ÒÕÎ ÓCRIPT ÐLUS
ÂY ÒOBERT ÒOCKEFELLER
Ã-64 OR Ã-128, PRINTER

ÒÕÎ ÓCRIPT ÐLUS USES ONE STATUS LINE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN TO DISPLAY PROMPTS, AND OPERATION AND ERROR MESSAGES. ÔHIS LEAVES 24 LINES FREE FOR DISPLAYING TEXT.

ÙOU MAY ABORT ALMOST ANY OPERATION, INCLUDING SAVING, PRINTING AND LOADING TEXT, BY PRESSING THE ÃONTROL KEY ALONG WITH THE ÃOMMODORE KEY.

ÃURSOR KEYS--ÂY PRESSING THE CURSOR-DOWN KEY OR THE (SHIFTED) CURSOR-UP KEY, YOU CAN SCROLL VERTICALLY THROUGH THE TEXT AREA. ÂY PRESSING THE CURSOR-RIGHT-AND-LEFT KEY, YOU CAN MOVE THE CURSOR HORIZONTALLY.

×ITH ÒÕÎ ÓCRIPT ÐLUS'S WORD-WRAP FEATURE, A GIVEN SCREEN LINE MAY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO 79 SPACES AT THE END OF IT. ÔHE EMPTY SPACES APPEAR AS SMALL DOTS THAT DON'T EXIST IN THE TEXT AREA IN MEMORY, BUT ARE PRINTED TO THE SCREEN TO PAD OUT THE LINE. ×HEN MOVING THE CURSOR HORIZONTALLY, YOU'LL FIND IT WILL SKIP OVER THESE DOTS.

ÓHIFT/RETURN--ÍOVES THE CURSOR TO THE START OF THE NEXT LINE.

ÈOME--ÐRESSING THE HOME KEY ONCE MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE UPPER-LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN. ÐRESSING IT TWICE MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE START OF THE MANUSCRIPT.

ÃONTROL/BACK-ARROW--ÐRESSING THE ÃONTROL AND BACK-ARROW KEYS ONCE MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN, AND PRESSING THIS COMBINATION A SECOND TIME MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE END OF THE TEXT.

ÓHIFT/ÉÎÓÔ--ÉNSERTS ONE SPACE AT THE POSITION OF THE CURSOR.

ÃONTROL/É--ÔOGGLES YOU IN AND OUT OF ÉNSERT MODE.

ÒUN-STOP--ÉNSERTS A BLOCK OF 200 SPACES.

ÓHIFT/RUN-STOP--ÄELETES A BLOCK OF INSERTED SPACES.

ÄÅÌ--ÄELETES THE CHARACTER TO THE LEFT OF THE CURSOR.

Æ7--ÄELETES THE CHARACTER UNDER THE CURSOR; THE CURSOR DOES NOT MOVE.

Æ8--ÄELETES A BLOCK OF TEXT.

Æ8,Æ8--ÐRESSING Æ8 TWICE WILL DELETE ALL TEXT FROM THE CURSOR POSITION TO THE END OF THE TEXT AREA.

Æ5--ÔO MOVE A BLOCK OF TEXT.

Æ6--ÔO COPY A PORTION OF THE TEXT IN MEMORY TO ANOTHER POSITION.

Æ6,Æ6--ÔO INSERT THE CONTENTS OF THE TEXT BUFFER INTO YOUR DOCUMENT. ÔHIS FEATURE ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE MULTIPLE COPIES OF THE SAME TEXT BLOCK OR TO RECOVER A DELETED BLOCK.

Æ2--ÔO SEARCH FOR A STRING BETWEEN THE CURSOR POSITION AND THE END OF THE TEXT.

Æ4--ÔO REPLACE STRINGS WITHIN THE TEXT AREA.

Æ4,Æ4--ÐROMPTS YOU TO INPUT A SEARCH STRING AND A REPLACE STRING.

ÃONTROL/1--CHANGES TEXT COLOR.

ÃONTROL/2--CHANGES BACKGROUND COLOR. ÃHANGES Ã-128 SCREEN COLOR.

ÃONTROL/3--CHANGES STATUS LINE COLOR.

ÃONTROL/4--CHANGES BORDER COLOR (Ã-64 ONLY).

ÒETURN--×HEN ENTERING TEXT IT SIGNALS THE END OF A PARAGRAPH.

ÃONTROL/X--ÉNTERCHANGES THE TWO CHARACTERS TO THE LEFT OF THE CURSOR--A FAST METHOD OF CORRECTING TRANSPOSED LETTERS.

ÃONTROL/6--ÔOGGLES ÒÕÎ ÓCRIPT ÐLUS IN AND OUT OF ÓHIFT ÌOCK MODE.

ÃONTROL/=--ÔO REPLACE THE LINE-PADDING DOTS WITH SOME OTHER CHARACTER.

