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- Description of the MAIN screen of PC-Hypertext
- ==============================================
-
- The MAIN screen of PC-Hypertext appears when you load the program or press
- the ESC (escape) key. The purpose of this screen is to:
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ - Show you your location in the hypertext network │
- │ - Show you the choices of subtopic to select │
- │ - Show you the system commands that you can select │
- │ - Show you the status of the system │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Before describing each of these items, the various areas of the display
- are:
-
- Smaller left box Displays the current topic. The highlighted number in
- ================ the upper left corner is the node number in the current
- network file.
-
- Larger right box Displays the topic selection cursor as well as topics
- ================ listed for selection. The cursor topic is highlighted.
-
- Listed commands The available systems commands are listed in two rows
- =============== below the two boxes. The current command is
- highlighted.
-
- Other lines The top and bottom text lines on the screen display
- =========== the status of file, memory, and selected settings of the
- PC-Hypertext program. The second line from the bottom of
- the screen displays messages, prompts, and command
- descriptions.
-
- With that, I can tell you about the systems. For example:
-
- What is your location in the network?
- Your location is specified by one or more of the
- following three items -- filename, current topic, and
- current cursor position.
-
- What are the subtopics you can select?
- You can move the cursor topic (in the right box) by
- pressing the Up/Down Arrow, PgUp/PgDn, Home/End keys,
- by entering a desired topic number.
-
- You can control the text displayed by pressing the F2
- key which toggles between displaying the 1st text line
- or all text lines of each topic.
-
- What are the commands you can select?
- The display lists eight system commands. Press the
- spacebar or 1st letter to select a desired command.
-
- The available keyboard commands are not displayed. Press
- the F1 key to see the available keyboard commands at any
- point in the program.
-
- Neil Larson 1/16/88 GUIDE1
- 44 Rincon Rd., Kensington, CA 94707
- Copyright MaxThink 1988 -- Call 415-428-0104 for permission to reprint
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