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subject: OTHER FUNCTIONS OVERVIEW
overview: The Other Functions menu is a potpourri of PC-Type II
functions which do not seem to lend themselves to the
main categories as broken out in the Main Menu.
These functions are presented in this menu to provide
a convenient place to look when in doubt.
┌─────────────────────┐
│Other Functions: │ page
╞═════════════════════╪═══════
│(A)nswer insert │ 206
│(C)ursor drag (Off) │ 207
│(D)ate stamp │ 208
│(E)GA/VGA toggle │ 209
│(G)et ASCII character│ 210
│(M)arkers for Print │ 211
│(P)ut ASCII character│ 210
│(T)ime stamp │ 208
│e(X)it │<--Exit Other Functions
└─────────────────────┘
Each of the functions in this menu will be described
in turn. The "(T)ime stamp" option is discussed
together with the "(D)ate stamp option", and the
"(P)ut ASCII character" option is combined with the
"(G)et ASCII character" option.
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subject: ANSWER INSERT
discussion: When you use the CALC feature of PC-Type II to calculate
an equation or numbers in your text, the result is
stored in a buffer called the "math buffer". In order
to copy this result from the buffer to your text you
must:
(1) Move the cursor to the desired location in your
text.
(2) Press Ctrl_ or select the option "(A)nswer insert"
from the Other Functions menu.
When you do so, the value in the buffer will be
inserted into your text as if you typed it in the
insert mode. An extra space will be added at the end
of the result.
The contents of the math buffer will remain in the
buffer until you perform another CALC operation.
Hence, if you want to insert the same value in a
number of locations, you can do so easily.
NOTE: For details about the CALC command, read
"Calculate" in the Command Line section.
example: Suppose:
(1) The math buffer contains the value "4,300".
(2) Your cursor is on the letter "d" in the text:
"It will cost dollars".
(3) You select the "(A)nswer insert" option in the
Other Functions menu.
The resultant text will be:
"It will cost 4,300 dollars".
and the cursor will again be on the "d".
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subject: CURSOR DRAG
discussion: The "cursor drag toggle", when activated, causes the
current "default fill character" to be placed in your
text area where the cursor was located when an arrow
key is pressed. In this sense, the character appears
to be "dragged" around the screen following the
cursor.
The "default fill character" is always visible in the
status area of your screen and can be changed through
the "(R)eset special characters" option of the
Configuration Menu, with Ctrl@, or with the "(G)et
ASCII character" option of the Other Functions menu.
To turn the "cursor drag toggle" on, select the
"(C)ursor drag" option of the Other Functions menu.
When you do so, a "D" will flash in the status area
of your screen to warn you that cursor movement will
cause the "default fill character" to be placed in
your text.
The state of the "cursor drag toggle" can also be seen
in the Other Functions menu itself as:
(C)ursor drag (On )
or
(C)ursor drag (Off)
It should be noted that when the drag is ON, it is
only the four arrow keys which will cause the fill
character to be placed in your text.
example: In the text area below, the cursor was at "A" and the
"default fill character" was "≈" when the "drag
toggle" was turned on. The cursor was then moved from
A to B with the right arrow, from B to C with the down
arrow, etc. until arriving back at "A" at which point
the "drag toggle" was turned off.
░.................. ..................
░...A..........B... ...≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈...
░.................. ...≈..........≈...
░.................. --> ...≈..........≈...
░.................. ...≈..........≈...
░.................. ...≈..........≈...
░...D..........C... ...≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈...
░.................. ..................
NOTE: If the current "fill character" is the space
and the "cursor drag toggle" is on, moving the
arrow keys will overwrite text with spaces.
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subject: DATE STAMP / TIME STAMP
discussion: It is handy to be able to easily insert the current
date and time into your text. This is handled in
PC-Type II by:
(1) Moving the cursor to the desired location in your
text.
(2) Selecting the "(D)ate stamp" or "(T)ime stamp"
option from the Other Functions menu.
When you do so, the current date or time will be
inserted into your text as if you typed it in the
insert mode. An extra space will be added at the end
of the date or time.
There are eight time formats you can select from in
the (T)ime Options option of the Configuration Menu.
(See "Time Options" in the Configuration section.)
There are fourteen date formats you can select from in
the (D)ate Options option in the Configuration Menu.
