; ; CyberGraph help text ; ; This file must be compiled with the Version 1.1 of TVHC.EXE. ; .topic NoContext=0 ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± ± CyberGraph ±Û ± (C) 1994 Steve Goldsmith ±Û ± All Rights Reserved ±Û ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±Û ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß CyberGraph shows you how to use graphics primitives and line graphs in text mode. All menus are accessed by pressing Alt+highlighted letter. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. You can also access the menu by pressing F10 or clicking the mouse on the desired menu item. {Desk top:DeskTop} ³ {Menu} ³ {Status line:StatusLine} Press [Esc] to put this help screen away. .topic DeskTop The desk top contains a {menu:Menu}, background and {status line:StatusLine}. All work takes place on the desk top. .topic Menu The menu is accessed by pressing F10 or Alt+highlighted letter. For example, the File menu is pulled down by Alt+F. Use cursor keys to move and Enter to select. A mouse can be used by clicking on the desired item. .topic StatusLine Status line items are accessed by pressing Alt+highlighted letter or function key. For example, to exit press Alt+X. A mouse can be used by clicking on the desired item. .topic File File Ü (Alt+F) ßßßßß The File menu includes choices for {loading:LoadFile} font, PCX and configuration files, {saving:SaveFile} configuration files, viewing the {document:ViewDoc}, file {version:About} information and {exiting:Exit} the program. .topic LoadFile File³Load Ü ßßßßßßßßßß The Load menu allows you to load Character Generator Files .CGF (F3) or one bit PC Paintbrush .PCX (Shift+F3) images into font 2 table. Configuration .CFG (Ctrl+F3) files contain VGA font tables 0 - 7, {screen:Screen} options, {colors:OColors} and the DAC palette. .topic SaveFile File³Save Ü ßßßßßßßßßß The Save menu allows you to save Character Generator Files .CGF (F2) or one bit PC Paintbrush .PCX (Shift+F2) images from font 2 table. Configuration .CFG (Ctrl+F2) files contain VGA font tables 0 - 7, {screen:Screen} options, {colors:OColors} and the DAC palette. .topic ViewDoc File³View doc Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Loads CYBER.DOC into a scrolling {window:Windows} for viewing. CYBER.DOC contains information about CyberGraph. See ORDER.DOC or ORDER.TXT for ordering information. .topic About File³About Ü ßßßßßßßßßßß Displays version, copyright and mode information. Press [Esc] or [Enter] to close box. .topic Exit File³Exit Ü (Alt+X) ßßßßßßßßßß Terminates program. .topic Graphics Graphics Ü (Alt+G) ßßßßßßßßß The Graphics menu includes choices for drawing {lines}, {ellipses}, {rectangles}, line {graphs:LineGraph}, animating a {star:StarField} field, changing {size:GraphWinSize} and {clearing:ClearGraphWin} the {graphics window:GraphicsWindow}. .topic Lines Graphics³Lines Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Draw line pattern in the {graphics window:GraphicsWindow}. .topic Ellipses Graphics³Ellipses Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Draw ellipse pattern in the {graphics window:GraphicsWindow}. .topic Rectangles Graphics³Rectangles Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Draw rectangle pattern in the {graphics window:GraphicsWindow}. .topic LineGraph Graphics³Line graph Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Draws a random line graph with grid in the {graphics window:GraphicsWindow}. .topic StarField Graphics³Star field toggle Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Animates a scrolling star field in the {graphics window:GraphicsWindow}. .topic ClearGraphWin Graphics³Clear Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Clears the {graphics window:GraphicsWindow}. .topic GraphWinSize Graphics³Size Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Allows you to change {graphics window:GraphicsWindow} size. .topic Windows Window Ü (Alt+W) ßßßßßßß The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other window-management commands. Most of the windows in this program have all the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and zoom icons. .topic Tile Window³Tile Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Window³Tile to tile all file viewers on the desk top. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ1ÍÍ»ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ2ÄÄ¿ ³ ³ º º³ ³ ³ ³ º º³ ³ ³ ³ º º³ ³ ³ ³ º º³ ³ ³ ³ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ3ÄÄ¿ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ4ÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Tiled Windows .topic Cascade Window³Cascade Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Window³Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desk top. