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- CHRONOS User Instructions.
- Revised: 12 May 1992
- Copyright 1990,1992 Steve Estvanik / Cascoly Software / All rights reserved.
-
- Contents:
-
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. GETTING STARTED
- 2.1 PEOPLE
- 2.2 EVENTS
- 2.3 EDITING
- 3. INTERACTIVE HISTORY
- 3.1 DISPLAY
- 3.2 SELECTIONS
- 3.3 REPORTS
- 3.4 GAMES
- 4. FILES
- 4.1 FUNCTIONS
- 4.2 EDITING OUTSIDE CHRONOS
- 5. REQUIREMENTS
- 6. VERSION NOTES
- 7. SHAREWARE
- 8. REFERENCES
-
- 1. INTRODUCTION
-
- How old was Paul Revere when he rode into history? How old was Napoleon when
- the Declaration of Independence was signed? How many years separated Cortez
- and Michelangelo? In War & Peace, how old is Natasha when Napoleon captures
- Moscow? Cascoly's CHRONOS historical timelines program examines these
- questions and many more. Unlike conventional paper chronologies, CHRONOS
- lets you decide which people and events to include. You can sort and select
- by individual people and events, or groups and factions, developing new
- insights and tracing patterns across different eras and cultures. CHRONOS
- is used by history and art students, genealogists, teachers, writers and
- others interested in exploring historical relations or cultural events.
- It's also helpful to lawyers or otherswho need to establish and demonstrate
- chronological or complex events.
-
- CHRONOS includes a special gamemaker function and which randomly creates and
- presents trivia questions of various kinds from datasets.
-
- 2. GETTING STARTED
-
- CHRONOS combines people and events into files called datasets. These are
- the two basic elements of CHRONOS. Figure 1 shows the main CHRONOS menu.
- File options are explained in section 4. This section describes how to use
- the People & Events portions of the program to create new datasets or to
- modify existing ones. Examples can be found in the datasets provided with
- the program. These datasets are described in more detail in the References,
- (Section 7) which also contains information that might be useful in creating
- your own datasets. If you want to look at an existing application, you can
- go directly to section 3. The remainder of this section describes how to
- create a new dataset from scratch, and how to add new people and events.
-
- Chronos is fully menu-driven. To use the keyboard, you can either use the
- arrow keys, or the first letter of a menu word to select the action you
- wish. Then press <enter>. To use the mouse, just move it to the item you
- want and press the left button. To back up from a menu or to finish an
- entry screen, press the right button, or <Esc>.
-
- 2.1 PEOPLE
- CHRONOS considers 2 main types of information -- People and Events. As you
- might expect, People items store information about historical persons or
- fictional characters. You can add or edit these records using the data
- entry window shown in Figure 2. If you don't know the exact birth or death
- years, you can enter an approximate one. (Note that, since the month and
- day are left out, age calculations can only be accurate to within a year.
- For years before 1700, there are additional discrepancies, since the
- acceptance of the Gregorian calendar reform did not occur everywhere at the
- same time. English speaking countries did not start using the new calendar
- until the mid 1700's and Russia accepted the reform only after the 1917
- Revolution.) Also, if you decide to create a current dataset, containing
- living persons, you could set the 'death' year to some arbitrarily high
- value, such as 2030 or 2050, so that future ages can be calculated.
-
- You can assign people to factions that you define using the Faction option
- of the People submenu (Figure 2). This lets you group people into logical
- categories of your choosing. These might be national or political, such as
- Union, Confederate, British or French. You can also define vocations, such
- as artist, musician, statesman and poet. Selection options (section 3.2)
- let you display, sort and print by selected factions or vocations or the
- entire dataset. You can assign colors to factions and vocations, and then
- choose whether to use faction or vocation colors to help to distinguish them
- on the screen.
-
- 2.3 EVENTS
- The second main data element is the event. This is a specific historical
- happening. It could be a battle, a political act, or the publication date
- of a famous novel. You can append a 2 line description, along with time of
- the event (a starting and ending year). Events use groups and nations in a
- similar fashion to factions and vocations for people. Groups and nations
- allow easier sorting and selection. For example, in the Revolutions dataset
- you can choose to display only Americans, or only French events.
-
- Events may be either specific events or of longer duration (eg, The French
- Revolution). For the former case, just enter the same date for both
- starting and ending years.
