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- \ F-PCADJ.TXT Adjustments you can make to F-PC
-
- While F-PC may seem like a nebulous glob of stuff, some things about
- it can be adjusted fairly simply. The install process for example
- allows you to tell F-PC where its source file will be located, whether
- you want to have backup copies made of your edited files, and what you
- want to call your installed version of F-PC. There are however a
- number of other things you might like to adjust to your personal way of
- doing things, here is a list:
-
- The status line display may be turned on/off.
-
- STATON Enable status line display at top of screen.
- STATOFF Disable status line display.
-
- The decompile display during debugging may be turned of/off.
-
- SRCON Source display enabled during debug.
- SRCOFF Source display disabled during debug.
-
- The default file extension for the system and the file specification
- string for the popup window file selector may be changed.
-
- DEFEXT Default file extension string counted.
- HIDDEN DIRSPEC$ Directory specification for popup
- window.
-
- The number of dictionary threads can be set to any binary multiple
- of 2 in the range 2 to 128.
-
- The constant #TTHREADS in META86.SEQ control the
- created kernels number of threads.
-
- The format of date printing can be adjusted to one of the three
- supported formats, or you can add your own.
-
- M/D/Y Month/Day/Year (default format)
- Y-M-D Year-Month-Day
- D.M.Y Day.Month.Year
-
- You can manually turn editor backups on or off without going
- through the install process.
-
- BACKUPOFF Disables the editor from making backup files.
- NOBACKUP Same.
- BACKUPON Enables the keeping of editor backup files.
-
- Screen display output can be switched between DOS and Direct Video
- output for all screen text display.
-
- FAST Direct video screen write for all displayed
- text.
- SLOW Use DOS for all screen display.
-
- F-PC defaults to automatically entering the editor when an error
- is encountered during a file load. You can control this with the
- following words.
-
- AUTOEDITON Automatically enter editor on load error.
- AUTOEDITOFF Don't enter editor on load error.
-
- The changes you make to a file while editing will automatically be
- saved after 10 minutes if you just get up and walk away from the
- keyboard. This editor automatic save feature is normally enabled
- and is controlled by three words:
-
- AUTOSAVEON Enable automatic edit saves.
- AUTOSAVEOFF Disable automatic edit saves.
- AUTOSAVE-MINUTES
- A VALUE which contains 10 for 10 minutes,
- but which can be user adjusted.
-
- If you are using a CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) type of video
- display board, you will probably want to use BLANKON to reduce the
- amount of snow or sparkle on your screen. This word causes the
- screen to be blanked while text is being written to the display to
- reduce this effect. These words have no effect on monocrome
- display adapters. Use BLANKOFF for an EGA or VGA adapter.
-
- BLANKON Enable screen blanking during text output.
- BLANKOFF Disable screen blanking during text output.
-
- Most green or amber monocrome monitors display light characters
- on a dark background. If you have a color monitor or true white
- on black minitor you may want to reverse forground and
- background, giving a page white look with dark characters on a
- white background. I have found this to be more comfortable for
- my own use. You might also try the BLACK-ON-WHITE mode with an
- Liquid Crystal or Florescent display.
-
- WHITE-ON-BLACK Normal, light chars on dark background.
- BLACK-ON-WHITE Invert the screen to dark on light.
-
- The number of screen F-PC will save on its screen stack if
- adjustable within the range 1 to 8. SVSIZE bytes (~4000) are
- allocated for each screen stacked. F-PC needs SVMAX to be at least
- three (3) for all of the existing utilities to function properly.
- SVMAX is a "VALUE" that can be changed with "=:". You will only
- need to do this if you write a program that needs to stack screens
- more than the default number of screens deep.
-
- 5 =: SVMAX \ increase number of buffers to 5
- FSAVE F <enter> \ resave the system
- BYE \ leave after changing and saving
- F <enter> \ now the screen stack is 5 deep.
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