DBRAATAN@NORUNIT.BITNET (06/03/88)
I have just got the BRADFORD program from SIMTEL20. It is in two files
called BRAD2-A.ARK and BRAD2-B.ARK. The program is made by Aaron
Contorer. It may bought from him together with a manual. What it
does? It print in Near Letter Quality with your non-letter-quality
printer.
My problem: Bradford uses the backslash () as a command character.
Command words in the middle of lines are preceded by a backslash.
But the backslash is defined as one of the special norwegian letters
in the norwegian ASCII code. That makes Bradford difficult for us
in Norway (and also Denmark and Sweden).
Do you know how to use another character as the command character?
Help would be very much appreciated...
Dag Henrik Braatanerlb@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey) (06/05/88)
In article <8806022304.AA25094@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> DBRAATAN@NORUNIT.BITNET writes: >I have just got the BRADFORD program from SIMTEL20. It is in two files >called BRAD2-A.ARK and BRAD2-B.ARK. The program is made by Aaron >Contorer. It may bought from him together with a manual. What it >does? It print in Near Letter Quality with your non-letter-quality >printer. > >My problem: Bradford uses the backslash () as a command character. >Command words in the middle of lines are preceded by a backslash. >But the backslash is defined as one of the special norwegian letters >in the norwegian ASCII code. That makes Bradford difficult for us >in Norway (and also Denmark and Sweden). > >Do you know how to use another character as the command character? >Help would be very much appreciated... > > Dag Henrik Braatane Bradford allows the command character (\) and the lead-in character (.) to be redefined. Just insert the following command at the beginning of your text: .dcc~ {defines the tilde as the command char} .dcl^ {defines the caret as the lead-in char} The .dcc command can be used to set any character to be the command character. Just substitute the desired character for the tilde. The same applies for the .dcl command. Bradford is actually a lot more powerful than the .DOC file indicates. Many commands are not documented. If you really find Bradford useful, order a manual from the author. It fully explains the use of ALL of the commands. The macro capabilities are quite extensive! For the price ($25 U.S.) it is a bargain. You indicated that you got your copy from SIMTEL20. As yet, I have not figured out how to access SIMTEL20. Could you give a brief explaination of the commands used to access/download files? Bob Bailey
W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (06/12/88)
The following is relayed from GEnie's CP/M RoundTable. Aaron is the author of BRADFORD. ---forwarded message--- >From: A.CONTORER Aaron M. Contorer >To: W8SDZ Keith Petersen, GEnie CP/M SysOp >Sub: Bradford backslash character Dear Keith: Thank you for forwarding the letter from Mr. Braatane (Dag Henrik Braatane, DBRAATAN@NORUNIT.BITNET). Please send him this reply: ---------- Like all aspects of operating Bradford, changing the command character is explained in the manual, which you obtain when you send in the $25 registration fee. To change the command character, put the following command at the beginning of your document: .DCC@ This will change the command character to be the atsign symbol. If you prefer, use .dcc! or .dcc~ or whatever character you want as the command character. Aaron Contorer =END=