NEPTUNEWHAT IS NEPTUNE?NEPTUNE is a program used to manage the file directories on Alto discs. When using a singledisk drive NEPTUNE allows the operator to delete files, display files, list a specific subset offiles, and create a log of all the disk files. These functions can be done in EXECUTIVE also, butNEPTUNE has the advantage of a better visual display and simpler, quicker deletions. All diskfiles are listed vertically, in alphabetical order and large type. Commands are given bymarking options rather than keying in the command as in EXECUTIVE.When using dual disks, NEPTUNE allows files to be copied from one disk to the other and alsoallows the file to be renamed in the process.WHEN SHOULD YOU USE NEPTUNE?NEPTUNE should be used when you wish to delete a number of files (with the exception ofEDITOR files, which should always be deleted in the EDITOR document catalog), when you wantto look at all the files on your disk, or when you want to display the contents of a number offiles. NEPTUNE should be used when you want to list all the files with the same suffix, forexample, all the your files ending in .PRESS or .DRAW. If you have dual disks, use NEPTUNE to copy files from one disk to another and to copy andrename files.WHEN SHOULD YOU NOT USE NEPTUNE?Do not use NEPTUNE to delete files created in the EDITOR. If you do so, the file name willremain in the EDITOR catalog, but the file will be blank. NEPTUNE facilitates quick deletions --make sure that you delete only those files that you have created. Never delete a systemfile without first consulting your system analyst. HOW TO USE NEPTUNEAt the EXECUTIVE:TYPE: neptune (or simply n)PRESS: the RETURN keyThe NEPTUNE program will read onto your screen.XEROX DOCUMENT SYSTEMNEPTUNERevision 6/30/80 SpOqrqrqrLqrqAKrq DIFrq Hrq9FTD2rqArq@M'9rqrqrqrqr6qrqM5Drq/rq3@2:rqM0/-rq7,%rqrqrqrqrqr"qsqrq!rq  rq rqv=sq.rqrqrqrmqrq>A> rq rq$drtqrtqrtrt6t >]2The DisplayThe top portion of the NEPTUNE program appears like this:<==fI<();\280'vq 63/vqvqvq0SwEqvqrq* .rqvqrqrq-Ivqrq*wEqvq.&wEqvq%drtqrtqrtrt6t Dd8_ d 8_ (?d d c @ ? (@6@ ?5!!5!!5!!!!B 8_ 8_C8_C BC8_C 8_8_ B8_  wJWD@#p dq` q< $ q; q  q; d q d q $)q + L6@AX3The directory information is formatted like this:<==*.*.DP0 is the disk drive, SysDir is the directory name and *.* is the filter. We will discuss how touse the filter later. NEPTUNE has facilities for handling disks and directories other than thestandard Alto disk and its System Directory. A disk drive has a name consisting of the disktype and number. If you have a dual disk drive and have loaded both disks, (your master diskis DP0, and goes in the bottom disk drive) the left side will read: DP0:*.*, and theright side will read: DP1:*.*. When using only one disk, the right side will be blank.The Cursor has four possible forms depending upon its location on the screen:LocationForm9File selection area49Scrolling areaScrolling arrows9Filter#9All other areasTridentXEROX DOCUMENT SYSTEMNEPTUNERevision 6/30/80 <==<<0DP0:*.* Files listed:PagesFiles selected:Delete:Copy: Copy/Rename:e User name Disk nameNoDisk: *.* ~~BEGINNING~~0098987000Log:0 Files listed:PagesFiles selected:Delete:Copy: Copy/Rename:e000LogC br\q.Yi38zL6 ,uquq5p :310 Cvq/:C-rqL*#:)(*'*%%),$u !I=B? rqAK5+.,.+ZM &NwEq'w {wEq "OwEq'0#wEq%drtqrtqrtrt6t| ?dA s!!A s!!c?@c@ @c?@c? @%d@ ? c?@d@ ?d@ ?d? ?% c@@Cd@ ?)d@ ?CCCC%c@@Cc@ @%c@@%c@ @=C=CCC=C| 7BoD?0p@ Dq@ q q q@ $q Dq Dq q  q  q  q& q@ d q1 q- $q @  q` q@ $q` q q q,@ $q4@ q' q'@ $q' Dq9 Dq9 q'  q4@ $q?` q> q? | vIB5d4CommandsNEPTUNE is controlled partly by the mouse and partly by the keyboard. You can do threethings using the mouse:9Scroll the directory lists, as you do in the EDITOR;9Select individual files that you want to manipulate. The mouse button used forselection indicates the operation. Follow the directions provided in the SystemWindow;9Invoke commands by marking one of the command windows next to the SystemWindow;The keyboard is used only for confirmation of certain comands invoked by the mouse and fortext entry. When text entry is necessary, the System Window will prompt you.File Selection Select which files you wish to manipulate by pointing at them and specify which operation youwant to perform by the mouse button you press. The operations are deferred until you invokeStart which tells NEPTUNE to perform all the indicated commands. To select a file name, movethe cursor over the file name and press the mouse button. You may select a number ofadjacent files by holding down the mouse button and sweeping the cursor over the group ofnames.To cancel a selection, simply mark the file name a second time (use the same mouse button).To cancel all selections, mark Clear.When you are satisfied with your selections, start execution of the commands by markingStart. Messages in the System Window will tell you what is happening. When the system isfinished, it will update the directory windows and the System Window will read Ready.You may select a maximum of 100 files before issuing the Start command. Operations areperformed in the order that they are selected. NEPTUNE may turn off part of the display while itis performing the operations. This is so that it can use the memory occupied by the displaybit map as buffers to speed up disk transfers.Changing the FilterInitially all the file names in a directory are displayed in that directory's window. You canchange this by specifying a file name pattern or filter to describe some subset of the file whichyou want displayed. *.