EDFONT version 1.6

EdFont is an editor program for Bradford font files.  It is
simple to use, with screen-oriented operation including command
menus.  In general, its operation is similar in philosophy to
Mince, but with Wordstar-like cursor movement, etc.

If the editor is invoked with a file name and the file is not
found, EdFont assumes it is a new file.  If no name is specified,
"DELETE.ME" is made the default name.  Whenever a prompt for a
file name is issued, a carriage return <CR> will use the name
currently displayed on the screen.  The default file type ".BIN"
is used if none is specified.

An ESC or Ctrl-G will abort an entry request and return to the
command prompt.

The current character face definition is displayed in a 9 x 16
grid in the center of the screen, and the character, with its
ASCII code in hex, is displayed on the status line at the bottom
of the screen.  For reference, the current character is also
indicated in a table of ASCII characters at the left of the
screen.

The cursor control keys displayed on the edit menu are ^E, ^S,
^D, and ^X, as in Wordstar; however, ^K, ^H, ^L, and ^J also
work, for those who are more accustomed to them.  The same keys
without the Cntrl key cause the current cell of the character
face to be altered according to whatever mode is in effect (Plot
or Erase), and then the cursor is moved.  The current mode is
switched by keying a Cntrl-V. A space <SP> will cause the current
cell contents to toggle, i.e., it will be plotted if empty, and
erased if a point is present.

As distributed the screen control strings are set up for the
Televideo 912 and 920, Liberty, Qume, and new Soroc terminals.
For other terminals, these strings may be patched in the COM
file.  The control strings are a maximum of 8 bytes in length,
and must be terminated by a null (0), which is always present as
a 9th byte. The RBIAS and CBIAS strings are an exception, being
only 1 byte long.

The locations and descriptions of these strings are:

	CLEARS	0EA5	Clear crt screen and home cursor
	CURPOS	0EAE	Prefix for positioning cursor
	CLREOL	0EB7	Clear from cursor to End Of Line
	RVSON	0EC0	Enter reverse video highlighting
	RVSOFF	0EC9	Exit reverse video highlighting

	RBIAS	0ED2	Row bias for cursor addressing (1 BYTE)
	CBIAS	0ED4	Column bias for cursor addressing (1 BYTE)

The character face display strings may also be changed if
desired.  Currently the string for a dot is "()", and the string
for no dot (empty cell) is ". ". These are also a maximum of 8
bytes in length, just as above.

They are located as follows:

	DOT	0ED6	"Dot" for character face grid.
	NODOT	0EDF	Empty cell of character face grid.


Bradford is a nice program, and EdFont was written to make it
even more useful.

			Frankie W. Hogan
			- may be reached at Ladera Z-node
			(213) 670-9465, SysOp:  Al Hawley