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- Subject: Re: Keywords: DECforms, WYSIWYG, video effects, line-drawing
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- In-Reply-To: HQPYR1:TPU-Mgr@SHSU.edu's message of 12-14-92 06:31
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- I used EDIT/FMS, which may be a precursor of DECforms. Anyway, the screen
- editor there would allow you to edit (...dramatic pause...) ONE SCREEN,
- including special graphic renditions and character sets. There was an option
- to do just what you want, namely, to produce an output file which could be used
- in a $ TYPE command to display the results directly to the terminal without
- requiring any special interpretation outside that performed by the terminal
- ROMs. Perhaps DECforms also has the option to produce such an output file.
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- The TPU command SET(TEXT,window,NO_TRANSLATE) will allow the specified window
- to display control sequences directly to the screen. Below, I have excerpted
- some of the relevent sections from the VAX Text Processing Utility Manual:
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- Digital recommends that you use this mode for sending directives to the
- terminal but not for editing. VAXTPU does not manage margins or window
- shifts while NO_TRANSLATE mode is enabled. Furthermore, VAXTPU does
- not necessarily update lines of text in the order in which they appear
- when NO_TRANSLATE mode is enabled.
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- To send escape sequences from within a VAXTPU procedure, you can use
- SET (TEXT) with the NO_TRANSLATE keyword followed by statements using
- the MESSAGE and UPDATE built-ins. See the example in this built-in
- description for more information on this technique.
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