

                                     PICTRE
                                     ------
 
                           INSTRUCTIONS AND EXAMPLES
 
                               -General Comments-

               PICTRE is the poster program.  It's main design was for
          making  posters,  but  textual  material  can be typed in as
          well.  You will be inputting command statements.  A  command
          statement is of the form:
 
                    nsnsnsns...

               Where n is any legal BASIC PLUS number, provided it  is
          not  negative, (otherwise, you will get strange results) and
          s is any symbol you wish.

               PICTRE is so designed that it can be used by 'EDIT' and
          'HELPER', two programs that might prove useful.

               When  running  PICTRE,  the  program   generates   line
          numbers,  these correspond to the line number of your poster
          exactly.  For example, if you had created a picture file  of
          'SUPERM.DAT',  line  1  of  it would correspond to line 1 of
          your command file.  Your command file, which is  default  at
          'COMAND.DAT' looks like:
 
                    1) nsnsnsns....
                    2) nsnsnsns....
                    3) nsnsnsns....
                    .
                    .
                    .
                    X) nsnsnsns....

               Where nsnsnsns... is the command statement you type in,
          and  the  other numbers are the line numbers of your command
          file as well as your picture file.

               Say you typed in the following for line one:
 
                    1) !27 3$4!5#

               As a result, you would get  this  exact  line  in  your
          command    file,   'COMAND.DAT'   and   the   following   in
          'SUPERM.DAT':
 
                    !                           $$$!!!!#####

               One exclaimation point, 27 spaces, 3  dollar  signs,  4
          exclaimation  points, and 5 pound signs.  Notice that if you
          only have one symbol to  print,  you  need  only  type  that
          symbol,  PICTRE automatically assumes a value of one for it,
          and thus prints it only once.









                    
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                             -Running The Program-

               The first question PICTRE asks you is:
 
                    Do you want to continue a command file? [/H for help]

               You answer either YES, NO, or /HELP (Y,  N,  or  /H  is
          sufficient).  /HELP  gives you this text.  'NO' will proceed
          you onto the next section.  And 'YES' will cause  PICTRE  to
          enter  a  routine  which  will  allow  you  to  add  on to a
          previously created file.  For example, say you had  5  lines
          finished in your command file, 'COMAND.DAT':
 
                    1)
                    2) THIS IS A TEST
                    3)
                    4) !20 4$5%()
                    5)

               Notice that if you have a blank line to  print,  merely
          hit  the  carriage return at the approriate line.  The above
          would produce the following in 'SUPERM.DAT':
 
                    
                    THIS IS A TEST
                    
                    !                    $$$$%%%%%()
                    

               Now if you had answered 'YES' to the  question,  PICTRE
          would ask:
 
                    Enter command file name---

               Since your  command  file  name  was  'COMAND.DAT'  you
          merely  hit  carraige  return  here,  and  PICTRE  assumes a
          default value of 'COMAND.DAT'  as  the  command  file  name.
          Also,  if  you had typed in 'COMAN2', PICTRE would assume an
          extension of '.DAT', and use  that  as  your  command  file.
          After determining the file name, PICTRE would then print:
 
                    At which line---

               To which you respond with a number.  PICTRE deletes all
          lines  which occur after this number, (including the number)
          and begins numbering at this point.  So if you had typed  in
          '4',  PICTRE would delete lines 4 and 5, and would come back
          with:
 
                    4)

               And wait for you to input a command  statement.   Let's
          say you typed in the following:








                    
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                    4)
                    5) HERE I AM AGAIN...
                    6)
                    7)  27 NEAT EH?
                    8) ^C

               In order  to  exit  from  PICTRE,  you  merely  type  a
          Control-C  or  Control-Z combination, which is what was done
          at line 8.

               Your command file now contains the  new  material.   It
          looks like:
 
                    1)
                    2) THIS IS A TEST
                    3)
                    4)
                    5) HERE I AM AGAIN...
                    6)
                    7)  27 NEAT EH?

               Notice that the  line  at  whcih  you  typed  the  exit
          command is not included in your command file.

               If you had answered 'NO' to the first question,  PICTRE
          would then ask:
 
                    Do you have a command file to be printed?  (Y or N)

               You respond with either  'YES'  or  'NO'  (Y  or  N  is
          sufficient).  PICTRE  will do two different things depending
          on your answer, but it will  still  ask  the  same  question
          next:
 
                    Type in picture file name---

               If you had typed in 'YES' to question two, you would be
          signifying  that  you have a command file to be printed.  So
          if you typed 'YES', you would then be printing your  command
          file  command  statements  to  the file you specified in the
          next question.

               PICTRE has a feature which will allow you to output the
          results  of  your  command  file to your terminal or another
          unused terminal.  To do this you merely type in:
 
                    KB: or KBn:

               Where 'KB:' would output the results to your  terminal,
          or  'KBn:'  (n  is  any  terminal  number), would output the
          results to the terminal n, provided it is  not  being  used.
          PICTRE would then print:









                    
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                    Enter the name of the command file---

               To which you type in the name  of  your  command  file,
          again  the  default  name  is  'COMAND.DAT'  and the default
          extension is '.DAT'. After PICTRE is finished  printing  the
          command  file  to  the  picture  file  or keyboard (KB:) you
          specified, it prints 'Finished' and exits from the  program.

               If you had said 'NO' to  question  two  though,  PICTRE
          would  still  ask  for  your picture file name, but it would
          then be creating a command file for the first  time.   After
          typing the picture file name, PICTRE would then print:
 
                    Your command file will be 'COMAND.DAT'.  Now enter
                    Each line of programming, the number of  the  line
                    will appear to the right (^C to exit).
                    1)

               And wait for you to input  a  command  statement.   The
          command  statement  is  automatically executed and output to
          the picture file name you  specified.   Also,  your  command
          statement  is  printed  along with the line number and right
          paranthesis to your command file, 'COMAND.DAT'.
 
 
 
                            -Miscellaneous Remarks-

               After you have finished a command  file,  you  can  use
          'EDIT'  to  fix  a mistake (if you find one) in your command
          statement.  Then you can rerun PICTRE and using the printing
          option,  can reprint your fixed command file to the terminal
          (KB:  or KBn:) or another picture file.

               If you find you have a mistake  in  line  numbering  in
          your  command  file,  you can use 'HELPER' and renumber your
          command file at any starting point, and any increment  value
          you  wish.   However,  a  starting value of 1, and increment
          value of 1 is recommended  so  that  you  can  compare  your
          command  file  and your picture file line for line (in fact,
          you could lay them side by side).  Or you can leave it,  the
          line  numbers  are  of no importance, unless you wish to use
          them for future reference.


















           

















