Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-15974427-20150701043756/@comment-15974427-20150729005011

SquareFingers wrote: I wrote a program 0FILES to help clear up the clutter of programs I have accumulated. The "View Gallery" built-in file browser has a 'page' of only 8 programs, and only gives the filename, no description. The "FILES" command shows 24 files at a time, but it is untidy, and you have to type the filename again to load it.

0FILES shows 24 files at a time. It shows a 23-character description beside each file name. It has a cursor which can scroll up or down the list by 1 line, or by 1 page. The touchscreen functions as a 'scroll bar', so you can jump directly to the bottom of the list, or one-third the way down. To run the program under the cursor, just press A. You can rearrange the order of the list, you can add or remove programs from the list, you can change the description of any file if you like, and you can even change the background and/or foreground colours of each line so you can highlight your personal favourites.

Some of my favourite features of this program are:  When you are asked to enter a filename of up to 8 characters, and a description of up to 23 characters - try typing more. You can't!! Well, you can if you know what you're doing. But, not unless you try. If you just put your head down and type "Here is a description with many characters", and then look on the screen, you will see "Here is a description w". It doesn't fill the width of the screen (32 characters), it just stops at 23 characters. And, I have made a template program 0F_ADD. This template, after the details are set, can be used to make a 1-QR code to be added to any Wiki page, and if the user scans and runs it, the program on that Wiki page will be added to the 0FILES list - without the user having to type the filename, or a description, or anything.

Why did I call it 0FILES? For all the people who love the number zero (zerophiles... get it?). I originally called it "FILES", because it was to replace the "FILES" command. But I put "0" at the front so that it would appear at or near the top of the "View Gallery", so you could run it right away from the gallery without having to search for it. This looks great! Thanks for the submission.

On a side note, my own submission is almost done. I hope more people will have their program done soon so we can have the list of programs to be as big as possible!