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- _Welcome to the World of_
-
- \GS-TOP\
-
- \The _Interactive_ Text Output Processor\
-
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- From
-
- \_GILMORE SYSTEMS_\
-
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- /message=How's that for starters ??
- /title=GSDEMO - Demo Text File for GS-TOP
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- /btitle=GS-TOP Demo Text
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- Welcome to the world of GS-TOP, the _interactive_ text output processor.
- GS-TOP can handle your text formatting needs from one page memos to
- form letters, to full blown manuals. The GS-TOP package includes the
- following supplemental programs:
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- \GSCONFIG\\\Allows you to customize GS-TOP to your printer. Whatever
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- your printer is capable of doing, GS-TOP can activate it (ie:
- Color, super and subscripts, italics, etc.).
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- \GS-INDEX\\\Creates a word index of your formatted file.
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- \GS-TABLE\\\Creates a table of contents of your formatted file.
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- GS-TOP is highly command oriented. Your text file contains both your
- text and commands to GS-TOP. All commands start in column 1 of your
- input file. For instance, the command to center things on your output
- (screen, printer, or file), is '/CENTER=ON'. To turn centering off, the
- '/CENTER=OFF' command is used. All text that appears between these two
- commands (text does not mean 'commands') would be centered. Other
- commands work the same way. All commands are English-like so that you
- don't have to memorize meaningless abbreviations. Note how the command
- started with the '/' symbol. When that symbol appears in column 1, that
- tells GS-TOP that line is a command and not text. GS-TOP then activates
- or deactivates that particular command path. GS-TOP looks for special
- symbols that mean other things like start or stop underlining,
- boldface, automatic insertion variables such as day, date, time, a user
- response to a prompt, or a file response. These symbols can all be
- redefined so that you have use of all the symbols on the keyboard for
- your text.
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- GS-TOP recognizes the '@' symbol (you can change it later) to mean an
- automatic variable. For instance, when GS-TOP encounters '@day' in your
- text, it replaces it with _%day_ (the current day of the week). '@date'
- is replaced with _%date,_ '@time' is replaced with _%time_ and '@user'
- asks you to respond. When you are prompted with the '_USER AUTOVAR_' at
- the bottom of your screen, type your name followed by the 'enter' key.
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- Hello there, %user!
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- GS-TOP can also get responses from a file with '@file' placed in your
- text. This is used for form letters.
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-
- GS-TOP can also issue messages to the user, like telling him to insert
- a diskette with a certain file in a particular drive and to hit a key
- when he's done so. Here is a sample message that waits for you to hit a
- key to continue with processing. \Hit the space bar after you've read
- the message.\
- /*
- /wait=This is a sample message.
-
- GS-TOP can also show you what commands are activated or deactivated and
- the parameters (if any) on the activated commands. You can accomplish
- this by asking to see a 'Status Report' at any time.
- /*
- /wait=Hit the Space Bar when ready!
- /status
-
- GS-TOP will always return you to the main processing screen when you're
- done. You can interactively issue commands to GS-TOP to activate or
- deactive certain functions. When you are prompted with 'Command ===>'
- at the bottom of the screen, you can enter a command. To return to
- text processing, just hit 'enter' without typing a command (enter a
- blank line). Try issuing the command 'STRIKE=2' followed by the 'enter'
- key. When you are prompted for another command, just hit 'enter'.
- /*
- /message=Ready??
- /command
-
- You could have entered _any_ command at that command line. All commands
- entered on that command line take immediate effect. If you make a
- mistake with a command, GS-TOP will issue an error message something
- like ....
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-
- If you made the mistake from the command line rather than in your file,
- GS-TOP will precede the error message with 2 '++' signs. You can enter
- commands including the 'STATUS' command to see what's going on.
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- This has been a small sampling of GS-TOP's capabilities. Please take
- the time to read through the User's Manual, paying close attention to
- Section 3.
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- /wait=Hope you enjoyed the Demo! - strike any key