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This is Turbo Script, a word processor developed originally by Kevin
Menningen.  This processor was initially developed on an 128k IBM PCjr, and for
this reason, it may not work of 64k systems.  The following keyboard functions
and their applications are listed below:

    Tab - Moves cursor to next tab position
    Shift Tab(BackTab) - Moves cursor to previous tab position
    Cursor Up, Down, Right, Left - Moves cursor to desired position
    Backspace - Deletes character to the left of cursor
    Del - Deletes character under cursor
    Ins - Toggles Insert Mode on/off
    Fn/Home - Moves cursor to beginning of line
    Fn/End - Moves cursor to end of line
    Ctrl-Fn/Home - Erases memory and resets processor
    Ctrl-Fn/End - Erases from cursor to the end of the line
    Fn/PgUp - Pages to previous page
    Fn/PgDn - Pages to next page
    Ctrl-PgUp - Moves cursor to previous word
    Ctrl-PgDn - Moves cursor to next word
    Esc-Esc - Erases the current line
    Ctrl-Fn/PgUp - Moves to beginning of file
    Ctrl-Fn/PgDn - Moves to end of file

The following list describes the usage of the ten function keys:

    F1 - Help.  Displays a list of all the commands and editing keywords
         that apply to the processor.

    F2 - Search / Replace.  Allows you to search and/or replace any string
         embedded within the text.  It is menu driven, and basically self-
         explanatory.  It should be noted, though, that pressing Esc at any
         time during this function will end the search or replace session.

    F3 - Tab Menu.  Allows you to set, clear or purge (Clear all tabs) the
         tab settings.  If you choose set, a tab will be set at the position
         of the cursor at the time you pressed F3.  If you choose clear, the
         tab position(if any) at the cursor when you pressed F3 will be
         cleared.  Purge will clear all tab stops.

    F4 - Title.  Marks that line so that when the file is printed, you will
         be prompted for a title, and it will be made boldface and double
         width.  You must erase this function if you have a daisy wheel or
         other type of letter quality printer.

    F5 - DOS menu.  Allows you to print a directory of the disk, delete files,
         rename files, copy files, and exit to DOS.

    F6 - InsLine.  Just like its Turbo counterpart, this will insert a single
         line at the cursor position.  All the lines below it on the screen
         will be scrolled downward.

    F7 - DelLine.  Like its Turbo counterpart, too, this will delete the line
         at the cursor position.  All the lines below that line will be
         scrolled up on line.

    F8 - Print.  Prints the current file on the LST: device.  Is menu driven
         and you may set the top, left and right margins.  Any command code
         that does not work on your printer you may delete or change to your
         needs.

    F9 - Load.  Loads the file under the name given.  The name is entered by
         a unique subroutine that works in a way different from normal input.
         It gives you eight dashes, a period, and three more dashes.  When
         you press any key, the character that was entered fills one of the
         dashes, in succession.  If you press the space bar, the cursor is
         moved to the beginning of the extension part, and all spaces between
         are deleted.  If you press enter without specifying an extension, a
         default extension of '.FIL' is added.  Avoid using an '-' within
         your filename, as it tells the subroutine to delete spaces in your
         filename.  The current file is erased and replaced by the new one.

   F10 - Save.  Saves the current file under the name given.  The name is
         entered by the same method as Load.

 Alt-A - Enter ASCII character.  This subprogram will ask you for an ASCII
         number and the number of times to repeat that character.  The string
         is then printed.

     A few words on Turbo Script.  This processor has a maximum capacity of
500 lines of text.  Do not exceed this, or the system will probably crash.
This shouldn't be difficult, since 500 lines of text translates to 40,000
bytes of memory that is free.  There are also some embedded text commands
that you may find useful.  These commands and their meanings follow:

     '\' - Starts or stops underlining.  This or any other symbol does not
           take up any space on the printed line, so that you can underline
           portions of words.

     '~' - Starts superscript mode.  All numbers following immediately after
           this symbol are printed in a superscript mode.

     '|' - Starts subscript mode.  Same as superscript, except that all
           numbers following the symbol are printed in subscript mode.

   Alt-I - Starts italic printing.  Works just like other commands.  The first
           press starts italic, the next one stops.  To provide tangible
           evidence that you did press Alt-I, a '«' will be printed at the
           location where started italic mode and a '»' will be printed where
           italic mode was ended.

   Alt-B - Starts boldface printing.  Just like italic printing except the
           symbol that will be printed is a '▐' to start printing and a '▌' to
           stop printing in boldface.  Of course, this will not work if you
           select the Boldface option on the Print Menu (F8).

     Examples:

     This word will be \underlined\.
     The number '2' will be superscripted~2.
     The number '125' will be subscripted~125.
     This word will be printed in «italic».
     This word will be printed in ▐boldface▌.

     Any other functions are rather self-explanatory.  Please retain my name
at the beginning of this file.  Happy word processing.