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.f3 - # - Chapter 9 - Windows
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.tc 9. USING WINDOWS ......................................#
9. USING WINDOWS
When you edit a file, you can only look at a bit of it at a time
(unless it is small enough). That bit is known as a window on the
file. The window can be moved around by means of various commands,
including the Page Up and Page down keys.
For many word processing tasks, one window is enough, but not always.
You may want to look at a previous letter you wrote, or at different
chapters in a document to ensure that the wording is consistent. This
is especially true if you are programming.
Word fugue gives you the ability to have up to 8 windows open at once.
You can have them all on the screen, or zoom one to the foreground and
drop all the others off the screen. Each window can look at a
different file, or at any file in any other window. Any changes you
make in one window will be reflected in all other windows that are
looking at the file.
.tc Opening a Window ...................................#
Opening a Window
To open a window, press Shift F3 or Ctrl O A to Open Another window.
An open window must be editing a file, so you will be prompted for the
name of the file to edit. You may use wild cards etc as in any open
file command.
Word Fugue will divide the current window to display the new window.
If the current window is only 2 lines deep, another window will be
divided, and a search will be made for the first one that has
sufficient lines. (This is only a consideration if you have several
windows open on screen already). If you have Zoom Window active, the
new window will occupy the entire screen, instead of dividing another
window.
When you specify the file name, Word Fugue will check whether it is
already editing the file by expanding out the file name you entered
into its full pathname, and checking that against the list of open
files. If it finds the same name in the list of files it is currently
editing, it will set the new window to look at the existing file. If
it does not find the file, it will read in the new file.
Note If you are editing files on floppy disk, you can trick Word
Fugue into believing you are editing the same file by using
the same name for a file on 2 floppy disks that you insert in
the same drive (one after the other).
Files being edited are read into memory, so if you have 2
windows looking at the same file, there is only ever one copy
in memory. This ensures that all windows have the changes
reflected in them.
The maximum number of windows is 8, but you are also limited
by the amount of memory available. If the file is too big,
Word Fugue will read in as much as it can, and the file will
be marked as changed.
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.tc Zoom Window ........................................#
Zoom Window
This command toggles the Zoom Window flag. If the flag is on, the
current window is expanded to occupy the entire screen, and the status
line will show >Z< in the left hand corner. If the flag is off, all
windows will be shown on the screen. Each window will be shortened in
order to fit all windows in the display area.
To toggle the Zoom Window flag, press Shift F5 or Ctrl O Z.
.tc Resize Window ......................................#
Resize Window
This command is used when you have several windows displayed on the
screen at the same time. It changes the height of the window dividing
line, making the current window bigger or smaller. For most effective
use, you should resize each window, since the command will only resize
the window by taking lines from the window below, (unless the current
window is the bottom one, in which case it will take lines from the
one above). The minimum window size is 2 lines. If the ruler line is
displayed, it takes up an additional line, although you can turn off
the ruler, shrink the window to 2 lines, and then turn it back on, in
which case the window will occupy only one line.
To resize the window, press Shift F6 or Ctrl O S. You will be prompted
to use the up and down arrow keys to move the window divider, and to
press Enter when you are finished resizing the window.
.tc Switching Windows ..................................#
Switching Windows
When you have several windows open, you need to be able to switch back
and forth between them. There are several command that allow you to do
this.
Next Window
This command takes you to the next window down the screen. (If Zoom is
on, you wont be able to see the next window until you get to it).
Press F2 or Ctrl O N to go to the next window. If you press this
command repeatedly, you will cycle around the open windows.
Previous Window
This command takes you to the previous window which is the one above
the current one. Press Shift F2 or Ctrl O P to go to the previous
window. If you press this command repeatedly, you will cycle around
all the windows.
Goto Window
This will move the cursor to the current position in another window on the
screen from a menu of open windows. Press Alt F6 or Ctrl J W. If only
one window is available, nothing will happen. Otherwise a menu will
appear, showing the available windows, and the files currently in each
one. Select one of these choices by moving the selection bar or by
pressing the number of the desired window.
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.tc Closing A Window ...................................#
Closing A Window
A window can be closed by pressing Shift F4. The current text window
will be cleared. If it has been modified since being saved to disk,
you will be given the opportunity to save it. The window will then be
closed. If the window is the only one on the screen, you will return
to the WordFugue menu system.
If you had several windows looking on the same file, and you save it,
that condition will be reflected in the other windows.
.tc Copying From One Window To Another .................#
Copying From One Window To Another
To copy text from one file to another using windows, simply mark the
block of text in the source window pressing Ctrl K B at the begining
and Ctrl K K at the end of the block. Go to the other window, and
position the cursor at the location where you want the text inserted.
Press Ctrl K C if you want the text copied, and Ctrl K V if you want
the text moved. For more information on blocks, refer to the
appropriate chapter.