PC-Write - Revision history

Dan Tobias at 23:37, 23 April 2018

2018-04-23T23:37:28Z

Dan Tobias at 05:18, 8 February 2018

2018-02-08T05:18:03Z

Dan Tobias at 03:37, 9 April 2013

2013-04-09T03:37:28Z

Dan Tobias at 09:44, 17 November 2012

2012-11-17T09:44:04Z

Dan Tobias: The 'standard' here seems to be for a breadcrumb header even though redundant with infobox, though it's gone back and forth a bit.

2012-11-12T01:14:20Z

The 'standard' here seems to be for a breadcrumb header even though redundant with infobox, though it's gone back and forth a bit.

Dan Tobias: /* Dot commands */

2012-11-11T20:31:19Z

‎Dot commands

Dan Tobias at 19:03, 11 November 2012

2012-11-11T19:03:21Z

Dan Tobias: /* Dot commands */

2012-11-11T18:37:42Z

‎Dot commands

Dan Tobias: /* Control characters */

2012-11-11T18:27:26Z

‎Control characters

Dan Tobias: /* Control characters */

2012-11-11T18:24:18Z

‎Control characters

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 {{FormatInfo
 |subcat=Document
 |extensions={{ext|doc}}, {{ext|txt}}
 |released=1983

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 The files were basically plain text, with optional special functions causing control characters to be inserted. However, the default filename suggested when you started the program was "WORK.DOC", suggesting '''.doc''' as the default file extension to be used, which could be confusing given MS-Word's more well-known use of this extension. You could create or edit files with any extension, including '''.txt''', however.
-If you stick to characters found in the [[ASCII]] character encoding, and don't use any special PC-Write features, the resulting files will be completely ASCII, using the standard PC-DOS carriage return + linefeed for line breaks. If you use accented characters (you could type them by typing a letter, then the backtick (`), then another character representing the diacritical mark such as an apostrophe or tilde), those will use the active [[MS-DOS encodings|MS-DOS code page]]. Other features (accessed within PC-Write through Alt key combinations) will cause various control characters to be inserted into the file, but the rest of the content will remain plain text. The control characters have meanings that are specific to PC-Write, not generally resembling their "official" meaning in the ASCII set; for instance, a variety of special commands are done as "dot commands" (on a line by themselves, with a dot followed by a special command) which are preceded by a control character that is entered as Alt-G in PC-Write but stored as Ctrl-K, which is officially the Vertical Tab character in ASCII.
+If you stick to characters found in the [[ASCII]] character encoding, and don't use any special PC-Write features, the resulting files will be completely ASCII, using the standard PC-DOS carriage return + linefeed for line breaks. If you use accented characters (you could type them by typing a letter, then the backtick (`), then another character representing the diacritical mark such as an apostrophe or tilde), those will use the active [[MS-DOS encodings|MS-DOS code page]]. Other features (accessed within PC-Write through Alt key combinations) will cause various control characters to be inserted into the file, but the rest of the content will remain plain text. The control characters have meanings that are specific to PC-Write, not generally resembling their "official" meaning ([[C0 controls]]) in the ASCII set; for instance, a variety of special commands are done as "dot commands" (on a line by themselves, with a dot followed by a special command) which are preceded by a control character that is entered as Alt-G in PC-Write but stored as Ctrl-K, which is officially the Vertical Tab character in ASCII.
 == Control characters ==

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 |subcat=Document
 |extensions={{ext|doc}}, {{ext|txt}}
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−	~~\|[[Electronic File Formats]]~~
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−	~~\|[[Document]]~~
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−	~~\|[[PC-Write]]~~
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		+	\|[[PC-Write]]
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	{{FormatInfo		{{FormatInfo
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 These commands are intended to be on a line by themselves, beginning with the ^K (0B) control character (entered in PC-Write with Alt-G).
-:'''..''' Comment line (not printed)
+:'''..''' Comment line (followed by comment text; not printed)
 :'''.E:n''' Print n blank lines (n is a number, e.g., .E:2 to print 2 blank lines)
-:'''.E''' or '''.EB''' Marks beginning of block of text to keep on same page
+:'''.E''' Marks beginning or end of block of text to keep on same page (can also use .EB and .EQ respectively)
-:'''.E''' or '''.EQ''' Marks end of block of text to keep on same page
+:'''.EA''' Turn on auto-page-breaks
 :'''.EL:n''' Makes page break in printout if n lines aren't available on current page
 == References ==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-Write PC-Write (Wikipedia)]
 * [http://vetusware.com/manufacturer/Quicksoft/?author=865 PC-Write download]

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 |10||16||DLE||^P||Alt-D||Toggles Double Wide mode
 |-
-|11||17||DC1||^Q||Alt-N||Toggles Number mode
+|11||17||DC1||^Q||Alt-N||Flags where an automatic number needs to be inserted; follow with digit or letter then a non-digit/letter symbol, e.g., ^Q1.
 |-
 |12||18||DC2||^R||Alt-W||Toggles Double Underline mode

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 |0D||13||CR||^M||Enter||Carriage Return: precedes Linefeed for line break. (Enter inserts two-character sequence ^M^J)
 |-
-|0E||14||SO||^N||||Toggles font align mode
+|0E||14||SO||^N||Alt-A||Toggles font align mode
 |-
 |0F||15||SI||^O||Alt-T||Follows ^L (0C) to indicate hard page break (Alt-T inserts two-character sequence ^L^O)
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 |10||16||DLE||^P||Alt-D||Toggles Double Wide mode
 |-
-|11||17||DC1||^Q||||Toggles Number mode
+|11||17||DC1||^Q||Alt-N||Toggles Number mode
 |-
 |12||18||DC2||^R||Alt-W||Toggles Double Underline mode
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 |13||19||DC3||^S||Alt-O||Toggles Overstrike mode
 |-
-|14||20||DC4||^T||||Toggles Keep Paragraph mode
+|14||20||DC4||^T||Alt-K||Keep Paragraph: used at end of paragraph to mark it not to be reformatted
 |-
 |15||21||NAK||^U||Alt-I||Toggles Italic mode