ÈÅÌÐ (Ã-128 ONLY)--ÍOVES THE CURSOR TO THE OTHER TEXT AREA WHEN THE DISPLAY IS SPLIT.

ÃONTROL/Z--ÐRINTS FIVE SPACES TO THE SCREEN (USEFUL FOR INDENTING PARAGRAPHS).

ÃONTROL/U--ÌETS YOU SELECT A NEW CHARACTER TO BE INSERTED INTO THE TEXT AREA WHEN YOU PRESS THE RUN-STOP KEY. ÉT REPLACES THE DEFAULT CHARACTER (A SPACE).

Æ1--ÐRESSING Æ1 AFTER A PROMPT FOR A FILENAME ACTIVATES A SCREEN-READ FEATURE. ÓOMEWHERE AT THE START OF A DOCUMENT, WITHIN THE FIRST 256 CHARACTERS, CREATE A COMMENT WITH THE .CM DOT COMMAND. ÆOLLOWING THE .CM COMMAND, TYPE THE DOCUMENT'S FILENAME SURROUNDED BY DOUBLE QUOTES, SUCH AS .CM "0:FILENAME". ×HEN YOU SAVE THE FILE WITH THE Æ1,@ OR Æ1,S COMMAND, IF YOU PRESS Æ1 AFTER THE "FILENAME ?" PROMPT APPEARS, ÒÕÎ ÓCRIPT WILL READ THE FILENAME FROM THE SCREEN INTO THE INPUT LINE. ÔHIS SAVES YOU FROM HAVING TO TYPE THE FILENAME EVERY TIME.

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×HEN YOU PRESS Æ1, A "COMMAND ?" PROMPT WILL APPEAR. ÙOU THEN ENTER THE LETTER CORRESPONDING TO THE FUNCTION (AS LISTED BELOW) THAT YOU WISH TO EXECUTE.

D--Æ1,D SELECTS THE DISK DEVICE WITH WHICH ALL SAVING AND LOADING WILL TAKE PLACE. ÔHE DEFAULT IS 8.

S--Æ1,S SAVES TEXT TO THE SELECTED DEVICE.

@--Æ1,@ SAVES WITH REPLACE. ÔHE OLD FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY SCRATCHED BEFORE THE NEW FILE IS SAVED.

L--Æ1,L LOADS A TEXT FILE FROM THE DISK.

A--Æ1,A IS AN APPEND FUNCTION FOR COMBINING A TEXT FILE ON DISK WITH THE ONE IN MEMORY. ÔHE FILE COMING FROM DISK IS APPENDED STARTING AT THE CURSOR POSITION AND REPLACES ANY TEXT THAT FOLLOWS THE CURSOR (NOT INTENDED FOR USE WITH SEQUENTIAL FILES).

T--Æ1,T SELECTS WHETHER CHARACTERS WILL BE OUTPUT AND INPUT IN ÁÓÃÉÉ OR ÃOMMODORE ÁÓÃÉÉ. ÔHE DEFAULT MODE IS ÃOMMODORE ÁÓÃÉÉ.

W--Æ1,W WRITES THE TEXT IN MEMORY TO DISK AS EITHER A SEQUENTIAL OR USER FILE. ÉF YOU WANT TO SAVE IT AS A SEQUENTIAL FILE, YOU MUST APPEND THE STRING, S,W TO THE FILENAME WHEN ENTERING THE FILENAME AT THE PROMPT. ÉF YOU WANT TO SAVE THE TEXT AS A USER FILE, APPEND, U,W TO THE FILENAME.

×ITH THE W FUNCTION, YOU CAN WRITE THE TEXT TO DISK USING EITHER ÃOMMODORE ÁÓÃÉÉ OR TRUE ÁÓÃÉÉ, DEPENDING ON HOW ÒÕÎ ÓCRIPT ÐLUS IS CONFIGURED. (ÓEE THE T FUNCTION, ABOVE.) ÁLSO, IF YOU CHANGE FILE TYPES BETWEEN A READ AND A WRITE, YOU NEED TO RENAME THE FILE. ÆINALLY, YOU CAN DO A SAVE-WITH-REPLACE BY INSERTING @0: BEFORE THE FILENAME. ÔHIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED WITH THE 1541, BECAUSE OF ITS ÄÏÓ BUG.

R--Æ1,R READS A SEQUENTIAL OR USER FILE FROM DISK.

$--Æ1,$,$ LISTS THE DISK DIRECTORY.

> OR < --Æ1,> ISSUES A DISK DRIVE COMMAND, WHILE Æ1,< READS THE DISK ERROR CHANNEL.

F--Æ1,F REPORTS THE NUMBER OF FREE BYTES REMAINING.

X--Æ1,X EXITS TO ÂÁÓÉÃ.

