




                             PERATING NSTRUCTIONS

                                      OR

                              IGICOM DITOR 1.2


HE  DITOR IS A SCREEN ORIENTED WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM WHICH IS DESIGNED
ESPECIALLY FOR THE PREPARATION OF SEQUENTIAL FILES FOR THE -64.  T DOES NOT
OFFER ALL THE FEATURES OF A COMMERCIAL WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM, BUT THAT WAS
NOT INTENDED.  HE  DITOR IS, RATHER, A COMPLETE PROGRAM THAT IS SPECIALLY
SUITED TO REQUIREMENTS OF ACKET ADIO OPERATION AND OFFERS AT LEAST THE SAME
FUNCTIONS THAT ARE CUSTOMARY WITH -64. T HAS SEVERAL INTERESTING
FEATURES.  WO, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THE EDITING OF A TEXT TAKEN FROM A MAILBOX AND
THE PREPARATION  OF SUCH A TEXT.

HE IDEA FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS TAKEN FROM AN EXISTING EQ-DITOR BY COTT EID.
INCE THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE OPTIMAL, A NEW PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED USING
CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND SUB-PROGRAMS FROM -64.  HIS PROGRAM EXCELLS IN EASE
AND SPEED OF OPERATION; AND, ADDITIONALLY, OFFERS AN OUTPUT OF 80 CHARACTERS
PER LINE WHICH IS CUSTOMARY WITH IGICOM.

ERSION 1.2 HAS THE FOLLOWING NEW FEATURES:

- LICKER-FREE INPUT OF TEXT.  1.1 HAS LIGHT FLASHING AFTER EVERY CHARACTER OF
  THE LINE.
- ISK DRIVE SWITCHABLE FROM #8 TO #9 WITH <LEFT ARROW> 8 OR <LEFT ARROW> 9.


CREEN LAYOUT:

 HE ACTUAL TEXT APPEARS IN THE UPPER 23 LINES WHICH CAN BE A MAXIMUM OF 80
 CHARACTERS WIDE.  F THE CURSOR LEAVES THE 40 CHARACTER WINDOW, THE WHOLE
 SCREEN WILL BE SHIFTED BACK. HE 80 CHARACTER MODE FILLS THE HORIZONTAL LINE
 SO THAT THE ENTIRE LINE IS VISIBLE.
 HE CURSOR CAN BE MOVED OFF THE SCREEN. HEN THE USUAL FUNCTIONS ARE USEABLE.

 HE STATUS LINE SHOWS THE  CURSOR COLUMN AND LINE POSITION. O THE RIGHT
 APPEAR THE SYMBOLS "" AND "" WHICH INDICATE WHETHER THESE FUNCTIONS ARE
 SWITCHED "ON" OR NOT. HAT THEY MEAN WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER.
 HE 8 OR 9 FOLLOWING THESE INDICATE WHICH DISK DRIVE IS ACTIVE.
 HE LINE LENGTH FOLLOWS THE LETTER "". HIS ALSO WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER.
 O THE RIGHT, THE PROGRAM NAME AND VERSION NUMBER ARE GIVEN.

 PERATING PROMPTS ARE SHOWN ON THE SECOND LINE FROM THE BOTTOM. HESE INCLUDE:
 DISK STATUS REPORTS, PROMPTS FOR FILE NAMES, CURSOR POSITIONING, EXIT SECURITY
 ETC. N THE 80 CHARACTER MODE THESE APPEAR IN THE STATUS LINE TO THE RIGHT OF
 THE STATUS INFORMATION.

OMMANDS:
  URSOR CONTROLS FUNCTION AS USUAL.
  EYOND THAT, MOST OF THE COMMANDS FOR THE DITOR ARE INITIATED BY <LEFT
  ARROW>.  COMMAND IS GIVEN BY PRESSING <LEFT ARROW> AND AFTERWARD (NOT AT THE
  SAME TIME) ANOTHER KEY. INCE <LEFT ARROW> DOES NOT PRINT ON MOST PRINTERS,IT
  WILL BE REPLACED IN THE FOLLOWING TEXT BY THE "<-" SYMBOL.



