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                                         Dave Dennen: SYSOP

     tDoodle 1.0 was designed for sysops to simplify the tedious task of
creating color text display using ANSI codes. Because of this, there are only
79 available columns across, and 22 up-and-down. In addition, DOS version 2.00
or greater must be in use, as well as ANSI.SYS.

     To get started, type "tDoodle" and press RET. You may also specify one of
the files you want to edit by entering it after the command "tDoodle" as in
"tDoodle a:\text\file.dat".

     When you first enter tDoodle, you will be in the entry mode. The entry
mode is where you do all of the editing to the screen. The other mode is the
COMMAND mode, where you can execute all sorts of non-entry type functions.

While in the entry mode, the following keys have the following actions:

     RET       Go down one line and all the way to the first column
     BKSP      Go back one column
     u d r l   Move about the screen
     HOME      Go to line 1, column 1
     END       Go to line 22, column 1
     INS       Insert a space at the current cursor position
     DEL       DELete the character under the cursor
     ESC       Toggle over to the COMMAND mode
     TAB       Skip to the next eigth column

     All of the above keys which are involved in cursor movement are subject to
wrap-around. Wrap-around is what happens when the cursor goes off the edge of
the screen and "wraps around" to the other side.

The function keys F1-F10 have the following definitions:

     F1   Box       Set the current box-pad mode
                    There are four "Box" modes. The "BOX" indicator on the
                    status line shows which of the four modes in activated (if
                    any). Boxes may be drawn in four different formations:

                         Ú Â ¿         É Ë »       Õ Ñ ¸       Ö Ò ·
                               ³             º           ³           º
                         Ã Å ´         Ì Î ¹       Æ Ø µ       Ç × ¶
                               Ä             Í           Í           Ä
                         À Á Ù         È Ê ¼       Ô Ï ¾       Ó Ð ½

                    Each of the pieces is arranged on the following grid:

                          Q W E           The horziontal bar is made with "\"
                          A S D           The vertical bar, with "-"
                          Z X C           The space bar works normally

                    If no box mode is selected a T will appear after "BOX"
                    Otherwise, the center cross of the current box formation
                    will be shown there. The box modes are identical to text
                    mode in all ways, except that only box pieces can be
                    entered from the keyboard.

     F2   GetClr    Set the "Current Attribute" to what's under cursor
                    The "Current Attribute" is the color combonation you have
                    selected. It includes the foreground, background, and
                    bright and blinking attributes. All of these are displayed
                    ON the words "Current Attribute" on the Status Line. The
                    CA can be set explicitly in the command mode.

     F3   Revers    Reverse the "Current Attribute"
                    The foreground/background attributes of the CA are
                    swapped.

     F4   Mode      Set the display mode
                    When text is put onto the screen normally, both the text
                    and an attribute (usually the CA) are put on the screen.
                    However, there are cases where you may only want to put
                    down text OR color, but not both. F4 allows three
                    different modes of display to be used: Paint, for putting
                    only color; Text, for putting only text; and Both, for
                    putting both text and color-- Both is the Default
                         Note that any funtion in the ENTRY mode which
                    displays anything is subject to MODE changes, including
                    PASTE (F8), INS, DEL, and the BOX modes (F1).

     F5   SayClr    Show the attribute under the cursor in text
                    This feature was designed for the monochrome crowd. If the
                    cursor is sitting on a green "V" on a blue background with
                    the "V" blinking, hitting F5 will make tDoodle respond
                    with "Blinking Green on Blue".

     F6   Swap      Swap between the two editing screens
                    One of two editing screens may be displayed, allowing
                    simple cut and paste operations between them.

     F7   Cut       Pick up a block of the screen
                    Using the arrows, the block (displayed in inverse video)
                    is selected. The starting place for the block is where you
                    pressed F7. It is normal for all of the attributes to
                    disappear when you push F7-- the will reappear when you
                    leave the function.

     F8   Paste     Put down a block of text gotten with F7
                    The block picked up with F7 is put at the current cursor
                    postion. The way it is put down is determined by MODE.

     F9   Undo      Undo screen modifications to a certain point
                    The screen is saved before F7 (CUT), F8 (PASTE) and ESC 
                    (COMMAND mode). It may be restored to the state it was in
                    at the time of the last one of these keystrokes.

     F10  Macros    Self-explanatory


While in the COMMAND mode, you have the following single letter commands at 
your disposal:

     ESC  Go back to the ENTRY mode

     C    Set the Current Attribute (Colors)

     F    Flip the two screens.

     L    Load a file for editing to current screen
          See DOS manual for valid filespec information.

     Q    Quit tDoodle

     R    Replace colors/text with new colors/text (not yet implemented)

     S    Save current screen to file

     W    Wipe out screen
          You may choose among text, attributes, or both.

Good Luck and Happy drawing!

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