Shift-F2 to Shift-F6 start the screen scrolling continuously through the file. The speed is governed by the key selected: F2 is the fastest, F6 the slowest. Speed can be changed during a scroll. Scrolling is halted by any key - the space bar is convenient.
And then there are the Auto-Scroll keys, the Shift-DownArrow and Shift-UpArrow. Used to start scrolling, they will start either a downward or an upward scroll at a middling speed, corresponding usually to Shift-F3. When used while scrolling is in operation, the Shift-Arrow keys can be used to reverse scroll direction without changing scroll speed.
There is one scroll key which does not require shift to be held down at the same time: the Backslash key (\) will work both shifted and unshifted. This starts an Auto-scroll in the currently selected direction: usually downwards, but upwards if you have last been scrolling up.
Like so many of the best things in XTree Gold, Auto-scroll by Backslash is not documented or shown in the Command Menu window, and I discovered it the other day by pure chance. To remind you of two other essential undocumented commands:-
Ctrl-F4 in File Window displays only tagged files;
J when VIEWing shows packed view, and
\ when VIEWing starts screen scrolling.
There must be other undocumented features of XTree Gold that I haven't yet discovered. If you know of any that have not been covered in this series, please write them up and email them to me c/o len@easynet.co.uk (Len Warner).
Tom Ruben