FormGen Cursor Movement Keys Help 1 ════════════════════ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ │ - Move cursor up one line. │Home│ - Move cursor to left edge └────┘ └────┘ of screen. ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ │ - Move cursor down one line. │End │ - Move cursor to right edge └────┘ └────┘ of screen. ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ ─ │ - Move cursor left by one │PgUp│ - Move up one page. └────┘ position. └────┘ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ ─ │ - Move cursor right by │PgDn│ - Move down one page. └────┘ one position. └────┘ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │─│ │ - Move cursor right to the │ │─│ - Move cursor left to next └────┘ next tab stop. └────┘ tab stop. ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ F7 │ - Move the cursor left to the │ F8 │ - Move the cursor right to the └────┘ next non-blank character. └────┘ next non-blank character. ┌────┐ │ ─┘│ - Move to the beginning of └────┘ the next line. ===== FormGen Cursor Movement Keys (cont'd) Help 2 ════════════════════ ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Ctrl││Home│ - Move cursor to upper │Ctrl││PgUp│ - Move cursor to top └────┘└────┘ left corner of screen. └────┘└────┘ of form. ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Ctrl││End │ - Move cursor to lower │Ctrl││PgDn│ - Move cursor to └────┘└────┘ left corner of screen. └────┘└────┘ bottom of form. ===== FormGen Drawing Mode Keys Help 3 ═════════════════ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ F1 │ - Set cursor to draw single │ F3 │ - Set cursor to draw with └────┘ (thin) line. └────┘ character under cursor. ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ F2 │ - Set cursor to draw double │ F4 │ - Set cursor to erase as it └────┘ thick line. └────┘ moves. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Notes: ││ 1) The mode keys above are "toggles". (Pushing the key a second time ││ will turn off the current drawing mode. ││ 2) The current drawing mode will be indicated on the Status Line at ││ the bottom of the screen. ││ ││ │ - [F1] single line ║ - [F2] double line ││ ││ D - [F3] duplicate character E - [F4] erase │└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Alt ││ F1 │ - Insert a single line at │Alt ││ F2 │ - Insert a double line └────┘└────┘ cursor. └────┘└────┘ at cursor. ===== FormGen Form Editing Keys Help 4 ═════════════════ ┌────┐ │ F5 │ - Enter INSERT mode. Characters to the right of the cursor will be └────┘ moved to the right to make room for new text that is entered. While in this mode, an indicator will appear on the Status Line. ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │Ins │ - Insert a space at cursor. │Del │ - Delete character under └────┘ Text to the right is moved. └────┘ cursor. ┌────┐ │── │ - Backspace. This key moves the cursor and all the text to the right └────┘ of it one space to the left, deleting characters it passes over. ────────────────────────────── ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Ctrl││ ─ │ - Insert blank column │Ctrl││ ─ │ - Delete column under └────┘└────┘ at cursor. └────┘└────┘ cursor. ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐ │Alt ││ I │ - Insert a blank line at │ F6 │ - Stretch mode toggle. When └────┘└────┘ cursor. └────┘ this mode is set, lines are ┌────┐┌────┐ patched during insertion of new rows │Alt ││ D │ - Delete line at cursor. and columns. An indication of this └────┘└────┘ mode is displayed on the Status Line. ===== FormGen Block Operations Help 5 ════════════════ ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Alt ││ F3 │ - After moving the │Alt ││ F4 │ - After moving the cursor └────┘└────┘ cursor the the upper └────┘└────┘ to the upper left cornerleft corner of the destination area, of the destination area, pressing this pressing this combination will combination will move the contents of duplicate the previously defined the previously defined source block. source block. ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Alt ││ F5 │ - Pressing this │Alt ││ F6 │ - Anchor upper left └────┘└────┘ combination will └────┘└────┘ corner of block. clear the area included in the After stretching the block out to previously defined block. include the desired area, press this combination again to complete the selection. ===== FormGen Other Keys Help 6 ══════════ ┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │ F9 │ - Save form. Options to save │Alt ││ F9 │ - Load form. Both └────┘ ASCII and R:Base form files └────┘└────┘ ASCII text files and as well as standard FormGen files. standard FormGen files may be loaded. ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Alt ││F10 │ - Print form. Options │Alt ││ F │ - Display files in data └────┘└────┘ for Pica (10 cpi) or └────┘└────┘ directory. (Defined Elite (12 cpi) sizes are available. with set path key.) ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Alt ││ F8 │ - Determine colors used │Alt ││ P │ - Set path to data └────┘└────┘ by FormGen. └────┘└────┘ directory. ┌────┐┌────┐ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Alt ││ F7 │ - Clear current form from │Alt ││ X │ - Exit FormGen. └────┘└────┘ memory. └────┘└────┘ ┌────┐┌────┐ │Alt ││ C │ - Centre. Will centre in a cell with the cursor, or if there is └────┘└────┘ no text, will indicate the centre of the cell with "". (A "cell" is an area on the line under the cursor bounded by either lines or the edges of the screen.) ===== FormGen Special Characters Help 7 ══════════════════ A number of other useful characters are supported by FormGen. These charactersmay be entered directly onto the screen by holding down the [Alt] key while entering the 3 digit code shown below for the number using the numeric keypad. ┌───────────────────────┬───────────┐ │ Arrows │ Textures │ ├───────────┬───────────┼───────────┤ │ - 016 │ - 018 │ ░ - 176 │ │ - 017 │ │ │ │ │ │ ▒ - 177 │ │ - 026 │ - 024 │ │ │ - 027 │ - 025 │ ▓ - 178 │ └───────────┴───────────┴───────────┘ ===== End of FormGen Help *****
