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***************************************************************************** * * * Text Plus V2.2E (c) Copyright 1990 by Martin Steppler * * * * Text Plus V2.2E is SHAREWARE. It is freely distributable, although all * * rights remain with the author. If you like Text Plus and use it regu- * * larly, you should send me a donation ($15). This will make you get * * the latest update. * * Advice for all PD-distributors: * * Text Plus V2.2E must not be added to a PD-library without my consent. * * The price must not exceed the costs of disk, package and mailing. * * * * Please send bug-reports, suggestions, comments, and MONEY (!!!) to: * * * * Martin Steppler Roermonder Str. 112a * * Dr.-Danzebrink-Str. 11 D-5100 Aachen, FRG * * D-6400 Fulda, Fed. Rep. of Germany (I study in Aachen) * * * ***************************************************************************** CREDITS First I want to thank JUSTIN V. McCORMICK, whose FileRequester (Fish #245) I've implemented. He wrote the best and most comfortable filerequester, I've seen so far. Thanks JUSTIN! CONTENTS 0 CHANGES I INSTALLATION Descrption of menus and their items: II PROJECT III EDIT IV PREFS V STYLE VI FIND VII KEYMAP AND SHORTCUTS 0) CHANGES V2.2E 06.08.1990 - The old file-requester has been replaced by Justin's PATHMASTER. - The block-opearations mark, copy, delete, and delete mark can now directly be executed with the mouse. (--> III) - The keymap has almost entirely changed. Now you can delete single words, or skip them, move blocks to the left or right etc... - Iconfy - Backup-mode for saving files from overwriting them. - Some new gadgets. Just have a look at the right border! Wow, 8-) - Smaller enhancements (e.g. the main window now starts 1 pixel lower than before. So you can easily switch back to the WB-screen.) - TextPlus creates an own process. You no longer need to type 'run TextPlus' to start it the background. V2.1E 01.05.1990 - TP opens an own screen. - A mouse-click now positions the cursor. - Blocks are now formatted correctly. (When encountering spaces while formatting TP doens't get confused anymore.) - 2 bugs of the load-loop have been eliminated - Command sequence in letters are no longer handled as regular characters. - The suffix ".txp" needn't to be typed anymore, in order to load a letter correctly. - Busy-wait-loop deleted. (How did it get in my program 8-( ?) I) INSTALLATION Text Plus V2.2E (from now on refered to as TP) can be run from both, Workbench and CLI. USAGE: TextPlus2.2E [-i] [filename] If the i-flag is set, TP only opens an iconized window. If you also type a filename, the file will not be loaded until you activate TP by pressing the MENU BUTTON. Without the i- flag set TP will load the respective file or nothing, if nothing was specified. After a succesful start, TP tries to load its configuration- file 'TxP. Config', and if TP fails to find it in the current directory, TP will search for it in the 's:'- directory. The configuration-file enables the user to create a personal environment according to his own requirements, i.e. to set the text-width, page-length, tabulators etc. TxP.Config is an ASCII- file, which can be changed very easily. This is why I think the remarks in TxP.Config fully suffice for understanding, how to change the settings. Anyway, TP runs without TxP.Config, too. II) PROJECT 1) LOAD After clicking on this menu-point a filerequester pops up, the current function of which - here: 'Load file' - is displayed in the window-title-bar. The selector is completely dynamic and asynchronous; you may change directories, select files, scroll the file list, etc., while the selector is scanning a directory. The three Sort Gadgets (Alpha, Size, and Date) work like switches. For instance, if you click on the "Alpha" Sort Gadget, the gadget will remain highlighted ("On") when you release the mouse button. The File Selector will now alphabetize directories automatically until you turn the Sort Gadget "off" by clicking it again, or click on a differnt Sort Gadget. Clicking the Menu Button activates the FILE or PATH String Gadget, allowing you to type in a new file or pathname without having to click inside of the string gadgets first. Also, some keyboard shortcuts are available: ESCAPE - Same as clicking on the "Cancel!" gadget. Cursor-Up - Same as clicking on the Up Arrow gadget. Cursor-Down - Same as clicking on the Down Arrow gadget. Shift-RETURN - Toggle between FILE and PATH gadget. Note that if the PATH, FILE, or PATTERN String Gadgets are in use, the keyboard shortcuts are disabled. The selector has a software path length limit of 344 characters. You will receive a warning message in the titlebar if you try to exceed this limit. After a file has been chosen as described above, TP loads either an ASCII- file (letter-mode switched off) or a letter (letter-mode switched on; suffix '.txp'). 2) APPEND FILE A file will be appended to the end of the already existing file. 3) DELETE FILE The file will be deleted in memory. 4) SAVE The file is saved with its current name depending on the letter-mode either in letter-format or as an ASCII-file. The filerequester won't pop up. 5) SAVE AS ... After a filename has been chosen, it is saved depending on the letter-mode either in letter-format or as an ASCII-file. 6) SAVE & QUIT The file is saved with its current name and then TP quits. 7) PRINT A requester appears, in which you can choose one of four print-modes (NLQ, Pica, Elite or Condensed) and set the pages to be printed, left and right margin, and the paper- length. Furthermore you can switch on/off the page- numbering-mode (at the end of every page its number is printed) and the line-numbering-mode. At the beginning of every page the user is asked, whether he wants to skip over the respective page, print it or abort. If an error occurs, you are requested, whether you want to try again or abort. 