Atari XL manual DISK-BASED Spartados, LW files /Mc /Ppath /Q /X, LW TEST.DOC /M% /PD1LW

The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual

This DOS works well with LW. Subdirectory names are preceded by a colon on the disk menu, and traversal of the directory tree is catered for, as well as the creation and deletion of subdirectories. To display the contents of the active directory, don't forget to remove the drive number from the device spec by first pressing <0> on the disk menu.

LW will correctly detect and avoid RAMdisks under this DOS. With careful configuration, it’s possible to have a large RAMdisk present and ten text banks alongside one another on machines with sufficient RAM.

9.5 DISK-BASED SPARTADOS

LW 3.0 does NOT work with disk-based versions of SpartaDOS. You must use SpartaDOS X with LW 3.0.

9.6 SPARTADOS X

When running LW with SpartaDOS X, you can specify command line options as follows:

X LW [files] [/M[c]] [/Ppath] [/Q] [/X]

M: Disable autorun macro or run macro “c”

P : Set Search Path

Q : Disable Splash Screen

X : Load “Clean” (without any config, font, printer drivers or macros)

(Note there is no space between the /M and /P switches and their arguments. If you set the LW search path on the command line, it will override the LWPATH environment variable. The argument for the /P switch takes exactly the same as the argument for the SET LWPATH command. See the next section for a full explanation.)

X LW TEST.DOC /M% /PD1:>LW>

The command line above cause LW to attempt to load the file “TEST.DOC”. If the file doesn’t exist, an empty file will be presented in the editor bearing the name “TEST.DOC”. LW will also attempt to run the “%” macro in LW.MAC. Finally, the LW search path (LWPATH) will be set to “D1:>LW>”.

Note that in recent version of SpartaDOS X, it’s possible to automate the “X” command by renaming the executable with an “EXE” extension. Thus, if you rename “LW.COM” to “LW.EXE”, it’s possible to load the program by simply typing the following at the SDX command prompt:

LW

LW was originally developed under SpartaDOS X, and takes advantage of many of its advanced features, including subdirectories (folders), time/date stamping of files, and command line support. LW has one of the most feature-packed file management utilities of any Atari8 application, and this is especially true when using SpartaDOS X.

LW’s keyboard buffer will deactivate automatically if the program detects that the SDX keyboard buffer is ON. If you prefer to use LW’s built-in buffer, be sure to do a “KEY

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