mullen@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (John Mullen) (09/19/89)
My girlfriend just boght a used C64 along with some undocumented software.
If anyone knows some of the SPEEDSCRIPT commands, could you please tell me
them. I need commands such as centering, underlining, italics, spacing,
margines, etc. Thanks.
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John J. Mullen mullen@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu
Part-Time Operator, Computer Sciencescott@max.u.washington.edu (09/20/89)
In article <6189@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, mullen@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (John Mullen) writes: > If anyone knows some of the SPEEDSCRIPT commands, could you please tell me > them. I need commands such as centering, underlining, italics, spacing, > margines, etc. Thanks. > > ..signature ????? > John J. Mullen mullen@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu SPEEDSCRIPT is a very nice (considering its size and price) wordprocessor. Of course this is not to say there aren't better wordprocessor, but even I use it quite often. It has most of the features offered by the more sophisticated wordprocessors. First Of of all,to really exploit the full capability of SPEEDSCRIPT you need to read the full documentation...but here is a short run-down of it. There are two type of commands in the wordprocessor: <CTRL> commands and Formatting commands (or keys). The <CTRL> commands are issue by HOLDING! the <CTRL> and pressing one of following keys (not a complete list): A Change case B Change border color D Delete E Erase G Global search/replace H Hunt for phrase With <SHIFT>: Select hunt phrase I Enter/exit insert mode L Change text color P Print Z Go to end of text ^ Send disk command 4 Display directory <CLR/HOME> Once to go top of screen, Twice to go top of text <CRSR left/right> Move the cursor right or left (with SHIFT) <CRSR up/down> Move to next sentence or previous sentence (with SHIFT) <INST/DEL> Delete character With <SHIFT>: insert space f7 Load file f8 (which is a <SHIFT> f7) Save f8 The formatting commands are issued by first pressing the <CTRL> 3 (let go) and then pressing one of the following keys (not a complete list): b Bottom Margin c Centering f footer g goto linked file h header l left margin m margin release n next page r right margin s spacing t top margin w page wait # print page number Formatting command are place inside the text itself and they appear as inverted (or reverse video) characters. When printing however those inverted character will not be printedout, only its effect (like centering). Some formatting keys must be placed at the begining of the text. For example, if we assume that the capital letters are the inverted formatting characters and "-" the end of paragraph marker, then: T4B56L5R75S2- <text1>- S1- <text2>- C<line>- <text1> will be printed with top, bottom, left, and right margins of 4, 56, 5, and 75, respectively, with a line spaceing of two <text2> will be printed with the same margins as <text1> but with a line spaceing of one. and <line1> will be centered. Sincere SPEEDSCRIPT was designed so that it will be comparable with many type of printers, the printer specific commands like font change, character pitch, etc has not been include. (Although SPEEDSCRIPT comes with a underlining command it works with certain printers only). This is not to say printing italic, romans, bold, underlining, etc, is impossible to achive with SPEEDSCRIPT. If your printer offers those feature, you will be able to use them at will through speedscript. SPEEDSCRIPT has a feature that will allow you to send the printer ESC command sequence for any portion of the text to trigger the appropriate mode of printing (bold, undeline, italic, etc). To explain how to do this is kind of lengthy so I won't try to explain it. The documentation gives a full description. On the October issue of COMPUTE!'s GAZZETTE (publisher of SPEEDSCRIPT), page 67, there is a special coupon offer that will allow you to buy the SPEEDSCRIPT wordprocessor along with dozens of accompaning programs for $9.95, and they come with full documentations. I think this is an excellent buy. The accompaning programs were written by many different programmers during the course of the years and published in different issues of the magazine. These programs adds new feature to the SPEEDSCRIPT that it didn't come with, like right justification, full output previewing, spell checker, word count, mailing list(?), etc.. Sincerely, Scott K. Stephen