; ; This is the initialization file for Lexa Text. It is a normal ASCII text ; file which you can edit with Lexa Text itself or any other text editor. ; Note that the programme only reads information from those ; lines which do NOT begin with a semi-colon. ; ; If you change any parameters then be very careful to keep ; to the pre-determined format as outlined in the comments below. ; ; Any file name may be preceded by a path specifier as in: ; D:\SOURCE\C_FILES\SPECIAL.LIN for the lines file. However, only enter ; the bare name of a file if you have also specified a File Directory ; (Item 3 below). A file name can be up to 40 characters, a numerical ; value 4 digits, in length. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 1: Name of Standard Directory to be used ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want to change directory on starting; ; You may change this directory when in the file manager by pressing Ctrl-F9): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 2: File template to be use for directory listing initially: ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want *.* as template): ; *.* ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 3: Name of File Directory where the following auxiliary files are ; located: ; ; (i) Word list file ; (ii) Alt macro file ; (iii) Lines file ; (iv) Text database with index ; (v) Header and footer files (if required for printing) ; ; (Leave this line empty if everything you need is in the current directory; ; You may change this directory when in the file manager by pressing Alt-F9): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 4: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 1 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 5: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 2 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 6: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 3 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 7: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 4 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 8: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 5 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 9: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 6 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 10: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 7 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 11: Name of file to be loaded into Text Area 8 ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want a file loaded): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 12: Name of Text Database to be consulted via Shift-F9: ; LTEXT.TDB ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 13: Name of Lines File to be consulted via Shift-F3: ; LTEXT.LIN ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 14: Name of Macro File to be read to supply settings for Alt+Letter: ; LTEXT.ALT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 15: Name of Word List File to be consulted via Ctrl-G: ; LTEXT.WDS ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 16: Line to begin display at (goto line # function) ; # = Line number ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 17: Number of spaces per tab ; 4 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 18: Resolve tabs to spaces when storing file to disk? ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 19: Show formatting automatically (tabs and line ends) ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; ; -> Information concerning file printing <- ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; ; Item 20: Which port to be used. ; 1 = 1st. parallel port; 2 = 2nd. parallel port ; ; Enter 0 to allow choice at beginning of print job! ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 21: Which printer to be used. ; 0 = Laser beam printer; 1 = Dot matrix printer; 2: Standard printer ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 22: Name of printer command file ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want to change the default, i.e. ; 12_ROMN.PCF for Laser Printers and DMP.PCF for Dot Matrix Printers) ; 12_ROMAN.PCF ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 23: Which font is to be used (depends on printer). ; ; Laser Beam Printers: ; ; 0 = Courier 10 cpi ; 1 = Courier 12 cpi ; 2 = Courier 16.6 cpi ; 3 = Times Roman Prop. ; 4 = Helvetica Prop. ; ; Dot Matrix Printers: ; ; 0 = Letter Quality 10 ; 1 = Letter Quality 12 ; 2 = Letter Quality 15 ; 3 = Draft Quality 10 ; 4 = Proportional Font ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 24: Print line numbers on left of page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 25: Print header on top of page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 26: Print header on first page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 27: Print footer on bottom of page? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 28: Name of header/footer file ; N.B. Only enter the name (without extension!) which is to apply to both ; header and footer file; Lexa Text automatically supplies the extensions ; ".hdr" and ".ftr" for headers and footers respectively; the appropriate ; files should be located in the Auxiliary File Directory. ; Enter XXX here to use the default header (see Item 105 below) ; XXX ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 29: Use two different headers? no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 30: Length of printed text page in lines ; # = no. of lines ; 9999 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 31: Number of printed lines per inch on page ; # = no. of lines (default = 6) ; 5 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 32: Block justify text on printing? ; 0 = No, 1 = Yes ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 33: Width of printed line (chars. or tenths of an inch, used if ; word wrap in ON and BASE FONT is proportional) 53 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 34: Size of top margin in lines (actual size depends on spacing) 8 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 35: Width of left margin ; # = no. of columns ; 11 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 36: String for selecting download font in printer: ; ; (N.B. String must be entered as ASCII numbers, each separated a single blank, ; Maximum number of encoded bytes: 24!) ; ; 27 38 01 ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 37: String for de-selecting download font in printer: ; ; (N.B. String must be entered as ASCII numbers, each separated a single blank, ; Maximum number of encoded bytes: 24!) ; ; 27 38 00 ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 38: Initial string to be sent to printer before print job ; ; (N.B. String must be entered as ASCII numbers, each separated a single blank, ; Maximum number of encoded bytes: 24!) ; ; 05 49 