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  5.                ║   T U R B O   S C R I P T   H E L P    ║                      
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  7.                ║   (c) 1985, Tim Conner & K. Menningen  ║                      
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  14.      This is Turbo Script (Release 2.0), originally developed for the IBM      
  15. PCjr by Keving Menningen. This Release was written for the IBM PCs and         
  16. its compatible micro-computers. This version, written by Tim Conner, utilized  
  17. the maximum amount of Turbo Pascal's memory allocation.                        
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  19. Turbo Pascal (Version 3.01) is copyrighted by Borland International Inc.       
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  22.     The following keyboard functions and their applications are listed below:  
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  24.     Tab - Moves cursor to next tab position                                    
  25.     Shift Tab(BackTab) - Moves cursor to previous tab position                 
  26.     Cursor Up, Down, Right, Left - Moves cursor to desired position            
  27.     Backspace - Deletes character to the left of cursor                        
  28.     Del - Deletes character under cursor                                       
  29.     Ins - Toggles Insert Mode on/off                                           
  30.     Home - Moves cursor to beginning of line                                   
  31.     End - Moves cursor to end of line                                          
  32.     PgUp - Pages to the previous page                                          
  33.     PgDn - Pages to next page                                                  
  34.     Ctrl-Home - Erases memory and resets processor                             
  35.     Ctrl-End - Erases from cursor to the end of the line                       
  36.     Ctrl-PgUp - Moves to the beginning of the file                             
  37.     Ctrl-PgDn - Moves to the end of the file                                   
  38.     Ctrl-Cursor Left - Moves cursor to previous word                           
  39.     Ctrl-Cursor Right - Moves cursor to next word                              
  40.     Esc-Esc - Erases the current line                                          
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  42. The following list describes the usage of the ten function keys:               
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  44.     F1 - Help.  Displays a list of all the commands and editing keywords       
  45.          that apply to the processor (i.e. - this help text file).             
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  47.     F2 - Search / Replace.  Allows you to search and/or replace any string     
  48.          embedded within the text.  It is menu driven, and basically self-     
  49.          explanatory.  It should be noted, though, that pressing Esc at any    
  50.          time during this function will end the search or replace session.     
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  52.     F3 - Tab Menu.  Allows you to set, clear or purge (Clear all tabs) the     
  53.          tab settings.  If you choose set, a tab will be set at the position   
  54.          of the cursor at the time you pressed F3.  If you choose clear, the   
  55.          tab position(if any) at the cursor when you pressed F3 will be        
  56.          cleared.  Purge will clear all tab stops.                             
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  58.     F4 - Title.  Marks that line so that when the file is printed, you will    
  59.          be prompted for a title, and it will be made boldface and double      
  60.          width.  Erase this function if you have a letter quality printer.     
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  64.     F5 - DOS menu.  Allows you to print a directory of the disk, delete files, 
  65.          rename files, copy files, and exit to DOS.                            
  66.  
  67.     F6 - InsLine.  This function will insert a single line at the cursor       
  68.          position.  All the lines below it on the screen will be scrolled      
  69.          downward.                 
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  71.     F7 - DelLine.  This function will delete the line at the cursor position.  
  72.          All the lines below that line will be scrolled up a line.             
  73.  
  74.     F8 - Print.  Prints the current file on the LST: device. It is menu driven 
  75.          and you may set the top, left and right margins.  Any command code
  76.          that does not work on your printer you may delete or change to your
  77.          needs.   
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  82.     F9 - Load.  Loads the file under the name given.  The name is entered by
  83.          a unique subroutine that works in a way different from normal input.
  84.          It gives you eight dashes, a period, and three more dashes.  When
  85.          you press any key, the character that was entered fills one of the
  86.          dashes, in succession.  If you press the space bar, the cursor is
  87.          moved to the beginning of the extension part, and all spaces between
  88.          are deleted.  PLEASE avoid using an '-' within your filename,      
  89.          as it tells the subroutine to delete spaces in your filename.     
  90.          The current file is erased and replaced by the new one.           
  91.  
  92.    F10 - Save.  Saves the current file under the name given.  The name is
  93.          entered by the same method as Load.
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  95.  Alt-A - Enter ASCII character.  This subprogram will ask you for an ASCII     
  96.          number and the number of times to repeat that character.  The string  
  97.          is then printed.                                                      
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  102.      There are also some embedded text commands that you may find useful.      
  103. These commands and their meanings follow:                                    
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  105.      '\' - Starts or stops underlining.  This or any other symbol does not     
  106.            take up any space on the printed line, so that you can underline    
  107.            portions of words.                                                  
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  109.      '~' - Starts superscript mode.  All numbers following immediately after   
  110.            this symbol are printed in a superscript mode.                      
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  112.      '|' - Starts subscript mode.  Same as superscript, except that all        
  113.            numbers following the symbol are printed in subscript mode.         
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  116.    Alt-I - Starts italic printing.  Works just like other commands.  The first 
  117.            press starts italic, the next one stops.  To provide tangible       
  118.            evidence that you did press Alt-I, a '«' will be printed at the     
  119.            location where started italic mode and a '»' will be printed where  
  120.            italic mode was ended.                                              
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  123.    Alt-B - Starts boldface printing.  Just like italic printing except the     
  124.            symbol that will be printed is a '▐' to start printing and a '▌' to 
  125.            stop printing in boldface.  Of course, this will not work if you    
  126.            select the Boldface option on the Print Menu (F8).                  
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  128.      Examples:                                                                 
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  130.      This word will be \underlined\.                                           
  131.      The number '2' will be superscripted~2.                                   
  132.      The number '125' will be subscripted~125.                                 
  133.      This word will be printed in «italic».                                    
  134.      This word will be printed in ▐boldface▌.                                  
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  143.                ║  E N D  O F   TURBO SCRIPT   H E L P   ║                      
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  148.      Just a few notes:                                                         
  149.           By all means, please let me know if there are any errors (Heaven     
  150.      Forbid!!) or if you want to see additional items within Turbo Scripts.    
  151.                                                                                
  152.           Please write to: Tim Conner Jr.                                      
  153.                            15200 East Auburn Road                              
  154.                            Accokeek, Md. 20607-9737                            
  155.                                                                                
  156.           or via the following RBBS Boards:                                    
  157.                           Stan Staten's RBBS: (301) 926-8187                   
  158.                           Pedro Olympia's RBBS: (301) 963-5249                 
  159.                           Ken Gossen's RBBS: (202) 537-7475                    
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