J.E.Lawrie                                                            HINTS-9.
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Pipedream "fiddles".

  Isn't it annoying when you are looking for a word like `ring' with <>BSE  or
  <>BRP that you get many other words besides the one you're looking for?

  It can be avoided, but there is a slight drawback; the search cannot be done
  properly  in  one attempt - more on that later.  You may have seen the piece
  on "special sequences" in the manual at some time but passed right on, as  I
  did, several times.

  As I see it, there are two main uses for these sequences.  To cover the case
  mentioned above and to speed up (considerably) any instance when you need to
  add highlights to words or phrases after the text is complete - adding  bold
  or italics for example.

  One  sequence  is  ^S  which represents a space.  If you are looking for and
  possibly want to replace the word  ring  then enter it as   ^Sring^S     Any
  replacement  word,  of  course,  must  also  have   ^S   at  both sides  e.g
  ^Srang^S

  BUT if the word  ring  occurs at the start of a line or at the end of a line
  which is completely full it will not be picked up.  You can get those at the
  start of a line by using  ^Bring^S   ^B  will search the start, and only the
  start of every line so it is fast. Any instance of your word at the end of a
  line you must look for, or use ^Sring as a small  aid  -  it  will  pick  up
  ringing  and  rings  of course.

  In a long list file this method will certainly be faster, and  perhaps  much
  faster than the conventional method.

  In  a  similar way it is possible to add highlights around words and phrases
  e.g   ^Sring^S  replaced by  ^S^2ring^2^S  to make the  word  stand  out  in
  bold  or  italic or whatever your second highlight is. If there are not many
  instances of the word and you are not likely to get spurious stoppages  then
  you  only  need  the  word  itself on the top line and  ^2  (or whatever you
  choose as the highlight) on either side of the word on the second line.


PrinterEd bug.

  `Off  at  CR'  for  the EXt. sequence is by default set at Yes.  Whether you
  leave it at Yes or change it to No,  if  you  ever  make  a  change  to  the
  PrinterEd  ALWAYS go to this particular point and repeat the Yes or No again
  before saving/leaving the PrinterEd.  And, of course you  will  remember  to
  key <>FU after making an alteration or it won't be altered at all!

  You can't be too careful in this area.  Many instances of  FAIL  in  the  OZ
  operating system are due to lack of care on these points.


Do remember -

  The  Z88 MUST be switched on when cards are removed or inserted in the front
  slots - ALL cards:  RAMs  ROMs  and  EPROMs  else the OZ doesn't  know  what
  is  happening  and  you  could well get a FAILure. Before removing a RAM you
  will OF COURSE transfer any files on it to other RAMs/EPROM/disc !
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