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- !===============================================================
- !
- ! DEMO1.hls Demonstration Help file for use with The Helper
- !
- ! Lines which start with ! in column 1 are commands, or comments
- ! if they are not recognised as commands (like this line).
- !
- ! To compile and run this demonstration from The Helper, type
- ! Alt-R (type R while holding down the Alt key).
- !
- !===============================================================
- !
- ! The source code for this demo starts here...
- !
- !---------------------------------------------------------------
- !!TextMem1=DEMO1
- !Category1
- !Window 12 5 64 17
- !Colors 113 113 112 94 0 0 0 0
- !..note the use of ^C to insert the text memory defined with !!TextMem1=..
- !..and ^A to mark the highlighted phrases, and where to go when selected..
-
- (0,1) (TextMem1) - CONTENTS
- =============================================
-
- Use and <Enter> to select a topic.
- Use F1 from anywhere to return to this menu.
-
- How to use this Help........(2,1) Help with Help
- Enter DOS commands..........(7,1) Dos
- Animation demonstration.....(8,1) Animation
- !Category2 Help with Help
- !Colors 113 113 112 94 0 0 0 0
- !Window 12 3 66 22
-
- Help with Help
- ===============
- (120,0) The Help screens are interactive. If highlighted
- options and a cursor bar are visible then move the
- cursor over them and select one by pressing <Enter>.
- General commands for using the Help screens are:
- (0)
- F1 - display Help Contents
- Esc - quit Help and return to the program
- ,,Home,End - move cursor
- a..z,A..Z - move cursor to the next highlight
- containing (upper case) A to Z.
- Enter - select topic under cursor
- Backspace - skip backwards through previously
- displayed topics
-
- (120,0) PgDn for more...
- !Page2
- !Window 12 3 66 23
- (120,0)
- Some Help topics have several pages, indicated
- in the top border. If you see PgDn or PgUp in the
- top border, scroll through the pages with these,
- where ^ means press Ctrl with the indicated key:
- (0)
- PgUp - previous page in current topic
- PgDn - next page " " "
- ^PgUp - first page " " "
- ^PgDn - last page " " "
-
- (120,0) Some additional commands are:
- (0)
- (3,1) F2 - print some/all of the Help screens
- (4,1) F3 - find a text string in the Help file
- (4,1) F4 - repeat last find
-
- (5,1) Alt-F1..F10 - Store this page
- (6,1) Ctrl-F1..F10 - Restore stored page
- !Category3
- !Window 12 5 66 20
-
- F2 - Print the Help file
- -------------------------
-
- Press F2 to get the following options:
-
- A to print all screens in the Help file
- C " " the current Help category
- P " " the current Help page only
- L to set the number of lines per page
-
- Press Esc to quit and return to the help screens.
- Interrupt the printing by pressing any key.
- !Category4
- !Window 12 5 66 23
-
- F3,F4 - Find a text string in the Help file
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- Press F3 to search through all pages of the Help
- file for any text string. The page containing
- that string will be displayed if it is found.
- Then press F4 to find the next page containing
- that string, or F3 to search for a new string.
-
- The search not case-sensitive, and starts from
- the current position in the Help file. Press F1
- first to go to the top of the file if you need
- a complete search. Do not try searching for
- multiple characters such as -------- as these
- are saved in compressed form on the disk.
- !Category5
- !Window 12 5 66 19
-
- Alt-F1..F10 - Store current page
- -----------------------------------
-
- There are 10 page memories available, so that you
- can flip instantly to any pre-stored location in
- the help file. Store the current page into one of
- the memories by typing one of the function keys
- F1 to F10 while holding down the Alt key. You can
- then return instantly to that page at any future
- time by typing the Ctrl-function key.
- See (6,1) Ctrl-F1..F10 for more.
-
- !Category6
-
- Ctrl-F1..F10 - Goto stored page
- ----------------------------------
-
- If a page has been stored into one of the 10
- memories with (5,1) Alt-F1..F10 , it can be instantly
- recalled by typing Ctrl-F1..F10.
-
- eg. Store this page by typing Alt-F1. Then go to
- the contents page with F1 (or anywhere else
- in the help file) and type Ctrl-F1. If all
- goes well you should be back here again.
- !Category7
- !Window 16 8 62 17
- !Colors 23 23 30 94 0 0 0 0
-
-
- DOS functions. Choose from..
-
- Directory listing...........(255,248) dir
- (255,250) Enter a DOS shell
- !
- !----- Note the use of the special commands ^A(255,---). These Help files
- !----- can have a maximum of 254 categories, so ^A(255,---) is reserved
- !----- for these special commands, such as printing and DOS commands.
- !----- 248 means execute the highlighted phrase as a DOS command, and
- !----- 250 means the user can enter any DOS command or a DOS shell.
- !----- For more on these and other special ^A commands, type F1 for help
- !----- and select "Commands" from the main menu and "^A(#,#)...^A" from
- !----- the Commands menu.
- !Offset0
- !offset7 ----- to match the include file categories with this file.
- !include animate.hls ---- the animation demo, as an include file