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[0m[0 p [0;1mText Plus V3.0[0m A word-processor for the Amiga (c) copyright 1987-1991 by Martin Steppler [0;1mCONTENTS[0m [0;1m1. Introduction[0m a) What is TextPlus? .................................... 4 b) Acknowledgements ..................................... 4 [0;1m2. Installation[0m a) Installation ......................................... 5 b) Start ................................................ 6 [0;1m3. The configurations-files[0m a) TxP.Config ........................................... 6 i) hotkey qualifier and code ....................... 6 ii) function-key-mapping ............................ 7 iii) menu-entries of the extern-menu ................. 7 b) TxP.Printer .......................................... 7 i) linefeed-code ................................... 8 ii) footnotes-code .................................. 8 iii) color-codes ..................................... 8 iv) character-translation-chart ..................... 8 [0;1mDescription of menus and their items[0m [0;1m4. Project[0m a) Load ................................................. 9 b) Append File .......................................... 9 c) New window ........................................... 9 d) Load & new window .................................... 10 e) Load TxP.Config ...................................... 10 f) Load TxP.Printer ..................................... 10 g) Delete file .......................................... 10 h) Save ................................................. 10 i) Save as .............................................. 10 j) Save and quit ........................................ 10 k) Print ................................................ 10 i) NLQ, pica, elite, condensed .................... 10 ii) from and to page ............................... 10 iii) left and right margin .......................... 11 iv) paper-length ................................... 11 v) formfeed ....................................... 11 vi) proportional ................................... 11 vii) numbering of pages ............................. 11 viii) numbering of lines ............................. 11 ix) Par: / Prt: .................................... 11 x) color 1-4 on/off ............................... 11 xi) footnotes ...................................... 11 xii) serial letter .................................. 12 xiii) the print-out .................................. 12 l) Iconify .............................................. 13 m) Palette .............................................. 13 n) Help ................................................. 13 o) About ................................................ 13 p) Quit ................................................. 13 [0;1m5. Block[0m a) Block i) Mark ........................................... 13 ii) Copy ........................................... 13 iii) Move ........................................... 14 iv) Paste .......................................... 14 v) Delete ......................................... 14 vi) Load ........................................... 14 vii) Save ........................................... 14 viii) Print .......................................... 14 b) Delete mark .......................................... 14 c) Block <--> TP.tmp .................................... 14 d) Mark-mode ............................................ 14 [0;1m6. Prefs[0m a) Prefs i) Insert-mode ..................................... 14 ii) Letter-mode ..................................... 15 iii) Auto-Div-mode ................................... 15 iv) Backup-mode ..................................... 15 b) Text-width ........................................... 15 c) Left edge ............................................ 15 d) Indent block ......................................... 15 e) Page-length .......................................... 16 f) S-Mark ............................................... 16 g) Undo ................................................. 16 h) Go to ................................................ 16 i) Go to line x ......................................... 16 j) Interlace ............................................ 16 [0;1m7. Style[0m a) Style ................................................ 16 b) Justify .............................................. 16 c) Color ................................................ 16 [0;1m8. Find[0m a) Find (next / previous) ............................... 17 b) Replace (next / previous) ............................ 17 [0;1m9. Clock[0m a) Clock ................................................ 