Loadstar 25/025.d81/t.archetype 128

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      ARCHETYPE for the C-128
                by
           Mark Jordan


COMMODORE POWER/PLAY MAGAZINE
June/July, 1986
p.94


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NOTE:  Because this program is written
for the Commodore 128 it cannot be run
directly from LOADSTAR 64.  To run the
program, press your RESET button.
This will automatically display a menu
of all the C-128 programs on this
side.  Choose the program you wish to
run.

ARCHETYPE was designed for use with
an 80-column RGB monitor or a
monochrome monitor with an adaptor.
You cannot run the program with a
40-column composite monitor or TV.
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  Last month we presented the first

installment of ARCHETYPE, a word

processor for the C-128.  This month

we have an updated version of

ARCHETYPE that has features that

should meet most of your word

processing needs.


  If you need more information on the

operations of last month's ARCHETYPE,

you can refer back to LOADSTAR #24.

Also, pressing the HELP key will

display a complete list of all of

ARCHETYPE's commands.


CUT AND PASTE


  Function keys 7 and 8 are used to

cut and paste your text.  To cut a

section of your text, press F7; the

cursor keys will highlight the text

you want removed.  If you want to

delete this text, press "D".  If you

want to store it in the large buffer,

press "S".  You can store up to two

screens in the buffer at a time.  To

paste your text, position the cursor

and press F8.


SEARCH AND REPLACE COMMANDS


  There are several ways to search

and replace words and phrases in your

text.  Pressing the Commodore/S key

will search the entire text for a

certain phrase.  (The title bar

prompts you to enter the phrase.)

The first occurence of this phrase

will be highlighted.  To stop here,

press "X"; to continue to the next

occurence, press any other key.


  The Commodore/R combination is used

to replace one phrase with another

phrase.  (You enter the search phrase

and replace phrase as you did before.)

You must also choose whether or not

you want all occurences changed. If

you press "N" for "not" the program

will stop at all occurrences.


  NOTE:  Search and replace commands

are case-sensitive.  If you wish to

search for the word "Green", the

program would not stop on the word

"green".  To pick up both occurences,

run the search twice, or search for

part of the word, for example, "reen".


CONTROL CODES


  Control codes are used to format

your text.  But before we talk about

"real" control codes, ARCHETYPE has a

new control command-- Control-C.

This command will automatically

center the line that the cursor is on.

(The graphic character you will see on

the left margin will not print.)


  Control codes determine your text's

margins, spacings, justifications,

and header and footers.  (Page

numbers are example of headers and

footers.)  All control codes are

accessed by first pressing the

up-arrow key, then following it with

a command.


  If you want to change your margins,

for example, you must begin by adding

an up-arrow and the proper control

code line to the text, putting the

cursor on that line, and then pressing

F3 (to format a paragraph) or F4 (to

reconfigure the entire document.)


  To change the right margin, use

"rm" as the control charcter and

follow it with the number that you

want the right margin to be.  Default

values are: left margin (lm) 10,

right margin (rm) 70, and top and

bottom margins (tm and bm) 5.


  If you want to offset a line, use an

up-arrow "mr" followed by the number

of spaces you want it offset.  To

indent a passage, follow an up-arrow

with "in" and the number of spaces you

want to indent (relative to the left

margin.) Unlike the "mr" command, the

text will stay indented until you turn

it off with an "in0".


  Other up-arrow commands are "jy" to

justify and "jn" to turn justification

off.  To force a page to end at a

certain line, use "nx" (no follow up

value required.)  The "ss" command

controls spacing-- "ss2", for example,

will double space the document.


  Finally, you create one-line headers

and footers with the up-arrow method.

To make a header, type in the "^"

up-arrow, "h" for header, then "le"

for left edge alignment, "re" for

right edge alignment, or "ce" for a

centered header.  After this, if you

want automatic page numbering, follow

the header text with another up-arrow

and "pn".  If you want the header to

appear on the first page as well as

following pages, you must place it on

the top line of the document.


  For example, if you wanted "John

Doe, page #" to appear at the upper

right of the pages, you would enter:


^h.re John Doe ^pn.


Footers work in exactly the same

manner-- just follow the up-arrow

with an "f" instead of an "h".


  OK, just a few more things to learn.

There is also an underlining function.

To use it, press the SHIFT/@

combination.  You will see an

underlining marker on the screen: what

ever follows this mark will be

underlined.  To turn this function

off, press the SHIFT/@ combination

again.  NOTE: this function was

designed specifically for the

Gemini-10x printer.  If this function

will not work on your printer, modify

line 955 to match your printer's

specifications.


  Speaking of printers... By pressing

the ESCAPE key you can access your

printer's special functions (such as

enhanced-printing mode).  Just follow

the checkerboard character that you

will see with the proper chr$ value.


NOTES


  ARCHETYPE reformats its screen with

control characters and all.  To make

sure your margins are not fouled up,

reformat the document before putting

in any special control codes, then go

back and insert the control codes

manually with the insert/delete key.


  Also, if you are printing a document

with, for example, 100 characters on a

line (condensed mode), wait until you

are ready to print, place the new

margin settings in the document, then

choose the reformat option after

pressing Control-P.  You can print up

to 255 character lines this way, but

you will be unable to preview them and

you will need to re-reformat if you

need to edit further.


FILES REQUIRED:

ARCHETYPE.128

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