SPFLite - V3.0.24069 2024-03-09

ALL

Allows a request to perform a specified Line command against all displayed filenames in the current list. e.g. ALL MEDIT would open all listed files in a single MEdit session

BOTTOM

BOT

Scroll to the bottom of the directory or File List display. 

BROWSE

B / BR / BRO

Browse a file, or without a file name, open a Browse dialog window. To browse a named file that has embedded blanks, enclose the name in quotes. 

CD

Change Directory.  May only be used if FM is in FilePath mode. It allows a quick change to be made to the File / Path entry.  e.g. CD D:  or  CD MYFOLDER.

If the operand is fully qualified (i.e. the 2nd character is a :, the operand replaces File / Folder.

If not fully qualified, the operand is appended to the current File / Folder entry.

If the operand contains spaces, it must be enclosed in quotes.

CLIP

Open an edit session to directly edit the contents of the Windows Clipboard.

CLONE

CL

Clone a copy of an existing file. You must specify the filename operand when using this command in File Manager

CLS

Clear any macro processing Debug screen

CMD

Used to execute an external program or script.

CRETRIEV

Conditionally move the cursor to the Home position or Retrieve the last saved command from the Retrieve Stack.

CSV [ALIGN]

This will create a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file containing the current displayed Filelist.  The optional ALIGN operand will cause data for each 'column' to be aligned based on the longest data item.  The CSV data is placed in the clipboard and can be easily viewed/edited by using the CLIP command.

DIFF

Invoke a DIFF file compare function.

DO

Invoke a DO style macro function.

DOWN

Scroll the display down by the amount shown in the Scroll amount field. Typically mapped to the PageDn key.

EDIT

E

ED

Edit a file, or without a file name, open an Edit dialog window. To edit a named file that has embedded blanks, enclose the name in quotes.

END

Close a directory or File List display, returning the display to its parent directory or to the File List that had previously been displayed. Once a directory list is at a root directory like C:\ the END command will have no further effect.

EXCLUDE

EX / EXC / X

Exclude files from a File List display based on a mask style operand.

FF

The Find in Files command FF searches all currently displayed file names for a string value. See Performing a file search below.

Do not confuse the File Manager's Find in Files command FF with the Edit/Browse command FF, which is an alias of the familiar FIND editor command. The two commands are merely spelled the same but are unrelated.

FIND

F

The FIND command in File Manager searches the displayed file list for a simple string argument, handy to locate a file in a long directory list. Only simple search strings are supported, not the special string types such as P'xx', R'xx' or X'xx'. 

Do not confuse the File Manger's FIND command with the Edit/Browse command FIND. The two commands are merely spelled the same but are unrelated.

HELP

H

Display the SPFLite Help facility. HELP followed by a command name displays the SPFLite Help facility and positions the display at the Help information for that command.

INSTANCE

INST

Specify a new Insance. The current SPFLite session will be closed, and a new session using the specified Instance will be opened.

KEYMAP

KEY / KBD / KEYS

Brings up the SPFLite KEYMAP facility

LOCATE

L / LOC

LOCATE in File Manager is used to quickly locate the file called name in the file list, and may only be used when the list is in Name+ or Name- order. If no files are found that exactly match the name operand, LOCATE will try to find the first file name in the list that begins with name. If there are no files that match name or begin with name, LOCATE will find the first file that is greater than name. LOCATE can also be spelled as LOC or L.

Note that the File Manager LOCATE command is unrelated to the editor LOCATE command. See also the FIND command above.

MAKELIST

ML

Create a new File List with a new name, based on the files that currently appear on a directory display or another File List display. MAKELIST can also either completely replace an existing File List with a new set of filenames, or you can request a merge of the current list of files with those already in an existing File List. See the REPLACE and APPEND operand descriptions in MAKELIST. MAKELIST can also be spelled as ML.

MD

Make Directory. Can be used to create a new sub-folder under the existing File / Path.

If the operand contains spaces, it must be enclosed in quotes.

MEDIT

Add a file to a MEDIT session

NOTIFY

Setup file modification notice handling

OPEN

OPENV

OPENB

Open a file in a new SPFLite instance. To open a named file that has embedded blanks, enclose the name in quotes. The OPENV and OPENB variations can be used to open the new session in View or Browse mode, instead of the normal Edit mode if desired.

OPTIONS

OPT

Bring up the SPFLite Global Options window. See OPTIONS - Set Global Editor Options for more information.

PRINT SETUP

The PRINT SETUP command may be launched from File Manager of from an edit session. PRINT without the SETUP keyword may only be issued from an edit session, not from File Manager. To print a file from File Manager, use the P line command.

PROF EDIT

PROF NEW

Bring up the Profile Edit dialog to create/Edit a file Profile

RECALL

RC

Requests opening a specified FLIST

RESET

RES

Resets the hidden status of Excluded and/or Forgotten files in a File List

RFIND

Repeat the previous FIND command

RETF

Retrieves the ‘next' saved command from the Retrieve Stack, in a forward direction, opposite to that done by the RETRIEVE command. RETF can be used when you are looking for a particular saved command using RETRIEVE and you inadvertently ‘pass up' the one you wanted; you can then use RETF to ‘go the other way' to get the passed-up command. If you continue to issue RETF commands (usually from a mapped key like Shift-F12), successively newer entries are retrieved in a forward direction.

RETRIEVE

Retrieve the last saved command from the Retrieve Stack. If you continue to issue RETRIEVE commands (usually from a mapped key like F12), successively older entries are retrieved in a backward direction.

SET

SET brings up the SET Variable Editor.

SWAP

SWAP PREV and SWAP NEXT are used to select the previous or next tab on the SPFLite display, which may be the File Manager tab or an edit session tab. Other SWAP options are also available. See SWAP - Switch to a Selected File Tab for more information.

TOP

Scroll to the top of the directory or File List display.

UP

Scroll the display up by the amount shown in the Scroll amount field. Typically mapped to the Page Up key.

VIEW

View a file, or without a file name, open a View dialog window. To view a named file that has embedded blanks, enclose the name in quotes. VIEW can also be abbreviated as V.

XSUBMIT

XSUB

Perform SUBMIT processing of a file