17 b) Date ................................................. 17 c) Auto-Save ............................................ 17 [0;1m10. The ARexx-Port of TextPlus [0m............................. 17 [0;1mAPPENDIX[0m [0;1mA Keymap [0m................................................... 19 [0;1mB Command-sequences of the printer.device [0m.................. 21 [0;1mREGISTER[0m [0;1m1. Introduction[0m [0;1ma) What is TextPLus?[0m Text Plus V3.0 is a word-processor for the Amiga and is shareware. If you like it and use it regularly, you should send me a donation ($30/£8/DM40). This will make you get the latest update without the nerve-racking requester. There are four versions of Text Plus V3.0: - Text Plus V3.0 German version without the nerve- racking requester - Text Plus V3.0N German version with t.n.n.r. - Text Plus V3.0E English version without t.n.n.r. - Text Plus V3.0EN English version with t.n.n.r. If you are already registered for Text Plus V2.x, you only need to send an update-fee ($15/£8/DM20) to get the update. The nerve-racking requester has been implemented in order to make it easier for you to decide whether to send the share or not. [0;1mTo all pd-distributors:[0m TextPlus with the nerve-racking requester may be distributed by everybody, without by none. The price shouldn't exceed a reasonable fee. Send your share, bug-reports, etc. to: Martin Steppler Roermonder Str. 112 a / Zimmer 69 W-5100 Aachen Fed. Rep. of Germany In case of urgent problems mail to: InterNet: steppler@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de Fido: Martin Steppler @ 2:242/7.12 [0;1mb) Acknowledgements[0m I would like to thank [0;1mColin Fox [0mand [0;1mBruce Dawson [0mfor the [0;1mreq.library [0mand [0;1mNico François [0mfor the [0;1mpowerpacker.[0m [0;1mlibrary[0m. They helped me to increase the user-friendliness of Text Plus. [0;1m2. Installation[0m [0;1ma) Installation[0m In order to make TextPlus (from now on refered to as TP) work correctly, you must copy following files to the respective directories: the program [0;1mTextPlus3.0E [0mto a dir of your shell's current [0;1mTextPlus3.0E.info [0m search-path, e.g. SYS: or C: the configuration-files [0;1mTxP.Config S:[0m [0;1mTxP.Printer S:[0m the clock- and the null-handler [0;1mTextPlus-Handler L:[0m [0;1mnull-handler L:[0m the requester- and the decrunch-Library [0;1mreq.library LIBS:[0m [0;1mpowerpacker.library LIBS:[0m additional files, not explicitly needed to run TP: printer.configuration for those, who want to use the printer.device [0;1mTxP.Printer.Prt S:[0m for the deletion of no-longer-used memory-resident libraries: [0;1mFlush C:[0m some macros with the suffix '.tpl', that show the use of the ARexx-port of TP: [0;1m*.tpl REXX:[0m finally there are the documentation and example-files: [0;1mTextPlus3.0E.doc[0m [0;1mTextPlus3.0E.doc.info[0m [0;1mTPE-ARexx.doc[0m [0;1mTPE-ARexx.doc.info[0m [0;1mExample.txp[0m [0;1mSerialletter.txp[0m [0;1mFootnotes.txp[0m If you want to use the 'Execute'-command, you must add following entry to the mountlist located in the DEVS:- directory. [0;1mNULL: Handler = L:null-handler[0m [0;1m Stacksize = 500[0m [0;1m Priority = 5[0m [0;1m GlobVec = 1[0m [0;1m#[0m Before starting TP you must type [0;1mmount NULL:[0m [0;1mb) Start[0m TP can be run from both, Workbench and CLI. USAGE: [0;1mTextPlus3.0E [-i] [file1] [file2] ... [file10][0m If the '-i'-switch is set, TP only opens iconified window(s) on the workbench. If not, a screen and all windows are opened. The first one will not be iconified. If you click into an iconified window for the first time, the respective file is loaded. [0;1m3. The configuration-files[0m [0;1ma) TxP.Config[0m 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. Nevertheless some complicated commands of TxP.Config are explained in the following: [0;1mi) hotkey qualifier and code[0m If you press the hotkeys, defined in the configura- tion-file, you will get back from the workbench to the TextPlus-screen. The hotkeys consist of a qualifier- key and a code-key. Default values are LEFT-RIGHT- AMIGA (c0) and Y (31). All values must be entered in HEX. Following values are possible: qualifier 01 left shift 02 right shift 04 caps lock 08 control 10 left alt 20 right alt 40 left amiga key 80 right amiga key Combinations are allowed: e.g. left + right amiga = 40 + 80 = C0. (HEX!) code 10 - 1A qwertzuiop[ 20 - 2A asdfghjkl;' 30 - 3A <yxcvbnm,.