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  1. 'ME' was written by Stephen Bell.
  2. It allows you to create your own colorful screens using ascii characters.
  3.  
  4. To use 'ME' type in 'ME [filename]'.
  5. OR type in 'ME' to see documentation.
  6.  
  7. This file does nine different things:   CLS
  8.                                         BOX
  9.                                         COLROW
  10.                                         PRINTCHAR
  11.                                         DELAY
  12.                                         GOTO
  13.                                         WINDOW
  14.                                         SA
  15.                                         BEEP
  16.  
  17.  
  18. CLS: Clears the screen.
  19.           To use CLS type 'cls' on a blank line in an ascii editor.
  20.  
  21. BOX: Draws a box on your screen.
  22.           To use BOX type:'BOX x-cor y-cor x1-cor y1-cor color'
  23.  
  24. COLROW: Allows you to right colored text any on the screen.
  25.           To use COLROW type:'COLROW  x-cor y-cor "text" color'
  26.                     *YOU MUST HAVE QUOTE MARKS*
  27.  
  28. PRINTCHAR: Allows you to print a character severel times.
  29.           To use PRINTCHAR type:'COLROW x-cor y-cor "" 0
  30.                                  PRINTCHAR character how-many color'
  31.  
  32. DELAY: Allows you to pause the screen for a given amount of time before
  33.        it finishs the screen.
  34.           To use DELAY type:'DELAY milliseconds'
  35.  
  36. SA: Allows you to change the background color and the foreground color.
  37.           To use SA type:'SA background-color fore-ground-color'
  38.  
  39. WINDOW: Allows you to draw a window on the screen.
  40.           To use WINDOW type:
  41.           'WINDOW x-cor y-cor x1-cor y1-cor background textcolor [Y\N]'
  42.                     *[Y/N] says if you want a border or not*
  43.  
  44. GOTO: Allows you to run only a certain part of your screen.
  45.           To use GOTO type:             'ME filename GOTO two-ltr-label'
  46.           In program type:              'two-ltr-label
  47.                                          [program]
  48.                                          two-ltr-label'
  49.  
  50. BEEP: Allows your screen to beep during its execution.
  51.           To use BEEP type              'BEEP'
  52.  
  53.  
  54.                     *DON'T PUT COMMAS BETWEEN NUMBERS*
  55.  
  56. The screen deminsion's are:             1,1   80,1
  57.                                         1,24  80,24
  58.  
  59. The colors are:                         1.Bright Blue
  60.                                         2.Green
  61.                                         3.Light Blue
  62.                                         4.Red
  63.                                         5.Purple
  64.                                         6.Tan
  65.                                         7.Light Grey
  66.                                         8.Dark Grey
  67.                                         9.Blue
  68.                                         10.Bright Green
  69.                                         11.Light Blue
  70.                                         12.Light Red
  71.                                         13.Light Purple
  72.                                         14.Yellow
  73.                                         15.White
  74.  
  75. Try the demo screen.  Type in 'go'. Press esc to quit.
  76. ***MAKE SURE CAPS ARE LOCKED WHEN CREATING YOUR SCREEN***
  77. Have Fun
  78.