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- From: gobeski8618@iscsvax.uni.edu (Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: IBM-tip
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.144957.8631@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 14:49:57 -0600
- References: <1doi2eINNgu3@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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- In article <1doi2eINNgu3@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu>, gene@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Gene Gardner) writes:
- >
- >
- > I just purchased BIG-BLUE-READER($35) which came with a 5 1/4" disk for use
- > on a 1571. It is supposed to accept SPEEDSCRIPT files directly, which it does
- > but I was dismayed to find that it did not provide word-wrap and split words
- > apart at the end of 80 columns....hardly a useful program.
-
- Not BBR's fault, the word-wrap is a feature of the program's screen-display
- routines, and has nothing to do with the file. All "accepting SS directly"
- means is that the program does screen code <-> EBCDIC as well as PETSCII <->
- EBCDIC.
-
- > FORTUNATELY, I found an alternate way which is not described in their
- > instructions. After loading SPEEDSCRIPT 3.2 I pressed CTRL-3 and a
- > lower case a (As described in S.S. instructions to put everything in the
- > True ASCII mode) and typed in any text as usual. But do NOT save to Disk with
- > the usual F8, but rather use the PRINT option as described in SS instructions.
- > i.e. SHIFT-CTRL-P (also CTRL-P is mentioned) and then select the "Disk"
- > option. Then after loading BIG-BLUE (version 4.0 .......advertised in
-
- Yes, print to disk is what you want if you want to keep the word wrap. I
- wouldn't mess with the CTRL-3, just use BBR's PETSCII <-> EBCDIC on the SEQ
- file created when you print.
-
- -- Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski // GOBESKI8618@iscsvax.uni.edu
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