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- Turbo Vision Life v1.0
- by Ben Ziegler
- February 16, 1992
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- INTRODUCTION
-
- TVLife is a simple program that illustrates a few of Turbo Visions's
- features: 1) how to use the Idle event to execute background tasks,
- and 2) how to incorporate menus inside of Twindows. It is merely
- meant to be a demonstration program for Turbo Pascal v6.0
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-
- REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
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- IBM PC or 100% compatible
- DOS 2.0 or higher
-
- Highly Recommended: Microsoft compatible mouse
- 16 MHz or faster processor
-
-
- INSTRUCTIONS
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- To execute TVLIFE, simply type "TVLIFE" at the DOS prompt. You will
- be presented with a blank screen, a Menu Bar, and a Status Line. To
- access the Menu Bar, press the F10 key. To execute any of the commands
- on the Status Line, simply hit the required Hot Key.
-
- To get started quickly, press the following keys:
-
- F9 (This will open up a Life window)
- F5 (This will expand the window to fill the entire screen)
- Alt-S (This will start the Life window running)
-
- If desired, you may open as many Life windows as you want (within the
- limits of your machine's free memory.) To open more windows, press
- F9. After opening several windows, it may be desirable to Tile all
- windows; to tile the windows press Alt-W and then press "T".
-
- Below is a list of all commands available from the Menu Bar and
- Status Line:
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- Command Hot Key Explanation
- ------- ------- -----------------------------------------------
- Exit Alt-X Exit TVLife immediately
- Life F9 Open a Life window
- Close Alt-F3 Close a Life window
- HighRes Alt-H Enter High Res Video Mode (43/50 lines for VGA)
- LowRes Alt-L Enter Low Res Mode (25 Lines, default)
- Zoom F5 Zoom window to fill entire Desktop
- Next F6 Switch to next Life window
- Menu F10 Activate the Menu
- Tile Alt-W,T Tile all Life windows
- Cascade Alt-W,C Cascade all Life windows
-
- Note: For the Tile and Cascade commands, you must press two keys.
- For example, you must press Alt-W and then "C" to cascade.
-
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- Each Life window has its own Menu Bar. You may access the Menu Bar
- by pressing Alt-A. The Life window's Menu Bar offers the following
- commands:
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- Command Hot Key Explanation
- ------- ------- -----------------------------------------------
- Start Alt-S Start the Life window running
- Stop Alt-P Stop the Life window
- Clear Alt-C Clear the Life window
- Random Alt-R Randomize the Life window
- Close Alt-F3 Close the Life Window
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- The Random function is provided so that one may view new and interesting
- life patterns. The Clear function is used so that one may clear the
- board and enter one's own pattern (available to mouse users only).
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- FEATURES AVAILABLE TO MOUSE USERS
-
- If you have a Microsoft compatible mouse, then you may use additional
- features. First of all, the Menu Bar and Status Line commands can be
- accessed easily with mouse clicks. Life windows may be moved or resized
- using the mouse. To move a Life window, click on the top line of the
- window and drag it to its desired location, then release the mouse
- button. To resize the window, click on the resize icon (located on
- the lower right corner of the window), and click and drag the corner
- for the desired window size. The mouse may also be used to click on
- the close window icon (located on the upper left corner), or the zoom
- icon (located on the upper right corner).
-
- Most importantly, the mouse may be used to edit the patterns within
- the Life window. Clicking inside the life window will cause a "dot"
- to appear. If you click on top of an existing dot, the dot will be
- erased. This allows the user to create his/her own patterns.
-
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- QUESITIONS & COMMENTS
-
- Send any questions or comments to:
-
- Ben Ziegler Internet Email Address:
- 4010 Terrace Dr bpz4r@virginia.edu
- Annandale, VA 22003 (email valid until May 1992)
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