Nest v0.9 by Thaco

(c) EPOS, April 1993

                              -- DOCUMENTATION --


-INTRODUCTION:
Nest is a program for keeping track of all the parenthesis (), brackets [] or
braces {} while programming. Whenever you press one of these keys, the program
scans the screen (forwards or backwards) for a matching character. When found,
the character is highlighted for a short time (the time can be set at command
line).
Nest is made as a TSR (624 bytes resident) and follows the Alternate Multiplex
Interrupt Specification (AMIS) v3.5.


-USAGE OF NEST:

To activate Nest type NEST <option> from the DOS prompt, where option could be
one of the following:
  -?    : Display usage of program.
  -bN   : Set blink time to N timer ticks (÷18.2 tics/sec). N must be between
          1 and 99 (by default the blink time is set to 5).
  -u    : Uninstall program.


-WARNINGS:

Nest work only on the screen, so parts of lines that are off the screen will
not be scaned. Such long lines could make the program nest characters wrong.

Nest is only tested for a standard VGA card, but checks are implemented for
other text-modes (listed in the Interrupt List v33). Due to lack of testing
Nest is not guaranteeed to work for any other cards than VGA.

Nest uses the BIOS data segment to get information abouth the current mode.
Tweaked text modes that don't update the BIOS data segment (most of them don't)
will therefore not work properly with Nest.


-CREDIT GOES TO THE FOLLOWING PERSON:

  Ralf Brown (ralf@cs.cmu.edu) for publishing the INTERRUPT LIST, for proposing
  the alternate multiplex interrupt (INT 2Dh) and well document the AMIS with
  his AMISLIB.


-POSTWARE:

This program is published under the PostWare policy.  This means if you like
the program or find it useful, you should (in order to save your reputation)
send the author a postcard! If you would like the full source code (which is
abouth 500 lines of assembly), you must send me a postcard explaining why YOU
want the source code.  :-)

Postcards marked 'NEST' should be sent to:

                                Eirik Milch Pedersen
                                Stp. 153
                                7034 TRONDHEIM - NTH
                                NORWAY


-DISCLAIMER:

In no event will the author (me) be liable to the user (you) for any damages,
including any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential
damages arising out of the use or inability to use the program, or for any
claim by any other party.


If you have any questions/ideas/sugestions/requests for this program , please
feel free to send me email at thaco@solan.unit.no, or snail mail.

Trondheim 21/4-93

Eirik Milch Pedersen