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.f3 - # - Appendix B - Miscellaneous Utilities .rm70 .tc .tc1 .tc B. MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES ............................# APPENDIX B MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES This appendix discusses some of the utilities that are supplied with Word Fugue. .tc FI - File Descriptions Utility .....................# FI - File Descriptions Utility If you are using File Descriptions, and you do not have 4Dos, then you need this program to support your file descriptions outside of Word Fugue. It acts like a replacement for the DOS DIR command. It displays a browse list of files, and allows the addition of descriptions to files in full screen mode. Press Return to edit the description of highlighted file. The descriptions are stored in file FILEINFO.WF in the directory being browsed. The list can be scrolled up and down by use of the cursor keys. Filename : FI.EXE Syntax : FI <mask> /H/S/D/R/A/P/G/B/C/Q/I/1 or FI /H/S/D/R/A/P/G/B/C/Q/I/1 <mask> Parameters: <mask> directory mask with wildcards * or ? (eg b:e*.t??) as for DOS wild cards. /H - include Hidden files /S - include System files /D - include Directories /R - include read only files /A - all files - use this instead of /H/S/R/D /P - pack the description file. As you add descriptions, delete files and so on, the description file will slowly accumulate garbage as descriptions build up that no longer relate to files. This option compares the file contents against the disk directory, and removes all entries that are not used. /G - use generic Bios calls. If your computer is not fully IBM compatible, you may find that the screen does not appear to work with programs that write directly to it. This parameter tells the program to use Bios for access to the screen. This is slower, but should always work. /B - use black and white colours. Some computers have colour cards connected to mono monitors, and can fool programs into thinking that the screen is capable of colour when it isn't. This option tells the program to use black and white colour regardless of what it believes the screen is capable of. .cp5 /C - clear screen at exit. This option clears the screen after the program terminates. Otherwise it will not clear the screen, and the list of files will scroll up a few lines. /Q - old CGA monitor - eliminate snow by waiting for a vertical retrace. /I - convert old INFO.DIR file - if you subscribed to our earlier utility INFO.EXE to record file descriptions, then this option will read the INFO.DIR file in the current directory and produce a FILEINFO.WF file in the current directory. If you never used this utility, you will never need this option! /1 - use alternate colours instead of the default colour set. Some colours are easy on the eye, but hard to see on certain monitors. If you don't like our standard set, try this one. .pa .tc WF_2_4D - Convert FILEINFO To 4DOS Format ..........# WF_2_4D - Convert FILEINFO To 4DOS Format If you do convert to 4DOS, and you have been using file descriptions, then this utility will convert your descriptions from Word Fugue's proprietary FILEINFO.WF files to DESCRIPT.ION files. It only works in the current directory. If the 4Dos description file exists, the descriptions from FILEINFO.WF are added to the end. Since 4Dos restricts you to 40 characters of description, the conversion program truncates longer descriptions. You should edit them first using either WF or FI, and then run the conversion. If you already had a DESCRIPT.ION file, then after the conversion is finished, you should use WF to edit the file and verify that entries are not duplicated. Simply delete the duplicated line. Filename : WF_2_4D.EXE Syntax : WF_2_4D Parameters: none .pa .tc WFLEXMGR - Dictionary Maintenance Program ..........# WFLEXMGR - Dictionary Maintenance Program Changes may be made to the main dictionary by using the program WFLEXMGR. This program will either Add or Delete words from the dictionary, depending upon the input on its screen. It will always write a new dictionary, so as not to destroy the old one if things go wrong. Make sure you have enough disk space for 2 copies! You may allocate the new dictionary on another drive or directory. If the old and the new are in the same directory, and have the same name, the old will be renamed to a .BAK extension, otherwise it will simply write a new dictionary. ╔════════ SPELL FUGUE - Word Fugue Main Dictionary Maintenance V3.0 ═════════╗ ║Source Dictionary : WF_MAIN.LEX__________________________________________ ║ ║Target Dictionary : WF_MAIN.LEX ║ ║Add or Delete records: A or C to convert dictionary formats ║ ║Change File: WF_AUX.DIC ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Fig B.1 - Dictionary Change Screen .tc1 Fig B.1 - Dictionary Change Screen ....................