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V-EDIT / FCON / VSETUP HELP
VERSION 1.3
CALL OUR BBS & CHECKOUT OUR V-EDIT SUPPORT FILES
WHAT DO I DO?
1. UNCOMPRESS FILE "YES I KNOW YOU ALREADY DID THAT!"
2. MAKE A DIRECTORY CALLED "X:\VED" WHERE "X" IS A VALID HARD DRIVE
LETTER. THE DIRECTORY HAS TO BE A MAIN ROOT, IT CAN NOT BE NESTED
OR "V-EDIT" WILL NOT FIND ALL OF ITS FILES AND CRASH.
3. COPY ALL FILES TO THE "\VED" DIRECTORY.
4. MAKE SURE ANSI.SYS, OR SOME OTHER "ANSI" DRIVER IS LOADED.
5. TYPE "VSETUP + ENTER"
6. "VSETUP" LOOKS AT YOUR MACHINE AND CREATES A "NEXT.DAT" FILE
ACCORDING TO WHAT IT FINDS.
7. EITHER TYPE "V + ENTER" TO RUN BATCH FILE OR "VEDIT + ENTER."
YOU MAY ALSO LOAD A FILE FROM THE COMMAND LINE BY TYPING THE
FILE NAME + EXT. IF IN THE CURRENT DIRECTORY, OR THE COMPLETE
PATH + FILE NAME + EXT. IF NOT, AFTER "V" OR "VEDIT". BOTH
THE BATCH, AND THE MAIN PROGRAM WILL PASS THE PARAMETERS ON.
8. "VEDIT" LOADS...IF IT DOESN'T READ VHELP2.HLP IN A TEXT EDITOR
AND CALL US.
9. PRESS "F1" FOR "VEDIT" COMMAND HELP, OR PRESS "ESCAPE" TO ENTER
"FCON" AND PRESS THE COMMAND HELP, "ALT + H" READ MORE STUFF.
HINT: IF YOU DON'T LIKE SEEING THE "C:\VED" DIRECTORY COME UP
ALL THE TIME IN "FCON" THEN START IT FROM WHATEVER DEFAULT
DIRECTORY YOU WANT. EITHER PUT V.BAT IN SOME DIRECTORY
THATS IN ONE OF YOUR PATHS...AND EDIT THE CALLS, OR ADD
THE \VED DIRECTORY TO YOUR PATH, OR JUST START IT BY
TYPING "X> C:\VED\V" OR USE THE DOS SET COMMAND AND ADD
IT TO YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE.
OTHER THAN THAT, THESE ARE THE FILES INCLUDED WITH "V-EDIT"
BLOKSCRN.FMN SAMPLE SCREEN
WIERD.FMN SAMPLE SCREEN SHOWING 5 POSSIBLE BORDERS FROM 1 COLOR
ATTRIBUTE SET. FUNCTION CONTROL V, SEE CHANGES.TXT
DIAGSCRN.FMN SAMPLE SCREEN
OHANSI.SCR POEM WRITTEN BY A MUTANT, IN ANSI FORMAT
THE ABOVE 4 FILES ARE NOW LOCATED IN THE SAMPLE SCREEN FONT "FMNFONT.008"
VEDIT.EXE 162112 "VEDIT" SCREEN EDITOR
FCON.EXE 175593 FORMAT CONVERTER, FILE MANAGER, PLUS
VSETUP.EXE 34470 INI. SET UP UTILITY A MUST FOR "VEDIT"
V.BAT 92 BATCH FILE TO SAVE & RESTORE PROMPT, RUN "VEDIT"
VSHELL.BAT 87 USED BY SHELL COMMAND IN FCON.EXE
FONTHELP.HLP 1484 "F11 FONT FUNCTION HELP"
VCHELP.HLP 11219 "VEDIT" COMMAND HELP
VHELP1.HLP 22568 "FCON" HELP FILE 1
VHELP2.HLP 21717 "FCON" HELP FILE 2
ONFONTS.TXT 4336 EXPLANATION OF V-EDIT FONT FORMAT AND CREATION
README.1ST 11563 THIS FILE
CHANGES.TXT 8312 NEW STUFF ABOUT "VEDIT 1.3"
VDOC.PRN 13535 COPY VDOC.PRN LPT1: ORDER FORM GRAPHICS PRINT FUNC.
