VIC-20 Disk Menu

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:19 am

Another utility:

http://home.worldonline.se/boray/datorm ... rtmenu.zip

Sorts the saved "MENUDATA" list file. You can also choose to remove the names MENU, MENUDATA and QMENU from the list.

/Anders

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:24 am

still no delete file option

chris

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:26 am

Another update (V6):

http://home.worldonline.se/boray/datormuseum/menu6.zip

Includes:

* MENU

-bugfix: Every 21th file wasn't displayed.

* QMENU

-same thing.

* SORTMENU

-You will now get a question about a block size. You will then get a question on all files below this block size if you want to keep it or not. Useful if you want to remove small unimportant files or "bars" etc from the list before sorting it...

/Anders

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:38 am

Sorry Chris

I think it's pretty easy from basic:

open15,8,15,"s0:file":close15

Once you have learned that, it's just as easy as typing "DELETE".

I am more thinking of this program as a nice and quick starter for game disks...

But maybe I will include it... just for you

But that will make the program a bit bigger...

/Anders

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:44 am

just as easy as typing in delete, who are you trying to kid... well me i guess

if you did pop that in, i would be extremely grateful, but no worries at all if you do not. i just think it would be a nice option to have.

if you are worried about the size, you can alsways send me a custom version,

chris

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:12 am

Here it is Chris... A version with delete!

http://home.worldonline.se/boray/datormuseum/menu7.zip

The problem just is that this xmenu.prg doesn't
work on the unexpanded vic. The minute I added
the delete function, I got "out of memory" on
the unexpanded vic... And as it wouldn't run on
the unexpanded vic anyway.... Well, I added the
sort routine too and a function to just remove a
name from the list (not from the disk).
(Actually just by running half of the delete routine).

So this zip file includes:

MENU (v6)

-no change. Works on unexpanded vic.

XMENU (v7)

-Requires expansion ram.
-You can delete files, sort the
list and remove names from it.

QMENU (v6)

-no change. The stripped "loader"
version that works on any vic.

SORTMENU (v1.1)

-no change. Included if you want to sort
the list but have no expansion
ram to run xmenu.

/Anders

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:22 am

Please note, that if you have saved a file list to the disk and then start to delete files. Then you have to save the list again afterwards or the names would still be on there next time you load it... You could always do a "refresh" though, but it's faster to just press S when you are done...

The same with the sorting and removing names from the list. You have of course to press S afterwards to save the new altered list.

/Anders

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:04 am

Great job Anders! Can't wait to try these new versions out!

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:19 am

Thanks Boray!

I have not tried it yet (nor the new Qbench), but should be able to tonight.

chris

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:34 am

Another update:

http://home.worldonline.se/boray/datormuseum/menu8.zip

Includes:

MENU-X (v8 )

* The screen is updated much faster.

* When comming back from the help screen, the cursor remains where you left it.

* The delete question looks better.

MENU-Q (v8 )

* The screen is updated much faster.

MENU

(no change)

SORTMENU

(no change)

---

As you can see, I now called them MENU-X and MENU-Q instead of XMENU and QMENU. This so that you always can LOAD"MENU*",8 without knowing which version is on the disk...

/Anders

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:30 am

well menu-x is doing me fine!

i got to do quite a bit of house cleaning on my floppies.

i am very bad for not writing down what i have recorded, on any magnetic media.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:59 am

Boray wrote: As you can see, I now called them MENU-X and MENU-Q instead of XMENU and QMENU. This so that you always can LOAD"MENU*",8 without knowing which version is on the disk...

Not very smart as "MENUDATA" also starts with "MENU"....

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:57 pm

i just want to thank Leif and Boray once again!

god, i love using menu-x, and the name is brilliant as well!

i am hoping i can add "format floppy" and "print directory" options to menu-x, with little problems.

menu-x really makes my vic feel like a disk jockey.

too bad menu-x can't be accesible with a flick of a switch.

this app. deserves to be in ROM some how.

chris

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Tue May 03, 2005 7:48 am

vic user wrote:too bad menu-x can't be accesible with a flick of a switch.this app. deserves to be in ROM some how.

I agree! I created a new thread to discuss how to go about it. This will involve ML programming, so the new thread is in that section.

http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... php?p=4273

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Tue May 03, 2005 7:57 am

Oh, it would also be great if it worked with 64HDD and subdirectories