þ D O S U T I L I T I E S þ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ Û RO-SOFT SYSTEMS (C)1989-93 Û ÛÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÛ Û Ver 5.0 BY Robert Ossowski Û ÛÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÒÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ þ MAKE YOUR COMPUTING EASY þ þ TEXT DISPLAY USING MTXT2COM þ This file was created by program EDIT.EXE, edited as mono text, and converted into README.COM, a self displaying file, by MTXT2COM. You can create your own display files with these programs. Control this display by pressing the following keys : þ Esc þ Terminate display þ Space þ Stop / Start the display þ 1-0 þ Change display rate of current page (0=Fastest) Enter "Space" to continue  ÛßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ Û RO-SOFT SYSTEMS (C)1989-93 Û ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER þ Version 5.0 Upgrade þ þ EDIT.EXE þ Major revision in large file paging method þ Set any maximum edit line length up to 32 K Bytes þ Read in /Write out /Append any size block file þ ANSI.COM þ Will now convert ANSI files to packed .COM display functions þ CTXT2COM.COM þ Display & convert color text to packed .COM display function þ MTXT2COM.COM þ Display & convert mono text to packed .COM display function Enter "Space" to continue  þ SELF DISPLAY TEXT FILES þ When generating a source text file with EDIT.EXE, or the text editor of your choice, you may insert the following display control characters in the file. These characters are used by the ANSI store function of EDIT.EXE, by CTXT2COM.COM, and by MTXT2COM.COM to control the text display. These functions allow creation of auto display text with none or minimal keyboard intervention. Supported functions are : þ Ctrl-G "07h" þ Toggle character display off/on þ Ctrl-H "08h" þ ANSI Back Space and Text Toggle auto line clear on/off þ Ctrl-K "0Bh" þ Clear current cursor line þ Ctrl-L "0Ch" þ Clear screen and home cursor þ Ctrl-R "12h" þ Load new display rate (Must be followed by rate number) þ Ctrl-S "13h" þ Halt display till a "Space" is entered þ Tab "09h" þ Go to next standard DOS eight character tab position þ CrLf "0Dh,0Ah" þ These are inserted by EDIT.EXE for end of line. The following entries from the keyboard are recognized during display : þ Esc þ Press "Esc" key to terminate display þ 1-0 þ Press number keys to control display rate (0=Fastest) þ Space þ Press space bar to stop / start display Enter "Space" to continue  þ SELF DISPLAY TEXT FILES þ If you enter the command "CTXT2COM", with no command options the routine will give you the following prompt : To display a color text file or create a self displaying .COM file. Enter filename ? ................................................ Entry format : drive:\yourdir\filename.extent /speed /continue /new For /speed option : (/0 = System speed), (/1-/9 = Bauds 600-1M), /c = Redisplay till other than 0-9 pressed. /n = Create a self displaying .COM routine. Press "Esc" to exit ! Enter "Space" to continue  þ SELF DISPLAY TEXT FILES þ The options of continuous display, display speed, and create a .COM self display file may be entered as command line options(i.e. MTXT2COM TEXT.DOC /3/c/n). This will create a self display file TEXT.COM to display at about 2400 baud rate and continue to redisplay until the "Esc' key is pressed. A number key pressed will change display rate and the space bar pressed will stop and restart display. CTXT2COM displays full color text and MTXT2COM displays mono text in one user selected color on selected background color. Without the /c option MTXT2COM ignores control characters and prompts to continue at a page end. This file is mono text and is fully contained in README.COM. It was created using Ctrl-L for clear screen and Ctrl-S for page halt and handed to MTXT2COM with the /c/n options. These routines are supplied in the RO-SOFT DOS Utilities package : þ EDIT50.EXE : MONO and COLOR TEXT EDITING and DISPLAY registration = 29.95 þ Includes the following programs and printed manual þ þ EDIT EXE þ Programmer's text editor with many special functions þ ANSI.COM þ Display & convert ANSI files to packed .COM functions þ CTXT2COM.COM þ Display & convert color text to packed COM display function þ MTXT2COM.COM þ Display & convert mono text to packed .COM display function Enter "Space" to continue