gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan) (04/21/88)
I have heard that there is a problem with the ddiidoc.3 file I put up. Well, the copy I got had a bit of gibberish in the middle. I don't think anything important is missing, but if you think you can get a better copy than what you have, give this a try. --------- ddiidoc.3 ---------- \u12/87\cDAISY-DOT II\rPage 12\u \l DDII OUTPUT:\s1 \s2\d1Single Density \d2Double Density \d3Double Draft Density\s4 \d4\s2Quadruple Density \d2 \addiidoc.4\ \\S[0-9 or A-K] - CHANGE SPACING Use this command to change character spacing for any text following the command. To change to 0-9 columns use 0-9. For 10-20 columns, use A-K (A is 10, B is 11, K is 20). Spacing can be changed anywhere in a document. EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: G\\s0r\\s1a\\s2d\\s3u\\s4a\\s5l\\s6l\\s7y I\\s8n\\s9c\\sar\\sbe\\sca\\sds\\sei\\sfn\\sgg\\si. DDII OUTPUT: G\s0r\s1a\s2d\s3u\s4a\s5l\s6l\s7y I\s8n\s9c\sar\sbe\sca\sds\sei\sfn\sgg\si.\s2 \\L - BLOCK LEFT This command sets the alignment mode to block left for the current line and following lines. This command turns off centering, block right, and justification. EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: \\lThis is normal, block left text. DDII OUTPUT: This is normal, block left text. \\C - CENTERING Use this command to center any text following the command on the current line and all following lines. If the line is too long to be centered it won't be adjusted. EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: \\cThis line is centered. DDII OUTPUT: \cThis line is centered. \l \u12/87\cDAISY-DOT II\rPage 13\u \l \l\\R - BLOCK RIGHT This formatting command blocks the text following the command in the same line and all following lines to the right margin. The line won't be changed if it is too long for the current right margin. EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: \\rThis line is even with the right margin. DDII OUTPUT: \rThis line is even with the right margin. \lCOMBINING BLOCK LEFT, CENTERING, BLOCK RIGHT Commands for block left, centering, and block right may be all combined on one line, useful for page headers: EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: \\lBlock Left\\cCentered\\rBlock Right DDII OUTPUT: Block Left\cCentered\rBlock Right \l\\J - JUSTIFICATION This command justifies the current line and any following lines. To be used effectively, every line of text should normally be a little shorter than the right margin. For example, to use justification with the Roman font, using a left margin of 10, a right margin of 70 (from your word processor), spacing of 3, and setting the DDII right margin to 1" will produce nice justified text with 1" margins on each side. Since the last line of a paragraph of justified text should never be justified, the block left command must be used in conjunction with the justify command (included at the end of the paragraph): EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: \\jDaisy-Dot II Print Processor can justify text so that the left and right margins are even. The last line of every justified paragraph should not be justified, and DDIIPP's block left command easily takes care of that.\\l \u12/87\cDAISY-DOT II\rPage 14\u \l DDII OUTPUT: \jDaisy-Dot II Print Processor can justify text so that the left and right margins are even. The last line of every justified paragraph should not be justified, and DDIIPP's block left command easily takes care of that.\l \\M[0-9 or A] - RIGHT MARGIN Use this command to change the right margin for the current line and all following lines. Use 0 if you want no right margin, 1 for .5", 2 for 1", 3 for 1.5", 4 for 2" and so on. Use A for a right margin of 5". EXAMPLECertnIn ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggfbn\o\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\7tl\m5\\rText blocked right with 2.5" margin. \\m8Block right with 4" margin DDII OUTPUT: \m5\rText blocked right with 2.5" margin. \m8Block right with 4" margin. \l\m2\\B - BOLDFACE This command toggles line boldfacing on or off for the current line and all following lines. Only entire lines can be printed in boldface. EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: \\bThis line is in boldface. \\bThis line is normal. DDII OUTPUT: \bThis line is in boldface. \bThis line is normal. \\W - DOUBLE WIDE This command toggles wide print on and off for all text following the command. EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: You can mix \\wdouble wide text\\w with normal text. DDII OUTPUT: You can mix \wdouble wide text\w with normal text. \u12/87\cDAISY-DOT II\rPage 15\u \l \\U - UNDERLINE This command toggles underlining on and off for text following the command. DDIIPP underlining is continuous, meaning that spaces between underlined words are underlined too. EXAMPLE: YOU TYPE: With DDII you can easily \\uunderline text\\u. DDII OUTPUT: With DDII you can easily \uunderline text\u. \\A[Dn:FILENAME.EXT]\\ - APPEND FILE Use this command to chain text files together. The command may be anywhere in the file, as long as it is alone on a line (no other text on that specific line). The easiest way to do it is place it in blank lines within your text file. The file to be appended must exist as the filename you typed in. The append file command can chain many text files. For example, the original file may have a command to append a second file, and the second file may include a command to append a third file, and so on. The append file command is recognized when selecting different pages to print. For example, suppose you have two files: A is 5 pages long and includes the command to append file B, which is also 5 pages long. When printing file A, if you specify to print page 10, the last page of file B will be printed. TAB COMMANDS DDIIPP has three commands for using proportional tabs for aligning tables, charts, etc. These tabs should be used completely independent of tab functions in your text/word processor, because those tabs are not designed for proportional text and everything turns out misaligned. \\P - POSITION TAB This command sets a tab at the current column position. Tab positions are set before lines are centered, blocked right, or