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#PAR.EXE comments

    17-Dec-94 13:29:47
Sb: #PAR.EXE comments
Fm: John K. Jordan 71174,711
To: Brick Eksten 74041,2043
Hello Brick! Been using the PAR a lot lately (1.30b) and have a few small comments. 1) Not a big problem, but one for the Could-Be-Tweaked list. When restarting the PAR.EXE, the directory name at the top of the file box is not correct in the following example: (My PAR directory is D:\UTILS\DPS_PAR) -Start PAR.EXE -Access files on C:\JKJ\WORK\TRANS -Exit PAR -Restart PAR.EXE -The directory in the file box header is C:\JKJ\WORK\TRANS The files within the box, however, are those of D:\UTILS\DPS_PAR -Switching to any other DIR fixes the header 2) A suggestion for an enhancement. Efficiency of use would be much improved with a small change: When deleting an animation, place the highlight on the file following the one just deleted, rather than move the highlight to the top of the file list. This would save a bunch of rescrolling down a long file list when working within a project. 3) Wishlist item. Although I appreciate the non-destructive JOIN, my personal wishlist includes a destructive join option, perhaps implemented by way of a check-box in the join dialog. I usually work by creating a bunch of small sequences (often single frames), JOIN them in a sequence, then delete all the components. A destructive JOIN would save a bunch of renaming/deletion. JKJ PS: Great gizmo! The PAR has greatly improved the way I can work.