8) ICONIFY TP closes its window and its screen and opens up an iconized window on the Workbench. You will get back to the main program by pressing the MENU BUTTON while the window is activated. The coordinates of the iconify-window can be set in the config-file. Using iconify instead of dropping the screen to the background will free 42KB of memory. 9) HELP Show the keymap. 10) ABOUT Informations about the author. 11) QUIT Quit TP without saving changes. III) EDIT 1) MARK BLOCK The current position of the cursor determines the beginning and after another click on MARK BLOCK the end of the block. Now the block-mode is switched on, which can only be switched off by clicking on 'Delete Mark' or 'Delete Block'. 2) COPY BLOCK Insert previously defined block at the current position of the cursor. 3) DELETE BLOCK The marked block is deleted. 4) DELETE MARK The block-mode is switched off. Those four block-operations can be done very easily with the mouse: DOUBLECLICK Mark begin of block. If the mouse-pointer is in the first or in the last line TP will scroll respectively. Of course, you can use the prop gadget and the arrow gadgets, too. DOUBLECLICK Mark end of block. DOUBLECLICK Copy block DOUBLECLICK + SHIFT Delete block DOUBLECLICK + ALT Delete mark 5) LOAD BLOCK An previously selected file is inserted at the current position of the cursor. 6) SAVE BLOCK The marked block is saved on disk. 7) PRINT BLOCK The print-out takes place as described above -> PRINT. IV) PREFS 1) LENGTH OF PAGE The new page-length is set which must range from 10 to 72 lines. 2) WIDTH OF TEXT The width must range from 10 to 255. If a block has been marked, it will formatted according to the new width. 3) INSERT ON/OFF The insert-mode is either switched on or off. If switched on the 3 letters 'INS' above the ruler indicate it, and characters are inserted in the already existing text and don't overwrite the text. 4) LETTER ON/OFF The state of the letter-mode is displayed above the ruler (LETTER/ASCII). Every time when a file is loaded or saved the letter-mode determines whether an ASCII-file or a file in letter-format is loaded or saved. You can identify a file in letter-format by its suffix '.txp'. 5) AUTO-DIV ON/OFF Text Plus V2.2E was originally designed to be a German word- processor. Due to the occurrence of ultra-long words in German a function called Auto-Div which divides ultra-long words in accordance with German grammar has been provided in order to decrease the number of ultra-long gaps in the text. Auto-Div divides English words in accordance with German grammar, too. This is why you better keep it switched off. If there is someone who wants TP to divide English words according to English grammar then don't hesitate to send me first the share and then the rules of English grammar. If Auto-Div is switched on and if a block is marked and then formatted (left/right-aligned, centered, justification), words which are too long for the respective line are divided in order to avoid large gaps. Auto-Div is not perfect. This is why you should always check the division. Words divided by TP end with this dash '' and only this dash is accepted by TP in case of reformatting to indicate a division. 6) BACKUP ON/OFF If switched on TP checks the disk for the same filename you want to save. Providing the file exists the suffix '.bak' is added to this file in order to protect it from being overwritten. 7) GO TO ... After the string which is to be searched for has been entered, TP is searching for it at the beginning of every line and only finds the string if it starts in the first column. This routine is quite useful for C-programmers, because one can find modules, e.g. main() , very fast especially in long sourcecodes. 8) GO TO LINE X TP jumps to line x. This routine, too, is useful for programmers, because compilers tell the user the line in which an error has occurred. V) STYLE 1-4) NORMAL, UNDERLINE, BOLD, ITALIC The new style is set, and if a block has been marked, it is displayed in the new style. 5-8) LEFT ALIGNED, RIGHT ALIGNED, CENTERED, JUSTIFICATION The line in which the cursor is located is formatted according to the new alignment, or if a block has been marked, the block is formatted. VI) FIND 1-3) FIND, NEXT, PREVIOUS After the search-string has been entered and found it is displayed in the top line and the cursor is set to the beginning of the word. NEXT and PREVIOUS search for the next or previous occurrence of the already entered string. 4-6) REPLACE, NEXT, PREVIOUS After the search-string and the replace-string have been entered and the search was successful, the user is asked if he really wants to replace the found string. NEXT and PREVIOUS search for the next or previous occurrence of the search-string. VII) KEYMAP AND SHORTCUTS 1) KEYMAP CONTROL -b mark begin/end of block -c insert block at position of cursor -d delete mark -x delete block -q save and Quit -t display length and end of Text -n/-u/-o/-k style: Normal / Underline / bOld / italiK -e/-r/-a/-p insErt / letteR / Auto-div / backuP on/off SHIFT-DEL delete line SHIFT-CR insert last deleted line CTRL -BS/DEL delete begin / rest of line ALT -BS/DEL delete previous / next word SHIFT-BS delete spaces CTRL/ALT-TAB move line to the previous/next tab-stop or move block to the previous/next tab-stop CTRL -CRSR-LFT/RGT move block left/right SHIFT-CRSR-UP/DOWN jump to top/bottom of window or 18 lines up/down ALT -CRSR-UP/DOWN jump to begin/end of text CTRL -CRSR-UP/DOWN jump to begin of previous/next page SHIFT-CRSR-LFT/RGT jump to begin/end of line ALT -CRSR-LFT/RGT jump to previous/next word HELP show keymap ESC quit without saving changes 2) SHORTCUTS RIGHT AMIGA -g load file -a append file -d delete file in memory -w save -s save as ... -q save and quit -p print -y iconify -k load block -m save block -z print block -t page-length -w text-width -n style: normal -u underline -b bold -i italics -l alignment: left -e right -c centered -j justification -f find -1 "" next -2 "" previous -r replace -3 "" next -4 "" previous IS THIS THE END OF THE DOC-FILE! OH, YES! Keep on using Text Plus V2.2E, bye bye and tschuess 08.08.1990 Martin