***************************************************************** * * * TXT * * * * A Message Utility Program * * * * Documentation by Terry Hazen 04/09/85 * * * ***************************************************************** INTRODUCTION... TX i progra tha allow wor processo suc a WordSta t creat 'instant tex displa .CO file t displa tex message o termina o t sen contro sequence t terminal o printers TX permit th us o th tild characte (7EH i th tex t caus th displa t pause creatin formatte displa pages Non-printin characters suc a ESC ma b synthesize fo us i contro sequence o t creat revers vide o othe specia displa effects. ~ SOME APPLICATIONS... Instant RCP/M Message Files... Instea o writin a assembl languag fil wit D line t prin message the assemblin an loadin i eac tim yo nee ne message TX an WordSta ca d i fo yo muc mor quickl an easily Instant HELP Files... TX ca b use t creat HEL files Typ th nam o th ite o procedur yo nee hel wit an ge a instan display. Terminal or Printer Control Sequences... TX ca synthesiz [ whic i 5B <[> - 40 1B (ESC) I othe words writ th non-printin characte a it equivalen contro characte (^ fo BEL ^ fo ^ fo etc). Not tha eac non-printin characte take u tw space i th tex fil tha wil no appea i th display s tha th numbe o space i lin containin non-printin character ma nee t b adjuste whe revers vide o othe specia effect ar use i th messag text. ~ USING TXT TO CREATE A TEXT DISPLAY FILE... - Wit WordStar creat th ne fil FILENAME.COM Thi ma b don i eithe th Documen o Non-Documen mode a TX wil ignor th hig orde bit. - Rea TXTxx.CO int memor (usin K o equivalent) an yo wil se somethin lik th following: !).Ae...and..lots..of..other..junk.............................A Insert your text between the "?" and the "@": ? <<--------(Insert your text on this line)------------------. @ - Inser you messag tex o contro sequenc o thi line addin a man extr line a yo need I th tex i long creat i ahea o tim an inser i fro anothe file MAK SUR THA TH (NULL REMAIN A TH END o TX wil prin strang thing afte th tex messag unti NUL i encountered. - Save FILENAME.COM and run it as a .COM file. ~ EXAMPLE... TX wa use t creat DOC.CO fro thi file TXTxx.DOC Ru i a a exampl o wha migh b done Notic tha blan line wer adde o delete t forma th displa pages an tha th tild characte wa eliminate fro th actua text sequence wer no use i DOC.CO sinc thei us i highl termina dependent. I'v foun th capabilitie o TX ver usefu fo lot o 'od jobs tha hav com u fro tim t time suc a settin VT10 compatibl termina t emulat VT52 settin a EPSO printe t prin i Emphasize mod whe printin listing of th screen an i quickl testin th desig o scree layouts suc a menus tha featur revers vide o othe specia displa effects hop yo fin i jus a useful!