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- KEYBOARD CONTROLS
-
- [ESC] - Exits from a task and returns to the menu.
- [Enter] - When pressed at a menu prompt, it allows the user
- to access the ten previous entries for that prompt.
- The entries will be displayed in a window. Use the
- arrow keys to scroll through them & select one with [Enter].
- [TAB] - Toggles between windows if the screen is split.
- The window with the "*" is active. Any reads,
- searches or saves are performed in the active window.
- Up arrow - Scrolls back to preceding verse.
- Down arrow - Scrolls next verse to the top line.
- [Page Up] - Displays the five preceding verses.
- [Page Dn] - Displays the next page of verses beginning with bottom verse.
- [Home] - Displays the beginning of the current chapter. When pressed
- thereafter, it displays verse 1 of the NEXT chapter. In the
- search mode, it displays the first verse that contains the
- search pattern.
- Ctrl[Home] - Displays verse 1 of the PRECEDING chapter or back to verse 1
- of the current chapter if currently in another part of it.
- [End] - Displays the last verse of the current chapter. In the
- search mode, it displays the last verse that contains the
- search pattern and the next verse when in display context.
- Ctrl[m][s] - Allows one to perform a function of any other menu without
- leaving the current menu level. For example, to divide
- the text window from the Search submenu, hold down the [Ctrl]
- key and press [W] to select "Window". Then, let go of [Ctrl]
- and press [D] to select "Divide" (in Window menu).
- FUNCTION KEYS
-
- F1=Help - Provides help. F5=Last - Display book's last verse.
- F2=Info - Displays extra information. F6=Clear - Clears the text
- F3=Books - Displays the books of the window and search information.
- Bible and their abbreviations. F7=Display mode - Toggles between
- F4=First - Displays the first verse of verses, context and excerpt
- the current book; however, if verse 1 modes, during a search.
- of a book is already at the top of F8=Repeat - Repeats the last
- the text window, it will display the search (unless cleared by F6).
- beginning of the NEXT book. F9=Verse save - Writes the top
- Ctrl F4 - Displays verse 1 of the verse to the printer or saves
- PRECEDING book or beginning of current it to the open file.
- book while reading any part of it. F10=Quit - Exit and close files.
- MAIN MENU
-
- Read - Prompts for a three letter book abbreviation followed by the chapter
- and verse separated by a colon (i.e. MAT 1:1). Entering the three word
- abbreviation by itself--e.g., "LUK"--will display the beginning of
- that book. Entering the abbreviation plus "*:*" will display
- the last verse of that book--e.g., "LUK *:*".
- Verse save - If no disk file has been opened then the verse positioned at
- the top of the active window will be sent to the printer, in which
- case the text that appears highlighted on the screen will be
- underlined when printed on the printer. Otherwise, the verse is
- sent to the disk file.
- Quit - All open files are closed and the program exits back to DOS.
-
- SEARCH MENU
-
-
- Find - Searches for word(s) as specified by the user (see the "Search
- Parameters" section below) and displays the corresponding verses
- on the screen with the word(s) highlighted.
- Write all - Saves all the verses found in a search to a file. The user
- is prompted to enter a file name, if no file was previously opened.
- Define block - Defines the block range for a search. When starting up the
- NASCB program, this range is set as GEN 1:1 - REV 22:21 and remains so
- until reset through "Define block." Then, as long as it is running,
- the program retains the most recent block range setting.
- To conduct a search in two or more books that are next to each
- other, simply type the book abbreviations. For example, to search
- Matthew and Mark, enter "MAT" as the starting point and "MAR" as the
- end of the range.
- To conduct a search in one whole book, enter the book abbreviation
- twice.
- Block save - Saves the defined block to a file, or allows the user to
- select a different block to save. (Changing the block under "Block
- save" will not alter the defined block.)
-
-
- Search Parameters
-
- I. Wildcarding
-
- A. The asterisk [*] allows you to enter a root word, prefix or
- suffix (etc.) at the "Find" prompt in order to obtain a listing
- of all variations (that are in the NASB). For example, enter:
- *GOD*
- and the following list will appear:
- Gudgodah ungodliness ungodly
- Enter:
- GOD*
- and the following words appear:
- GOD God God's
- God-fearing god goddess
- godless godlessness godliness
- Press [Enter] to select one search word from the list.
