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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ TINYWORD │ │ │ │ version 1.1 │ │ │ │ │ │ Copyright (c) 1990 -- all rights reserved │ │ Loys Software Development │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TINYWORD is a text editor designed for IBM personal computers and near compatibles. Loys Software Development reserves the copyright to this program and all related materials. The user is granted a non- exclusive license to use the program and is encouraged to pay for the program if it is found to be useful. A modest sum of ONE DOLLAR to cover the registration fee will entitle the user to full registration. Government and business entities may not use the program without paying the registration fee. Although payment is not strictly enforced, we recommend that you register your program with the form included at the end of the documentation. The registrations gives us an indication of the number of users posessing a copy of TINYWORD. If enough users use this program, we will be encouraged to make future enhancements of TINYWORD. Your dollar, of course, helps to defray the development cost. Send payments, if any, and the registration form to: Loys Software Development 1276 Crystal St. Los Angeles, CA. 90031 You are encouraged to make unlimited copies of TINYWORD and pass it along to other users in club meetings, schools, bulletin board systems, et cetera for general distributions. TINYWORD must be distributed in unmodified and complete form, given in its original compressed mode (e.g. TINYWORD.COM). Under no circum- stances may TINYWORD be sold for commercial purposes without the prior written permission from Loys Software Development. However, you may charge a reasonable fee for recovering the cost of duplicat- ing a disk. You may also distribute TINYWORD in conjunction with any other fine products where it is permissible, as long as you fulfilled the terms of the agreement. Loys Software Development specifically disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall Loys Software Development be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental, or consequential damages. ======================================================================= INTRODUCTION TINYWORD is a compact size text editor occupying approximately 6 kilobytes of disk storage space. TINYWORD not only provides you with a full range of text editing capabilities, but it is also easy to use. TINYWORD is small but it packs more power to rival most text editors in the same class. Some of TINYWORD's features include: o full screen editing o handles either monochrome or graphics adapter o displays the column and line number of the cursor position o capable of editing as much as the amount of free memory o on-line help o inserting and deleting texts o removing portions or whole lines of texts o copying, deleting, or moving blocks of texts o finding and replacing specific occurences of strings o automatic indentations o automatic tabulations o restores deleted lines TINYWORD is a screen editor specifically designed for the creation of ASCII text. While some editors are only capable of editing up to 64K worth of memory, TINYWORD instead uses all the available memory in the computer system. This allows you to write even larger texts. TINYWORD also incorporates some commands made standard by WORDSTAR. Even if you are not familiar with WORDSTAR's commands, TINYWORD provides on-line help which you can call up anytime to help you with the editing. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS o Near compatible machine or (PC,XT,AT,Laptops). o DOS 2.0 or above. o Supports monochrome and/or graphics adapter. o Requires a minimum of 4K bytes of RAM. o At least one disk drive. o Requires a minimum 6 kilobytes of free space on disk. Some restrictions apply to TINYWORD as in the case of screen editing. TINYWORD is only capable of editing up to 80 characters per line. If you intend to type in excess of 80 characters for each line, we suggest you use an alternative text editor to replace TINYWORD. Another limitation of TINYWORD concerns about saving files. You must have enough free space on your disk to store the files in. TINYWORD needs all the available space on the disk to write the file including the backup file with the .BAK extension. If the amount of text in the memory buffer exceeds the total capacity of the disk, TINYWORD suspends the writing operation with an error. Any text still remaining in the memory buffer which has not been written to the disk before the abruption began, would be lost. Always make frequent backups of your file for your protection. THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF USING TINYWORD EDITOR Format: TW [ Filename[.Ext] ] The format above is used to call up TINYWORD. Items in square brackets are optional. If you want to include optional information, do not include the square brackets, only information within the brackets. A filename can have one to eight characters in length followed by an optional period and an extension type of no more than three characters long. If the filename preceding TW is omitted, TINYWORD automatically defaults to a message on the top part of the screen requesting for the filename to be edited. STATUS LINE _________________________________________________________________ The next screen displays the status line containing the following information: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ F1=HELP F2=SAVE F3=LOAD F4=EXIT Editing:FILENAME.TYP Ln Cn ICA │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Status │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └── Col # │ │ │ │ │ └── Line # │ │ │ │ └── Current file being edited │ │ │ └── Quit TINYWORD editor │ │ └── Save current file and load a new file │ └── Save current file └── Call Help Menu F1 Displays an on screen help menu of TINYWORD's editing commands. Press any key on the keyboard again to resume file editing. F2 Saves the updated file from the memory buffer to disk. If a former version of this file exists, it will be renamed to ".BAK". F3 If a file already exists in the memory buffer, TINYWORD automatically saves the edited file before loading the next file into the memory buffer. TINYWORD requests for the name of the new file by displaying the following message on the status line: Filename: _______________ F4 This command terminates the editor and returns the control back to DOS. Since editing has been performed entirely in memory, the disk file is not affected by the changes. The edited file is explicitly saved by first pressing the F2 function key before terminating the editor with the F4 key. If the F4 function key is pressed before the F2 key, the program will exit immediately without saving any edited file from memory. Editing: FILENAME.TYP Indicates the name of the current file being edited. Ln Displays the line number corresponding to the cursor's position counted from the beginning of the file. Cn Displays the column number corresponding to the cursor's position from the left side of the screen. Status Shows the status of the keyboard which is determined by any combinations of the following characters: "I" stands for insert. The insert mode indicates the characters inserted at the cursor position. Any texts to the right of the cursor will be shifted to the right as characters are typed into the keyboard. Depressing the <INSERT> key on the keyboard toggles the insert mode on or off. When the insert mode is off, the status line displays character "O" to represent an overwrite. Text keyed into the keyboard in this mode will overwrite characters under the cursor instead of inserting them. "C" stands for changes. This character will only appear in the status line after any changes had been made on the file. "A" indicates that auto-indentation is turned on. After depressing the RETURN key, the cursor attempts to line up directly with the first character of the previous line. The auto-indentation mode could be toggled off by pressing both the <ALT> and the <A> keys simultaneously. If the character "A" is not shown on the status line, this signifies that auto-indentation is currently in the passive mode. While in the passive mode, the cursor lines up with column one of the next line. CURSOR MOVEMENT COMMANDS _________________________________________________________________ You have the option of using either the cursor keys or the built-in editing commands to control the movement of the cursor across the screen. Some of TINYWORD's built-in editing commands complies to the standard established by WORDSTAR. <Ctrl><S> Moves the cursor one position to the left. The left arrow cursor key can also be used in place of the <Ctrl><S> key. <Ctrl><D> Moves the cursor one character to the right. You can also use the right arrow key as an alternative to using the <Ctrl><D> key. <Ctrl><A> Moves the cursor to the beginning of the word to the left. Another alternative is to depress the <Ctrl> and the left arrow key simultaneously to move the cursor to the beginning of the leftmost word. <Ctrl><F> Moves the cursor to the beginning of the word to the right. Another alternative is to depress the <Ctrl> and the right arrow key simultaneously to move the cursor to the beginning of the rightmost word. <Ctrl><E> Moves the cursor to the line above. The up arrow key is an alternative to using the <Ctrl><E> key. <Ctrl><X> Moves the cursor to the line below. Alternatively you may use the down arrow key to move down one line. <Ctrl><R> Scrolls the screen up by one page. The farthest the cursor can reach up is to the beginning of the file. Again another option is to use the <PgUp> key which scrolls the page up to the next screen. <Ctrl><C> Scrolls down one page. You may also use <PgDn> instead. <HOME> Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line. <END> Moves the cursor to the end of the current line. <Alt><T> Sets tab to move every Nth spaces to the right. By default the tab is set to 5 spaces. You may, however, modify the tab setting to whatever you like by pressing <ALT><T>. TINYWORD responds with the message: Tab width: ________ at which you would enter the desired tab value followed by a carriage return. <SHIFT><TAB> Reverses the direction of the cursor to move left during tabulation. The number of spaces which the cursor moves depends on the tab setting set by <ALT><T>. By default the tab is set to 5. <Ctrl><PgUp> Moves to the top of the file. The cursor moves to the very first character of the text. <Ctrl><PgDn> Moves to the end of the file. The cursor is placed at the very last character of the text. EDIT COMMANDS _________________________________________________________________ <Ctrl><T> Deletes the word to the right of the cursor. The cursor remains stationary. <Ctrl><Y> Deletes the entire line containing the cursor. The remain- ing text scrolls up one line to fill the void. The cursor is placed at column one of the next line. <Ctrl> Recovers the last line deleted by <CTRL><Y>. Deleted lines are recovered utilizing the concept of push and pop stacks which carry pertinent information about erased texts. Each time a line is removed from text, the address of the erased line is pushed into a storage called a stack. Addresses of the lines are stored in the order that they were erased with the most current one resting on top of the stack. Anytime when you want to recover a deleted line, press the <Ctrl> command to "pop" the address off the stack resulting in the recovery of the erased line. (Sorry, no provisions have been made for recovering deleted characters.) <Ctrl><G> Erases the character under the cursor and shifts any characters to the right of the cursor one position to the left. The same principle applies to the <DELETE> key if you intend to use this rather than <Ctrl><G>. <Ctrl><L> Deletes all characters starting from the current cursor position to the end of the current line. <INSERT> This toggles the insert mode on and off. When the insert mode is on, the letter "I" appears on the right hand corner of the screen. Any existing text to the right of the cursor shifts to the right as characters are typed into the keyboard. Depressing the <INSERT> key