(See "Date Options" in the Configuration section.)
examples: Suppose:
(1) Your cursor is on the letter "a" in the text:
"It is now and I'm tired"
(2) You select the "(T)ime stamp" option from the
Other Functions menu.
The resultant text will be:
"It is now 09:00:50 pm and I'm tired"
Suppose:
(1) Your cursor is on the letter "b" in the text:
"Today is but ..."
(2) You select the "(D)ate stamp" option from the
Other Functions menu.
The resultant text will be:
"Today is March 5, 1989 but ..."
202
subject: EGA/VGA TOGGLE
discussion: If you have an EGA or VGA monitor, the (E)GA/VGA
toggle option in the Other Functions menu will toggle
the number of lines displayed on the screen from low
density, to medium density, to high density.
Low density is the standard 25 lines. Medium density
is around 35 lines for EGA and 40 lines for VGA.
High density is 43 lines for EGA and 50 lines for VGA.
This option is equivalent to the Ctrl E keystroke
outside the menus.
NOTE: If you do not have an EGA or VGA monitor, this
option has no effect.
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subject: GET / PUT ASCII CHARACTER
get: Unless you use European, Greek, and line characters
often, it is difficult to remember their numbers. The
"(G)et ASCII character" in the Other Functions menu
allows you to select the desired character visually.
By selecting this option, a window like that shown
below appears. The window contains all the
characters PC-Type II will accept in a text file.
░┌───────────────────────────────────┐
░│ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... │
░│ ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . ... │
░│ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N ... │
░│ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ... │
░│ Ç ü é â ä à å ç ê ë è ï î ì Ä ... │
░│ á í ó ú ñ Ñ ª º ¿ ⌐ ¬ ½ ¼ ¡ « ... │
░│ └ ┴ ┬ ├ ─ ┼ ╞ ╟ ╚ ╔ ╩ ╦ ╠ ═ ╬ ... │
░│ α ß Γ π Σ σ µ τ Φ Θ Ω δ ∞ φ ε ... │
░└───────────────────────────────────┘
To choose a character, move the cursor to the desired
character and press F10. The character selected now
becomes the "default fill character" and as such, will
appear in the upper left corner of your screen. (See
"Special Chars" in the Configuration section.)
NOTE: This function is similar to the keystroke Ctrl@.
The main difference is that after selecting your
character with Ctrl@, it will automatically by
placed in your text at the cursor location as if
you had typed it in.
Another difference is that Ctrl@ can be called
anywhere within PC-Type II where text must be
entered (.e.g, when defining your printer escape
codes from the Configure Menu).
The character window displayed above is also available
when performing the "(F)ill" option of the Highlight
Options menu.
put: The "(P)ut ASCII character" option of the Other
Functions menu places the current "default fill
character", (visible in the status area of your
screen), wherever the cursor is located. It behaves
just as if you typed the character from the keyboard.
NOTE: This option is identical to the Ctrl^ (or
Ctrl 6) keystroke except that Ctrl^ can be
called anywhere within PC-Type II where text must
be entered.
204
subject: MARKERS FOR PRINT
overview: Selecting the "(M)arkers for Print" option of the
Other Functions menu causes the Print Marker Options
menu to be activated. (This is equivalent to pressing
F3 from outside the menus.) A sample Print Marker
Options menu is shown below. From this menu you can
add and remove print markers in your text.
┌───────────────────────┐
│PRINT Marker options: │
╞═══════════════════════╡
│ (O) Delete cursor mark│
│ (L) Delete line marks │
│ (Z) Zap all marks │
│ (N) Next mark │
│ (P) Previous mark │
│ e(X)it │
│ (1) Underline On │
│ (2) Underline Off │
│ (3) bold On │
│ (4) bold Off │
│ (5) Script On │
│ (6) Script Off │
└───────────────────────┘
A print marker "flags" that a printer operation, such
as underlining, is to be turned on or off.
Printer operations are defined with "escape codes" - a
series of characters which have special meaning to
your printer. (These codes are defined via the
"(E)scape codes" option in the Configuration Menu and
can be saved to special .PRN files.) (See the
Configuration section of this manual.)
Suppose a print marker is in your text and you are
printing your file. PC-Type II sends characters to your
printer as it encounters print markers in your text.