- 45 ESC 50 - 59 F1 - F10 Combinations are not allowed. [0;1mii) Function-key-mapping[0m Up to 20 function-keys can be mapped with commands. The mapping of commands follows the scheme 'key, command, argument'. Possible commands are the TP-ARexx-commands or the name of an ARexx-macro. The argument(s) will automatically be sent to either the command or the macro. If you are in the command-line (above the ruler), function-keys won't be executed, but displayed in the command-line. This is an easy way to make changes before executing a function-key. [0;1miii) Menu-entries of the extern-menu[0m The extern-menu might contain up to 15 items. An entry follows the scheme 'name of the menu-item in quotation-marks, command, argument'. See 3. a) ii) Function-key-mapping for the passing of commands and arguments. [0;1mb) TxP.Printer[0m TP enables the user to send self-defined sequences to the printer. These sequences are defined in the file TxP.Printer. Furthermore the character-translation-chart and the default-values of the print-requester are located in TxP.Printer. Before the invocation of the print-requester, TxP. Printer is loaded. First you have to decide whether you want send the data to be printed to prt: or par:. If you choose the printer.device, footnotes cannot be printed, because a linefeed of n/216 inch isn't supported. But you save yourself from changing TxP.Printer, due to the fact that the nescessary sequences are already entered in the file TxP.Printer.Prt. If you rename this file to TxP.Printer, you can start printing. If you choose the parallel.device, you can make use of the full range of print-modes your printer provides. In the file TxP.Printer you can find the values for an Epson-compatible printer. The comments in TxP.Printer should suffice to un- derstand, how to change the values. All codes must be entered in decimal, divided by a slash ('/'). Further explanation of more comlplex parts of TxP. Printer. [0;1mi) linefeed-code[0m Some printers advance the paper automatically if a carriage return is sent. In this case you must enter a '0' in the linefeed-code-line of TxP.Printer, other[0;1m[0m [0mwise the value mentioned in your printer-manual, nor mally 10. [0;1mii) footnotes-code[0m Here you can choose, how your footnotes will look like. Subscript and condensed yield to a good print- out. Furthermore a footnote-linefeed of 18/216 inch is recommended. [0;1miii) color-codes[0m Whenever TP encounters the start or the end of a color during the print-out, the respective color- command-sequence is sent to the printer. This is an easy way to control your printer according to your own wishes. [0;1miv) character translation chart[0m During the print-out TP checks every char if it is to be translated to one or more different chars. In many cases a char can only be printed correctly, if the international character set of your printer is changed before the printing of the char. After this you should switch back to the old character set. An example: You want to print the Spanish char '¿' (ASCII 191). Provided the American character set is switched on the entry in the character translation chart must look like this: char to be searched for: 191/ switch to Spanish character set: 27/82/7/ char to be sent: 93/ switch back to American char set: 27/82/0 The whole entry looks like this: 191/27/82/7/93/27/82/2 comment Your printer-manual should contain a list of international characters, which are to be sent instead of the ASCII codes. This was an example for an Epson-compatible printer, but the method of character-translation should be clear now. If you don't want to translate a character, e.g. '#' (ASCII 35), the entry looks like this: 35/35 comment Characters not appearing in the chart are not translated. Up to 43 characters can be translated in the moment. If you try to extend the chart, you will surely fail 8-). [0;1m4. Project[0m [0;1ma) Load[0m 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. After a file has been chosen, TP loads it and recognizes automatically if the file is a plain ASCII- file, if it contains ANSI-control-sequences or if it is a TextPlus-letter (Suffix: '.txp'). TextPlus-letters of older versions can be loaded, too. If you try to overwrite a modified file, a security- requester will pop up asking you to confirm your decision. The keymap equivalents of the OKAY and the STOP gadget of this and all other requesters are CR (OKAY) and Esc (STOP). [0;1mb) Append file[0m A file is appended to the end of the already existing file. If you want to insert a file at the cursor's current position, you've got to load a block. --> 5. a) vi) [0;1mc) New window[0m If sufficient memory is available, a new window is opened. The tabulators, the text-width etc. of the old window are used in the new one, too. TextPlus is able to handle up to 10 windows at the same time. [0;1md) Load