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  2. .fo    WSCTRL-Y.INF             
  3.          Reassigning WordStar's line delete from ^Y to a safer key
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  5.      ╔ usuall∙ don'⌠ looδ a⌠ thσ key≤ wheε typinτ iε WordSta≥ anΣ sometime≤ ì
  6. hi⌠ ^┘ (deletσ line⌐ wheε ╔ meaε t∩ typσ thσ adjacen⌠ key¼ ^╘ (deletσ word)«  ì
  7. Thi≤ caε bσ disastrou≤ wheε ╔ wan⌠ t∩ kil∞ severa∞ word≤ iε ß ro≈ anΣ kil∞ ì
  8. insteaΣ severa∞ completσ lines.
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  10.      M∙ remed∙ wa≤ t∩ makσ ^┘ d∩ nothing«  Fo≥ thσ line-deletσ function¼ ╔ ì
  11. chosσ ß distant¼ rarely-useΣ ke∙ combination¼ namel∙ ^▄ (1Ch)«  Iε WordSta≥ ì
  12. 3.3¼ locatioε 054DΦ iε WS.CO═ i≤ thσ onσ t∩ bσ changed«  ╔ lef⌠ unchangeΣ ì
  13. thσ othe≥ tw∩ occurrence≤ oµ ^┘ (19h⌐ a⌠ 0526Φ anΣ 05AAΦ whicΦ corresponΣ t∩ ì
  14. thσ command≤ ^Q┘ anΣ ^KY¼ respectively.
  15.  
  16.      ┴ persoε familia≥ witΦ DD╘ o≥ ß public-domaiε utilit∙ sucΦ a≤ DU-7╖ ì
  17. coulΣ probabl∙ makσ thi≤ patcΦ quickl∙ witΦ onσ oµ thesσ programs«  I⌠ caε ì
  18. als∩ bσ donσ easil∙ witΦ thσ 3.│ versioε oµ WINSTALL«  Wheε thσ prograφ ask≤ ì
  19. fo≥ you≥ choicσ oµ menu≤ ┴ througΦ E¼ typσ ß +«  Thi≤ call≤ u≡ aε ì
  20. undocumenteΣ patchinτ featurσ unde≥ whicΦ thσ prograφ wil∞ asδ wha⌠ locatioε ì
  21. yo⌡ wan⌠ t∩ changσ anΣ theε wha⌠ bytσ yo⌡ wan⌠ t∩ placσ there«  
  22.  
  23.      Thσ location≤ giveε abovσ d∩ no⌠ appl∙ t∩ othe≥ version≤ oµ WordStar«  ì
  24. One coulΣ searcΦ fo≥ 19Φ iε thσ keyboarΣ dispatcΦ tablσ oµ areß USER│ iε ì
  25. WS.COM«  Labe∞ VTA┬ iε WINSTAL╠ mark≤ thσ star⌠ oµ thi≤ table«  Accordinτ ì
  26. t∩ aε articlσ b∙ JosepΦ Kat· iε thσ Septembe≥ 198┤ Microsystems¼ thi≤ tablσ ì
  27. start≤ eigh⌠ byte≤ lowe≥ iε versioε 3.░ anΣ it≤ orderinτ i≤ different«  Thσ ì
  28. tablσ i≤ lonτ (1B6Φ location≤ iε versioε 3.3)¼ bu⌠ iε WordSta≥ 3.│ thσ 19Φ ì
  29. bytσ appear≤ onl∙ threσ time≤ anΣ i⌠ i≤ thσ seconΣ occurrencσ tha⌠ shoulΣ bσ ì
  30. changed«  Iµ othe≥ version≤ diffe≥ iε thi≤ respect¼ ß tria∞ o≥ tw∩ wil∞ sho≈ ì
  31. whicΦ i≤ thσ correc⌠ locatioε t∩ patch.
  32.  
  33.      Yo⌡ havσ no≈ nullifieΣ thσ dangerou≤ key¼ bu⌠ thσ MAI╬ MEN╒ wil∞ stil∞ ì
  34. sho≈ thσ obsoletσ ^┘ instruction«  Yo⌡ caε correc⌠ thi≤ iµ yo⌡ arσ s∩ ì
  35. inclineΣ b∙ alterinτ WSMSGS.OVR«  Iε versioε 3.│ fo≥ m∙ pre-8┤ Kaypr∩ II¼ ì
  36. thσ locatioε t∩ changσ [froφ ┘ (59h⌐ t∩ ▄ (5Ch)▌ i≤ 08D7h«  Thi≤ changσ iε ì
  37. WSMSGS.OV╥ canno⌠ bσ donσ witΦ WINSTALL«  ╔ useΣ DU-77.
  38.  
  39.      Fo≥ somσ reasoε tha⌠ ╔ don'⌠ understand¼ thσ completσ MAI╬ MEN╒ appear≤ ì
  40. twicσ iε WSMSGS.OV╥ anΣ paraphrase≤ arσ als∩ included«  Thu≤ thσ instructioε ì
  41. fo≥ ^┘ als∩ appear≤ a⌠ 0A8Bh¼ 0CFAh¼ anΣ 0EAEΦ anΣ ough⌠ t∩ bσ changeΣ t∩ ^▄ ì
  42. iµ thosσ message≤ arσ eve≥ displayed«  Thesσ redundan⌠ menu≤ neve≥ seeφ t∩ ì
  43. appea≥ oε screeε wheε ╔ usσ WordSta≥ witΦ m∙ Kaypr∩ II¼ bu⌠ perhap≤ the∙ arσ ì
  44. useΣ witΦ Kaypro≤ tha⌠ sho≈ menu≤ iε inversσ video.
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