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                    INDEX OF FEATURES RELATED TO WORDSTAR

[  THE KAY*FOG RBBS  |  KEYSTOWS.ART  |  publishe  22/12/8  ]

              KEYS TO WORDSTAR:  The Use of Macros
                         by Dick Ezzard
                       Copyright (C) 1985


__________INTRODUCTION__________

WHY USE MACRO COMMANDS?

     Macro mak WordSta int  muc mor powerfu too tha mos peopl 
realize  T spee u you tex editin automat string o WordSta 
command wit  keyboar enhance suc a Xtra-Key SmartKey ProKey 
ManyKey QuikKey SuperKe o th publi domai FK.COM  The th touc o 
 singl ke ca cascad severa WordSta commands speedin u th 
performanc o som desirabl proces whic woul b slo an cumbersom i 
yo ha t ente eac comman separately  (Th WordSta comman buffe ca 
receiv an stor  numbe o command faste tha an huma ca type.  

     Accurac i a importan benefit pre-se string o command 
eliminat typographica error whe keying-i comple sequence -- n smal 
advantag sinc mistake mad whe enterin comple WordSta command ca 
damag importan files.

     Whil th numbe o potentia combination i astronomical you'l 
probabl com u wit  smal se o favorite tha yo kno wel an us 
often  ɠ kee thes tool i "sets whic ar appropriat t particula 
kind o activities on se fo us durin hig spee tex entry anothe 
se fo editin existin text   fin especiall usefu  se  us fo 
re-arrangin mishmash text files.  

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

     I additio t macros ther ar tw mor way t supercharg 
WordStar Usin  ra disk an eliminatin som o WordStar' files  Bot 
ar discusse below.

MACRO OVERVIEW

     Let's take a look at some of my favorite macro types:

 Tex entr key (reversin tw transpose letters fetchin specia rule 
  lines deletin  wor t th left);

 Editin key use whe traversin  fil (jumpin curso t th nex 
 paragraph jumpin  give numbe o lines jumpin  give numbe o 
 paragraphs);

 Massiv deletion (delet fro curso t beginnin o file delet fro 
 curso t en o file delet t en o paragraph delet t beginnin o 
 paragraph delet  bloc wit retrieva option);

 Re-arrangin tex (mar curren sentenc a  block mar paragrap a  
 block mov bloc t curso an swap mov lin t en o file mov bloc 
 t en o file instal severa sortin bins mov bloc t bin);

* Indexing a file (copy line to end of file, copy block to top of file);

* Multiple file editing (view another file, add a note to another file);

 Othe editin aid (ta marke bloc fo late re-marking re-mar  
  tagge block)

 Miscellaneou key (remov ghos line fro screen prin marke block 
 remov carriag return no followe b lin feeds);

* Formatting keys (re-form current paragraph, underline a single word);

 Finally superchargin WordStar Usin  ramdis t ge th mos ou o 
 thes macros eliminatin WordStar' WSMSGS.OVR MAILMERG.OV overlays 
 an removin WS.CO t mak spac o  disk.

__________TEXT ENTRY KEYS__________

REVERSE TWO TRANSPOSED LETTERS     ^Kk^S^Kb^S^Kv^Kh

     Thi reverse tw letter entere i transpose fashion  commo 
occurrence  Fo example i yo typ th sequenc teh yo ca us thi 
ke t correc i t "the. I ma b usefu durin hig spee tex entr 
i thi i on o you commo mistakes  However i i probabl mor 
troubl tha i i wort sinc i require tha yo positio th curso 
carefull jus t th righ o th tw transpose letters  

     The quickest ways to correct errors detected during text entry: 

     I yo ar stil i th wor wher th erro occurred us you 
deletin backspac t eras bac t th erro i an retyp th error  

     I th erro i severa word bac o th sam line us ^ t jum 
bac t th beginnin o th wor whic contain th 
error the retyp th whol wor (unles i i  monste lik Brzenisk o 
something insertin i i fron o th error the us ^ t delet th 
wor wit th error  

     I yo notic a erro bac furthe o you screen le i g til yo 
g throug o you proo read  Especiall i yo ar goin t d  spel 
chec anyway  