-
- You can assign a colors to groups and nations, and then choose whether to
- use the group or nation colors to help to distinguish them on the screen.
-
- 2.3 EDITING
-
- People and Event items are added, edited and deleted in a similar fashion.
- From the parent menu (Figure 1), choose either the People or Events submenu
- (Figures 2 and 4). Then choose Add, Edit or Delete. When adding a new
- item, a blank entry window appears and you can fill in the requested
- information. When you're finished with a window, press <ctrl><enter> or the
- right mouse button to accept it.
-
- When you choose edit or delete, a picklist popup (Figure 3) shows a list of
- all people or events. You can choose the one you wish to edit or delete. A
- scroll bar allows easier selection if you're using a mouse. When you need
- to add or edit a faction, vocation, nation or group, another popup appears,
- so you don't need to remember the numbers for all groupings.
-
- 2.4 LIMITS
-
- CHRONOS can handle up to 600 people and 600 events per dataset. However,
- the window area required to display these depends on the span of years these
- people and events occupy. If the span is less than 200 years, there should
- be no problem. If it is greater than 200, you might receive a message :
-
- "Unable to create [People/Event] window"
-
- This might be due to an attempt to show too large a span for the number of
- people or events you have. (In general, the number of items times the year
- range must be less than 64,000. Thus if you have a 200 year span, you
- would be able to have about 320 people and 320 events.) It could also be
- due to an input error for one of the people or events. Check this by
- printing a list of all people and events and checking the years entered.
-
- The number of bytes required can be estimated by multiplying the number of
- records by the span of years between the earliest starting date and the
- latest ending date. The people and the events areas can each contain 64,000
- bytes.
-
- 3. INTERACTIVE HISTORY
- Once a dataset is populated, you can begin your explorations using the
- display and select options (Figure 1). To reduce the startup time for new
- users, CHRONOS comes with several datasets already created:
-
- REVOLT covers the historical period from the American Revolution thru the
- French Revolution and Napoleonic era to the Civil War (1750-1860). It
- concentrates on the course of political and technical revolutions.
-
- RENAISS covers the Renaissance period in Europe from about 1450 to the end
- of the 30 Years War in 1648. It emphasizes the interaction and ferment
- among political, religious and cultural events.
-
- CINEMA traces directors, actors, pictures and events from Intolerance,
- Potemkin and Gold Rush to Goodfellas and Dances with Wolves.
-
- ISRAEL contains a timeline of the kings and prophets of Israel.
- (Approx 1000BC to 500 BC )
-
- WW2EUR contains a dataset of the European theatre of WWII.
-
- Any of these can be used as the basis for a new dataset. Open the dataset,
- then use the WriteAs option to save it under a different name. You can then
- delete, edit or add other people and events to form a new dataset.
-
- All datasets are dynamic -- they continue to grow and change as we do
- further research, and users make suggestions for additions.
-
- Registered users receive the latest versions of the previous datasets, plus
- receive new datasets, including:
-
- The Classical world is covered in a series of datasets:
-
- CANAAN 1300 BC - 1000 BC
- ISRAEL 1000 BC - 500 BC
- GREECE 500 BC - 250 BC
- ROME 250 BC - 200 AD
-
- MILLENUM covers the period of the first millenium, from about 900 to 1200.
- It concentrates on the evolving struggle between Christian and Muslim worlds
- and beginnings of nations.
-
- TWENTY covers the twentieth century. An eclectic collection of people and
- events from our century.
-
- WW2PAC contains a dataset of the Pacific theatre of WWII.
- (Thanks to David Shideler for the WWII datasets.)
-
- 3.1 DISPLAY
-
- After editing People or Events, or after making a selection, choose DISPLAY
- from the menu to show the latest subset of data. When you make selections,
- it just restricts the elements that are going to be displayed, they are
- still part of the dataset for subsequent selections.
-
- Most of the commands and actions in this program are similar for keyboard
- and mouse operation. You select a function and execute it. However, the
- dataset display lets you explore and the commands to control mouse and
- keyboard are quite different. Press <F1> for a summary of keyboard and
- mouse commands. (Figure 8)
-
- MOUSE
-
- The CHRONOS display shows people and events on 2 linked but independent
- scrolling windows. The left button controls movement of a window, and
- scrolling. The right button controls selection and display of individual
- items. In either mode, the current section is determined by the placement
- of the mouse cursor. The bottom line shows which section is active, and
- the current person and event.
