[Freedos-devel] "FreeDOS Next" help files

[Wilhelm Spiegl]

Hi everyone,

there is a corresponding question from me. I tried to reach Jim several times, but till now I got no satisfying response, so I put the question here:

 

In FreeDOS help there are a lot of outdated commands. See: http://home.mnet-online.de/willybilly/fdhelp-109/en/index.htm (my website, don't worry about number 1.0.9, it is wrong)

 

Which commands should stay in the new help files? Which can be removed? Should there be a new sort order?

Changing all this will need a while, so this question is for preparing myself and the other translators.

 

At the beginning of help I would like to add a short file: "FreeDOS for Newbies in 10 minutes" which could explain how to navigate thru the system,

(cd, md, dir, fdconfig.sys, fdauto.bat, maybe path and codepages so that they cannot say: "What a bs is this? I understand absolutely nothing.").

 

I personally would remove all commands of the old version that are in brackets, leave (in about) the base as Jim described:

ambhelp ( 999.7 KiB , BASE, FULL )
append ( 41.8 KiB , BASE, FULL )
assign ( 55.1 KiB , BASE, FULL )
attrib ( 25.8 KiB , BASE, FULL )
chkdsk ( 421.8 KiB , BASE, FULL )
choice ( 44.2 KiB , BASE, FULL )
comp ( 15.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
cpidos ( 132.4 KiB , BASE, FULL )
ctmouse ( 269.4 KiB , BASE, FULL )
debug ( 192.4 KiB , BASE, FULL )
defrag ( 696.1 KiB , BASE, FULL )
deltree ( 39 KiB , BASE, FULL )
devload ( 80 KiB , BASE, FULL )
diskcomp ( 25.6 KiB , BASE, FULL )
diskcopy ( 202.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
display ( 76.2 KiB , BASE, FULL )
edit ( 130.7 KiB , BASE, FULL )
edlin ( 333 KiB , BASE, FULL )
exe2bin ( 33 KiB , BASE, FULL )
fc ( 72.2 KiB , BASE, FULL )
fdapm ( 65.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
fdhelper ( 24.4 KiB , BASE, FULL )
fdisk ( 227.4 KiB , BASE, FULL )
fdxms286 ( 45.9 KiB , BASE, FULL )
fdxms ( 55.7 KiB , BASE, FULL )
find ( 98.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
format ( 140 KiB , BASE, FULL )
freecom ( 2.7 MiB , BASE, FULL )
graphics ( 83.3 KiB , BASE, FULL )
himemx ( 41 KiB , BASE, FULL )
htmlhelp ( 2.2 MiB , FULL )
jemm ( 297.7 KiB , BASE, FULL )
kernel ( 754.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
keyb_lay ( 212.4 KiB , BASE, FULL )
keyb ( 56.2 KiB , BASE, FULL )
label ( 69.6 KiB , BASE, FULL )
lbacache ( 146.3 KiB , BASE, FULL )
mem ( 103.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
mirror ( 34.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
mkeyb ( 78.7 KiB , BASE, FULL )
mode ( 78.8 KiB , BASE, FULL )
more ( 56.2 KiB , BASE, FULL )
move ( 67.8 KiB , BASE, FULL )
nansi ( 63.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
nlsfunc ( 30.1 KiB , BASE, FULL )
print ( 24.7 KiB , BASE, FULL )
recover ( 335.8 KiB , BASE, FULL )
replace ( 29.4 KiB , BASE, FULL )
samcfg ( 79.4 KiB , FULL )
share ( 13.9 KiB , BASE, FULL )
shsucdx ( 65.2 KiB , BASE, FULL )
sort ( 34.2 KiB , BASE, FULL )
swsubst ( 116.9 KiB , BASE, FULL )
tree ( 74.8 KiB , BASE, FULL )
undelete ( 70 KiB , BASE, FULL )
unformat ( 30 KiB , BASE, FULL )
xcopy ( 67.1 KiB , BASE, FULL )

