (*).
*               With [Cur-Up] the window with the MM.PHS file is  
                called, to be able to copy earlier Dirs/Subdirs  
                that were input.

[D]elete        Delete files/directories/volumename marked by the 
                cursor or the mark-sign.

[E]dit          Edit the .ASC .TXT .DOC file marked by the cursor.

[SHIFT]+[E]     Edit a new file. Input the name of the new file, 
                and MM will go to the selected editor/wordprocessor.

[F]ind          Find a file in the current directory. 
                (wildcards permitted)

m[G]s play      Show which MGS-file is being replayed.
                (Works only when MGSDRV is installed and when a MGS-file
                 is being played).

[SHIFT]+[G]     Show all titles of the MGS-files stored in memory.
                (only when MGSDRV version 3.15 or up is used)

c[H]ange path   Go to the drive/directory which is input by the user.
*               Everything typed in the window is copied to the MM.PHS file, 
                which can be called with [Cur-Up].

[I]nfo          Drive information.
*               Now it's also possible to get info of other drives, by 
                typing the drive-letter.

ma[K]e dir      Make a new directory.

[L]og drive     Log to the drive input by the user.

[M]ove          Move the marked file(s)/directories.
*               Type [Cur-Up] for the window that shows the MM.PHS file 
                to Move to Dirs/Subdirs that were input earlier.
       
re[N]ame        Change the name of a file/directory/volume.

[R]un           Run programs that need parameters, MM takes care of the
                extension.
                
[SHIFT]+[R]     Same as [R].

e[X]ecom        Execute DOS commands or files.

[SHIFT]+[X]     Same as [X].

[S]ort          Sort the current directory by [N]ame, [L]ength, [T]ime 
                or [E]xtension. Then select [U]p or [D]own.

========================================================================
* IMPORTANT:    NEVER TURN ON THE AUTO-SAVE OPTION!! IT CONTAINS A BUG!
                ONLY USE wr[Y]te TO SAVE THE SORTED DIRECTORY!!
                NEVER SWITCH THIS ON IN MM.CFG!!! (OR LOSE A DISK!)
========================================================================

[DEL] [INS]     Turn files, part of [S]ort.
                Push [DEL] to store the file(s) marked by the cursor   
                from the current directory in the TURN-WINDOW. Go to  
                directory where you want to put the files, and press
                [INS] to move the file(s) (from the last to the first)   
                from the TURN-WINDOW to that directory (at the cursor-
                position). The files on and below the cursorposition
                will be moved downwards. When the window is back empty,
                press [Y] to write the new directory to disk. Push [ESC]
                to cancel the "turn files"-mode.     

wr[Y]ting       Write the new directory-data to disk.
                (After sorting)

[T]ree          Shows the current directory-Tree, see below.

[U]npac         Unpacks .ZIP, .PMA, .LZH, .ARK, .ARC and .COM (popcom -r)
                files. Set this up with MM.CFG.

[SHIFT]+[U]     Run PMM.COM. (Graphical shell for PMarc and PMext)

[V]iew          View the file marked by the cursor with the internal   
                MM-viewer.

[SHIFT]+[V]     View the file marked by the cursor with the external
                viewer (e.g. TT.COM). This can be adjusted in MM.CFG.

[CTRL]+[V]ol    Change Volume-name of a disk.   

[W]ild card     Set wild-cards for file-listing. Default *.*.

[CTRL]+[W]      Tell MM to show or not show Hidden/System-files or
                Volume-name.

[SHIFT]+[W]     The filenames filled in here, will be selected (with
                or without wildcards) from the cursor.

[I]sh           Uncrunch an ISH-file.

[CTRL]+[P]ma    The file(s) marked by the cursor or the mark-sign will
                now be crunched with PMarc, after having filled in a 
                filename without extension. The file will get the .PMA- 
                extension automaticly.

[CTRL]+[L]zh    The file(s) marked by the curosr or the mark-sign will
                now be crunched with LHPack, after having filled in a 
                filename without extension. The file will get the .LZH- 
                extension automaticly.

[CTRL]+c[O]m    The COM-file marked by the cursor or the mark-sign will
                now be cruched with POPCOM. This file keeps his extension
                but will get smaller. It can be executed as normal,
                without any delay.

[0 tot 8]       Log directly to drive-number n.

[.] / [BS]      Go one step back on the path.

[/]             Go to the %HOME% Drive/Directory, see environment items.

[CLR-HOME]      Turn off harddsik. (Does not work with all interfaces.)

[\]             Go to the ROOT of the directory. 

[RETURN]        MM will try to do something for you with the file marked
                by the cursor (dependant on the extension of that file).

*               Pressing return on a PMA, LZH, or ARJ file shows the  
                contents of that archive-file.


   In the MMRET.DAT-file all extensions MM works with (or is going to 
   work with after you adjusted it) can be found.

   Look for the manual in the MMRETCRE.DOC file.

