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            ³ ³          Version 3.0         ³
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            ³ ³     BlackStar Programming    ³
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            ³ ³      Copyright (C), 1990     ³
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IDIR 3.0 contains many new features over IDIR 2.0.

- Custom icons for any file. (Format of custom icons is given
  below.)
- Movement into other directories.
- Recognition of RAM drives.
- Six more extension types recognized for a total of 123.
- Two new permanent icons.
- Default attributes for searching.
- Recognition of current paths.
- Backward and forward scrolling through files.

IDIR 2.0 contained several differences from IDIR 1.0. It is more
appropriate to say it was vaguely related to IDIR 1.0.

- Increased icon size (40x40, four times as large as IDIR 1.0.)
- Extended file information on screen.
- Identifies five times as many extensions (117).
- Has twice as many icons (42).
- Has an improved user-interface.
- Needs only one copy of its configuration file located anywhere 
  in the system.
- Allows adjustment of background color.
- Pre-loads icons for faster display.
- Identifies media type.
- Can display an unlimited number of files (to available memory).

IDIR 3.0 supports custom icons. The format for these icons is as 
follows:

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              etc....

(Where each block represents one pixel.)

     Pixel zero is  the high nybble of byte zero. Pixel one is the
low nybble of byte zero. Pixel two is the high nybble of byte one,
etc. Every line is twenty bytes wide, and there are forty lines.
     All  pixels  represent a number from zero to fifteen which is
the number which represents the color the pixel is to be displayed
in.
     There are two special cases. Color eleven (11) is used  as  a
mask color... in other words, color eleven  becomes the background 
color when the icon is displayed.
     The second special case is pixel zero. This pixel tells  IDIR
what the icon is for. If pixel zero is a zero (0), then IDIR  will 
only test the icon against file extensions. If pixel zero is a fif-
teen (15) then the icon will only be tested against file names for 
an exact match. If pixel zero is anything else, then the icon will
be tested against both file names and file extensions.
     The icon files are named for the file name or extension  they 
are to be displayed for. Their extension must be "ICN",  and  they 
must be located in the data directory defined in IDIR.CFG.
     For example, a custom icon for the file  named  "MEMLIST.EXE" 
would be "MEMLIST.ICN".

NOTE: A custom icon will replace a permanent icon if you prefer to 
use a different icon over the defaults.

     A custom icon editor is available for free upon  registration
of IDIR 3.0. Registration costs $15.00, with an extra $5.00 charge 
for a 3.5" disk. Registration fees as well as any comments, should
be mailed to:
                        BlackStar Programming
                        2525 N. Booth
                        Milwaukee, WI 53212

IDIR 3.0 and all icons used therein are Copyright (C) 1990, 
                   BlackStar Programming.


       Author : Jeff Naujok
        Icons : Jeff Naujok
Documentation : Jeff Naujok