-
- The central scroll bar indicates your position within the complete range of
- years. It moves as you scroll horizontally. You can also use the mouse to
- indicate a quick jump to a particular area of the display.
-
- Editing:
- Use the <Left button> to select items, and the <Right Button> or escape to
- exit. When using popups, a scroll bar on the right side of the popup lets
- you use the mouse to jump to another part of the popup.
-
- Scrolling:
- Figure 5 shows the scroll command map. If you want to scroll left or right,
- click Left while in one of the areas marked 'b'. Both top and bottom
- sections scroll horizontally at the same time, so people and events are
- always synchronous. Areas marked 'c' control vertical movement. Here, each
- section, people or events, scrolls independently. The 4 corners of each
- section are similar to <Home> and <End> keys. Left click on each to move to
- that section of the dataset. For example, click on the lower right corner
- to move to the lower right portion of the dataset. Note that in some data
- sets, the upper right and lower left may result in mostly blank screens.
- But if you scroll horizontally or vertically, you'll recover the data. This
- sounds more complicated than it is. The easiest way to learn it is to
- experiment with the datasets provided. Click on each corner to see how the
- view changes. Then use the horizontal and vertical controls for finer
- adjustments.
-
- In addition, by clicking on the central scroll bar, you can jump to any
- intermediate point in the window. The point where you click will become the
- new left edge. The corresponding year will be displayed.
-
- Selection:
- Right click of the mouse button shows details of a person or event. If a
- person, it also shows their age in the year of the last selected event. If
- an event, it shows the age of the last selected person. Thus, to follow the
- course of a person's life, first select that person (right click on them),
- then select the events you want to examine. For each event, the person's
- age will be calculated.
-
- KEYBOARD
- Scrolling:
-
- Keyboard scrolling is handled by the arrow keys. These are analogous to
- using the mouse in sections 'b' & 'c'. These keys scroll vertically and
- horizontally, one row or column at a time. To move to the corners, use the
- <Home>, <End>, <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys. Experiment with the various keys to
- see how the screen changes. The keyboard requires 2 keys to get to a
- particular corner:
-
- Two most useful are:
- Upper Left: <Home> <PgUp>
- Lower Right: <End> <PgDn>
-
- The other two are:
- Lower Left: <Home> <PgDn>
- Upper Right: <End> <PgUp>
-
-
- To change from one section to another, use the <Ins> and <Del> keys. You
- can always tell which section you're in from the message displayed on the
- bottom line.
-
- Selection:
- The <F2> key displays details about the currently selected person or event.
- To change this selection, use the Keypad (Gray) '+' and '-' keys. This will
- move you to the next or previous item.
-
- 3.2 SELECTIONS
-
- This feature lets you create subsets of people and events based on factions,
- vocations, nations, or groups. Figure 6 shows the various possibilties for
- selection. Choosing 'All' resets any previously deselected items. (This is
- the default when the file is first read in.)
-
- Selecting by 'Groups', 'Vocation', 'Factions', or 'Nation' lets you
- eliminate entire categories from the display. You can also combine the
- effects of groupings in 2 ways: AND and OR. The default is OR. That is,
- the display will show all people who are either in the selected faction OR
- vocation. If you choose the F/V toggle, this switches to AND. Now, the
- display will only show those people who are in one of the selected factions
- AND one of the selected vocations. The Group/Nation (G/N) toggle works in
- similar fashion for events.
-
- Selecting 'People' or 'Events' allows you to further reduce the selected
- number of items. If the previous selection was 'All', then you will start
- with all items selected, and indicate which ones to remove. If the previous
- selection was some combination of the groupings, then only those people or
- events in the selected groupings will currently be selected. You may
- deselect items or add to the selected set.
-
- When you next display or print the dataset, only selected items appear.
- Selection has no permanent effect on the file, even if you save while a
- select group is active.
-
- Selection Keys:
- When using the picklists, the following keys are active:
-
- Single choice (used for selecting an item to edit, or to select a faction,
- vocation, group, nation or color):
-
- <Home> -- first item
- <end> -- last item
- <up arrow> -- up one item
- <down arrow> -- down one item
- <PgUp> -- move up one page of items
- <PgDn> -- move down one page of items
-
- Multiple choice (used in the selection section):
- <Ins> -- selects an item
- <Del> -- deselects an item
- <+> or <space> -- toggle between selected and deselected
- <Ctrl Enter> -- Block toggle -- if no items are selected, select them
- all; if all are selected, deselect all.
