+=+=+=+¢ THOSE DARN #$"%& CARRIAGE RETURN¢ CHARACTERS (CRC). by Joseph E. Hicswa¢ Member of THE OL' HACKERS and JACG¢¢ WHATS THE BEEF?¢¢ A major complaint of ATARI 8-bit¢ users receiving text files on disk is¢ the excessive number of Carriage¢ Return Characters (CRC) to be¢ eliminated (one per line). FIRST¢ XLENT WP PROGRAM corrects this.¢¢ WHAT YOU SEE AINT WHAT YOU GET!¢¢ 1st XLENT prints words,¢ sentences and paragraphs of any¢ length. On the monitor, however, it¢ only displays up to 80 characters per¢ line.¢¢ PRINTER COPY¢¢ With printer, maximium¢ characters per line are limited to¢ printer's maximum pitch capability¢ (characters per inch) and paper¢ width.¢¢ PREPERATION FOR MODEM/DISKS¢¢ FIRST XLENT PRINT MODE prepares¢ text files for modem and disks that¢ are to be mailed. The format¢ directives are eliminated. Carriage¢ return characters (CRC) are minimal,¢ (one at end of each paragraph and as¢ follows).:¢¢ RIGHT MARGIN and LEFT MARGIN¢¢ If Right Margin is set to 40, a¢ CRC is printed to disk after the¢ fortieth character unless end of¢ paragraph occurs earlier.¢ If Left margin is set to 0 and¢ Right Margin to 250 a CRC occurs¢ after the 250th character unless the¢ end of the paragraph occurs earlier.¢¢ HOW TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF CRC's¢¢ By setting Left Margin to 0 and¢ Right Margin to 250 in the text¢ editor, excessive carriage return¢ characters are eliminated from modem¢ transfers and disk files mailed to¢ other Atari 8-bit users. (which can¢ be read on almost every Word¢ Processor, except LETTER PERFECT¢ EDITOR, as far as I know. A.P.)¢¢ LARGE PARAGRAPH¢¢ If paragraph is greater than 250¢ characters (three 80-column lines--¢ six 40-column lines), there will be¢ an extra carriage return character.¢¢ SMALLER IS BETTER¢¢ Keep paragraphs under 250¢ characters to eliminate unwanted¢ character return characters.¢¢ January 31, 1994 - Year of the snows.¢¢ ** END **¢
