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FCON HELP
V-EDIT VERSION 1.3
FCON FORM:
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
| OPEN | | SAVE | | APPEND | | VIEW | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | | QUIT |
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
SOURCE/TARGET FORMAT/OPTIONS
+---------------------------------------+
|File Spec Box | ANSI PCB VBBS
+---------------------------------------+
(*) 1 SAVE ( ) 2 SAVE ( ) 3 SAVE
+-------------------+ [Drive1 ]v
| File1 ^ +-----------------+ (*) 4 APND ( ) 5 APND ( ) 6 APND
| | Dir1 ^
| # | (*) 7 VIEW ( ) 8 VIEW ( ) 9 VIEW
| # | #
| # | #
| # | # [ ] TXT OFF <SAVE ASCII> <RENAME>
| v | v
+-------------------+ +-----------------+ <SHELL> <MAKE FONT> < DEF FORMAT >
ASCII VIEWER ^ + FILE INFORMATION -+ +----------+
|FILE SIZE | | HELP |
# |FILE LINES | +----------+
v |FILE DATE |
< #####################################> +-------------------+ TIME
COMMANDS BY OBJECT:
F: = FUNCTION K: = KEY BOARD COMMANDS M: = MOUSE COMMANDS
(N) WHERE N IS A HIGHLIGHTED CHARACTER FOR OBJECT SELECTION
SOURCE/TARGE(T)
+---------------------------------------+
|File Spec Box |
+---------------------------------------+
F: FULL PATH SPEC & FILE NAME TO OPEN, TO SAVE TO, TO APPEND TO,
TO VIEW AS ASCII TEXT FILE, TO RENAME,
TO ZAP! "NEW" & "OLD" FUNCTIONS
K: ARROW KEYS SCROLL IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION
SHIFT ARROW KEYS HIGHLIGHT TEXT IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION
DELETE KEY DELETES CHARACTER, OR HIGHLIGHTED PORTION
ANY ALPHANUMERIC DELETES HIGHLIGHT
CONTROL DELETE DELETES TO END OF LINE
INSERT KEY INSERTS CHARACTERS AT CURSOR
INSERT OFF WRITE-OVER, CURSOR WILL CHANGE TO BLOCK
BACKSPACE CONVENTIONAL FUNCTION
HOME, END BEGINNING OF LINE, END OF LINE, UNHIGHLIGHTS
TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
(T) ALT + T SETS FOCUS BACK TO FILE SPEC BOX, "QUICK FIND"
A-Z, 0-9, $ ACCEPTS ALL CHARACTERS, NOT CASE SENSITIVE
"NEW" TYPE UPPER CASE "NEW" IN TEXT BOX THEN SELECT
EDITOR COMMAND. THIS WILL DUMP ALL CURRENT
OPENED FILES AND ARRAYS AND RETURN YOU TO A
NEW VEDIT SCREEN.
"OLD" IF YOU OPENED A FILE FROM THE COMMAND LINE,
THE FILE NAME PARAMETER IS RETAINED IN DOS
MEMORY. UNTIL YOU QUIT OR USE THE "NEW"
COMMAND, IF YOU TYPE UPPER CASE "OLD" AND
SELECT THE EDITOR COMMAND YOU WILL ALWAYS
RELOAD THE ORIGINAL COMMAND LINE FILE, RE-
GARDLESS OF HOW MANY FILES WERE OPENED AND
EDITED IN BETWEEN.
CONTROL Z ZAP! = REDUCES THE SIZE OF A 1 LINE FILE BY
3 BYTES, THEREBY REMOVING THE CARRIAGE RETURN.
ZAP! WILL NOT WORK ON FILES LARGER THAN ONE
LINE, NOR ON FILES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY
"ZAPPED" THIS IS A BUILT IN SAFETY FEATURE.
YOUR CURSOR MUST BE INSIDE THE FILE SPEC BOX
SINCE ZAP! IS A FUNCTION OF THE OBJECT IN
FOCUS, NOT GLOBALLY OF FCON.EXE.
