Commodore 64 Scene Diskmags Assortment/Commodore_CEE_Vol._1_Issue_05_1995_Jack_Vander_White_Disk_1_of_3_Side_A.d64/reply doc 2

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 NOTE: If your document is quite big, and you attempt to align, copy or merge
 a large part of it, nothing may happen. This will occur if the block is too
 big to fit into the buffer (memory for the buffer will be small in a case
 like this). Also, any block function that writes to the block buffer will
 erase the previous contents of the buffer. However, CTRL D and CTRL I don't
 write to the buffer, so they can be used when you want to preserve the
 contents of the buffer, but you would still like to insert and delete lines.

 CTRL B (clear to beginning of line)

 Clears all text from the cursor to the beginning of the line. Does not write
 to the buffer.

 CTRL E (clear to the end of line)

 Clears all text from the cursor to the end of the line. Does not write to the
 buffer.


 NOTE: CTRL C, M, B, E and A can be used together to insert text in the middle
 of a paragraph. I'll demonstrate with this paragraph.


 What I'll do is insert "(ain't that grand?)" between "text" and "in". First,
 duplicate the first line to be changed with CTRL C and CTRL M:


 NOTE: CTRL C, M, B, E and A can be used together to insert text in the middle
 NOTE: CTRL C, M, B, E and A can be used together to insert text in the middle
 of a paragraph. I'll demonstrate with this paragraph.


 Now, edit the lines like this with CTRL E and CTRL B:


 NOTE: CTRL C, M, B, E and A can be used together to insert text
                                                                 in the middle
 of a paragraph. I'll demonstrate with this paragraph.


 Now, type in the extra text:


 NOTE: CTRL C, M, B, E and A can be used together to insert text
 (ain't that grand?)                                             in the middle
 of a paragraph. I'll demonstrate with this paragraph.


 Finally, align (repack) the block:


 NOTE: CTRL C, M, B, E and A can be used together to insert text (ain't that
 grand?) in the middle of a paragraph. I'll demonstrate with this paragraph.


 This may seem like a lot of steps (and it is), but it's really a lifesaver on
 a LARGE paragraph where the alternative is to retype part of each line.


 CTRL U and CTRL O  (underlining mode and underlining off mode)

 Default is CTRL O (underlining off). Pressing CTRL U will cause any furthur
 text typed to be displayed in reverse video (underlined text). CTRL O cancels
 this mode.


 CTRL P and CTRL N (previous and next screen)

 These functions allow rapid movement through the document. CTRL N will move
 you ahead 11 lines, and CTRL P back 11 lines.


 CTRL F and CTRL L (get first or last page)

 CTRL F will move you immediately to the first page, first line, first
 character. CTRL L sends you to to the last page, last line, last character.


 CTRL W (word search)

 This function will hunt down a word or string for you and take you there
 immediately. The word or string can be up to 80 characters long, and can be
 searched from the beginning of the document or from the last cursor position.
 This will allow you to go to a specific area in your document without having
 to burn your eyes out looking for a key word or phrase.

 The search performed is defaulted to a wild card search. Searching for the
 word "for" will return the first found of any of the following strings:

 forward  forcast  for  fort

 To ensure the routine will only find "for" use this for the string:for *
 (note the space between the asterisk and the word). This is sort of an "anti"
 wild card, but what it really does is ensure that the search routine will
 look for the string "for" with a space after it, eliminating matches with the
 other strings.

 I also use CTRL W to search for labels (and references to them) in my source
 files. Allows me to make changes, and find ALL references to the label. I
 just keep searching until the routine tells me it can't find the string (at
 that point I know I have them all.

 NOTE: If the first occurrance of the word in your document is not the one
 you're looking for, do a cursor right and search again, but this time answer
 no to the first prompt. This will continue the search from the last cursor
 position and find the next occurrance of the word.


 CTRL X (toggle between 40 and 80 column modes)


 Sometimes 40 column mode is preferable, particularly when creating source
 files for an assembler (like the CBM assembler) or for reading, editing or
 creating messages that you want to stay in 40 column format.

 You can also use this feature to convert 80 column text to 40, or 40 to 80.
 Best way to do it is to load the text in 80 column mode, switch to 40 mode
 and perform a CTRL A realignment (to convert from 80 to 40). Or just a CTRL A
 operation for conversion of 40 to 80 column text.

