.f3 - # - Chapter 3 - Starting Word Fugue .rm70 .mt5 .mb5 .pl66 .tc .tc 3. STARTING WORD FUGUE ................................# 3. STARTING WORD FUGUE When you start Word Fugue, you can create new files, edit old files, and apply macros to the files you load. You can open multiple files, and even search for the file you want. .tc Creating a New File ................................# Creating a New File To create a new text file, type WF filename at the DOS prompt, where "filename" is the name you want to give to the new file. Include a disk drive specification, extension, or pathname, if necessary. Word Fugue will load up, display a comment New File at the top of the screen, and display the editing screen ready for you to enter text. Alternatively, you can load up Word Fugue without entering the file name by typing WF Word Fugue will load up, display a comment New File at the top of the screen, and display the editing screen ready for you to enter text. The file name will be set to , and you will be prompted for a file name if you try to save it or exit. .tc Loading an Existing File ...........................# Loading an Existing File To load an existing file, type WF filename at the DOS prompt, where "filename" is the name you want to edit. Include a disk drive specification, extension, or pathname, if necessary. Word Fugue will load up and display the editing screen ready for you to enter text. Alternatively, you can load up Word Fugue without entering the file name by typing WF Word Fugue will load up, display a comment New File at the top of the screen, and display the editing screen ready for you to enter text. Press F3 (see below Edit New file), and you will be prompted for the name of the file to edit. Press Enter after entering the file name, and the file will be loaded. .cp5 .tc Saving a File ......................................# Saving a File There are a number of ways to save a file, depending on whether you wish to continue editing a new file, or finish. .tc Save and Exit ...................................# Save and Exit This is used if you wish to save your work and terminate the program. Press F10, and all changed files will be saved automatically, and the program will terminate. Altrnatively, you can press Ctl K X, which is a Wordstar command. .tc Edit a New File .................................# Edit a New File This command is used if you wish to edit a new file, and to be prompted to save the old file if it has been changed. If the old file has not been changed, you will not be prompted about saving it. Press F3 and you will be prompted for the name of the file to edit. Press Enter after entering the file name, and the file will be loaded if it exists, or created if it does not. .tc Save and Edit New File ..........................# Save and Edit a New File This works the same as the equivalent WordStar command - it always saves the file, regardless of whether the program thinks the file has been saved. Press Ctrl K D, and the file will be saved. You will then be prompted for the name of the next file to edit. .tc Save and Continue Editing .......................# Save and Continue Editing To save a file and continue editing it press Ctrl K S or F9. word fugue will save the file, and you will be able to continue editing it. It is advisable to do this on a regular basis, in case a power failure or similar stops your machine. Regular saving of your work will prevent you losing an entire days' work. .tc Save As Different File and Continue Edit ........# Save As Different File and Continue Edit This writes the changed file out to disk as a different file, and then continues editing the file under the new name. This is very useful if you have to create a file that is similar to another one. You accomplish this by pressing Ctrl K A or by pressing Shift F9. If you change your mind when the filename prompt appears, press ESC. .cp6 .tc Abandon Changes ....................................# Abandon Changes Sometimes you wish to abandon the changes to a file. For a single file, press F3, Edit Another file, and you will be prompted to save the current file. Enter N for no. To abandon all files and exit, press Ctrl K Q. You will be prompted to save each file that has been changed. In each case, press N for no. Once all files have been abandoned, the program will terminate. .tc Loading Multiple Files .............................# Loading Multiple Files You can load multiple files by including their names on the command line separated by spaces. If you type the same file name more than once, you will have several windows onto the same file. (Not multiple copies, but one file with several window. See the chapter on Window for more information) For example WF fred zap will load files FRED. and ZAP. with a window onto each. wf fred zap fred will load files FRED. and ZAP. with one window on ZAP., and 2 windows on FRED. .tc Searching For a File ...............................# Searching For a File You can search for a file if you are not sure of its name by entering Wild Card characters * and ? in the name. ? represents a single character, while * stands for any number of characters. If you enter a wild card file name, Word Fugue will not open any other files if their names appear after the wild card file name. If you wish to open multiple files, you should put the ones you know first, and the wild card file name at the end of the list. For example WF FRED.* will look for a file with a name of FRED. followed by any extension. It would thus match FRED. FRED.1 FRED.TXT and so on. WF FRED.? will look for a file with a name of FRED followed by a single character. It will match FRED.1 and FRED.2, but not FRED.TXT .tc Applying Macros At Startup .........................# Applying Macros At Startup When Word Fugue is first started, it looks for a macro file WF.MAC in the default directory, as well as the installed Home directory. (See the chapter on macros for further information on macros.) If you include on the parameter line + followed by a macro identifier (0 - 9 A - Z), that macro will be invoked. You can place as many macros as you like on the parameter line (subject to DOS limits), and each will be invoked. If you have several file names on the parameter line, the macros will be applied to the file name they follow. For example: WF +m Loads an empty file and applies the macro M to it. WF fred +a Loads the file FRED. and applies macro A to it. WF fred +a zap +m +p +1 Loads the file FRED. and applies macro A to it, and then loads the file ZAP. and applies the macros M, P and 1 to it. .tc Run Time Options ...................................# Run Time Options Run time options are entered on the command line along with file names and macro names. They should be separated from file names and macros by at least one space. Each run time option is prefixed by a forward slash (/). Use Black and White /B This option specifies that Word Fugue is to use the black and white colors despite what the video adapter appears to say. This is used when you have a color adapter connected to a black and white (or green and white ...) video monitor. Normally, if Word Fugue detects a video monitor in color mode, it will use colors instead of black and white. However, if you place /B (must be capital letter) on the command line, you will override the automatic selection. Use BIOS for Screen IO /G For speed in screen updates, Word Fugue writes directly to screen memory instead of going through the BIOS. However, not all IBM compatibles have the screen hardware compatible with direct access techniques. For these situations, it is necessary to go through the BIOS, with the consequent loss of speed for screen updates. If you place /G on the command line, Word Fugue will always use BIOS, which means that computers that are otherwise incompatible because of their screen architecture can run Word fugue. Use BIOS but Replace Hardware Cursor With Software Cursor /Q This option works similarly to /G above, but instead of using the machine's cursor, it replaces it with a solid block of color. Simply place /Q on the command line. During BIOS screen IO, the cursor must be positioned at each character location for the character to be written. If the cursor were not turned off during this operation, it would appear to move all over the screen. However, turning the cursor off means that it disappears for a period of time. On some of the older and slower machines, this means a noticable time delay, and can be annoying. Replacing the hardware cursor with a solid block of color can alleviate this effect. This can be achieved either by use of /Q, or by means of /G and using the configurable options to turn the Block Cursor on. This option is on the Display options sub menu of the Options menu of the pulldown menu. Example WF myfile /B/G edit file MYFILE and use the black and white set of colors. also use BIOS for all screen IO WF myfile /G +m edit file MYFILE and use BIOS for screen IO. apply macro m to the file once it is loaded.