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THESAUR
Version 3.9
Non-Resident Version
Derrick Burgess
23311 Schoolcraft St.
West Hills, CA 91307
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Thesaur is a very easy to use menu driven on-line thesaurus.
When running THESAUR you are first asked for a word to search for.
This can be any word you would like, but THESAUR will not accept numbers,
special characters like !@#$%^&*(), or control characters. The one thing
that you should check on is that THESAUR.DAT is in the correct drive-the
correct drive is shown is the upper left hand corner.
For those with curious minds read on:
About the words 'Loading...' in the upper right hand corner.
What THESAUR is loading is information for a faster search for xross
referencing. This information loads in the background and in no way
interferes with the way THESAUR works. The advantage of this is that
when all the information is loaded it increase the speed of finding
additional words and xross references.
DESCRIPTION OF ALL COMMANDS AND OPTIONS
U or (8) or This displays the word that comes alphabetically before the
up arrow current word. This is shown on the last line of the screen.
N or (2) or This displays the word that comes alphabetically after the
down arrow current word. This is shown on the last line of the screen.
M or (6) or This moves the pointer on the synonyms of an alternate
the Right word to the word on the right of the current pointer
Arrow key ex.
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JUST - FAIR RIGHT IMPARTIAL LEGITIMATE
Type in 6 and the result is
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JUST - FAIR RIGHT IMPARTIAL LEGITIMATE
K or (4) or This moves the pointer on the synonyms of an alternate
the Left word to the word on the left of the current pointer
Arrow key ex.
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SKILL - DEXTERITY PROFICIENCY COMPETENCE
Type in 4 and the result is
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SKILL - DEXTERITY PROFICIENCY COMPETENCE
<ret> or <ent> Typing return will automatically look up the word that
the pointer is pointing to. In the above example
typing return would clear the screen, start over and
look for the word PROFICIENCY.
PgUp Located on the 9 on the number pad.
Pages up through the thesauus, about 20 words
PgDn Located on the 3 on the number pad
Pages down throught the thesuarus, about 20 words
A This command clears the screen, starts over and asks you for
A new word to look up.
E This command allows you to change the synonyms that THESAUR
comes with.
When you are editing a word there are dashes ---, one for
each letter that you can change. Just enter the new words
and type return when done.
IMPORTANT: If you enter 'E' by mistake and do not want to
Change the words, just enter return with a full
line of dashes and no words, and THESAUR will
make NO changes
this is a full line of dashes:
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this is not. Entering this line will
cause THESAUR to enter the new line into it's files
HI-----------------------------------
Also there is a format to follow
1) double space between words that are different
HAPPY JOYOUS GLAD
2) single space when it is a phrase
ONE IN A MILLION
S Search all files for word +
This command has several options included on how to search
1) You can display the word if it occurs by itself or if
it occurs inside another word
search for JUST this way would show such words as
JUST JUSTIFY UNJUST UNJUSTIFIABLE
because 'JUST' is found in all of them
2) You can display only the one word only
search for JUST would show such words as
JUST JUST JUST JUST
and only JUST
3) The search has a default word that it thinks is what you
would like to search for, but if it isn't you can enter
the word you like, and then you're asked for the type of
search for the new word
Sample SEARCH for the word JUST and it can occur inside
another word.
ADJUST - FAIR RIGHT IMPARTIAL LEGITIMATE
ADAPT - SUIT CONFORM REGULATE FIT ADJUST
ALIBI - EXCUSE JUSTIFY EXPLANATION
APOLOGY - EXCUSE JUSTIFICATION VINDICATION
BARELY - ONLY JUST NARROWNESS
EQUITABLE - FAIR JUST ETHICAL HONEST UNBIASED
and so on......
A search can be as short as 45 seconds if THESAUR
is installed on a hard drive, or around 2-3 minutes if
on a floppy system. This is the only time that the
speed of a hard drive is easily apparent.
Variables include speed of machine
speed of disk drive
number of lines that contain
the search string.
During a sort you can either pause or quit
F5 F10
After a pause hitting the space bar will resume the search
C Change THESAUR set-up
/ THESAUR configuration is stored in the
IMPORTANT < file THESAUR.DPL this file must be on the
\ default drive whenever THESAUR is run!
There are four questions for the configuration of THESAUR
1) Data drive - originally configured for default drive
2) Color or Monochrome monitor - originally Monochrome
monitor. Entering the number 2 will switch between
these two options.
3) Display Date and Time - Enter the number 3
to switch between YES and NO. Originally configured
for NO
4) Change Display Colors - ONLY when #2 is COLOR
use up and down arrow keys to choose line
on which to change color. use left and right
arrow keys to choose color.
Original colors are:
White for main text
Blue for the main word
Red/orange for the alternate words
Green for xross reference
INSTALL CURRENT COLORS
this gives you the option to save the
new colors to disk or use just this
session.
Changing the Data Drive
When you want to change the data drive you need to have
already copied THESAUR.DAT to the new destination.
When entering the new drive be sure to always end
with a : or a \
Remember to type return after each line.
ex. to change data drive from drive A: to B:
from the A>
1) A>COPY THESAUR.DAT B: <RET>
2) A>THESAUR <RET>
3) Next enter any word for THESAUR to look up (you can't
bypass this, even if you have no word in mind to look
up.)
Now THESAUR displays the word and the main menu
4) Type 'C' to change set up
5) At the Set Up menu Enter 1 to change Data Drive
THESAUR now warns you that THESAUR.DAT must be on
the new drive specification. (we did this in #1)
6) Type 'Y' to Continue, because we understand the warning
and want to continue
7) Enter 'B:' notice how we ended with a :
8) Now we are at the Set up menu again type '0' to
exit. Now the next time you run THESAUR it will
use B: BE SURE TO ALWAYS HAVE THE DATA IN DRIVE B NOW
WHAT? Your back at the system prompt ( A> )
Don't worry it was necessary so that THESAUR could
incorporate the new data drive. Just type THESAUR <ret>
and your up and running again with your new data drive
--> If you want to move all the files to a new drive there
is no need to change the Data Directory as THESAUR is