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- +++++++++++ ┬ROWSER ╓2 +++++++++++
-
- BY ╥OD ╟ASSON
-
- 90 ╚ILLIERS ╥D. ╥EYNELLA 5161, ╙TH.┴USTRALIA
- ╩UNE 29TH 1995
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ╘HIS PROGRAM IS ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼. ╔T MAY BE FREELY COPIED, DISTRIBUTED AND USED.
- ╔T MUST ╬╧╘ BE SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE ARCHIVES OF ANY OTHER PROGRAM
- WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR, ╥OD ╟ASSON.
-
- ╔T MUST ╬╧╘ BE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT THIS TEXT FILE INTACT.
- ╔T MUST ╬╧╘ BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN FOR PERSONAL USE.
- ╔T MUST ╬╧╘ BE DISTRIBUTED IN ANY FORM OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL .╙╞╪
- (╙ELF ┼XTRACTING ┴RCHIVE) FORMAT, OR A ╒╒ENCODE (OR SIMILAR) OF SAME.
-
- ╘HIS PROGRAM COMES WITH NO GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
-
- ╔N CASE YOU AREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ IS, HERE ARE THE MEANS BY WHICH
- AN AUTHOR CAN RELEASE HIS/HER SOFTWARE, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF EACH:
-
- ╨UBLIC DOMAIN: ╘HE AUTHOR HAS RELINQUISHED ALL RIGHTS TO THE PROGRAM.
- ╨─ PROGRAMS CAN BE FREELY MODIFIED AND DISTRIBUTED AS THE
- USER SEES FIT. ─ON'T EXPECT ANY SUPPORT OR BUG FIXES.
-
- ╞REEWARE : ╘HE AUTHOR MAINTAINS ALL RIGHTS TO THE PROGRAM. ╔T MAY BE
- FREELY USED AND DISTRIBUTED BUT ONLY AS LONG AS ANY
- DISTRIBUTION CLAUSES ARE ADHERED TO. (╙EE ABOVE FOR AN
- EXAMPLE OF SUCH CLAUSES).
-
- ╞REEWARE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS SHAREWARE BUT NO PAYMENT
- IS REQUIRED, HENCE THE NAME ╞╥┼┼WARE. ─ON'T EXPECT ANY
- SUPPORT OR BUG FIXES.
-
- ─ONORWARE#1 : ╙IMILAR TO ╞REEWARE, BUT THE AUTHOR GRATEFULLY ACCEPTS
- VOLUNTARY DONATIONS.
-
- ─ONORWARE#2 : ╙IMILAR TO ╙HAREWARE BUT THE AUTHOR ASKS THAT VOLUNTARY
- MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS BE SENT TO A CHARITY.
-
- ╙HAREWARE : ╙IMILAR TO ╞REEWARE. ╘HE AUTHOR MAINTAINS ALL RIGHTS TO
- THE PROGRAM, IT MAY BE FREELY DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE TO
- ANY SHAREWARE AGREEMENTS. ╨AYMENT FOR CONTINUED USE OF THE
- PROGRAM IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. ╟ENERALLY, SHAREWARE
- PROGRAMS ARE WELL SUPPORTED BY THE AUTHOR.
-
- ├OMMERCIAL : ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR MONEY BEFORE YOU EVEN SEE
- THE PROGRAM. ╔F IT ISN'T WHAT YOU EXPECT THAT'S TOUGH LUCK.
- ╔F IT HAS BUGS AND YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THE PROGRAM IS
- STILL SUPPORTED THEN EXPECT TO PAY MORE TO GET IT FIXED. ┘OU
- USUALLY PAY MORE THAN THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY WORTH BECAUSE
- YOU ARE ALSO PAYING FOR ADVERTISING AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS.
-
- ╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘:
- ╙HAREWARE, ╞REEWARE, ╨─, AND ├OMMERCIAL ARE ═┼╘╚╧─╙ ╧╞ ─╔╙╘╥╔┬╒╘╔╧╬. ╔T
- DOES NOT IN ANY WAY REFLECT THE QUALITY OF THE SOFTWARE ITSELF, NOR
- DOES THE METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION RELIEVE THE END USER OF ANY LEGAL
- RESPONSIBILITIES. ╔T IS JUST AS MUCH OF A THEFT TO USE SHAREWARE (OR
- REQUIRED DONORWARE) SOFTWARE BEYOND THE EVALUATION PERIOD, AS IT IS TO
- KEEP A CAR THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN FOR A TEST DRIVE AND NOT PAYING FOR IT.
