                                                                               
                      ╔═══════════════════════════╗                            
                      ║   Turbo Script Help File  ║                            
                      ║                           ║                            
                      ║   (c) By Kevin Menningen  ║                            
                      ╚═══════════════════════════╝                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
    This is Turbo Script, a word processor developed originally by Kevin
Menningen.  This processor was initially developed on an 128k IBM PCjr, and   
for this reason, it may not work on 64k systems.  The following keyboard       
functions and their applications are listed below:                             
                                                                               
    Tab - Moves cursor to next tab position                                    
    Shift Tab(BackTab) - Moves cursor to previous tab position                 
    Cursor Up, Down, Right, Left - Moves cursor to desired position            
    Backspace - Deletes character to the left of cursor.  If you are at       
                column 1, and the line you are currently on can be added to    
                the end of the line above, the two lines will be "Pasted".  A  
                low tone will sound to signal that you have "Pasted".  This    
                is exactly opposite to the "Cut" feature.  See Enter below.   
    Del - Deletes character under cursor                                       
    Ins - Toggles Insert Mode on/off                                           
    Fn/Home - Moves cursor to beginning of line                                
    Fn/End - Moves cursor to end of line                                       
    Ctrl-Fn/Home - Erases memory and resets processor                          
    Ctrl-Fn/End - Erases from cursor to the end of the line                    
    Fn/PgUp - Pages to previous page                                           
    Fn/PgDn - Pages to next page                                               
    Ctrl-PgUp - Moves cursor to previous word                                  
    Ctrl-PgDn - Moves cursor to next word                                      
    Esc - Erases the current line                                              
    Ctrl-Fn/PgUp - Moves to beginning of file                                  
    Ctrl-Fn/PgDn - Moves to end of file                                       
    Enter - Ends line and begins a new one.  If you are in Insert Mode (when  
            the cursor is big), the Enter key will insert a new line. If the   
            cursor is in the middle of some text, that line will be "Cut", and 
            the portion of text from the cursor position to the end of the    
            line will be put on the new line.  A high tone will sound to tell 
            you that you have "Cut" the line.  See Backspace above             
                                                                               
    Alt-A - ASCII.  This will allow you to enter any ASCII character into the  
            word processor. The program will first ask you for the code number 
            and then it will ask you for the number of times you want that    
            code to be repeated.  This allows you to send characters to the   
            printer for special control codes or for making a border or       
            design around your text.                                          
                                                                               
    Alt-U - Undo.  This feature will allow you to "take back" any editing or   
            changes you have made on a line.  The Undo feature is limited to   
            the line you are currently editing.  If you move to any other line 
            in any way, you will not be able to Undo that line.                
                                                                               
    Alt-M - Merge file.  When this command is selected, you will be prompted  
            just like Load File (F9, below).  Assuming that the two files      
            together have less than 500 lines, the file that you entered will 
            be merged with the first work file AT THE CURSOR POSITION in your  
            text.                                                             
                                                                               
The following list describes the usage of the ten function keys:               
                                                                               
    F1 - Help.  Displays a list of all the commands and editing keywords       
         that apply to the processor.                                          
                                                                               
    F2 - Search / Replace.  Allows you to search and/or replace any string     
         embedded within the text.  It is menu driven, and basically self-     
         explanatory.  It should be noted, though, that pressing Esc at any    
         time during this function will end the search or replace session.     
                                                                               
    F3 - Tab Menu.  Allows you to set, clear or purge (Clear all tabs) the     
         tab settings.  If you choose set, a tab will be set at the position   
         of the cursor at the time you pressed F3.  If you choose clear, the   
         tab position(if any) at the cursor when you pressed F3 will be        
         cleared.  Purge will clear all tab stops.                             
                                                                               
    F4 - Title.  Marks that line so that when the file is printed, you will    
         be prompted for a title, and it will be made boldface and double      
         width.  You must erase this function if you have a daisy wheel or     
         other type of letter quality printer.                                 

    F5 - DOS menu.  Allows you to print a directory of the disk, delete files, 
         rename files, copy files, and exit to DOS.                            

    F6 - InsLine.  Just like its Turbo counterpart, this will insert a single
         line at the cursor position.  All the lines below it on the screen
         will be scrolled downward.

    F7 - DelLine.  Like its Turbo counterpart, too, this will delete the line
         at the cursor position.  All the lines below that line will be
         scrolled up on line.

    F8 - Print.  Prints the current file on the LST: device.  Is menu driven
         and you may set the top, left and right margins.  Any command code
         that does not work on your printer you may delete or change to your
         needs.   

    F9 - Load.  Loads the file under the name given.  The name is entered by
         a unique subroutine that works in a way different from normal input.
         It gives you eight dashes, a period, and three more dashes.  When
         you press any key, the character that was entered fills one of the
         dashes, in succession.  If you press the space bar, the cursor is
         moved to the beginning of the extension part, and all spaces between
         are deleted.  If you press enter without specifying an extension, a
         default extension of '.FIL' is added.  Avoid using an '-' within
         your filename, as it tells the subroutine to delete spaces in your
         filename.  The current file is erased and replaced by the new one.
         At ANY time when you enter the file name to load, if you press the   
         '?', a directory window will pop up and give you the disk directory.  
         This is the same at any time when you type in the name of a file      
         with Load, Save, DOS Menu or Merge.  The proper window will be        
         moved to one side so that you can see the directory and type the      
         name of the file in at the same time.                                 
                                                                               
   F10 - Save.  Saves the current file under the name given.  The name is
         entered by the same method as Load.
                                                                               
     A few words on Turbo Script.  This processor has a maximum capacity of    
500 lines of text.  Do not exceed this, or the system will probably crash.     
This shouldn't be difficult, since 500 lines of text translates to 40,000      
bytes of memory that is free.  There are also some embedded text commands      
that you may find useful.  These commands and their meanings follow:         
                                                                               
     '\' - Starts or stops underlining.  This or any other symbol does not     
           take up any space on the printed line, so that you can underline    
           portions of words.                                                  
                                                                               
     '~' - Starts superscript mode.  All numbers following immediately after   
           this symbol are printed in a superscript mode.                      
                                                                               
     '|' - Starts subscript mode.  Same as superscript, except that all        
           numbers following the symbol are printed in subscript mode.         
                                                                               
   Alt-I - Starts italic printing.  Works just like other commands.  The first 
           press starts italic, the next one stops.  To provide tangible       
           evidence that you did press Alt-I, a '«' will be printed at the     
           location where started italic mode and a '»' will be printed where  
           italic mode was ended.                                              
                                                                               
   Alt-B - Starts boldface printing.  Just like italic printing except the     
           symbol that will be printed is a '▐' to start printing and a '▌' to 
           stop printing in boldface.  Of course, this will not work if you    
           select the Boldface option on the Print Menu (F8).                  
                                                                               
     Examples:                                                                 
                                                                               
     This word will be \underlined\.                                           
     The number '2' will be superscripted~2.                                   
     The number '125' will be subscripted~125.                                 
     This word will be printed in «italic».                                    
     This word will be printed in ▐boldface▌.                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
     Special thanks to Tim Conner for contributions to this program.  If you   
have any questions or problems, please leave a message on this 24 hour         
board.
                                                                               
               Exec-PC  414-964-5160                                           
               Write to:  Kevin Menningen                                      
                                                                               
