[.PO]--╙TANDS FOR "PAGE ORDER" AND MUST BE FOLLOWED BY THREE NUMBERS, SEPARATED BY COMMAS. ╔N THE EXAMPLE .PO1,2,1, THE FIRST PARAMETER SENDS THE FIRST PAGE TO THE PRINTER OR DISK; THE SECOND PARAMETER SPECIFIES THAT EVERY SECOND PAGE AFTER THAT WILL ALSO GO TO THE PRINTER OR DISK. ╘HE LAST PARAMETER INDICATES HOW MANY PAGES WILL BE OUTPUT BEFORE THE PAGE NUMBER IS INCREMENTED. ╔T SHOULD EQUAL THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS ACROSS THE PAGE. ┘OU CAN PRINT ON BOTH SIDES OF A PAGE OR IN A NUMBER OF COLUMNS.
[.FF]--╙TANDS FOR "FORM FEED" AND MUST BE FOLLOWED BY 0 OR 1. ╔F YOU SELECT 1, THE BOTTOM MARGIN WILL BE PRINTED BY SENDING THE FORM-FEED CHARACTER TO THE PRINTER. ╘HE DEFAULT, .FF0, ADVANCES TO THE BOTTOM MARGIN WITH CARRIAGE RETURNS.
[.FC]--╙TANDS FOR "FORCE CONDITIONALLY" AND MUST BE FOLLOWED BY A NUMBER FROM 0 TO 255. ╔F LESS THAN THE SPECIFIED NUMBER OF LINES REMAIN ON A PAGE WHEN .FC IS EXECUTED, NO MORE TEXT WILL BE PRINTED ON THAT PAGE. ╔NSTEAD, A FORCE PAGE WILL BE EXECUTED, PRINTING THE FOOTER (IF ANY) AND BOTTOM MARGIN IMMEDIATELY AND RESUMING TEXT ON THE NEXT PAGE.
[.DG]--╙TANDS FOR "DEFINE GRAPHICS CHARACTER" AND LETS YOU CHANGE ANY CHARACTER, IN ANY PRINT SET OR THE SCREEN CHARACTER SET, WITHOUT USING A CHARACTER-SET EDITOR. ╘HE COMMAND MUST BE FOLLOWED BY TEN BYTE NUMBERS, SEPARATED BY COMMAS. ╘HE FIRST BYTE NUMBER SPECIFIES THE SET IN WHICH THE CHARACTER TO BE CHANGED IS SITUATED. ┴S ALWAYS, 0 SPECIFIES THE SCREEN CHARACTER SET, 1-9 SPECIFY A PRINT CHARACTER SET. ╘HE SECOND BYTE IS THE SCREEN-CODE VALUE OF THE CHARACTER TO BE CHANGED. ╘HE LAST EIGHT BYTES DEFINE THE CHARACTER ITSELF.
[.GC]--╙TANDS FOR "GRAPHICS CHARACTERS" AND IS FOLLOWED BY TWO PARAMETERS, SEPARATED BY A COMMA. ╘HE PARAMETER SETTINGS ARE SAVED WITHIN ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS, AND ARE PERMANENT UNTIL YOU TURN OFF THE COMPUTER OR EXECUTE ANOTHER .GC COMMAND.
[.GB]--╙TANDS FOR "GRAPHICS BEGIN" AND DEFINES THE STRING OF BYTES THAT IS SENT TO THE PRINTER TO ACTIVATE ╟RAPHICS MODE. ╘HE STRING IS SENT BEFORE EACH CHARACTER IS PRINTED IN ─OT ╟RAPHICS MODE. ╘HE ═╨╙-803 AND ITS COMPATIBLES REQUIRE JUST ONE CHARACTER, ├╚╥$(8), TO ACTIVATE GRAPHICS MODE, UNTIL IT RECEIVES A BYTE VALUE OF LESS THAN 128, AT WHICH POINT IT WILL RETURN TO NORMAL ╘EXT MODE.