-
- ╔ HAVE ELECTED TO RELEASE THIS PROGRAM AS ╞╥┼┼WARE. ╫HILST ╔ WON'T REJECT ANY
- DONATIONS SENT TO ME FOR THIS PROGRAM, ╔ WILL NOT CLASS IT AS DONORWARE
- BECAUSE ╔ AM NOT ACTIVELY ASKING FOR OR EXPECTING ANYTHING FOR IT.
-
-
- +++++++++++ ┬ROWSER ╓2 +++++++++++
-
-
- ╫HAT IS ┬ROWSER ?
- -----------------
-
- ┬ROWSER, IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, CAN BE CONSIDERED LITTLE MORE THAN A TEXT
- READER. ╚OWEVER, IT DOES HAVE SEVERAL FEATURES THAT MAKES IT STAND
- APART FROM ALL OTHER ├┬═ TEXT READERS, INCLUDING:
-
- * ╘HE ABILITY TO READ ╚╒╟┼ TEXT FILES AND ┬┴╙╔├ LISTINGS (UP TO
- ABOUT 16MEG) WITH PAGING AND BACKSCROLLING FACILITIES.
-
- >>>>> ╥┼╒ IS ╬╧╘ REQUIRED. <<<<
-
- * ╚ANDLES ╤╫╦ MAIL PACKETS AND ╞IDONET COMPLIANT .╨╦╘ FILES OF ALMOST
- ANY LENGTH FOR BOTH THE ENTIRE PACKET ┴╬─ THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES
- THEY CONTAIN.
-
- * ╓IEWS ┴╬╙╔ GRAPHIC FILES, BOTH SINGLE SCREENS AND MULTIPLE PAGE
- TYPES (WITH PAGING AND BACKSCROLLING)
-
- * ┴╬╙╔ DEBUG MODE THAT DISPLAYS THE ┴╬╙╔ ESCAPE SEQUENCES AS THEY ARE
- BEING PERFORMED.
-
- * ─ISPLAYS CHARACTER SETS FROM ALMOST ALL ├┬═ PROGRAMS (─ESTERM,
- ─IALOGUE, ┬┴╙╔├8, ETC)
-
- * ╨ROGRAM FILES CAN BE ╥╒╬. (├128 FILES ONLY)
-
- * ╙CREEN BLANKING.
-
- * ╞ULLY COMPATIBLE WITH 1541/71/81, ╞─XX, ├═─ ╚ARD ─RIVES AND
- ├═─'S ╥AMLINK.
-
- * ╙UPPORTS 1581 AND ├═─ SUB-DIRECTORIES.
-
- * ╒SER CONFIGURABLE SCREEN SIZE.
-
- * 100% MACHINE CODE FOR MAXIMUM SPEED.
-
- * ╔NBUILT ─╧╙ WEDGE.
-
- * ╙MALL IN SIZE (╩UST OVER 10K INCLUDING THE 2K USED FOR THE INTERNAL
- ┴╬╙╔ CAPABLE CHARACTER SET).
-
- * ┼ASY TO USE.
-
- * ├HEAP. (COSTS NOTHING)
-
-
- ╥EQUIREMENTS
- ------------
- ╘HE ═INIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ┬ROWSER ARE:
-
- * ╘HE BEST 8 BYTE COMPUTER EVER MADE. (╘HE ├128 YOU FOOL).
- * ┴N 80 COLUMN MONITOR.
- * ┴ DISK DRIVE. (WOULD YOU WANNA READ A 16MEG FILE FROM DATASETTE?)
-
- ┴ ├═─ ╥┴═╠INK IS *╚╔╟╚╠┘ ╥┼├╧══┼╬─┼─* NOT ONLY FOR ITS SPEED, BUT
- BECAUSE ┬ROWSER WILL WORK YOUR PHYSICAL DRIVES LIKE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
- WORKED BEFORE!
-
- ╨AGE 2
-
-
- +++++++++++ ┬ROWSER ╓2 +++++++++++
-
- ┬ROWSER DOESN'T REALLY NEED MUCH IN THE WAY OF DOCUMENTATION 'COS ALMOST
- ALL OPTIONS ARE SHOWN ONSCREEN. ╔F YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY RUN THE PROGRAM
- (YOU CAN USE IT TO READ THIS FILE), IT REALLY IS LITTLE MORE THAN AN
- ENHANCED TEXT READER.
