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  1. These are the instructions for LOOK.
  2.  
  3. Look provides an electronic index for FLIPPER.  To use LOOK,
  4. just start it up with the command:
  5.  
  6. LOOK INDEX
  7.  
  8. or, if you are using a hard disk,
  9.  
  10. LOOK \flipper\index
  11.  
  12. You can then use the arrow keys, up and down to browse through
  13. Flipper's index.  If you find a topic of interest, you can then
  14. press L for look up.  You will then be popped into the
  15. appropriate part of the instructions for Flipper.  If you want,
  16. you can then press T to try different sections which may also be
  17. relevant, or the escape key to go back to the index.  You can
  18. also look at these instructions by pressing the H key.  Press
  19. escape to leave help.  You can also use LOOK to look at other
  20. text files.  You can not change files with look, you can only
  21. browse through them.
  22.  
  23.  
  24.  
  25. The following commands are available.  They are laid out in 
  26. two columns, first the command, and then the explanation of
  27. what it does.
  28.  
  29. Commands for LOOK:
  30.  
  31.   Command                                   Action
  32.   H                                         look at the
  33. documentation
  34.   L                                         look up index listing
  35.   T                                         try another listing
  36.   ESC                                       go back to the index
  37.  
  38.  
  39.   up arrow                                  line up.
  40.   down arrow                                line down.
  41.   right arrow                               right character.
  42.   left arrow                                left character.
  43.   control right arrow                       right word.
  44.   control left arrow                        left word.
  45.   home                                      beginning of line.
  46.   end                                       end of line.
  47.   control home                              beginning of file.
  48.   control end                               end of file.
  49.   page up                                   page up.
  50.   page down                                 page down.
  51.  
  52.   control F                                 simple Find.
  53.   control L                                 repeat find.
  54.   control U                                 Abort command.
  55.  
  56.  
  57.   control K control Q                       Quit look.
  58.  
  59.   control K control M                       Set a Marker.
  60.   control K 1                               Set marker 1.
  61.   control K 2                               Set marker 2.
  62.   ...                                       ....
  63.   control K 9                               Set marker 9.
  64.  
  65.   control Q control F                       Find pattern (with
  66. options).
  67.   control Q control J                       Jump to Marker.
  68.   control Q 1                               Jump to marker 1.
  69.   control Q 2                               Jump to marker 2.
  70.   ...                                       ....
  71.   control Q 9                               Jump to marker 9.
  72.  
  73.   control O control I                       Jump to a Column.
  74.   control O control N                       Jump to a Line.
  75.  
  76. Options for the find command include the following letters:
  77.   u                                         ignore case
  78.   b                                         search backwards
  79.   w                                         find whole words only
  80.