                
[SHIFT]+[RETURN]
                Edit or view the file marked with the cursor, with the
                editor/viewer selected in the MM.CFG file.

[CTRL]+[RETURN]
                Same as the previous one, but with editor 2.

[SHIFT]+[CTRL]+[RETURN]
                Same as the previous, but with editor 3.

[TAB]           Select/unselect (mark with mark-sign "*") file marked
                by cursor, without changing the cursorposition. 
              
[SPACE]         Same as previous, but now the cursor will go to the next
                line.
                
[SELECT]        Select/unselect all files in the direcory.

[SHIFT]+[SELECT]
                Invert selection.
                
[CTRL]+[SELECT]
                Select/unselect files from the cursor.

Directories will not be selected by these functions.
                

[SHIFT]+[1]/[2]/[3]/[5]/[9]
                Selects number of columns for the file-display. 9 
                is auto-mode.
                
[SHIFT]+[0]    Display files with a colour, dependant on their 
or [SHIFT}+['] extension.

                
[SHIFT]+[UP]/[DOWN]
                Go to the beginning or the end of a directory.

[SHIFT]+[LEFT]/[RIGHT]
                Browse through the pages of the directory. The 
                pagenumber is displayed in the bar at the bottom
                of the screen.

[CTRL]+[GRAPH]+[DEL]
                RESET the computer.

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[CTRL]+[SPACE]   Set some kind of Japanese-mode on Turbo-R computers.


[SELECT]+[GRAPH] Same as previous, but now some different kind of
                 Japanese.

                  IF NO KANJI-ROM IS PRESENT, MM WILL CRASH!
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[GRAPH]         Shows the window with the options you can define yourself
                in the MMMCR.DAT file. Press a number or letter to start
                the programs or commands. It's possible to let these
                options work on the files or directories marked by the
                cursor or the mark-sign.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* MACRO strings which can be used with the [X] or [R] command *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

   You can use these strings for example to execute commands of files
marked by the cursor and/or the mark-sign..

Ex. 1. You've selected 10 files you want to make hidden. Then you press
       [X] and in the window you typpe ATTRIB +H $T [RETURN]. The files 
       will now be made hidden all after each other.

Ex. 2. You want to hear all .VOC-files in the current directory (which
       contains only such files). You select them all with the [SELECT]
       key, and press [X}. Now you type "PLAYVOC $T" and all samples 
       will be played.

Ex. 3. You want to view all files with the extension .TXT in a direcory
       with TED. To do so, put the cursor at the top of the directory 
       and press [SHIFT] [W] and type *.TXT [RETURN]. Now all TXT-files
       are marked. Next, press [X] and type "TED $T" [RETURN] and TED
       will be executed with the first file. When you leave TED, TED 
       will be reloaded with the second file, etc.

       You can do similar things with pictures, etc.
       Here's a list of the macro's that can be used:

       $C      Filename of the file marked by the cursor
       $X      Same as above, but withoud extension
       $D      Current drive.
       $d      Temporary drive (from environment-item TEMP)
       $J      Execute the progarm in Kanji-mode
       $K      Wait for a keystroke before returning to MM
       $O      Contents of the environment item SHELL
       $P      Current Path
       $R      Puts a RETURN in the commmandline
       $T      Filenames of the selected files (one by one)
       $t      Same as previous, but without extension
       $M      Filenames of the selected files (after each other)
       $m      Same as previous, but without extension 
       $V      Show file with internal viewer
       $$      Put a single '$' in the commandline


------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Moving the cursor using a CTRL + letter combination *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

When pressing CTRL, the next keys work as follows:

[X]     Cursor down.
[E]     Cursor up.
[S]     Cursor right.
[D]     Cursor left.
[A]     Go to previous page.
[F]     Go to next page.
[R]     Go to the beginning of the directory.
[C]     Go to the end of the director.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Manual of VIEW *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[UP]/[DOWN]     Previous/next page.
[LEFT]/[RIGHT]  Move 10 pages forward/back.
[SPACE]         Go to next page.

When [SHIFT} is pressed at the same time, the movement will be half 
as much as above.

[BS]            Goto previous page.
[H]ead          Go to the beginning of the file (the first page).
[T]ail          Go to the final page.

At the top of the screen on the right, you can see the settings of  
view, which can be adapted by the following keys:

[B]inary        Binaire mode ON/OFF. (Show binary files. )
[TAB]           TAB 8 or 4 spaces.
[C]trl codes    Control codes (in)visible.
[R]eturn codes  Return codes (in)visible.
[A]nk mode      Show characters above ASCII 128 ON/OFF.

[SHIFT]+[RETURN]
                See above.

[CTRL]+[RETURN]
                See above.
                
[SHIFT]+[CTRL]+[RETURN]
                See above.

[RETURN]or[ESC] Return to Multi Mente.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Manual of TREE *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* In the MM.CFG file you can set Tree Display on/off and you can also     
  turn on or off the displaying of the files.

[T]             List the directory TREE.

