PicoCalc_PCC

PicoCalc Commander (PCC) is a dual-pane file manager and launcher for PicoCalc written in MMBasic

Based on an improved version of menu.bas from https://github.com/huntergdavis/picocalc

Requirements

PCC requires MMBasic for PicoCalc version 6.00.02 or later

Description

pcc.bas - PicoCalc Commander allows you to browse the SD Card and built-in flash drive of the Picocalc, and has the following features:

• Dual-pane browsing
• Select A: or B: drive
• Copy, move, delete files (one at a time)
• Will check for free space before moving or copying
• Will warn when overwriting
• Rename files
• Create directories
• Color-coded files: files with a color code can be launched or viewed (grey files cannot):
  • Text files (white) can be viewed
  • BASIC files (salmon) can be launched
  • WAV files (blue) can be played
  • JPEG and BMP pictures (cyan) can be viewed
  • Directories (green) can be opened
• When re-starting PCC after having used it to launch a BASIC program, or after quitting PCC using "Q", it will remember its last state (the directories and file selections in its panes) - this function is based on SAVE/LOAD CONTEXT, and uses 159KB on A: drive
• Toggle file info on the status line (displays size, modified date, and free space available on the selected drive)

Usage

• Launch with: run "pcc"
• It is recommended to configure a function key to launch PCC more conveniently. For example, to use F6 to start PCC, here is the configuration line you should use (provided you copied pcc.bas to the A: drive):
  • OPTION F6 "*"+chr$(34)+"a:pcc"+chr$(34)+chr$(13)
• There is a built-in help (press "H") that lists all the available functions
• Usable keys are as follows:
  • left, right arrows, tab: select pane
  • up, down arrows: select file or directory
  • A, B: select A: or B: drive
  • Enter: open directory, launch or view file
  • Esc, backspace: parent directory
  • C: Copy file
  • M: Move file (implemented as copy and delete)
  • D: Delete file or directory (if empty)
  • K: create directory
  • R: rename file
  • I: toggle file info line
  • Q: quit
  • H: help

Bugs, limitations

• PCC is limited to 100 files per directory, and a maximum of 32 nested directories
• Only one file can be copied, moved or deleted at a time (no select function)
• Directories cannot be moved or copied, and can only be deleted when empty
• Sometimes, the first time PCC checks for the available free space on a drive (when using file info function, or when PCC checks for free space before copying or moving) it can take a really long time (10 seconds or so) and the program will be unresponsive. I am trying to figure out why that is.

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