-
- ┬ROWSER SELECTS DRIVES, FILES, ETC ON A 'TREE' TYPE STRUCTURE, STARTING
- WITH THE DRIVE SELECTION, FOLLOWED BY PARTITION SELECTION, DIRECTORIES,
- SUBDIRECTORIES, AND FINALLY, FILES. ┼ACH 'LEVEL' BEING SELECTED BY USING
- THE CURSOR KEYS AND RETURN. ┘OU CAN GO BACK ONE 'LEVEL' AT A TIME BY
- PRESSING THE BACKARROW KEY. ┴T THE TOP LEVEL (DRIVE SELECTION) PRESSING
- THIS KEY WILL EXIT THE PROGRAM. ┴N ALTERNATE EXIT IS TO PRESS THE
- BACKARROW KEY FROM THE OPTIONS MENU, THIS WILL LEAVE THE CURRENTLY
- SELECTED PARTITION/DIRECTORY 'ACTIVE' ON EXIT AND IS OFTEN A QUICKER
- AND MORE DESIRABLE WAY TO EXIT. (┴REN'T YOU GLAD YOU READ THIS NOW?) <GRIN>
-
- ╫HEN YOU FIRST RUN THE PROGRAM, A BLUE BOX IS DRAWN ON THE SCREEN, AND A
- LIST OF YOUR DISK DRIVES WILL APPEAR IN NUMERIC ORDER. ├URSOR TO THE DISK
- DRIVE OF CHOICE AND PRESS RETURN. ╧N ├┬═ DRIVES (1541, 1571, 1581), YOU
- WILL SEE A LIST OF THE FILES FOR THE DISK IN THE DRIVE.
-
- ├═─ OWNERS WILL SEE "╙YSTEM" AND A LIST OF PARTITIONS. ╘HE "╙YSTEM"
- PARTITION IS THE CURRENT ACTIVE PARTITION AND SUBDIRECTORY OF THE ├═─ DRIVE.
- ╔F YOU SELECT A PARTITION, THE FILES AND/OR SUBDIRECTORIES IN THIS PARTITION
- WILL BE DISPLAYED.
-
- 1581 DIRECTORIES (├┬═ DIRECTORIES) ┴╥┼ RECOGNISED BY ┬ROWSER AND FILES CAN BE
- READ IN THESE DIRECTORIES. ┴LTHOUGH IT WILL RECOGNISE A ├╨/═ PARTITION ON ├═─
- HARD DRIVES, IT CAN'T ACTUALLY ACCESS THESE. ╞─XX OWNERS WILL NOTE THAT 1581
- DISKS FORMATTED WITH THE ╞─ DRIVE WILL ALSO HAVE A ├═─ "╙YSTEM" PARTITION AND
- A 1581 PARTITION/DIRECTORY. ┘OU CAN SELECT EITHER AND THE CONTENTS OF THE
- DISK WILL BE DISPLAYED.
-
- ╘HE FILES (AS WELL AS PARTITIONS AND SUBDIRECTORIES) ARE COLOUR CODED IN THE
- FOLLOWING MANNER:
-
- ╟REEN - ╨╥╟ ╠T ╨URPLE - ├┬═ ─IRECTORIES
- ┘ELLOW - ╙┼╤ ┘ELLOW - ├═─ "╙YSTEM" DIR
- ╟REY - ╒╙╥ ─K ╨URPLE - ├═─ ╨ARTITIONS
- ╥ED - ╥┼╠ ├YAN - ├═─ ╙UBDIRECTORIES
-
- * ╙EE CUSTOMISING NOTES AT THE END OF THIS FILE IF YOU WISH TO ALTER THESE.
-
- ┴BOUT THE ONLY FILE TYPES WHICH ┬ROWSER WILL NOT DISPLAY ARE ╥┼╠, ╒╙╥, ╟┼╧╙
- AND ╙CREEN ├ODE FILES. ╚OWEVER, IT ╫╔╠╠ READ ╤╫╦╥╥'S ╒╙╥ FILES.
-
- ├URSOR TO THE FILE OF CHOICE AND PRESS RETURN. ┴ NEW MENU WILL APPEAR AT THE
- BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN:
-
- <┴>SCII <╨>ETSCII A<╬>SI <┬>ASIC <─>AT ╨<╦╘> <╥>UN
-
- ├HOOSE THE TYPE OF FILE BY PRESSING THE APPROPRIATE KEY (LOWER CASE), OR BY
- MOVING THE CURSOR AND PRESSING <╥┼╘╒╥╬>, AND THE TEXT WILL APPEAR ON THE
- SCREEN.
-
- ╬OTE: <╥>UN WILL APPEAR ONLY IF YOU'VE SELECTED A ╨╥╟ FILE.
-
- ╔F YOU SELECTED THE WRONG TYPE FOR THE FILE (IE, SELECTED "B" FOR ┬┴╙╔├
- INSTEAD OF "P" FOR ╨ETSCII, THE TEXT WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE FORMAT
- SELECTED. ╘O VIEW THE FILE AGAIN PROPERLY, JUST PRESS THE STOP KEY TWICE
- (TO STOP THE TEXT DISPLAY AND EXIT THE FILE). ╥ESELECT THE FILE AND CHOSE
- THE THE PROPER FILE TYPE.
- ╨AGE 3
-
-
- ╓IEWING & ╨AGING
- ----------------
-
- ╘EXT IS DISPLAYED WITHIN THE WINDOW A 'PAGE' AT A TIME.
-
-
- * ┴ 'PAGE' IS WHAT IS ON SCREEN AT ANY GIVEN PAGE BREAK. *
-
-
- ╔N THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER YOU WILL SEE "╨AGE 1 OF 1", WHICH WILL BE
- INCREMENTED AS YOU CONTINUE TO READ THE TEXT.
-
- ┘OU CAN USE THE SPACEBAR AND ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEYS TO PAGE THROUGH TEXT, OR USE
- ├URSOR DOWN TO SCROLL ANY SUBSEQUENT TEXT ON A LINE BY LINE BASIS. ╘HE
- ─╧╫╬ ┴RROW KEY FUNCTIONS THE SAME AS THE CURSOR DOWN KEY. ╫HEN SCROLLING
- TEXT BY LINE, YOU WILL NOTE THE PAGE NUMBER CHANGES TO THE NEXT PAGE WHEN
- YOU YOU'VE REACHED THE ACTUAL "PAGE BREAK" FOR THE SCREEN HEIGHT AND WIDTH
- YOU ARE USING.
-
- ┬ROWSER ╓2 HAS REVERSE SCROLLING FOR ALL MODES. ╘HE ╒╨ ┴RROW KEY (THE ONE TO
- THE RIGHT OF THE "╬O ╙CROLL" KEY) IS THE "PAGE BACK" KEY. ╔F YOU HAVE BEEN
- SCROLLING TEXT (IE LINE BY LINE), ┬ROWSER WILL MOVE YOU TO THE TOP OF THE
- PAGE YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT KEYPRESS. ├ONTINUING TO
- PRESS THIS KEY WILL PAGE THE TEXT IN REVERSE ORDER UNTIL YOU REACH THE FIRST
- PAGE OF THE FILE.
-
- ╨AGE NUMBERS ARE SELECTABLE IN ALL MODES. ╙IMPLY TYPE THE NUMBER OF THE PAGE
- YOU WISH TO MOVE TO AT ANY PAGE BREAK. ╔F YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY READ THAT PAGE
- NUMBER, ┬ROWSER WILL MOVE TO THE HIGHEST PAGE THAT IT HAS READ.
-
- ╬OTE : ╘HE DRIVE ERROR LIGHT MIGHT FLASH IF YOU SELECT THE VERY LAST PAGE
- OF A FILE. ╔GNORE IT. ╔T WILL STOP FLASHING WHEN YOU READ A LOWER
- PAGE NUMBER.
-
- <╙╘╧╨>
- ╔N ALL MODES, THIS WILL STOP THE READING OF TEXT. ╔F YOU HIT THIS KEY TWICE,
- IT WILL RETURN YOU TO THE FILES LISTING.
-
-
- <┴>GAIN
- ╨RESSING THE "A" KEY AT THE END OF A FILE WILL TAKE YOU TO TO THE BEGINNING
- OF THE FILE.
-
- ┴ "SEMI-UNDOCUMENTED" KEYPRESS IS THE UPARROW KEY NEXT TO THE ╥┼╙╘╧╥┼ KEY.
- ╔T FUNCTIONS THE SAME AS IF YOU HAD HIT THE "A" KEY. ╘HIS KEY MAY OR MAY NOT
- BE IN FUTURE VERSIONS, SO REMEMBER, YOU DIDN'T READ ABOUT IT HERE. ;-)
-
-
-
- ┬ROWSING ═ODES
- --------------
-
- <┴>╙├╔╔.
- ╘EXT PRODUCED BY NON ├┬═ COMPUTERS (AND SOME ├┬═ WORD PROCESSORS).
-
-
- <╨>┼╘╙├╔╔.
- ├┬═ TEXT FILES (DOC FILES ETC).
- ╬OTE: ├┬═ COLOUR GRAPHICS FILES ARE ╬╧╘ SUPPORTED AT THIS TIME, NOR ARE
- THEY PLANNED.
-
-
-
- ╨AGE 4
-
-
- ┴<╬>╙╔
- ╔┬═ STYLE COLOUR GRAPHICS FILES (┬┬╙ LOGON SCREENS ETC).
-
- ╧FTEN, ONE OF THE FIRST COMMANDS IN AN ┴╬╙╔ FILE IS TO CLEAR THE SCREEN.
- ┬ROWSER TREATS THIS AS THE FIRST "PAGE" BUT DOESN'T DISPLAY IT THE FIRST TIME
- (WHO NEEDS TO SEE A BLANK SCREEN?). ╔F YOU HAVE AN ┴╬╙╔ FILE WHICH HAS MORE
- THAN ONE SCREEN CLEAR, THESE ARE CONSIDERED AS "PAGES" AND YOU CAN BROWSE
- THEM FORWARD OR BACK AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER FILE.
-
- ╬OTE: ╚OLDING THE SHIFT KEY WHILST SELECTING THE 'N' FOR A<╬>SI FILE TYPE
- WILL DISPLAY ┴╬╙╔ FILES IN 'DEBUG' MODE. ╘HE OUTPUT WILL PAUSE FOR A KEYPRESS
- PRIOR TO ACTING ON THE NEXT ┴╬╙╔ ESCAPE SEQUENCE. ╘HE ┴╬╙╔ SEQUENCE ABOUT TO
- BE PERFORMED IS DISPLAYED ON THE MENU LINE.
-
-
- <┬>┴╙╔├.
- ├OLOURISED LISTINGS OF ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAMS.
-
- ╫HEN PAGING THROUGH A ┬┴╙╔├ FILE SOMETIMES THE FIRST LINE WILL APPEAR
- CORRUPTED. ╘HIS IS SOMETHING WHICH CAN NOT BE EASILY CORRECTED AS ┬ROWSER
- EXPECTS THIS TO BE A NEW ┬┴╙╔├ LINE (THEREFORE A LINE NUMBER). ╚OWEVER, DUE
- TO WRAPPING, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE, SO WHATEVER IS THERE
- GETS CONVERTED TO A NUMBER INSTEAD OF BEING DETOKENISED. ╘HIS DOESN'T OCCUR
- WHEN SCROLLING FORWARD BECAUSE THE FILE IS BEING READ IN A SEQUENTIAL MANNER
- AND THE PRECEDING CARRIAGE RETURN SIGNIFIES A NEW LINE. ═OST OF THE ├┬═
- GRAPHICS CHARACTERS AREN'T DISPLAYED CORRECTLY IN THIS MODE EITHER.
-
-
- <╥>UN
- ┬ROWSER HAS THE ABILITY TO ╥╒╬ ├128 PROGRAMS. ╘HIS WILL APPEAR AS AN OPTION
- FOR ANY ╨╥╟ TYPE FILE. ╔T IS UP TO YOU TO ONLY USE THIS OPTION FOR ├128
- RUNABLE FILES. ╘RYING TO RUN A ├64 PROGRAM OR OTHER NON RUNABLE PROGRAMS
- WILL ALMOST CERTAIN CAUSE A LOCKUP.
-
- ┴LMOST ALL ├128 PROGRAMS ARE 'RUNABLE'. :-)
-
-
- <─>┴╘.
- ╤╫╦ FORMATTED FILES (AS USED BY ╧FFLINE MAIL READERS FOR ┬┬╙ USAGE)
-
-
- ╨<╦>╘
- ╘HE STANDARD ╞IDO╬ET COMPLIANT FILES USED TO MOVE ╞IDONET MAIL.
-
- ┼XCEPT WHERE DIFFERENCES ARE NOTED, ─┴╘ AND ╨╦╘ FILES ARE TREATED THE SAME
- AND HAVE THE SAME OPTIONS.
-
- ╘HE MESSAGE "HEADER" FIELD IS DISPLAYED WHEN VIEWING. ╘HE ═╙╟ (MESSAGE)
- NUMBER IS DISPLAYED IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER, FOLLOWED BY THE DATE, TIME AND
- ├ONFERENCE FIELD.
-
- ╫HEN VIEWING A ─┴╘ FILE, THE ├ONFERENCE FIELD WILL SHOW A NUMBER WHICH
- CORRESPONDS WITH THE CONFERENCE NUMBER AND NAME IN THE CONTROL.DAT FILE.
- ╔N ╨╦╘ MODE, THE ACTUAL ╞IDONET CONFERENCE NAME IS DISPLAYED.
-
- ╞IDONET ADDRESSES MAY APPEAR IN THE ╘O AND ╞ROM FIELDS. ╘HE APPEARANCE OF
- THESE ADDRESSES DEPENDS ON WHETHER SPECIFIC "KLUDGELINES" ARE INCLUDED IN
- THE MESSAGE. ┬ROWSER USES THE ═╙╟╔─ AND ╥┼╨╠┘ KLUDGELINES FOR ADDRESSING.
-
- ┬OTH MODES SHOW A "╞LAGS" FIELD, BUT THESE ARE NOT YET BEING USED BY ┬ROWSER.
-
-
-
- ╨AGE 5
-
-
- ┘OU CAN RETURN TO A MESSAGE YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY READ BY TYPING IN ITS NUMBER
- WHEN AT THE *┼╬─ OF A MESSAGE*. ╔T'S EASY AT FIRST TO CONFUSE THIS WITH
- PAGING (IE, TYPING IN A MESSAGE NUMBER AT A PAGE BREAK) BUT WITH A LITTLE
- EXPERIENCE YOU'LL SEE THIS IS A VERY EASY METHOD TO MOVE TO A SPECIFIC
- MESSAGE.
-
- ╔F YOU STOP READING A FILE THEN START AGAIN (PROVIDING YOU HAVEN'T READ ANY
- OTHER FILE OR CHANGED DIRECTORIES) ┬ROWSER WILL KEEP THE "INDEX" OF HOW FAR
- YOU HAVE READ. ┴LTHOUGH YOU WILL BE AT ═╙╟ #1 AGAIN YOU CAN RETURN TO THE
- HIGHEST READ MESSAGE (OR ANY OTHER MESSAGE) BY ENTERING ITS NUMBER.
-
- ╬OTE THAT AS WITH PAGING, IF YOU TYPE IN A MESSAGE NUMBER HIGHER THAN WHAT
- ┬ROWSER HAS READ, IT WILL TELL YOU AND MOVE YOU TO THE HIGHEST MESSAGE NUMBER
- THAT IT HAS READ.
-
-
- <╬>EXT
- ╘HE "N" KEY CAN BE USED AT THE PAGE PROMPTS (OR THE END OF A MESSAGE) TO MOVE
- TO THE NEXT MESSAGE. ╨LEASE NOTE THAT THE DATA STILL NEEDS TO BE READ BY THE
- PROGRAM AT LEAST ONCE, SO THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT PAUSE ON LONG MESSAGES THE
- FIRST TIME READING THROUGH.
-
-
- <╨>REVIOUS
- ╘HE "P" KEY CAN BE USED AT ANY PAGE PROMPT (OR AT THE END OF A MESSAGE) TO
- RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE.
-
-
- ╘HE ╥╔╟╚╘ ┴RROW (╬EXT) AND THE ╠┼╞╘ ┴RROW (╨REVIOUS) KEYS CAN BE USED AT THE
- END OF MESSAGES. ╘HE ╒╨ ┴RROW (BACKPAGE) AND ─╧╫╬ ┴RROW (├URSOR/LINE DOWN)
- KEYS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN READING ─┴╘ OR ╨╦╘ FILES.
-
- ╬OTE: THESE ARE THE DIRECTIONAL KEYS TO THE RIGHT OF THE "╬O ╙CROLL" KEY.
-
-
- ├OLOURS USED WHEN READING IN ─┴╘ AND ╨╦╘ MODES:
-
- ╟REY - ╦LUDGELINES
- ╫HITE - ╨LAIN TEXT
- ├YAN - ╤UOTED TEXT. ╬OTE THAT QUOTES ARE WHITE. ╧NLY THE ACTUAL QUOTED
- MATERIAL WILL APPEAR AS CYAN. ╘HE LOGIC WAS TO SHOW WHAT THE
- PERSON WRITING THE MESSAGE HAS ADDED, EVEN WHEN QUOTING.
- ╥ED - ╘AGLINES (ANY LINE WHICH BEGINS WITH "...")
- ╨URPLE - ╤╫╦╥╥ BRAGLINES (ANY LINE WHICH HAS A SPACE, ╤ AND ╫ IN THE 4TH,
- 5TH, AND 6TH POSITIONS ON A LINE).
- ╠T ╨URPLE - ╧RIGIN LINES (ANY LINE WHICH BEGINS WITH A SPACE AND "*").
-
- * ╙EE CUSTOMISING NOTES AT THE END OF THIS FILE.
-
-
- ╫HEN READING ─┴╘ FILES, IF YOU FIND THAT ┬ROWSER HAS SUDDENLY STARTED SEEING
- SEVERAL MESSAGES AS ONE LONG ONE, IT IS OUT OF "SYNC". ╨RESS THE STOP KEY
- ╧╬├┼, ENTER A MESSAGE NUMBER LOWER THAN THE CURRENT ONE (PREFERABLY 2 OR 3
- LOWER) AND THEN READ THE NEXT MESSAGE(S). ╘HE PROGRAM WILL RE-SYNC WITH THE
- ─┴╘ FILE AND CARRY ON. ╬OTE, IF IT DOESN'T RE-SYNC THERE MAYBE BE A PROBLEM
- WITH THE ─┴╘ FILE ITSELF. ╘HIS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE CASE IF IT LOSES SYNC
- AT THE SAME PLACE EACH TIME.