FETCH SPECIAL RULER LINES          ^Qs^Kb<CR>^KK^Qb^KrR<CR>

 Thi bab mark  tin empt block the read i  fil calle  whic i 
wher yo kee formattin stuf lik specia rule lines  Thi i ver 
usefu t peopl wh hav t adjus thei tab an margi setting often 
lik script-writer an peopl wh mak u highl formatte table an 
lists  Als usefu i yo edi directl o dat bas file whic hav t 
lin up  

     You collectio o rule line come i a  marke block  Plac th 
curso o th exampl rule lin o you choic an d ^O t rese you 
margin an tabs  The d ^K t eras th rule lin collectio ou o 
you curren fil unti yo nee 'e again  

DELETE WORD LEFT         ^A^T

     Anothe erro correcto fo us durin tex entry  Wil "ea up 
word t th left a man time a yo hi it  I yo wan t star ove 
jus  littl wa back come i handy  


__________EDITING KEYS__________

JUMP CURSOR TO NEXT PARAGRAPH       ^Qf^N^N<CR><CR>

     Thi actuall doe  fin o tw cr/l lin ending i  row s i 
jump t th nex paragrap onl i you standar forma i t includ  
blan lin betwee paragraphs  A  matte o polic i i quit usefu t 
standardiz  forma fo you ow "manuscript files t wor i conjun
ctio wit  collectio o specia functio keys  Postpon matter o 
formattin fo printin unti th las thin yo d t  file  Whe doin 
tex entr an conceptua editing leav justificatio off an hyphe hel 
of -- thos "features wil jus slo yo down.  
     Afte yo hav use thi ke onc t jum t th to o th nex 
paragraph yo ca jus hi ^ t repea an travers you fil paragrap 
b paragraph  

JUMP N LINES        ^Qf^N<CR>

     Thi i th fron stu o  FIN comman tha look fo lin endings  
Afte hittin th key yo ente  numbe t tel WordSta ho man line 
t find the hi th <RETURN ke again  Fo example afte hittin th 
define functio ke ente 55<RETURN an yo wil jum 5 lines th 
norma lengt o  WordSta page  T g t th 10t pag ente 550  Afte 
on use i yo wan t jum th sam numbe o line us ^L.

JUMP N PARAGRAPHS        ^Qf^N^N<CR>

     Simila t th previou tw keys thi on jump paragraph i the 
ar delimite b doubl carriag return lin fee sequences  Afte hitin 
th define key ente th numbe an <CR>.  Repeat by ^L.  

__________MASSIVE DELETIONS__________

     Ther ar tw usefu way t mak deletion s tha th delete 
matria ca b retrieve late i needed  Th firs i simpl t shif th 
"deleted materia t th en o th file  A th en o th editin 
process it'  simpl matte t clea u th en o th file Th secon 
method  Se u  "delete macr s tha th fil i firs save befor th 
deletio take place  Us anothe macr t yan bac th earlie versio 
i th deletio prove unsatisfactory  Bot method ar describe below.
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DELETE FROM CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF FILE      ^Kk^Qr^Kb^Ky

     Dangerous  I pick ou  smal sectio o tex o dat fo retetion 
fro  large file  Fo example sa yo hav capture  lo o message 
fro KAY*FOǠ an ther i on i ther yo wan t kee fo futur 
referece  Yo coul us WordSta t brows dow t th fil unti you 
curso i a th to o th materia yo wan t retain  Hi thi ke an 
everythin abov it in the file disappears.  
     Thi ke i s dangerou tha  hav take i of m keyboard prefer
rin t i th comman sequenc mysel whe  reall wan t d  massiv 
delete  A accidenta delet fro th botto o  valuabl fil coul b 
trouble whe yo haven' yet backed up the fresh work.  