                                                                      AGE 1







<-   WITCHES BETWEEN 40 AND 80 CHARACTER MODES. HEN USING A  AS A MONITOR,
  IT IS ADVANTAGOUS TO WORK IN THE 40 CHARACTER MODE BECAUSE OF BETTER
  READABILTY. HE 80 CHARACTER MODE HAS THE DISADVANTAGE OF BEING RELATIVELY
  SLOW.  T IS , HOWEVER, HELPFUL IN FINDING A CERTAIN PLACE; SO IT IS
  ADVANTAGEOUS TO SWITCH BETWEEN 40 AND 80 CHARACTER MODES.  N SWITCHING,
  EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE CURSOR POSITION, REMAINS THE SAME; SO THERE ARE NO
  PROBLEMS IN SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH AT WILL.  HIS CAN BE DONE EASILY BY
  USING 8.

  N START-UP, THE DITOR WILL BE IN THE 80 CHARACTER MODE. F 40 CHARACTER
  MODE IS DESIRED ON START-UP, IT CAN BE OBTAINED BY A "POKE" COMMAND (SEE
  ARAMETER HANGES BELOW).


<-   INE LENGTH/WORD WRAP.  HIS COMMAND IS PRINCIPALLY THE SAME AS THE UTO
 COMMAND IN IGICOM. ERE THE LINE LENGTH IS GIVEN AFTER WHICH A WORD WILL BE
 CARRIED DOWN TO THE NEXT LINE IF IT EXCEEDS THE LINE LENGTH.  HE LENGTH IS
 SET BY MOVING THE CURSOR TO THE DESIRED COLUMN (OBSERVE THE COLUMN POSITION IN
 THE STATUS LINE)AND BY PRESSING <-. HE CURSOR POSITION MUST BE MORE THAN 20;
 OTHERWISE THE INPUT WIIL NOT BE ACCEPTED.


<-  OADING DATA. VERY KIND OF SEQUENTIAL FILE CAN BE LOADED. T IS IMPORTANT
 THAT THE LENGTH IS NOT GREATER THAN 500 LINES BECAUSE THE DITOR WILL CUT-OFF
 THE REST. INES LONGER THAN 80 CHARACTERS WILL BE WRAPPED ACCORDING TO THE
 SETTING, BUT THE TABULATION WILL NO LONGER BE GOOD. HIS IS BECAUSE THE DITOR
 IS BASED ON 80 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM PER LINE. URING LOADING, THE LINE NUMBER
 BEING LOADED WILL APPEAR IN THE STATUS LINE SO THE OPERATOR CAN CONTROL THE
 OPERATION. HE SPEED IS THE SAME AS USUAL FOR THE -64. T WOULD BE FASTER IF
 A QUICK-LOAD (SUCH A PEEDDOS) WERE USED.


<-  EXT INSERT.  ERE A TEXT FROM A DISK CAN BE INSERTED, AFTER THE CURSOR,
 IN THE TEXT ON THE SCREEN.  S A RULE, THIS IS SLOWER THAN USING "<-" BECAUSE
 ALL TEXT AFTER THE INSERTED TEXT MUST BE MOVED DOWN. HEREFORE, THIS COMMAND
 SHOULD BE USED ONLY WHEN IT IS REALLY NECESSARY TO MAKE AN INSERTION.


<-  EXT STORAGE.  IRST, THE BEGINNING AND END POINTS OF THE TEXT TO BE SAVED
 WILL BE REQUESTED. OVE THE CURSOR TO THE BEGINNING AND PRESS <RETURN>.EPEAT
 FOR THE END POINT. F THE WHOLE TEXT IS TO BE SAVED, THE CURSOR CAN BE MOVED
 TO THE BEGINNING WITH 2 AND TO THE END WITH 7.


<-   GAIN A REQUEST WILL BE MADE FOR THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE TEXT TO
 BE PRINTED. HESE POINTS ARE ENTERED AS EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY. HE ORIGINAL
 PRINTER EQUIPMENT AND SECONDARY ADDRESSES ARE 4 AND 10 RESPECTIVELY. HESE CAN
 BE CHANGED BY "OKE" COMMANDS (SEE ARAMETER HANGES BELOW).  O CHANGE
 PARAMETERS, THE DITOR PROGRAM MUST BE LOADED BUT NOT RUN! HE DESIRED "OKE"
 COMMANDS CAN BE ENTERED (IN ASIC) AND SAVED TO DISK UNDER A NEW FILE NAME
 (SUCH AS -1).  OTE! HE WRITERS EXPERIMENTS INDICATE THAT ONLY ONE "OKE"
 CAN BE ENTERED AT A TIME.






