Night Owl 6/Night Owl's Shareware - PDSI-006 - Night Owl Corp (1990).iso/001a/lc100.zip/LC_FRMT.DAT

Text File | 1991-07-04 | 28KB | 579 lines

k_lastkey  
117{0}
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118{0}

Using the Lcom Configuration Program

Press [F1] at any time to pull down a box containing all the commands that
are available in the config program.
Press [F10] to pull down the Subject Menu box which allows you to select the
category which you wish to edit.

Use the up and down arrow keys to move throughout the different variables.
Sometimes there are more variables in one subject than fits on one page, and so
Pgdn will go to the next page.  When you have found the entry you wish to edit,
place the highlighted bar on that entry, press enter, and change it to the new
setting of your choice.

To help guide your through the setup program, you can quickly find a certain
"word" by using the string search (alt-F).  The config program will go to that
word if it exists.  You can then use (ctrl-L) to search for the next occurrence.

When you are done, either type (F7) to save, or (F6) to abort.
Press F10 now for the subject menu.

QUICK-SETUP
If you wish to perform only the most basic setup, configure the items which
are listed on this page.  The items listed here are considered essential by
the program.  Once you are done configuring these items, press F7 to save.
You can, at any time, rerun this program, lookover, and change the other items.
These items are condensed and are also located elsewhere in this setup program.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Comport      : 
8{1}
                      Base Address   :
9{0}            [You MUST set this too!]

                    Bootup Baudrate  : 
10{4}

     Text Editor, path and program   : 
164{}

               Initialization string : 
46{AT S0=0 S7=255 S11=55 E1V1 &C1&D2 X4}
                       Hangup method : 
53{2}

------- When you are done, press F7 to save, and you're done!  Run Lc! --------

Key Assignments

Lcom has many different utilities available in the terminal which can be called
up by different keystrokes.  Here you can re-design the keyboard layout and
personally customize it to whatever suits you best.  Be careful to not duplicate
two keys or one will be "masked" out by the other.  If you wish to set a key to
"nothingness" so it is not callable, select the entry and press (shift-shift),
simultaneously.



Command Center (Tsr/Multitasking)       : 
71{29696}  (not yet implemented)
       Video Options Menu               : 
67{12032}
      Line(modem) Settings              : 
63{9728}
        General Defaults                : 
64{8704}
        Send Init String                : 
66{6144}
        Translate Tables                : 
62{5120}
       Telephone Directory              : 
57{8192}
            Dial Que                    : 
70{4096}
    Redial Previous Number              : 
141{4864}
       Scrollback Buffer                : 
65{29440}
 Disable/Enable Scrollback buffer       : 
161{3103}
             Macros                     : 
58{12800}
         Incoming Macros                : 
97{5888}
             Upload                     : 
60{18688}
            Download                    : 
59{20736}
           Ascii Chart                  : 
61{7680}
           Save Screen                  : 
68{7936}
          Clear Screen                  : 
69{11776}
        Run Text Editor                 : 
162{4608}
          Run LCV.EXE                   : 
163{4352}
             Shell                      : 
98{11264}
     Execute Command at Dos             : 
121{12288}
      Print Terminal Screen             : 
151{6400}
          Log To Printer                : 
152{768}
              Zoom                      : 
143{16128}
         View OS Screen                 : 
131{27648}
        Disconnect Modem                : 
72{8960}
           Exit Lcom                    : 
56{11520}

              Help                      : 
99{15104}



73{24320}      : Pressing this key will switch Lcom into echo-only mode in
                  which all keys (typed,in macros,ascii uploaded) that would
                  normally be sent over the modem are simply displayed on
                  the your screen, and not sent to the modem.

74{24064}      : Pressing this will disengage the echo-to-screen mode that
                  is activated when your press the previous key.


89{14624}      : Pressing this while a macro is being executed will terminate
                  that macro as soon as possible.  This will also terminate
                  an ascii upload.


90{30464}      : Pressing this while Tsr and/or Multitasking will flip the
          process between Lcom and the Background Process.