and new window[0m The commands of item 4. a) and c) are carried out. [0;1me) Load TxP.Config[0m If you want to reset your window to the values defined in TxP.Config, you only have to choose this item. Furthermore this is an easy way to check just-made changes of the configuration-file. Only changes of the extern-menu-items are not recognized. [0;1mf) Load TxP.Printer[0m The contents of all gadgets and the state of all switches of the print-requester are reset to the values defined in TxP.Printer. [0;1mg) Delete file[0m The current file is deleted in memory. [0;1mh) Save[0m The current file is saved under its current filename. The letter-mode influences the form of saving. If it is set to ASCii, a plain ASCII-file without any control- sequence is saved, if it is set to ANSi, control- sequences for changes in style or color are saved with the file according to the ANSI-standard. Such files can be loaded by every ANSI-compatible editor or text-display program, e.g. 'MuchMore'. If the letter-mode is set to LETter, all definitions of the print-requester, the tabulators, the text-width etc. are saved, too. The suffix '.txp' is added to such files. [0;1mi) Save as ...[0m After a filename has been chosen, it is saved as described above (--> 4. h)). [0;1mj) Save and quit[0m The commands of item 4. h) and p) are carried out. [0;1mk) Print[0m The print-requester pops up. The printer-configura- tion-file is loaded, if the requester is invoked for the first time. The meanings of all gadgets and switches are: [0;1mi) NLQ, Pica, Elite, Condensed:[0m Set the print pitch. [0;1mii) from and to page:[0m The print-out will start at page 'from page' and stop after printing page 'to page'. [0;1miii) left and right margin:[0m Set the left and the right margin of the print-out. [0;1miv) paper-length[0m If the line spacing is set to 1/6 inch, the length of a normal sheet of paper is 72 lines. Furthermore a page-length of 60 lines is recommended (--> 6. e)). [0;1mv) formfeed:[0m If formfeed is switched on, the paper is advanced to the beginning of the next page after the last line of the previous page has been printed. 'Footnotes' and 'numbering of pages' demand 'formfeed' to be switched on. [0;1mvi) proportional:[0m Set the printer to proportional print. [0;1mvii) numbering of pages:[0m Every page is numbered automatically. [0;1mviii) numbering of lines:[0m Every line is numbered automatically. [0;1mix) Par: / Prt:[0m The data to be printed are sent to par: (parallel. device) or prt: (printer.device). [0;1mx) color 1 - 4 on/off:[0m Here you can enter the sequences, you want to be sent at the start and the end of a color. [0;1mxi) footnotes:[0m If footnotes are to be printed, the name of the file, which contains the footnotes, has to be provided. Before the print-out a further window is opened and the footnotes-file is loaded. A window is only opened if a window with the name of the footnotes-file does not already exist. A footnotes-file could look like this: >>> 1 <<< 1st footnote of the 1st page The text is up to the user. *** This is a footnote, too. abc This is the last footnote of the 1st page. >>> 2 <<< This is the only footnote of page 2. >>> 4 <<< Page 3 did not have any footnotes. 123 But the 4th page has got two. '>>> footnotes of a page. During the print-out footnotes are dominant, i.e. the lines of a page, which would intersect the footnotes, are not printed. If the paper-length is set to 72 lines, the line spacing to 1/6 inch, the footnote line spacing to 18/216 inch and the page-length to 60 lines, you can print 3 footnotes without any intersection. If you want to print 4, 5 or more footnotes, you should leave the 60th, 59th, ... line of the page empty. Two lines of footnotes correspond to one real line. Normally a footnote corresponds to an index set in the page above. It is left up to the user to set those indices. Printing footnotes is much easier than it seems to be at first sight. For better understanding take a look at the example-files. [0;1mxii) serial letter:[0m In coherence to the printing of footnotes a window is opened and the serial letter file is loaded before the print-out, if serial letters are to be printed. Again a window is only opened, if a window with the name of the serial letter file does not exist. The print-out of serial letters works this way: Whenever TP encounters this character '[33;41mS[0m' (--> 6. f)) [0mduring the print-out, the next line of the serial letter file is printed. After that the printing of the main file is continued. You can use this function to easily print letters, the only difference of which is for example the address. If after