DELETE FROM CURSOR TO END OF FILE       ^Kb^Qc^Kk^Ky

     Thi clean ou everythin i  fil belo th materia yo wan t 
retain  Anothe exampl o  usefu applicatio fo massiv deletio i 
boilerplating  Yo kee  monste fil o al th paragraph yo migh us 
i  busines letter  Ope  ne fil i whic t writ  curren letter  
The rea i th fil whic i you collectio o boilerplates  Selec th 
fe paragraph yo wan t us thi time mov the t th to o th file 
an delet th res usin thi specia functio key  
     Lik it siste whic delete everythin t th to o th file  
fin thi to dangerou t hav around   us th comman sequenc  lot 
bu don' wan t b abl t d i wit on key  Woul rathe jus typ 
th command a fas a  can  

DELETE TO END OF PARAGRAPH    ^Kb^Qf^N^N<CR><CR>^Kk^Ky

     Thi wil ge everthin fro wher th curso i t th en o th 
paragraph i yo forma you paragraph wit doubl <CR> a recommended  
Not tha i use bot bloc operation an fin operation whic ar i 
separat incompatibl part o th WordSta overla file s you dis wil 
b accesse  coupl o time wit thi one  However i i no ba wit  
RA͠ disk  Not als tha wher you curso land afte  fin operatio 
differ slightl betwee version o WordStar  
     Probabl mor troubl tha it' worth   ge th sam effec jus a 
fas wit  sequenc o ^Q t lo of th curren line followe b 
repositionin th curso dow an hittin ^ th require numbe o times  
     Pau St Joh note tha ^Kb^B^Kk^K doe th sam thin jus a 
effectively.

DELETE TO BEGINNING OF PARAGRAPH       ^Kb^Qf^N^N<CR>B<CR>^Kk^Ky

     Simila t th jus precedin key onl th FIN operatio searche 
wit th  fo backward optio t fin th doubl <CR>' whic defin  
paragraph  Again mayb no wort th troubl i mos cases  

DELETING A BLOCK, WITH RETRIEVAL OPTION ^Ks^Qp^Ky   ^KqYD^R<CR>

     Whe performin  block-delete it' nic t hav th abilit t yan 
bac th delete portio i yo chang you mind  Thes tw macro giv 
yo jus thi ability.

     Th firs macro ^Ks^Qp^Ky firs save th fil i it pre-delet for befor makin th actua bloc deletion  I yo don' lik th re
sult an wan t retur t th previou versio o th file th secon 
macro ^KqYD^R<CR> take yo ou o th fil an bac i s fas tha th 
effec i nearl lik yankin bac th delete text.
     Thi nift ke wa adde t th collectio b Davi Lewisto wh say 
h picke i u fro  Kaypr User' Grou file  


__________RE-ARRANGING TEXT__________

MARK CURRENT SENTENCE AS BLOCK  ^Qf  <CR>B^D^D^Kb^Qf  <CR><CR>^Kk

     Not tha ther ar tw space afte eac ^Qf  Thi ke i dependen 
o th use bein consisten i endin eac sentenc wit tw spac 
charaters  Doe no wor o th firs sentenc i  paragraph  Probabl 
mor o  stun tha anythin useful  

MARK PARAGRAPH AS BLOCK   ^Qf^N^N<CR>B<CR>^X^X^Qf^N^N<CR><CR>^Kk

     Th laz man' bloc marker  Provide you paragraph ar configure 
separate wit doubl carriag return a recommended plac th curso 
anywher i  paragrap an hi thi key  Th paragrap wil b blocke 
fo you read t move  
     Som cautions Won' wor unles th paragrap i precede an folowe 
b doubl <CR> whic i usuall no th cas fo th firs an las 
paragraph i  file  An ma no b th cas a al i yo don' forma 
you manuscrip file th sam wa  do  The re-desig o thi ke ma b 
necessary  Also thi ke work wit WordSta versio 2.26  Th 
positinin o th curso afte  fin operatio differ slightl fo som 
othe version of WordStar so some tinkering will be required.  
     ɠ don' us thi on anymor becaus  a proficien enoug a bloc 
markin t mak bette tim jus zingin th curso u an dow t mar 
blocks  

MOVE BLOCK TO CURSOR          ^Kv^Qv

     Proceedin throug  fil yo ca mar an mov block i sequence  
Afte yo mar th firs block yo prow aroun movin th curso til yo 
fin wher yo wan th bloc t light  Hi thi ke an th bloc come 
t th curso location th curso snap bac t wher th bloc wa an 
yo ar read t mar you nex block  
     Yo ma no wis t ti u  specia functio ke fo  comman 
sequenc a simpl a ^Kv^Q whic i eas t type  