Modem & Modem Related

               Line Defaults

      Comport      : 
8{1}       ───────────────────The Comport is a letter
    Base Address   :
9{0}                               which is assigned to
  Bootup Baudrate  : 
10{4}  └─────The base address  different memory locations
                                    is the location   so com programs can know
       Parity      : 
11{0}         in memory where   where to look for needed
  Character Length : 
12{3}         Lcom should look  information (baseaddress)
      Stopbits     : 
13{0}         to find needed    and what interrupt to use
                                    info about the    in conjunction with the
                                    modem.  If you    modem (modem IRQ).  Since
                                    do not know what  these are individually
                                    this should be    settable, the comport
                                    set to, simply    setting is relatively
                                    set it to the     useless in this program.
                                    same 'position'
                                    as your com port.

If you looked at the different settings you can place your comport and base
address to, you would notice an extra option at the bottom, which may be
abbreviated, called "User Definable".  Because you may have a modem which
uses a comport other than the standard 1,2,3, or 4, and subsequently a base
address other than those listed, you can here set up a 'user definable comport'
and a 'user definable base address'.  If you set these, then you can select the
"Udef" options in the comport and baseaddress options and Lcom will use these
settings for operating your modem.

             User definable comport : 
20{0}  (space = nothing)
         User definable baseaddress : 
21{0}  [in base 16 (hexidecimal)]

                  (use these user definables if you've specified 'user defined'
                    in the comport or baseaddress area(s) )



               Handling the modem at bootup

The next couple of settings deal with how Lcom handles the modem when it first
boots up.  With Lcom you can have different things (concerned with initializing
the modem) done at bootup depending on if the modem is online or offline.  You,
for instance, may not want to set the parity, character length, or stopbits if
when you start up Lcom the modem reads online.  On the other hand, you may have
a modem that is defaulted to read "online" when you first turn it on, and want
those options set regardless of the carrier status.  Here are several
categories which you can configure.

                                                           if : ONLINE   OFFLINE
                                                                            
  Set line status register (parity,character length,stopbits) :  
4{1}      
5{1}
                       Set the speed of your modem (baudrate) :  
2{1}      
3{1}
   Send the 'init' string to initialize the modem's registers :  
6{0}      
7{1}

You may have a modem which when is first turned on thinks that it is online
until you send it the carrier-detect-(on) command in your init string.
If you set this function to 'yes', then if when Lcom is first boot up and the
modem reads 'online', Lcom will first send the carrier-detect-(on) command
(as specified in the modem command strings section, down below in this section).
Once this command has been sent, Lcom will then re-check the modem to see if it
is still online and will proceed accordingly (based on those settings directly
above.)
      send carrier-detect-(on) at bootup if modem reads online?  
23{1}



Modem Delay (1/18ths seconds) :
102{12} Every modem requires a certain amount
                    of time to process commands you sent
                    to it.  If this time is set to long
                    then your computer will wait longer
                    than it has to, and if the delay is set
The modem delay is in 1/18ths of a      to short then some functions will not
second.  This means that if you want    work properly, or at all.  One such
a delay of 1 second, you would set      function is 'Drop Dtr' which is one of
it to 18.  Two seconds would be 36,     the ways to hang up the modem.  It's
and so on.                              generally the quickest, safest, and
                    cleanest way of disconnecting the modem.
                    However, if the delay is too short then
                    it will not work it all.  It is
                                        suggested that for optimum performance
                    you try various different settings
                    starting with a value of about
                    18 (one second) and work your way down
                    until you are unable to hang up, and
                    then back it up 2 places.


                       Modem Command Strings

≡General≡

Attention string used to tell the modem a command is coming : 
45{AT}

Initialization string : 
46{AT S0=0 S7=255 S11=55 E1V1 &C1&D2 X4}
Carrier Detect (ON)   : 
47{AT &C1}

      Dialing Prefix  : 
48{ATDT}
      Dialing Suffix  : 
49{}

    Disconnect modem  : 
50{+++ATH0}

≡Dialing≡

       Busy               : 
110{BUSY}
 No Carrier               : 
111{NO CARRIER}
    Connect               : 
112{CONNECT}
    Connect (Alternate)   : 
142{}
      Voice               : 
113{VOICE}
       Ring               : 
114{RING}
No Dialtone               : 
115{NO DIALTONE}


Terminal Emulation Characteristics

Default Emulation : 
1{3}
Default Duplex : 
22{0}

There are certain functions that are common to nearly all terminal emulations.
The following are a list of these functions.  You can determine what is to be
done when each instruction is encountered.