-
- Mouse:
- <left button> -- select/deselect an item (the check mark will appear)
-
- Whether using the mouse or the keyboard, press <enter> when you want to
- accept the current list. Should you leave out to many items, or if you just
- want to start over, then use the 'Select All' option from the menu.
-
- 3.3 REPORTS
-
- Figure 7 shows the various reports available.
-
- 'All' prints the complete text of the dataset.
-
- 'Factions', 'Vocations', 'Groups' and 'Nations' print reports based on items
- selected. For example, the Vocations report shows all the People with the
- currently selected Vocations. 'People' and 'Events' reports will show only
- currently selected items. Also, these subreports do not include the
- description fields, so they are shorter than the complete report.
-
- 'Age' shows the age of all people who were alive for the currently selected
- event.
-
- 'Chart' produces a multi-page report that fits together to form a scaled
- timeline for both people and events. The lifespan of each person is
- plotted, as are all events. To assemble the chart after printing, fold
- under or cut off the left margins of each page. Then you can match the
- starting year with the ending year of the preceding page. People and events
- are printed on different pages, but the scales will be the same for easy
- comparison. When assembled the entire dataset is viewable at once and it
- makes a great wall chart.
-
- 3.4 GAMES
-
- CHRONOS has a special function that automatically creates and presents
- trivia questions. Choose the Play function from the menu. The game itself
- consists of a series of questions of varying types.
-
- * Choose which event occurred in a specific year
- * Choose which person does not belong in a group of contemporaries
-
- Each game consists of 10 randomly constructed questions, so several people
- can take turns. To play, simply choose the proper answer. The question
- shows a pick list, with the first item highlighted. (This first item may or
- may not be the answer). If you are correct, Chronos creates the next
- question. If you're incorrect, it redisplays the question, with additional
- information, and with the correct answer highlighted.
-
- For this game, a contemporary is considered to be someone who was alive
- during the life of another person. (The entire year of the person's birth
- and death are used, since no month and days are recorded.)
-
- Example:
- --------
- Q: Which event occurred in 1863
-
- 1. First performance of Die Walkure
- 2. Battle of Gettysburg
- 3. Election of Abraham Lincoln
- 4. Russian serfs freed
-
- The first line is highlighted, but is merely the default answer. It may or
- may not be correct. Move the highlighted line (using mouse or arrow keys)
- to your choice, and press Enter or Esc.
-
- In the event of a wrong answer, the question is redisplayed, and the events
- are shown again, this time with the dates attached, and the correct answer
- highlighted.
-
-
-
- 4. FILES
- 4.1 FUNCTIONS
-
- The Files selection from the main menu lets you open new files, save changed
- ones, and also has several informational selections.
-
- 'Open' -- Shows, then reads from a list of currently available analyses.
-
- 'New' -- Prompts you for a name for a new analysis.
-
- 'Save' -- Saves current analysis to disk
-
- 'WriteAs' -- Saves current analysis under a different file name
-
- 'About' -- A brief summary of this program.
-
- 'Register' -- Details on how to register this shareware program. If, after
- an evaluation period, you decide you will continue to use the program, you
- should register it. A registration form is included with the program (Look
- for file REGISTER.FRM)
-
- 4.2 EDITING OUTSIDE CHRONOS
-
- The Chronos files are standard ascii, so you can edit them in any word
- processor that handles ascii files. Be careful, though, that you keep the
- number of lines exactly the same. Thus you can change the text of a line,
- but do not add or delete lines. The files include some headers to help you
- locate position.
-
- Several users have information in other databases that might be interesting
- to convert to CHRONOS format. You could do this manually, reentering all
- the data. You could also write a basic program that handles the conversion
- for you. We can do the conversion, if you want. Contact Cascoly Software
- for details. Successful conversions have been done from spreadsheets,
- Advanced Revelation, xBase and Paradox format.
-
- If you want to try to experiment or edit these files, be sure to make
- backups first.
