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- WordStar Conference About: Make Lines Less Deletable (18 lines)
-
- One feature of WordStar is quick deletion of a whole line. However, the
- users can occasionally delete a line when all they wanted to do was
- delete a word. If you want to make it less easy to delete a line, there is a
- patch which requires the ^Y to be stroked twice before the line disappears.
-
- MSDOS VERSIONS:
- For WordStar 3.3, change the value at address 0536h from 00 to 19 hex. That
- is the same address for WordStar 3.0. For WordStar version 2.26, change the
- value at address 052Eh from 00 to 19h.
-
- CP/M VERSIONS:
- Fo≥ WordSta≥ 3.3¼ changσ thσ valuσ a⌠ addres≤ 054EΦ froφ 0░ t∩ 1╣ hex. In
- version 3.0, the address is believed to be 0536h. Before patching, verify
- that the byte PRIOR to the one you modify is already a 19h, and the one you
- intend to modify is a 00.
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- Afte≥ yo⌡ savσ you≥ modifieΣ WS.COM¼ a stroke of the ^Y should show you
- a ^Y in the upper left corner of the screen, but nothing happens to your
- cursor line until you hit ^Y the second time. If you decide you don't want
- to delete the line, then hit ^U or ESC to interrupt what you have started.
-
- Test before freezing this mod into your working copy of WS.COM since I have
- not tried this on all versions of WordStar, all computers. Works on mine.
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-