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 39: Initial page number (default is 1) ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 40: Redirect printer output ? (enter name of disk file!) ; ; (Leave this line empty if you do not want such redirection): ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 41: Required national date format ; ; Key: ; 0 = American (MM/DD/YYY) ; 1 = British (DD/MM/YYY) ; 2 = German (DD.MM.YYY) ; 3 = AlphaMonth (1 January 1995) ; 3 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 42: Word wrap text lines ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 43: Autoindent new lines ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 44: Split screen (View two texts simultaneously) ; ; 0 = Full screen (no split) ; 1 = Horizontal split ; 2 = Vertical 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 45: Name of external database ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 46: Name of report form file to use with above database ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 47: Use as file load key (instead of ) ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 48: Use Black on Grey for text display (instead of Grey on Blue) ; 1 = Yes; 0 = No ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 49: The interval in minutes at which loaded texts are to be saved (a ; text is only saved if it has been altered; the files are deposited in the ; Lexa Text home directory) ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 50: Number of files to automatically save. The legal values here are ; 1 - 20 (total number of files). If you specify 1 then only the text in area ; 1 is automatically saved. If you specify 2 then the first two are saved and ; so on. ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 51: Erase backup file(s) on exiting Lexa Text? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 52: No. for user font activation. This parameter has to do with VGA ; adapters which differ in certain respects. There are some which require ; 8 for the activation of a user font in an internal register and some which ; demand the figure 32. Try these two out. I'm afraid that if neither of these ; works, there is not much you can do. There may be the odd VGA adapter which ; is not 100% compatible with the industry standard and which does not support ; user defined fonts. ; 32 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 53: Name of font file with User Character Set ; Note: This must be in the Lexa Text home directory and should not contain ; any drive or directory information, i.e. do not enter a full path! ; Save the line empty if you do not want any special symbols. ; LTXT_CHR.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 54: For VGA 50-line 80 column display mode, type `1' ; For VGA 30-line 80 column display mode, type `2' (for some laptops) ; For VGA 30-line 90 column display mode, type `3' ; For default 25 lines by 80 columns, type `0' 3 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 55: Use VGA 50-line display mode ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 56: File to be imported directly on pressing Ctrl-Tab ; MY_TEXT.IMP ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 57: Call batch file on loading? (leave empty for none) ; ;GER_KEYB.BAT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 58: Name of text file to be loaded into WORD clipboard ; MY_TEXT.WCL ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 59: Name of text file to be loaded into LINE clipboard ; MY_TEXT.LCL ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 60: Name of programme to be loaded on pressing Alt-GreyMinus ; DBTXT.EXE ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 61: Name of programme to be loaded on pressing Alt-GreyPlus ; LF /I ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 61: Name of sorting and search file (.CEF file) ; ;HELSINKI.CEF ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 62: Use monochrome display irrespective of video hardware? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 63: Use single codes for formatting attributes? (saying 'no' will ; cause Lexa Text to use double codes; for user markup codes, specify a ; User Markup Codes file as the last item below). ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 64: Name of user font chart (activated with Alt-Space) ; LTXT_CHR.CHT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 65: Use screen saver when computer is idling? ; ; Note: A value of 0 means 'no'; a number represents the time interval after ; which the screen saver is to be activated ; 10 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 66: Name of programme used as screen saver ; Note: Entering _INT_SS will cause the internal screen saver to be used ; (no disk access required then, saves battery on a laptop) ; _INT_SS ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 67: Number of Base Font when printing with proportional fonts ; 1 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 68: Number of Line Draw Font when printing with proportional fonts ; 8 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 69: Name of file with spacing info for proportional printing ; 12_TBLS.LST ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 70: Initialize printer with default values at beginning of job? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 71: Adopt VGA colours from INI-file on loading? ; yes ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 72: Display clock in upper left corner? (default = yes) ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 73: Name of User Markup Codes File? ; ; Note. This option requires the presence of a file, a Lexa Text Markup File, ; in which the codes are specified which are to be used instead of the inbuilt ; codes of Lexa Text (see sample file). If you leave this line empty, it is ; assumed that you wish to use the default codes. ; RTF.MRK ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 74: Auotmatically load standard font for normal display? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 75: Name of standard font for 25-line display ; SANSERIF.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 76: Name of standard font for 50-line display ; SANS_8X8.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 77: Show file bar on bottom of screen constantly? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 78: Show less information on text screen? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 79: Use Shift + Vertical Arrows to mark text (rather than lines) ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 80: Name of batch file to load fonts to printer before printing text ; _ROMAN ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 81: Show line numbering on left of screen? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 82: Name of address database shown on pressing Shift-Back ; F:\DBS\ADDRESS\ADDRESS.DBF ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 83: Use large cursor form (change interactively with Alt-[) ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 84: Name of table with conversions for RTF format ; MAKE_RTF.TBL ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 85: Date format for directory listing ; (can be different from that for date insertion) ; 2 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 86: Show words buffer instead of tab ruler on top of screen? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 87: Name of second user font file ; EXT_FONT.VGA ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 88: Name of second user font chart (activated with Alt-Tilde) ; EXT_FONT.CHT ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 89: Use ASCII symbol as mouse cursor, enter number of symbol ; 0 = just reverse colour block 27 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 90: Use inverse colour for mouse cursor? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 91: Use bright display background (useful on laptops)? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 92: Name of programme to act as dictionary viewer ; (leave empty for default: DV.EXE) ; DV ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 93: Name of dictionary file to use with dictionary viewer DV.EXE ; LINGUA.DIC ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 94: Name of batch file list displayed on pressing ; LEXA.BFG ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 95: Character which signals a comment line for any loadable file ; (such as this initialisation file) and a line which will NOT ; be searched through in any retrieval operation. This character ; must be the first one in a comment line. Note that you must enter ; a backslash first and then the character itself. The character ; can be specified interactively by pressing Ctrl-F, then F8, F4. ; The default comment character is always a semi-colon. ; \; ASCII 59 i.e. semi-colon ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 96: Name of repository file for automatic storage of a text block ; Do not enter directory or drive here but with next parameter ; LEXA.HLD ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 97: Name of directory where repository file is stored ; C:\ ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 98: Display full information on Table of Contents caption? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 99: Use CAPITALS for display of level 1 in Table of Contents ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 100: Show how many levels in Table of Contents (legal values: 1-5) ; 4 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 101: Use colour display for how many levels? (legal values: 1-5) ; 4 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 102: Sound a short click with each keystroke? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 103: Display file column on right edge of screen? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 104: Use Ramdrive as repository for screen fonts and charts? ; If you enter a letter here, it is taken as that of the Ramdrive ; and Lexa Text will look for Items 53, 64, 75, 76, 87, 88 ; in the root directory of this drive. ; H ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 105: Name of standard header to be used is none other is specified ; This file is expected in the Auxiliary File Directory ; DEFAULT.HDR ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 106: Stuff a keystroke (Escape) into keyboard? This should stop a ; laptop from turning itself off if the time-out mechanism of ; your machine is determined by the keyboard buffer of DOS. ; Unfortunately this may not work for all laptop computers. ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 107: How often (in mins.) is a keyboard stuff necessary? Values ; between 1 and 30 are legal. ; 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 108: Name of file with correct spellings of various key words ; (consulted on pressing Ctrl-Alt-R). ; LINGUA.SPL ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 109: Print orientation ; ; 0 = Portrait mode (default setting) ; 1 = 2 columns per portrait page (newspaper style) ; 2 = Print sideways (landscape mode) ; 3 = Print half text on left, half on right (landscape mode) ; 4 = Switch left to right and right to left on alternate sheets 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 110: Print divider between two columns ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 111: Print two pages per sheet (only in conjuction with landscape) ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 112: Binding offset on right page with double-page sheet? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 113: Use graphics mode, if so what width of screen? ; ; 0 = Non-graphics mode ; 1 = 90 columns per line ; 2 = 106 columns per line 0 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 114: Use `screen frame'-type display? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 115: Show information on file when saving? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 116: Use a number of spaces for a tab character? ; no ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 117: Confirm the deletion of a marked block? ; yes ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 118: Allow Windows-style keystrokes (only applies to keypresses, NOT ; to menu selections) ; ; Windows Kwik Text Function ; ; Ctrl-S = Ctrl-F12 = Save text ; ; Ctrl-C = Return, F4 = Copy text TO buffer ; Ctrl-X = Bkspace, Ctrl-F4 = Move text TO buffer ; Ctrl-V = Alt-F12, Ctrl-X = Copy text FROM buffer ; ; Ctrl-Z = F6 = Retrieve deleted text ; ; Ctrl-R = Ctrl-E = Exchange (Replace) search string ; Ctrl-G = Ctrl-Home = Goto line ; ; Note that Ctrl-F is always activates the command for `Find string' ; yes ; ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Item 119: Name for data entry database ; (This is assumed to be in the programme directory if no path is given) ; STANDARD.DBF ; ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; P.S. Remember that the default name for the initialization file is ; LTEXT.INI. If you edit the present file and save it under a different ; name then you must specify this name on the command line when starting ; Lexa Text with initialization as in: ; ; ltext /i-special.ini ; ; This loads Lexa Text and initializes it with the values contained in the ; file "special.ini". ; ; Do not worry if you forget to enter the extension ".ini"; Lexa Text will ; supply it if it is not present. ; ; P.S. If you want to speed up the initialization procedure in Lexa Text, ; then remove all the comments (or at least reduce them) in the current file. ; This will save Lexa Text from reading these lines and then discarding them ; as they only represent comment. ; ; End of File ;^Z