FBHFED'< Turbo Vision demonstration AWelcome to Turbo Vision. This is a demonstration program that allows you to view some of the capablilities of Turbo Vision. The menu is accessed by pressing Alt-Space. All the other menus are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. ) Press ESC to put this help screen away. ' File viewer A file viewer views the contents of a text file. You can use the arrow keys to move about in the file. A file is loaded via the FileOpen menu item. a Up Move up one line Down Move down one line Right Move right one column Left Move left one column PgUp Move one page up PgDn Move one page down Home View right most column of the file End View left most column of the file Ctrl-PgUp View top of file Ctrl-PgDn View bottom of file. ? File viewers can be resized and moved using the Windows menu.  F' Puzzle gThe puzzle window is a small game. The object is to get the characters to form the following pattern: : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O  Clicking the mouse on a tile next to the empty space moves the tile into the space. Pressing one of the cursor keys (up, down, left, or right arrow) moves a tile into the empty space in the direction indicated by the cursor key. The move counter is updated every time a tile is moved. ' Calculator The calculator is a simple four-function calculator with add, subtract, multiply, and divide. To operate the calculator you can either use the keyboard or press the buttons on the calculator with the mouse. The 'C' key clears the calculator, the '' key will erases the last character typed, and the '' key toggles the value from positive to negative (the keyboard equivalent of '' is '_'). ' Calendar The calendar displays the current month, highlighting todays date. The next and previous months can be viewed using the '+' or '-' keys respectivly. The mouse can also be used to change the month by pressing the  or  icons. ' ASCII Table iThe ASCII table displays the entire IBM PC character set. The current character is marked by a blinking block cursor, and the hexadecimal and decimal ASCII values of the character are displayed below the chart. A new character is selected by pressing it on the keyboard, by clicking the mouse on it in the chart, or by moving the cursor using the cursor keys. '8 (System) menu (Alt-Spacebar) \The System menu appears on the far left of the menu bar and is represented by the symbol. ( When you pull down the menu, you see A About Puzzle Calendar AsciiTable Calculator    ' About }When you choose the About command from the (System) menu, a dialog box appears, showing copyright and version information. G To close the box, press Esc, Space, or Enter, or click the OK button. ' Puzzle 0The Puzzle menu item opens a small puzzle game. <' Calendar yThe Calendar menu item opens a small calendar which displays the current month. It also allows you to view other months. B'" ASCII table RThe ASCII menu items opens an ASCIITable that displays the IBM PC character set. A ' Calculator QWhen you choose Calculator, a four-function calculator is opened on the desktop. M '" File (Alt-F) _The File menu offers choices for opening files, changing directories, and exiting the program. # Open ChangeDir Exit  '& FileOpen (F3) The Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box you select the text file you want browse in a fileviewer. & The OpenaFile dialog box contains: an inputbox with a history list a listbox to browse the directory the standard Cancel button Open action button an information panel that describes the selected file    ,=' FileNew ]The New command creates a new editor window. The window's name is "Untitled", and is empty. ' FileSave The Save command allows you to save the current editor window to a disk file. If the window already has a name, the file will be saved under this same name. If you wish to save the file under a new name, select the File|SaveAs command instead.  ' FileSave As The Save As command allows you to save the current editor window to a new file name. Note that if an editor window does not have a name (it is called "Untitled") selecting File|Save will execute the Save As dialog box.  '* FileChange Dir... jFileChange Dir brings up the ChangeDirectory dialog box, in which you can change the current directory. I'$ FileDOS Shell sWith the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to perform a DOS command or run another program. 9 To return to this program, type EXIT at the DOS prompt. '& FileExit (Alt-X) *The Exit command terminates this program. ' EditUndo lThe Undo command allows you to "take back" the last editor action you performed. For example, if the line:  This is an editor test  is changed to:  This was an editor test d the Undo command will become active. Executing the Undo command will cause the line to revert back to its original version. Note that changes which can be undone are grouped into similar actions, such as typing, or deleting characters. Any action type you perform that is different than the last action type will cause the Undo information to be lost. ' EditCut The Cut command removes the selected text and places it on the Clipboard. Any information previously on the clipboard is lost. Text cut from the editor may be immediately replaced by selecting the Undo command before moving the cursor. ' EditCopy The Copy command places a copy of the selected text on the Clipboard. The selected information is left unchanged, but any information previously on the clipboard is lost. ' EditPaste The Paste command inserts a the contents of the clipboard into the current editor window at the cursor position. The contents of the clipboard remain unchanged. If any text is selected in the current editor window, the highlighted text is replaced by the text coming from the clipboard. Information pasted into an editor may be removed immediately by using the Undo command before moving the cursor. '. EditShow Clipboard The Show Clipboard command will display the Clipboard contents is an ordinary editor window. Note that Cut and Paste commands are not enabled while the clipboard is the focused window. ' EditClear The Clear command removes any selected text from the current editor without placing a copy of the text on the clipboard. The effects of this command may be reversed by selecting Undo before moving the cursor. ' Window (Alt-W) _The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other window-management commands.  