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- EASY-WRITE v. 1.0
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- This is a simple editor donated to the public domain.
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- I have included the following files :
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- + - EW.COM ( the compiled version of easy-write ) +
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- + - EW.DOC ( this documentation file ) +
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- You should format a new diskette with the format/s command
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- and copy these three files on it. There will be enough room
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- on the diskette to hold your documents. However, if you want
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- easy-write to load and/or save from/to another drive, simply
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- comment out lines 244 and 328 in the source code and recompile
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- with Turbo Pascal.
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- Editing commands :
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- Easy-write implements the following command set :
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- - left arrow - right arrow
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- - up arrow - down arrow
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- - Ins ( toggle between insert and overwrite modes )
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- - Del ( delete the character at the cursor position )
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- - Backspace ( delete character before cursor and move it one
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- - Ctrl-PgUp ( move cursor to the beginning of the file )
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- - Ctrl-PgDn ( move cursor to the end of the file )
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- - home ( move cursor to the beginning of the line )
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- - end ( move cursor to the end of the line )
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- - Ctrl-L ( delete the line at the cursor position )
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- - Ctrl-N ( insert a line at the cursor position )
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- - Return ( go back to the beginning of the following line )
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- Printing :
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- When you choose the print option, you will be prompted for,
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- among other things, the top and bottom margins and also the
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- page length. For normal 8 1/2 x 11 paper, enter 6 for the
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- top and bottom margins, and 66 for the page length.
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- Limitations :
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- - Be aware of the fact that easy-write supports files with lines
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- of 80 characters maximum. Therefore, if you try to load a file
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- that has lines longer than 80 characters, they will be truncated.
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- - The maximum number of lines of the file is 2000. However, you
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- can easily change it in the source code, although it will slow
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- down some editing commands.
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- - Only two printers are installed, Star SG-10 and IBM ProPrinter.
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- But again, it should be easy for anybody who knows a little bit
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- of Pascal to modify this.
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- For owners of compatibles :
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- I experienced some problems running easy-write on a compa-
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- tible computer namely a "THE PC+ ". However, all problems
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- dissappeared when I switched it to a faster clock speed.
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- If the cursor is writing "P" and "H" when scrolling text
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- on your compatible, try a faster clock speed.
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- Feel free to send me comments, good or bad.
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- ________________________________________________
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- Guy Lachance
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- [71460,3407]
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- 12/87.
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