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** The Beginners Tutor - By Me.
Before we begin I will attempt to explain abit about this manual@
The lines of text starting with a ' * '@ Should be read by you. Just
Below this follows a blank empty space. This is where you will enter
in the command. At the end of the tutor you should have quite a program
starting to build up. Remember to MOVE the CURSOR@ DOWN to the BLANK SPACES.
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*
* EXAMPLE 1 - How to Load a Picture into Memory.
* Ok Lets Load a picture into Memory
* Type in ' picture in pictures/keyboard ' - Don't Forget [ ENTER ]
*
* Done that ?@ Good !. This loads in a picture called KEYBOARD found
* in the directory PICTURES.
* Lets Have a sneaky look !@ Move the Cross-Hairs To the menu bar PREV &
* Click with the left mouse button@ REMEMBER TO CLICK AGAIN TO EXIT !!!
< Move cursor to bottom of screen@ or CTRL < @ >
* You can load any picture into P.&.C@ BUT it MUST BE in the 32 colour
* Lowres mode ( 320 x 200 ). All good Art packages support this mode@ and
* besides it's the most colourful..
*
* Ok@ Now lets open up a window on top of the picture@ any windows you open
* will automatically save whats under them.
* You can have between 1 and 5 windows of any colour.
* Lets start off by Selecting a colour@ Type ' window colour ' [ ENTER ].
* BEFORE DOING THIS READ ON - once you have done this a palette of colours
* will appear on the screen@ click the colour you wish to have.
*
* Right@ Time to open a window. ' open window 1 ' - BEFORE THIS READ ON
* The computer will now display 2 Lines on the screen@ this will represent
* the top left corner of your window. When you are at the desired place
* click the mouse@ Repeat the process but for the bottom right corner.
*
* As if by Magic the command OPEN WINDOW 1 has changed to SET WINDOW@
* Don't worry P.&.C will frequently change its commands to suit it's self.
< You should know the score by now !@ < or >
* Lets make life a little more exciting and put some text on to the screen
* Now normally in most languages you would have to type something like -
* locate 13@21:print "Hello"@ But Not with P.&.C. The only command you use
* is ' text '. DON'T DO IT YET - READ ON FIRST !!
* When you have typed in the command@ ( After pressing Enter of course )
* the following will take place...
* 1 ) The Screen will clear to display your picture.
* 2 ) Move The Cursor into the window@ to where you want the text to go.
* 3 ) Click the mouse key. This will position the text on the screen.
* 4 ) Enter in the Text You want@ Pressing ENTER will Bring the cursor
* the cursor one line down. ( Just like a word Processor !!! )
* 5 ) Once you have entered all you want to. Press the ESCAPE key to bring
* Back the Editor
* IMPORTANT - The background colour will be drawn in the window colour.
* ( This means it was set to the window colour - to change the colour if
* you wanted to@ you would have to use the command ' window colour ' again.
* DON'T worry if the above makes no sence@ find out for yourself PLAY AROUND
* We won't be entering the ' text ' command on this page because it needs
* abit of room@ so go to the next page@ AND READ FIRST.....
*
* Well go on then@ chop-chop@ next page please...
* Ok@ Time to type in the command ' text '@ but don't write too much just
* a few lines.
* Done that !@ Now if you wanted you could have changed the pen colour using
* the command ' pen '. Have a go@ type ' pen '@ & choose your colour.
* Type ' window colour ' and select black@ so that the background will be in
* Black. Right now try the ' text ' again.
* Easy !!!@ So far you have learnt 5 commands@ Not Bad !!!.
*
* Next Page Please !!
* Can you remember the commands@ I Hope so. Here's a Re-Cap :-
*
* Picture In NAME - Load NAME into memory.
*
* Window Colour - Selects a windows colour@ and the text background colour.
*
* Open Window NUMBER - Opens a window.
*
* Pen - Selects the ink colour for all the text.
*
* Text - Writes some text onto the screen.
*
* By Now you should have quit a program building up@ Hopefully it should
* look like the DEMOS/PICTURE program which you can load later.
* Try quiting the program now and just playing around@ it's the best way
* to learn.
*
* If you want to continue with the lesson@ you will need to QUIT and
* LOAD the file TUTOR2