     Carriage Return : 
24{0}
        Line Feed    : 
25{0}
      Clear Screen   : 
30{0}
        Backspace    : 
27{0}
          Beep       : 
26{0}
           Tab       : 
28{0}             Tab stops every 
29{8} characters
   Change Foreground : 
33{1}
   Change Background : 
32{1}
          Blink      : 
34{1}


Assimilate Background  : 
31{1} -  When the cursor is at the bottom of the
                                   screen an a linefeed is encountered, such
                                   that the screen will scroll up, if this
                                   function is on, then the new line's color
                                   at the bottom of the screen will be the
                                   current color of the cursor.  If this is
                                   off, then the new color of the line is that
                                   color as specified in the Lcom Video Utility.
                   It may be cosmetically better for you to
                                   shut this off.

If a backspace occurs when the cursor is at the far left side of the window,
should lcom not let the cursor wrap to the previous line? 
169{1}

Telephone Directory

The information displayed in Lcom's dialing directory is based upon a format
string (below) which contains normal characters (like b,p, & s. (bps)) and
special command characters (like %t (print title of number here)).  You can
configure this string to suit your own needs and thereby displaying ony those
items which you find necessary.  This format string is used in the dialing
directory just after the number and marked value of the entry you are on.
i.e.

│12  1 │[.....here.......]│

Most likely you will want to keep the first item the name.  If the information
trying to be displayed extends past the edge of the dialing dir, you can use
the ctrl-right-arrow key to scroll left; and ctrl-left-arrow and ctrl-home to
go left.  Also, if you press F5 in the dialing directory; it will zoom the
window to cover the whole screen (on the x axis).


Format String:
146{%t   │%n %bbps %p%l%s │%e %:   %D @ %2  │ Σ%1 %a ││}

           %t name
           %n number
           %b baud
           %p parity
           %l char len
           %s stop bits
           %e emulation
           %: duplex

           %d last time called
           %2 last date called
           %a average mins online
           %1 total calls



Lcom's dialing directory is controlled by single word commands, much like the
DOS style command prompt.  Because of this method, commands like:
dial 1,2,10-16,23-20 are possible.  This, in which each number and series
of numbers is dialed in the sequence, 1,2,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,23,22,21,20
and then back to 1 again.  That is, of course, that "dial" is your command word
for the 'dial and repeat' process.

■Note:     Avoid duplicating your commands or some will become "masked out".
■Warning:  Do not include any spaces or the command will not work.
           Watch out for spaces attached to the end of the word.  You can check
           by pressing the (end) key.


   Dial number(s) and repeat            : 
75{dial}
      Dial number(s) once               : 
76{once}
          Edit number                   : 
77{edit}
          Goto number                   : 
78{goto}
         Mark number(s)                 : 
79{mark}
        Unmark number(s)                : 
80{unmark}
   Find name (string search)            : 
81{find}
          Copy number                   : 
82{copy}
        Clear number(s)                 : 
83{clear}
       Delete number(s)*                : 
84{delete}
       Insert number(s)                 : 
85{insert}
       Swap two numbers                 : 
86{swap}
         Sort numbers                   : 
87{sort}
        Start Process                   : 
167{start}
   Print a number (printer)             : 
158{print}
    Open a phone directory              : 
88{open}
             Help                       : 
139{help}

       Zoom-Level Toggle                : 
147{zoom}
         Output Number                  : 
148{out}
 Reset Number's Activity Data           : 
149{reset}
             Exit                       : 
150{exit}

* Delete differs from clear in that delete also removes the entry where the
  number was, whereas clear only sets the values in the entry back to their
  defaults.  Delete is the opposite of the insert command which adds a new
  entry and moves the rest of the entries down.


  Dialing Directory's Edit Window's Password : 
43{}

         Lcom's edit window would most likely contain
     │    information which you consider private, most
     │    notably because of the Login Macros which
     │    tend to contain passwords and/or other
     │    personal information.  If your system is
     └─── public to the extent you don't want this
          information readily available to anyone using
          your computer, then you can assign a password
          to the edit window. If you assign a password
          here then it will be asked every time you try
          to use the edit feature.  If no password is
          listed then nothing will be asked.



