Notes and Suggestions

you want to generate for which your keyboard has no keys. Or you may want ThinkTank’s text editing commands to be consis— tent with a word processor you’re accustomed to.

You can reconfigure ThinkTank’s command keys with the UTILITIES/KEYS command. The procedure is described in the

reference guide.

However, we recommend caution in reconfiguring Think—

Tank’s command keys. When we preconfigured ThinkTank to your computer, we carefully considered its special features and characteristics. If you reconfigure them, use the same care.

For example, suppose you have an Apple II computer, which has no up and down arrow keys. We have configured CTRL—Oand CTRL—Kto invoke these commands. You may think: “That doesn’t make sense; why don’t I reconfigure them to CTRL—U(for up) and CTRL—D(for down)?” There are problems with this solution. First, on the Apple II, pressing the right arrow key also generates the code CTRL—U; thus you would have two command keys generating the same ASCII code for two different commands! Second, CTRL-.Dis already in use for the editor’s DELETE command. If you use it for down arrow, you will have to find some other keystroke for DELETE.

This example illustrates that reconfiguring keystrokes is more complicated than it may seem. Consider the special features of your computer as well as the other uses of each keystroke. In particular, never reconfigure CARRIAGE RETURN or ESCAPE to a keystroke you can’t generate on your keyboard. (If you do, you won’t be able to load an outline, exit from ThinkTank, or restore the original configuration.)

To avoid potential problems, we recommend reconfiguring only your copy of the THINKTANK PROGRAM DISK. Leave the original, with its preconfigured command keys, intact so that you’ll always be certain of having a working copy.

Reconfiguring SHOW—MENU in the Paragraph Editor

In the paragraph editor, pressing the slash (“/”) key displays the EDIT Command Menu. If you want to insert-a slash in your text, you must enter INSERT mode first. This can be

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