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- OPTIONS FOR NYW
-
- Pressing <OPTIONS> allows you to change some of the system parameters
- that control the operation of NYW. To change an option, type the two
- letter code of the option, a space, and the new value of the option.
- The options are :
-
- hyphenation - should hyphenation be performed when reformatting a
- paragraph. Default is YES.
-
- auto hyphenation - if hyphenation is performed, and auto hyphenation
- is on, then Knuth's hyphenation algorithm is performed. If this option
- is off, then you will be shown each candidate word on the status line,
- and asked to hyphenate it yourself.
-
- hot zone - minimum hyphenatable word length
-
- default scrolling speed - for the <+SCROLL> and <-SCROLL>, controls
- how quickly the lines will scroll. This can vary from 0 to 9.
-
- graphics on - controls whether graphics characters will be shown on
- the screen
-
- horizontal scroll - when the text is wider than the screen, you can
- scroll horizontally to reach the text that's off the screen. This
- option gives the number of columns than the screen will move right or
- left for each horizontal scroll. The default value is 40 columns.
-
- tab filler - the space occupied by a tab is represented internally as
- a sequence of ascii 144 characters. You can substitute any character
- in its place - popular values include blanks (32) and periods.
-
- insert mode on - this mode decides if characters will overwrite
- characters at the same cursor position, or push them rightwards.
-
- auto reform - if on, the text will automatically be reformatted after
- certain operations which might mess the text up (ie - substitution).
-
- ruler as status line - initially, the status line contains info about
- the row, column, # of lines, file name, and modes. The other status
- line resembles a ruler, an contains info about the tab stops and
- margins.
-
- beginning page number - start page number that the repagination
- routine uses to start numbering pages.
-
- program mode - if on, then tabs will be expanded to blanks, the right
- margin goes to 255, and no wordwrap or reformatting takes place. This
- is good for editing programs. Program mode can also be enabled by
- invoking NYW with the "-p" option.
-
- paragraph indent - number of spaces from the left margin for paragraph
- indents. Default is to start at column 5.
-
- show status line - the status line can be disabled if you are working
- at a slow baud rate.
-
- bell with prompts - the program will beep at you when it prompts you
- for a response to certain commands.
-
-
- The default value of any option may be changed by altering the
- WPDEFAUL file.