-
- B. The question mark [?] functions the same as the asterisk EXCEPT
- it allows you to specify the exact length of the words you want.
- For example, enter:
- LOVE??
- and the following list of six-character words will be displayed:
- love's lovely lovers
-
- C. The open parenthesis [(] automatically searches for all variations
- of the word or partial word entered. The format is as follows
- (using "GOD" as an example).
-
- 1. (GOD* - finds all words begin with "GOD".
- 2. (GOD???? - finds all words beginning with "GOD" that are
- seven characters in length.
-
- II. Logical Operators
-
- Symbol Logical Name Description
- ------ ------------ -----------
- A. [space] AND E.g., upon entering:
- JOHN THE BAPTIST
- the NASCB will search for verses
- containing all three words, not
- necessarily together or in that order.
- (To search for the phrase JOHN THE
- BAPTIST, see "Conducting a Phrase
- Search" below.)
-
- B. # NOT E.g., upon entering:
- JOHN #BAPTIST
- the program will search for verses
- containing JOHN without BAPTIST.
-
- C. | OR E.g., upon entering:
- JOHN |BAPTIST
- the program will search for verses
- containing either JOHN or BAPTIST
- (or both).
-
- III. Appending to a Search
-
- The plus [+] symbol is used strictly for appending to the
- current search. Say, for example, you have already searched
- for JOHN. Some possible appendages to this search are shown here:
- 1. +BAPTIST Eliminates verses from the search
- which do not contain BAPTIST.
- 2. +#BAPTIST Eliminates verses containing BAPTIST
- from the search.
- 3. +|BAPTIST Adds to the search those verses which
- contain BAPTIST (but not JOHN).
-
- IV. Conducting a Phrase Search
-
- The double quote ["] symbol signals the NASCB program to
- search for a specific phrase. E.g., upon entering:
- "JOHN THE BAPTIST
- the NASCB will search for verses containing that exact phrase.
- FILES MENU
-
- Open - Opens a file to which verses may be saved. This is an ASCII format
- (.TXT) file which may be read by a word processor. If the file
- already exists then verses may be added to it.
- Close - Closes an open file and saves it to the disk. It will only appear
- in the menu if a file is open.
- Remove - Permanently removes a file from your disk.
- Editor - Opens a small text editor, for adding notes to a .TXT file. If
- a file is currently open, it will automatically use that file.
- Use [TAB] to toggle between the editor and the text.
- The editor will put in temporary carriage returns (<CR>s)
- for display purposes; then, when the text file is saved, the
- NASCB strips out all single <CR>s. (Consecutive <CR>s are kept.)
- Print - Prints the contents of a .TXT file to the printer.
- Directory - Lists all the files with the extension TXT in the data drive.
- Access DOS - Creates a DOS window to allow the user to perform DOS
- functions. To exit the DOS window and return to the NASCB
- screen, type EXIT.
-
-
- WINDOWS MENU
-
- Divide - Splits the screen into two halves. The [TAB] key is used to move
- back and forth between windows. The active window will have an
- * above it. The windows are independent of each other.
- Combine - Combines the two text windows into one text window, and retains
- only the contents of the active text window (see "Divide,"
- above). Thus, the contents of the other (inactive) text
- window will be dropped.
- Synchronize scroll - Allows verses in both windows to be scrolled
- simultaneously.
-
- OPTIONS MENU
-
- Color - If you are using a color monitor then you may alter the color
- configurations. This command will always re-draw the screen for
- monochrome and color monitors.
- Data drive - Allows you to name the directory to which your files will be
- saved. If you have a word processor it is recommended that the
- subdirectory of you word processor files be used. An example
- would be (C:\WP\DATA\).
- Format printer - Allows the user to enter margins and printer codes.
- The option to underline the search pattern is set here also. The
- decimal control sequence to enable underline for the printer must
- be entered. The format for the sequence is :
- #[code value]+#[code]+ ... +#[code]
- where the "#" is needed and designates that code value is decimal.
- The default control sequence is for OKIDATA printers. The control
- code sequence can be found in your printer's manual.
- Save changes - Saves all the option selections to the program's CONFIG.BIB
- configuration file.