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Hello, If you are reading this text, then you are operating in Text Mode. In text mode, NAMEVIEW doesn't try to to find individual messages in an ASCII file to show you. It merely divides the file up into manageable chunks to process and show you, so you can benefit from its bulk searching capability while reading any text file. Most of NAMEVIEW's features work exactly the same in Text Mode as they do in Message Mode. Line Wrap Check is still recommended unless you are confident in the make-up of the file you will be reading. You can choose whether you want to read all "sections" of your text file, or just those containing at least one of your search words. Jump to highlight, Book Marking, Special Search, Reverse Read, Sort Files, Upper Case Check, File Marking, and File Deletion are all available in Text Mode. The most notable features which are not available are NoEcho Mode and the AutoLoad feature, as they are not applicable in Text Mode. As mentioned earlier, NAMEVIEW divides Text Mode files up onto manageable chunks. The default size for each "chunk" or section is 24 lines. This is because 24 lines is the maximum which can be displayed simultaneously on the screen. (press right arrow for more text) As you can see, the arrow keys work exactly the same in Text Mode as they do in Message Mode. Using the right arrow key will take you (searching and reading) farther into a file, and using the left arrow key will "back up" towards the beginning of the file. The number of lines in each section can be increased from the default of 24 up to a maximum of 150 if you prefer. See the NAMEVIEW.DOC file for details. NAMEVIEW will display page breaks (form feeds) in your text files if they are present. It will not force the text onto the next section when a form feed is encountered, but instead, will display a double line across the screen to show where the page break was in the text. The double line following this paragraph is there because of a form feed code in the DEMO.KDM file. The text which you are reading is obviously in the same file as the messages you were reading in Message Mode. Since this text is not in any form which NAMEVIEW can recognize and present as an individual message, it is ignored when the file is processed in Message Mode. Text Mode will show you everything in an ASCII file, regardless of format. In fact, if you keep reading down into this file, you will eventually come to the part which is formatted into message units, but since NAMEVIEW doesn't care when it is in Text Mode, you will see the "messages" as continuous text being processed in sections. If you decide that NAMEVIEW will be useful to you, the next step is to set up the program for your own use. The NAMEVIEW.DOC file may seem quite lengthy, but it isn't necessary for you to read all of it. The only "must read" portion is the section on setting up your DAT (support) file. This section tells you how to make NAMEVIEW compatible with any type of message format (saved in ASCII form), how to enter your own sort file names, and how to save your own search list. The rest of the documentation describes NAMEVIEW's operation and features in detail. It is for those who want to know how to make the most of NAMEVIEW's numerous features. NAMEVIEW was developed after reading numerous NGC messages about your wants and needs in a message and text searching program. I hope that this program will both ease and speed your searching. Let me know about additional features you think would enhance your searching and reading. Regards from Humble, TX (Only formatted messages occur in this file below this point. For a demo of NAMEVIEW in Message Mode, select Message Mode at the File Menu, "L"ist files, and select DEMO.KDM again. Press ENTER until you see messages appear.) From: Ray Cox Tut. 1 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Hi, and thanks for trying NAMEVIEW! This Tutorial is actually a series of "messages" which NAMEVIEW is designed to process when operated in Message Mode. Just to make sure that you can find your way around with the Message Display commands, I'll cover them here. By the time you finish the DEMO and tutorial, you should be completely familiar with how to operate NAMEVIEW. Any time a message contains more lines than can be shown on the screen at one time (this one is a good example), this will be indicated to you by the appearance of one or more UP/DOWN arrows in the "Informa- tion Line" (the highlighted line of characters currently at the bottom of your screen). When this is the case, numerous keys are available to you to move around in the message. These keys will probably act very similarly to what you are used to with your word processor and other