-
- ┬ROWSER CAN READ (AS ─┴╘S) ╤╫╦╥╥'S ╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ FILE AND ═╙╟/╥┼╨ FILES WHICH
- HAVE BEEN ┌╔╨PED USING ╤╫╦╥╥ (SINCE THESE ARE ONLY STORED). ╬ATURALLY
- ┬ROWSER CAN'T READ A COMPRESSED ╥┼╨ OR ─┴╘ FILE. ╔T WILL DISPLAY THE FILE,
- BUT READING WHAT YOU SEE MAY PROVE DIFFICULT. :-)
-
- ╨AGE 6
-
-
- <╧>PTIONS ═ENU
- --------------
-
- <╞>ILES
- ╥ETURNS YOU TO THE FILES LISTING.
-
- <├>HARSET
- ┬ROWSER HAS ITS OWN CHARACTER SET INBUILT (IN FACT THIS TAKES UP 25% OF THE
- PROGRAM), BUT USER DEFINED CHARACTER SETS CAN BE LOADED FROM THE OPTIONS
- MENU. ┴LTHOUGH *┴╬┘* CHARACTER SET CAN BE LOADED AND VIEWED, ONLY THOSE
- SETS WITH THE ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS THOSE USED BY
- ─ESTERM WILL GIVE MEANINGFUL OUTPUT. ╔T IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE INTERNAL (OR
- COMPATIBLE) CHARACTER SET BE USED WHEN VIEWING ┴╬╙╔ FILES.
-
- ┴LL CHARACTER SETS ═╒╙╘ BE NAMED (OR RENAMED) WITH ".CHR" AS AN EXTENSION.
- EG, FILENAME.CHR.
-
- ┬ROWSER WILL ╬╧╘ DISPLAY ".CHR" FILES DURING NORMAL DIRECTORY LISTINGS BUT
- WILL ╧╬╠┘ DISPLAY THEM FROM THE ├HARSET MENU. ╘HE INTERNAL CHARACTER SET CAN
- BE RELOADED AT ANY TIME FROM THIS MENU BY PRESSING THE BACKARROW KEY.
-
- ┴LL 'SYSTEM' TEXT, DIRECTORY LISTINGS, ETC WILL USE THE INTERNAL SET.
- ╒SER LOADED CHARACTER SETS ARE ONLY USED WHEN VIEWING FILES.
-
- ╘WO ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SETS ARE PROVIDED WITH THIS RELEASE OF ┬ROWSER:
- ╙╘─-╔┬═.├╚╥ AND ╙╘─-├┬═.├╚╥.
-
- ╙╘─-├┬═.├╚╥ MAY BE MORE SUITABLE FOR VIEWING SOME TEXT FILES WHICH HAVE
- ├┬═ GRAPHICS INCLUDED. ╨LEASE NOTE YOU DO ╬╧╘ HAVE TO USE THIS SET TO READ
- ╨ETSCII FILES. ╘HE FULL ├┬═ SET (WITH REVERSED CHARACTERS) WAS NOT
- IMPLEMENTED FOR TECHNICAL REASONS.
-
- ╙╘─-╔┬═.├╚╥ WAS INCLUDED FOR THOSE WHO USE ╤╫╦╥╥ AND WISH TO READ TEXT
- USING THE SAME ALPHA-NUMERICS AS ╤╫╦├.╙╘─. ╘HIS SET INCLUDES THE SAME ╔┬═
- GRAPHICS SET USED AS ┬ROWSER'S INTERNAL SET AND IS SUITABLE FOR VIEWING ┴╬╙╔
- FILES.
-
-
- <╘>ALL <╙>HORT <╫>IDE <╬>ARROW
- ╘HESE LET YOU SELECT YOUR PREFERRED SCREEN SIZE FOR TEXT OUTPUT HEIGHT AND
- WIDTH, AND WILL ONLY COME INTO EFFECT WHEN READING FILES. ╘HE TWO EXCEPTIONS
- TO THIS ARE WITH ┴╬╙╔ OUTPUT - THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT/WIDTH IS ALWAYS USED, AND
- WITH ─┴╘ OR ╨╦╘ MODES - THE MINIMUM OUTPUT WIDTH IS LIMITED TO 38 CHARACTERS,
- THE MINIMUM HEIGHT IS LIMITED TO 2 TEXT LINES, PLUS THE HEADERS.
