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- PC-Write Version 2.4 Addenda December 26, 1984
-
- None of this information is vital, but some may be useful.
-
- Editing:
-
- 1. Lines starting with a page break are highlighted.
- 2. Only one [] can be in a ruler, others changed to {}.
- 3. F9 and +F9 top line display have changed from 2.3.
- 4. Hard hyphen "-" works for wordwrap and reformat.
- 5. Marking now follows the cursor exactly, except a jump
- from one end of marking to the other keeps the marking.
-
- Printing:
-
- 1. .R and .Q can take font characters as well as letters.
- 2. Maximum line length in printer now 180 characters.
- 3. The page printer gives the pause options (page 79)
- when it starts, and tells the current page number. You
- can now easily skip pages to print a particular page.
-
- Ruler files:
-
- 1. Wordcount macro (replaces F6 F5 with F6 F5, which does
- nothing to the text but occurs once for every text word):
- W: 323,320,319,324,320,319,264,309,349,315
- 2. Special tab/backtab operation codes 420 and 421 now
- insert/delete spaces in pushright mode, or overwrite
- with spaces in overwrite mode.
- 3. Font character codes have been updated:
- All Alt letters now have assigned font codes.
- Green is code 8, no longer code 15.
- Yellow is Alt J (Jonquil Yellow), no longer Y.
- Alt X is 13 (will be Index font).
- Alt Y and Z are code 15 and 27 (not assigned).
- Note: Y font cannot occur right after Soft-Break.
- Codes 9, 10, 12, 26, 29 should not be used as fonts.
- Code 0 will be followed by a subfont code, 0 to 26.
- Code 27 (Z font) may also be used as extension font.
- 4. The windowing package works often enough that some may
- want to experiment with it. Editor ruler file options:
- &S:n set starting screen display segment (#Bx00)
- &T:n set total width of display line, bytes (160)
- &U:n status line offset (for narrow windows) (0)
- &V:n line offset, topmost line; top margin (0)
- &W:n line length, characters; right margin (80)
- &X:n left offset, characters; left margin (0)
- &Y:n line offset, lowest line; low margin (24)
- &Z:n video display mode (3)
- Special video display mode values:
- &Z:13244 Everex Graphics Edge, 132x44 mode
- &Z:13225 Everex Graphics Edge, 132x25 mode
- Everex board also needs &T:264, &W:132, &Y:43
- IBM graphics 40 column: &T:80, &W:40, &Y:1
- Much of this code has not been completely tested!
- There are known bugs showing help screens (helpe.def
- and internal help), and wrapping topline messages.
- 5. The page printer changes code 250 to 32, code 29 to 45
- or nothing, and code 26 to nothing. To make it pass
- these characters through unchanged, put into ruler.prt:
- $250=250
- $ 26= 26
- $ 29= 29
- 6. R (regular) action in font line invokes start sequence
- for all active fonts. If none are active, Pica is used.
- 7. P (wheel pause) action in font line doesn't work.
-
- Other:
- m
- 1. To expand the manual to another file, use FILEMAN:
- A>FILEMAN MANUAL1.CRN B:MANUAL1.DOC
-
- 2. To use PC-Write with a Mouse Systems mouse, run their
- MOUSESYS program and them run M_PCWRIT. The cursor will
- follow the mouse, and buttons are F4, F5, F6.
-
- 3. To test your printer's response to all fonts, do
- A>PR PRINTEST