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How to use DOSREF
This reference changes so often that any attempt to format it for pagination
would be a tremendous waste of time. Simply printing the thing out and letting
the pagebreaks fall where they may is how most people do it. The neatest
solution is Vern Buerg's LIST.COM or SideKick's file view function. If your
editor has multiple-window support, you can open a small window into the
Reference and cut and paste into your source.
An efficient method of using the Reference is to concatenate all the chapters
together with the COPY command, ie COPY CONTENTS + CHAPTER.001 + CHAPTER.002 +
..... + CHAPTER.017 REF. (REF being the new file name for the concatenated
files.) With LIST.COM, the backslash (\) or F9 key will search for strings.
You can then dump pieces of text to a disk file or your printer.
If you work better with a printout than scanning with a file viewer, try
setting your printer to 132 columns. This allows a nice margin for writing
notes and eliminates the problem some printers have when printing 80
character wide text. Some of the text and charts in the reference are a full
80 columns wide; unfortunately some printers wrap automatically at 79 columns.
Some printers don't handle a combination of compressed print and graphics
characters very well either. You may have to use the PRTRFIX.COM program
provided on Disk 1 to squelch the graphics for printing.
I strongly recommend using a viewer instead of printing. If you *must* print
the Reference out, do it in stages so your printer does not overheat. Some
inexpensive printers will self-destruct after a couple of hours.