MOVE LINE TO END OF FILE (HOLD OFF ERASE) ^Qs^Kb^X^Kk^Qr^Kv^Qv^Kh

     Provide a optio o erasin lines Mark th curren lin a  bloc 
an move th marke lin t th en o th file fo late consideration 
instea o permanentl obliteratin th line a wit ^Y  I the return 
th curso t wher yo ar working.  
     Thi jewe i th prototyp fo tex re-arrangement  I you fil i 
shor enoug t exis entirel i RAM i i ver quic indeed an yo ca 
mov severa line b hittin thi ke several times in quick succession.  
 Sinc eac lin goe t th en o th file i appear unde th on 
whic wa previousl moved  Sinc yo retur t th plac yo jus cam from yo ar o th ver nex line  S hi thi ke fiv time i  ro 
an yo mov  fiv lin paragrap to the bottom of the file.  
     Abou fiv o si line seem t b th limi o WordStar' comman 
buffe an yo wil b signale tha th buffe i ful b  bee an th 
appearanc o som !!!! mark a th to o th screen  No t worry  
Jus slo dow  littl an the yo can move some more lines.  
     On o WordStar' stickies pitfall i th ^٠ eras key  Davi 
Giunt ha a ingeniou solutio t thi proble i yo us  full-fledge 
keyboar redefiner progra thi sequenc t th ^ ke s tha th lin i 
move t th en o th fil an Wor Sta neve find ou tha  ^٠ wa 
entered  Thi ca sav th da fo th heavy-hande typist becaus hol
din ^ dow fo jus  littl to lon result i WordSta deletin mor 
tha on line.  
     Whe yo en you edit us ^Q t g t th en o file an delet 
th reall unwante line fro th botto o th fil (wit Bloc mar an 
delete)  Firs yo thro stuf i th wastebasket late o yo ge  
chanc t reconside befor yo irrevocably burn it up.  

MOVE BLOCK TO END OF FILE     ^Qr^Kv^Qv^Kh

     Use afte yo manuall mar  block thi wil mov tha bloc t th 
en o th file  An brin yo bac t wher yo ar working  Aid 
tremendousl i th re-arrangemen o text  
     Fo example let' sa yo hav  fil whic i  mishmas o note o 
roughl th sam subject bu i n particula order  Startin a th to 
o th file mar block tha yo thin belon i th middl o th fil 
an us thi ke t sen the t th end  Whe yo ge don wit th firs 
pass g bac t th to an g throug agai sendin dow stuf tha yo 
thin belong t th en o th file  Yo hav jus don  roug sort  
     Th stuf tha "belong t th beginning yo neve touche s i i 
i th fron o th file  Th middl stuf wen dow firs bu wa bumpe 
bac u t th middl whe yo sen th en stuf dow o th secon pass  
No yo ca d th sam kin o sor o jus th beginnin stuff  Prett 
soo yo wil se som kind of sequence.  
     Us thi on a a alternativ t deletion  A yo edi  fil 
throwin砠 stuf t th botto i equivalen t puttin i i th 
wastebasket  Us thi techniqu a th poo man' "UNDO command.  

SETTING UP SORTING BINS       ^K1 ^K2 ^K3 ^K4 ^K5 

     Al thi ke doe i pos  sequenc o WordStar' plac markers  
Thi i preparator t usin th marker a target fo tex bloc move
ments  Not tha ther i  spac betwee eac o the markers.  

MOVE BLOCK TO A BIN      ^Q1^Kv^Qv^Kh        ^Q2^Kv^Qv^Kh

     Thi se o key move marke block t pre-designate plac markers  
ɠ hav thes ke definition installe o som o m numbe keys  Whe  
wan t mov tex t mor location tha jus th to o botto o th 
file  se u plac markers the mov throug th fil markin block a 
ɠ go  Afte  bloc i marke (b th laz man' bloc marke ke i yo 
like jus hi th appropriat dispatche ke an th bloc wil b move 
t th correspondin plac marke an th curso wil sna bac t wher 
yo ar working  


