[.po]--Stands for "page order" and must be followed by three numbers, separated by commas. In 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. The last parameter indicates how many pages will be output before the page number is incremented. It should equal the number of columns across the page. You can print on both sides of a page or in a number of columns.
[.ff]--Stands for "form feed" and must be followed by 0 or 1. If you select 1, the bottom margin will be printed by sending the form-feed character to the printer. The default, .ff0, advances to the bottom margin with carriage returns.
[.fc]--Stands for "force conditionally" and must be followed by a number from 0 to 255. If less than the specified number of lines remain on a page when .fc is executed, no more text will be printed on that page. Instead, a force page will be executed, printing the footer (if any) and bottom margin immediately and resuming text on the next page.
[.dg]--Stands 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. The command must be followed by ten byte numbers, separated by commas. The first byte number specifies the set in which the character to be changed is situated. As always, 0 specifies the screen character set, 1-9 specify a print character set. The second byte is the screen-code value of the character to be changed. The last eight bytes define the character itself.
[.gc]--Stands for "graphics characters" and is followed by two parameters, separated by a comma. The parameter settings are saved within RUN Script Plus, and are permanent until you turn off the computer or execute another .gc command.
[.gb]--Stands for "graphics begin" and defines the string of bytes that is sent to the printer to activate Graphics mode. The string is sent before each character is printed in Dot Graphics mode. The MPS-803 and its compatibles require just one character, CHR$(8), to activate graphics mode, until it receives a byte value of less than 128, at which point it will return to normal Text mode.
[.ge]--Stands for "graphics end." The string of bytes following the .ge command will be sent to the printer after each dot-graphics character. Some printers require this command in order to return to Text mode.
RUN Script Plus expects a Commodore printer connected to the serial bus. A combination of a non-Commodore printer and an interface that emulates a Commodore printer will also work. If your system includes neither of these, you can still use RUN Script Plus by putting the printer interface into Lock mode and using the RUN Script Plus F1,t function to output true ASCII. Another method is to use the Define Macros program (see previous discussion) to create a customized set of macros that RUN Script Plus can use to control your printer. Note that you cannot use an RS-232 printer with RUN Script Plus. If you have such a printer, you must output your text to disk and then use a Basic program to print it.
^ (up-arrow)--F1,^ saves your text twice, first to device 8, for permanent storage, and then to device 9, which is normally the device number of a RAM expander when used as a RAM disk. After your text is saved to the RAM disk, it can be loaded in about one second or less. To use RUN Script Plus with Commodore's 1764 RAM expander employed as a RAM disk, first run the RAM-disk initialization program, pressing return at each prompt. Then load and run RUN Script.
$--F1, then $ twice to load a directory from disk into memory. The directory is displayed as it loads in. Press the run-stop key to terminate the load when the desired filename appears. To perform the action you want, position the cursor over the filename and press the appropriate command key. After you enter a command letter, a prompt appears. Pressing the F3 key reads the selected filename from the screen directly into the input line. Always exit the Directory mode by pressing the Commodore and control keys simultaneously, thus erasing the directory. Pressing the restore key leaves the directory embedded in your document.
Q--F1,Q accesses the spell checker.
[.lb]--Activates the label printer to generate mailing labels. You must enter the labels into the RUN Script Plus text area, pressing return at the end of each line and two returns at the end of the last line of each label. When 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.