* represents the default filter which matches all file names.To change a filter, position the cursor over the filter and click any mouse button. Backspaceuntil you have deleted the appropriate part of the filter. Type the new filter. You may include* in the filter to match any sequence of characters, just as in the EXECUTIVE. For example, ifyou wished to display all of your logs, your filter would be *.log. Press RETURN to invoke thenew filter. To change to another filter, select the filter, backspace and enter the new filter. Toreturn to the default filter, select the filter and press DEL.Displaying a FileNEPTUNE can display a file in much the same way as EXECUTIVE. To display a file, position thecursor over Type and press the left mouse button. A message will appear in the SystemWindow requesting you to select a file name. Position the cursor over the name of the fileyou wish to display and press the left mouse button. NEPTUNE will replace the two directoryXEROX DOCUMENT SYSTEMNEPTUNERevision 6/30/80 C br\s\]Yiqrq0WTwExq(rqQwExq >PGNKVwExq/IF=E IA>?=C.);vq rqD:9?8H7/4)02~sqvq/R?-vq5,HFvq)) vq'rq*&;$+!a5?[+Q?z-/ArqpKrq 9(f4rq : rq-rq vq,P,rqdrtqrtqrtrt6t ?dj5windows with a single window in which the first page of the file is shown. Other informationabout the file, including its length, serial number, creation date, etc. is displayed in the systemwindow. You cannot scroll the file window, but you can view successive pages by pressing the spacebar. When you reach the end of the file, or press DEL, NEPTUNE will restore its normal display(including any selections you made prior to invoking Type) and revert to the "ready" state. Note: NEPTUNE has facilities for handling other disks and directories. Most users won't haveoccasion to use these features. If you find that you have accidently entered a mode in whichyou are asked to choose a new disk drive or directory, press DEL to return to the "ready" statewith the previous selections intact.Exercise 1Deleting Files1.Enter NEPTUNE.2.Examine your Directory Status Window. How many files are listed on your directory? Howmany pages are on your directory?3.Move the cursor around until it has assumed all four forms.4.Select a file for deletion by placing the cursor over the file name and pressing the rightmouse button (the deletion command will not be invoked, so you may select any file).Note how that selection is designated in four ways:9The file name is highlighted.9The deletion is designated with an X in the column to the right of the file name.9The file selection is designated in the Directory Status Window next to "Files selected." 9The file selection is designated in the Directory Status Window next to "Delete."Cancel the selection by marking the file name again with the same mouse button.5.Select a group of files by holding down the right mouse button and sweeping the cursorover the group of file names. Note how these selections are designated. Cancel all theselections by marking Clear.6.Select a file which can be deleted. Mark Start. Watch the messages in the SystemWindow. When the System Window returns to "ready," note the changes in the DirectoryStatus Window. The number of files listed has decreased and the number of disk pageshas increased. XEROX DOCUMENT SYSTEMNEPTUNERevision 6/30/80 C br\qA[WYV_@T/rqrq SU +vq#LsqKxrq((IEHn9rqFJ=esX<8?A;?A7Qq4H4r1?q42X/,4;)4J X(k"-X' /$w"q"w"qQ!?w"qZw"qQ4O4E XkCX vq4$vq X>X?2X |?A ?Adrtqrtqrtrt6tR ?@d)6Exercise 2Displaying the contents of files:1.Enter NEPTUNE.2.Mark Type.3.Select a file that you wish to display. Note the document information in the systemwindow. 4.Directions for scrolling, paging and exiting are at the bottom of the window in bold type.Scrolling with the space bar will move the document forward only one line at a time.Press the space bar. Press any keyboard character to advance one page at a time.5.The display automatically exits when you page past the end of the document. If you wishto exit before the end of a document, press DEL. 6.If you have displayed a system file you have found that it mainly consists of symbols.Display a file which you created in EDITOR.Why display files?1.Before deleting or copying a file you may want to check and make sure that is the file thatyou think it is. Displaying a file does not disturb any selections that you have made inNEPTUNE. 2.When working in EDITOR you may inadvertantly give a file an illegal name or give it thesame name as another file. The EDITOR will accept these errors, but the other systemssuch as EXECUTIVE and NEPTUNE will not. These illegal file names will appear in EXECUTIVEand NEPTUNE as a series of digits preceeded by $x$. These files must be renamed in theEDITOR and the $x$ versions deleted in EXECUTIVE or NEPTUNE. If you enter NEPTUNE andsee a $x$ file at the beginning of your file listing, you can display the contents of the fileso that you know what file it is and can rename it in the EDITOR. You may simulate this problem by entering EDITOR and giving a file an illegal name. Forexample: Jones/memo would be an illegal name because symbols such as "/" cannot beused. Reenter NEPTUNE and note the $x$ file. Rename the file in EDITOR and delete the$x$ file in NEPTUNE.XEROX DOCUMENT SYSTEMNEPTUNERevision 6/30/80 C brJ\sX[h?A[?AVq S4rPq4vqM4GXLqIh4 7XH;XFLC4>XB<*rq?34TX=r:q74LX6_EX4rq14 rq&X0rq" X/3rqrq6rX-qrq=X,qrq"rqrqrqX+IX)9rqX&(rq$X%@ X$+ rq-rqX" rqh?A?Adrtqrtqrtrt6t" ?@d%7Exercise 3The Filter and the LogUsing the filter to view files with the same ending.Many files have a common ending that denotes the type of file. For example all PRESS filesend in .press, all logs end in .log and all font files end in .AL. Since files are listed inalphabetical order, those with the same endings may be scattered throughout a directory.There are times when you may want to group all those files together. To view all font files together:1.Select the filter by placing the cursor over it and pressing any mouse button. This willposition a caret at the end of the filter. Backspace until you have deleted the secondasterisk. Type the new ending (AL) and press RETURN. Only those files ending in .AL willbe listed. How many do you have?2.To print a hardcopy of these file names, mark Log. That action creates a file calledNeptune.log that lists all of your font files.3.Now you can print the log using either EMPRESS or the EDITOR: Using EMPRESS:9Quit NEPTUNE.9At the EXECUTIVE: TYPE: empress (sp) neptune.logPRESS: RETURNThis will give you an unformatted listing of your Laurel files printed in the system font. Ifyou wish to change the format, give the list a title or print in a different font, take thefollowing steps:9Enter the EDITOR9Read the file name into the EDITOR and mark Get9Edit, rename, format and print the document as you would any other document in theEDITOR.Using the filter to isolate files with the same beginning.Since NEPTUNE already lists files alphabetically it is unlikely that you would use the filter justfor viewing and selecting files with the same beginning. However a combination of the logfeature and the filter allows you to print files or create command files using portions of yourdirectory listing.This capability is useful only if you have followed some sort of naming convention that groupsfiles together with either a common beginning or a common ending.To print the names of the files which control LAUREL:1.Select the filter. Backspace until you have deleted the entire filter. Type the word "laurel"and press RETURN. Only those files relating to LAUREL will be listed. How many do youhave?XEROX DOCUMENT SYSTEMNEPTUNERevision 6/30/80 C brJ\sX[h?A[?AVqSy4Pp;rqO7#M ? LMAIDF;4&-XDD XCy$rq#XB?4,vq X= #:4(rqrqrX8*qrqX5w"qrqX34w"qr 0q.>rX+q4&X*b4$X)X&w"q rX$ w"qrq vX!w"q3 /rq5rqI %2RX@< ~/rqu4AXrqrq"Xdrtqrtqrtrt6t ?@dF82.Mark Log.3.Print the log using either EMPRESS or the EDITOR as described above.4.Reenter NEPTUNE and delete the document "Neptune.log."Exercise 4Copying and Renaming Files.Using a dual disk drive and NEPTUNE, files can be copied from a master disk on to anotherdisk and renamed in the process. The master disk, or DP0 is placed in the lower disk driveand the other disk, or DP1, is placed in the upper disk drive.1.Enter NEPTUNE.2.Notice that the right column reflects the information on the DP1 disk.3.Use the left mouse button to select files to be copied from DP0 to DP1 without a change ofname. Note how the selection is designated.4.Use the middle mouse button to select files to be copied from DP0 to DP1 with a changeof name. After selecting the file, a cursor will appear in the system window. Enter thenew file name and press RETURN. Note the designation in the Directory Status Window andin the file listing.5.To cancel a selection made with the left mouse button, select the file name again with thesame button. To cancel a copy/rename selection (middle mouse button), before enteringthe new file name, press DEL. To cancel the selection after renaming, click the mousebutton over both the new name and the original file name. To cancel all selections markClear.5.Mark Start to invoke the selected commands.XEROX DOCUMENT SYSTEMNEPTUNERevision 6/30/80 C br\q4vqY4rqrqrqV4rq'T*?ASW?AJE"sXC?AC?A@q=rq(