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Text File | 1993-05-25 | 19KB | 391 lines

FCON HELP FCON FORM: +--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ | OPEN | | SAVE | | APPEND | | VIEW | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | | QUIT | +--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ SOURCE/TARGET FORMAT/OPTIONS +---------------------------------------+ |File Spec Box | ANSI PCB VBBS +---------------------------------------+ +-------------------+ [Drive1 ]v (*) 1 SAVE ( ) 2 SAVE ( ) 3 SAVE | File1 ^ +-----------------+ | | Dir1 ^ | # | (*) 4 APND ( ) 5 APND ( ) 6 APND | # | # | # | # | # | # (*) 7 VIEW ( ) 8 VIEW ( ) 9 VIEW | v | v +-------------------+ +-----------------+ [ ] TXT OFF <SAVE ASCII> <RENAME> ASCII VIEWER ^ + FILE INFORMATION -+ +----------+ |FILE SIZE | | HELP | # |FILE LINES | +----------+ v |FILE DATE | < #####################################> +-------------------+ TIME COMMANDS BY OBJECT: F: = FUNCTION K: = KEY BOARD COMMANDS M: = MOUSE COMMANDS (N) WHERE N IS A HIGHLIGHTED CHARACTER FOR OBJECT SELECTION SOURCE/TARGE(T) +---------------------------------------+ |File Spec Box | +---------------------------------------+ F: FULL PATH SPEC & FILE NAME TO OPEN, TO SAVE TO, TO APPEND TO, TO VIEW AS ASCII TEXT FILE, TO RENAME, TO ZAP! K: ARROW KEYS SCROLL IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION SHIFT ARROW KEYS HIGHLIGHT TEXT IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION DELETE KEY DELETES CHARACTER, OR HIGHLIGHTED PORTION CONTROL DELETE DELETES TO END OF LINE INSERT KEY INSERTS CHARACTERS AT CURSOR INSERT OFF WRITE-OVER, CURSOR WILL CHANGE TO BLOCK BACKSPACE CONVENTIONAL FUNCTION HOME, END BEGINNING OF LINE, END OF LINE TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT (T) ALT + T SETS FOCUS BACK TO FILE SPEC BOX, "QUICK FIND" A-Z, 0-9, $ ACCEPTS ALL CHARACTERS, NOT CASE SENSITIVE CONTROL Z ZAP! = REDUCES THE SIZE OF A 1 LINE FILE BY 3 BYTES, THEREBY REMOVING THE CARRIAGE RETURN. ZAP! WILL NOT WORK ON FILES LARGER THAN ONE LINE, NOR ON FILES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY "ZAPPED" THIS IS A BUILT IN SAFETY FEATURE. YOUR CURSOR MUST BE INSIDE THE FILE SPEC BOX SINCE ZAP! IS A FUNCTION OF THE OBJECT IN FOCUS, NOT GLOBALLY OF FCON.EXE. CONTROL Z ONCE A FILE HAS BEEN "ZAPPED" IS WILL SHOW UP "CONT." IN THE FILE INFORMATION BOX AS INVALID FORMAT THIS IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO READ THE NUMBER OF LINES IN A FILE, THE UTILITY COUNTS THE NUMBER OF CARRIAGE RETURNS...NONE TO COUNT = INVALID. WHEN A FILE BECOMES AN INVALID FORMAT, IT CAN NO LONGER BE OPENED, SO YOU MIGHT TO SAVE YOUR FILE WITH A BACKUP COPY FOR REEDITING PURPOSES. M: LEFT CLICK ON SOURCE/TARGE(T) SETS FOCUS TO FILE SPEC BOX LEFT CLICK INSIDE FILE SPEC BOX SETS FOCUS TO ITSELF LEFT DOWN DIRECTION HIGHLIGHTS TEXT, FOR EDITING, SEE KEY COMMANDS, SCROLLS IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION. [Drive1 ]v F: TO SELECT ACCESS TO NEW DRIVE SPEC. K: TYPING ANY LETTER CORRESPONDING TO A VALID DRIVE SELECTS THAT DRIVE DRIVE SELECTED IS THEN POSTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX ARROW KEYS SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE DRIVES IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION HOME, END DRIVE 1, LAST DRIVE TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT M: LEFT DOWN "v" OPENS DROP DOWN BOX, MOVE UP/DOWN TO HIGHLIGHT AVAILABLE DRIVE, RELEASE...DRIVE IS SELECTED +-----------------+ | Dir1 ^ | | # | # | # | v +-----------------+ F: TO SELECT NEW DIRECTORY SPEC K: TYPED CHARACTER SELECTS CORRESPONDING DIRECTORY, BY INDEX OF FIRST CHARACTER MATCHING DESCRIPTION, SUB- SEQUENT MATCHES ARE ALSO FOUND BY REPEATING THE PROCESS ARROW KEYS SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE DRIVES IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION HOME, END TOP OF LIST, BOTTOM OF LIST TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT ENTER CHANGES DEFAULT DIRECTORY "CD\XX" UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF "VISUAL BASIC FOR DOS" YOU MUST EITHER CHANGE DRIVES AND RETURN, GO TO V-EDIT AND RETURN, OR USE THE MOUSE METHOD IN ORDER TO GET THE DIRECTORY BOX TO REDRAW ITSELF, SO THAT THE CHANGE IS VISIBLE. M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS DIRECTORY LEFT DOWN MOVE SCROLLS UP OR DOWN LIST DOUBLE LEFT CLICK CHANGES DEFAULT DIRECTORY, EXPANDS CURRENT DIRECTORY, REDRAWS & REFRESHES DIRECTORY BOX SELECTED DIRECTORIES ARE POSTED WITH FULL PATH SPEC. IN FILE SPEC BOX. +-------------------+ | File1 ^ | | # | # | # | # | v +-------------------+ F: TO SELECT NEW FILE SPEC K: TYPED CHARACTER SELECTS CORRESPONDING FILE, BY INDEX OF FIRST CHARACTER MATCHING DESCRIPTION, SUB- SEQUENT MATCHES ARE ALSO FOUND BY REPEATING THE PROCESS ARROW KEYS SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE FILES IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION HOME, END TOP OF LIST, BOTTOM OF LIST TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS FILE LEFT DOWN MOVE SCROLLS UP OR DOWN LIST SELECTED FILES ARE POSTED WITH FULL PATH SPEC, IN FILE SPEC BOX. CLICKING OR SELECTING FILES, "WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EACH STEP ie: "DRIVE->DIR->FILE" WILL ALSO POST THE CORRECT FULL PATH SPEC. FORMAT/OPTIONS ANSI PCB VBBS YOU MAY SELECT ONE OPTION CASE IN (*) 1 SAVE ( ) 2 SAVE ( ) 3 SAVE EACH ROW "1,2,3"; "4,5,6"; "7,8,9" YOU MAY TAB, OR SHIFT TAB TO ROWS (*) 4 APND ( ) 5 APND ( ) 6 APND USE ARROW KEYS TO SELECT, OR TYPE RESPECTIVE ACCESS KEY: "ALT + #" (*) 7 VIEW ( ) 8 VIEW ( ) 9 VIEW LEFT CLICK MOUSE TO SELECT ANSI ANSI.SYS FORMAT " ESCAPE SEQUENCES" PCB PC BOARD FORMAT " @X CODES" VBBS VBBS/WWIV FORMAT " N HEART CODES" WHERE "N" IS A NUMBER 1 - 36 SAVE TELLS PROGRAM THAT WHEN THE SAVE COMMAND IS EXECUTED TO SAVE THE V-EDIT DRAWING IN THE RESPECTIVE FORMAT. APND APPEND DRAWING IN RESPECTIVE FORMAT WHEN THE APPEND COMMAND IS EXECUTED VIEW VIEW THE ASCII FORMAT OF THE CURRENT VEDIT DRAWING IN THE RESPECTIVE FORMAT WHEN THEN VIEW COMMAND IS EXEC- UTED. +--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ | OPEN | | SAVE | | APPEND | | VIEW | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | | QUIT | +--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ F: COMMAND BUTTONS EXECUTABLE COMMANDS AS PER DESCRIPTION K: TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT ARROW KEYS SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION. SPACE BAR SELECTS COMMAND ENTER SELECTS COMMAND ALT + ACCESS KEY SELECTS COMMAND M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS COMMAND OPEN OPENS, OR LOADS THE DRAWING OR TEXT AS PER THE FULL PATH SPEC. IN THE FILE SPEC BOX. DRAWING IS CONVERTED FROM ANSI, VBBS, PCB, OR ASCII FORMATS TO THE SYSTEM FORMAT. OPEN LOOKS FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF "" OR "@X" "N"; ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE FILE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHICH FORMAT IT SHOULD CONVERT FROM. IF IT CAN NOT IDENTIFY THE FORMAT IT OPENS AND CONVERTS THE FILE AS THOUGH IT WAS AN ASCII FILE AND THUS IN ANSI FORMAT. INVALID FORMAT FILES, THOSE WITH NO CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTERS CAN NOT BE OPENED. OPEN ALSO DESTROYS ANY PREVIOUS DRAWING YOU HAD IN THE V-EDIT, BECAUSE IT DUMPS THE CUR- RENT ARRAYS AND REDIMS TO THE NEW FILE SIZE. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR SAFETY. SAVE SAVES THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER SAVE FORMAT TO THE CURRENT FILE SPEC. IN THE FILE SPEC BOX. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED IN CASE OF OVERWRITE. APPEND APPENDS THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER APPEND FORMAT TO THE CURRENT FILE SPEC. IN THE FILE SPEC BOX. VIEW VIEWS THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER SEL- ECTED FORMAT AS AN ASCII INTERPRETATION USING EXTENDED DOS CHARACTERS WHERE FOUND. THE TEXT IS DISPLAYED IN THE ASCII VIEWER. EDITOR RETURNS TO V-EDIT. CANCEL RESETS DRIVE, DIR, FILE BOXES TO DEFAULT SPECS CANCELS ANY OPERATION. DOES NOT RELEASE MEMORY, OR DUMP ARRAYS. QUIT QUITS, EXITS TO DOS IN THE LAST KNOWN DEFAULT DIRECTORY. IF YOU USED THE INCLUDED FILE: V.BAT TO START V-EDIT, THEN V.BAT RESTORES THE PROMPT, DELETES "MFMTA.DAT" AND THEN EXITS TO THE SYSTEM. ASCII VIEWER END ^ # CURSOR MUST BE INSIDE VIEWER IN MID POINTS # ORDER TO USE VIEWER COMMANDS. # END v < #####################################> END MID POINTS END F: DISPLAYS V-EDIT DRAWING IN RESPECTIVE VIEW FORMAT, OR OPENED FILE IN ASCII TEXT AND EXTENDED DOS CHARACTERS. K: ALL KNOWN TEXT EDITOR COMMANDS SEEM TO WORK, LIST IS ENDLESS SO NOT VERBOSED. SEE BELOW FOR SPECIAL COMMANDS. M: USUAL MOUSABLE SCROLL, SELECT, CLICK COMMANDS. CAN CLICK ON SCROLL BARS "ENDS" FOR SLOW SCROLL OR "MID POINTS" FOR FAST SCROLL. SPECIAL KEY COMMANDS: SHIFT ARROWS SELECTS TEXT CONTROL + C COPY SELECTED TEXT TO CLIPBOARD, NOT CUMULATIVE CONTROL + S PASTE SELECTED TEXT AT CURSOR POSITION CONTROL + P PRINT SELECTED TEXT, IF NONE SELECTED THEN PRINT CONTENTS OF ASCII VIEWER BOX. CONTROL + V PUTS: " @X " AT END OF CURRENT TEXT, SINCE AND CAN NOT BE TYPED IN, BUT CAN BE COPIED OR PASTED. CONTROL + W WIDENS VIEWER BOX FROM 44 TO 80 "FULL SCREEN WIDTH." CONTROL + W AGAIN RETURNS WIDTH TO DEFAULT SIZE AND RE-ENABLES COVERED OBJECTS. [ ] TXT OFF <SAVE ASCII> <RENAME> F: COMMAND/CHECK BOX EXECUTABLE COMMANDS AS PER DESCRIPTION K: TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT ARROW KEYS SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION. SPACE BAR SELECTS COMMAND ENTER SELECTS COMMAND ALT + ACCESS KEY SELECTS COMMAND M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS COMMAND TXT OFF/ON OPEN ASCII SELECTOR IF THIS CHECK BOX IS ON WHEN YOU OPEN AN ASCII FILE, THEN THE CONTENTS OF THE FILE WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE VIEWER, AND "TXT OFF/ON" WILL BE RESET TO "TXT OFF." MUST BE ON PRIOR TO OPENING. <SAVE ASCII> SAVES THE CURRENT CONTENTS OF THE ASCII VIEWER TO A UNIQUELY NAMED FILE NAME IN THE CURRENT SELECTED OR DEFAULT DIRECTORY. <RENAME> RENAMES THE FILE SELECTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX MOVES THE FILE SELECTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX, IF THE NAME IS A DIFFERENT DIRECTORY SPEC THAN EXISTS CURRENTLY. WILL NOT MOVE ACROSS DRIVES. WILL NOT OVERWRITE EXISTING FILES. CAN RENAME TO A NAME OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITATION OF DOS ie: "MY FILE. 1" IF YOU USE EMBEDDED SPACES FILE WILL BE LOCKED OUT FROM DOS, BUT "FCON.EXE" WILL BE ABLE TO RENAME IT AGAIN. THIS FEATURE WAS INCLUDED SO THAT YOU MAY USE IT AS A FORM OF ENCRYPTION. + FILE INFORMATION -+ |FILE SIZE | |FILE LINES | REFLECTS ATTRIBUTES OF CURRENT FILE SPEC IN THE FILE |FILE DATE | SPEC BOX. +-------------------+ K:, M: NONE FILE SIZE SIZE IN BYTES FILE LINES # OF CARRIAGE RETURNS IN FILE IF NONE THEN FILE IS INVALID FORMAT FILE DATE DOS DATE OF FILE SPEC +----------+ | HELP | YOU'RE IN HELP, DUDE! +----------+ K: TAB, SHIFT TAB SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT ARROW KEYS SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION. SPACE BAR SELECTS COMMAND ENTER SELECTS COMMAND ALT + ACCESS KEY SELECTS COMMAND M: LEFT CLICK SELECTS COMMAND HELP COMMANDS: NORMAL TEXT EDITOR KEYS DO NORMAL TEXT EDITOR STUFF. ESCAPE KEY EXITS HELP, RE-ENABLES SCREEN OBJECTS SHIFT ARROWS SELECT TEXT CONTROL + P PRINT SELECTED TEXT, IF NONE SELECTED PRINT ENTIRE HELP FILE. CONTROL + S SWITCH "VHELP1.HLP" WITH "VHELP2.HLP" "VHELP1.HLP" DISPLAYS BY DEFAULT, FILE WAS SPLIT TO AVOID MEMORY LOCKUPS. END OF "VHELP1.HLP"