Q 1954 PLAY FILE, PROGRAM ENDING
MOCK.PCB 1703 MOCK FILE
FMNFONT.001 4265 THIN DOUBLE LINE FONT FILE
FMNFONT.002 6113 MEDIUM OUTLINE FONT FILE
FMNFONT.003 6121 DOUBLE LINE OUTLINE FONT FILE
FMNFONT.004 6129 BOLD OUTLINE FONT FILE
FMNFONT.005 6231 SHADOW FILLED FONT FILE
FMNFONT.006 7641 MEDIUM COLOR OUTLINE FONT FILE
FMNFONT.007 15113 MUTANT OBJECTS FONT FILE
FMNFONT.008 39212 MISC. SCREENS FONT FILE
TOTAL BYTES: 561570
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GENERAL INFO ON PCB CODES, HEART CODES, ESCAPE SEQUENCES...........
COLOR CODES ONLY
VBBS HEART CODES:
I = BRITE OR INTENSE FOREGROUND COLOR ON BACKGROUND COLOR
0 WHITE ON BLACK I I BLUE ON BROWN
1 I CYAN ON BLACK J YELLOW ON BLUE
2 I YELLOW ON BLACK K CYAN ON BLUE
3 MAGENTA ON BLACK L WHITE ON BLUE
4 I WHITE ON BLUE M I WHITE ON MAGENTA
5 I GREEN ON BLACK N BLACK ON CYAN
6 I RED ON BLACK O BLACK ON WHITE
7 I BLUE ON BLACK P RED ON WHITE
8 BROWN ON BLACK Q BLUE ON WHITE
9 CYAN ON BLACK R I WHITE ON WHITE
A GREEN ON BLACK S I RED ON WHITE
I I MAGENTA ON BLACK T I BLUE ON WHITE
C I WHITE ON RED U I WHITE ON BLACK
D I YELLOW ON RED V BLACK ON RED
E I CYAN ON RED W BLACK ON BLUE
F WHITE ON RED X BLACK ON MAGENTA
G BLUE ON GREEN Y I WHITE ON GREEN
H I RED ON BROWN Z I WHITE ON CYAN
BECAUSE OF ALTERATIONS TO THE CONVERT ENGINE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SMALLEST
OUTPUT FILES AVAILABLE, WE HAD TO SIMULATE ALL POSSIBLE COLOR COMBINATIONS
IN VBBS. FOR EXAMPLE: "RED ON BLACK" ISN'T AVAILABLE, IN "VBBS" SO IF USED
IN VEDIT, IT WILL BE CONVERTED TO "I RED ON BLACK."
WE TRYED TO MAKE THE MOST SENSIBLE CHOICES FOR ALTERNATIVE COLORS, HOWEVER
IF YOU FEEL ONE COLOR SHOULD BE ANOTHER, WE'LL BE GLAD TO CHANGE IT FOR YOU.
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PCB @X CODES
COLOR CODES ONLY
FORMAT: @X## WHERE @X IS CONSTANT, 1ST # = BACKGROUND COLOR,
2ND # = FOREGROUND COLOR.
COLOR BACKGROUND 1ST # FOREGROUND 2ND #
NORMAL BLINKING NORMAL INTENSE
BLACK 0 8 0 8
BLUE 1 9 1 9
GREEN 2 A 2 A
CYAN 3 B 3 B
RED 4 C 4 C
MAGENTA 5 D 5 D
YELLOW/BROWN 6 E 6 E
WHITE/GREY 7 F 7 F
AT MACRO COMMANDS? WE COULD HAVE ADDED THEM WITHIN "VEDIT" BUT WHY?
IT ONLY MAKES OUR "EXE" BIGGER, FOR SOMETING YOU
COULD EASILY TYPE IN. WELL, MAYBE IN VERSION 2.0!
SEE THE NEWEST VERSION OF "PC BOARD" FOR THE LATEST
LIST OF THESE COMMANDS.
NOTE: V-EDIT USES A DEFAULT "FOREGROUND" COLOR OF "7" WHITE FOR ALL OF ITS
CONVERSIONS. MINOR EDITING MAY BE NECESSARY WHEN LOADING FILES CREATED
IN OTHER SCREEN EDITORS.
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ANSI ESCAPE SEQUENCES
COLOR CODES ONLY
CLEAR ATTRIBUTES
FOREGROUND COLOR;BACKGROUND COLOR;(EITHER "m" TO END SEQUENCE OR POSSIBLE
5;1m = BLINKING;INTENSE)
";" SEMICOLON USED BETWEEN ATTRIBUTES, NO SPACES
ALL COLOR SEQUENCES END WITH "m" LOWER CASE "M"
AGAIN NO SPACES.