[.GE]--╙TANDS FOR "GRAPHICS END." ╘HE STRING OF BYTES FOLLOWING THE .GE COMMAND WILL BE SENT TO THE PRINTER AFTER EACH DOT-GRAPHICS CHARACTER. ╙OME PRINTERS REQUIRE THIS COMMAND IN ORDER TO RETURN TO ╘EXT MODE.
╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS EXPECTS A ├OMMODORE PRINTER CONNECTED TO THE SERIAL BUS. ┴ COMBINATION OF A NON-├OMMODORE PRINTER AND AN INTERFACE THAT EMULATES A ├OMMODORE PRINTER WILL ALSO WORK. ╔F YOUR SYSTEM INCLUDES NEITHER OF THESE, YOU CAN STILL USE ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS BY PUTTING THE PRINTER INTERFACE INTO ╠OCK MODE AND USING THE ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS ╞1,T FUNCTION TO OUTPUT TRUE ┴╙├╔╔. ┴NOTHER METHOD IS TO USE THE ─EFINE ═ACROS PROGRAM (SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION) TO CREATE A CUSTOMIZED SET OF MACROS THAT ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS CAN USE TO CONTROL YOUR PRINTER. ╬OTE THAT YOU CANNOT USE AN ╥╙-232 PRINTER WITH ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS. ╔F YOU HAVE SUCH A PRINTER, YOU MUST OUTPUT YOUR TEXT TO DISK AND THEN USE A ┬ASIC PROGRAM TO PRINT IT.
^ (UP-ARROW)--╞1,^ SAVES YOUR TEXT TWICE, FIRST TO DEVICE 8, FOR PERMANENT STORAGE, AND THEN TO DEVICE 9, WHICH IS NORMALLY THE DEVICE NUMBER OF A ╥┴═ EXPANDER WHEN USED AS A ╥┴═ DISK. ┴FTER YOUR TEXT IS SAVED TO THE ╥┴═ DISK, IT CAN BE LOADED IN ABOUT ONE SECOND OR LESS. ╘O USE ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS WITH ├OMMODORE'S 1764 ╥┴═ EXPANDER EMPLOYED AS A ╥┴═ DISK, FIRST RUN THE ╥┴═-DISK INITIALIZATION PROGRAM, PRESSING RETURN AT EACH PROMPT. ╘HEN LOAD AND RUN ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT.
$--╞1, THEN $ TWICE TO LOAD A DIRECTORY FROM DISK INTO MEMORY. ╘HE DIRECTORY IS DISPLAYED AS IT LOADS IN. ╨RESS THE RUN-STOP KEY TO TERMINATE THE LOAD WHEN THE DESIRED FILENAME APPEARS. ╘O PERFORM THE ACTION YOU WANT, POSITION THE CURSOR OVER THE FILENAME AND PRESS THE APPROPRIATE COMMAND KEY. ┴FTER YOU ENTER A COMMAND LETTER, A PROMPT APPEARS. ╨RESSING THE ╞3 KEY READS THE SELECTED FILENAME FROM THE SCREEN DIRECTLY INTO THE INPUT LINE. ┴LWAYS EXIT THE ─IRECTORY MODE BY PRESSING THE ├OMMODORE AND CONTROL KEYS SIMULTANEOUSLY, THUS ERASING THE DIRECTORY. ╨RESSING THE RESTORE KEY LEAVES THE DIRECTORY EMBEDDED IN YOUR DOCUMENT.
╤--╞1,╤ ACCESSES THE SPELL CHECKER.
[.LB]--┴CTIVATES THE LABEL PRINTER TO GENERATE MAILING LABELS. ┘OU MUST ENTER THE LABELS INTO THE ╥╒╬ ╙CRIPT ╨LUS TEXT AREA, PRESSING RETURN AT THE END OF EACH LINE AND TWO RETURNS AT THE END OF THE LAST LINE OF EACH LABEL. ╫HEN THE PROGRAM ENCOUNTERS THE .LB DOT COMMAND IN THE TEXT IT ACTIVATES A SPECIAL PRINTING ROUTE THAT RECOGNIZES THESE THREE DOT COMMANDS: .PL, .PW AND .LB.