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ1Ä¿ ³ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ2Ä¿ ³³ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ3Ä¿ ³³³ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ4Í» ³³³º º ³³³º º ³³³º º ³³³º º ³³³º º ÀÀÀÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Cascaded Windows .topic Resize Window³Size/Move Ü (Ctrl+F5) ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window. ÜÜÜÜÜÜ Size ßßßßßß If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press Enter. If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize the window. ÜÜÜÜÜÜ Move ßßßßßß When you choose Window³Size/Move, the active window moves in response to the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press Enter. You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse. .topic Zoom Window³Zoom Ü (F5) ßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its previous size. You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window. .topic Next Window³Next Ü (F6) ßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desk top. .topic Close Window³Close Ü (Alt+F3) ßßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Close to close the active window. You can also click the Close box in the upper right corner to close a window. .topic Options Options Ü (Alt+O) ßßßßßßßß The Options menu contains commands that let you set {screen:Screen} options, change the {colors:OColors}, adjust the VGA {palette:AdjustPalette} and restore the {default:DefaultFont} font. .topic Screen Options³Screen... Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Screen brings up the {Screen:ScreenDialog} dialog box, where you can customize the appearance of the desk top. .topic OColors Options³Colors... Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Colors brings up the {Colors:ColorDialog} dialog box, where you can customize the colors of the desk top. Make sure you use only the first 8 colors (0 - 7), since the last 8 colors (8 - 15) are reserved for font 2 table. You may have to set {font 2:Screen} table to the same VGA table as font 1 table to see the color block next to the names. Remember that colors 8 - 15 are for font 2 table, so there is no telling what it contains. .topic AdjustPalette Options³Adjust palette... Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Adjust palette brings up the {Adjust palette:PaletteDialog} dialog box, where you adjust the VGA's DAC registers to any of the 262,144 possible colors. .topic DefaultFont Options³Default font Ü (F4) ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Loads the default font into font 1 table. The default font is the font loaded during start up. .topic PaletteDialog Adjust palette dialog box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Select color to adjust. The color names are arbitrary and can be made any color. You may have to set {font 2:Screen} table to the same VGA table as font 1 table to see the color block next to the names. Remember that colors 8 - 15 are for graphics, so there is no telling what is in font 2 table. Color ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ àáâÛBlack àáâÛGray ³ ³ àáâÛBlue àáâÛLight Blue ³ ³ àáâÛGreen àáâÛLight Green ³ ³ àáâÛCyan àáâÛLight Cyan ³ ³ àáâÛRed àáâÛLight Red ³ ³ àáâÛMagenta àáâÛLight Magenta ³ ³ àáâÛBrown àáâÛYellow ³ ³ àáâÛLight Gray àáâÛWhite ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Red, Green and Blue sliders allow you the change the RGB levels of the current color. The [Cancel] or [Default] buttons restores the VGA palette to the colors in effect prior to adjustments. Red ±±±þ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± Green ±±±þ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± Blue ±±±þ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± .topic ScreenDialog Screen dialog box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Screen dialog allows you to set various screen modes and select which VGA font tables to use. Windows 3.x and other OSs that allow task switching may corrupt VGA font tables 2 - 7 during task switches. Only the two BIOS supported tables 0 and 1 are restored correctly under Windows 3.1 with some VGA drivers. You can {save:SaveFile} your current configuration prior to task switching and later {load:LoadFile} it if needed. Use 640 X 400 to eliminate one pixel gaps caused by standard 720 X 400 VGA text mode. Paging causes VGA screen page 0 to be copied between pages 1 and 2. This help smooth movement and eliminate flicker. If the desk top becomes too sluggish then you may want to turn off Paging. 8 color mode masks off the high bit of all attribute nibbles forcing colors 8 - 15 the be the same as 0 - 7. If 8 color mode is turned off then all 16 colors can be used. Screen Mode ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ äåæ 640 X 400 ³ ³ äåæ Paging ³ ³ äåæ 8 Colors ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Select which VGA font table to use for the desk top. Make sure that a font resides in the desired VGA table or the screen may turn to garbage. If this happens just restore the {default:DefaultFont} font. Font 1 table ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ àáâ 0 àáâ 4 ³ ³ àáâ 1 àáâ 5 ³ ³ àáâ 2 àáâ 6 ³ ³ àáâ 3 àáâ 7 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Select which VGA font table to use for viewing two color PCX images. If font 2 table is set the same as font 1 table when you load a PCX file then the screen will turn to garbage. If this happens just restore the {default:DefaultFont} font. Font 2 table ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ àáâ 0 àáâ 4 ³ ³ àáâ 1 àáâ 5 ³ ³ àáâ 2 àáâ 6 ³ ³ àáâ 3 àáâ 7 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ When saving fonts as .CGF files you can specify the first and last character to save. First char ÛÛÛÛÛ Last char ÛÛÛÛÛ .topic GraphicsWindow Graphics window Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Graphics window allows {drawing:Graphics} shapes, loading .CGF {font:LoadFile} files and {viewing:LoadFile} .PCX files. Set font {2:Screen} table to desired VGA font table and foreground {color:OColors} to 8 - 15. When using the {star:StarField} field it is best to use {page:ScreenDialog} flipping on 286 or faster machines. .topic SizeDialog Window size dialog box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Select {graphics window:GraphicsWindow} size. All graphics routines adjust to new size. