Gemini User’s Manual

After typing your text, you may go either to the second menu, which will permit you to print your text, or to the third menu where you may send Escape or control codes to the printer for special characters or effects. It is not necessary to type the entire ASCII codes. Instead, you have the option of selecting “ESC”or “CHR$“. For example, if you wish to send CHR$(27); “W”;CHR!$(l); to the printer for printing of wide characters, you simply need to seiect the “ESC”option and type “Wl” and then hit c CR>, and the code will be sent to the printer. After sending the codes, you may gc back to the 2nd menu and print your text again.

The following is a listing of the commands:

CONTROL COMMANDS FOR THE “DO-IT-YOURSELF” WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM (SHOWN IN FIGURE 5-4)

1st MENU

A P = gets you to the 2nd command level

AD = deletes the character to the left of the cursor

AR = restart: clears the screen and lets you type a new text *E = exits the program

2nd MENU

P = prints your text

C = gets you to the 3rd command level

R = returns you to the 1st print level

3rd MENU

E(ESC) = lets you send ESC code with an abbreviated command

C(CHR$) = lets you send a control code with an abbreviated command

R = returns you to the 2nd level

These commands may vary if you are not using an IBM-PC, but the effects will be the same. For further explanation of the program variations, please refer to the computer-specific appendices at the back of this manual.

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