diff --git a/twander.1 b/twander.1 index f1915e5..7a75fcf 100644 --- a/twander.1 +++ b/twander.1 @@ -521,6 +521,19 @@ Toggle between detailed and filename-only views of the directory. .TP +.B Toggle Between Normalized And Actual File Length Display (TOGLENGTH) +Control-0 + +By default, the program "normalizes" file sizes and expresses them in +bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes rather than showing their +actual size. This is done everywhere a file size is displayed: on +individual files, the total files size displayed on the title bar, and +the drive sizes in Win32 Drive List View. This key binding invokes a +feature that toggles these size displays between normalized and +actual. See the ACTUALLENGTH configuration option below to set the +default as you prefer it. + +.TP .B Toggle \'win32all\' Features (TOGWIN32ALL) Control-w @@ -993,7 +1006,7 @@ is not meaningful in Drive List View and is ignored. You'll find the currently selected sorting options displayed in the -program titlebar. +program title bar. .SS Wildcard Features @@ -1454,7 +1467,7 @@ section below). You'll find the currently selected sorting options displayed in the -program titlebar. +program title bar. .SS Help Menu (Alt-l) [No Mouse Shortcut] @@ -1668,6 +1681,19 @@ .ft \" revert .TP +.B ACTUALLENGTH [Boolean] (False) + +By default, file sizes , total directory size (on the title bar), and +drive sizes in Win32 Drive List view are "normalized". They are +expressed in bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes. This keeps +the display from getting cluttered with the longer strings required to +display the actual lengths in bytes. If you want the program to +display the actual lengths for these items by default, set +ACTUALLENGTH=True in your configuration file. You can also "toggle" +between normalized and actual size display with the TOGLENGTH key +(default: Control-0). + +.TP .B ADAPTREFRESH [Boolean] (True) Whenever a directory is read, the time to do so is tracked. If that @@ -3186,7 +3212,7 @@ This should not generally be a problem with the various Unix shells, and may work for some Windows commands. However, some Windows programs (noted in \'notepad\') reject this kind of -file name when passed on the command line. The workaround +filename when passed on the command line. The workaround (and a generally easier way to do this sort of thing), is to use the [DSELECTION] built-in which returns the full path name of an item as a single quoted string. @@ -3208,7 +3234,7 @@ The results of all built-ins (except HASH) are put inside double-quotes when they are replaced in the Command String. This default is recommended so that any built-in substitutions of, say, -file names with spaces in them, will be properly recognized by your +filenames with spaces in them, will be properly recognized by your commands. You can suppress the addition of double-quotes by using the -t command line option when starting \fCtwander\fP. @@ -3602,7 +3628,7 @@ .SS Program Starts Very Slowly \fCtwander\fP attempts to determine the name of the host on which it is -running at program startup. This is used in the titlebar display. +running at program startup. This is used in the title bar display. It first looks to see if the environment variable HOSTNAME is set, and uses that value if it is. If this variable is not set, \fCtwander\fP does a socket call to see if it can determine the hostname that way. @@ -3630,7 +3656,8 @@ On Windows, environment variables are set via the System Properties menu. -.SS \fCtwander\fP Loads Slowly + +.SS Program Loads Slowly \fCtwander\fP is a fairly large Python program and can take a few seconds to load and initialize, especially on older, slower systems. You can @@ -3845,7 +3872,7 @@ quoted. That's fine so long as no directory/file you select via the user interface has a space in the name. However, you are almost certain to run into such files sooner or later. (Recall that the only -way to deal a directory/file name with spaces in it as a single +way to deal a directory/filename with spaces in it as a single argument is to quote that name.) So, we need a way to leave quoting on but also properly deal with @@ -4450,4 +4477,4 @@ .ft \" revert .SH DOCUMENT REVISION INFORMATION -$Id: twander.1,v 1.118 2005/02/04 08:53:26 tundra Exp $ \ No newline at end of file +$Id: twander.1,v 1.119 2005/02/04 09:20:23 tundra Exp $ \ No newline at end of file