[0-8]           TREE of drive A: to H:

[9]             Lists Trees of all drives (ALLtree).

[L]og drive     Change drive (same as 0-8).

[UP]/[DOWN]     Moves the curosr.

[LEFT]          Move to the beginning of the TREE.

[RIGHT]         Move to the end of the TREE.

[SHIFT]         Show the files of the directory.

[R]e search     Checks changes, and then gives the new TREE.

[W]rite         Places the file MMTREE.DIR in the root. MM will read the 
                information for TREE from that file, next time you ask 
                for the TREE. Do not use with the Alltree option. So when
                when you change anything in a directory, first type R,
                then W.

[F]ile          File display on/off.

[D]elete        Delete directory with confirmation.

ma[K]e          Make a new directory.

[TAB]+[a-z]     Go to the drive with the given letter. When there are  
                several ones, press several times...(?)

It's recommended to put MMTREE at the top of the root using [S]ort   
and wr[Y]te.


------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Manual of COPY and MOVE *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* When using copy and move, you can call a window with previously input
  Drives, Dirs and Subdirs from MM.PHS by pressing [Cursor Up]. 

[C] of [M]      Copy or Move files or directories.
                Marked by mark-sign or cursor.

Copy or Move can be aborted by pressinng [ESC].

* Error messages of COPY or MOVE *

* [T]  :Time up duplicate.       Only when the original file is older
                                 it will be overwritten.

* [Y]  :Over write duplicate.    The old file will be overwritten.

* [C]  :Change name duplicate.   The new file will be renamed.

* [N]  :No duplicate.            The file will be skipped.

* [ESC]:No duplicate.            Exits move or copy.

[SHIFT] + [T,Y,C,N]              All marked files will be treatred
                                 according to the letter.
                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The following parameters are used to pass on information to external
                          programs:                                   *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

        $A      Drive from which was booted.
        $F      Filename given on the commandline.
        $C      Filename of marked file.
        $X      As previous, but without extension.
        $D      Current drive.
        $d      Temporary drive. (TEMP)
        $J      Switch on Kanji-mode.
        $K      Wait for a keystroke before returning to MM.
        $O      Shell contents.
        $P      Current Path.
        $R      Puts a RETURN in the line.
        $T      Contains the selected filenames (below each other).
        $t      As previous, but without extension.
        $M      Contains selected filenames (behind each other).
        $m      As previous but without extension.
        $$      Puts a single $ in the line.
        $Z      Filename of the files to be extracted.

These parameters are also used in the MM.CFG, MMMCR.DAT and
MMRET.DAT files to control the called programs.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Adapting Multi Mente *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The next files should be located in the same directory:
CS.COM version 3.11, MM.COM, MM.CFG
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
to do the following:

1 Load MM.CFG in an editor
2 Adapt MM.CFG to you wishes
3 Save MM.CFG
4 RUN "CS MM" [return] 
 (With this MM.COM will be adapted, and MM will be executed with the
  changes you made.)
     
In the MM.CFG file losts of things can be adapted, which will become
default.
  
B.v.
Mode   = 3         Makes the file listing in 3 columns.
   
SC_TIME = 10       Time before the screensaver becomes active.
SCSAVER = SCRSAVE  Now scrsave.com will be executed after the time
                   set above.
    
E.g.: if you want to use an different editor like MED.COM, do as 
follows:
Find the text EDITOR and change it to:
EDITOR = MED $F                     ; * Editor ([shift]+[return])
    
and when you did this proceed with 3 and 4 and MM is ready!

------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Adapting MMCR.DAT and MMRET.DAT *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is explainted in the MMRETCR.DOC file.

These files are directly useable and are called externally.

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        1994/11/30      By MOGU
        Natsume-Net     NAT26263
        MARIO-NET           MOGU
        MOGU
        FALCON-NET      FALC0022
        MOGU
        MOGU

MGSDRV  MGSC Ain
PMM  CS  FUPDATE
KID MSX-DOS2 TOOLS
PopCom
VF HyDE
LHa,LHrd  H.Saito
Lharc
Larc
ZIP  S.Greenberg
ISH
JLD  BLS
ISHREC
UNARC Robert A.Freed


FMTM (MSX), FILMTN (MSX,PC98,J31), FD (MSX,PC98), AEG (MSX), KJ-FOS (MSX)
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This manual was made by  T. Emmelot,
in cooperation with Fokke Post.

Any comments to node: 18:900/006 (Dutch BBS node)
Or voice-phone me: (+31) (0)20 6999263 between 19.00-23.00 hours (CET).

This English translation of Tom Emmelots Dutch manual was made by:
Manuel Bilderbeek
More info on my homepage: http://studs.sci.kun.nl:8888/manuelbi
Or email me: manuelbi@sci.kun.nl
Phonenumber in the Netherlands: 0115-697132
Send/mail/phone any comments! (It wasn't easy to translate this!)
This translation was made in March 1997