IF YOU'RE READING THIS FILE FROM THE DOS COMMAND LINE PROMPT
THE FOLLOWING CODES WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING, INSTEAD OF
PRODUCING VISIBLE TEXT CODES.
SO....
OR
OR
OR
GET THE IDEA? IF NOT I RECOMMEND READING: "PC BATCH FILE LAB NOTES"
COLOR FOREGROUND BACKGROUND
BLACK 30 40
RED 31 41
GREEN 32 42
BROWN/YELLOW 33 43
BLUE 34 44
MAGENTA 35 45
CYAN 36 46
WHITE/GREY 37 47
VEDIT ALSO USES A AND C, WHICH IS "UP 1 ROW" AND "RIGHT ONE
COLUMN", RESPECTIVELY. C MEANS "MOVE RIGHT 23 COLUMNS"
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NOTES ABOUT "VEDIT"
THIS PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING FROM PCB CODE
TO VBBS CODE TO ANSI CODE. RELENTLESSLY WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE SMALLEST
AVAILABLE OUTPUT FILES FOR ALL OF OUR FORMATS!
A WORD ABOUT "THE SMALLEST" IN THE FUTURE OTHER EDITORS WILL BE ABLE
TO MATCH OUR SIZES, BUT IT IS NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE TO REDUCE
FURTHER, UNLESS PCB OR VBBS FORMAT CHANGES.
ALSO BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR COMPARISONS, TAKE THEIR SAMPLE SCREENS AND
RESAVE THEM IN THEIR OWN EDITOR'S FIRST, AND MAKE IT FAIR...WE SAVE
IN 24 LINES. WHEN WE TEST, WE USE THEIR ORIGINAL FILES, CHOOSE THE
CLEAR SCREEN OPTION, AND WHATEVER THE DEFAULTS ARE. WE HAVE FOUND
THAT MANY SAMPLES DON'T RE-SAVE IN THE SAME # OF BYTES, AND WE TEND
TO WONDER IF THEY WERE MANUALLY MANIPULATED.
ALL OF V-EDIT'S SAMPLES WERE SAVED WITH V-EDIT, AND NOT CHANGED TO
IMPRESS YOU, WITH A FALSE SIZE!
V-EDIT 1.3 NOW USES THE PCB AT MACRO FOR COLUMN CURSOR POSITIONING.
THE "ALT+M" FUNCTION, AVAILABLE AT THE MAIN LEVEL IN V-EDIT WILL
TOGGLE THIS ABILITY, AND IF ON, CAN SAVE YOU AS MUCH AS 25% SPACE
IN YOUR PCB FORMAT FILES!
IF YOU USE, VSETUP.EXE TO GENERATE A INI FILE, THEN THE "ALT+M"
FUNCTION IS PRE-SET "ON".
A WORD FROM THE WIZARD: "I HAVE SEARCHED THROUGH HUNDREDS OF SAMPLE
ANSI SCREENS, AND THE BEST I CAN COME UP WITH, MANUALLY, IS ABOUT A
1.4% REDUCTION IN FILE SIZE OR AN ACTUAL RECOVERY OF APPROX. 50 BYTES
FROM A 4K FILE. PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT....
LET V-EDIT DO ITS THING!"
10. WE ARE ALLOWING YOU 30 DAYS TO SAMPLE V-EDIT, IF AT THE END OF THAT
PERIOD, IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RETAIN V-EDIT FOR USE, PLEASE ERASE IT
AND ALL COMPANION FILES FROM YOUR HARD DRIVE, OR SEND THE REQUIRED
PAYMENT TO US, AND WITHIN 5 DAYS YOU WILL RECIEVE YOUR REGISTERED
COPY AND ANY OTHER SOFTWARE AS THE CURRENT ENCLOSED OFFER IMPLIES.
SHOULD YOU NOT COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS, V-EDIT WILL EVENTUALLY
DISABLE ITSELF. IF YOU HAVE SENT IN YOUR PAYMENT BUT HAVE NOT RE-
CIEVED YOUR NEW COPY YET. CALL US, AND WE WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH A
TEMPORARY PASSWORD, TO CONTINUE THE USE OF V-EDIT.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
LATER,
¥ WIZARD.................
PS: NOTE TO "IAN DAVIS" OR "MIKE ZED"
RE: ( THE DRAW latest release )
YO! YOU'RE PROGRAM DOESN'T CALCULATE BLINKING COLOR
SEQUENCES ABSOLUTELY. CALL US AND WE WILL TELL YOU
HOW TO FIX IT!
THIS NOTE IS INCLUDED, 'CAUSE YOU WON'T ANSWER YOUR
MAIL!
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