Scene 96/Scene 96 International Edition (Zyklop Software) (Disc 2) (1997).iso/misc/utilz/gde40/gdedit.doc

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                    presents:

          .  . .. ... .... Genetic Dreams Editor V4.0ß .... ... .. .  .





                   Table of contents:
                  --------------------

                   1 - Getting Started
                   2 - The Menu
                   3 - The Editor
                               4 - Greetings
                               5 - Contact Address



{1} GETTING STARTED

    The editor is very simple to use - so you shouldn't have any problems to
    get started. There's only one problem known with starting the editor:
    If you are using a previous version of this texteditor this version might
    fuck up at the startup. The reason is very simple: The editor tries to load
    a file "c:\editor.ini". In this ini-file are some useful informations about
    the editor (last file you've been editing, all 'Option'-setings, ...).
    The editor doesn't checks for a valid INI-file. So if the editor fucks up
    just delete the file c:\editor.ini and the editor will start with the
    standard setings. More about the INI-File later on...



{2} THE MENU

    This is the main-menu in the editor. You'll activate the menu by pressing
    ESCAPE in the edit mode. By the way, the editor always starts in the edit
    mode. Pressing ESCAPE again brings you back to edit mode.


                  Main-Menu
                 ───────────

    'W'rite text
    'L'oad text [Genetic Dreams format]
    'S'ave text [Genetic Dreams format]
    'N'ew text [clear text and colour memory]
    'I'mport text
    'E'xport text
    'F'ile Manager
    'H'elp
    'O'ptions
        'C'onvert .PCX to .GDP files
    'Q'uit


    2.1 WRITE TEXT

    This brings you back to edit mode. Pressing ESCAPE will do the same.


    2.2 LOAD GENETIC DREAMS TEXTFILE

    Choosing this one, a window appears there you can enter a filename for
    the file to load. The suffix .GD is not needed.
        Important: You can't choose a path. If you wanna change the directory
    you've to use the FILE-MANAGER.
    IMPORTANT: YOU WON'T BE ASKED TO SAVE THE CURRENT TEXT! BE CAREFUL!


    2.3 SAVE GENETIC DREAMS TEXTFILE

    This saves your text in the current path. If you want to save in
    another directory you've to use the FILE-MANAGER before.
    Furthermore all informations about the included graphics are stored.
        This makes the file a little bit longer. To save disk-space the texts
    are packed with a normal RLE routine. There may be a better way of
    packing soon...


    2.4 NEW TEXT

    The whole textmemory will be cleared. You will be asked if really
    want to do this. You can choose the filling colour in the options
    menu > New-File-Col. This is usefull if you want to import a .TXT
    file. You can set the colour for imported text in this way.
        After the memory is cleared you'll be back in edit-mode. The new file
        will be called "NEWTEXT.GD".


    2.5 IMPORT TEXT

        You can choose between .TXT file and Genetic Dreams Editor V3.2ß
        Textfiles. The textmemory will be cleared and the .TXT / .GD file
        will be put to the top. If you want to change the colour of the
        imported text then look at «2.4 NEW TEXT»


    2.6 EXPORT TEXT

    Text can be exported to .TXT only at the moment.


    2.7 FILE-MANAGER

    Here you can change drives, directories and load text-files.
    Pressing a key from a to g together with CTRL will change to
    drive a to g. There's no critical error handler at the moment. So
    if you're trying to read a directory from drive a: with no disc
    inside you get a nice DOS error message. Fix the error (e. g.
    insert a disc) and choose retry. If you quit the programm this way
    your text is gone.

    By pressing return you can change the directory or load a file.
    If the choosen file isn't a Genetic Dreams Textfile you'll remain
    in the File-Manager.
    IMPORTANT: YOU WON'T BE ASKED TO SAVE THE CURRENT TEXT! BE CAREFUL!

    You can press the keys a to z to jump to the next directory/file which
    matches to your pressed key.


    2.8 HELP

    This is a short Online-Help. With 'E' or ESCAPE you'll quit the Online
    Help. Press 'N' for the next page and 'P' for the previous page.
    But keep on reading this DOC-file because it contains more informations.


    2.9 OPTIONS

    In the Options menu you can change the following things:

    - Tabulator stops

    - X-Position after pressing RETURN; usefull if you edit tabels

    - Use ROM-Char: If there's a  0 you'll use the normal BIOS Charset.
            A 1 shows that you want to use the new charset.

    - Insert Mode:      0 = insert mode offline   [an 'I' in the status-line
                1 = insert mode online    shows that insert is on!]

    - Autoload enabled: 0 = autoload enabled
                1 = autoload disabled
                If you enable autoload the editor tries to load the
                last chapter you've been editing. If this chapter
                isn't in the current directory, the editor starts
                with an empty text called NEWTEXT.GD.

    - Some colours: you can change the colour of different things. Pure fun!

    - Change RGB colours: Here you can edit the colours of your text.
                  Colour 0 will be used as a background colour.
                  See {4} for additional informations.

    2.10 CONVERT .PCX TO .GDP

         If you want to convert graphics for the usage in Genetic Dreams you
         had to use the programm called "GDPIC.EXE". It was coded by Capella
         and that's why it wasn't included in the Editor V3.2ß. Now the
         converter is included so you can do all things with only one tool.

         The pictures have to be 320 * 200 * 256 in .PCX file format.
         If you aren't using this size with 256 colours the picture won't be
         converted in the right way.