                                                                      AGE 2







<- 1  XIT FROM DITOR.  INCE EXITING THE DITOR CAUSES THE TEXT TO BE LOST,
 YOUR INTENTION TO EXIT IS QUESTIONED. XIT WILL OCCUR ONLY IF THIS IS ANSWERED
 BY""(ES).  HE <UN/TOP-ESTORE> KEYS ARE MADE INACTIVE TO AVOID ACCIDENTAL
 EXIT.


<-   DITOR ESTART.  HE SCREEN IS CLEARED AND THE DITOR RESTARTS. INCE
 EXISTING TEXT IS LOST WITH THIS COMMAND, A SURETY QUESTION IS INCLUDED.
 ESTART OCCURS ONLY IF THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED WITH "".


<- *  ISK IRECTORY. HIS FUNCTION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED BY USING  4.


<- @    RROR CHANNEL READ-OUT.


<- <NST>  NSERT MODE.  HIS COMMAND DETERMINES WHETHER AN EMPTY LINE WILL BE
 INSERTED AUTOMATICALLY AT THE END OF A LINE OR BY THE <ETURN> KEY. T THE
 END OF THE TEXT THIS FUNCTION IS MEANINGLESS. N THE MIDDLE OF A TEXT, IT
 IS USEFUL; SINCE THE EMPTY LINE WILL BE INSERTED AUTOMATICALLY. HE TATUS
 LINE SHOWS WHETHER "NST" IS ACTIVE OR NOT. T IS ALWAYS ACTIVE ON START-UP.
 HEN <HIFT-ETURN> ARE PRESSED, AN EMPTY LINE WILL BE INSERTED WHETHER ""
 IS ACTIVE OR NOT.


<-   UTOMATIC ABULATOR.  OGGLES ABULATOR ON/OFF.  HEN THE AB FUNCTION IS
 ACTIVE (SHOWS IN THE STATUS LINE) AND THE END OF A LINE IS REACHED,THE CURSOR
 WILL BE RETURNED TO THE FIRST AB POSITION OF THE LINE ABOVE.  HIS IS
 ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN INDENTED TEXT (SUCH AS THIS ONE).  NE SHOULD EXPERIMENT
 TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THIS FUNCTION IS USEFUL.


<- ~ (UP ARROW)   OVE LINE TO LINE BUFFER.  ITH THIS COMMAND, A LINE CAN BE
 REMOVED FROM THE TEXT, STORED, ALTERED FOR LATER USE, AND RETURNED TO THE
 EXT. HIS LINE IS STORED IN A SEPARATE BUFFER. HE ORIGINAL LINE CAN BE
 ALTERED WITHOUT ALTERING THE STORED LINE.


<- | (POUND)  EMOVE LINE FROM LINE BUFFER.  HIS IS THE REVERSE OF THE ABOVE
 COMMAND. HE STORED LINE WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE BUFFER AND RETURNED TO THE
 TEXT AT THE PLACE THE CURSOR IS LOCATED.


<- <ETURN>  EMOVE LINE OF TEXT. LL TEXT THAT IS UNDER, OR TO THE RIGHT OF THE
THE CURSOR, WILL BE CARRIED TO THE LINE BELOW AND THE SPACE BETWEEN WILL BE
FILLED WITH NULL CHARACTERS.


<- =  HIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE ABOVE COMMAND.  LL TEXT UNDER THE CURSOR, OR
 TO ITS RIGHT, WILL BE MOVED TO THE LINE ABOVE AND ANY TEXT IN BETWEEN WILL BE
 ERASED.


-%   NSERT NULL LINE.  HIS CAN ALSO BE DONE WITH <ETURN> IF "" IS
 ACTIVE.


                                                                      AGE 3







<- <>  INE ERASE. HE LINE IN WHICH THE CURSOR IS LOCATED WILL BE ERASED.
 6 DOES THE SAME.


<- <>  NSERT EMPTY LINE.  ONTRARY TO THE <- <> COMMAND, THE LINE WILL
 NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE TEXT BUT WILL BE FILLED WITH NULL CHARACTERS. HE TEXT
 LENGTH WILL REMAIN THE SAME.


<- 8  ISK DRIVE #8.  HE DEFAULT DRIVE ON START-UP MAY BE CHANGED BY A POKE
 COMMAND. EE ARAMETER HANGES BELOW.


<- 9  ISK DRIVE #9.



OTE! HIS IS TO ADVISE AGAIN THAT THE "<-" SYMBOL WAS USED ABOVE IN PLACE OF
 <EFT RROW> BECAUSE THE LATER DOES NOT PRINT ON MOST PRINTERS WHEN THE -64
 CHARACTER SET IS USED.