 Switching modes will always result in the margin markers being turned off,
 and you will be taken to the beginning of the document. You can always reset
 the margins after the mode change (they must be turned off during the mode
 change to avoid inadvertently "hiding" text under the markers).


 CTRL H (gets the help screen)


 NOTE: When the cursor is in the fast-flash mode, any other editing keys that
 do not fast-flash the cursor can be used. This means you can move from one
 end of the document to the other (with CTRL L, for example) while defining a
 block. Let's say you wanted to repack the entire document. The CTRL KEY
 sequence could be CTRL F (go to beginning) CTRL A (define block beginning)
 CTRL L (go to end) CTRL A (define block end and execute block-align).

 Also, you will probably notice that any of the keys that fast-flash the
 cursor can be used to define the start of a block. It's the LAST key you
 press that defines the function at the same time it defines the end of the
 block. For example, this means that the sequence CTRL A, CTRL C will
 accomplish the same thing as CTRL C, CTRL C.


 FUNCTION KEYS (f1 thru f8)

 f7 moves the cursor to the next tab to the right. The cursor returns to the
 left margin after the last tab is reached.

 f5 moves the cursor to the next tab to the left. The cursor returns to the
 right margin after the last tab is reached.

 f4 set up tabs at every 5th column and erases all other tabs

 f3 sets a tab at the cursor position

 f2 clears all tabs

 f1 clears the tab at the cursor position

 The other function keys are not used
LOADING FILES

 You can load an ASCII file or a PET-ASCII (CBM) file. Selection 4 for a CBM
 file, or 4a for a standard ASCII file. If the file was not created with this
 editor, the margins will default to 0 (left) and 80 (right), otherwise the
 editor will create the margins from information contained in the first few
 bytes of the file. More on how it does this later. It's a good idea to clear
 text memory before a load, though, or you will have some merged text...it's
 surprised me at times. This can also be used to some advantage. After the
 load, the DOS message will be displayed until you press a key to return to
 the menu. There you can read the file, edit it or re-save it as either an
 ASCII or PET-ASCII file. I use the latter trick to convert files all the
 time.


 NOTE: On either the load or save function, you can abort reading or writing
 with the STOP key. Pressing this key during these i/o operations will close
 all files and return you to the editor's menu.


 SAVING FILES

 Same options are available, but you may want to know a few of the technical
 details of the save. All blank lines are saved as a carriage return (or a
 carriage return and linefeed for standard ASCII files). Also, you have the
 option of adding extra carriage returns to the file to provide perforation
 skips for your printer (you'll be prompted for this selection). If selected,
 the editor will assume your text page is 66 lines per page. If you have your
 lines per page set at 55 (function 2 from the menu), 11 carriage returns will
 be added after every 55 lines. If you reload a file that has these extra
 CR's, you'll see blank lines inserted in your text. Resaving such a file
 without first deleting these lines could cause chaos in your page formatting,
 so be sure you delete the lines prior to resaving. Also, if you save a file
 that "maxed out" your text buffer, extra CR's will cause a reload to ignore
 the last part of your lengthened document, so be aware of these details when
 you make your choice.

 All files saved by the editor contain information for setting up the left and
 right margins. This information is contained in the first few bytes. To
 explain this, let's assume you are saving a document with a left margin of 5
 and a right margin of 75. The first 5 bytes of the file will be nulls (binary
 zeros), the next byte will be a 128 (separator) and the next 5 bytes will be
 nulls. To printers, nulls and 128's are transparent...they are ignored. These
 characters are also ignored by most BBS systems. CIS ignores them just fine.
 However, the editor does not ignore them, and uses them to set up the margins
 when you load the file. If your margins were set to 0 left & 80 right, no
 nulls or separator bytes will be saved in the file. This makes the editor
 useful for creating or editing source code files for an assembler (like the
 CBM assembler).


 NOTE: nulls are added to the file whenever the save routine comes across
 underlined text (reverse video). One null is used to mark the start of the
 underlined text, another the end. The load routine interprets these nulls in
 reverse, toggling the text between reverse video and normal whenever it comes
 across one. Occasionally, you may load a file that contains extra nulls in it
 (some BBS systems may add a few extra). When this happens, you'll have a lot
 of unwanted reverse video text. Use CTRL K to correct it (in the edit mode).