WSKEYS.THD --- Copyright 1988 by Phil Wheeler An original compilation of Compuserve Model 100 Forum messages for use by Forum members only. The Model 100/200 keyboard takes a fair stab at emulating the Wordstar keystrokes, at least for the famous "Wordstar diamond" (^E, ^X, ^S, ^D for cursor movement). These messages deal with the question of obtaining a more complete emulation, specifically using Supera for the Model 100. Message range: 171939 to 172107 Dates: 7/22/88 to 7/26/88 Sb: #SUPERA/WordStar? Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: All Has anyone used the SUPERA program for the model 100? I'm wondering if it would permit you to redefine the keyboard to better emulate WordStar's layout. Of course the model 100 has a pretty fair set of WordStar editing keys already, but I do miss the CTRL+T option to delete a word forward. Could SUPERA be used to define this? Fm: Wilson Van Alst 76576,2735 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 It has been a long time since I've played with Supera, but I don't think it (at least the version I had) does quite what you want. You can use Supera to create the macro (combined-key functions) you mentioned; but I believe access to a Supera macro is with +, rather than +. It'd still be easier than +,+,+,, but it wouldn't be a direct translation of the Wordstar keystrokes. Fm: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 SUPERA gives you a key combo of GRAPH CTRL F that deletes the word to the right of the cursor. Be dat what you need? Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 Well...nep. Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: All For what it's worth, here is a list of WordStar-like commands on the model 100 -------------------------------------- CTRL+A=word left CTRL+S=character left CTRL+D=character right CTRL+F=word right CTRL+Q=start of line (left side) CTRL+R=end of line (right side) CTRL+E=line up CTRL+X=line down CTRL+T=top of screen (page up) CTRL+B=bottom of screen (page down) CTRL+W=top of file CTRL+Z=bottom of file CTRL+L=begin selecting text CTRL+U=delete selected text CTRL+I=tab CTRL+H=backspace CTRL+M=Enter CTRL+Y=Print CTRL+N=Find CTRL+V=Load CTRL+G=Save CTRL+C=cancel a command CTRL+[+[=MENU -------------------------------------- These are all the keyboard shortcuts I have discovered thus far. I have yet to find a shortcut for the COPY and PASTE commands. Fm: Phil Wheeler 71266,125 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 See manual (M100), p. 60. Copy=CTRL+O; don 't see paste. Fm: Alan Rowberg 76703,4421 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 I think copy and paste are the rub. Supera uses ^J for paste and I am not sure about the copy. It also gives you a better search and replace, overstrike, capitalization toggle and many other helps. Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: Alan Rowberg 76703,4421 My Cleuseau rom also takes over many of the same CTRL+ key combinations. Cleuseau provides most of the text enhancements that I believe are in Supera, which is why I've held off getting it. Does it conflict with things like the TPDD program? Or is it well-behaved? Fm: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 Nep? nep? what is "nep". ...Dave Fm: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 You could also program a macro key to do what you want. Fm: Joe B. 72527,1246 To: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 Is Wordstar available on a ROM chip that would fit into the Booster Pack? Might be a useful addition for me! Fm: Joe B. 72527,1246 To: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 Can you give me a hint on where to find a primer on "macros?" Fm: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 To: Joe B. 72527,1246 SUPERA is it! It adds alot of really nice features to the M100, like typeover ect. ...Dave Fm: Stan Wong 70346,1267 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 I don't anything about SUPERA but I am finishing up a m/l program which gives you most of the cursor control and deletion commands such as ctrl-T. Might you be interested in a beta-test copy? I don't quite have it all there yet but I have been using it myself off and on for a couple of months. I don't get any more cold starts so it seems to be solid. Let me know. Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 Forgive me. I was trying to respond to your message in a similar idiom. "Nep" was meant to convey "Nope", in that your key combo suggestion wasn't quite what I was looking for. I've been rethinking the CTRL+key command layout on the model 100, and have decided in some ways it is superior to WordStar. Where WordStar forces you to his CTRL+Q+D to move to the right end of a line, the model 100 can do it with CTRL+R. And to jump to the bottom of a file WordStar wants CTRL+Q+C whereas the model 100 can take CTRL+Z. One can use the cursor keys, of course, but it seems faster to me to use the CTRL key. I wish I had explored all these CTRL key combos years ago. Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 That's true. From what I've read and heard, Supera is comparable to SuperKey on DOS machines. Do you know if Supera will conflict with the Booster Pac? I'm close to talking myself into buying one. Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: Stan Wong 70346,1267 YOU BETCHA I'd be interested in a betatest copy! Thanks and doubly thanks! I've been playing with an NEC 8500 for several months now that I got at the close-out price ($200), and it nearly weaned me off my model 102. But I finally decided that there is very little the 102 can't do which the NEC can. What sunk the NEC for me is lack of a built-in language. WordStar in rom is great, but since you can't turn off the creation of .BAK files you quickly run into memory limits. 32K of storage (without a ram cartridge) is comparable to the Tandy 102, but it really means that one can only edit files 16K or less. The 102 is much more accomodating. So I eagerly look forward to your hot off the press m/l creation, and will give it a thorough test. Fm: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 Yes, they are very handy. Fm: C. Davey Utter 70055,522 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 It is one of those programs (ML) thta loads i low memory. I don't know much about the booster pack but it should work. SUPERA is a program I could not get along without. Fm: Denny Thomas 76701,40 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 Supera would most likely conflict with the BP. I know that POWR-DOS locks solid and it usually pretty passive. I can try it out, though, and let you know. Fm: Bill Brandon [DPTRAIN] 76701,256 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 Scott, I xeroxed the CTRL key combo chart out of the Quick Reference Guide, p. 4, using the copier's reducing feature to "shrink"it to just larger than the Radio Shack logo plate on the front of the machine. A piece of plastic laminating material (the self-adhesive kind you can buy in dime stores) just larger than *that* sheet holds the whole thing over the plate where it is convenient to refer to in use. (It also raises one's credibility somewhat by removing the RS logo from view of clients - as a fellow consultant, perhaps that feature alone will make it worth the slight trouble to run down to your local M.E.Moses to get the plastic!) Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: Bill Brandon [DPTRAIN] 76701,256 About your idea of affixing all the WS codes over the Tandy logo: I love it! I too have taken a fair amount of ribbing about using an "Etch-a- Sketch" on my desk. I even went so far as to buy a real Etcha-sketch to leave on my desk to folks in the office could tell them apart. Actually, my "discovery" of the WS key combos makes another MS-DOS software package suddenly more useful: Sigea System's Telecommuter. It emulates the model 100 right down to the toenails , and includes all the CTRL key pairs. That's a good thing, because Telecommuter doesn't work that well with the 101-key extended keyboard on my XT clone. Now I can use the CTRL key combos there as well and have the best of all worlds. Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: Joe B. 72527,1246 [Wordstar on a Chip] would be a useful addition for me too! But since it isn't available, you can take heart that most of the CTRL+key editing commands are already in the M100. I uploaded a list here somewhere... Fm: Bill Brandon [DPTRAIN] 76701,256 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 I started using the CTRL-key combinations to save my cursor keys, at least that was the original idea. Then I discovered how much faster things went by using CTRL-whatever than using the little switches across the top: touch-typing rediscovered! Unfortunately it seems many software developers have chosen to overlook their convenience; most commercial programs just ignore them at best, or get unruly at worst. Fm: Stan Wong 70346,1267 To: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 I'd be glad to send you a copy of my program as soon as several things happen. One, I need to create a Basic loader program. I know lots of software is distributed this way but I'll have to look in the LIBs to figure out how. Two, I ran across a couple of bugs that need swatting. Three, my wife and I are expecting a child which is due anytime now. Today is actually the due day but who knows when the kid will actually arrive. Remember, what I have programmed is not Wordstar. I've just implemented some of the cursor control movements, mostly the ^Q commands along with the common deletion commands such as ^G, ^T, and ^Y. If I can get the Basic loader figured out, where in memory do you want this thing to start loading? (The Basic loaders I've seen give you a choice of a user specified address or just below HIMEM). Fm: SCOTT T. SCHAD 73720,1166 To: Stan Wong 70346,1267 My only concern is that it would be nice to have your WS command program nicely coexist with the Booster Pac I just ordered. It ought to get here this week, so I should have a better idea just what to tell you in a little while. Relax and attend to your most immediate duties just now...I bet you're going to have your hands full shortly! See my Email note about your NEC 8500.