CONTROL Z ONCE A FILE HAS BEEN "ZAPPED" IS WILL SHOW UP
"CONT." IN THE FILE INFORMATION BOX AS INVALID FORMAT
THIS IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO READ THE NUMBER OF
LINES IN A FILE, THE UTILITY COUNTS THE NUMBER
OF CARRIAGE RETURNS...NONE TO COUNT = INVALID.
WHEN A FILE BECOMES AN INVALID FORMAT, IT CAN
NO LONGER BE OPENED, SO YOU MIGHT TO SAVE YOUR
FILE WITH A BACKUP COPY FOR REEDITING PURPOSES.
M: LEFT CLICK ON SOURCE/TARGE(T) SETS FOCUS TO FILE SPEC BOX
LEFT CLICK INSIDE FILE SPEC BOX SETS FOCUS TO ITSELF
LEFT DOWN DIRECTION HIGHLIGHTS TEXT, FOR EDITING, SEE KEY COMMANDS,
SCROLLS IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.
[Drive1 ]v
F: TO SELECT ACCESS TO NEW DRIVE SPEC.
K: TYPING ANY LETTER CORRESPONDING TO A VALID DRIVE SELECTS THAT
DRIVE
DRIVE SELECTED IS THEN POSTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX
ARROW KEYS SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE DRIVES IN RESPECTIVE
DIRECTION
HOME, END DRIVE 1, LAST DRIVE
TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
M: LEFT DOWN "v" OPENS DROP DOWN BOX, MOVE UP/DOWN TO HIGHLIGHT
AVAILABLE DRIVE, RELEASE...DRIVE IS SELECTED
+-----------------+
| Dir1 ^
|
| #
| #
| #
| v
+-----------------+
F: TO SELECT NEW DIRECTORY SPEC
K: TYPED CHARACTER SELECTS CORRESPONDING DIRECTORY, BY INDEX OF
FIRST CHARACTER MATCHING DESCRIPTION, SUB-
SEQUENT MATCHES ARE ALSO FOUND BY REPEATING
THE PROCESS
ARROW KEYS SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE DRIVES IN RESPECTIVE
DIRECTION
HOME, END TOP OF LIST, BOTTOM OF LIST
TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
ENTER CHANGES DEFAULT DIRECTORY "CD\XX"
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF
"VISUAL BASIC FOR DOS" YOU MUST EITHER CHANGE
DRIVES AND RETURN, GO TO V-EDIT AND RETURN,
OR USE THE MOUSE METHOD IN ORDER TO GET THE
DIRECTORY BOX TO REDRAW ITSELF, SO THAT THE
CHANGE IS VISIBLE.
M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS DIRECTORY
LEFT DOWN MOVE SCROLLS UP OR DOWN LIST
DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CHANGES DEFAULT DIRECTORY, EXPANDS CURRENT
DIRECTORY, REDRAWS & REFRESHES DIRECTORY BOX
SELECTED DIRECTORIES ARE POSTED WITH FULL PATH SPEC. IN FILE SPEC BOX.
+-------------------+
| File1 ^
|
| #
| #
| #
| #
| v
+-------------------+
F: TO SELECT NEW FILE SPEC
K: TYPED CHARACTER SELECTS CORRESPONDING FILE, BY INDEX OF
FIRST CHARACTER MATCHING DESCRIPTION, SUB-
SEQUENT MATCHES ARE ALSO FOUND BY REPEATING
THE PROCESS
ARROW KEYS SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE FILES IN RESPECTIVE
DIRECTION
HOME, END TOP OF LIST, BOTTOM OF LIST
TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS FILE
LEFT DOWN MOVE SCROLLS UP OR DOWN LIST
SELECTED FILES ARE POSTED WITH FULL PATH SPEC, IN FILE SPEC BOX. CLICKING OR
SELECTING FILES, "WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EACH STEP ie: "DRIVE->DIR->FILE" WILL
ALSO POST THE CORRECT FULL PATH SPEC.
