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From: bruceb@amiga.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Screen width for 'ED'
Message-ID: <303@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 23:38:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 20 23:38:00 1985
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In article <2908@vax4.fluke.UUCP> star@fluke.UUCP (David Whitlock) writes:
>Subject:		Just a few Questions
>TO:			bobp@amiga.UUCP
>
>Anywho... I have a few simple questions.
>
>
>1.	When listing out to my printer, a Panasonic KX-P1093, I can't get a
>	full line of code.  An Example is the "MAKE" file on the Lattice C
>	disk.  When using 'ED', any code that expands beyond the screen width
>	is truncated to the next line.  This is exactly what appears on my
>	printer.  Any clues?  I've tried just about everything.

	Have you tried setting preferences margins (L & R) to 1 and 80,
	or if your printer will handle it 1 and 132, ..  Then SAVE and
	REBOOT (V1.0 has a bug such that it doen not allways pick up
	printer changes without a save and boot.  Fixed for V1.1
>
>2.	How would you get a 'DIR opt a' listing to "prt:".  If I say
>	"DIR > prt:" no sweat... but "DIR opt a > prt:" returns an error.

	This is not intended as a flame, but as a warning to others...
	YOU MUST READ YOUR AmigaDOS Manual CAREFULLY!!!  Page 3 of 
	chapter 2 talks about the "<" and ">" commands (sic).  The 
	definition of these is given as:

		COMMAND [> ToFile] [< FromFile] [arg1 arg2 ...]

	It means what it says... do not try to out think it by using Unix
	syntax.  The ">" and "<" options MUST be specified between the
	command and its arguments.  Therefore the answer to your question
	is:
		DIR > PRT: OPT A
	(Simple, once someone has told you.)

>3.	Is there any way to have 80 colums appear on the screen using 'ED'.
>	I probably know the answer... but I am so use to a 80 terminal, that
>	60+ colums is difficult to swallow.  Also, I noted that 'SCREENS' will
>	not allow 80 colums either,  one solution would be to use a different
>	font and higher resolution, but I haven't mastered that technique yet.

	Again I would suggest you use preferences to see if it will fix this
	problem.  Select the 80 column gadget about two-thirds of the way
	down the left hand side of the screen.  Looks like:
		Text [60]  [80]		Select 80, again SAVE and boot
	ED will now display 77 characters per line.  You may also want to
	set the right hand margin to 80 (90?, 120??) by typing:
		<Esc>SR 80 <RETURN>
	every time you enter ED.  This will eliminate the "auto word wrap"
	at about column 75.  ED will NOT display the entier line if it
	is wider than the window.... so ... any thing that shows up in the
	second line IS the second line.

	I usually do not bother settiny the right hand margin.  ED only 
	wraps as you type over the right margin for the first time (per
	line) so I've gotten used to typing:
		<up-arrow><CTRL-]><space><Esc><J><RETURN>
	This re connects the line and makes it the way I wanted in the
	first place.

	Best of luck in your explorations....
	
	Bruce Barrett