finishing a print-out TP has not reached the last line of the serial letter file, TP assumes, that another print-out should take place. If for example a file contains five [33;41mS[0m and the serial letter file is [0mlonger than five lines, TP carries on printing. It is the user's task to make the number of [33;41mS[0m correspond to the number of lines of the serial letter file. For better understanding see the example files. [0;1mxiii) the print-out:[0m After the print-requester has been left another one pops up, which asks you whether you want to skip or print the current page or print all pages. The last function is very useful for printing serial letters. In case of an error it is possible to print the current line again or to abort printing. If the data to be printed are sent to the printer.device, the directory devs:printers must contain the printer-handler selected in 'preferences'. [0;1ml) Iconify[0m The current window is iconified and opened on either the Workbench or the TextPlus-screen. The latter takes place if there is at least one uniconified window besides the current one left over on the TextPlus-screen. Closing down the TextPlus-screen is very useful for memory hungry multitaskers, because 42 KB of memory are returned to the system. Clicking the menu-button uniconifies the current window. If the TextPlus-screen is closed, you can also return to it by pressing the hotkey. Default values are Left + Right Amiga and Y (--> 2. a) i)). [0;1mm) Colors[0m Here you can change the colors of the TextPlus- screen. You can also set the default colors in the configuration-file. [0;1mn) Help[0m The keymap of TP is displayed. [0;1mo) About[0m Informations 'bout the guy, who started all the trouble. [0;1mp) Quit[0m The current window is closed and if this window was the last one to be open, TP quits. In order to make everybody believe that TP frees all allocated memory, I have included the utility [0;1mFlush[0m, which removes all unused memory resident libraries. Invoke it and you will see that TP did not steal any memory. [0;1m5. Block[0m [0;1ma) Block[0m [0;1mi) Mark[0m Depending on the mark-mode a block can be marked LINewise, WORdwise or BLocKwise. The marked characters are displayed in reversed colors. The state of the block-mode, which can be left by invoking 'Delete marks' or 'Delete block', is indicated by the word 'BLO' above the ruler. [0;1mii) Copy[0m Copy the marked block to the cursor's current position. You can also copy a block by doubleclicking the left mouse button. [0;1miii) Move[0m Move the marked block to the current position of the cursor. (mouse equivalent: ctrl-doubleclick) [0;1miv) Paste[0m Paste the marked block to the current position of the cursor. The difference between 'Copy' and 'Paste' is that 'Copy' inserts the block into the text and 'Paste' pastes over the text. [0;1mv) Delete block[0m The marked block is deleted. (shift-doubleclick) [0;1mvi) Load block[0m A normal file is inserted into the text at the current position of the cursor. The way the file is inserted depends on the mark-mode. [0;1mvii) Save block[0m The marked block is saved to disk. [0;1mviii) Print[0m The print-out takes place as described above (--> 4. k)). The 'from page' and 'to page' gadgets have no meaning. [0;1mb) Delete marks[0m Clear the block markers for the current window. (alt-doubleclick) [0;1mc) Block <--> TP.tmp[0m If a block is markekd it is saved as 'TP.tmp' to the directory defined in the configuration file (default: RAM:). If no block is marked TP.tmp is loaded and inserted into the text. This is an easy way to exchange blocks between windows. [0;1md) Mark-mode[0m Mark blocks WORdwise, LINewise or BLocKwise. [0;1m6. Prefs[0m [0;1ma) Prefs[0m [0;1mi) Insert-mode[0m The insert-mode is either switched on or off. If switched on it is indicated by the word 'INS' above the ruler. Characters are inserted in the already existing text and do not overwrite the text. [0;1mii) Letter-mode[0m Set letter-mode to LETter, ANSi or ASCii. Its only purpose is to determine how a file is to be saved. (--> 4. h) Save ). [0;1miii) Auto-div-mode[0m Text Plus 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 as indicator for a division in case of reformatting. [0;1miv) Backup-mode[0m 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. [0;1mb) Text-width[0m The width must range between 10 and 255. If a block has been marked, it is formatted according to the new width. The text-width is relative to the left edge. Reformatting requires the mark-mode to be set to LINewise. [0;1mc) Left edge[0m The left edge must range between 1 and 145. If a block has been marked, it is formatted according to the new left edge, provided the mark-mode is set to LINewise. [0;1md) Indent block[0m If a block is formatted, its first line is indented automatically by the number of columns entered into the 'Indent Block' gadget. (--> b) c); 7. b) Justify). This paragraph for example has been indented by 3 columns. The 'indent block' value must range between 0 and the half of the text-width. [0;1me) Page-length[0m The page-length must range within 10 and 255. [0;1mf) S-mark[0m The character '[33;41mS[0m' is inserted into the text. Its only purpose is to control the print-out of serial letters. (--> 4. k) xii)) [0;1mg) Undo[0m Undo the current line. [0;1mh) Go to ...