-
- The format of the files is:
-
- CH1 format:
- # of people
- # of events
- { person #
- name of person
- startyr, type
- endyr, type
- Desc1
- Desc2
- faction #
- vocation #
- { event #
- name of event
- startyr, type
- endyr, type
- desc1
- desc2
- group #
- nation1
- nation2 }
- { faction #
- description
- color }
- { vocation #
- description
- color }
- { group #
- description
- color }
- { nation #
- description
- color }
-
- Thus, if you are careful, you can add or delete information outside of the
- program. For example, to add a person, increase the first line by 1, then
- insert the appropriate lines for that person in the file. People and events
- are stored in order of birth year or event year. You can leave a blank line
- if you want to skip, eg, the description line.
-
- The CHRONOS file format was purposely designed so that it could be easily
- edited outside of CHRONOS. This is useful for mass updates or adding large
- blocks of information.
-
- 5. REQUIREMENTS
-
- CHRONOS is optimized for use on a color monitor, but will also work on
- monochrome screens. It will use a Microsoft-compatible mouse if you have
- one installed.
-
- If you use a laptop, you might find it useful to change to blanck & white
- mode -- before running CHRONOS, enter the command:
-
- MODE BW80
-
-
-
- 6. Version Notes:
- ---- 2.04 ----
- Minor changes made to display of short spans for people, such as occurs when
- only the reign is entered.
- ---- 2.02 ----
- The files were expanded significantly based on user requests and
- suggestions. People and events now have larger areas for comments, and
- events now can have date ranges. Factions and groups have been expanded
- from 10 to 20 and new groupings of vocation and nation have been added. Any
- of these groupings may be used to determine the colors used in the display.
- See the People & Events sections above for details.
-
- ** Registered users will receive a utility program that converts programs
- from earlier formats. Or you can use the file description detailed in
- section 4.2.
-
- Years are now shown for people on the display.
-
- The central line now contains a scroll bar that allows instant mouse access
- to any point in the display.
-
- New reports and selections were added to reflect the additions.
-
- New datasets for registered users (CINEMA, TWENTY), and expanded existing
- ones.
-
- 7. SHAREWARE & THE ASP
-
- This program is shareware, which is a means of distributing software. Under
- the shareware concept, software may be freely copied and passed along to
- others, or distributed through bulletin board systems or national networks.
-
- Shareware is a means of distributing software. Under the shareware concept,
- software may be freely copied and passed along to others, or distributed
- through bulletin board systems or national networks.
-
- As a recipient of a shareware program, you may use the software for a short
- trial period to determine if it meets your needs. If the software is not
- suitable, then you can discard it. If you decide to use it, you must pay by
- registering. When you register a Cascoly shareware program, you receive:
-
- * A copy of the latest version of the program
- * Additional bonus datasets
- * A bonus of any other Cascoly program of equal or lesser value
- (see REGISTER.FRM for details)
- * A free introductory account on CompuServe including a private User
- ID number and password, $15 introductory usage credit, and a
- complimentary subscription to CompuServe Magazine, - a $30 value!
- * A minimum of 90 days online support via CompuServe or by
- telephone. Support by mail is also available, if accompanied
- by a SASE.
-
- To register a program, enter the following command:
-
- COPY REGISTER.FRM LPT1:
-
- and the order form will be copied to your printer. Check off the program
- you wish to register, and check the program you wish to receive as a bonus.
-
- Cascoly Software is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
- (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you.
- If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member
- by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP
- Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
- does not provide technical support for members' products. You can contact
- the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send a Compuserve
- message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
-
- 8. REFERENCES
-
- Several example datasets are included to illustrate the range of studies
- possible using CHRONOS. Users are encouraged to send interesting datasets
- to Cascoly, and we will include them in future updates. The example
- datasets were compiled from a variety of sources. Some good starting points
- would include the 'Who Was Who' books that can be found in the reference
- section of libraries. Another good source is an unabridged dictionary.
- They often have a section on famous people. Some historical periods have
- special dictionaries that are useful.
-
- GENERAL:
- "Book of Chronologies", The NY Public Library, (Prentice Hall: 1990).
- "The Timetables of History", Bernard Grun, (Touchstone: 1982).
-
- REVOLT:
- "The Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars", David Chandler, (MacMillan:1979).
-
- CINEMA:
- "A History of Narrative Film", David A. Cook (WW Norton, NY: 1981).
-
- The figures showing menus were captured from actual screens, using the
- Cascoly program CAPBUF. For details on ordering, print out REGISTER.FRM.