P--Æ1,P PRINTS TEXT. ÁFTER SELECTING THE PRINT FUNCTION, YOU'LL BE ASKED HOW MANY COPIES TO MAKE. ÙOU CAN CHOOSE UP TO 99. ÎEXT, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO SELECT THE OUTPUT DEVICE. ÏUTPUT MAY BE DIRECTED TO DEVICE 3, THE SCREEN; DEVICE 4 OR 5, THE PRINTER; OR DEVICE 8 OR 9, THE DISK DRIVE.

ÉF YOU SELECT THE PRINTER OR SCREEN AS THE OUTPUT DEVICE, YOU CAN OUTPUT ONE PAGE AT A TIME. ÓIMPLY ANSWER N FOR NO AT THE "CONTINUOUS (Y/N) ?" PROMPT. Á "NEXT OUTPUT (C/P/S) ?" PROMPT WILL THEN BE DISPLAYED BEFORE EACH PAGE IS OUTPUT. ÉF YOU ENTER S FOR SCREEN AT THIS POINT, THE NEXT PAGE WILL BE PRINTED TO THE SCREEN.

ÉF YOU ENTER P FOR PRINTER, THE NEXT PAGE WILL BE SENT TO YOUR PRINTER. ÉF YOU ENTER C AT THE PROMPT, OUTPUT FROM THAT POINT ONWARD WILL BE CONTINUOUS, AND THE "NEXT OUTPUT (C/P/S) ?" PROMPT WILL NO LONGER APPEAR.

0--Æ1,0 LOADS A NEW CHARACTER SET. ÉN ÓPECIAL ÇRAPHICS MODE, THE BUSINESS-GRAPHICS CHARACTERS OF THIS SET WOULD BE PRINTED USING THE PRINTER'S ÄOT ÇRAPHICS MODE.

1-9--Æ1,1 LOADS NEW PRINT SET NUMBER 1. Æ1,2 THROUGH Æ1,6 LOAD NEW PRINT SET NUMBERS 2-6. Æ1,7 THROUGH Æ1,9 LOAD NEW PRINT SET NUMBERS 7-9, BUT WORK ONLY IN THE Ã-128 VERSION.

ÃURSOR-UP AND CURSOR-DOWN--Æ1 WITH THE VERTICAL CURSOR CONTROLS SELECTS THE ÆAST ÓCROLL MODE, WHICH RAPIDLY MOVES THE TEXT UP OR DOWN. ÙOU LEAVE THIS MODE BY PRESSING ANY OTHER KEY, OR ABORT IT WITH THE ÃOMMODORE AND ÃONTROL KEYS.

ÃURSOR-LEFT AND CURSOR-RIGHT--Æ1 WITH THE HORIZONTAL CURSOR CONTROLS SELECTS THE ÐAGE MODE. ÉN THIS MODE, PRESSING THE CURSOR-RIGHT AND CURSOR-LEFT KEYS SCROLLS THE TEXT UP AND DOWN 24 LINES, RESPECTIVELY. ÅXIT THIS MODE BY PRESSING ANY OTHER KEY, OR ABORT IT BY PRESSING THE ÃOMMODORE AND ÃONTROL KEYS.

C--Æ1,C CHANGES THE CASE OF ALL TEXT FROM THE CURSOR POSITION TO THE DOCUMENT END. ÕPPERCASE LETTERS BECOME LOWERCASE, AND VICE VERSA.

Ò--Æ1,Ò SAVES A COPY OF THE TABLE OF REDEFINED CHARACTERS TO THE CURRENT SAVE DEVICE. ÆIRST, REDEFINE CHARACTERS WITH THE .DC COMMAND (SEE THE DOT COMMANDS, BELOW); THEN PRINT THE FILE TO ALLOW THE .DC COMMANDS TO EXECUTE; THEN SAVE THE TABLE. ÎOW YOU CAN LOAD THE SAVED CHARACTERS AT ANY TIME WITH THE .LR COMMAND.

O--Æ1,O PRINTS A DOCUMENT WITH ONE COPY, OUTPUT TO PRINTER DEVICE 4 AND CONTINUOUS OUTPUT.

Ú--Æ1,Ú (Ã-128 ONLY) SWAPS TEXT MEMORY IN ÒÕÎ ÓCRIPT ÐLUS'S TEXT AREA IN BANK 1 WITH THE MEMORY IN BANK 0. ÐRESSING Æ1,Ú AGAIN RESTORES THE ORIGINAL TEXT. ÙOU CAN KEEP ONE TEXT FILE IN BANK 1, ONE IN BANK 0, AND SWITCH BETWEEN THEM WITH Æ1,Ú. ÔHIS PERMITS UP TO 65,000 BYTES OF TEXT TO BE STORED IN MEMORY.