programs. * The UP and DOWN cursor keys (white or grey) will scroll the message one line at a time. (You need to use the DOWN arrow now to see more of this message!) * The PgUp and PgDn keys will scroll the message 22 lines at a time. * The Home key takes you back to the beginning, or top of the message. * The End key takes you to the end, or bottom of the message, and will always show you the last 24 lines of the message. * To read the next message, several keys are available for your convenience: "N" (Next), the Space Bar, ENTER, or the RIGHT arrow. * To read the previous message, press the LEFT arrow, or "R" (Reverse). Here is a chart of the numeric keyboard and NAMEVIEW's Message Review keys: ┌─ Scroll Up one line │ Show First 24 lines ─┐ ╔══════╤══════╤══════╗ ┌─ Scroll Back 22 lines └─║ Home │ │ PgUp ║─┘ ╟──────┼──────┼──────╢ Read Previous message ───║ │ │ ║─── Read Next message ╟──────┼──────┼──────╢ ┌─║ End │ │ PgDn ║─┐ Show Last 24 lines ─┘ ╚══════╧══════╧══════╝ └─ Scroll Forward 22 lines │ └─ Scroll Down one line If you have a separate set of cursor keys, they should work exactly the same as the arrow keys on the numeric keypad if you prefer to use them. Now you know everything you need to know to continue the rest of the demo. Remember, "N", Space Bar, ENTER, or RIGHT arrow takes you to the next "message!" --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo!) From: Ray Cox To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Changes and New Features - version 4.00 1. Minor bug fixes: Another small problem with long messages (over 150 lines) was fixed. A problem with incorrect file name extensions getting by the smart point and shoot file listing was corrected. A problem with consecutive special searches was corrected. 2. Undefined sort file name changes are now saved: Editing changes to undefined sort file names are saved so that the edited version shows up the next time the same F key is pressed. 3. Information Line location option added: The Information Line can now optionally be placed at the top of the Message Screen. 4. Back-up (Reverse read) limit increased. The back-up feature can now store up to 100 Reverse read selections so this will no longer seem like a limitation. 5. Text Mode (general ASCII text search capability) added. NAMEVIEW can now be used to do search-list searches of any general ASCII format file. --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo!) From: Ray Cox Tut. 2 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The information line (initially) at the bottom of your screen will keep you constantly informed about what the program is finding and doing. We already talked about messages containing more than 24 lines and arrows at the bottom of the screen. Here is where they are located. │ │ │ When either arrow is visible, pressing the │ corresponding cursor key will scroll the │ message so more lines can be seen in the │ direction of the arrow that was pressed. │ │ When an arrow is blinking, it indicates that │ a highlighted word or words may be seen by │ scrolling the message in the direction indi- │ cated by the arrow. ┌┴─┐ │ │ --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo!) From: Ray Cox Tut. 3 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Any time you have selected Display ALL messages (this was done automatically for you for this demo), and a message contains one of your search words, "Smiley" will wink at you from the Information Line. Don't forget that a blinking up/down arrow indicates that highlighted words may be seen by scrolling a message in the direction indicated by the blinking arrow. If no arrows are blinking, then there are no highlighted words off-screen. Smiley doesn't appear if you selected Display Messages containing Search Words, as every message you will be shown will contain at least one of them. Here's Smiley... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 4 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The information line also has an area which shows you which keys are active. Any of the keys shown in this area will activate program features. The following pages will describe many of NAMEVIEW's features which are activated by these keys. Active Keys... │ │ ┌──────────────────────┴─────────┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 5 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The "Esc" key will let you terminate program operation at any time. NAMEVIEW always asks if you are SURE you want to exit, so don't worry about accidentally dumping the program. Go ahead and try the "Esc" key now if you want. When you get the "are you SURE" prompt, pressing any key except "Y" will return you to the program (so you can finish the DEMO)! ESC key is active... │ ┌─┴─┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 6 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Function keys 1 - 10, both alone and in combination with the ALT key, are used to save the onscreen message to your sort files. A custom file name, and optionally, a path, can be assigned to each function key and ALT + function key combination for a total of 20 sort files (see documentation for details). Saving to a sort file is just like printing the onscreen message. Regardless of the length of the message, it will be written to the sort filename assigned to the function key which was pressed regardless of which "screen page" of the message you are on. Any time you save the onscreen message to a sort file, it is added to the end of the sort file if it already exists. No data is ever erased or overwritten when adding a message to your sort files! Function Keys are active... ┌┴─┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 7 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Another handy key is the "H"elp key. Pressing "H" at any time will bring up one of three Help screens. Once you are into the Help system, pressing PgDn or PgUp will cycle through the three available Help screens. You'll find one Help screen which will cover the Action keys, another will show your sort file names (assigned to the function keys), and another will explain all of the Action messages which may appear in the left-most portion of the Information line. If you haven't already done so, go ahead and press "H" and take a look at the three available Help screens. Pressing "Esc" will return you to this screen (or to the screen you were viewing if you were reading a real message). (H)elp Key is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 8 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The "P" key will immediately print the message that is onscreen. If the message is a long one, it will be printed continuously from beginning to end regardless of which "screen page" of the message you are on. Using "P" to print will not add any page eject codes to the printout, but will add about three blank lines to serve as a divider between consecutively printed messages. (P)rint Key is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 9 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The "F" key (Print with Form Feed) will also print the message that is onscreen. In addition, it WILL add a form feed after the message has been printed. This feature is for those who like to file messages individually on separate sheets of paper. Print + (F)orm Feed is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 10 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Most of NAMEVIEW's Configuration parameters can be changed even while you are reading messages. These include Jump to Highlight, Message Display (ALL, or those containing Search Words), Upper Case Check (YES or NO), Line Wrap Check (YES or NO), Sound (YES or NO), and NoEcho mode (ON or OFF). Pressing any of the Configuration changing letters will sound a short BEEP (except for the Sound parameter) if you are viewing messages so you will know that the parameter change has taken effect. Any Configuration parameter which is currently toggled ON, or YES will be shown highlighted (or blinking for mono displays). You can try toggling some of these keys if you like, and watch the settings change on the Information Line. Configuration parameters which can be changed "on the fly" ────────────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 11 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial "Book Marking" (selected by pressing "B") is another handy NAMEVIEW feature. If you need to stop reading a message file before you have finished, you can insert a "Book Mark" and return to it at any time. Book Marked files are identified by the exclamation point (!) which is added to their file name (automatically by NAMEVIEW). This will show up in your File listing so you can easily tell which files you have not finished. When you select a "Book Marked" file from the file list, NAMEVIEW auto- matically sets the "Find Book Mark" parameter to YES. When you resume reading, the next message you will see will be the one you would have seen next if you had not discontinued your last session with the file. (B)ook Marking Key is active... │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 12 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial Reverse Read is another useful feature. Pressing "R" or the LEFT Arrow will bring back the previously seen message to the screen. Up to 100 prior messages can be recalled. (R)everse Key is active... │ │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 13 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The NoEcho