justified (they are always set as if the line is blocked left). There may be up to 10 tabs set at one time. \u12/87\cDAISY-DOT II\rPage 16\u \l \\T - EXECUTE TAB This command tabs (adds space) to the nearest tab stop as positioned with the \\P command. If you try to tab past the number of tabs you have previously set, DDIIPP will tab to the right margin. \\E - ERASE TABS Use this command to erase all tab settings. EXAMPLE 1: YOU TYPE: \\eNAME: \\pAGE: \\pSEX: Cathy Cook\\t28\\tFemale Jim Jones\\t23\\tMale Amy Allen\\t69\\tFemale Mark Miller\\t54\\tMale DDII OUTPUT: NAME: \pAGE: \pSEX: Cathy Cook\t28\tFemale Jim Jones\t23\tMale Amy Allen\t69\tFemale Mark Miller\t54\tMale EXAMPLE 2: Note how there is an extra tab at the end of each line. This sets the length of every line equal, allowing correct centering or blocking right of text with tabs: YOU TYPE: \\e\\cNAME: \\pAGE: \\pSEX:\\p Cathy Cook\\t28\\tF\\t Jim Jones\\t23\\tM\\t Amy Allen\\t69\\tF\\t Mark Miller\\t54\\tM\\t DDII OUTPUT: \e\cNAME: \pAGE: \pSEX:\p Cathy Cook\t28\tF\t Jim Jones\t23\tM\t Amy Allen\t69\tF\t Mark Miller\t54\tM\t \l\\V[Dn:FILENAME.EXT]\\ - INCLUDE FILE VERBATIM AND \\N - NEW PAGE Use these commands to include any file byte for byte within your text. The main use is for including pictures within the text. \u12/87\cDAISY-DOT II\rPage 17\u \l A public domain program called Billboard by Chris Wareham and corresponding documentation are on Side 2 of the DDII disk. It prints out MicroPainter pictures in an infinite number of sizes. In order that you are familiar with references in the upcoming paragraphs, please print out the Billboard documentation with DDII or by copying it from DOS, using "P:" as the destination filename. Mr. Wareham wrote Billboard for Epson printers and it isn't compatible with Star printers. However, in the Billboard documentation he describes the printer codes used and how to change them for other printers; you can refer to your printer manual and convert it for Star printers. Contact me if you need help doing so. To create a picture file for DDII using Billboard, choose PRINT from the menu. You are prompted with a small modification I have made, allowing output to different devices; since you want the picture dumped to a disk file so it can later be included using the \\V command, type in the name of this disk file you want output directed to. If you want it to print to the printer, type "P:". From Billboard's many size options, a vertical, single height, single width, 720 dpl, centered setting is most practical although you can really use any combination you desire. The file created by Billboard is then ready to be used from DDIIPP. Somewhere in the line directly preceeding where you want the picture to be included, use the \\V[Dn:FILENAME.EXT]\\ command. After that line is printed the file specified by the \\V command, which must be in the correct drive, is "copied" directly to the printer. After the file has been copied to the printer, DDIIPP continues with printing the text file. In general, you should know the vertical size of the included picture since DDIIPP doesn't examine the contents of the file. Billboard single height pictures are about 16 standard lines high. Whatever the size, the page length for the page with the included picture should be set for the standard 66 lines minus the length of the picture minus a couple of lines to be safe. For example, assume you are including two single height pictures on a page. The number of lines for that page should be set from your word processor as 32 (66-2-2*16). Since DDIIPP keeps track of pages based on 66 lines per page, including a picture throws off the line count. To solve this problem, used the \\N command. This command forces a form feed and resets the line count. The \\N command must be alone on a line and should follow the last line of a page with graphics. The new page command is recognized by the page select options to ensure correct pagination. Make sure that pictures never cross top/bottom margins. The Verbatim command is not limited to pictures. One other possible use is to include text printed in the original typestyles of your printer. \u12/87\cDAISY-DOT II\rPage 18\u \l DDIIPP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q: I own a Star printer and set the renamed the STAR.CNF file to STAR. But when I print, the lines are too close together. What's wrong? A: You are using one of the newer Star printers that is 100% compatible with Epsons. Configure DDIIPP for Epsons instead. Q: I own a Star Gemini 10X. I configured it with the STAR file, but I only get garbage whenever I print. What's the problem? A: Based on a few rare cases throughout the country, it seems that some older Gemini 10X are incompatible with DDII. However, most Gemini's work fine. Q: How can I put the DDII fonts in my Ramdisk? A: There are two methods for doing this. 1) Exit DDII and go to DOS, from where you can copy any desired files into the RAMdisk and then reload DDIIPP. 2) Use a boot file (such as RAMCOPY! from Analog issue 44, July 1986) or a batch file that automatically copies desired files to a RAMdisk. Q: It would be a lot easier if I could use a word processor and DDIIPP at the same time without having to reboot. Is there a way to do this? A: Yes, especially if you have a RAMdisk. Copy the DDIIPP AUTORUN.SYS file to the RAMdisk, and also copy a word processor that doesn't require to be booted (such as Textpro) into the RAMdisk. You can then instantly exit one and run the other. Q: I would like more examples of how to use the DDIIPP local formatting commands. Can you help? A: The DDII documentation files are full of formatting commands. By copying these files from DOS, using "P:" as the destination filename, you can get printouts of these files and see every embedded command along with the rest of the text. Q: When I include many commands on one line, my word processor formats the line in such a way that it is much too short when printed from DDIIPP. Can I do anything about this? A: The problem you mention occurs when long commands are embedded within a block of text; in most cases, this isn't a problem. Because the word processor has no way of knowing what characters in your file are DDIIPP commands, the text is