__________INDEXING A FILE__________

COPY LINE TO END OF FILE      ^Qs^Kb^X^Kk^Qr^Kc^Qv^Kh

     Thi ver usefu ke i siste t th ke whic move line t th en 
o file  Thi on send  cop o th curren curso lin t th en o 
fil an leave yo read t continu prowlin th file  
     Wh cop line t th botto o th file I i a eas wa t mak  
tabl o content fo  tex file  Ever s ofte  signpos m manuscrip 
file wit headline (usuall usin  WordStar' doubl do commen lin 
format)  Afte  fil i mor o les complet  star a th to an 
plac th curso o eac headin line hi thi ke an sen  cop t th 
botto o th file  Afte browsin throug th entir fil ɠ fin  
collectio o th heading a th bottom  Whe the ar move t th to 
the becom  tabl o content fo th fil an hel m t jum dow t  
specifi  locatio b us o th ^Q fin operation b showin m wha I' 
lookin for  

COPY BLOCK TO TOP OF FILE     ^Qr^Kv^Qv

     Afte marki  block thi ke wil sen i t th to o th file  
Ofte use t mov  collectio o redundan heading t th to o th 
fil t serv a  tabl o content fo th file.  

__________MULTIPLE FILE EDITING__________

     Thes macro creat "windo shades. Th first Vie Anothe File 
use  a th nam fo th Outlin fil relatin t th projec i prog
ress  Th second Ad  Not t Anothe File use  a th nam o th 
fil containin Notes t whic additiona materia ca b added  Th sam 
technique ca b use wit othe files omittin  an  fro th macros 
an simply entering the wanted filename.  

VIEW ANOTHER FILE             ^Kb<CR>^Kk^Qb^KrO<CR>

     Thi ke pull dow  "windo shade int  pre-marke block  Th 
shad i pull dow i  fil called b convention "O"   alway kee m 
outlin fo m curren projec i  fil calle  s whe  us thi ke  
ge t glanc a m outline  I appear i th tex fil i whic ɠ a 
workin an i distinguishe fro th curren tex b bein pre-marke a  
block  Whe  a don lookin a th outline  hi ^K an th outlin 
goe awa unti  wan t glanc a i again  

ADD A NOTE TO ANOTHER FILE    ^Qb<CR>^KrN<CR>^KwN<CR>Y^Ky

     Thi allow writin t th ta en o  fil differen tha th on 
yo ar workin in  B conventio th othe fil i calle N  I ɠ a 
workin awa an thin o somethin no pertinen t m curren project o 
i  ge  phon cal an wan t remembe somethin abou it ɠ mak  
not righ i th fil  a workin in  Mar th note whateve i is a 
 bloc and then hit this key.  
     Th fil  wil b rea int th bloc a th top an th fil  wil 
b writte ou again a a entir bloc an therefor encompassin th ne 
note  I happen s fas yo won' se fil  com in jus th blocke not wil disappear  Bu whe yo late loo a Fil N al note wil b 
i ther i the order you sent them out.  
     Ther mus b  fil  i existenc befor yo us thi ke th firs 
time eve i tha fil consist o onl on <CR>  
     Yo nee no sen jus "od notes t tha  file   ofte us thi 
ke i cullin operations t ru throug  cop o  mishmas fil an 
extrac th paragraph whic pertai t  particula topic  Afte extra
tin al materia o on topic yo ca renam N star  ne N an g 
throug th mishmas t cull out notes on a second topic.

__________OTHER EDITING AIDS__________

TAG MARKED BLOCK FOR LATER REMARKING    ^Qb^K0^Qk^K9^Kh

     Thi ke get aroun th fac tha WordSta onl permit on "active 
marke bloc a  time  Sometime yo wil wan WordSta t b abl t 
"remember th curren marke bloc whil yo d somethin wit anothe 
block  Thi ofte arise fo m whe  rea i a outlin a  marke 
block the wan t mov som tex aroun t confor t th outline bu 
kno  wil wan t eras th outlin agai i  littl while       Hi 
thi ke an th bloc marking ar removed bu th "ol block i tagge 
wit plac marke  a th beginnin o th block plac marke  a th 
end  ɠ selec thes plac marker becaus  ofte us th lowe plac 
markers 1 2 3 4 a target fo bloc move whe re-arrangin text  
Thank t E Greenber o MicroPr fo thi "chippin of th ol block 
capability.  

