Personal Computer User Manual

The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual
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1.2 ABOUT THE MANUAL
This manual assumes basic familiarity with the Atari screen editor and keyboard.
Command keystrokes are enclosed in angle brackets ("<" and ">") which should NOT
be typed in. Where two or more keys need to be pressed together, these keys are
linked with the plus sign "+".
1.3 STARTING LW
Boot the computer with the LW disk in drive 1 while holding down the <Option> key. (If
you don’t hold down <Option> and the BASIC “Ready” prompt appears, type DOS and
press <Return>). The DOS menu will appear. LW should be started with Binary Load
(option L) on the DOS 2.5 menu. Press “L” and type “LW.COM”, then press <Return>.
Note: unlike prior versions of the program, LW 3.0 is NOT compatible with DOS
XE, nor with any DOS which uses RAM under the Operating System.
When LW loads, it looks on the default drive (“D:”) for the following files, and if it finds
them, loads them. If a file isn't found, default "built-in" values are used.
LW.SYS
System configuration file: sets up memory usage, keyboard buffer,
keyboard redefinition and path for help and system files.
LW.CFG
Configuration file: contains editor settings, preferences, and default
drive settings.
LW.FNT
Standard graphics 0 font which will be used in the editor and
throughout the program.
LW.F80
Special 80 column font for 80 column editing mode.
LW.PDR
Plain-text printer driver file, which can be edited in LW.
LW.MAC
Macro file, containing automated, user-written command sequences.
If a macro is defined for the "@" key, it will be run immediately. See
section 6.
LW.EXT
Machine code extensions (expanded memory machines only).
Contains extra program functionality such as character maps,
calculators, etc.
1.3.1 LOADING LW FROM SPARTADOS X
Under SpartaDOS X, LW is launched by typing
X LW
Note: LW 3.0 is NOT compatible with versions of SpartaDOS prior to SpartaDOS
X. Also, SpartaDOS X MUST be configured to use BANKED memory in order to