[0m 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. [0;1mi) Go to line x[0m 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. [0;1mj) Interlace[0m Toggle interlaced/non-interlaced display. All windows except the current window are iconified. [0;1m7. Style[0m [0;1ma) Style[0m The new style is set, and if a block has been marked, it is displayed in the new style. [0;1mb) Justify[0m The current line is formatted according to the new alignment, or if a block has been marked, the block is formatted provided that the mark-mode is set to LINewise. [0;1mc) Color[0m The drawing colors are set to type 1, 2, 3, 4 or normal. If a block has been marked, it is displayed in the new colors. [0;1m8. Find[0m [0;1m a) Find (next/previous)[0m After the search pattern has been entered, TP starts to search for it at the cursor's current position. If TP finds the search pattern, the cursor is placed at the beginning of the respective word. [0;1mNext [0mand [0;1mPrev [0mcause TP to search for the next/previous occurrence of the search pattern. [0;1mb) Replace (next/previous)[0m If the search pattern is found, the user is asked whether he wants to replace it by the replace pattern or not. If 'Continuous' is switched on, TP continues replacing till the end of file. [0;1mNext [0mand [0;1mPrev [0mcause TP to find next/previous occur- rence of the search pattern and replace it by the replace pattern. The switches 'Continuous' and 'Casesensitive' can be set in the configuration-file. [0;1m9. Clock[0m [0;1ma) Clock[0m Change the clock display. (--> configuration-file) [0;1mb) Date[0m The current date is inserted into the text. [0;1mc) Auto-Save[0m Whenever the time interval elapses (0 to 60 minutes, 0 = OFF), the respective file is saved automatically under its current name. If Auto-Save is switched on, it is displayed above the ruler ('ASA'). Auto-Save might be switched on in every window using different time intervals. Both Auto-Save and the clock need the TextPlus-Handler in order to work properly. [0;1m10. The ARexx-port of TextPlus[0m ARexx is an implementation of the programming language Rexx and has been ported to the Amiga by Bill Hawes. ARexx distinguishes itself from other languages by its powerful command interface, i.e. ARexx programs can issue commands to external programs that provide a suitable command interface. Since V3.0 TextPlus has an ARexx-interface and provides 120 different commands, listed in the file TPE-ARexx.doc. The hostname of TP is 'TextPlus'. The rexxsys.library, part of the ARexx distribution packet, must be in the libs: directory, if you want to make use of the ARexx-port of TextPlus. By pressing 'Esc' you get into the command line. ARexx macros for TP may be invoked in two ways: - Implicitly, by specifying the name of a macro on TP's command line, followed by any arguments to be passed to the macro. The macro name must not be the same as an internal TP command. Note that the entire command string is passed to the ARexx interperter "as is", with the case of any arguments, special characters, etc. being preserved. - By hitting a function key or choosing a menu item of the 'Extern' menu. The implicit form of a macro command line, with any arguments, may be mapped to a key or a menu item. If a function key is pressed when in command line mode the command mapped to the function key is not executed but displayed in the command line. ARexx macros for TP should be given the filename extension '.tpl'. Furthermore they must reside in the current directory, or the directory 'rexx:' is assigned to. The current directory is searched first, followed by the "rexx:" directory. [0;1mAPPENDIX[0m [0;1mAPPENDIX A Keymap and shortcuts[0m CONTROL -b mark begin/end of Block -d Delete mark -f change mark-mode -c/p/m/x Copy/Paste/Move/delete block -j block <--> tp.tmp -a/e/k Auto-div/insErt/bacKup-mode on/off -r change letteR-mode -o indent the first line of the marked blOck -g Go to ... -l go to Line x -y