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ àáâ 128 X 256 ³ ³ àáâ 256 X 128 ³ ³ àáâ 512 X 64 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ .topic TreeWindow Tree window Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßß The Tree window contains a directory tree, name input line, file list and file information panel. ÉÍ[þ]ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º Dir Name OK Ü º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÛALLTYPES.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßß º º ³ÄCYBASE ³ Files Root Ü º º ³ ³ ÛALLTYPES.DBÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßß º º ³ ³ ÛNUMTEST.DBÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Expand Ü º º ³ ³ ÛSMASTER.DBÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßß º º ³ ³ ÛSYM2.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Mask Ü º º ³ ³ ÛSYMBOLS.DBÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßß º º ³ ³ ÛTEST.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Drive Ü º º ³ ³ Û..\ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßß º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ±±±þ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± Update Ü º º ßßßßßßßß º º ÛH:\BP\CYBER\CYBASE\*.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ All Ü º º ÛALLTYPES.DB 26624 Jun 16, 1994 2:33amÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßß º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Dir ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ÄCYBASE ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The directory tree window allows browse through directories on the current drive. Use [*] to expand all child nodes and [-] to retract all child nodes. Name ÛALLTYPES.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ The Name input line is where you enter the name of the file. Filtering is used to insure only valid characters are accepted. Files ÛALLTYPES.DBÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛNUMTEST.DBÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛSMASTER.DBÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛSYM2.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛSYMBOLS.DBÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛTEST.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Û..\ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ±±±þ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that match the file-name mask. ÛH:\BP\CYBER\CYBASE\*.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛALLTYPES.DB 26624 Jun 16, 1994 2:33amÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time, and size of the selected file. None of the items on this information panel are selectable. Button functions: ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [ OK ] Preforms assigned action on file in name line. [ Root ] Reads root directory of current drive and expands one level. [ Expand ] Expand node toggle. [ Mask ] ÉÍ[þ]ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º File mask Û*.DBÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ º º º º OK Ü Cancel Ü º º ßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßß º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Use any valid DOS file mask to filter what files are displayed in the Files list box. [ Drive ] ÉÍ[þ]ÍÍÍ» º º º ÛA:Û º º ÛB:Ûþ º º ÛC:Û± º º ÛH:Û º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Select any valid DOS drive on the system. [ Update ] Refresh Files list box. [ All ] Preforms assigned action on all files in Files list box. .topic ColorDialog Colors dialog box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß This dialog box is where you can change the colors of different parts of this program. ÚÄ Group ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Desktop ³ ³ Menus þ³ ³ Help ±³ ³ Gray Windows ±³ ³ Blue Windows ±³ ³ Cyan Windows ±³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Group list box contains the names of the different regions of the program that you can customize. ÚÄ Item ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Color ³ ³ þ³ When you select a group from the Group list, the Item list box displays the names of the different views in that region. Ú Foreground ¿ Ú Background ¿ ³ °±²°±²°±²° ³ ³ ²°±²°±²°±² ³ ³ ²°±²°±²°±² ³ ³ °±²°±²°±²° ³ ³ ±²°±²°±²°± ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Text Text Text ³ ³ Text Text Text ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The display text shows the current color or attribute settings. Changes do not take effect on the desktop until you close the Colors dialog box by choosing OK. ; ; Place all such manually declared help contexts at end of file. ; .topic CloseAll=65314 Window³Close all Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Close all to remove all windows from the desk top. .topic Previous=65318 Window³Previous Ü (Shift+F6) ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desk top.