         Because some other colours are used in Genetic Dreams the converter
         will ONLY TAKE CARE OF THE FIRST 128 COLOURS! Another important
         thing is that the 1. colour shouldn't be used, because this is the
         background colour which you can adjust in the Options Menu (Change
         RGB colours, 1st colour). So the allowed colours are 1-127.

         If you've problems with converting a picture you want to insert then
         just send the picture to me and I'll do the converting for you.
         I'll check the amount of colours and reduce them if it is neccesary.

         You can of course use graphics which are smaller than 320 * 200.
         You can reduce the size of the picture by entering the new size.
         The Y-coordinates have to be unfortunately a multiple of 16.
         So your pictures can be max 320 * 192! But you have to save them in
         320 * 200!

    2.11 QUIT

     Quit the editor... If the text has changed you'll be informed!



{3} THE EDITOR

      Here's a brief description of the keys

      <F1>  =  Short Online-Help
      <F2>  =  Change colour
      <F3>  =  Find
      <F4>  =  Preview (VESA required)
      <F5>  =  Insert Char
      <F6>  =  Insert graphic (.gdp)
      <F7>  =  Move/delete graphic
      <F8>  =  Set word colour
      <F9>  =  Inc word colour
      <F10> =  Dec word colour

      <CTRL+CRSR RIGHT> =  Jump to next word
      <CTRL+CRSR LEFT>  =  Jump to prev. word
      <CTRL+POS1>       =  Jump to Home Pos.
      <CTRL+END>        =  Jump to textend
      <CTRL+F1>         =  Read one line into buffer
      <CTRL+F2>         =  Read 24 lines into buffer

      <SHIFT+F1>        =  Write one line from buffer to screen
      <SHIFT+F2>        =  Write 24 lines from buffer to screen

      <ALT+C>  =  Center line
      <ALT+D>  =  Delete line
      <ALT+H>  =  Take current line as Headline
      <ALT+I>  =  Insert line
      <ALT+L>  =  Center line left
      <ALT+O>  =  Options menu
      <ALT+R>  =  Center line right
      <ALT+S>  =  Enter Search-Text for Find (F3)
      <ALT1-9> =  Fast colour switch

      <ALT+F4> =  Quit editor

      <PG-DO>  =  Jump to next page
      <PG-UP>  =  Jump to previous page
      <CRSR-K> =  Move cursor
      <POS-1>  =  Jump to X-Pos 0
      <END>    =  Jump to end of line
      <TAB>    =  Tabulator
      <DEL>    =  Delete

      Some special notes:

      <F2> Change Colour: There are 16 normal colours + three flashing ones.
       The flashing chars will flash in the magazine as well. You can't
       adjust the flashing like the 1st 16 colours in the options menu.

      <F3> Find: Looks for a string which can be edited with ALT+S. The text
       won't be checked global! The find function only checks till
       textend.

      <F5> Insert Char: If you want to insert non-alpha-chars or graphic-chars
           this function is quite useful. You can choose a char with crsr-keys.
       RETURN will write the choosen char to the current cursor-position.
       CTRL+RETURN is the same as RETURN in the normal edit mode.
       All standard chars (small letters, big letters, numbers, ...)
       don't have to be choosen! You can type'em just like in the edit-
       mode. Pressing ESC brings you back to edit-mode.

      <F7> Move/Delete Graphic: If you've pressed F7 and a graphic was on
       the screen, the 'P' [which shows that there's a graphic on the
       current page] in the status line disappears and you can now move
       the graphic to a new position. The text under the new position
       will be lost! If you want to delete an existing graphic then
       press the del key on the small block. Return accepts the new
       position and Escape cancels this function.

      <F8>  Changing the colour: The current word will get the current colour.
      <F9>                       The current word colour will increase by one.
      <F10>                      The current word colour will decrease by one.

      <CTRL+F1> Read line(s) to buffer: If there are graphics they will be
      <CTRL+F2> handled as spaces. The same is for the copy buffer to screen
        keys (SHIFT+F1, SHIFT+F2). Existing graphics won't be deleted!
        If you're coping 24 lines the crsr-position isn't interesting
        as the 24 lines you're about to see will be copied to buffer/
        screen.

      <ALT+D> Delete line: This is IMPORTANT! Graphics won't change their
      <ALT+I> Insert line: position. The text which is going 'under' the
               graphic will be lost! There's no UNDO function and
               so handle this with care!

      <ALT+H> This command copies the Headline for the Magazin from the
              current line. The first char is a internal used byte so just
              leave the first char empty. The next 32 chars are the Headline.
              Example:  0Editorial & Credits


      THE STATUSLINE: The status line can look like this:

news.gd       PA:00.05  X:00  Y:00  T:04  Z:10  CO:04  CH:032  22:30:00 █ P I

      This means:

      - the current file is called NEWS.GD
      - you are on page 0 in line 5
      - the position on the screen is X = 0, Y = 0
      - the tabulator stopps are every 4 chars
      - after pressing return you'll get in the new line starting at X = 10
    (good for tabels..)
      - the colour of the char at the crsr-pos is 04
      - the char at the crsr-pos is a space (32)
      - the time is 22:30:00, quite early!
      - █ shows the current writing colour
      - 'P' means that there's a graphic on the screen
      - 'I' means that the insert mode is on



{4} THE GREETINGS

    Adrar Design - Bottom - Balance - Jeskola - Post Mortem - Noice
    Keen Like Frogs - Urinate - Zyklop


{5} CONTACT ADDRESS


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