Most of the windows in this program have all the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and zoom icons. > For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows. : Window-management commands T Resize Zoom Tile Cascade Next Previous Close #y$ !%''0 WindowResize (Ctrl-F5) IChoose this command to change the size or position of the active window.  Size If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press Enter. Q If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize the window.  Move When you choose WindowResize, the active window moves in response to the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press Enter. F You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse. '% WindowZoom (F5) Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its previous size. { You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window. ' WindowTile <Choose WindowTile to tile all file viewers on the desktop. L Ŀ 1ͻ2Ŀ ͼ 3Ŀ4Ŀ Tiled Windows '$ WindowCascade @Choose WindowCascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop. A 1Ŀ 2Ŀ 3Ŀ 4ͻ ͼ  Cascaded Windows ' WindowNext BChoose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop. '& WindowPrevious GChoose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop. ', WindowClose (Alt-F3) )Choose Close to close the active window. O You can also click the Close box in the upper right corner to close a window. '( Options (Alt-O) YThe Options menu contains commands that let you change color and mouse default settings. `j'( OptionsMouse... The Mouse command brings up the MouseOptions dialog box, where you can set various options that control how your mouse works, including: R how fast a double-click is which mouse button (right or left) is active I '* OptionsColors... dThe Colors item brings up the Colorsdialog box, where you can customize the colors of the display. I '0 OptionsSave Desktop Saves the state of all open windows to a file call TVDEMO.DSK. This file can be reloaded by selecting OptionsRestoreDesktop. '6 OptionsRestore Desktop Restore a previously-saved state of all open windows from a file call TVDEMO.DSK. This file is saved via the OptionsSaveDesktop menu command. 'D Help on Open a File Dialog Box The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a filelist, a file information panel, the standard button Cancel, one other action button (Open), plus a history list that's attached to the Nameinputbox. y  'o Name Ŀ The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*). ' Files Ŀ FILENM01.PAS FILENM09.PAS FILENM02.PAS FILENM10.PAS FILENM03.PAS FILENM11.PAS FILENM04.PAS FILENM12.PAS FILENM05.PAS .. FILENM06.PAS \MOREXAMP FILENM07.PAS \TOURS FILENM08.PAS \ANSWERS.DIR  The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory and all subdirectories. Ŀ C:\TP\EXAMPLES\*.PAS HELLO.PAS 52 Jul 14,1990 12:00pm fThe File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time, and size of the selected file. = None of the items on this information panel are selectable. '* Ŀ [ Open ] WThe Open button opens a new Viewer window and places the selected file in that window. '0 Ŀ [ Cancel ] ] If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog box is put away. M (Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button does not appear.) '* Ŀ [ Open ]  In the Open a File dialog box, if you choose the Open button TVDEMO opens a new fileviewer and places the selected file in that window. | ' V Help on the Change Directory dialog box The Change Directory dialog box consists of an input box, a list box, the standard OK and Help buttons, and two other buttons (Chdir and Revert). | Directory Name Ŀ QThe Directory Name input box is where you type in the path of the new directory. Directory Tree Ŀ Drives C:\ TP TVISION oThe Directory Tree list box enables you to navigate directories by using the selecting bar and pressing Enter.  If you're using the keyboard, press Enter to make the selected directory be the current directory, then choose OK or press Esc to exit the dialog box. + Ŀ [Chdir ] bThe Chdir button changes the current directory once you've selected or typed in a directory name. + Ŀ [Revert] iThe Revert button goes back to the previous directory, as long as you haven't yet exited the dialog box. 'P Help on the Mouse Options dialog box cThis dialog box consists of one check box, one slider bar, and the standard buttons OK and Cancel. Ŀ Mouse Double Click Slow Medium Fast  PThe Mouse Double Click slider bar adjusts the double-click speed of your mouse. ^ Ŀ [X] Reverse Mouse Buttons mReverse Mouse Buttons makes the right mouse button take on the normal functions of the left--and vice versa. 6 See also: OptionsMouse...menucommand ~'B Help on the Colors dialog box The Colors dialog box consists of two list boxes, a text display area, the standard OK, Cancel, and Help buttons, and one of the following: On color and black-and-white systems, it also contains two color palettes. On monochrome systems, it contains a set of radio buttons instead of the palettes. X This dialog box is where you can change the colors of different parts of this program. Group Ŀ Desktop  Menus Dialogs/Calc Puzzle Calendar Ascii table  fThe Group list box contains the names of the different regions of the program that you can customize. L Item Ŀ Color  z When you select a group from the Group list, the Item list box displays the names of the different views in that region. Foreground Background gOn color and black-and-white systems, you use the Foreground and Background palettes to modify colors. Colors Ŀ () Mono low ( ) Mono high ( ) Mono underscore ( ) Mono inverse l On monochrome systems, you use the Colors set of radio buttons systems to modify the character attributes. Q Ŀ Text Text Text Text Text Text hOn all systems, the display text (above the Help button) shows the current color or attribute settings. a Changes do not take effect on the desktop until you close the Colors dialog box by choosing OK. '02  !#$%' 0c t s zwtC(o)*++},T-./s3445:d=<xL+uQ#&y"'(