-
- FIGURES:
- Figure 1: File menu
- Figure 2: People Menu & Entry Window
- Figure 3: Sample Edit picklist for People
- Figure 4: Events entry and editing
- Figure 5. Mouse Map for Display
- Figure 6: Selection Criteria
- Figure 7: Reports
- Figure 8: Keyboard & Mouse controls for viewing display
-
-
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 1: File menu
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ File People Event Display Play Select Reports Quit │
- ╘═╒══════════╕═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
- │ Open │
- │ New │
- │ Save │
- │ WriteAs │
- │ About │
- │ Register │
- ╘══════════╛
-
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 2: People Menu & Entry Window
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ File People Event Display Select Reports Quit │
- ╘══════════╒══════════╕════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
- │ Add │
- │ Edit │
- │ Delete │
- │ Factions │
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │Name │
- │Starting year 1900 Type (0=normal, 1=approx, 2=reign) 0 │
- │Ending year 1900 Type (0=normal, 1=approx, 2=reign) 0 │
- │Description │
- │Description │
- │Faction 0 │
- │Vocation 0 │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 3: Sample Edit picklist for People
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ File People Event Display Select Reports Quit │
- ╘══════════╒══════════╕════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
- │ Add │
- │ Edit │
- │ Delete │
- │ Factions │
- │ Vocations│
- │ Colors │
- ╘══════════╛
- ╒═════════ People ═════════╕
- │1732 George Washington │█
- │1735 Paul Revere │█
- │1741 Benedict Arnold │█
- │1751 James Madison │█
- │1769 Napoleon Bonaparte │█
- │1819 Walt Whitman │█
- │1833 J.E.B. Stuart │█
- ╘══════════════════════════╛█
- ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 4: Events entry and editing
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ File People Event Display Select Reports Quit │
- ╘══════════════════════╒══════════╕════════════════════════════════════════════╛
- │ Add │
- │ Edit │
- │ Delete │
- │ Groups │
- │ Nations │
- │ Colors │
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │Event │
- │Starting year 1900 Type (0=normal, 1=approx, 2=reign) 0 │
- │Ending year 1900 Type (0=normal, 1=approx, 2=reign) 0 │
- │Description │
- │Description │
- │Group 0 │
- │Nation 1 0 │
- │Nation 2 0 │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 5. Mouse Map for Display
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ┌───┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───┐
- │ a │ c │ a │
- ├───┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───┤
- │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │
- │ b │ │ b │
- │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │
- ├───┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───┤
- │ a │ c │ a │
- ├───┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───┤
- ├───┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───┤
- │ a │ c │ a │
- ├───┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───┤
- │ │ │ │
- │ b │ │ │
- ├───┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───┤
- │ a │ c │ a │
- ├───┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───┤
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Left Mouse Button:
- a: Moves screen to requested corner of virtual screen.
- b: Scrolls horizontally
- c: Scrolls vertically
-
- Right Mouse Button:
- Middle line: moves date selector
- Bottom line: selects command
- Top or bottom section: selects a person or event
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 6: Selection Criteria
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ File People Event Display Select Reports Quit │
- ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════╒════════════╕═════════════════╛
- │ All │
- │ People │
- │ Factions │
- │ Vocations │
- │ F/V toggle │
- │ Events │
- │ Groups │
- │ Nations │
- │ G/N toggle │
- ╘════════════╛
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 7: Reports
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ File People Event Display Select Reports Quit │
- ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╒═══════════╕══════╛
- │ All │
- │ People │
- │ Factions │
- │ Vocations │
- │ Events │
- │ Groups │
- │ Nations │
- │ Ages │
- │ Charts │
- ╘═══════════╛
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Figure 8: Keyboard & Mouse controls for viewing display
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ --------- Keyboard Controls ------ │
- │ <left> <right> = Scroll horizontally │
- │ <up> <down> = Scroll vertically │
- │ <Gray+> <Gray-> = Select next/previous item │
- │ <Ins> <Del> = Toggle between People & Events │
- │ <Home>+<PgUp> = Upper left of window │
- │ <Home>+<PgDn> = Lower left of window │
- │ <End> +<PgUp> = Upper right of window │
- │ <End> +<PgDn> = Lower right of window │
- │ <F2> = Display details │
- │ │
- │ --------- Mouse Controls ------ │
- │ <Left Button> = Scroll windows │
- │ <Right Button> = Display details │
- │ │
- │ <F1> = Display this help window │
- │ <Esc> = Return to main menu │
- ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╛