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╚╧╥╔┌╧╬ ╘┼╪╘ ╟╥┴╨╚╔├╙ ┼─╔╘╧╥
╔ HAVE TRIED TO PUT INTO THIS EDITOR THE THINGS ╔ PERSONALLY LOOK FOR
IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM, BUT HAVE FOUND LACKING IN OTHER EDITORS. ╘HE
╚ORIZON ╘EXT ╟RAPHICS ┼DITOR HAS THE ADVANTAGES OF POP-DOWN MENUS, THAT IS,
IT IS MENU DRIVEN. ╔T ALSO HAS A CURSOR THROUGH FUNCTION THAT ALLOWS YOU
TO EXPLORE THE MENUS. ╔T ALSO ALLOWS ACCESS TO ALL BUILT-IN BASIC SCREEN
EDITOR FUNCTIONS. ╔T ALLOWS YOU ACCESS TO FULL 80 COLUMN AS WELL AS 40
COLUMN SCREENS. ╞INALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BLOCK COPY FONT LETTERS, AND
IT RUNS ON ANY DRIVE. ╚AVE FUN AND EXPERIMENT WITH THE PROGRAM. ╔F YOU
HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ANY FEATURE OF THE PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THE
ADDRESS BELOW. ╔ WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FUNCTIONS OF
THE PROGRAM.
╠EN ╞ULMER
606 ╙HERIDAN
╠ARAMIE, ╫┘ 82070
╙╘┴╥╘-╒╨
╘O START THE PROGRAM, INSERT THE DISK INTO YOUR DRIVE AND TURN ON THE
COMPUTER. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL AUTO-BOOT. ╔F YOU PRESS ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ ╥┼╙╘╧╥┼, YOU
MUST PRESS THE ╞2 KEY TO RESET THE CHARACTER SET. ╘O START THE PROGRAM
MANUALLY, SIMPLY TYPE ╥╒╬ "╙╘┴╥╘".
╬EXT, YOU WILL SEE A SCREEN THAT SAYS, "╠OADING ╞ONTS", AND THE FONTS
THEMSELVES WILL APPEAR AS THEY ARE LOADED INTO MEMORY. ╘HE COMPUTER WILL
TELL YOU TO PRESS ANY KEY AFTER THE FONTS HAVE LOADED.
╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙ ┴╬─ ╒╙┼
╘HE ╚ORIZON ╘EXT ╟RAPHICS ┼DITOR USES THE BASIC BUILT-IN SCREEN EDITOR
AND THE 80 COLUMN ╓─├ CHIP FOR EDITING. ╙OME OF THE FEATURES ARE: 1) ┴LL
ESCAPE KEY SEQUENCES ARE VALID. 2) ╘O CHANGE COLORS, SIMPLY PRESS THE
├ONTROL OR ├OMMODORE KEYS AND THE NUMBER OF THE DESIRED COLOR. ├ONSULT THE
├-128 ╒SERS ═ANUAL (PG 669) ON ESCAPE AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS OR THE COMMAND
SUMMARY AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENTATION.
╔F YOU WISH TO BLOCK ERASE A PORTION OF THE SCREEN, SET THE TOP LEFT
CORNER OF THE WINDOW WITH ┼╙├ ╘, SET THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDOW
WITH ┼╙├ ┬, THEN PRESS ├╠╥/╚╧═┼. ┘OU MAY STAY INSIDE THE ESTABLISHED
WINDOW AND CONTINUE EDITING. ╔F YOU WISH TO GET BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
SCREEN, PRESS ┴╠╘ AND ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY. ╘HIS WILL ACCESS THE POP-DOWN WINDOW AND
YOU CAN SELECT ┼─╔╘ OR ANOTHER DESIRED FUNCTION. ╚ITTING THE "╚╧═┼" KEY
TWICE WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF THE ESTABLISHED EDITING WINDOW. ╘HE BEST WAY TO
REESTABLISH THE EDITOR SCREEN IS BY ACCESSING THE POP-DOWN WINDOW. ┘OU MAY
ALSO POSITION THE CURSOR UNDER THE LINE GUIDE AND PRESS ┼╙├ ╘. ╘HEN CURSOR
TO LINE 19 AND PRESS ┼╙├ ┬. ┘OU HAVE NOW REESTABLISHED THE EDITOR WINDOW
BY SETTING THE TOP LEFT LIMIT OF THE SCREEN (┼╙├ ╘) AND BOTTOM RIGHT (┼╙├
┬).
╘O ACCESS THE PROGRAM'S POP-DOWN MENU, PRESS ┴╠╘ AND ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY ONCE.
