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Introduction: What is Owenshow
The Main Screen
Owenshow Won't Delete
OwenShow Scanning
Visited Directory Access
Running Programs
Using Directory-File Names
Handy Custom Clipboard Stuff
Linux and Windows
Fonts Often Work Even in Linux
Layout SaveRestore
Owenshow Might Run As Root
Irrational Hesitations
Help
When Help Won't Appear
Owenshow Data
The Best Way to Install OwenShow
The Three Main Panels
Changing File Field Sizes
Directory number
The Lower-Middle Tree List
Lower Right-Hand Visited Directories
The Etc Menu
Etc Clips
The Clips Section in OS.INI
Etc Fix Tree-Files to Local
Etc Clipboard File Names
Copy File Names to File
Etc Update Edir File Data File
Edir Sorting
Etc Unsort Files
Etc Edit OS Init File
Etc Restart OwenShow
Etc Reconstruct Tree
Etc Tree Select
Etc Visited Directories
Etc Find File Directory
Etc Create Empty File
Etc Resize
Etc Font Fun
Tab Height Adjust
Tree Height Adjust
Abbreviated Main Menu
Header Line Scroll Fudge
debug fudge
Tiny Fonts for File-Tree in Windows
Tiny Fonts
Font Fun 17
Font Fun Reset
Etc Scan Timings
Etc Left Directory
Etc Dir Create Time in XP
Etc Numeric Atts in Linux
Etc Show Short Files Size
Etc Position Recalled
Etc Main Layout Recall
Etc Recall-Save Layout
RecallSave Restatement
New Versions and Saved Layouts
Built-in Keys and Mouse
Symbols
The Keys
Resizing Keys
The Copy-Move-Delete Form
File Copy and Paste in OwenShow
Home tilda
Drag and Drop
An Example: Copying a File in OwenShow
The Mark Menu
Skip Checkboxes
Cumulative Search
Cumulative Approximation
Slashes funny characters
The semicolon
Leading spaces are suppressed
Slash Exact in Files Panel
Stopping Cumulative Directory Search
The Find Tab
Flipping
File Sorting
Why is the File Screen Yellow
The Secret Sort
Stop sorting
The Scan Menu
Scan Levels button is Safest
Other
Directories Clip-Save
OwenShow Environment Variables
Environment Variables in Exec
OwenShow Pseudo Environment Variables
Borland Time Specifier Codes
Options: OS.INI
OwenShow can't actually cope with comments
OSEX.INI
Case Sensitive OS.INI in Linux Kylix
Ringers: All Section Names Are Global
Datadirize Pgmdirize: Directories
DWD
PWD
Environment Variable Substitution
EV
The OS Section
Special Section Names in OS.INI
LINUX
section
Clipboard Options
fullpath
trailingslash
short
quotes
data
cute
OwenShows Pitiful Macro Language
os instructions
OwenShow Macro Commands
notice key name
altu example
Miscellaneous Global Options
error clip
bewarned
pathpurge
logexec
helpexecute
helphtm
helpok
little files
edit ini
edit ini key
dir ext
resize rate
keepright
autodir
jcopy
jcopy file
insert
execute error
execute check
execute nil
layout main
delete destination
startup
alert
antiskid
antiskid time
stupid yes
disablenot
Global reread enable
Global reread
Global rereadwait
Global non modaldelay
execkey delay
linux time
linux timer
minutesversion
LinuxExecWait
numeric key
ext field
Edir Options
edir name
edir bak
edir tag
edir midtag
edir endtag
edir ext
edir see
edir exec
edir selectanyway
edir scan
edir skip chars
edir dot
edir seedot
edir skips
edir key
More Miscellaneous Options
debug
OwenShow drive
OwenShow code
OwenShow path
add path
add gates exec
gates sux
cumulative time
cumulative dir delay
mkdirsearch
keyabort
oslog
logclose
copy error stop
currentdir
name
drivelist
ontop
osystem
casesort
scantalk
sort
upsort
click upsort
resort
sortmax
scanmax
enabledelay
whichtree
treeifo
del dir
dont save ok
allowdelete
wreck
debugscan
scanlevels
spacebreak
ossize
getsizes anyway
formguard
osfonts
fontfun
show original fonts
fontfun17
scanlog
driveinfo
hintdelay
cumulativestop
control enter flip
halt
otherdir
dir fix
dir fix more
dir fix scroll
dir page
throttle wait
nop
dirmark
clickscan
checkspeed
checkmod
dontfixcheck
fixtoolong
visited delete level
zerotime
dont kill offsets
dbytes
rename star
inversionmessage
grafinfo
grafselect
tricky inhibit timer
update delay
dont uncolor
Key Configuration
key customizations may not work
Main Menu Shortcuts
copy
delete
move
create
rename
scan
describe
exec
execform
mark
etc
help
Other Keys
clips key
recall main layout
recall save layout
exact
literal
nextkey
markon
markoff
markall
unmarkall
markstars
unmarkstars
marktop
markbottom
flip
stuff
stufftop
gotodir
tree
fixfiles
sortname
sortext
sortsize
sortdate
sortnot
quickcopy
super quickcopy
cuteify
file rescan
skip section
bigvisit
Trees Section Global Variables
Global retry wait
Global alwayshome
Global xinfo
Global xinfo skip
Global xinfo big
Xinfo Color and Fonts
Trees Section
Default Tree Sections
Tree Section Entries
tree name
tree local
tree autodir
tree recycle
tree file
tree drive
tree otherdir
tree homedir
tree alwayshome
tree rootwarning
tree retry wait
tree xinfo
tree xinfo skip
tree xinfo big
tree exclude
Explicit Scan Ignores Exclude
The Execs Section: OwenShow Execution
execs exec
execs options
Old XOPs Style
execs xin
execs prompt
execs short
execs quotes
execs fullpath
execs argfile
execs modal
execs reread enable
execs reread
execs rereadwait
execs non modaldelay
execs key
execs args
execs select
execs marked
execs doubleclick
execs directory
execs invisible
execs log
Favorite Directories
Command-Line Options
Random OwenShow Topics
The Story of Throttling
Read-Only
Linux Permissions
Miscellaneous Files
splash
Linux Disappearing Windows
Fedora Core 3 KDE
Mandrake 10.1
Copied File Has Wrong Size
Windows 98 Environment Errors
Weird Linux Names
The Darkness of Alt-F6
Kylix Position Fix
dontfix kylix positions
kylixleft
kylixtop
kylixcount
Kylix vs. Windows Filedates
Where is OwenShow in Linux ps -All
Why OwenShow
BSD-Style License
note gleam