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The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual
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4 DISK OPERATIONS
LW allows full manipulation of files and directories, and has support for many different
DOS packages. The mini DOS menu allows viewing, loading, deleting, renaming and
copying of files at the touch of a key. The menu displays a paged window, showing up
to 80 filenames at a time. Files can be previewed on screen just as they appear in the
editor without being loaded into memory.
4.1 DISK OPERATIONS FROM THE EDITOR
In addition to the <CTRL+L>oad, <CTRL+S>ave and <SHIFT+CTRL+S>ave As...
commands, the following file handling features are available from the editor:
<CTRL+I>
Insert, or merge, file. Allows a file to be inserted into the middle of
the text in memory. The filename you type will have the usual text
file extender appended to it unless you supply another. If the file
you attempt to insert exceeds in size the available space, the text
will remain unchanged.
<SHIFT+CTRL+I> Write block to a file. Supply a filename at the prompt and the block
- which may be of any length - will be written to disk. The file will
have the extension "BLK" unless you supply a different one. This
option, along with the merge command, allows for the transfer of
large blocks of text between different files.
<CTRL+J>
View file. From the editor, this allows you to enter a filename and
view the file in a scrolling window on the screen, complete with
word-wrap. Pause the listing with <CTRL+1> or by holding down
one of the three console keys. Viewing can be aborted at any time
with the <Break> key. If you include the “/P” switch after the
filename, the text will be displayed in paged rather than scrolling
format.
4.2 THE DISK MENU
The functions of the disk menu are accessed by pressing the highlighted keys on the
menu at the foot of the screen. The highlight bar is moved with the cursor keys,
pressed either with or without <CTRL>. When you reach the limits of the screen in any
direction, the display will “page” to the next screen of files.
<CTRL+D>
Call up the disk menu from the editor screen. The program will
read in the current directory and display up to 80 filenames (if in
80 column mode) on the screen.
<SHIFT+CTRL+H> As above, but allows the user to specify the directory file mask
before calling the disk menu.