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- VIEW 12.1 - HOW DO I?
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- Q. I have a text file for which the line wrap is not what I want. It
- wraps at column 76 and I want it to wrap at column 64. Can VIEW
- handle this for me?
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- A. Yes. If the file is WordPerfect, Word or any other word processing file
- you must first convert it to ASCII by pressing F6 and choosing "Save
- as" at VIEW's menu. Suppose you save the file as "myfile.doc",
- then from the file selection menu press F2 and set your required line
- wrap, then make sure you toggle F3 so that the message "ASCII line wrap on"
- appears above the list of files. Then select myfile.doc to view. If
- it appears the way you want it, press F6 and chooses "Save as" again.
- You can give it the same name or a different one.
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- Q. I obtained a file from a UNIX server. It contains accented characters,
- but they don't look right. Can VIEW help me?
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- A. Yes. UNIX files use the ANSI character set and DOS uses the ASCII set.
- To convert all you need to do is press F10 while viewing the file, then
- F6 to save it in its converted form.
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- Q. I have a Windows Notepad file containing accented characters, but they
- don't look right. What can I do?
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- A. See the answer to the previous question. Notepad also uses the ANSI
- character set.
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- Q. I have a document containing accented characters that I want to send to
- a UNIX server. Can I translate the characters to UNIX (ANSI) format?
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- A. Yes - just press Shift-F10 while viewing the file, then press F6 and
- choose "Save as"). To convert the saved file further, use the utility
- dos-unix, which is provided to those who register VIEW. This
- utility converts from the DOS line feed format to the UNIX format.
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- Q. I want to do a text search in a lot of files. Do I have to load them
- individually in VIEW?
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- A. No. Suppose you want to find the word "California". All you need do
- is type view *.* California. Then the text search function will be on
- for all files you view. To find each occurrence of California, keep
- pressing F2. To switch the text search function off, press F4. You
- could also use the program VIEWSEEK, which automates this process.
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- Q. Can I convert from one word processor format to another?
-
- A. No, VIEW converts to ASCII (or ANSI). However, using the "save for
- word processor" (F4 at the print menu or directly from the command line
- with the /C switch), you can save a file in a format that your word
- processor should be able to import without a hard return at the end of
- every line.
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- Q. How can I print the file I am viewing from 2COL or JETCOL?
-
- A. Press either F8 to print it directly, or F6 to print it with the option
- of including line numbers.
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- Q. How can I print a file from the command line, that is, without viewing
- it?
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- A. Use the /c switch and put prn as the file name. For example:
- view myfile.doc /cprn
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- Q. When I try to print or convert a file that has been split I only get
- the first part. How can I get all the file?
-
- A. There are two ways. If you press F6 at the file selection menu you can
- print or convert the ENTIRE file, regardless of its size (because VIEW
- is not using any memory to store the file image). Alternatively, if you
- are viewing a file you can first save to file the first part, then press
- n to display the second part and press F6 - save to file. Use the same
- file name that you used to save the first part, and select 'append"
- rather than "over write".
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- Q. How can see the HTML tags and <SCRIPT> in HTML files?
-
- A. From the file menu selection press Shift-F3 to toggle back and forth
- between decoding HTML files and showing them with their tags.
- Alternatively, use the /h command line switch (e.g. view myfile.doc /h)
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- Q. Can I cut and paste text from VIEW?
-
- A. Not directly in the same way as you can in a Windows program. However
- you can mark blocks of text to be copied to another file. Position the
- current view screen so that the first line of text that you want to
- block is at the top. Press F9. Then scroll down until the last line of
- text to be copied is at the top. Press F9 again. The print to file
- menu box appears. Select "save to file". You provide a file name. If
- the file already exists you can either overwrite it or add the current
- block of text to it. This append function allows you to create files
- from many different files just by using the block text and append to
- file functions of VIEW.
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