FORMAT/OPTIONS
ANSI PCB VBBS
YOU MAY SELECT ONE OPTION CASE IN
(*) 1 SAVE ( ) 2 SAVE ( ) 3 SAVE EACH ROW "1,2,3"; "4,5,6"; "7,8,9"
YOU MAY TAB, OR SHIFT TAB TO ROWS
(*) 4 APND ( ) 5 APND ( ) 6 APND USE ARROW KEYS TO SELECT, OR TYPE
RESPECTIVE ACCESS KEY: "ALT + #"
(*) 7 VIEW ( ) 8 VIEW ( ) 9 VIEW LEFT CLICK MOUSE TO SELECT
ANSI ANSI.SYS FORMAT " ESCAPE SEQUENCES"
PCB PC BOARD FORMAT " @X CODES"
VBBS VBBS/WWIV FORMAT " N HEART CODES"
WHERE "N" IS A NUMBER 1 - 36
ASCII COMMON TEXT NONE OF THE ABOVE CODES
SAVE TELLS PROGRAM THAT WHEN THE SAVE COMMAND IS EXECUTED
TO SAVE THE V-EDIT DRAWING IN THE RESPECTIVE FORMAT.
APND APPEND DRAWING IN RESPECTIVE FORMAT WHEN THE APPEND
COMMAND IS EXECUTED
VIEW VIEW THE ASCII FORMAT OF THE CURRENT VEDIT DRAWING IN
THE RESPECTIVE FORMAT WHEN THEN VIEW COMMAND IS EXEC-
UTED.
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
| OPEN | | SAVE | | APPEND | | VIEW | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | | QUIT |
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
F: COMMAND BUTTONS EXECUTABLE COMMANDS AS PER DESCRIPTION
K: TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
ARROW KEYS SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN
RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.
SPACE BAR SELECTS COMMAND
ENTER SELECTS COMMAND
ALT + ACCESS KEY SELECTS COMMAND
M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS COMMAND
OPEN OPENS, OR LOADS THE DRAWING OR TEXT AS PER THE
FULL PATH SPEC. IN THE FILE SPEC BOX.
DRAWING IS CONVERTED FROM ANSI, VBBS, PCB, OR
ASCII FORMATS TO THE SYSTEM FORMAT.
OPEN LOOKS FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF "" OR "@X"
""; ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FILE IN ORDER
TO DETERMINE WHICH FORMAT IT SHOULD CONVERT
FROM. IF IT CAN NOT IDENTIFY THE FORMAT IT
OPENS AND CONVERTS THE FILE AS THOUGH IT WAS
AN ASCII FILE AND THUS IN ASCII FORMAT.
INVALID FORMAT FILES, THOSE WITH NO CARRIAGE
RETURN CHARACTERS CAN NOT BE OPENED.
OPEN ALSO DESTROYS ANY PREVIOUS DRAWING YOU
HAD IN THE V-EDIT, BECAUSE IT DUMPS THE CUR-
RENT ARRAYS AND REDIMS TO THE NEW FILE SIZE.
OPEN ALSO DOUBLES AS A FILE VIEWER, NOW THE
PATH IS RESET TO PREVIOUS PATH UPON RETURN-
ING TO FILER.
YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR SAFETY.
NOTE: YOU CAN NOT OPEN THE ANSI.TMP FILE UNLESS IT IS ONLY 1 PAGE "24 LINES"
BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ERASES THIS FILE BEFORE WRITING THE SECOND PAGE OF
DATA TO IT. YOU WILL GET A WARNING MESSAGE IF YOU TRY THIS.
SAVE SAVES THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER SAVE
FORMAT TO THE CURRENT FILE SPEC. IN THE FILE
SPEC BOX.
YOU WILL BE PROMPTED IN CASE OF OVERWRITE.
APPEND APPENDS THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER
APPEND FORMAT TO THE CURRENT FILE SPEC. IN
THE FILE SPEC BOX.
VIEW VIEWS THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER SEL-
ECTED FORMAT AS AN ASCII INTERPRETATION USING
EXTENDED DOS CHARACTERS WHERE FOUND.
THE TEXT IS DISPLAYED IN THE ASCII VIEWER.