RE-MARK A TAGGED BLOCK        ^Q0^Kb^K0^Q9^Kk^K9

     Thi ke i th siste t th previou one re-mark th previousl 
marke ol block afte yo ar don wit bloc operation elsewher i th 
file  I th ol bloc wa a outlin o note whic hav no serve thei 
purpose the ar now ready for a ^Ky delete.  

__________MISCELLANEOUS KEYS__________

GHOSTBUSTER--CLEAR GHOST LINES     ^K0^Qe^Qs^Kb^Qx^Qd^Kk^Q0^K0 or 
                                   ^K0^Qe^Qs^Kb^Qx^Qd^Kk^Q0^K0^KH

     Thi ke mark th entir scree a  block movin th curso t th 
to left the t th botto right bu rememberin wher i wa i th 
beginnin an goin bac ther afte markin th block  
     Onc i  whil whe WordSta i bein ru fast it scree displa 
buffe wil ge caugh wit  duplicat lin i it  Thes extr character 
ar _not i th file the ar jus i th stuf tha WordSta i showin 
o th screen an wil disappea i th are the ar i i marke a  
bloc -- a operatio whic modifie th content o th scree buffe (o 
most systems).  
     T unmar th block eithe hi ^K o hi th ghostbuste SFˠ  
secon time i work a  toggle  Th sam ide ca b use t delet a 
entir screenful o t dum  screenfu t th printer.
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PRINT MARKED BLOCK            ^KwP<CR>Y^KpP<ESC>^X

     Thi wil sen  marke bloc t th fil calle  an the prin th 
fil calle P  Unles yo hav include formattin do command i th 
block th bloc wil prin a  pag i WS' defaul format  
     Not tha i yo us thi on i conjunctio wit th previou ful 
scree bloc marking yo ge wha amount t  scree dum t th printe 
a th touc o tw keys whil i WordStar.  

REMOVE CRs NOT FOLLOWED BY LFs      ^Qa^P^M^P^O^P^J<CR><CR>GN<CR>

     Thi i a exampl o th highl specialize filterin whic ca b 
accomplishe fro withi WordStar  Thi wa th answe t  gu wh ha t 
proces som file whic ha bee downloade fro  remot syste i  
forma whic di no includ linefeed o man lines  B knockin of th 
od carriag return h wa read t re-for th file i  mor standar 
manner  Thi solutio cam fro Moj Jone o MicroPro  

__________FORMATTING KEYS__________

REFORM CURRENT PARAGRAPH      ^Qf^N^N<CR>B<CR>^X^X^B

     Thi wil re-for th paragrap yo ar workin in  Ofte whe edtin 
tex yo wil ad ne words delet somethin s tha th line hav 
change i lengt an th paragrap need reformation.  This key will do it.  
     Presuppose yo follo th conventio t separat paragraph wit tw 
CR/L sequence (blan lin betwee paragraphs)  
     Thi on i fo WordSta versio 2.26  Som version o WordSta ma 
pu th curso i  differen locatio afte  backward Fin operatio 
lookin fo tw CR/LF  I so th numbe o ^X' i th ke definitio ma 
vary  

UNDERLINE A WORD              ^A^P^S^F^P^S

     Thi put th printe contro code ^ fo underscor a th beginnin 
an en o  wor jus typed   variatio migh b t pu th underscor 
o boldfac o alternat typ siz control a th beginnin an en o  
marke bloc -- lef a a exercis fo th reader  Thank t Te Silveir 
fo thi formattin key  
      not concernin formattin i general  thi i ofte bes lef t 
b th fina tas befor  fil i outpu fo printing  Suc matter a 
justification hyphen-hel an underscorin o boldfacing jus slo yo 
dow durin th "manuscript draftin phase o wor processing  M 
standar manuscrip file ar configure t b eas t wor with standar
dize s  ca us certai specia functio key  fin usefu (especiall 
bloc markin an movin t plac marke targets) an ja a muc contex 
a possibl ont th limite scree window  
     I i onl late tha  bothe t mak  cop o th fil whic i 
the gussie u fo displa wit printe contro gadget lik underlinin 
an boldfacing centering justification etc  
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__________SUPERCHARGING WORDSTAR__________

