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A SUMMARY OF CYCLOID COMMANDS
  (Read CYCLOID.DOC for a complete description of how to use these commands.)

D - Disk: sets number of gear teeth around disk
 Ctrl-D - Makes Disk negative to switch to an outside rotation

R - Ring: sets number of gear teeth around ring
 Ctrl-R - Chooses the number of lobes your design should have

P - Pen: places pen somewhere between the middle of disk and the edge
 Ctrl-P - Toggles Pen Block mode, draws with block shapes instead of a line

M - Move: places next design somewhere else, 3 methods of moving:
     Use arrow keys to move (+ and - change speed)
     Hit U,D,R, or L to move some distance up, down, left, or right
     Hit S to move to a specific spot, then enter coordinates (eg. 0,0)

S - Size: changes the design size, 3 options:
     Constant, all designs will be the same size (Default size is 1)
     Variable, changes in pen position will change the size naturally
     Nested, next design will fit in hole in middle of current design
 Ctrl-S - Toggles between Size Constant and Size Variable
 Alt-S - Performs a Size Nested command (saves one keystroke)

T - Turn: rotate next drawing a given number of degrees
 Ctrl-T - Resets design to begin drawing from beginning (normally it will
           continue where you left off)

O - Oval: gives oval designs, 2 options
     Ovalness, numbers less than 1 give vertical ovals,
      numbers greater than 1 give horizontal ovals
     Rotation, sets ovals at an angle
 Ctrl-O - Switches between horizontal and vertical ovals

H - Hue: sets the foreground color, background color, and options
     Multicolor, draws design in 2 or more colors
     Length, draws 2 or more line segments before switching colors when
      multicolor option is used
 F1 to F10 and Shift-F1 to Shift-F6 change the palette colors on EGA monitors
 Ctrl-H - (or BackSpace) Changes background on CGA, all screen colors on EGA
 Alt-H - Changes all screen colors except the background

F - Form: toggles between input by number of gears and input by degrees

A - Again: input a string of commands to be repeated
 Ctrl-A - run through the Again string of commands once
 Alt-A - run through the Again string of commands repeatedly

W - Wipe: paints the screen with a color or a pattern, options:
     Color, choose a solid color
     Pattern, choose one of 100 patterns
     Options, choose one of the following commands:
        View, look at any pattern without painting the screen
         (View 0 to see all 100 patterns, but this will erase screen)
        Edit, design your own tile patterns
          Consult CYCLOID.DOC on how to edit and save patterns
        Tile color, change the default colors of tile patterns
          Consult CYCLOID.DOC on changing the colors of your wipe patterns
        File number, if you have more than one file of 100 patterns on your
          disk, you can switch to a different file.  You may have up to 10
          different pattern files for each screen mode, called "PATTERN1.???"
          to "PATTERN0.???" (Replace ??? with appropriate extension).  The
          files must be created by copying an existing file before they can
          be used.
 Ctrl-W - Wipe again with the last used color or pattern

L - Load/Save: stores designs in memory or on disk (if you give a file
     name), 4 methods for restoring images:
      Restore, brings image back exactly as stored
      Negative, brings image back with colors reversed
      Icon, adds image to present screen in a way that can be subtracted
      Added, adds image to present screen
 Ctrl-L - Saves present screen in memory
 Alt-L - Loads screen presently in memory onto screen as an icon

E - Examples: draws sample images
 Alt-E - draws random images in random places and adds them together
 Ctrl-E - draws individual random images

B - Blank menu: erases menu until the next time you hit B

C - Clear screen: erases present screen image

G - Go: draws a design
 Ctrl-G - draws a single step of a design

Q - Quit: exits program after asking if you're sure
 Ctrl-Q - exits program immediately

V - Version: gives information about the program version
 Ctrl-V - draws CYCLOID logo

? - Tutorial: runs a tutorial demonstration of the various CYCLOID commands

J - Jointedness: makes drawings smoother by multiplying Disk and Ring by 1.25
 Ctrl-J - makes drawings less smooth by dividing Disk and Ring by 1.25

I - Initialize: Resets most variables to their default status
 Alt-I - Memorizes present variables as new initialization default
 Ctrl-I - Restores original initialization defaults

Z - Zilch: just wastes a second and makes some noise
 Ctrl-Z - turns sound on and off

X - XYZ plotting: When this command is enabled, (see CYCLOID.CFG) it creates a
   file in the current disk directory that is a 3-dimensional spirograph image
   of the last design you drew.  You must have ACROSPIN, or perhaps some other
   3-D wireframe art program to view these 3-D images.
 Alt-X - The same, but it creates a flat image file.
 Ctrl-X - Changes the 3-D parameter.

When inputting numbers
 ? means let the computer pick a random number
 @ means let the computer pick a random digit
 # in an Again command string, means pause for user input
 ^ in an Again command string, means next command is Ctrl-key command
 & in an Again command string, means next command is Alt-key command
 + means add this number to current setting (eg, +-5 subtracts 5 from default)
 * means multiply the current setting by this number
 / means divide current setting by this number
 [Return] without any input means accept the previous setting
 Esc means get me out of here
 Right arrow types one character of previous setting
 Down arrow types whole previous setting
 Left arrow backs up to insert or delete characters
 Backspace erases characters