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TOGGLES
A Toggle, in PC-TYPE+, is a key which can change an option to two or
more different states, where that option will remain in effect until
the key is pressed again.
The status of most of the PC-TYPE+ toggles can be seen by looking
toward the right side of the Command Line. Also, most of the toggles
can be saved into PC-TYPE+ itself so they will become default
settings. Even so, you may still change them from within the program.
Each Toggle will be described briefly in this HELP file. You may try
these toggles as you read this file to help familiarize yourself with
them and their functions. However, since you cannot save files from
inside the HELP files, the two toggles for creating .BAK files and
confirming that you want to replace an existing file cannot be tested.
The next screen presents a summary of all the Toggles.
Press the PgDn Key
TOGGLE SUMMARY
│ Command Line │ May Set as │ Toggle
Toggle Mode │ Character │ Default │ Key
─────────────────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────┼───────────
Insert │ "I" " " │ Yes │ Ins
Word-Wrap │ "W" " " │ Yes │ AltW
Enter Key │ "X" "x" " " │ Yes │ AltX
ASCII character entry │ "G" " " │ Yes │ Scroll Lock
Caps Lock │ "C" " " │ No │ Caps Lock
Drag Character │ "D" " " │ No │ Ctrl5 (NP)
Numeric Keypad │ "N" " " │ No │ AltCtrlNumLk
Spaces Between Sentences │ │ Yes │ Alt1/Alt2
Backup File │ │ Yes │
File Exists │ │ Yes │
NumLock Override │ │ Yes │
Press the PgDn Key
INSERT KEY
When the Insert Toggle is On, an "I" will appear on the Command Line
and the cursor shape will be large. When the Ins key is pressed
again, the "I" will disappear from the Command Line and the cursor
will be a line. The state of the Insert Toggle may be made a
permanent default through the MODIFY DEFAULTS panel.
WORD-WRAP TOGGLE (AltW)
The Word-Wrap Toggle may be turned on and off by pressing AltW. When
it is on, a "W" will appear on your Command line and words which will
go beyond the right margin are moved in totality down to the next
line. When Word Wrap is off, you will receive a warning message.
The Word-Wrap Toggle may be set permanently in the MODIFY DEFAULTS
panel (F8 F2) on the sub-panel labelled "Toggle Settings".
Press the PgDn Key
ENTER KEY TOGGLE (AltX)
The Enter Key Toggle, switched by pressing AltX, has three states:
(1) "X" - the cursor will be placed at the left margin of a newly
inserted line whenever the Enter key is pressed.
(2) "x" - the cursor will be placed below the leftmost character of
the current line on a newly inserted line whenever the
Enter key is pressed.
(3) " " - the cursor will be placed at the left margin of the next
line down whenever the Enter key is pressed. No new line
will be inserted.
The state of this toggle may be set permanently in the MODIFY DEFAULTS
panel.
Press the PgDn Key
ASCII CHARACTER ENTRY (Scroll Lock)
By holding down the Alt key and entering a decimal number on the
number pad, you may produce any character in the ASCII character set
when this toggle is turned on. It is turned on (and off) by pressing
the Scroll Lock key. When the toggle is on, a "G" will appear on the
Command Line. This toggle may be set as a permanent default through
the MODIFY DEFAULTS panel. (NOTE: PROKEY users must press AltShift
instead of just Alt.)
CAPS LOCK KEY
Pressing the Caps Lock key will cause letters typed to be upper case
(unless a Shift key is pressed), or lower case (unless a Shift key is
pressed). When this is true a "C" will be displayed on the Command
Line. Pressing the Caps Lock key again will return your typing to
lower case. There is no facility to save the state of the Caps Lock
Toggle.
Press the PgDn Key
DRAG CHARACTER TOGGLE (Ctrl5 on the Number Pad)
When this toggle is ON, a "D" will appear in reverse color on the
Command Line. This implies that any time you press an arrow key, the
current Fill Character will be placed in the screen position just
vacated by the cursor key. The default state for this toggle is OFF.
NUMERIC KEYPAD (AltCtrl NumLock)
When this toggle is ON, an "N" will appear in reverse color on the
Command Line. This implies that whenever you press a number pad key
(without the Alt or Ctrl key pressed), you will get a number printed
at the current cursor position. The default state of this toggle is
OFF. While AltCtrl NumLock turns this toggle ON, just pressing
NumLock will turn it off. This toggle may be deactivated with the
NumLock Override toggle.
Press the PgDn Key
NUMBER OF SPACES BETWEEN SENTENCES (Alt1 Alt2)
Normally you will want two spaces to be placed between sentences when
you reformat a paragraph. However, under certain circumstances, it is
handy to be able to use the reformat function so that only one space
will be placed after a period. If you want one space between
sentences, you may press Alt1. If you want two spaces between
sentences, press Alt2.
This setting is not visible on the Command Line, but it can be set and
made to be a default in either mode in the MODIFY DEFAULTS sub panel
labelled "Toggle Settings".
Press the PgDn Key
BACKUP FILE TOGGLE
When you save a file to disk with a file specification which already
exists, you may or may not want to create a backup of the original.
With this toggle, PC-TYPE+ provides you with three options:
(1) It will always create a .BAK file
(2) It will never create a .BAK file
(3) It will ask you if you want to create a .BAK file.
These options may be selected (and saved as your permanent default)
through the MODIFY DEFAULTS panel.
It should be noted that if you are in file A:TEXT and you press Shift
F9 to save the file a number of times, a .BAK will only be created the
first time. This way you cannot lose the original with multiple
saves.
Press the PgDn Key
FILE EXISTS TOGGLE
This toggle may be turned ON or OFF through the MODIFY DEFAULTS panel
and may be set as your permanent default.
Suppose you are editing the file A:\SUBDIR1\FILE1 and when you save it
you change the name of the file (e.g., A:\SUBDIR2\FILE1 (or
A:\SUBDIR1\FILE2). If the newly named file already exists and this
toggle has been turned ON, PC-TYPE+ will inform you that the file does
exist already and ask if you want to save it under the new name
anyway.
When the toggle is turned off, PC-TYPE+ will go ahead and save the
file regardless of whether a file of the same name already exists or
not.
Press the PgDn Key
NumLock OVERRIDE TOGGLE
This toggle is provided primarily for those of you who own a "key
tronics" keyboard. This toggle deactivates the CtrlAltNumLock /
NumLock toggle. Since the "key tronics" keyboard has two key pads,
there is no reason to deactivate the NumLock key. In fact, this
keyboard will probably not operate as expected.
The NumLock Override toggle is normally "on". However, if you own a
"key tronics" keyboard you should turn it off by going to the "Toggle
Settings" sub-screen of the MODIFY DEFAULTS screen (F8-F2).
When you turn it off, the NumLock key will behave in the standard PC
fashion.
Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu