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- Dave Dennen: SYSOP
-
- tDoodle 1.0 was designed for sysops to simplify the tedious task of
- creating color text display using ANSI codes. Because of this, there are only
- 79 available columns across, and 22 up-and-down. In addition, DOS version 2.00
- or greater must be in use, as well as ANSI.SYS.
-
- To get started, type "tDoodle" and press RET. You may also specify one of
- the files you want to edit by entering it after the command "tDoodle" as in
- "tDoodle a:\text\file.dat".
-
- When you first enter tDoodle, you will be in the entry mode. The entry
- mode is where you do all of the editing to the screen. The other mode is the
- COMMAND mode, where you can execute all sorts of non-entry type functions.
-
- While in the entry mode, the following keys have the following actions:
-
- RET Go down one line and all the way to the first column
- BKSP Go back one column
- u d r l Move about the screen
- HOME Go to line 1, column 1
- END Go to line 22, column 1
- INS Insert a space at the current cursor position
- DEL DELete the character under the cursor
- ESC Toggle over to the COMMAND mode
- TAB Skip to the next eigth column
-
- All of the above keys which are involved in cursor movement are subject to
- wrap-around. Wrap-around is what happens when the cursor goes off the edge of
- the screen and "wraps around" to the other side.
-
- The function keys F1-F10 have the following definitions:
-
- F1 Box Set the current box-pad mode
- There are four "Box" modes. The "BOX" indicator on the
- status line shows which of the four modes in activated (if
- any). Boxes may be drawn in four different formations:
-
- ┌ ┬ ┐ ╔ ╦ ╗ ╒ ╤ ╕ ╓ ╥ ╖
- │ ║ │ ║
- ├ ┼ ┤ ╠ ╬ ╣ ╞ ╪ ╡ ╟ ╫ ╢
- ─ ═ ═ ─
- └ ┴ ┘ ╚ ╩ ╝ ╘ ╧ ╛ ╙ ╨ ╜
-
- Each of the pieces is arranged on the following grid:
-
- Q W E The horziontal bar is made with "\"
- A S D The vertical bar, with "-"
- Z X C The space bar works normally
-
- If no box mode is selected a T will appear after "BOX"
- Otherwise, the center cross of the current box formation
- will be shown there. The box modes are identical to text
- mode in all ways, except that only box pieces can be
- entered from the keyboard.
-
- F2 GetClr Set the "Current Attribute" to what's under cursor
- The "Current Attribute" is the color combonation you have
- selected. It includes the foreground, background, and
- bright and blinking attributes. All of these are displayed
- ON the words "Current Attribute" on the Status Line. The
- CA can be set explicitly in the command mode.
-
- F3 Revers Reverse the "Current Attribute"
- The foreground/background attributes of the CA are
- swapped.
-
- F4 Mode Set the display mode
- When text is put onto the screen normally, both the text
- and an attribute (usually the CA) are put on the screen.
- However, there are cases where you may only want to put
- down text OR color, but not both. F4 allows three
- different modes of display to be used: Paint, for putting
- only color; Text, for putting only text; and Both, for
- putting both text and color-- Both is the Default
- Note that any funtion in the ENTRY mode which
- displays anything is subject to MODE changes, including
- PASTE (F8), INS, DEL, and the BOX modes (F1).
-
- F5 SayClr Show the attribute under the cursor in text
- This feature was designed for the monochrome crowd. If the
- cursor is sitting on a green "V" on a blue background with
- the "V" blinking, hitting F5 will make tDoodle respond
- with "Blinking Green on Blue".
-
- F6 Swap Swap between the two editing screens
- One of two editing screens may be displayed, allowing
- simple cut and paste operations between them.
-
- F7 Cut Pick up a block of the screen
- Using the arrows, the block (displayed in inverse video)
- is selected. The starting place for the block is where you
- pressed F7. It is normal for all of the attributes to
- disappear when you push F7-- the will reappear when you
- leave the function.
-
- F8 Paste Put down a block of text gotten with F7
- The block picked up with F7 is put at the current cursor
- postion. The way it is put down is determined by MODE.
-
- F9 Undo Undo screen modifications to a certain point
- The screen is saved before F7 (CUT), F8 (PASTE) and ESC
- (COMMAND mode). It may be restored to the state it was in
- at the time of the last one of these keystrokes.
-
- F10 Macros Self-explanatory
-
-
- While in the COMMAND mode, you have the following single letter commands at
- your disposal:
-
- ESC Go back to the ENTRY mode
-
- C Set the Current Attribute (Colors)
-
- F Flip the two screens.
-
- L Load a file for editing to current screen
- See DOS manual for valid filespec information.
-
- Q Quit tDoodle
-
- R Replace colors/text with new colors/text (not yet implemented)
-
- S Save current screen to file
-
- W Wipe out screen
- You may choose among text, attributes, or both.
-
- Good Luck and Happy drawing!
-
- If you have any suggestions, problems, or donations, please write or call:
-
- Daniel E. Bennett
- PO Box 7820
- La Verne, CA 91750
- (voice) 714) 593-2404