# The change file should have one word per line (like the auxiliary dictionary). The order of the words does not matter, since the maintenance program will sort the file first. All entries will be converted to lower case before being applied to the dictionary. You cannot add and delete in the same run, so if you have inadvertently added a word which you subsequently find to have been spelled incorrectly, you must first delete the erroneous word by putting it in a change file spelled exactly as it is in the dictionary, and directing the program to Delete words contained in the change file. Once this run has finished, you can then add the correctly spelled word by placing it in a change file and directing the program to Add words from the specified change file. It is also possible to use the program to convert the old format WF_MAIN.DIC file into the new format WF_MAIN.LEX file by setting the action to 'C' for Convert. In this case you will need about 700k disk space for the sort files as well as space for the new dictionary. If you run it on an XT at 4.7Mz, you can expect the process to take about an hour. You should not need to convert your old format dictionary unless you have added a large number of words to it. .CP15 Filename : WFLEXMGR Syntax : WFLEXMGR Parameters: /Q/B/G /G - use generic Bios calls. If your computer is not fully IBM compatible, you may find that the screen does not appear to work with programs that write directly to it. This parameter tells the program to use Bios for access to the screen. This is slower, but should always work. /B - use black and white colours. Some computers have colour cards connected to mono monitors, and can fool programs into thinking that the screen is capable of colour when it isn't. This option tells the program to use black and white colour regardless of what it believes the screen is capable of. /Q - old CGA monitor - eliminate snow by waiting for a vertical retrace. .pa .tc ZIP - Shell for PKZIP & PKUNZIP programs ...........# ZIP - Shell for PKZIP & PKUNZIP programs If you are into compressing files with PKWare's PKZIP & PKUNZIP programs, and you also use file descriptions, then this program acts as a shell, letting you tag files to be added by "point and shoot" methods, and running PKZIP in such a fashion as to add the file descriptions to the ZIP file. It also lets you browse a ZIP file, showing the contents along with their descriptions. You can tag files to be extracted or deleted. If you are extracting files, then their descriptions are also extracted. The program supports both 4DOS DESCRIPT.ION files as well as Word Fugue's proprietary FILEINFO.WF files. The program can also automatically sense when you are running 4DOS, and switch accordingly. You need PKZIP & PKUNZIP to be able to use this program. Filename : ZIP.EXE Syntax : 1. ZIP <mask> archive options 2. ZIP archive <mask> options Parameters: <mask> is file mask using DOS wild cards archive is the name of the ZIP file to modify or browse Options: /4 = use 4Dos file descriptions - over-ride automatic sensing /m = move files to archive (and delete from disk) if not specified then files remain on disk /d = delete archive files (no extraction) /w = use WF file descriptions - over-ride automatic sensing Remarks: Format 1 lists files on disk that match <mask> and lets you tag the ones to be archived Format 2 lists the files in the archive that match <mask> and lets you tag the ones to extract or delete + Tag a file. - Untag file. space Toggle the tag * Tag all files Del Untag all files ESC Quit without processing Enter Execute command (Archive,Extract or Delete) F1 Help F4 Set or change archive name F5 View file (text mode) F6 Edit description (Disk Only) F7 Change the search mask F8 Change the path for extracted files F9 Toggle the delete switch (extract only) .pa .tc WFINST - Word Fugue Installation Program ...........# WFINST - Word Fugue Installation Program .imCustomising Word Fugue .ix Installing keystrokes This program has 3 different uses: ■ installing of keystrokes ■ installing the user name ■ extracting the keystroke table from Word Fugue Filename : WFINST.EXE Syntax : WFINST - Install keystrokes WFINST /U - Change user name WFINST /C - Extract keyboard configuration table .tc Installation of Key Strokes .....................# Installation of Key Strokes This is the default if you do not include any parameters. It also recreates the help file so that the key sequences you have installed will appear correctly in the help text. At a minimum, you must have 2 files on the same disk: WF.EXE (Word fugue) WF.TXT (The source for the context sensitive help) If you have a 360K floppy system, there should be no other files on the disk, since WFINST will generate the file WF.HLP from the file WF.TXT. This file will take up about 110K, and will probably fill up a 360K floppy disk. In this case you must have WFINST on a second disk drive (not the default). Type in d:WFINST at the DOS prompt, where d: is the drive and directory where WFINST resides. The program will load and prompt you with: Perform fast entry of fully reconfigured keyboard (Y/N/enter for N) If you press Y for Yes, you may install the keyboard using the Fast Entry method. The default response, No, may be given by pressing N or Enter. If you answer No, you will be able to select the commands to change, but if you answer Yes, you will be prompted for each command. .cp10 Fast Entry When you select the fast entry option, the following instructions will be displayed on screen: Press <enter> to accept default{.╬} Press keys followed by <enter> for new key sequence{.╬} Press <Bksp> to back up one keystroke, C to clear, R to restore{.