XTree Tips by Tom Ruben

These tips have all been published in the Journal of BOOG, the British Osborne Owners Group. They relate in particular to XTree Gold 2.5 and XTree Gold 3.0, although many of them will also apply to earlier versions of XTree, XTree Pro, XTree Pro Gold and XTree Gold.

Tom Ruben

If you have any tips to contribute, please email them to Tom c/o len@easynet.co.uk (Len Warner).

 Introduction -  Know your XTree
 Which version of XTree are you using
 XTREE 4: a warning
 Configuration - customise to your preferences
 Mouse recognition
 XTree and Windows
 Personalising the opening screen
 25-line and 43/50 line screen modes
 Clearing an entry line
 File Window
 Tab and Arrow keys
 History of query responses
 Cycling through Ctrl and Alt
 FileSpec
 DATES FileSpec
 FileSpec on start-up - bug?
 LogSpec - log only FileSpec selection
 Finding a file
 TreeSpec
 More on Treespec
 Jump to Directory or File
 Showing Tagged Files
 Mass copying or moving
 Archiving .ZIP or .ARC
 ZIPping empty directories
 ZIPping to floppies
 Prune - remove a branch of the directory tree
 Wash your disk
 Printing to device or file
 View your database or spreadsheet files
 View - Search and Gather
 More about View: Scrolling
 Viewing Graphics Files
 More on Graphics Viewing
 Pack View and Autoview
 Viewing WordStar 7 in XTG 2.5
 Running a Program
 Executing from Directory Window
 Memory usage
 Control memory usage - limit disk logging
 Monitor network overload
 Quitting XTree

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