PERFECT WRITER COMMANDS This text will document Perfect Writer commands which differ from or may be unclear in the user's manual. Page references are to the original user's manual. (Most of the commands are listed in the help screen -- obtained by entering CONTROL--X ?. If your HELP file is incomplete or missing, a new one can be created by running the bindings program.) One caution should be noted. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE should the command ESCAPE..K (delete to end of sentence) be given for the last sentence of a text (when there is no carriage return after it), for this will result in the terminal's hanging and loss of all unsaved work! For this reason, ALWAYS end the last sentence of a text with a carriage return (or insert a carriage return when starting a text, and insert all characters before it). As explained on the pages accompanying the Perfect software, CONTROL--C (instead of CONTROL--K) functions as the DELETE LINE command (page V-3). ESCAPE..CONTROL--L functions as the REFRESH SCREEN command (instead of CONTROL--L). CONTROL--H, CONTROL--J, CONTROL--K and CONTROL--L serve as cursor controls as do the keyboard arrows. CONTROL--Q QUOTE CHARACTER -- Allows entry of a non-alphanumeric character. For example, to embed an ASCII "escape" (decimal 27) into a text, enter CONTROL--Q followed by the key. Perfect Writer still will remove the embedded control character when formatting, but the feature can be used when the file is read by other programs. CONTROL--\ DELETE INDENTATION ON CURRENT LINE -- Removes leading spaces and/or tabs from line that cursor is on (useful, for instance, in verbatim mode when changing a line that is centered to left justified). CONTROL--^ or CONTROL--6 TOGGLE CASE -- Will change the character in the cursor position from upper to lower case, or vice versa. ESCAPE..LINE FEED DROP -- Drops rest of screen from cursor one line down. ESCAPE..J INDENT SUBSEQUENT NEW LINE SAME AS CURRENT -- Inserts a new line directly below the current line and positions the cursor on the new (empty) line in the same column as the first character in the current (when the command was given) line. ESCAPE..O INDENT LEADING NEW LINE SAME AS CURRENT -- Inserts a new line directly above the current line and positions the cursor on the new (empty) line in the same column as the first character in the current (when the command was given) line. ESCAPE..Q FILL PARAGRAPH -- Reformats current paragraph on screen according to the INDENT COLUMN and FILL COLUMN specifications. The right margin will be set to the currently set fill column and the first line will remain where it is but subsequent lines will be indented to the indent column. The fill column is the column number of the right-hand column (columns are numbered 0 through 79). ESCAPE..S CENTER -- Centers text on current line (useful in verbatim). ESCAPE..\ DELETE WHITESPACE -- Deletes whitespace (tabs and spaces -- not carriage returns) on either side of the cursor. CONTROL--X * VERSION -- Echoes version number and release date (not useful). CONTROL--X < UNDENT REGION -- Undents (starts lines at column 0, does not fill resulting text) entire region (block out region with marker and cursor or with ESCAPE..H before using sequence). CONTROL--X > INDENT REGION -- Indents entire region, leaving all words on the same line -- possibly beyond fill column (block out region with marker and cursor or with ESCAPE..H before using sequence). --X ? HELP -- Displays menu of command summaries which can be viewed on the screen. CONTROL--X R WRITE REGION -- Writes marked region to a file with the name you supply (block out region with marker and cursor or with ESCAPE..H before using sequence). CONTROL--X \ DELETE TRAILING WHITESPACE -- Deletes all trailing whitespace (all spaces and tabs that precede a carriage return with no intervening characters) throughout entire document. In order to set the tab spacing, the indent column and the fill column, type the ESCAPE key followed by the setting number followed by CONTROL--X followed by either (for setting the tab spacing), or by "." (for setting the indent column) or by "F" (to set the fill column). For example, numbering the columns from 0 through 79, the sequence " 15 CONTROL--X " will set tabs at columns 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75. NOTE: In order to set fill column for use entire 80 column screen, set fill at 78 (remember, columns are numbered 0 - 79), loosing the use of the last column which will be used for spaces between words. The "@SET" command can be used to set the page counter to a desired number, in order to start page numbering other than at 1. For example, to start page numbering at 14, place "@SET(page = 13)" on the first page (it will be incremented before being printed). In the explanatory pages NLS originally supplied with the Perfect software, there is some ambiguity about the commands ESCAPE..C and ESCAPE..K. To be clear, in Perfect WRITER, ESCAPE..K will delete from the cursor until the end of a sentence is reached (as given in the manual, page V-5). ESCAPE..C will capitalize the letter the cursor is on, or, if the cursor is on a space, it will cause the first letter of the next word to become capitalized. In either case, ESCAPE..C will place the cursor after the word with the capital letter (page VIII-6). The substitution of ESCAPE..C for ESCAPE..K is for Perfect CALC.