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TALIAS Alias Editor and Creator
by
Bob Peddicord
SYSOP, Tall Trees RCPM running under ZCPR3
17516 Redwood Hwy. Selma ORE. 97538
503-597-2066 (RCPM) from 10pm to 7:30am
SYNTAX:
TALIAS [[DIR:]FILENAME]
examples: TALIAS
TALIAS DOIT
TALIAS WORK:DOIT
If TALIAS is invoked with a file name specified, a file of that name
and type COM will be read in if it exists and if it is an alias file. If
such a file does not exist or is not an alias file, then the specified name
will be used as the default output file for the creation of a new alias. An
optional directory in either DU or DIR form may be specified. If a file
type is included with the name, it will be ignored and replaced by COM. If
the file name is ambiguous, TALIAS will use the first matching file found.
FUNCTION:
TALIAS is a program for creating new and editing existing alias program
files. See the documentation elsewhere on ALIAS for information on the
definition and use of alias files. TALIAS uses the full-screen capabilities
provided by the Z3 TCAP (terminal capability) facility to make it much
easier to create and edit alias scripts. Support for clear screen, clear-
to-end-of-line, and cursor addressing is required. Cursor keys from the
tcap are used to move around with.
A subset of wordstar commands are implemented, for the users convinence.
Once TALIAS is running, it presents prompts to the user at the bottom
of the screen and status information at the top of the screen, including the
program name TALIAS and the version number, the alias mode (explained in
next paragraph), and the default alias file name in use.
TALIAS COMMANDS:
The main TALIAS commands work in some what of the same way that
wordstar commands work, the system waits for user to press one of the
following control key combinations and then performs the
corresponding function.
^C. Clear all commands and begin entry of new commands at top of screen
in insert mode. The default alias name is not changed.
^Y. Delete a line in the alias.
/or?. Help information is displayed.
if TALIAS was assembled with the HCMDFL (help command flag) set to
yes. We recommend not including this command because it pushes TALIAS
over the 6K boundary and because the commands are self-explanatory
once they have been learned. We included this command mainly for the
beta-test versions, which were distributed without a DOC file.
^N. Insert new command lines.
After the user issues the command, a blank line
is opened up for the insertion at the indicated location and the
cursor is placed there. After the new command is ended with a
carriage return, another blank line after the one just entered is
opened.
^A. Load an existing alias from disk or establish a new default name. The
user will be prompted for the name of the alias file. If a default
name is in effect as a result of a previous load or save command or as
a result of a file name included when TALIAS was invoked, then
entering a carriage return will select this name. A new name with an
optional directory specification of the DU or DIR form may be given.
To cancel the load command, enter a control-F and a carriage return.
Once a file has been specified, the commands will be cleared and
TALIAS will attempt to load the specified file. The load is performed
exactly as with a name specified on the command line when TALIAS was
invoked (the same code is used).
^V. Mode selection. This command sets the mode to overwrite or insert.
A mode remains in effect until changed by the ^V command or by
the loading of a new file. The default mode is insert.
^W. Save the commands into an alias file. The user will be prompted for
the name of the alias file. If a default name is in effect as a
result of a previous load or save command or as a result of a file
name included when TALIAS was invoked, then entering a carriage return
will select this name. A new name with an optional directory
specification of the DU or DIR form may be given. To cancel the save
command, enter a control-F and a carriage return.
If a file of the given name exists, the user will be asked if it
should be overwritten.
When the ^W command is completed, the user returns to command mode to
allow further editing of the commands. In this way multiple aliases
can be created and edited in a single session.
^Q. exit from TALIAS. This command entered will terminate the session
and return to ZCPR3.
in a single session.
^Q. exit f