╬} Press <scroll lock> to toggle literal mode{.╬} Press <escape> to quit entering commands{.╬} Random Access editing is available when you are finished{.╬} You can then either enter a new key sequence for each command or accept the current one by pressing Enter. Both the command name and the current key sequence are always displayed to the left of the cursor. You specify a new key sequence by pressing the keys you wish to use to invoke that command. Pressing Enter terminates your entry. You can correct mistakes in the current entry by pressing the Backspace key (delete last key stroke), C (Clear entry), or R (Restore previous entry). To specify either the enter key or a ctrl M, you must first press the Scroll Lock key, which indicates that keystrokes are to be interpreted literally; press it again when you have finished entering the key sequence. Pressing ESC stops the fast entry procedure and takes you to the random access entry screen. Random Access When you select the random access option, or when you have finished using the fast entry procedure, you can alter any or all of the default key sequences. The top line of the screen will show some basic instructions. The remainder of the screen shows (from left to right) the name of the command, the primary key sequence, and the secondary key sequence. Move the cursor to the key sequence you want to change and press enter. Use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to select primary or secondary key sequences, and scroll through the list of commands using the Up arrow, down Arrow, Page Up and Page Down keys. Home takes you to the first command, and End to the last. You can correct mistakes in the current entry by pressing the Backspace key (delete last key stroke), C (Clear entry), or R (Restore previous entry). To specify either the enter key or a ctrl M, you must first press the Scroll Lock key, which indicates that keystrokes are to be interpreted literally; press it again when you have finished entering the key sequence. .pa ══════════════════════════════ Installing: WF.EXE ══════════════════════════════ ^│-v│-scroll PgUp-PgDn-page <┘-modify R-restore defaults ESC-exit ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Character left P: <Lft> S: <CtrlS> Character right P: <Rgt> S: <CtrlD> Word left P: <CtrlLft> S: <CtrlA> Word right P: <CtrlRgt> S: <CtrlF> Line up P: <Up> S: <CtrlE> Line down P: <Dn> S: <CtrlX> Scroll up P: <CtrlW> S: Scroll down P: <CtrlZ> S: Page down P: <PgDn> S: <CtrlC> Page up P: <PgUp> S: <CtrlR> Top of window P: <CtrlPgUp> S: <CtrlQ><CtrlR> Bottom of window P: <CtrlPgDn> S: <CtrlQ><CtrlC> Cursor to left side P: <Home> S: <CtrlQ><CtrlS> Cursor to right side P: <End> S: <CtrlQ><CtrlD> Top of screen P: <CtrlHome> S: <CtrlQ><CtrlE> Bottom of screen P: <CtrlEnd> S: <CtrlQ><CtrlX> ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Go to line P: <CtrlJ><CtrlL> S: Go to column P: <CtrlJ><CtrlC> S: Go to page P: <CtrlJ><CtrlP> S: Go to window P: <AltF6> S: <CtrlJ><CtrlW> Top of block P: <ShiftF7> S: <CtrlQ><CtrlB> Fig B.2 - Installation of Keystrokes .tc1 Fig B.2 - Installation of Keystrokes ..................# Quitting the Installation When you have finished making changes, press Q to Quit, or W to write your changes to a disk file. If you choose the Write option, you will then see the message "checking for conflicts..." If you have accidentally assigned the same key sequence to two or more commands, and error message will be displayed, You can correct your mistakes by searching for highlighted items. You will also see an error message if the size of the list of keystrokes goes over 1023 key strokes. You can easily solve this problem by eliminating a few secondary key sequences. After WF.EXE has been modified, WFINST will generate a new help file (WF.HLP) to go with it. This file combines the text from WF.TXT (which must be present) with the keystrokes you selected for each command. A running line counter tells you how many lines of WF.TXT have been processed. .cp10 .tc Changing the Registration Message ...............# Changing the Registration Message WFINST can also be used to change the registered name and message that display on program startup and termination. You need to have WF.EXE in the path, but you do not need the help files for this. Run the install program with the parameter /U where the U is CAPITAL U and not lowercase u: WFINST /U You will be prompted for the registered name, which can be edited. Pressing ESC will restore the old value. You will then be prompted for the registration message. After you have entered it, the new text will be written to WF.EXE The name and message are each restricted to 50 characters. .tc Extracting the Keyboard Table ...................