set left edge -s set page length -t display length and end of Text -u Undo -z insert date -v auto-saVe -q save file and close window/quit -w new Window -n load file & New window 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 all spaces until reaching end of line ALT -TAB move line to next tab-stop or - if a block has been marked - move block to next tab- stop CTRL -TAB delete line to previous tab-stop or move block to previous tab-stop ESC toggle command-line-mode SHIFT-ALT-CRSR-U/D go to begin/end of the marked block SHIFT-CRSR-UP/DOWN jump one screen up/down ALT -CRSR-UP/DOWN jump to begin/end of file CTRL -CRSR-UP/DOWN jump to begin of the previous/next page SHIFT-ALT-CRSR-L/R jump to begin/end of line SHIFT-CRSR-LFT/RGT same, but won't stop at the end of the screen. ALT -CRSR-LFT/RGT jump to begin of the previous/next word CTRL -CRSR-LFT/RGT move block left/right RIGHT-AMIGA -g/a/d load/Append/Delete file -w/s save/Save as ... -x save & quit -p Print -y iconifY -q quit -k/m/z load/save/print block -t set text width -5 insert serial letter mark -n/u/b/i style: Normal/Underlined/Bold/ Italic -l/e/c/j justify Left/right, Center, Justi- fication -0/9/8/7/6 Color: normal/one/two/three/four -f/1/2 Find / next / previous -r/3/4 Replace / next / previous [0;1mAPPENDIX B command-sequences of the printer.device[0m For those who don't know the command-sequences of the printer.device, but want to print via prt: 27/99 reset 27/35/49 initialize 27/68 linefeed 27/69 carriage return, linefeed 27/77 reverse linefeed 27/91/48/109 normal char set 27/91/51/109 italics on 27/91/50/51/109 italics off 27/91/52/109 underline on 27/91/50/52/109 underline off 27/91/49/109 boldface on 27/91/50/50/109 boldface off 27/91/48/87 normal pitch 27/91/50/87 elite on 27/91/49/87 elite off 27/91/52/87 condensed fine on 27/91/51/87 condensed fine off 27/91/54/87 enlarged on 27/91/53/87 enlarged off 27/91/54/34/122 shadow print on 27/91/53/34/122 shadow print off 27/91/52/34/122 doublestrike on 27/91/51/34/122 doublestrike off 27/91/50/34/122 NLQ on 27/91/49/34/122 NLQ off 27/91/50/118 superscript on 27/91/49/118 superscript off 27/91/52/118 subscript on 27/91/51/118 subscript off 27/91/48/118 normalize the line 27/76 partial line up 27/75 partial line down 27/40/66 US char set 27/40/82 French c 27/40/75 German char set 27/40/65 English char set 27/40/69 Danish char set I 27/40/72 Swedih char set 27/40/89 Italian char set 27/40/90 Spanish char set 27/40/74 Japanese char set 27/40/54 Norwegian char set 27/40/67 Danish char set II 27/91/50/112 proportional print on 27/91/49/112 proportional print off 27/91/n/32/69 set spacing for proportional print 27/91/53/32/70 justify left 27/91/55/32/70 justify right 27/91/54/32/70 center 27/91/48/32/70 switch justification off 27/91/51/32/70 set spacing for justification 27/91/49/32/70 justification 27/91/48/122 1/8 inch spacing 27/91/49/122 1/6 inch spacing 27/91/n/116 paper length n lines 27/35/57 set left margin 27/35/48 set right margin 27/35/56 set top margin 27/35/50 set bottom margin 27/91/xx/59/yy/114 set top and bottom margin 27/91/xx/59/yy/115 set left and right margin 27/35/51 delete margins 27/72 set horizontal tabulator 27/74 set vertical tabulator 27/91/48/103 clear horizontal tabulator 27/91/51/103 clear all horizontal tabulators 27/91/49/103 clear vertical tabulator 27/91/52/103 clear all vertical tabulators 27/35/52 clear all tabulators 27/35/53 set tabulators [0;1mREGISTER[0m [0;1mA[0mbout ................................................... 13 [0m Acknowledgements ........................................ 4 [0mAppend .................................................. 9 ARexx ................................................... 17 Auto-Div-mode ........................................... 15 Auto-Save ............................................... 17 [0;1mB[0mackup-mode ............................................. 15 Block <--> TP.tmp ....................................... 14 Bold .................................................... 16 [0;1mC[0masesensitive ........................................... 17 Center .................................................. 16 Character translation chart[0m ............................. 8 [0mClock ................................................... 17 [0mColor-Codes ............................................. 8 Color 1-4 on/off ........................................ 11 Color ................................................... 16 Colors .................................................. 13 Command sequences of the printer.device ................. 21 [0mCondensed ............................................... 