mode toggle (called by pressing "E") is designed to properly separate messages which do not have Origin lines (not added by some BBS systems until the message is sent out). When set to ON, NAMEVIEW separates messages based on the "First Line" key word instead of the "Last Line" key word set in the DAT file. Look for some sample messages later on to show you how this works. Before you proceed, if the No(E)cho letter in the Information Line is highlighted (or blinking) press "E" to toggle it off. This is necessary for the correct display of the sample messages which will appear later to demonstrate the problem which this key will fix. No(E)cho mode Key is active... ────────────────────────────┐ │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 14 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The Menu Return command is called by pressing "M". It allows you to return to the File Menu Option at any time while you are reading messages. Returning to the File Menu Option allows you to Delete or Mark the current file, load another file to read, or load another support file (for a different search list). You can also Exit NAMEVIEW by pressing <Esc>. You will be asked to verify this command before your reading will be terminated. (M)enu return Key is active... ───────────────────┐ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 15 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The Information Line can be moved from the bottom of the screen (the default location) to the top of the screen with the "I" command. Some people prefer it at the top so it is close to the message header, making it somewhat easier to scan subject lines quickly. You can change the Information Line location any time you want while you are reading (try it now if you like). You can also specify that NAMEVIEW use the top screen location when the program loads by including an "I" in the command line. See the NAMEVIEW.DOC file for more details. (I)nformation Line location key is active ───────────────────────┐ │ * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox Tut. 16 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial The next few messages are more typical of what you will normally see when using NAMEVIEW, so you can see how easy it is to find EVERY name in your search list while reading messages. Thanks again for trying NAMEVIEW. --- v1.36 * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: NAMEVIEW Demonstration message (Cox Names) This is a test file containing all of the names in my search list. Due to the number of "hits" in this message, and the time it takes to do all of the reverse video printing, it takes some intensive work by NAMEVIEW. In spite of the work required, you can see how rapidly the searching and screen display are handled. The names being searched are: Archer, Atwood, Barnes, Basey, Beaver, Belleville, Bucher, Bundy, Busel, Bushel, Carson, Clare, Clause, Coppes, Cox, Culpepper, Davis, Dille, Donter, Drake, Dugan, Ellis, Ferrell, Fortney, Goshorn, Haskett, Hebert, Heinrich, Henly, Hill, Howard, Huddleston, Huffman, Inglis, Jackson, Jessup, Jump, Kimmel, King, Kirk, Kitson, Knebel, Knouff, Lacey, Lamb, Lautzenhizer, Logan, Mallen, Margraves, Matthews, Mathews, Merritt, Meyerley, Miller, Myers, Newby, Nicholson, Nixon, North, Page, Passmore, Paul, Pearson, Points, Price, Pritchard, Reighley, Rice, Rich, Ruley, Sawyer, Schneider, Schroeder, Shatluck, Simons, Spivey, Stonebraker, Striass, Tanner, Taylor, Thomas, Warner, Weldie, White, Wilson, Winslow, and Family Roots. This is the same name list in reverse order to check for sorting: Winslow, Wilson, White, Weldie, Warner, Thomas, Taylor, Tanner, Striass, Stonebraker, Spivey, Simons, Shatluck, Schroeder, Schneider, Sawyer, Ruley, Rich, Rice, Reighley, Pritchard, Price, Points, Pearson, Paul, Passmore, Page, North, Nixon, Nicholson, Newby, Myers, Miller, Meyerley, Merritt, Matthews, Mathews, Margraves, Mallen, Logan, Lautzenhizer, Lamb, Lacey, Knouff, Knebel, Kitson, Kirk, King, Kimmel, Jump, Jessup, Jackson, Inglis, Huffman, Huddleston, Howard, Hill, Henly, Heinrich, Hebert, Haskett, Goshorn, Fortney, Ferrell, Family Roots, Ellis, Dugan, Drake, Donter, Dille, Davis, Culpepper, Cox, Coppes, Clause, Clare, Carson, Bushel, Busel, Bundy, Bucher, Belleville, Beaver, Basey, Barnes, Atwood, and Archer. This is the end of the test file with Cox names. As you can see, if a name is in your (NAMEVIEW.DAT) search list, it will be highlighted no matter where or how many times it appears in a message! --- v1.36 * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Howard Nurse To: Paul Hamlet Msg #514, 30-Nov-8910:37am Subject: R3 Dealer/AZ Paul, the nearest dealer to Phoenix would be Genealogical Clearinghouse in Mesa, (602) 964-8858. --- v1.36 * Origin: COMMSOFT BBS (415) 967-6730 -- Mtn. View, CA DHST/PCP/TMS (143/26) From: Ray Cox Tut. 17 To: NAMEVIEW users Subject: NAMEVIEW Quick Tutorial If you care to do a minor configuration change, the next message will demo the Jump to Highlight feature. To make the configuration change, press "D" (the "D" on the Information line should change from red to white, or stop blinking for mono users), and press "J" (the "J" on the Information line should change from white to red, or start blinking for mono users.) Just to make sure you are in the right configuration for the demo, the "D" on the Information line should be white/steady, and the "J" on the Infor- mation line should be red/blinking. The "J"ump parameter cannot be changed until the "D" is white/steady, so be sure to toggle the "D" first if you have a problem. The first highlighted word in the next message would not initially be onscreen if the message were presented normally. With the Jump to High- light feature activated, NAMEVIEW will automatically jump to a point nine lines before the first highlighted word. All scrolling keys are still active, so you can move around and see the rest of the message at will. --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Aaron Lyon To: All Msg #515, 30-Nov-89 11:07am Subject: Waiting TMS Reports There are Tafel Reports waiting at COMMSOFT BBS, (143/26), for the following Users: Date of the Report User Name 05 Nov 89 17:13:18Walt Boudreaux 11 Nov 89 23:13:08Mary Caine 06 Sep 89 02:44:06Robert Commagere 14 Aug 89 01:59:39Rick Crume 04 Nov 89 09:41:02Susan Griffin 25 Aug 89 17:58:27John Griffith 01 Oct 89 14:12:56Don Haacke 18 May 89 21:40:36Pamela Heidbrink 18 May 89 21:42:40Richard Heidbrink 25 Oct 89 00:41:01Ken Hereford 03 Sep 89 22:01:10Keith Ivey 24 Nov 89 13:42:24Peter Kolda 19 Oct 89 19:51:20Janet Lacross 29 Oct 89 18:16:32Wilfred Mckelvey 27 Sep 89 18:14:21Stephen Mcnally 26 Aug 89 00:48:10Ed Mertes 26 Aug 89 13:53:02Charles Rose 11 Nov 89 17:47:27Jim Shirey 29 Nov 89 00:03:59Ron Walsh 14 Nov 89 21:19:21Lewis White --- v1.36 * Origin: COMMSOFT BBS (415) 967-6730 -- Mtn. View, CA DHST/PCP/TMS (143/26) From: Debbi Mckay To: Jan Mckenzie Msg #523, 28-Nov-89 10:08pm Subject: Re:MYERS LINE From what I understand, some of my father's family lived in Ohio, however, I don't recall him telling me of any that lived in Mo. or Kansas, or any other area other than in Virginia and Indiana and Ohio. Would be interested in what you find out, and will trade same with you if you would like. Am not going to hold my breath that there is any connection, however, one can never tell when searching. Discovered a cousin in Washington State that I never knew existed because of this stuff! ::grin:: Looking forward to hearing from you..... --- TAGMAIL v2.11 * Origin: Up Goose Creek BBS 803-764-0343 (1:372/22.0) From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: NoEcho mode demo first message (1) This message, as well as the next one, will appear onscreen at the same time, since this one does not contain an Origin line. This is a normal occurrence with many BBS systems which do not add origin lines until messages are sent out of the local system. In order to get each message to appear separately, press "E" to toggle the noEcho mode to ON (and notice that the "E" in the Information Line is now highlighted to show the ON setting). This message will then be automatically reprocessed using the new NoEcho mode, and reshown onscreen. You will then see this message only, and not the one that follows! From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: noEcho mode demo second message (2) This message will be seen with the first one until you set the NoEcho mode to on. It will then be processed as a separate message. --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo) From: Ray Cox To: All Subject: End of NAMEVIEW Message Mode Demo and Tutorial! You now know quite a lot about what NAMEVIEW will do and how to operate it in Message Mode. For a demonstration of how NAMEVIEW works in Text Mode, perform the following steps: 1. Press "M" to get the File Menu prompt. 2. Press "Y" in response to the File Menu prompt. 3. When the File Menu appears, press "O" to change to Text Mode (after pressing "O" the "DEMO.KDM" file selection will be removed from the menu. 4. Press "L" to bring up the file list again. In Text Mode, there is no filtering of file names, so you will see all of the files in the current directory. Move the highlight bar to DEMO.KDM and press ENTER. 5. Press ENTER twice until text reappears on the screen. If you prefer to quit the demo, use the "Esc" key to terminate program operation when the "Last Message" prompt is visible. --- * Origin: COX BBS (713) 454-6074 -- HUMBLE, TX (faked for demo)