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º WHAT IS "SEE"? º
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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SEE is a utility for viewing and printing text files up to 80 characters
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wide. It can also display hex files in a format that makes it easy for you
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to visually scan the file. SEE's small size and low price (i.e. FREE!)
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makes it ideal for inclusion with other software, so that the user can read
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the documentation files.
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SEE also lets you extract portions of text from the listing. The extracted
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portion can be copied to the printer or to a text file.
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º HOW TO USE "SEE" º
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ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸
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³ STARTING UP ³
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ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;
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At the DOS command prompt, enter SEE followed by the name of the file you
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want to read. For example:
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SEE MYFILE.TXT
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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WILDCARDS
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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If you specify a "DOS Wildcard", you will see a menu of file names that
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match. You can move the cursor to the file you want by using your arrow
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keys. Then press Enter to see the file.
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For example:
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SEE *.TXT
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would show you all files with the extension TXT.
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If you omit any file specification, SEE assumes you mean *.* so that the
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following command would let you select from all files in the current
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directory:
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SEE
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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CROSS-DIRECTORY VIEWING
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SEE normally looks for the files in your current drive and directory.
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However, you can have it look at another drive or directory by specifying
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the path name accordingly, as in this example:
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SEE D:\MYDIR\ACCOUNTS\PAYROLL.TXT
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MONOCHROME
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SEE can normally detect if you have a color display card or not, but no
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DOS program can detect if your monitor can actually display color. (Some
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people have color display cards with monochrome monitors) If SEE is
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displaying text in color and you want to force it to display in
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monochrome, add /M to the file specification. For example:
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SEE MYFILE.TXT /M
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This would display the file MYFILE.TXT in black and white.
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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QUICK HELP
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For a quick summary of SEE's functions, enter the following command at the
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DOS prompt:
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SEE /?
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This will display several help screens.
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If you are already viewing a file, you can press the F1 key to see the same
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screens.
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At the end of each screen you can press the spacebar to continue to the next
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screen, or press Esc to return to what you were doing (i.e. DOS prompt or
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viewing).
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ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸
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³ READING FILES ³
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ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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SCROLLING KEYS
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Once you have selected the file you want to read, you can scroll back and
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forth in the file a line at a time, using the arrow keys. You can also jump
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back and forth a screen at a time, using the PgUp and PgDn keys.
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The Home and End keys position the file to the beginning and end,
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respectively.
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The spacebar key moves forward one screen each time it is pressed. When you
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reach the end of the file, you are returned to the previous operation (i.e.
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the file selection menu, if you started SEE with DOS wildcards, or the DOS
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prompt otherwise).
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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THE L KEY ÄÄ Jump to a line
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The L key will ask you for a line number. It will then jump to that line,
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positioning it at the first line of the viewing area.
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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THE F KEY ÄÄ Find text
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The F key will ask you for a text string. If it finds that string in the
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file, it will jump there, highlighting the line the text is on. The line
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is positioned in the middle of the screen, if possible.
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To search for the same text again, press the F3 function key.
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For information about the function keys (sometimes called "The F Keys"), see
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the section entitled "The Function Keys", below.
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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THE C KEY ÄÄ Copy part or all of the file to printer or file
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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The C key sends a copy of the file (or part of it) to your printer, or to
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another file. See the section entitled "Copying" for details.
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While using the C feature, remember that the Esc key will always return you
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to your previous operation. If you were looking at the help screens, it
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returns you to the viewing window. If you were viewing text, it returns you
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to the file selection menu (if you started SEE with DOS wildcards) or the
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DOS prompt otherwise.
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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THE FUNCTION KEYS
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F 1 displays the help screens. See "Quick Help", above, for additional
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information about these screens.
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F 2 displays a "ruler" line, which lets you determine which column text
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starts and ends.
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F 3 repeats the last Find operation (see "The F Key", above).
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F 4 is not used.
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F 5 switches the display to 25 lines, in monochrome.
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F 6 switches the display to 25 lines, in color.
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F 7 switches the display to smaller letters, in monochrome, if you have the
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appropriate display card. If you have a CGA, Hercules or MCGA card,
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nothing will happen. If you have an EGA card, you will see 43 lines
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on your screen. A VGA display card will display 50 lines.
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F 8 does what the F7 key does, but uses color instead of monochrome.
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F 9 is not used.
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F10 is not used.
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º COPYING º
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When you are viewing a file and you press the C (Copy) key, SEE will ask
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you a few questions, then copy part (or all) of the file to the printer, or
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to another file.
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The questions let you specify:
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PORTION: Which part of the file (some, or all) should be copied.
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DESTINATION: Which printer you want to print to (LPT1, LPT2 etc.) or which
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file you want to copy to (e.g. SAVE.TXT). If the file already
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exists, you can overwrite it, or add to the end.
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The following two questions apply to printing only:
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CONVERSION: Whether to convert extended characters or not.
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FORM-FEED: Whether the printer should "page eject" after printing.
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The printer questions are discussed in more detail, below.
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NOTE: Before you start printing, make sure your printer is turned on,
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is supplied with paper, and that the "Online" light is lit. (On some
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printers, the Online light may be labelled "Ready", or something similar.
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Refer to your printer manual if you are not sure.)
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If at any time you wish to exit from the copying process, you can press the
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Esc key. If you were printing, you may have to turn your printer OFF for a
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moment, then ON again, to reset it and clear its memory.
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PRINTER DESTINATION
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When you are asked to select a printer destination, choose the address of
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the printer to which you are copying the text. You can choose any printer
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from LPT1 to LPT9. (It is very unusual to have a printer with an address
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higher than LPT2.)
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If you are not sure, select LPT1. Most PC-compatible computers have their
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printer at that address. Exception: if your computer is sharing the
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printer with other computers on a network, check with your network manager
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before proceeding.
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CONVERSION
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Many documents (such as this one) make use of the special characters that
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are available on IBM-PC compatible computers. Some printers, though
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(particularly older printers and very high speed printers), can not print
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these characters properly.
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If when you print, many of the characters come out wrong, you may have to
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have them "converted". The conversion process replaces these characters
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with a "reasonable" substitution before printing them. (Note that this
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affects only the printing; the document you are viewing is NOT changed.)
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For example, accented letters can not be printed on all printers. So an
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accented "e" would be printed simply as "e", with no accent. Line- drawing
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characters (for boxes) are also a problem for some printers. So the
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vertical line character is replaced with the standard "split bar" character,
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which looks almost the same.
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º MISCELLANEOUS NOTES º
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The SEE program reads the entire file into memory before beginning. On a
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system with a moderately heavy overhead of TSR's (pop-ups), you may have
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around 475K of free memory. This would allow you to view documents of up to
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225 pages (at 66 average lines per page). If the pages were packed
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extremely densely with long lines and very little blank space, this could be
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reduced to as little as 70 pages. In most cases, it is safe to assume that
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the typical user will have enough memory for at least 150 pages.
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NOTE TO PROGRAMMERS: Please remember that if you shell out from a program
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to call up SEE, the available memory may be much less than 475K.
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