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WORDS EDIT.T
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╙╘┼╥┼╧ ┼─╔╘╧╥ ╫╧╥─╙ ╞╔╠┼ ┼─╔╘╧╥
╘HERE IS MORE TO MUSIC THAN MELODIES AND HARMONIES; THE RIGHT WORDS CAN ADD AN
EXTRA DIMENSION TO A SONG. ┴S THE ╙IDPLAYER SYSTEM GREW IN POPULARITY, IT
BECAME DESIRABLE TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THE WORDS TO A SONG AS ONE LISTENED TO
IT. ╘HEREFORE, ╙IDPLAYERS BEGAN TO SUPPORT THIS FEATURE. ╔T'S A CLEVER CONCEPT
THAT ALLOWS SONG LYRICS TO BE SYNCHRONIZED PRECISELY WITH THE MUSIC BY USING
THE SPECIAL ╞╠╟ COMMAND. ├LEARLY, NOT ALL SONGS ARE BEST REPRESENTED IN THIS
MANNER, EVEN IF THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SUNG; BUT THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES
(PARTICULARLY NOVELTY SIDS) WHERE LYRICS ARE ESSENTIAL.
╫HEN A ".╫─╙" FILE IS INCLUDED WITH A SID, IT IS A ╙INGALONG SONG. ╘HESE FILES
WERE MOST OFTEN CREATED USING ╙PEED╙CRIPT OR ┼ASY╙CRIPT, THEN CONVERTED TO
STANDARD .╫─╙ FILE FORMAT USING A SPECIAL PROGRAM PROVIDED ON THE ORIGINAL
┼NHANCED ╙IDPLAYER DISK. ╘HIS WAS A RATHER TEDIOUS PROCESS, PARTICULARLY WHEN
MINUTE CHANGES WERE NECESSARY IN THE WORDS TO KEEP THINGS SYNCHRONIZED
CORRECTLY. ╙TEREO ┼DITOR PROVIDES A SPECIALIZED, SOPHISTICATED WORDS FILE
EDITOR THAT GREATLY SPEEDS UP THE TASK OF CREATING AND DEBUGGING ╙INGALONG ╙╔─
MUSIC FILES.
┴ WORDS FILE IS A COLLECTION OF LINES OF TEXT, EACH OF WHICH MUST NOT BE IN
EXCESS OF 38 CHARACTERS. ╘HE FIRST LINE OF TEXT IS DISPLAYED WHEN THE ╙╔─ IS
FIRST PLAYED, AND TO ADVANCE A LINE IN THE TEXT, ONE MUST INSERT A ╞╠╟ COMMAND
WITH THE VALUE 1 (BY CONVENTION) INTO THE ╙╔─ AT EACH PLACE IT IS NEEDED.
╘HESE ╞╠╟S SHOULD BE PUT IN A SINGLE VOICE ONLY, AND ═╒╙╘ BE SOMEWHERE IN
VOICES 1-3 (NEVER 4-6). ╔N ADDITION, TWO ╞╠╟ COMMANDS MUST BE SEPARATED BY AT
LEAST ONE NOTE OR REST (NOT A COMMAND OR ABSOLUTE DURATION) IN ORDER TO BE
RECOGNIZED.
╘HE ╫ORDS ╞ILE ┼DITOR FUNCTIONS VERY MUCH LIKE THE ╘ITLE ┬LOCK EDITOR, BUT ON
A BIGGER SCALE. ┘OU CAN USE ANY COLOR AND REVERSE TEXT COMBINATIONS YOU WANT
ON EACH LINE, AND THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED AUTOMATICALLY. ╘HE FOLLOWING SPECIAL
EDITING KEYS ARE AVAILABLE:
╞1 - ─ELETE THE LINE THAT THE CURSOR IS ON AND CLOSE UP THE SPACE.
╞2 - ╔NSERT A BLANK LINE AT THE CURRENT CURSOR POSITION.
╞3 - ├ENTER THE CURRENT LINE.
╞4 - ╔NVERT THE CURRENT LINE.
╞5 - ╥ETURN TO THE MAIN EDITOR.
╞6 - ═OVE TO THE LAST CHARACTER ON THE CURRENT LINE.
╞7 - ╨AINT THE CURRENT LINE IN THE CURRENT CURSOR COLOR.
╞8 - ╔NVERT ┴╬─ PAINT THE CURRENT LINE.
╘HE ".╫─╙" FILE IS SAVED AND LOADED AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE ".═╒╙" AND ".╙╘╥"
PORTION OF A ╙╔─ FILE.