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subject: QUIT/SAVE OVERVIEW
overview: Selecting the "(Q)uit/Save" option in the Main Menu
brings up the Filing Options menu shown below.
┌─────────────────┐
│Filing options: │ page
╞═════════════════╪═══════
│(A)ll quit │ 222
│(E)xit only │ 222
│(F)ile │ 222
│(H)ighlight save │ 223
│(K)eep changes │ 223
│(R)eminder │ 224
│(S)ave file │ 224
│e(X)it │ <-- exit Filing Options menu
└─────────────────┘
Every QUIT and SAVE option in PC-Type II is available
from this menu. Except for the options "(R)eminder"
and "(K)eep changes", the options are available using
keystrokes outside the menus.
The following terms are used in this section:
QUIT: remove the file data from memory without
saving it to disk.
SAVE: copy the contents of a file in memory to
disk.
FILE: SAVE and then remove the file data from
memory.
REMINDER: a sentence you provide describing the
contents of the file which is saved with
.PCT files.
When a file is removed from memory, if it is the only
one, PC-Type II returns to DOS. If more than one file is
active in memory, when the file is removed you return
to the Edit mode inside another file.
If the file being removed from memory was SAVEd then
a window like the one below will appear informing you
of some statistics about the text just FILEd.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│f.pct │
╞═════════════════════════╡
│ Bytes in: 768 │
│ Bytes out: 1024 │
│ Words: 103 │
│ Sentences: 14 │
└─────────────────────────┘
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subject: SAVING
discussion: When a file in memory is SAVEd, the filespec of the
file you were editing is placed on the Command line
and the message line states:
Modify and Enter (use PCT extension for document files) (Esc back to PC-Type)
Pressing Esc will return you to the file you were
editing and abort the process of saving the file.
The filespec on the Command Line can be edited.
It can contain a drive and path. If no drive or path
is provided, the current default directory is assumed.
The filespec must, at a minimum, contain a valid
filename. A file extension can also be used.
When the filespec is completed, press the Enter key.
If the filespec does not have a .PCT extension and
Special Lines, page markers (other than +0), or print
markers exist in your file, you will be asked:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Question: │
╞═════════════════════════════════════════╡
│Not .PCT file and document marks present.│
│They will be lost. Okay? │
│Press Y or N │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
(1) If you press Esc, you are returned to the Edit
mode to the file you were just editing.
(2) If you press N, you will be returned to the
Command Line so you can modify the filespec.
(3) If you press Y, the file contents are copied to
the filespec specified, but the Special Lines and
print markers will be stripped from the disk copy
of the file. Page markers will remain as simple
formfeeds.
If the filespec does not have a .PCT extension and
there are no special marks in the file, then the
current active file in memory will be written to disk
according to the filespec provided.
If the filespec has a .PCT extension but the
reminder has not been defined, then you are asked to
enter the reminder. If you press Esc at this point,
the SAVE is aborted and you are returned to the Edit
mode. If a reminder has already been defined, or the
"FILE_MSG" toggle in "(S)witches" option of the
Configuration Menu has been turned off, then you will
not be asked to enter this information.
At this point the current active file in memory will
be written to disk according to the filespec provided.
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Before writing the file to disk, PC-Type II checks the
filespec you provided to see if a file with the
identical filespec already exists. If none exists,
then the file is immediately written to disk.
If one does exist, then PC-Type II checks the setting of
the "BACKUP" toggle in the "(S)witches" option of the
Configuration Menu. (See "Configuration Switches
(File backup)" in the Configuration section).
If this toggle is set to NO, the file merely
overwrites the file which already existed.
If the toggle is set to YES, then the file which
already exists is renamed to have a file extension of
.BAK, and the file in memory is written to disk under
the given file extension. If the file is SAVEd more
than once while it is still in memory, this process is
only performed the first time. On subsequent SAVEs,
the file will be written on top of the last copy
SAVEd.
If the "BACKUP" toggle is set to ASK or DAY, then the
window:
┌───────────────────┐
│Question: │
╞═══════════════════╡
│ │
│Create backup file?│
│Press Y or N │
│ │
└───────────────────┘
is displayed. If you press Esc you will be returned
to the Edit mode in the file you were just editing.
If you press Y, the existing file on disk is backed up
as above. If you answer N, then the file will
overwrite the existing copy on disk.
