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- ║ Turbo Script Help File ║
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- ║ (c) By Kevin Menningen ║
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- NOTE::: It may be helpful to print this file out. This can be done by
- selecting the Print (F8) function and following the menus.
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- This is Turbo Script, a word processor developed originally by Kevin
- Menningen. This processor was initially developed on an 128k IBM PCjr, and
- for this reason, it may not work on 64k systems. The following keyboard
- functions and their applications are listed below:
-
- (These keystrokes are for the IBM PCjr. On the IBM PC, you never
- need to press 'Fn'. Ctrl designates pressing and holding down the
- Control key and pressing the key following the '-'.)
-
- Tab - Moves cursor to next tab position
- Shift Tab(BackTab) - Moves cursor to previous tab position
- Cursor Up, Down, Right, Left - Moves cursor to desired position
- Backspace - Deletes character to the left of cursor. If you are at
- column 1, and the line you are currently on can be added to
- the end of the line above, the two lines will be "Pasted". A
- low tone will sound to signal that you have "Pasted". This
- is exactly opposite to the "Cut" feature. See Enter below.
- Del - Deletes character under cursor
- Ins - Toggles Insert Mode on/off
- Fn/Home - Moves cursor to beginning of line
- Fn/End - Moves cursor to end of line
- Ctrl-Fn/Home - Erases memory and resets processor
- Ctrl-Fn/End - Erases from cursor to the end of the line
- Fn/PgUp - Pages to previous page
- Fn/PgDn - Pages to next page
- Ctrl-PgUp - Moves cursor to previous word
- Ctrl-PgDn - Moves cursor to next word
- Esc - Erases the current line
- Ctrl-Fn/PgUp - Moves to beginning of file
- Ctrl-Fn/PgDn - Moves to end of file
- Enter - Ends line and begins a new one. If you are in Insert Mode (when
- the cursor is big), the Enter key will insert a new line. If the
- cursor is in the middle of some text, that line will be "Cut", and
- the portion of text from the cursor position to the end of the
- line will be put on the new line. A high tone will sound to tell
- you that you have "Cut" the line. See Backspace above
-
- Alt-A - ASCII. This will allow you to enter any ASCII character into the
- word processor. The program will first ask you for the code number
- and then it will ask you for the number of times you want that
- code to be repeated. This allows you to send characters to the
- printer for special control codes or for making a border or
- design around your text.
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- Alt-O - Oops. This feature will allow you to "take back" any editing or
- changes you have made on a line. The Oops feature is limited to
- the line you are currently editing. If you move to any other line
- in any way, you will not be able to undo that line.
-
- Alt-M - Merge file. When this command is selected, you will be prompted
- just like Load File (F9, below). Assuming that the two files
- together have less than 500 lines, the file that you entered will
- be merged with the first work file AT THE CURSOR POSITION in your
- text.
-
- Alt-C - Center text. This will automatically center the current line
- in 80 columns.
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- Alt-S - Screen width. This sets the on-screen text width. The right
- margin is invisible, but a tone will sound when you are 8
- characters from the margin. Word wrap will, of course, work
- when you hit the right margin. Default is 79. Be careful, when
- you are using this, to use it from the very start. Results
- are not guaranteed if you change the screen width mid-editing.
-
- Alt-I - Italics. See below.
-
- Alt-B - Boldface. See below.
-
- Alt-G - Glossary. This feature allows you to put a large number of
- keystrokes onto one. You specify the string you want on the
- Alt-G key using Control-G (^G). Then, whenever you want to
- use that string, press Alt-G. For example:
- If you want a border that repeats '=-' over and over:
- Press Ctrl-G.
- Enter '=-'
- Press Alt-G repeatedly until border is of desired length.
-
- The following list describes the usage of the ten function keys:
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- F1 - Help. Displays a list of all the commands and editing keywords
- that apply to the processor.
-
- F2 - Search / Replace. Allows you to search and/or replace any string
- embedded within the text. It is menu driven, and basically self-
- explanatory. It should be noted, though, that pressing Esc at any
- time during this function will end the search or replace session.
-
- F3 - Tab Menu. Allows you to set, clear or purge (Clear all tabs) the
- tab settings. If you choose set, a tab will be set at the position
- of the cursor at the time you pressed F3. If you choose clear, the
- tab position(if any) at the cursor when you pressed F3 will be
- cleared. Purge will clear all tab stops.
-
- F4 - Clock. This feature sets the clock in the upper left hand corner
- of the screen. If you have a clock/calendar board, this will be
- an uneccessary feature, as it reads the time from DOS. It was
- originally a feature that automatically inserts a 'Title' signal
- on the current line. See embedded commands below.
-
- F5 - DOS menu. Allows you to print a directory of the disk, delete files,
- rename files, copy files, and exit to DOS.
-
- F6 - InsLine. Just like its Turbo counterpart, this will insert a single
- line at the cursor position. All the lines below it on the screen
- will be scrolled downward.
-
- F7 - DelLine. Like its Turbo counterpart, too, this will delete the line
- at the cursor position. All the lines below that line will be
- scrolled up on line.
-
- F8 - Print. Prints the current file on the LST: device. Is menu driven
- and you may set the top, left and right margins. Any command code
- that does not work on your printer you may delete or change to your
- needs.
-
- F9 - Load. Loads the file under the name given. The name is entered by
- a unique subroutine that works in a way different from normal input.
- It gives you eight dashes, a period, and three more dashes. When
- you press any key, the character that was entered fills one of the
- dashes, in succession. If you press the space bar, the cursor is
- moved to the beginning of the extension part, and all spaces between
- are deleted. If you press enter without specifying an extension, a
- default extension of '.FIL' is added. Avoid using an '-' within
- your filename, as it tells the subroutine to delete spaces in your
- filename. Current memory is then erased and replaced by the file.
- At ANY time when you enter the file name to load, if you press the
- '?', a directory window will pop up and give you the disk directory.
- This is the same at any time when you type in the name of a file
- with Load, Save, DOS Menu or Merge. The proper window will be
- moved to one side so that you can see the directory and type the
- name of the file in at the same time.
-
- F10 - Save. Saves the current file under the name given. The name is
- entered by the same method as Load.
-
- A few words on Turbo Script. This processor has a maximum capacity of
- 500 lines of text. Do not exceed this, or the system will probably crash.
- This shouldn't be difficult, since 500 lines of text translates to 40,000
- bytes of memory that is free. There are also some embedded text commands
- that you may find useful. These commands and their meanings follow:
-
- 'Title' - This feature is a quick shortcut for putting the printer
- into double width, double strike (title) mode. It is envoked
- when this word is the only word on the line, starting in the first
- column and typed exactly as shown. You will be prompted for the
- title you wish to print.
-
- '\' - Starts or stops underlining. This or any other symbol does not
- take up any space on the printed line, so that you can underline
- portions of words.
-
- '~' - Starts superscript mode. All numbers following immediately after
- this symbol are printed in a superscript mode.
-
- '|' - Starts subscript mode. Same as superscript, except that all
- numbers following the symbol are printed in subscript mode.
-
- Alt-I - Starts italic printing. Works just like other commands. The first
- press starts italic, the next one stops. To provide tangible
- evidence that you did press Alt-I, a '√' will be printed at the
- location where started italic mode and a '√' will be printed where
- italic mode was ended.
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- Alt-B - Starts boldface printing. Just like italic printing except the
- symbol that will be printed is a '■' to start printing and a '■' to
- stop printing in boldface. Of course, this will not work if you
- select the Boldface option on the Print Menu (F8).
-
- Examples:
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- This word will be \underlined\.
- The number '2' will be superscripted~2.
- The number '125' will be subscripted~125.
- This word will be printed in √italic√.
- This word will be printed in ■boldface■.
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- Special thanks to Tim Conner for contributions to this program. If you
- have any questions or problems, please leave a message on this 24 hour
- board.
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- Exec-PC 414-964-5160 - send E-Mail to: Kevin Menningen
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- Write to: Kevin Menningen
- 2051 S. 95th Street
- West Allis, WI 53227
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