How to use the new command line ADF tool in 3.2

avongil · 27 January 2023, 21:16

Can somone post the help file for the CLI ADF tool in 3.2. My help is not working and I have no clue how to use it. It is very frustrating, the documents online point you to the help! I am trying to keep the system free of things I dont need.

I just need to write an ADF to a floppy on DF0

Thanks!

indigolemon · 27 January 2023, 21:44

I just double click an ADF in 3.2 and it mounts. I'd assume you can then use a boggo disk copy to make a real floppy?

That said, I keep ADFer around too as it's tiny and frankly just easier: http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/ADFer

AMIGASYSTEM · 27 January 2023, 21:48

Vangelo, if your Help does not work it may be that you have not installed all the files in the local folder, see screenshot, or you have modified something the Help icon, see screenshot.

To write an ADF to Floppy and easier and more convenient to use the excellent ADFer software, you can find it on aminet:

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/ADFer

avongil · 27 January 2023, 23:04

ADFer took care of business. Will install help now.

avongil · 27 January 2023, 23:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Vangelo, if your Help does not work it may be that you have not installed all the files in the local folder, see screenshot, or you have modified something the Help icon, see screenshot.

Thank you for the very pretty screen capture. Well, everything is the same as yours! When I list the dir in c:, i see iconx
When I run c:iconx from the cli - it does nothing.

I noted there was a help drawr in the sys:, so I took it and threw it in. I belive all the help files went where they needed to go , but no go. OR... perhaps I just messed it all up!

AMIGASYSTEM · 27 January 2023, 23:55

Verify that in the "System" folder, in addition to the Help icon, there is also the text file named "Help"

Verify that the Workbench.guide file is locally, in the language you are using.

Anyway, the "Workbench.guide" file you can run separately by loading it with Multiview !

indigolemon · 28 January 2023, 11:26

If help isn't working I have a memory of this being related to locale settings being wrong. From the FAQ:

Quote:

The Help subsystem is localizable, so if you switched your locale settings to another without installing or upgrading that new language from the AmigaOS Install3.2 disk, the system will not find it as it has not been installed.

So the solution is simple, if you switch to another language and the Help subsystem seems not to be available, just insert the Install3.2 disk and start the AmigaOS installation procedure and choose the "Update Languages" option, and select the language you are currently using and proceed. After this process ends and you restart your system, the Help subsystem in under this new language setting should be available.

Source - http://se.aminet.net/docs/help/AmigaOS_3.2-FAQ.txt

avongil · 29 January 2023, 07:05

Thank you all! My help is now fixed! I reinstalled locale from the install floppies and that took care of it.

27 January 2023, 21:16	#1
avongil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Easton Posts: 81	How to use the new command line ADF tool in 3.2 Can somone post the help file for the CLI ADF tool in 3.2. My help is not working and I have no clue how to use it. It is very frustrating, the documents online point you to the help! I am trying to keep the system free of things I dont need. I just need to write an ADF to a floppy on DF0 Thanks!

27 January 2023, 21:48	#3
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,248	Vangelo, if your Help does not work it may be that you have not installed all the files in the local folder, see screenshot, or you have modified something the Help icon, see screenshot. To write an ADF to Floppy and easier and more convenient to use the excellent ADFer software, you can find it on aminet: http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/ADFer Last edited by AMIGASYSTEM; 18 April 2023 at 22:20.

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27 January 2023, 21:44	#2
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	I just double click an ADF in 3.2 and it mounts. I'd assume you can then use a boggo disk copy to make a real floppy? That said, I keep ADFer around too as it's tiny and frankly just easier: http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/ADFer

27 January 2023, 23:04	#4
avongil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Easton Posts: 81	ADFer took care of business. Will install help now.

27 January 2023, 23:55	#6
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,248	Verify that in the "System" folder, in addition to the Help icon, there is also the text file named "Help" Verify that the Workbench.guide file is locally, in the language you are using. Anyway, the "Workbench.guide" file you can run separately by loading it with Multiview !

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avongil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Easton Posts: 81	Thank you all! My help is now fixed! I reinstalled locale from the install floppies and that took care of it.

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