                  Dialing & Connecting Characteristics


  Automatically use        :
35{0} - Lcom does it's dialing in a background
  Dial Status Window?                state; meaning that once you start the
                                     dial, you are no longer in the dialing
                                     directory but back in the terminal.
                                     If during a dial, you type the key to
                                     bring up the dial window, a dial "status
                                     window" will come up.  You can, through
                                     this option, have Lcom automatically put
                                     this window up when you start to dial.
                                     With this setting at 'yes' the dialing
                                     procedure more resembles other comm
                                     programs.

  Dial Status Window,     :
160{0} - In the dial window, the time will appear
  Perminant Time Stamp?              in the window for a period of roughly
                                     four seconds, at which time it will
                                     disappear.  If you turn the perminant
                                     time stamp on, then it will not disappear.

  Pause time between dials :
36{1} - Lcom automatically pauses for a specific
                                     amount of time between the dialing of each
                                     number.  This is the time, in seconds -
                                     from (1-255) - that Lcom will pause.

  Pause before first dial? :
37{0} - Lcom's dialing routine functions by going
                                     through a sequence of dial,pause,dial,pause
                                     ,.etc modes. If this is set to 'yes', then
                                     the first operation will be the pause
                                     state; otherwise it will be the dial state.

  Wait for Connect timer   :
38{60}- When Lcom encounters a "busy","connect",
                                     ,.etc when dialing, the appropriate steps
                                     are taken.  However, if Lcom does not
                                     encounter any recognizable results after
                                     the time you put here, from (1-255) seconds
                     , it then times-out. (gives up).

  Alarm (count)            :
120{3}- At connection, the alarm will sound as many
                                     times as specified here.  If you wish to
                                     turn the alarm off, set this value to 0.

  Remove connected number  :
39{1} - If you are dialing off of the que, (those
  from dialing que.                  numbers which are marked), and a connection
                                     is made, should that number you connected
                                     to be removed from the que (unmarked) so
                                     that when you come back to dial again later
                                     you don't attempt to call the same board
                     again?

  Reset color              :
40{1} - After you have just connected, should Lcom
                                     then reset the screen color to the default
                                     color as specified in the Lcom Video
                                     Utility or leave the color untouched?

  Clear screen             :
41{0} - After you have just connected, should Lcom
                                     then clear the screen and home the cursor?

  Login Macros             :
42{1} - For every number in the dialing directory
                                     there are several "login macros."  These
                                     are three macros:  The first macro is
                                     executed just prior to the dial, the
                                     second is executed just after a connection,
                                     and the third just after disconnection and
                                     before proceeding to the next number during
                                     a que dial.  If these macros are left empty
                                     then they will do nothing whatsoever;
                                     however there may be a time when you have
                                     these macros, but want to neither use them,
                                     nor erase them.  Through here, you can shut
                                     them off.

  Time-on Stamp            :
159{1}- If this is on, when you disconnect from
                                     a telephone directory connection the
                                     number of minutes you spent on is
                                     displayed.


Should Lcom lock down the dialing dir dial window? 
144{1}
Should Lcom lock down the dialing dir edit window? 
145{0}

       If the dial window or the edit window is not "locked-down", Lcom
       will relocate its Y-axis to place it in the most convenient eyesight
       position possible.  You may, however, wish to lock down these windows
       so to keep the window in a specific place to fall within a multitasker's
       windowing; like desqview.


Sizes/Totals


Size of each scrollback buffer UNIT of memory (4096-65400)  : 
51{8000}
                              Number of units    (4-65400)  : 
153{128}

Size of the incoming modem buffer, in bytes.  (1024-65400)  : 
52{16000}
Size of macros, in characters (40-132)  : 
44{40}
     Number of regular macros  (1-132)  : 
103{40}
    Number of incoming macros  (1-132)  : 
104{20}


Keyboard

  These options will only work on IBM AT, or PS/2 compatible computers

                                    Delay before repeat :
154{0}
                                            Repeat Rate :
155{0}


Assorted Macros

Read: The following are different macros which are used during different
    times in Lcom's operation.  Because these are true macros which
    identify with those macros in Lcom in every way, you can type command
    keys such as Function Keys, Arrow Keys, and even the Enter and Esc
    keys directly into the macros.  You are in Direct Type when the
    NUM LOCK Light is off.  Subsequently by the fact you can type Esc
    and Enter into the macros, you cannot leave the macro by simply
    pressing <enter> or <esc>.  First you must make sure the NUM LOCK
    is OFF.

