\ F-PCADJ.TXT           Adjustments you can make to F-PC

      While F-PC may seem like a nebulous glob of stuff, some things about
    it can be adjusted fairly simply.  The install process for example
    allows you to tell F-PC where its source file will be located, whether
    you want to have backup copies made of your edited files, and what you
    want to call your installed version of F-PC.  There are however a
    number of other things you might like to adjust to your personal way of
    doing things, here is a list:

        The status line display may be turned on/off.

                STATON          Enable status line display at top of screen.
                STATOFF         Disable status line display.

        The decompile display during debugging may be turned of/off.

                SRCON           Source display enabled during debug.
                SRCOFF          Source display disabled during debug.

        The default file extension for the system and the file specification
        string for the popup window file selector may be changed.

                DEFEXT          Default file extension string counted.
        HIDDEN DIRSPEC$         Directory specification for popup
                                window.

        The number of dictionary threads can be set to any binary multiple
        of 2 in the range 2 to 128.

                The constant #TTHREADS in META86.SEQ control the
                created kernels number of threads.

        The format of date printing can be adjusted to one of the three
        supported formats, or you can add your own.

                M/D/Y           Month/Day/Year (default format)
                Y-M-D           Year-Month-Day
                D.M.Y           Day.Month.Year

        You can manually turn editor backups on or off without going
        through the install process.

                BACKUPOFF       Disables the editor from making backup files.
                NOBACKUP        Same.
                BACKUPON        Enables the keeping of editor backup files.

        Screen display output can be switched between DOS and Direct Video
        output for all screen text display.

                FAST            Direct video screen write for all displayed
                                text.
                SLOW            Use DOS for all screen display.

        F-PC defaults to automatically entering the editor when an error
        is encountered during a file load.  You can control this with the
        following words.

                AUTOEDITON      Automatically enter editor on load error.
                AUTOEDITOFF     Don't enter editor on load error.

        The changes you make to a file while editing will automatically be
        saved after 10 minutes if you just get up and walk away from the
        keyboard.  This editor automatic save feature is normally enabled
        and is controlled by three words:

                AUTOSAVEON      Enable automatic edit saves.
                AUTOSAVEOFF     Disable automatic edit saves.
                AUTOSAVE-MINUTES
                                A VALUE which contains 10 for 10 minutes,
                                but which can be user adjusted.

        If you are using a CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) type of video
        display board, you will probably want to use BLANKON to reduce the
        amount of snow or sparkle on your screen.  This word causes the
        screen to be blanked while text is being written to the display to
        reduce this effect. These words have no effect on monocrome
        display adapters. Use BLANKOFF for an EGA or VGA adapter.

                BLANKON         Enable screen blanking during text output.
                BLANKOFF        Disable screen blanking during text output.

        Most green or amber monocrome monitors display light characters
        on a dark background.  If you have a color monitor or true white
        on black minitor you may want to reverse forground and
        background, giving a page white look with dark characters on a
        white background.  I have found this to be more comfortable for
        my own use.  You might also try the BLACK-ON-WHITE mode with an
        Liquid Crystal or Florescent display.

                WHITE-ON-BLACK  Normal, light chars on dark background.
                BLACK-ON-WHITE  Invert the screen to dark on light.

        The number of screen F-PC will save on its screen stack if
        adjustable within the range 1 to 8. SVSIZE bytes (~4000) are
        allocated for each screen stacked. F-PC needs SVMAX to be at least
        three (3) for all of the existing utilities to function properly.
        SVMAX is a "VALUE" that can be changed with "=:". You will only
        need to do this if you write a program that needs to stack screens
        more than the default number of screens deep.

                5 =: SVMAX          \ increase number of buffers to 5
                FSAVE F <enter>     \ resave the system
                BYE                 \ leave after changing and saving
                F <enter>           \ now the screen stack is 5 deep.