EDITOR RETURNS TO V-EDIT.
CANCEL RESETS DRIVE, DIR, FILE BOXES TO DEFAULT SPECS
CANCELS ANY OPERATION.
DOES NOT RELEASE MEMORY, OR DUMP ARRAYS.
QUIT QUITS, EXITS TO DOS IN THE LAST KNOWN DEFAULT
DIRECTORY. IF YOU USED THE INCLUDED FILE:
V.BAT TO START V-EDIT, THEN V.BAT RESTORES
THE PROMPT, DELETES "MFMTA.DAT" AND THEN
EXITS TO THE SYSTEM.
ASCII VIEWER END ^
# CURSOR MUST BE INSIDE VIEWER IN
MID POINTS # ORDER TO USE VIEWER COMMANDS.
#
END v
< #####################################>
END MID POINTS END
F: DISPLAYS V-EDIT DRAWING IN RESPECTIVE VIEW FORMAT, OR OPENED FILE
IN ASCII TEXT AND EXTENDED DOS CHARACTERS.
K: ALL KNOWN TEXT EDITOR COMMANDS SEEM TO WORK, LIST IS ENDLESS SO NOT
VERBOSED. SEE BELOW FOR SPECIAL COMMANDS.
M: USUAL MOUSABLE SCROLL, SELECT, CLICK COMMANDS. CAN CLICK ON SCROLL
BARS "ENDS" FOR SLOW SCROLL OR "MID POINTS" FOR FAST SCROLL.
SPECIAL KEY COMMANDS:
SHIFT ARROWS SELECTS TEXT
CONTROL + C COPY SELECTED TEXT TO CLIPBOARD, NOT CUMULATIVE
CONTROL + P PASTE SELECTED TEXT AT CURSOR POSITION
CONTROL + L PRINT SELECTED TEXT, IF NONE SELECTED THEN
PRINT CONTENTS OF ASCII VIEWER BOX.
CONTROL + V PUTS: " @X " AT END OF CURRENT TEXT,
SINCE AND CAN NOT BE TYPED IN, BUT CAN BE
COPIED OR PASTED.
CONTROL + W WIDENS VIEWER BOX FROM 44 TO 80 "FULL SCREEN
WIDTH." CONTROL + W AGAIN RETURNS WIDTH TO
DEFAULT SIZE AND RE-ENABLES COVERED OBJECTS.
CONTROL + H DISPLAYS A MESSAGE, REITERATING ABOVE COMMANDS
NOTE: ALL FILES DISPLAYED IN THE ASCII EDITOR/VIEWER ARE CAPPED OFF
AT 24K, SO AS NOT TO CRASH THE SYSTEM AND STILL LEAVE ADEQUATE
ROOM FOR EDITING. VISUAL BASIC TEXT BOXES ONLY HOLD APPROXIMATELY
32K OF DATA.
IF "[X] TXT ON" AND FILE IS OVER 30K THEN THE TEXT BOX WILL ONLY
DISPLAY THE FIRST 3 PAGES, "72 LINES" OF THE FILE. WHY? BECAUSE
3 PAGES COULD EASILY BE 24K, IF MAXED OUT.
A "CHR$(10)" IS AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO EACH LINE OF TEXT, SO
THAT WHEN YOU SAVE YOUR FILE, IT'S NOT SAVED A ONE LONG SCREEN.
[ ] TXT OFF <SAVE ASCII> <RENAME>
<SHEL(L)> <(M)AKE FONT> < (D)EF FORMAT >
F: COMMAND/CHECK BOX EXECUTABLE COMMANDS AS PER DESCRIPTION
K: TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
ARROW KEYS SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN
RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.
SPACE BAR SELECTS COMMAND
ENTER SELECTS COMMAND
ALT + ACCESS KEY SELECTS COMMAND
M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS COMMAND
TXT OFF/ON OPEN ASCII SELECTOR
IF THIS CHECK BOX IS ON WHEN YOU OPEN AN ASCII
FILE, THEN THE CONTENTS OF THE FILE WILL BE
DISPLAYED IN THE VIEWER, AND "TXT OFF/ON" WILL
BE RESET TO "TXT OFF."