When PC-Type II sees a print marker, it:
(1) checks to see what type of marker it is (e.g. an
Underline ON marker)
(2) looks up the printer escape code associated with
that marker
(3) sends the characters in the printer escape code to
your printer and
(4) resumes printing your file.
NOTE: Print markers are saved to disk with your file
if you specify a .PCT extension. If you do not
specify the document format extension .PCT, they
will be lost.
In the pages which follow, each option of the Print
Marker Options menu will be discussed.
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subject: PRINT MARKER ENVIRONMENT
discussion: When the Print Marker Options menu is visible on your
screen, you are in the "print marker mode". While in
this mode, most keystrokes are ignored. You can,
however, move the cursor.
Since the arrow keys maneuver the menu, to move the
cursor you must hold down the Ctrl key while pressing
the arrow keys.
If print markers already exist in your file, you can
also move from one marker position to another by
selecting the "(N) Next mark" or "(P) Previous mark"
options in the menu.
When the cursor is at a marker position, the marker
type is displayed in the Message Line after the
comment "Marks at cursor:". If the cursor is not at a
marker position it will read:
Marks at cursor: None
Multiple print markers can be at the same location,
e.g., you can want italics and bold to be turned on at
the same point. As you add and delete markers in your
file, they will be referenced by color in the text
area and you will see their names appear and disappear
on the Message Line.
You will remain in the "print marker mode" until you
either select the "e(X)it" option in the menu
or press the Esc key.
NOTE: A print marker in your text file references an
escape code in the "Escape Code Definition"
table. This reference is accomplished through
the position of the escape code in the table,
not the name assigned to the print marker. You
can load escape codes for different types of
printers and save them in different .PRN files.
If you load a different .PRN file, remember that
if a print marker in your text file referenced
the fourth escape code by position in one .PRN
file, it will also reference the fourth escape
code by position from another .PRN file. Be
sure in such cases that the printer functions by
position are the same.
206
subject: ADDING PRINT MARKERS
adding: If print markers were defined or loaded into PC-Type II,
their names and states will be presented below the
"e(X)it" option in the Print Marker Options menu as:
"(3) Bold On"
To reference the "Bold On" marker in your text file,
you would move the cursor to the desired location and
press the '3' key.
When you add an ON marker as above, the function
description, e.g. "Bold ON", will appear on the
Message Line.
color: Also, after adding an ON marker, the text area from
the current cursor position toward the end of the file
will change to the color defined in the "Escape Code
Definition" table for that marker. This new color
will continue down until the corresponding "OFF"
marker or a different "ON" marker is encountered.
If multiple markers exist at the same location, the
screen will assume the color of the last marker
entered.
placement: Besides their function, a basic difference exists
between the ON and OFF markers. The escape code for
an ON marker is sent to the printer BEFORE the
character to which it is referenced is sent while the
escape code for an OFF marker is sent to the printer
AFTER the character is sent.
Thus if you wanted the word "BOLD" in your text to be
printed in BOLD, you would place the ON marker on top
of the "B" and the OFF marker on top of the "D".
If for example the ON escape characters were {Esc}1
and the OFF escape characters were {Esc}2, and if you
marked the word BOLD as described above, then the
printer would receive:
{Esc}1BOLD{ESC}2
If they were reversed, however, then the printer would
receive:
B{Esc}2OL{ESC}1D
which would produce an entirely different result.
207
subject: DELETING PRINT MARKERS
discussion: If a print marker exists in your file you can remove
it by deleting the line in which it is located or by
pressing F6, (erase to the end of the line). You
cannot, however, remove it with the Del key.
The standard way to remove markers is through the
Print Marker Options menu. Three methods for deleting
markers are provided in this menu.
(1) "Zap all marks"
Selecting this option by pressing the Z key will
remove all marks from the file. You will be asked
for verification before this is performed since
once they are "zapped" they are gone.
(2) "Delete line marks"
Pressing the L key will delete all printer marks
on the line in which the cursor is positioned.
(3) "(O) Delete cursor mark"
Pressing the O key will delete the printer marker
underneath the cursor. If more than one marker
exists under the cursor, only the topmost one is
removed. To remove another at that position,
press the O key again.
NOTE: Print markers should normally be tied to
characters in your text. If they are tied to
blank spaces beyond the last character on a
line, they will be moved as reformatting and
wrapping occur.
In this situation, print markers can move on top
of one another and appear to have been deleted
even though they are still present.
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