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\V in memory of Trung Mai
______________________
VIE^'T
version 1.6
Copyright 1990, 1991 by Ho`a G. Nguye^~n
P.O\. Box 3834, La Mesa, CA 91944-3834
________________________
I\. EQUIPMENT:
The following equipment are required to run VIE^'T:
* IBM-PC/XT/AT/386/486 or compatible (TURBO speed is
recommended for PC/XT clones)
* CGA graphics capability (color monitor is NOT
required, VIE^'T will run on EGA, VGA, etc., using
the CGA mode)
* Dot-matrix printer (or HP-Laserjet compatible laser
printer with font downloading capability--using
the VLASER module)
The following files must reside in your active directory:
VIET.COM (VIE^'T program)
SCRFONT (Screen font)
COURIER.PRF (Default printer font)
Other files associated with VIE^'T are:
HELP1.SCR or HELP2.SCR (On-screen help)
SCRFONT.1, SCRFONT.2, SCRFONT.3 (Screen fonts)
PALATINO\.PRF (Another dot-matrix font)
VIET.DOC (User's manual--this file)
VLASER.EXE (Laser printing program)
COURIER.LSR, CHANCERY\.LSR, PALATINO\.LSR, PRESTIGE\.LSR
(Laser fonts)
SCDESIGN.COM (Screen font designing program)
PRDESIGN.COM (Dot-matrix font design program)
LSDESIGN.COM (Laser font designing program)
VMORE\.EXE (File translation/viewing prog.)
VIET1P6.PAR, VLASER.PAR, VMORE\.PAR, SCDESIGN.PAR
PRDESIGN.PAR, LSDESIGN.PAR (Environment files)
II\. BASIC COMMANDS:
1. Start Up:
To run VIE^'T, you must be in the same directory or logged on
the same floppy drive where VIE^'T is stored. The file you are
editing may or may not be in the same directory\.
There are 2 ways to start VIE^'T:
i\. Type "VIET (Enter)"
VIE^'T will pop up an opening screen and ask for a file name:
Enter file name (Oldfilename): _
You can type in a file name, including drive and directory,
then press Enter. Oldfilename is the name of the file you last
edited. If you wish to reload this file, simply press (Enter).
If you knew ahead of time that you simply want to re-edit
the file you last worked on, just type "VIET (Enter) (Enter)" to
get started.
ii\. Type "VIET filename (Enter)". The file named filename
will be loaded for editing, no questions asked.
In either case, if the file whose name you supplied does not
exist, VIE^'T will create a blank file for you\. If the file
exists, a copy of it will be made and given the .BAK (backup)
file name\.
2. Text Entering:
Characters are inserted at the current cursor position as
you type on the keyboard. Accented Vietnamese vowels are entered
by first typing the vowel, then ad\ding the accent marks.
Example: O^' is entered as O ^ '
There are 2 input modes, switched by the F5 key\. Either
mode may be selected and used indefinitely, without having to
switch to the other mode\. The existence of 2 different modes is
only to satisfy different users' needs.
MODE 1:
The special Vietnamese vowels are entered by repeating
keystrokes, as follows:
aa = a( aaa = a^
ee = e^
oo = o+ ooo = o^
uu = u+
d\d = dd
(and likewise for capital letters, but the second character
need not be capitalized. For example, both "AA" and "Aa" give
"A(").
If you ever need to type repeated vowels, such as "soong,"
use the F6 function key\. F6 repeats the character on the left of
the cursor. For example, to get "soong", type "s o F6 n g".
Accent marks are entered by depressing the CTRL key and
another letter key at the same time\. The keys for the accent
marks are laid out in an ergonomic pattern (the most commonly
used marks are assigned to the most easily reached keys) as
follows:
ho?i nga~
U O
CTRL -
sa('c na(.ng huye^`n
J K L
Example: To type "thuye^`n," use the following keystrokes:
"t h u y e e CTRL-L n"
NOTE: Some keyboards are designed so that the ALT key is
more easily reached than the CTRL key\. VIE^'T has been designed to
accept both. Whenever a CTRL key is called for, pressing the ALT
key will work also\.
(Pressing F1 will pop up a help screen to remind you of the
keyboard layout and available commands.)
MODE 2:
Each diacritic mark is entered using a user-assignable key\.
The default keys have been arranged so that the most commonly
used marks are assigned to the most dextrous fingers, and such
that all letter/mark combinations feel natural. The default
assignments are:
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
nga~ o+,u+ ho?i sa('c na(.ng huye^`n a^,e^,o^ dd a(
All numbers typed which cannot be interpreted as a diacritic
mark will appear as normal numbers. For example, you will get
"d8", or "$24,435" as expected. If, however, you would like to
get "a2" and not "a~", you must press the F6 key in between (that
is, type "a F6 2". In this mode, the F6 key tells VIE^'T to ignore
the last character. (Note that this behavior of F6 is different
than that in mode 1.)
Mode 2 keys can be reassigned as desired. To create a
customized layout, press ALT F1 and follow the instructions.
In either mode, there is a sub-mode called LITERAL, in which
every character you type is accepted literally, without any
interpretation. This mode is useful for typing English text, for
example\. The LITERAL mode is toggled on/off using the F2 key\.
For either mode, lines will wrap around as soon as a
character is entered past the right margin. Right justification
can be turned ON or OFF (see section III). If a character is
inserted in the mid\dle of the line which forces the end of the
line past the right margin, a break will be inserted at the
cursor location to accommodate further insertions. When all
editing on the paragraph has been completed, CTRL-B can be used
to reform the paragraph (from the cursor forward).
3. Cursor movements:
Most of VIE^'T's cursor movement commands follow WordStar's
easy-to-remember and ergonomic design. The user can execute most
commands without having to move his/her hands away from the home
row on the keyboard, resulting in very fast editing.
The cursor can be moved to any area of the screen where text
or spaces have previously been entered. The cursor can not be
moved past the end of the file or to any blank area unless
spaces, tabs or carriage returns have previously been entered in
those areas.
The following is the lay-out of VIE^'T's cursor commands:
Up Line Up Page
E R
Left Word Left Char. Right Char. Right Word
CTRL - A S D F
Down Line Down Page
X C
The arrow keys and PgUp, PgDn, Home and End of the