RAM DISKS AND WORDSTAR

     Becaus WordSta wa originall buil fo us o computer wit lmite 
memor spac fo holdin programs i consist o th CO fil (th progra 
proper an som overla files  Th CO fil hold th basi nu o 
WordStar th most-use functions  Th overla file hol auxiliar 
rotine an material portion o whic ar loade int memor whe needed  
Fo example man o th hel menu ar locate i th fil calle 
WSMSGS.OVR  
     Du t thi overla construction WordSta make frequen dis 
accesses  Whe yo us  sequenc o command tha com fro differen 
part o th overla file yo wil b subjecte t annoyin dis accesses  
Th FINĠ o FIN AN REPLAC function ar incompatibl wit BLOCˠ MOV 
functions an i yo ar continuall finding the bloc moving the 
findin an movin again yo wil b listenin t  lo o dis accesses  
     O to o that althoug WordSta i ver fas (especiall o 8-bi 
CP/ computers) an ca buffe  sequenc o command fo late execution 
a fas a yo ca typ the in i i NO abl t receiv command whil 
a actua dis access  rea o  write i goin on  S althoug yo ca 
usuall typ ahea  sequenc o command fo WordSta t perfor i tur 
(no yo don' hav t wai fo eac ste t b complete befor givin th 
nex command pause fo dis acces wil slo yo down  
     Th solutio t thi dis acces proble i  RA͠ disk--eithe  
portio o memor configure a  dis o a add-o piec o hardware  
Macro reall shin whe yo operat the o a RAM disk.

NAKED WORDSTAR RUNS FASTER

     Mak堠 yoursel  lightweigh workin WordSta dis usin砠 onl 
WSOVLY1.OVҠ an WS.COM  I yo ar accustome t WordSta yo don' nee 
WSMSGS.OV fil whic contain onl hel menus comman menus an message 
whic ar poste durin executio o some commands.  
     Leavin ou WSMSGS.OV speed WordSta operation considerably  Afte 
th firs attemp t acces tha file WordSta modifie itsel t remembe 
tha th message ar no availabl an wil no g t th dis fo tha 
particula kin o stuf durin th res o th session  I yo mak  
cribshee o commo WordSta command an kee i an  WordSta boo clos 
t you computer yo wil soo hav th most-use command wel memorized  
Continuin t rel o th menu wil onl trai yo t us menus  Th 
practice WordSta use n mor look a menu tha  touch-typis look a 
typewrite keycaps  
     Okay th WordSta exper i dow t tw file fo booting WS.CO an 
WSOVLY1.OVR  I yo reall nee al th dis spac yo ca find yo ca 
eras th MailMerg fil MAILMRGE.OVR an eve eras WordSta itself  
Afte WordSta i boote u an esconce i RAM us th WordSta comman  
a th mai WordSta men an instruc th syste t eras th fil WS.COM  
No yo ar dow t th nub WordSta i i RA an th on fil i needs 
WSOVLY1.OVҠ i o th disk  An yo ar stil i th wor processin 
business  
     Th abilit t ru WordSta withou WordSta ma jus sav you nec 
i  driv goe ba an yo ar force t operat o  singl driv tempo
rarily  Also i yo eve bac yoursel int  corne an en u wit  
"dis full erro o  ba disk an hav t sav som ne work yo ca creat som emergenc spac b erasin tha WS.CO file  (T eras WS.CO 
fro withi  file us th ^K command.  Thi tric shoul b especiall 
usefu t peopl wh ar operatin wit singl densit disks   fina tip  
WordSta i powerful  Th powe require man command t control s man 
tha th ne use ca b overwhelme a first  Eve th wel verse 
WordSta use forget command sh hasn' use fo  while  Tak  clu 
fro hig performanc sports  th bes batter tak th mos battin 
practice  Befor  WordSta session tak  fe minute t thin ahea 
abou wha operation yo wil b usin fo th tas i mind  The tak  
fe cut a th bal befor th game  T groov an skil take practic 
an wha w kno ho t d bes i wha w practice mos recently  I 
pay t war up  

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