SSIGNMENT OF  KEYS.

    1  OVES CURSOR UP 20 LINES.
    7  OVES CURSOR DOWN 20 LINES.
    2  OVES CURSOR TO START OF TEXT.
    3  OVES CURSOR TO START OF LINE.
    5  OVES CURSOR TO END OF LINE.
    6  EMOVES A LINE FROM TEXT.
    8  OGGLES FROM 40 TO 80 CHARACTER MODE.


UN/TOP ABULATOR.  ORMAL TAB POSITIONS ARE MULTIPLES OF 8 SPACES. F A TAB
 POSITION TO THE RIGHT OF THE CURSOR IS DESIRED, THE <UN/STOP> KEY CAN BE
 USED. HUS TABLES WITH TAB POSITIONS CAN BE MADE EASILY.


EY ASSIGNMENTS.  INCE THIS SECTION REFERS TO ERMAN CHARACTER SETS WHICH ARE
 NOT USED IN NGLISH, THE TRANSLATION HAS BEEN OMITTED.



ARAMETER CHANGES.  ASICALLY, COMMANDS WHICH ARE NOT NEEDED IN OPERATION ARE
 NOT INCLUDED IN THE DITOR. ARAMETERS CAN BE CHANGED BY "POKE" COMMANDS IN
 ASIC. O MAKE CHANGES, THE PROGRAM IS LOADED BUT NOT STARTED.  HEN THE
 DESIRED "OKE" COMMANDS CAN BE ENTERED. HE NEW PARAMETERS CAN BE SAVED ON THE
 PROGRAM DISK UNDER A NEW FILE NAME FOR FUTURE USE. NLY ONE PARAMETER CAN BE
 CHANGED AT A TIME.

                                   

0 LACK            4 URPLE            8 RANGE           12 EDIUM REY
1 HITE            5 REEN             9 ROWN            13 IGHT REEN
2 ED              6 LUE             10 IGHT ED        14 IGHT LUE
3 YAN             7 ELLOW           11 ARK REY        15 IGHT REY

                                                                      AGE 4







 OMMAND       ANGE          EANING                    RIGINAL VALUES


 OKE 2063,   =0...15       ORDER COLOR               LACK      0

 OKE 2064,   =0...15       ACKGROUND COLOR           LACK      0

 OKE 2065,   =0...15       EXT COLOR                 HITE      1

 OKE 2066,   =0...15       TATUS LINE COLOR          ELLOW     7

 OKE 2067,   HARACTER SET, =0   OMMODORE SET
                              =128 MLAUT-SCREEN ONLY
                              =192 MLAUT-SCREEN AND
                                    KEYBOARD                        0

 OKE 2068,   =4...7         RINTER EQUIP. ADDRESS               4

 OKE 2069,   =0...15        RINTER SECONDARY ADDRESS            7

 POKE 2070,  EPARATION OF TATUS LINE FROM TEXT
               =32  MPTY LINE
               =45  NDERLINE
               =103 OTTED LINE                         OTTED   103

 OKE 2071,   =0            40 CHARACTER MODE ON
                                 START-UP
               X=255          80 CHARACTER MODE ON                255
                                 START-UP

 OKE 2072,X   X=8,9          EFAULT DRIVE ON START-UP             8



ENERAL.  IKE IGICOM ITSELF, THE -DITOR IS FREE OF CHARGE AND MAY BE
 COPIED AS DESIRED. NY COMMERCIAL USE IS FORBIDDEN. OPIES MAY BE MADE AT NO
 CHARGE AND WITH CREDIT GIVEN TO THE SOURCE.  HE PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN FOR ADIO
 MATEURS BY LORIAN ADHERR, 8, ALONG WITH THOSE WHO COLLABORATED IN
 IGICOM.
 E OFFER NO GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND FOR ANY TYPE OF ERRORS.  UESTIONS,
 ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO UNSATISFACTORY PRINTER OPERATION, AND OTHER
 DIFFICULTIES ARE NOT LOOKED UPON KINDLY - NOT OUT OF ILL WILL, BUT BECAUSE OF
 LACK OF TIME.


 UNICH PRIL 3, 1989                                         HE IGICOM EAM


 RANSLATION AND TEXT PREPARATION USING -DITOR 1.2 BY
 ARRY ICHSEL,1.
 INTERHAVEN ,LORIDA.
 EB. 19, 1990

 DITED AND FORMATED BY
 ARBARA 6
 7/94


                                                                      AGE 5


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