As with the toggle setting YES, ASK will only back up
the first time the file is SAVEd. On subsequent SAVEs
the window will not appear and the backup will not
take place.
If the toggle is set to DAY, then the above window
will only appear if the date on an existing .BAK file
has a date prior to the current date. In this mode, a
backup will never be created more than one time per
day.
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subject: QUIT/SAVE MENU OPTIONS
(A)ll quit: This option is equivalent to pressing Ctrl Break at
any point within PC-Type II. You will be returned to DOS
regardless of how many files are currently active
within PC-Type II. Before this happens, however, the
window:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Question: │
╞═════════════════════════════════════════╡
│Will immediately return to DOS. Correct?│
│Press Y or N │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
is displayed to make sure this is what you really want
to do.
NOTE: If you select this option, any editing you
have done during the session (which has not
been previously saved) will be lost.
(E)xit only: This option is equivalent to pressing F4 when you are
in the Edit mode. This option will QUIT the file
being edited without saving it to disk.
If the file has been modified, you will be asked:
┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Question: │
╞════════════════════════════════════════╡
│Quitting a modified file. Are you sure?│
│Press Y or N │
└────────────────────────────────────────┘
If you press N or Esc, you will be returned to the
Edit mode. If you press Y, the file will be removed
from memory and you will either be returned to DOS (if
this was the only file in memory) or you will be
returned to the Edit mode in another active file.
(F)ile: This option is equivalent to pressing F9 when you are
in the Edit mode. After the SAVE procedure outlined
earlier in this section is completed, the file will be
written to disk and you will either be returned to DOS
(if this was the only file in memory) or you will be
returned to the Edit mode in another active file.
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(H)ilite save: This option is equivalent to pressing Ctrl F9 when you
are in the Edit mode. Only that portion of the active
file which is highlighted will be saved to disk. If
there is no area marked, the window:
╔═══════════════════════════╗
║ No area currently marked. ║
║Press a key to continue ...║
╚═══════════════════════════╝
is displayed. If an area is marked in a different
file than the file you are currently editing, the
window:
╔═════════════════════════════╗
║Highlight not in active file.║
║ Press a key to continue ... ║
╚═════════════════════════════╝
is displayed.
If an area is highlighted in the file you are editing,
then the normal SAVE procedure described earlier will
take place and the highlighted portion of the file
will be written to disk.
NOTE: If the area to be saved is highlighted with
sentence highlighting, (Ctrl S), it is saved as
if it had been highlighted with paragraph
highlighting (Ctrl L).
(K)eep changes: This option is only available through the Filing
Options menu.
Selecting this option is equivalent to selecting the
"(E)xit only" option (or pressing F4) for all files
currently in memory which HAVE NOT been altered, and
selecting the "(F)ile" option for all files currently
in memory which HAVE been modified.
After all the files have been removed from memory, you
are returned to DOS.
NOTE: this option differs from the "(A)ll quit" option
(or Ctrl Break) since modified files are SAVEd.
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(R)eminder: You are only asked to enter reminder data when files
with .PCT extensions are saved. If reminder data has
been entered once, you are not prompted again for the
information. To be able to modify reminder data, you
must select this option from the Filing Options menu.
When you select this option, the current reminder data
is placed in the Command Line and the Message Line
reads:
Enter file reminder. Press Enter when done (Esc=Exit)
If you press Esc, you will be returned to the Edit
mode of the file you are editing. Otherwise, enter
the desired information and press the Enter key. Then
you will be returned to the file you are editing.
This new information will be saved with the file you
are editing if you SAVE the file with a .PCT
extension.
These reminders can be displayed in a report for all
the .PCT files in a directory using the program
DESC.EXE. They will also be displayed under menus
displaying filenames of .PCT files. For example, if
you enter the Command Line command "PCT doc*.pct",
then a filename menu will be displayed containing all
the .PCT files whose filenames begin with "doc". As
the selection bar is placed on a filename in the menu,
its reminder description is displayed under the menu.
(S)ave file: This option is equivalent to pressing Shift F9 when
you are in the Edit mode. Like the "(F)ile" option,
the "(S)ave file" option" SAVEs the active file to
disk.
However, the file is not removed from memory. After
the file is SAVEd, you are returned to the same file
to resume editing. You can use the "(S)ave file"
option as many times as you want during an editing
session.
Unless additional editing changes are made to a
file after the "(S)ave file" option has been used, you
will not be asked "Are you sure?" when you try to
"quit" the file.
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