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I N D E X W R I T E R
by Barbara Schulak
In these days of specialization it's only natural that someone would
come out with a word processor designed especially for 3x5 inch index cards
and postcards. And on LOADSTAR it's only natural that Barbara Schulak would
write the program. Use INDEXWRITER for recipes, addresses, refrigerator
notes -- anything that fits in the 44 x 14 character window.
INDEXWRITER displays a box in the center of the screen and allows you
to type anywhere in the box. All of the handy text manipulation devices you
expect from an input box are supported, except cut and paste. You can use
DELete, INSerT, CLR, HOME, the CRSR keys, and several ESCape codes to clear,
insert and scroll lines. There is even word wrap.
At the top of the screen is a grey command bar with a light red cursor.
Move the cursor with the RIGHT/LEFT CRSR key to the command you want and
press RETURN. One of the commands is INSTRUCTIONS which explain what each
of the commands does. The HELP command will display the keys that are
active in the EDIT mode when you are entering your text. Other commands
are:
LOAD - This will display a window with a directory of the INDEXWRITER files
on the disk in the current drive. Move the highlight bar with the CRSR
UP/DOWN key to the file you want to load and press RETURN. Only INDEXWRITER
files -- those that begin with an "iw." prefix -- will be shown. If you
have over 21 "iw." files on the disk the directory will scroll out of the
window. If the file you want is at the top of the list and may scroll out,
just press STOP while the desired file is still showing and the directory
display will stop. Then move the highlight bar to the file and press
RETURN. There is a file called "iw.sample file" on the LOADSTAR disk to
help you get started.
SAVE - This will save whatever is in the input box as a 5-block "iw." file.
You are asked for a filename. The current filename (if there is one) is
displayed on the input line with the cursor positioned right after it. If
you change your mind about saving, use the DELete key to erase the name and
press RETURN. No file will be saved. DO NOT enter the "iw." prefix! It
will automatically be entered for you. This means that you can enter a
maximum of thirteen characters for your filename.
EDIT - This puts the cursor in the center box so you can start typing your
text. You can press F7 to see the HELP box, which shows you the editing
help keys. When done press F1 to go back to the top command bar. You can
always go back to the center box by choosing EDIT again.
PRINT - This will ask you how many copies of the card you want printed.
Enter a number from 1 through 9. Then you're asked if the printer is ready.
If you aren't ready to print, or if the printer is not on, answer N for No.
DISK - This changes the grey command bar to another command bar. From it
you can
See the directory of the current drive
Initialize a disk -- do this if you insert a different disk
Rename a file
Scratch a file
Format a disk -- you will be warned that this will totally erase a disk
Change the drive number to any drive that's on -- (8 through 16)
Validate a disk
Check the error channel
Change the drive type from 1541 to 1571 mode -- 1541 is the default
Return to the main command bar
COLOR - This will change the color of the text in the center box. You may
cycle through all of the colors except black.
HELP - This will display the text entry commands. Pressing the HELP key
will only print "help" in the text. You must choose HELP from the command
bar to see the help screen.
INSTR - This will display some text to help you get started.
EXIT - This will take you to LOADSTAR 128 if there's one in drive 8. If
not, then it will take you to BASIC. If you plan to load other programs
(without resetting the computer) after using INDEXWRITER it's best to use
this EXIT since it resets certain pointers and vectors.
This program is in BASIC 7.0 but it uses Jon Mattson's CONTROL 80 (from
LS 128 #10). Run the program before editing it or the CONTROL 80 commands
won't be saved correctly.
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