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- Welcome to Captain Blackbeard. We hope you will enjoy the high
- performance easy to use editor, Captain Blackbeard. In addition to Captain
- Blackbeard, your diskette contains several useful programs and files. The
- following is a brief description of these programs.
-
- CBMAN.BAT will generate an alphabetic listing of all Captain Blackbeard
- features in the file CB.DOC.
-
- SGMAN.EXE is the documentation generator. SGMAN.DOC explains how to use the
- generator to generate the Captain Blackbeard manual.
-
- BBF.EXE is the Blackbeard formatter distributed with Blackbeard. It provides a
- simple "dot command" style formatting program. BBF.DOC describes its use.
-
- .FNT are the various font files used in conjunction with BBF.
-
- CBFILES.EXE is a directory program that produces output for use with
- Captain Blackbeard's compile review processing.
-
- GREP.EXE is the standard grep program, except that it generates
- information so you can use it in Captain Blackbeard's compile/review windows.
-
- The current language files are for Ada, C and Fortran 77. Contributions are
- welcomed for these languages, or any other you may use, e.g., Pascal, BASIC.
-
- If you are an OEM, e.g., a compiler developer, we are very interested in having
- you include Blackbeard with your product. We are also interested in developing
- customized versions of Blackbeard to meet your specific product requirements.
- Please contact us so that we may mutually benefit from each other expertise.
- We are very flexible in our working arrangements, and understand the dynamic
- nature of the personal computer software market.
-
- Captain Blackbeard
-
- Captain Blackbeard (CB) is a self-contained program. The documentation is
- built into the program itself. The help and menu system provide complete
- information on all of Captain Blackbeard's functions.
-
- Alt-H calls up Captain Blackbeard's help system. Captain Blackbeard's help
- system is context sensitive and available for status line prompts and menu
- selections. The help system is hypertext style, allowing you to move quickly
- from topic to topic. The message line at the bottom lists the help function
- keys.
-
- Introductory help information topics are:
- Running Captain Blackbeard
- System Configuration
- Installation
- Menus
-
- The key to using Captain Blackbeard is the menu system. All of Captain
- Blackbeard's functions are available through the menu system. The Esc key
- will pop up the menus. The menu consists of grouped commands. Each menu
- contains a list of functions and corresponding key bindings. Help is
- available directly on the menu for each topic.
-
- Please note that Captain Blackbeard's Manual generator (CBMAN) is uses this
- help information and does not produce any additional information.
-
- Other topics of general interest are:
- Registration
- History
- Copyright & Redistribution Limitations
- Questions about Blackbeard
-
- To run Captain Blackbeard use:
-
- CB <filename>
-
- Captain Blackbeard will display the startup screen and ask you for a file to
- edit (if one is not present). For a list of files press just the enter.
-
- NOTE: CB with no filename and the save/restore option on will load the
- previously edited files.
-
- Alt-H will pop up help. Esc will pop up the main menu.
- Esc gets you out of both help and menus.
-
-
- To become a registered user of Captain Blackbeard:
-
- Send twenty-five (25) dollars to the following address. For your $25.00
- you will appease your conscience about using unregistered software, be
- placed on our mailing list, and receive the latest version of Captain
- Blackbeard. The file FORM.TXT can be used as an order form. To order,
- send a check to:
-
- J K Powers
- 4604 Trafalgar Lane
- Carlsbad, CA 92008
-
- We thank you for your support.
-
- Upgrades are available for $10.00 U.S.
-
- Notes on version 2.65
-
- New functions:
-
- Menu Color - Selects Menu Color.
-
- Error Color - Selects Error Color.
-
- Help Color - Selects Help Window Color.
-
- Help Reference Phrase Color - Select Help Reference Phrase Color. A
- reference phrase is a user-selectable word or phrase in the help window
- for which additional information is available.
-
- Help Active Reference Phrase Color - Select Active Help Reference Phrase
- Color. The active reference phrase is the reference phrase inside the
- help window that the cursor is position on.
-
- Help Topic Header Color - Select Help Topic Header Color. The topic
- header is the name of the topic that appears inside the help window at
- the start of each topic. Currently, the help topic header is never
- displayed.
-
- Define Linked Windows - Links the current window with other windows for
- simultaneous scrolling. Cursor movement is tracked in both windows and
- appropriate scrolling and movement is performed. The menu presented
- allows you to toggle on/off linked windows. For example, if the current
- window is window 5 and you toggle on window 6, then all cursor movements
- in window 5 are applied to window 6 as well. Note: window links are
- not bidrectional. The linked windows should be adjusted so that both
- are visible on the screen. The current implementation is SLOW!, but at
- times can be very helpful even though its performance is poor. If you
- want to speed up performance, put both files on a RAM Disk.
-
- Toggle Window Link - Toggle the window links on/off for the current
- window.
-
- Make Window - Creates a new editing window.
-
- Next Window - Move to the next window.
-
- Previous Window - Moves to the previous window.
-
- Set Bookmark - Sets a bookmark at the current line and column in the
- current file.
-
- Show Bookmarks - Displays a pop-up menu of the defined bookmark.
- Selecting a bookmark will reposition you at that location. Note:
- bookmarks are currently not saved across editing sessions.
-
- User defineable backup, save and log directories: See help for settings.
-
- Notes on version 2.50
-
- Tabs - The Tab Size setting defines how the tabs are interpreted. There
- are two settings that define the operation of the tab: Show Tab
- Character and Tab Compress/Expand. The following table defines their
- effect:
-
- Show Tab Tab Compress/Expand Action
- ON ON Tab key inserts spaces using the
- ruler defined tab stops. Spaces
- are compressed to tabs as lines
- Tab characters are displayed.
-
- OFF ON Tab key inserts spaces using the
- ruler defined tab stops. Spaces
- are compressed to tabs as lines
- Tab characters are expanded and
- not shown.
-
- OFF OFF Tab key inserts a tab character.
- cursor movement adjusts per the
- hard tab size.
-
-
- The Ruler lets you reset the soft tab stops. See the Word Processing
- menu. The ruler tab stops control how the tab and back tab react.
- Note: tabs are only inserted into the text as you are working on it
- when show tab character is off and tab compress/expand is off -- in this
- setting the ruler is ignored. When tab compress/expand is on tabs are
- never inserted into the text as you are woring on it. That is why a tab
- followed by a backspace does not delete a tab to the left, because one
- is not there. The tabs are only inserted (and removed) as the line is
- saved to the scratch area and eventually to disk. If tabs are messing
- you up, turn tab compress/expand off, you will then have a what you see
- is what you get editor.
-
- New functions:
-
- Insert Date
- Insert Time