MUST BE ON PRIOR TO OPENING.
<SAVE ASCII> SAVES THE CURRENT CONTENTS OF THE ASCII VIEWER
TO A UNIQUELY NAMED FILE NAME IN THE CURRENT
SELECTED OR DEFAULT DIRECTORY.
<RENAME> RENAMES THE FILE SELECTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX
MOVES THE FILE SELECTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX,
IF THE NAME IS A DIFFERENT DIRECTORY SPEC THAN
EXISTS CURRENTLY. WILL NOT MOVE ACROSS DRIVES.
WILL NOT OVERWRITE EXISTING FILES.
CAN RENAME TO A NAME OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITATION
OF DOS ie: "MY FILE. 1" IF YOU USE EMBEDDED
SPACES FILE WILL BE LOCKED OUT FROM DOS, BUT
"FCON.EXE" WILL BE ABLE TO RENAME IT AGAIN.
THIS FEATURE WAS INCLUDED SO THAT YOU MAY USE
IT AS A FORM OF ENCRYPTION.
<SHELL> OPENS A DOS SHELL AND CLEARS THE SCREEN, BY
ALT L CALLING THE FILE "VSHELL.BAT."
UPON TYPING "EXIT" AND PRESSING ENTER, YOU
WILL RETURN TO THE FILE MANAGER.
<MAKE FONT> WILL DETERMINE IF A VALID PCB FILE EXISTS, IF
ALT P SO, WILL OPEN THE FILE AND REPLACE ALL "@X"
CODES WITH THE FONT COLOR SYMBOL "≈". IF THE
FONT FILE WAS OPENED AS AN ASCII FILE THEN THE
FUNCTION WILL USE THE ANSI.TMP FILE INSTEAD OF
THE PCB.TMP FILE. THE NEW FILE IS SAVED AS
"FMNFONT.00N" WHERE "N" IS A NUMBER ONE MORE
THAN THE PREVIOUS NUMBER OF FONT FILES IN THE
"\VED" DIRECTORY. ON COMPLETION YOU WILL BE
PROMPTED AS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FUNCTION.
< DEF FORMAT > IN THE CASE THAT YOU DON'T WANT ANSI TO BE THE
DEFAULT "SAVE, APPEND, VIEW" FORMAT. SET WHAT
EVER OPTIONS YOU WANT, AND PRESS THIS FUNCTION
KEY. THEN WHEN EVER YOU ENTER FCON THESE ATTRI-
BUTES WILL BE RESET TO YOUR NEW DEFAULT SEL-
ECTIONS.
+ FILE INFORMATION -+
|FILE SIZE |
|FILE LINES | REFLECTS ATTRIBUTES OF CURRENT FILE SPEC IN THE FILE
|FILE DATE | SPEC BOX.
+-------------------+
K:, M: NONE
FILE SIZE SIZE IN BYTES
FILE LINES # OF CARRIAGE RETURNS IN FILE
IF NONE THEN FILE IS INVALID FORMAT
FILE DATE DOS DATE OF FILE SPEC
+----------+
| HELP | YOU'RE IN HELP, DUDE!
+----------+
K: TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
ARROW KEYS SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN
RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.
SPACE BAR SELECTS COMMAND
ENTER SELECTS COMMAND
ALT + ACCESS KEY SELECTS COMMAND
M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS COMMAND
HELP COMMANDS: NORMAL TEXT EDITOR KEYS DO NORMAL TEXT EDITOR STUFF.
ESCAPE KEY EXITS HELP, RE-ENABLES SCREEN OBJECTS
SHIFT ARROWS SELECT TEXT
CONTROL + L PRINT SELECTED TEXT, IF NONE SELECTED PRINT
ENTIRE HELP FILE.
CONTROL + S SWITCH "VHELP1.HLP" WITH "VHELP2.HLP"
"VHELP1.HLP" DISPLAYS BY DEFAULT, FILE WAS
SPLIT TO AVOID MEMORY LOCKUPS.
END OF "VHELP1.HLP"