-
- ┴LTHOUGH ┬ROWSER HAS BEEN TESTED ON AN ╬╘╙├ SYSTEM WITH NO PROBLEMS, EVEN AT
- MAXIMUM SCREEN SIZES, ╔ STRONGLY SUSPECT THAT DUE TO THE EXTENDED SCREEN SIZE
- THERE WILL BE SOME ╬╘╙├ SETUPS THAT WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT. ┴T WORSE THIS
- WILL SIMPLY MEAN THAT SOME OF YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE ┴╬╙╔ OPTIONS.
- ╔F YOU DO HAVE PROBLEMS, LET ME KNOW. ╔ DON'T KNOW IF ╔'LL BE ABLE TO DO
- ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR NOT, BUT ╔ WOULD LIKE TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
-
- <@> ─╧╙ COMMANDS
- ─╧╙ COMMANDS ARE SENT TO THE CURRENT DISK/DIRECTORY.
-
-
- <╠>╞'S - (OR +) ╠INEFEED ON/OFF
- ╠INEFEEDS ARE NOT ACTED ON BY ┬ROWSER, BUT WILL EITHER DISPLAY OR HIDE THE ╠╞
- CHARACTER AS SPECIFIED BY THIS OPTION:
-
- - (─EFAULT) ─OES NOT DISPLAY THE ╠╞ CHARACTER.
- + ─ISPLAYS ALL LINEFEEDS IN A TEXT FILE AS A CHARACTER.
-
- ╨AGE 7
-
-
- ╘┴<┬>S + (OR -) ╘┴┬S ON/OFF
- ╘┴┬╙ ARE EITHER ACTED ON OR DISPLAYED AS A CHARACTER:
-
- - (─EFAULT) ╘┴┬╙ ARE ON, TEXT IS FORMATED AS IT WAS INTENDED.
- ╘┴┬ CHARACTER(S) ARE NOT SHOWN.
- + ─ISPLAYS THE ╘┴┬ CHARACTER(S) BUT DOESN'T ACT ON THEM.
-
-
- ├USTOMISING:
- ------------
-
- ╞OR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED THERE ARE SEVERAL POKES THAT CAN BE USED TO
- CUSTOMISE ┬ROWSER TO YOUR LIKING.
-
-
- POKE 7238, X ╙ETS TIME FOR SCREEN BLANKING.
- X = 0-255
- ┴PPROX 4 SECONDS FOR EACH VALUE OF 'X'
-
-
- ├OLOURS:
-
- POKE 7360,X ┬ORDER COLOUR
-
- POKE 7361,X ╚EADER TEXT (╨╦╘/─┴╘)
- ╙YSTEM MENU
- ╠INE NUMBERS (┬┴╙╔├)
-
- POKE 7362,X ╚EADER DATA (╨╦╘/─┴╘)
- ╙YSTEM MENU HIGHLIGHT
- ╓ARIABLES (┬┴╙╔├)
- ├═─ "╙YSTEM" ─IR (╞ILES)
-
- POKE 7363,X ╘EXT (NORMAL VIEW)
- ╘OKENS (┬┴╙╔├)
-
- POKE 7364,X ╦LUDGELINES (╨╦╘/─┴╘)
- ╠ITERALS (┬┴╙╔├)
-
- POKE 7365,X ╤UOTED TEXT (╨╦╘/─┴╘)
- ╨AGE NUMBERS
-
- POKE 7366,X ╘AGLINES (╨╦╘/─┴╘)
- POKE 7367,X ╧╥╔╟╔╬ LINES (╨╦╘/─┴╘)
- POKE 7368,X ╤╫╦╥╥ ╔─ (╨╦╘/─┴╘)
-
- POKE 7369,X ╨╥╟ TYPE FILES
- POKE 7370,X ╙┼╤ TYPE FILES
- POKE 7371,X ╒╙╥ TYPE FILES
- POKE 7372,X ─╔╥ TYPE FILES
- POKE 7373,X ╥┼╠ TYPE FILES
- POKE 7374,X ├┬═/├╨═ TYPE FILES
- POKE 7375,X ├═─ PARTITIONS AND ANY OTHER TYPES
-
-
- * COLOURS
- * 128 BLACK 132 DK GREEN 136 DK RED 140 BROWN
- * 129 DK GREY 133 LT GREEN 137 LT RED 141 YELLOW
- * 130 DK BLUE 134 DK CYAN 138 DK PURPLE 142 LT GREY
- * 131 LT BLUE 135 LT CYAN 139 LT PURPLE 143 WHITE
- *-------------------------------
-
- ╨AGE 8
-