10 Continuous .............................................. 17 Copy, block ............................................. 13 [0;1mD[0mate .................................................... 17 Delete, block ........................................... 14 Delete, marks ........................................... 14 Delete, file ............................................ 10 [0;1mE[0mdge, left .............................................. 17 Elite ................................................... 10 Extern-menu ............................................. 7 [0;1mF[0mind .................................................... 1[0;1m7[0m Footnotes ............................................... 1[0;1m1[0m Footnotes-code .......................................... 8 Formfeed ................................................ 1[0;1m1[0m Function keys, mapping of ............................... 7 [0;1mG[0mo to ................................................... 16 Go to line x ............................................ 16 [0;1mH[0melp .................................................... 13 Hotkey qualifier and code ............................... 6 [0;1mI[0mconify ................................................. 13 Indent, block ........................................... 15 [0mInsert-mode ............................................. 14 Installation ............................................ 5 Interlace ............................................... 16 Italics ................................................. 16 [0;1mJ[0mustification ........................................... 16 Justify ................................................. 16 [0;1mK[0meymap .................................................. 19 [0;1mL[0meft, justify ........................................... 16 Letter-mode ............................................. 15 Linefeed-code ........................................... 8 Lines, numbering of ..................................... 11 [0mLoad TxP.Config ......................................... 10 Load TxP.Printer ........................................ 10 Load .................................................... 9 Load, block ............................................. 14 Load & new window ....................................... 10 [0;1mM[0margin, left and right .................................. 11 [0mMark, block ............................................. 13 Mark-mode ............................................... 14 [0mMove, block.............................................. 14 [0;1mN[0mLQ ..................................................... 10 Normal .................................................. 16 [0;1mP[0mage, from and to ....................................... 10 Page length ............................................. 16 Pages, numbering of ..................................... 11 [0mPaper length ............................................ 11 Par: / Prt: ............................................. 11 [0mPaste, block ............................................ 14 Pica .................................................... 10 Printer.device .......................................... 21 Print-out ............................................... 12 Print, block ............................................ 14 Print, file ............................................. 10 Proportional ............................................ 11 [0;1mQ[0muit .................................................... 13 [0;1mR[0meplace ................................................. 17 Right, justify .......................................... 17 [0;1mS[0m-mark .................................................. 16 Save, block ............................................. 14 Save, file .............................................. 10 Save as ................................................. 10 Save and quit ........................................... 10 Serial letters .......................................... 12 Start ................................................... 6 Style ................................................... 16 [0;1mT[0mext-width .............................................. 15 TxP.Config .............................................. 6 TxP.Printer ............................................. 7 [0;1mU[0mnderline ............................................... 16 Undo .................................................... 16 [0;1mW[0mhat is TextPlus? ....................................... 4 Window, new ............................................. 9 IS THIS THE END OF THE DOC-FILE! OH, YES! Aachen, 07.04.91 Martin [0m[1 p