Atari XL - Manual (Page 52)

The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual
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Flags (ON/OFF)
Argument Comments Default
80COLUMNS ON ¦ OFF Set 80 / 40 column mode ON
PAGEWAIT ON ¦ OFF Set page wait mode during
printing OFF
WORDWRAP ON ¦ OFF Word wrap on/off ON
INSERT ON ¦ OFF Insert mode on/off ON
CASESENS ON ¦ OFF Case sensitivity (search
and replace) OFF
CAPSLOCK ON ¦ OFF Caps lock on/off OFF
KEYCLICK ON ¦ OFF Set key click noise on/off ON
SIONOISE ON ¦ OFF Set I/O noise on/off ON
WILDCARDS ON ¦ OFF Set wildcards in
search/replace on/off ON
Flags (ON/OFF) Argument Comments Default
ATTRACT ON ¦ OFF Enable/Disable OS colour
cycling ON
DOCMODE ON ¦ OFF Set document/text mode OFF
SDXDIR ON ¦ OFF Set long directory style
(SDX only) OFF
Text Settings Argument Comments Default
FILEEXT <EXT> Set default text mode
extender.
Should be entered
WITHOUT leading period. TXT
DRIVE Dn: Set default drive ID D:
FILESPEC <filemask.ext> Set default file mask for
disk menu *.*
A good way to understand CFG files is to load the LW.CFG file into the editor. You
might also save the current configuration with <SHIFT+CTRL+Q>, giving it the name
TEST.CFG to see how any settings you have altered in the editor are reflected in the
CFG file. There’s nothing to stop you loading a CFG file into the editor and changing it
manually, although you should take care not to introduce syntax errors into the file.
Some settings
– like the default print margins – require you to edit the CFG file by
hand, since there is no command in LW to changed them.
Note: Prior to version 3.0, LW configuration files were binary files and were edited
using the supplied
configuration editor. Now, however, LW’s config files are plain text
files and the configuration editor is no longer required. Note also that configuration
(.CFG) files from earlier versions of LW are totally incompatible with version 3.0.
8.2.1 THE DEFAULT DRIVE
The DRIVE instruction in a configuration file sets the default drive in LW. This is the
device ID which is added to any filenames you type without Dn: at the front. It is also
used as the drive number when cataloguing files using the disk menu.
DRIVE D1:
The above line simply sets the default drive to drive 1.