again deactivates the insert mode. A letter "O" replaces the character "I" in the status line. In this mode, any characters entered through the keyboard overwrites exist- ing characters under the cursor. BLOCK COMMANDS _________________________________________________________________ The block commands operate on blocks of text. A block refers to a quantity of text which extends anywhere from one line to several pages of text. A block of text must be marked with two markers corresponding to the starting and the ending location of the block as an indication of the selected area that is to be copied, deleted, or moved. The block is marked by placing a "begin block" (i.e. ALT-B) marker on the first line and an "end block" marker (i.e. ALT-C or ALT-D) on the final line. TINYWORD highlights the block to confirm the area targetted for editing. <ALT> <ALT><C> <ALT> This group of commands places a copy of the blocked text at the desired line containing the cursor. The original block is un- affected by the changes. If the block has not been pre-marked for copying, the command terminates the operation. To copy the desired block of text, move the cursor to the first line of the target block and mark it with the starting block marker (i.e. <ALT>). Next move the cursor down to the last line of the target block and mark it with the end block marker <ALT><C>. After depressing the <ALT><C> entries, the highlighted portion of the text should disappear. A copy of the block is retained in memory until the desired area of the text is selected for pasting. Move the cursor to the furthermost left column of the targetted row for copying and press <ALT>. TINYWORD copies the marked block to the line containing the cursor. The presence of any text found below the block would be shifted as a result of the insertion. <ALT> <ALT><D> This operation deletes a block of text. The <ALT> command marks the beginning of the block. The line holding the cursor is highlighted to identify the specific text targetted for erasure. Move the cursor down to the end of the block and mark it with the <ALT><D> key. The block is removed causing any text found above and below the affected block to merge. Since there are no provisions for recovering deleted blocks, pre- cautions are suggested when utilizing this command. <ALT> <ALT><D> <ALT> This operation moves a block of text from its original position to the cursor position. The original position of the marked block vanishes from the text but reappears again at a new location marked by the cursor. <ALT> This operation escapes any block commands already in the buffer. If you pressed <ALT>, for example, and you decided you want to discontinue with the block commands, you can press the <ALT> key to terminate the operation. FIND AND REPLACE COMMANDS _________________________________________________________________ The find and replace command has the ability to search for the occurence of any string up to 20 characters long and replacing it with another string also up to 20 characters long. Case letters are dependent for the search (i.e. TINYWORD treats upper and lower case letters differently). The search operation always begin from the current location of the cursor. If the specified text is not detected before reaching end of file, TINYWORD issues a message "No more matching strings" on the status line. <ALT><F> The find command lets you search for the occurence of any string up to 20 characters long. TINYWORD prompts for the name of the string to be searched. Since the find/replace command is case dependent, it is absolutely necessary to specify the exact casing of the letters. An upper case letter "D", for instance, is treated differently from a lower case letter "d". The find operation starts from the present location of the cursor and searches for the specific string until the end of file is reached. Any text found prior to the starting location of the cursor will be completely disregarded by the find command. If the find operation successfully locates the match, the cursor points to the first character of the occurence. However, if the attempt was unsuccessful, the status line issues the message "No more matching strings". <ALT><R> The replace command lets you substitute the searched string with another string of up to 20 characters long. The replace command becomes operational immediately following the use of the find command. If other commands are used prior to the call of the replace command, the replace command will not work. As a result, TINYWORD clears the targetted string from the memory buffer. <ALT><S> The substitute command makes a global search of the entire text for an occurence of a specific string with respect to the cursor position, and replacing it with an alternate one. The allowable string length could not exceed more than 20 characters long. The message "No more matching strings" indicates that TINYWORD was able to make the replacement successfully. <Ctrl> This command aborts any of the find and replace operations. MISCELLANEOUS _________________________________________________________________ 1. How do you insert a blank row between two existing lines? Ans: Move the cursor to the furthurmost left column of the desired row and press the carriage return. The text found below the cursor will shift down by one line. 2. How do you remove a blank row between existing texts? Ans: Move the cursor to the blank row and press <CTRL><Y>. 3. Can TINYWORD automatically make double line spacings? Ans: The TINYWORD program cannot create double line spacings. However, TINYWORD's companion program TINYPRINT is able to "double space" during printing. 4. Can we merge two separate lines into one line? Ans: Yes, providing there is enough room on the first line to put the second line on. Move the cursor to the first character of the second line and press the backspace key several times until the two lines finally merge. If the second line is longer than the capacity of the first line, TINYWORD cancels the operation and gives a warning beep to indicate its unsuccessful attempt at merging the two lines. 