Output of file : HELP16.GEN contained in archive :
BOOST4.ZIP
-1- F1 - Help page 2 Any other key - Return Quick Summary: F3-Status F5-Paintbrush F7-DOS F9-Create Box F10-Modify Box AltB-Change Background AltF-Change Foreground AltW-Write Screen to file AltR-Read Screen from file AltC-Clear Screen AltQ, AltX - Quit AltL-Large letters AltU-Ruler Create Box with F9, then grow/shrink with arrow keys. CR saves, ESC cancels. After pressing F9, press F2 to select new style from table. CR saves style, ESC cancels. Or: press S, then up/down arrows to change style. Modify box (or any rectangular area) by first pressing F10 at upper-left corner then one of the following at lower-right. CR saves, ESC cancels. A - change attributes using AltF (foreground), AltB (background) B - resize box using cursor keys C - copy box using cursor keys D - delete box (can't undo) M - move box using cursor keys S - change box style, using up & down cursor keys F2 - change box style, picking from ascii table -2- F1 - Help page 3 Any other key - Return F3 - Show Status (file name, screen number, allow updating with AltW) F5 - Paint the Screen. CR saves painted areas, ESC discards painting. After activating with F5, select a background color with AltB or a foreground attribute with AltF. Press F2 to select character to propagate. Paint screen with arrow keys. Press F2 again to toggle character propagation off. BKSP, SPACE, Home, PgUp, PgDn, End, Ctrl-Right Arrow, Ctrl-Left Arrow move cursor without painting. F7 - Exit to DOS command processor. Type 'Exit' to return to ScrGen. AltB - Change background color of screen. ScrGen takes color at current cursor position and changes every occurrence to color selected. AltF - Change foreground attributes of characters. Selected attribute replaces all attributes that match the one at cursor position. AltL - Typing produces 8x8 characters. Ctrl-S toggles shadows on and off. CR saves, ESC cancels. Current background is preserved. -3- F1 - Help page 1 Any other key - Return AltU - Display crosshairs ruler, which can be moved with cursor keys. Leave marks on the screen with key presses. CR saves marks, ESC discards. Cursor Control The four corners of the keypad take you to the four corners of the screen. CR moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line. Arrow keys move one position in direction of arrow. Ctrl ÄÄ and Ctrl ÄÄ advance the cursor to the next change in foreground or background. Command Line Option: ScrGen <ScreenFile ScreenNumber> Optionally specify a screen file and screen number as a command line paramter. E.g., ScrGen Help16.Gen 2 loads screen 2 of Help16.Gen at startup. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ W W³ ²N²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N ³ g g W W³ ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ³ g g W W³ ²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N ²N²N ²N²N²N ²N²N ²N²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N²N ³ g g W W³ ²N²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ³ g g W W³ ²N²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ³ g g W W³ ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ³ g g W W³ ²N²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N²N ²N²N²N²N ²N²N ²N²N ³ g g W W³ ³ g g W W³ A Screen Generator ³ g g W W³ by ³ g g W W³ George F. Smith ³ g g W W³ v1.6 ³ g g W W³ ³ g g W WÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ F1 - Help ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ g g W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
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