 

of course command.com commands, config and batch commands must stay,

 

add an apps section:

dn2 ( 2.7 MiB , FULL )
doszip ( 3.9 MiB , FULL )
fdimples ( 132.1 KiB , BASE, FULL )
fdshell ( 208 KiB , FULL )
fdtui ( 497 KiB , FULL )
imgedit ( 181.3 KiB , FULL )
pgme ( 882.6 KiB , FULL )
sqlite ( 3.8 MiB )

 

 

add an actual driver section (e.g. CD-ROM drivers), some are already on other positions of the actual help:

cdrcache ( 59.3 KiB , FULL )
doslfn ( 367.4 KiB , FULL )
eltorito ( 4.1 KiB )
gcdrom ( 84.7 KiB )
himemsx ( 35.9 KiB )
hiram ( 86.8 KiB , FULL )
lfndos ( 141.1 KiB , FULL )
lptdrv ( 39.8 KiB , FULL )
ntfs ( 565.1 KiB , FULL )
rdisk ( 19.8 KiB )
shareext ( 32.7 KiB , FULL )
shsufdrv ( 100.5 KiB , BASE, FULL )
spool ( 20.4 KiB , FULL )
srdisk ( 218.9 KiB , FULL )
udvd2 ( 34.7 KiB , BASE, FULL )
uhdd ( 40.9 KiB , FULL )
uide ( 56.9 KiB )
usbdos ( 2.1 MiB , FULL )
xkeyb ( 173.6 KiB , FULL )

 

 

(maybe remove the network history and) replace it by the installed network commands / tools.

arachne ( 4.7 MiB )
crynwr ( 2.6 MiB )
curl ( 6.8 MiB , FULL )
dillo ( 8.5 MiB )
dwol ( 8.7 KiB )
e1000pkt ( 52.6 KiB )
e100pkt ( 48.2 KiB )
etherdfs ( 58.5 KiB )
ethtools ( 187.7 KiB )
fdnet ( 816.1 KiB , FULL )
gopherus ( 1982.2 KiB )
htget ( 2.5 MiB )
links ( 13.1 MiB )
lsppp ( 99.4 KiB )
lynx ( 7.5 MiB )
m2wat ( 18.8 KiB )
mskermit ( 1236.2 KiB )
mtcp ( 1876.1 KiB , FULL )
newsnuz ( 54.5 KiB )
ntool ( 150.8 KiB )
picosntp ( 182.3 KiB )
picotcp ( 593.8 KiB )
ping ( 635.2 KiB )
rsync ( 1083.5 KiB )
ssh2dos ( 1682.9 KiB )
sshdos ( 1051.5 KiB )
terminal ( 56 KiB , FULL )
vmsmount ( 140.3 KiB )
vncview ( 533.6 KiB )
wattcp ( 149.8 KiB )
wget ( 2.4 MiB , FULL )

 

sound tools:

adplay ( 342.2 KiB , FULL )
bladeenc ( 90.9 KiB )
cdp ( 68 KiB , FULL )
dosmid ( 271.1 KiB , FULL )
lame ( 1613.4 KiB )
mplayer ( 24.9 MiB , FULL )
opencp ( 1931.5 KiB , FULL )

 

Unix Like Tools
cal ( 9.4 KiB , FULL )
du ( 12.5 KiB , FULL )
gnubc ( 183.2 KiB , FULL )
gnused ( 2.2 MiB , FULL )
grep ( 222.9 KiB , FULL )
head ( 21.7 KiB , FULL )
less ( 298.7 KiB , FULL )
md5sum ( 139.1 KiB , FULL )
minibox ( 376.8 KiB )
nro ( 42.2 KiB , FULL )
sleep ( 21 KiB , FULL )
tee ( 58.6 KiB , FULL )
touch ( 41.8 KiB , FULL )
trch ( 74.3 KiB , FULL )
uptimec ( 11.7 KiB , FULL )
which ( 32.2 KiB , FULL )
xgrep ( 27.5 KiB , FULL )

 

I think Graphical Desktops, Utilities, Games, Editors, Development, Boot Tools and Archivers would make the help too fat.

In doubt, even the sound tools and Unix like Tools would not be necessary.

 

Please tell me what you think.

 

Willi

 

 

 

 

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