Bootup & Termination Macros:  The bootup macro is a macro which is executed
                  at the bootup of Lcom, and the Termination macro
                  is a macro which is executed which Lcom is
                  instructed to end.

Bootup Macro         : 
100{}
Termination Macro    : 
101{}


Automatic File Processing

When Lcom first boots up, it does not automatically load your default files
(i.e. dialing directory, macros, translate tables, etc), unless, you tell it
to here.
        At bootup,
           Load dialing directory file? 
16{1}      Filename : 
17{lc}
              Load keyboard macro file? 
18{1}      Filename : 
19{lc}
              Load incoming macro file? 
106{1}     Filename : 
107{lc}
    Load incoming translate table file? 
14{1}      Filename : 
15{lc}
    Load outgoing translate table file? 
127{1}     Filename : 
129{lc}
       Load color translate table file? 
128{1}     Filename : 
130{lc}

When Lcom is instructed to quit, it does not automatically save your default
files (i.e. dialing directory, macros, translate tables, etc), unless, you tell
it to here.
        At termination,
           Save dialing directory file? 
93{1}     *Filename : 
94{}
                       Save macro file? 
95{1}     *Filename : 
96{}
              Save incoming macro file? 
108{1}    *Filename : 
109{}
    Save incoming translate table file? 
91{0}     *Filename : 
92{}
    Save outgoing translate table file? 
123{0}    *Filename : 
125{}
       Save color translate table file? 
124{1}    *Filename : 
126{}

*1. These filenames are really only defaults.  If you load a file under a
    different name for any of these, the file will be saved under the new name.
    (that is of course if you tell it to not save.)  This is done so you do not
    destroy a file by writing over it with the data from a different file.

 2. If you do not list a name of a file to save to but you do specify that you
    want to save the file, then Lcom will save it under the filename that
    was last loaded.

Sound Settings

                      Frequency            Duration (1/18ths)

Beeps from terminal      
116{4000}               
135{2}
Connection               
136{4000}               
137{4}


Paths & Programs

Alternate Shell Program, path and program   : 
119{}
            Text Editor, path and program   : 
164{}

Lcom's data files directory                 : 
133{LC_DATA}

                 Ascii Transfer directory   : 
165{TEXT}
              Standard Transfer directory   : 
134{FILES}



Miscellaneous

Use 16color backgrounds       :
140{1}  Settings this tells Lcom to use 16
                                        background colors instead of 8 with
                                        blinking colors.  Those colors which
                                        would have been blinking are now
                                        intensified.

Use Lcom's input in dos?      :
105{1}  When you do a remote shell you may
                    encounter problems because some drivers
                    such as nansi.sys (an ansi driver) do
                    not properly communicate with other
                    parts of dos.  What this means is that
                    the person that you are in the remote
                                        shell with might not see everything that
                    is being displayed on your screen.  If
                    with your ansi driver you encounter
                    this then you should turn this on.
                    *Note that if you use a utility like
                    Dosedit you will have to shut this off
                                        or Lcom's input routine will mask it
                    out.



.LOG File Format String                 After Lcom is disconnected from a
                                        connection made from the telephone
                                        directory, information about the call
:
132{}                                 is recorded in the file LC.LOG.  The
                                        format by which the data is stored is
                                        user definable.  This is currently
 %n   ∙ the name of the board           defaulted to nothing since it will
 %p   ∙ the phone number                deminish the performace of the program,
 %d   ∙ the date at connection          and, also since there is no way for me
 %t   ∙ the time at connection          to know what you want to store.  If you
 %2   ∙ the time of disconnection       would like an example of a format str,
 %m   ∙ the number of minutes online    refer to the telephone directory's.


Turn the NUM_LOCK light ON after bootup? 
166{1}


    Printer End-Of-Line Tag :
156{3}
Log-To-File End-Of-Line Tag :
157{3}

Backscroll:  Drop cursor onto screen after (FIND) option? 
168{1}



What method should Lcom use to disconnect the modem?           : 
53{2}