# Extracting the Keyboard Table This option is supplied for upwards compatibility to save you having to reconfigure the keyboard layout each time you upgrade. If your current version is less than 2.01, the program will extract only the keyboard table, since other options have moved around in different versions. If your current version is at least 2.01, then all the configurable options will be extracted. Versions of Word Fugue after V2.01 will look for the configuration file WF.CFG in the default directory, and load in the options found there. If the configuration file is flagged as prior to V2.01, only the keyboard table will be loaded. Run the program as follows: WFINST /C where the C is a capital letter. It only works on the default directory, so be sure that the current drive and directory are the one that contains your old copy of Word Fugue. The program will display a message, extract the configuration file, and terminate. Go ahead and copy your new Word Fugue Files into the directory. When you load Word Fugue it will pick up the options you had set in the old version, (if you had a version 2.01 or greater) and the old keyboard layout you were using. If you were using a version prior to V2.01, you will still need to go in and set up the other options such as home directory. Saving your setup with the new version will write out all options to the configuration file in the current directory, as well as saving them in the executable. .pa .tc CHD - Full Screen Directory Changer ................# CHD - Full Screen Directory Changer This program can be used to display a tree of all directories on the disk, and permit changing to that directory by using "point and shoot" methods. In full screen mode it also permits creating, renaming and deleting of directories. In addition, if you start is with part of a directory name as a parameter, it will change to that directory which starts with the characters entered, and exit back to dos. File Name : CHD.EXE Syntax : CHD <new dir> /B/G/L/Q Remarks : The directory is saved in a file called CHD.DIR in the root directory of the drive the first time the program is run. You can cause it to recreate this file by re-reading the directory tree if you wish. Parameters : /B - use black and white colours (The program will sense if the screen mode is Black and White, but some users have a colour adaptor connected to a black and white monitor. This switch indicates to ignore the mode, and use black and white) /G - use Generic bios calls for screen IO (if you get a blank screen - try this one - used for screens that are not fully IBM compatible) /L - load directory tree by re-reading the disk (use this if you make changes to the directory structure outside the CHD program) /Q - eliminate snow on older CGA screens .tc Batch Mode ......................................# Batch Mode Run the program with the starting letters of a directory you to wish to change. If CHD finds a directory starting with those letters, it will change to that directory and return to the DOS prompt. eg Suppose you have a directory on your hard disk: QUATTRO\SHEETS\BUSINESS\AUG90 you could change to it by entering: CHD aug90 If you had more than one directory starting with AUG90, then the program will change to the first one it finds. Repeating the command will change to the next one. .CP10 eg QUATTRO\SHEETS\BUSINESS\AUG90 LOTUS\SHEETS\BUSINESS\AUG90 entering CHD AUG90 will change to the one under QUATTRO the first time, and the one under LOTUS the second time. If you enter the command a third time, it will change back to the first one again. .cp10 .tc Full Screen Mode ................................# Full Screen Mode If you run the program without a directory name as the first parameter, it goes to full screen mode and displays all directories for you to select. You can create new directories, delete them, or set them to be hidden from DOS commands, or Unhide them, or even rename them from the full screen mode, by pressing the first letter of the appropriate command: Load dir: Read the current drive and relog the directory Make dir: Make a directory under the highlighted one Delete dir: If the highlighted directory is empty, then delete it Hide dir: Set the hidden attribute so that the directory will no longer appear in the DOS DIR command. Hidden directories have a little fuzzy character (░) displayed beside them Unhide dir: Reset the Hidden attribute to make the directory visible Rename dir: Rename the highlighted directory Orig dir: Return to the original directory from which the program was invoked, and display it. Version: Displays registration details New drive: Log a new drive ESC: Exit - to the default directory Enter: Select the directory you have highlighted and change to it. The program terminates. .pa .tc README - Full Screen File Browser ..................# README - Full Screen File Browser This program can be used to browse any file. It also permits scrolling of lines left and right as well as up and down. File Name : README.COM Syntax : README <filename> Remarks : This is a simple file browser that is supplied on the installation disks to view the README text file. All characters in the PC's character set are displayed. The file can be any size. Parameters : <filename> This is the name of the file you wish to browse. If it does not exist, the program will terminate with the simple message "File not Found" Commands : Up Arrow Moves the display window towards the top of the file. Down Arrow Moves the display window towards the bottom of the file. Left Arrow Moves the display window to the left Right Arrow Moves the display window to the right Page Up Moves the display window up one page (24 lines) Page Down Moves the display window down one page (24 lines) Home Moves to the top of the file End Moves to the bottom of the file ESC Exits to DOS