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- QASCII.ZIP -- An internal patch and ASCII table for QEdit version 2.08+
-
- Date: August 28th, 1989
-
- THIS FILE MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY, WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
-
- QEdit is Copyright (C) 1985-1989 by SemWare.
- QMAC is Copyright 1988-1989 by Karl Brendel
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- -----------
- This set of files implements a "built in" patch and ASCII table for QEdit (version
- 2.08, or OS/2 version 1.00).
-
- It allows you to place the cursor on a key to be looked up, press one
- key, and have the Decimal, Hexadecimal, Binary, and English
- representation of that character appear. The format of the ASCII chart is
- completely up to the user, but a sample file is supplied. The patch is
- even more amazing since it makes QEdit considerably more user friendly.
-
- The files contained within this set are:
-
- QASCII.DOC -- This file.
- Q208FIX.BAT -- Shareware accelerator
- QASCII.QM -- Text version of QEdit ASCII chart macros.
- QASCII.MAC -- Binary version of QEdit ASCII chart macros.
- QASCII.LST -- Sample ASCII chart for use with above.
-
- QASCII.QM can be "compiled" with QMAC.EXE to form QASCII.MAC. However, for
- those without QMAC, a precompiled copy of QASCII.MAC, which assumes the
- ASCII chart is called QASCII.LST and is always in the current directory, is
- supplied.
-
- *** *** ***
-
- QUICK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- -------------------------------
- EITHER: (1) Edit the macros in QASCII.QM to match the location of your
- QASCII.LST file on disk. You will probably want to specify a
- full path to QASCII.LST in the macros, so that they will
- operate correctly from any directory.
-
- Compile the macros to QASCII.MAC by invoking QMAC:
-
- QMAC QASCII.MAC QASCII.QM B N
-
- Load the QASCII.MAC into QEdit when editing, using the
- MacroRead command, and execute the two keys as needed.
-
- OR: (2) Add the macros from QASCII.QM into your QCONFIG.DAT, and use
- QCONFIG to configure them permanently into your copy of
- Q.EXE. Then you will not have to load QASCII.MAC to operate
- these macros, as they will be "permanent" in Q.EXE.
-
- As above, be sure to change the string 'QASCII.LST' to a full
- path specification to your ASCII chart file.
-
- After compiling the macros, or running QCONFIG, just make sure that your
- QASCII.LST file is present in the appropriate directory, and you are ready
- to use the macros.
-
-
- ABOUT THE ASCII CHART
- ---------------------
- The QASCII.LST file is free-form, with one ASCII character represented per
- line. The only restriction is that each character appear between
- parentheses in QASCII.LST, only once.
-
- The Control-F4 macro requires that the ASCII character itself appear in
- Column 24 of each line, and that the first ASCII character appears on line
- 6 of the file. If you change the format of the ASCII chart, you will have
- to edit the third macro appropriately, particularly the GotoLine and
- GotoColumn commands.
-
- The rest of each line in QASCII.LST can contain numeric or other
- descriptions of that ASCII character, subject to your whim. The sample
- QASCII.LST displays the character in Decimal, Hexadecimal, Binary, and by
- Name.
-
- Due to restrictions on ASCII text files, and the way QEdit reads them, the
- Carriage Return, Line feed and Tab characters cannot appear "literally" in
- the QASCII.LST file. The sample file has these characters translated to
- 00h, but their descriptions are left in for completeness.
-
-
- ABOUT THE SHAREWARE ACCELERATOR
- -------------------------------
- This handy little bugger makes QEdit a truly user friendly program.
- Place the debug command, q208fix.bat and q.exe (qedit.exe) in the same
- subdirectory for a quick start. Enter "q208fix" and you will have a
- user friendly QEdit. Minor modifications may be necessary to the batch
- file, but they should be obvious.
-
- WHAT THE MACROS DO
- ------------------
- The three macros work as follows:
-
- (1) Control-F2 opens the ASCII chart as a window below the current one,
- and moves the cursor to the line containing the ASCII character on which
- the cursor was sitting in the first file.
-
- You can then scroll around in the ASCII chart and look at other characters.
- It is up to you to close the window to the ASCII chart when you are done
- with it.
-
-
- (2) Control-F3 opens the ASCII chart just long enough to copy the
- information on the character, and then it displays it in a dialog box
- near the character itself in the original file. The user can press
- Return or Escape to continue editing.
-
-
- (3) Control-F4 opens the ASCII chart, allowing the user to scroll
- around within it. The user can chose an ASCII character he would like
- inserted into his original file by moving the cursor to that line.
-
- Then, just press RETURN, and that character will be inserted into the
- text of the original file at the cursor, exactly as if you typed it. This
- can be much more convenient than having to "type" the character with the
- ALT-numeric keypad.
-
-
- Try all three macros out to see which one(s) you like best.
-
- *** *** ***
-
- If you have any problems with these files, please contact us via the
- SemWare QEdit Support Board, at (404) 641-8968, 2400 bps, 24 hours.
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- *** END ***
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