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Date: Thu, 5-Mar-87 10:05:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  5 10:05:00 1987
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To Tak
(tried to send direct but couldn't get through)

Yeah I remeber you. Things have been busy busy busy at work
(I am on csnet courtesy of Mr. Vax).

Apple writer works fine now. I have used it to do a mailing 
list for my wife's business, and I am 5 chapters into a book
that I am writing.  I also plan to use it for creating
help screens for a graphics utility that I am writing...

Here's a Apple writer ][ tip if you have an IBM compatable
printer...

the apple writer ][ lets you create a glossary file which
once called in defines cntrl-G <character> as whatever
you want.  This Glossary file is merely a text file
created by applewriter ][.

ie if your glossary file looked like:



aApplewriter
b is a neat program.



the after bringing it in as the glossary file
(by cntrl-Q 5 <filename>),
hitting cntrl-Ga and cnrtl-Gb will get you
"Applewriter is a neat program."

the application?

define letters as the control and escape sequences
needed for the printer to underline, bold, overstrike,
etc. (escape and control characters can be entered in
cnrtl-v mode.)

for example--

if escape-a was start underline (which it's not by the way)
and escape-b was stop underline and if your Glossary file
looked like:


u<escape>a
U<escape>b


then after your glossary file is brought in, cntrl-G-u
will start underline and cntrl-G-U will stop underline.

The correct sequences should be in your printer manual...

the only limitation?  fill justify does not notice the
relative lack of spacing for the non-ascii characters...

but for Quick-and-Dirty printer razzle-dazzle it can't be beat

           Craig Roll
>           (hope the messages gets through)
             but it didn't