5. How do you break one line into two lines of text? Ans: Move the cursor to the location you intend to break the line off and press the carriage return key. 6. What other ways can TINYWORD be used for? Ans: You can also use TINYWORD as a reminder when you cold boot your computer system. Put TINYWORD in the root directory and include the following statements in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (This would be a good time to try out your TINYWORD text editor.): if not exist REMINDER goto NoReminder TW REMINDER :NoReminder Each time when you start up your computer system, the AUTOEXEC batch file looks for the "REMINDER" file. When it finds the file, TINYWORD displays the contents of the file to the screen. 7. Will you make any improvements of TINYWORD in the future? Ans: It is possible. This depends on the number of registrations we received from users. If enough users register for TINYWORD, we will certainly continue our efforts in improving TINYWORD. So please send in those registration forms now! ==================================================================== ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ TINYPRINT │ │ │ │ version 1.1 │ │ │ │ │ │ Copyright (c) 1990 -- all rights reserved │ │ Loys Software Development │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TINYPRINT is a simple program designed to print neat, formatted texts on a standard 8 1/2 X 11 inch size paper. It will support a wide variety of printers. TINYPRINT works in conjunction with the TINYWORD editor, but it may also be used as a stand alone program to generate formatted printouts from other word processors as well with the stipulation that the files are in ASCII. Some of TINYPRINT features include: o the ability to change the left margin setting for printing. o adjusting the maximum number of lines printed per page. o the option to pause after each page. o the option to print page numbers on the bottom of each page. o the ability to print using either single or double space. INSTRUCTIONS TO RUN TINYPRINT _________________________________________________________________ Type the following command to execute TINYPRINT: TP The next screen will appear like this: ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Enter filename to print: │ │ Set left margin at 0: [Y] │ │ Pause between pages: [N] │ │ Print 55 lines per page: [Y] │ │ Print page number: [N] │ │ Print single space: [Y] │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ (1) Enter filename to print: The first line asks for the name of the file to be printed. Simply type the name of the file followed by the carriage return key. The file must already be in ASCII format before the program can successfully continue. If TINYPRINT cannot find the file on the present directory, it will give a warning beep and request for the name of the correct file. (2) Set left margin at 0: [Y] By pressing the character "Y" or the <RETURN> key on your keyboard, the printer begins printing on column 0 of your paper. If you do not want to start on this column, select "N" to change the left margin. TINYPRINT will display the next message: Left margin setting [0-20]: Enter the desired left margin between the values 0 to 20. Press <RETURN> to continue with the next option. (3) Pause between pages: [N] Type N if you are using continuous form printer paper. Type Y if you are using single paper instead. (4) Print 55 lines per page: [Y] By default the printer prints 55 lines per page. You can change the number of lines printed by typing "N" on your keyboard. TINYPRINT will overwrite this line with the following message: Print how many lines per page? Enter the amount of lines you would like TINYPRINT to print per page. A standard paper usually has 66 lines per page. (5) Print page number: [N] By default page numbers are not printed. However, if you wished to include page numbers on the bottom of each page, press "Y" for "yes" on the keyboard. The following message will appear: Use what page number to print: This indicates the initial page number you would like TINYPRINT to use for printing. (i.e. If you type in the number 1, TINYPRINT prints page 1 on the bottom of the page.) (6) Print single space: [Y] Press Y if you would like for TINYPRINT to print using single spacings. Press N if you would like double spacings instead. TINYPRINT can detect if your printer is either on or off. If the printer is off, TINYPRINT issues a warning message: Printer is not ready Just turn the printer on and press any key on the keyboard to continue. Once the printer is running, you can stop the printing any time by pressing the <ESC> key. You can use the <ESC> key to exit TINYPRINT anytime. ================================================================== TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS _________________________________________________________________ WORDSTAR is a registered trademark of Wordstar International. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. REGISTRATION FORM ------------ ---- TINYWORD & TINYPRINT version 1.1 Loys Software Development 1276 Crystal St. Los Angeles, CA 90031 Name: _____________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ City: _____________________________________________ State: _____________ Zip: _______________ Amount: $____________ We need to know more about you and your requirements. This information helps us to make any additional improvements in the future. Please help us by completing the questionaire. 1. Where did you hear about TINYWORD? ___________________________________________________________ 2. What brand is your computer? ___________________________________________________________ 3. What type of monitor do you have? Monochrome or color? ___________________________________________________________ 4. What type of disk do you have? ___________________________________________________________ 5. What brand is your printer? ___________________________________________________________ 6. How much RAM memory do you have in your system? ___________________________________________________________ 7. Comments or suggestions: