Hints and FAQ.



[1]  How to save FAR properties

[2]  How to switch keyboard to national language

[3]  Why FAR does not accept Windows 95 clipboard pasting

[4]  How to make panels half-screen

[5]  How to switch panels time format to 12-hour

[6]  How to show seconds in file time

[7]  How to show all folders in uppercase

[8]  I want wide panel with 4 name columns

[9]  I want network names and disk labels in "Change drive" menu

[10] Why is screen output slow

[11] How to resume broken FTP transfer

[12] Is it secure enough to save FTP passwords in FTP list

[13] How to calculate folder size

[14] How to view SFX archive contents

[15] Why


<...> archiver does not work correctly

[16] How to move FAR settings to another computer

[17] Where can I find the latest FAR version

[18] Why FAR does not run again after executing some programs under NT





[1]  How to save FAR properties



     This is not problem for NT, but Windows 95 does not save console

 application properties. You can solve this problem by the following

 way: create batch file FAR.BAT and run FAR.EXE from it. Windows 95

 saves batch file properties, so it is most universal and easy way,

 but it reduces memory available for DOS applications by few Kb.

 To avoid it, you can later try to replace "FAR.BAT" with "FAR.EXE"

 in the "Cmd line" parameter of the FAR.BAT properties.





[2]  How to switch keyboard to national language



     Under Windows 95 it is performed in the same way as with DOS

applications, so your DOS keyboard driver must be loaded (a Windows

standard one, or any other).



     Switching languages under Windows NT is similar to other Windows

(not DOS!) applications and requires Windows support for desired

language to be installed.





[3]  Why FAR does not accept Windows 95 clipboard pasting



     If you wish to use Windows 95 Paste function within FAR,

uncheck the "Fast pasting" option in the FAR properties.

Do not forget that in most cases FAR can paste text itself,

using Shift-Ins key and copy using Ctrl-Ins or screen grabber (Alt-Ins).





[4]  How to make panels half-screen



     Use Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down to change panels height.





[5]  How to switch panels time format to 12-hour



     Select desired panel view mode using "File panel modes"

command from "Options" menu and increase width of time or

date and time columns by 1.





[6]  How to show seconds in file time



     Similar to the previous item, but width must be increased by 3.

Moreover, if you are using NTFS file system and wish to see milliseconds,

you can achieve it increasing time column width by 7. Of course, after

such operation may be necessary to correct other columns types

and widths to fit all information in screen.





[7]  How to show all folders in uppercase



     Select desired panel view mode using "File panel modes" command

from "Options" menu and select "Show folders in uppercase". Read online

help to get description of other options of this dialog.





[8]  I want wide panel with 4 name columns



     Use Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right when command line is empty to change

panels width proportions.



     "File panel modes" command from "Options" menu allows you to modify

or completely change view mode settings. For example, to create 4 file

name columns enter column types N,N,N,N and column widths 0,0,0,0.

All column types are described in the online help.





[9]  I want network names and disk labels in "Change drive" menu



     You can do it with Ctrl-2 and Ctrl-3. Ctrl-1 switches disk types

displaying, Ctrl-4 - file system, Ctrl-5 - total and free disk size,

Ctrl-6 - displaying of removable disks information, Ctrl-7 - displaying

plugin commands. Using Del in this dialog you can unmap network drives.





[10] Why is screen output slow



     Windows implementation of Win32 console applications screen

output is not too fast...





[11] How to resume broken FTP transfer



     Restart transfer and select "Resume" choice in the "File already

exists..." prompt. But this feature is correctly supported by only

a part of FTP servers.





[12] Is it secure enough to save FTP passwords in FTP list



     Definitely no! Passwords are stored in the registry and slightly

encrypted, but FAR sends them to server in plain text, so they

can be decrypted with local FTP server. Also passwords can be used

even without decrypting.



     Do not store your FTP passwords if somebody else has access

to your registry information. Enter them directly before connection.





[13] How to calculate folder size



     Press F3 on the folder name. If you need to get sizes

of several folders, select all of them before pressing F3.





[14] How to view SFX archive contents



     Press Ctrl-PgDn on the SFX name.





[15] Why


<...> archiver does not work correctly



     To process archives archive support plugin calls external tools.

Archiver commands, switches and behaviour may depend from archiver

version. Try to enable the "Do not hide archivers output" option

in the archive support plugin configuration dialog and look to archiver

error messages to identify invalid switches. You can edit archive

command lines using the "Archive support: command lines" item

of "Plugins configuration" menu. Read online help before editing to get

special variables description.



     Another problem is long file names support by archiver.

If you have choice you should use archiver version  which supports

long file names. For example, use console RAR for Win32 instead

of RAR for DOS.



     If your RAR version understands -r0 (release RAR/Win32 2.00)

replace "-r" with "-r0" for RAR "Add" and "Move" commands.





[16] How to move FAR settings to another computer



     Use SaveSettings.bat and RestoreSettings.bat files

from the distributive.





[17] Where can I find the latest FAR version



     Look into Far_Site.txt.





[18] Why FAR does not run again after executing some programs under NT



     Such problem really exists with programs, leaving TSR part

     in memory. To fix it add NTCMDPROMPT command to config.nt.