├URSOR DOWN TO THE "╠╧┴─" ├OMMAND. ╘HE COMPUTER WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WANT
TO LOAD AN 80 OR 40 COLUMN GRAPHIC. ╔F YOU CHOOSE 80, THE EDITOR WILL LOAD
AN 80 COLUMN SCREEN TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EDITOR SCREEN. ╔F YOU CHOOSE
40, THE COMPUTER WILL LOAD A 40 COLUMN GRAPHIC TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
SCREEN. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT TWO GRAPHICS AT ONCE, OR COMBINE TWO
DIFFERENT GRAPHICS. ├ONFUSED? ┼XPERIMENT WITH THE FUNCTION, AND IT WILL
BECOME CLEARER.
╬EXT, THE COMPUTER WILL ASK YOU FOR A FILE NAME. ┘OU MAY PRESS THE
╚ORIZON ┼DITOR ╨AGE 1 ╙EPTEMBER 1989
ARROW KEY LOCATED UNDER THE ┼╙├ KEY TO ABORT A LOAD OPERATION. ╞OR THE
PURPOSE OF DEMONSTRATION, TYPE IN ╘IGER AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╔NCLUDED WITH THE
PROGRAM ARE SEVERAL GRAPHICS FOR YOU TO EXPERIMENT WITH. ╘HE COMPUTER WILL
SHOW YOU A DRIVE STATUS LINE AFTER THE FILE LOADS OR DOESN'T LOAD. ╘HIS
WILL TELL YOU IF THE FILE LOADED OKAY OR NOT.
╬OW, PRESS ┴╠╘ AND ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AGAIN, AND CURSOR DOWN TO THE "╙┴╓┼"
FUNCTION. ╘HE PROGRAM ASKS YOU FOR AN ENDING LINE NUMBER. ╟O DOWN THE
RIGHT-HAND ROW OF THE EDITOR AND FIND THE LAST LINE OF THE GRAPHIC AND
ENTER IT (FOR EXAMPLE: LINE 19). ╘HE PROGRAM THEN ASKS YOU TO NAME THE
FILE. ┼NTER THE NAME YOU WANT FOR THE FILE AND HIT RETURN. ┘OU MAY PRESS
THE ARROW KEY UNDER THE ┼╙├ KEY TO ABORT THE SAVE. ┘OU WILL SEE AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THE PROGRAM CONVERT SCREEN CODES TO ┴╙├╔╔. ┴FTER THIS
IS COMPLETED THE FILE IS SAVED TO YOUR DISK.
╬OW WE COME TO THE REALLY FUN PART. ╔F YOU SAVED THE TIGER DURING THE
EXPLANATION ON THE SAVE COMMAND, LOAD THE GRAPHIC AGAIN. ┴ BIG ADVANTAGE
OF THE EDITOR IS THAT IS ALLOWS YOU COPY A SECTION OF THE SCREEN TO ANOTHER
PART OF THE SCREEN. ╘HIS IS DONE BY GOING TO THE MENU (┴╠╘ & ╥┼╘╒╥╬) AND
CURSORING TO THE COPY COMMAND. ┘OU WILL SEE A BLINKING ARROW IN THE UPPER
LEFT HAND CORNER. ═OVE THE ARROW, BY USING THE CURSOR KEYS, TO THE
LOCATION WHERE YOU WANT TO ┬┼╟╔╬ COPYING AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ONCE. ╘HIS SETS
THE TOP LEFT PART OF THE COPY WINDOW. ╬OW, CURSOR OVER TO WHERE YOU WANT
THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TO ┼╬─ AND PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ONCE. ╬OW CURSOR OVER TO
THE PART OF THE SCREEN YOU WANT TO COPY THE BLOCK TO AND PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE
PROGRAM MAY TELL YOU THAT THE COPY EXCEEDS SOME SCREEN LIMIT, EITHER
RIGHT, OR BOTTOM. ╘HIS MEANS THAT YOUR COPY HAS GONE OUTSIDE THE EDITING
WINDOW AND THE POSITION TO WHERE THE COPY IS TO BE MADE MUST BE RESET.
╓OILA! ┘OU HAVE THE BLOCK COPIED TO THAT PART OF THE SCREEN. ╘HE PROGRAM
WILL NOW ASK YOU ONE OF THREE THINGS. ╘HE FIRST IS, IS THE ═╧╓┼/├╧╨┘ ╧╦┴┘.
╔F IT IS, JUST HIT RETURN AND THE COPY BECOMES PERMANENT. ╔F NOT, CURSOR
DOWN TO ╘╥┘ ┴╟┴╔╬ AND REPEAT THE ABOVE PROCESS. ╞INALLY, THE EXIT COMMAND
ON THE MENU WILL GET YOU OUT OF COPY/MOVE MODE AND BACK TO THE REGULAR
EDITOR.
╟O TO THE POP-DOWN MENU AGAIN AND CURSOR DOWN TO THE ═╧╓┼ FUNCTION.
