.topic NoContext=0 Turbo Vision demonstration Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Welcome to Turbo Vision. This is a demonstration program that allows you to view some of the capablilities of Turbo Vision. The ð menu is accessed by pressing Alt-Space. All the other menus are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. Press ESC to put this help screen away. .topic Viewer=2 File viewer Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßß A file viewer views the contents of a text file. You can use the arrow keys to move about in the file. A file is loaded via the {File³Open:FOpen} menu item. Up Move up one line Down Move down one line Right Move right one column Left Move left one column PgUp Move one page up PgDn Move one page down Home View right most column of the file End View left most column of the file Ctrl-PgUp View top of file Ctrl-PgDn View bottom of file. File viewers can be resized and moved using the {Windows} menu. .topic Puzzle Puzzle Ü ßßßßßßß The puzzle window is a small game. The object is to get the characters to form the following pattern: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Clicking the mouse on a tile next to the empty space moves the tile into the space. Pressing one of the cursor keys (up, down, left, or right arrow) moves a tile into the empty space in the direction indicated by the cursor key. The move counter is updated every time a tile is moved. .topic Calculator Calculator Ü ßßßßßßßßßßß The calculator is a simple four-function calculator with add, subtract, multiply, and divide. To operate the calculator you can either use the keyboard or press the buttons on the calculator with the mouse. The 'C' key clears the calculator, the '' key will erases the last character typed, and the 'ñ' key toggles the value from positive to negative (the keyboard equivalent of 'ñ' is '_'). .topic Calendar Calendar Ü ßßßßßßßßß The calendar displays the current month, highlighting todays date. The next and previous months can be viewed using the '+' or '-' keys respectivly. The mouse can also be used to change the month by pressing the  or  icons. .topic AsciiTable ASCII Table Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßß The ASCII table displays the entire IBM PC character set. The current character is marked by a blinking block cursor, and the hexadecimal and decimal ASCII values of the character are displayed below the chart. A new character is selected by pressing it on the keyboard, by clicking the mouse on it in the chart, or by moving the cursor using the cursor keys. .topic System ð (System) menu Ü (Alt-Spacebar) ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The System menu appears on the far left of the menu bar and is represented by the ð symbol. When you pull down the ð menu, you see {About:SAbout} {Puzzle:SPuzzle} {Calendar:SCalendar} {Ascii Table:SAsciiTable} {Calculator:SCalculator} .topic SAbout ð³About Ü ßßßßßßßß When you choose the About command from the ð (System) menu, a dialog box appears, showing copyright and version information. To close the box, press Esc, Space, or Enter, or click the OK button. .topic SPuzzle ð³Puzzle Ü ßßßßßßßßß The Puzzle menu item opens a small {puzzle} game. .topic SCalendar ð³Calendar Ü ßßßßßßßßßßß The Calendar menu item opens a small {calendar} which displays the current month. It also allows you to view other months. .topic SAsciiTable ð³ASCII table Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The ASCII menu items opens an {ASCII Table:AsciiTable} that displays the IBM PC character set. .topic SCalculator ð³Calculator Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßß When you choose Calculator, a four-function {calculator} is opened on the desktop. .topic File File (Alt-F) Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The File menu offers choices for opening files, changing directories, and exiting the program. {Open:FOpen} {Change Dir:FChangeDir} {FExit} .topic FOpen File³Open (F3) Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box you select the text file you want browse in a {file viewer:Viewer}. The {Open a File:FOFileOpenDBox} dialog box contains: þ an {input box:FOName} with a history list þ a {list box:FOFiles} to browse the directory þ the standard {Cancel:CancelBtn} button þ {Open:FOOpenBtn} action button þ an information panel that describes the selected file .topic FChangeDir File³Change Dir...Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß File³Change Dir brings up the {Change Directory:FCChDirDBox} dialog box, in which you can change the current directory. .topic FDosShell File³DOS Shell Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to perform a DOS command or run another program. To return to this program, type EXIT at the DOS prompt. .topic FExit File³Exit Ü (Alt-X) ßßßßßßßßßß The Exit command terminates this program. .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. For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows. Window-management commands ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ {Size/Move:WSizeMove} {Zoom:WZoom} {Tile:WTile} {Cascade:WCascade} {Next:WNext} {Previous:WPrevious} {Close:WClose} .topic WSizeMove 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 WZoom 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 WTile Window³Tile Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Window³Tile to tile all file viewers on the desktop. 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 WCascade Window³Cascade Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Window³Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ1Ä¿ ³ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ2Ä¿ ³³ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ3Ä¿ ³³³ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ4Í» ³³³º º ³³³º º ³³³º º ³³³º º ³³³º º ÀÀÀÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Cascaded Windows .topic WNext Window³Next Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop. .topic WPrevious Window³Previous Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop. .topic WClose 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 (Alt-O) Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Options menu contains commands that let you change {color:OColors} and {mouse:OMouse} default settings. .topic OMouse Options³Mouse... Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Mouse command brings up the {Mouse Options:OMMouseDBox} dialog box, where you can set various options that control how your mouse works, including: þ how fast a double-click is þ which mouse button (right or left) is active .topic OColors Options³Colors... Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Colors item brings up the {Colors dialog:OCColorsDBox} box, where you can customize the colors of the display. .topic OSaveDesktop Options³Save Desktop Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Saves the state of all open windows to a file call TVDEMO.DSK. This file can be reloaded by selecting {Options³Restore Desktop:ORestoreDesktop}. .topic ORestoreDesktop Options³Restore Desktop Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Restore a previously-saved state of all open windows from a file call TVDEMO.DSK. This file is saved via the {Options³Save Desktop:OSaveDesktop} menu command. .topic FOFileOpenDBox Help on Open a File Dialog Box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a {file list:FOFiles}, a file information panel, the standard button {Cancel:CancelBtn}, one other action button ({Open:FOOpenBtn}), plus a history list that's attached to the {Name inputbox:FOName}. .topic FOName ÚÄ Name ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*). .topic FOFiles Ú Files ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ FILENM01.PAS ³ FILENM09.PAS ³ ³ FILENM02.PAS ³ FILENM10.PAS ³ ³ FILENM03.PAS ³ FILENM11.PAS ³ ³ FILENM04.PAS ³ FILENM12.PAS ³ ³ FILENM05.PAS ³ .. ³ ³ FILENM06.PAS ³ \MOREXAMP ³ ³ FILENM07.PAS ³ \TOURS ³ ³ FILENM08.PAS ³ \ANSWERS.DIR ³ ³ ±±±þ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory and all subdirectories. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ C:\TP\EXAMPLES\*.PAS ³ ³ HELLO.PAS 52 Jul 14,1990 12:00pm ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 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. .topic FOOpenBtn ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ [ Open ] ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Open button opens a new Viewer window and places the selected file in that window. .topic CancelBtn ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ [ Cancel ] ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog box is put away. (Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button does not appear.) .topic OpenBtn ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ [ Open ] ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ In the Open a File dialog box, if you choose the Open button TVDEMO opens a new {file viewer:Viewer} and places the selected file in that window. .topic FCChDirDBox Help on the Change Directory dialog box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Change Directory dialog box consists of an input box, a list box, the standard OK and Help buttons, and two other buttons (Chdir and Revert). Ú Directory Name ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Directory Name input box is where you type in the path of the new directory. Ú Directory Tree ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Drives ³ ³ ÀÄÂC:\ ³ ³ ÀÄÂTP ³ ³ ÀÄÄTVISION ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Directory Tree list box enables you to navigate directories by using the selecting bar and pressing Enter. If you're using the keyboard, press Enter to make the selected directory be the current directory, then choose OK or press Esc to exit the dialog box. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ [Chdir ] ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Chdir button changes the current directory once you've selected or typed in a directory name. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ [Revert] ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Revert button goes back to the previous directory, as long as you haven't yet exited the dialog box. .topic OMMouseDBox Help on the Mouse Options dialog box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß This dialog box consists of one check box, one slider bar, and the standard buttons OK and Cancel. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Mouse Double Click ³ ³ Slow Medium Fast ³ ³ ±±±±±±±±±±±þ±±±±±±±±±± ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Mouse Double Click slider bar adjusts the double-click speed of your mouse. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ [X] Reverse Mouse Buttons ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Reverse Mouse Buttons makes the right mouse button take on the normal functions of the left--and vice versa. See also: ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ {Options³Mouse... menu command:OMouse} .topic OCColorsDBox Help on the Colors dialog box Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß The Colors dialog box consists of two list boxes, a text display area, the standard OK, Cancel, and Help buttons, and one of the following: þ On color and black-and-white systems, it also contains two color palettes. þ On monochrome systems, it contains a set of radio buttons instead of the palettes. 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 Dialogs/Calc ±³ ³ Puzzle ±³ ³ Calendar ±³ ³ Ascii table ±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 On color and black-and-white systems, you use the Foreground and Background palettes to modify colors. Ú Colors ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ (ù) Mono low ³ ³ ( ) Mono high ³ ³ ( ) Mono underscore ³ ³ ( ) Mono inverse ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ On monochrome systems, you use the Colors set of radio buttons systems to modify the character attributes. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Text Text Text ³ ³ Text Text Text ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ On all systems, the display text (above the Help button) 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.