╘O PRECLUDE A LENGTHY EXPLANATION, THIS FUNCTION WORKS EXACTLY THE SAME AS
THE ├╧╨┘ FUNCTION, EXCEPT THAT THE DEFINED BLOCK IS PHYSICALLY MOVED FROM
ONE PART OF THE SCREEN TO ANOTHER.
╘HE ┼DIT FUNCTION ON THE POP-DOWN MENU ALLOWS YOU TO RETURN TO THE
EDITOR IF YOU HAVE MISTAKENLY GOTTEN INTO THE MENU, OR ARE RESETTING THE
SCREEN WINDOW AFTER A BLOCK ERASE.
╘HE NEXT FUNCTIONS WE WILL EXPLORE ARE THE ╞ONTS. ╘HE FONTS ARE
PROGRAMMED SO THAT ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHOOSE A FONT AND THEN TYPE THE
LETTER YOU WANT. ╘HE LETTER WILL APPEAR IN THE CHOSEN FONT. ╘HIS
ELIMINATES THE NEED TO BLOCK COPY FONT LETTERS AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST
TEXT GRAPHIC EDITORS.
╟O TO THE MENU AND SELECT ╞ONT 1. ┘OU WILL GET A FLASHING ARROW.
╨OSITION THE ARROW WHERE YOU WANT THE FONT TO APPEAR AND PRESS ANY LETTER.
╘HE LETTER YOU TYPED WILL APPEAR IN ╞ONT 1. ╘HE CURSOR DOES NOT MOVE OVER
A SPACE FOR EVERY LETTER YOU TYPE, SO YOU MUST MANUALLY CURSOR OVER TO TYPE
ANOTHER LETTER. ╘HIS ALLOWS THE USER THE OPTION OF POSITIONING THE LETTERS
ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN. ╘O LEAVE THE FONT MODE AND RETURN TO BASIC EDITOR,
JUST HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╞ONT 2 WORKS THE SAME WAY.
╞ONTS USE WHATEVER COLOR IS IN COLOR MEMORY. ╘O CHANGE CHARACTER
COLOR, PRESS THE ┼╙├ KEY AND THE LETTER ╥. ╘HIS REVERSES THE SCREEN AND
YOU MAY VIEW WHAT COLOR THE FONTS WILL USE. ├HANGE THE CURSOR TO THE
DESIRED COLOR AND USE SPACE BAR TO PAINT FOUR OR FIVE LINES THAT COLOR. ╔F
YOU PRESS ┼╙├ @ THE SCREEN WILL CHANGE TO THE CURRENT COLOR OF THE CURSOR
╚ORIZON ┼DITOR ╨AGE 2 ╙EPTEMBER 1989
UP TO WHERE THE CURSOR IS AT. ┬E CAREFUL WITH THIS ┼╙├ SEQUENCE. ╔T ALSO
ERASES ANYTHING THAT IS ON THE SCREEN IN ITS PATH. ┴N ┼╙├ ╬ WILL TAKE YOU
BACK TO NORMAL VIDEO. ╞OR AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PROCESS, LOAD THE GRAPHIC ╒╙┴
╙┴╥╟┼ ON YOUR DISK. ╔T WAS CREATED BY PAINTING THE COLOR TO COLOR MEMORY,
THEN FONT 2 WAS USED.
┴╘╘╥╔┬╒╘┼╙
╨RESS ┴╠╘ & ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AND SELECT ┴╘╘╥╔┬╒╘┼╙. ╘HIS MODE ALLOWS YOU TO
CHANGE COLOR MEMORY CELL BY CELL. ╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ON ╙┼╠┼├╘ ┴╘╘╥╔┬╒╘┼. ┴T
THIS POINT USE THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠ KEY OR ├╧══╧─╧╥┼ KEY AND SELECT THE COLOR YOU TO
WANT WORK WITH. ┘OU MAY ALSO PRESS ├╧╬╘╥╧╠ ╧ TO TURN FLASH ON, OR ├╧╬╘╥╧╠
┬ TO TURN UNDERLINE ON, OR BOTH. ╧NCE THE ATTRIBUTE (COLOR, FLASH,
UNDERLINE) IS SELECTED, PRESS ┴╠╘ AND ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY ONCE.
╬OW SELECT ═╧─╔╞┘ ┴╥┼┴. ┘OU WILL FIND A FLASHING ARROW IN THE TOP
LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE EDITOR WINDOW. ═OVE IT WITH THE CURSOR KEYS TO THE
LOCATION WHERE YOU WANT TO START CHANGING THE ATTRIBUTE(S), AND PRESS
RETURN. ╞ROM THIS POINT ON USE THE CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE AROUND. ┼VERY
LOCATION THE ARROW