PAGER IS A PROGRAM USED FOR TYPING OUT A FILE ONTO THE TELETYPE OR OTHER OUTPUT DEVICE. PAGER WILL PRODUCE A NICE NEAT COPY OF THE FILE THAT YOU GIVE IT, AND PAGE IT TO THE OUTPUT AREA. THE FINAL COPY OF THE FILE CAN BE TO THE TTY OR TO A FILE ON DISK. PAGER CAN BE USED TO TWO WAYS. FIRST, YOU CAN TYPE: .R PAGER AND YOU WILL BE IN THE PAGER PROGRAM. ALSO, YOU CAN GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO PAGER BY USING THE 'PAGE' COMMAND. THE PAGE COMMAND HAS THE SAME FORMAT AS IF YOU WERE GIVING COMMANDS TO THE RESPONSE TO THE '*'. WHEN A STAR APPEARS, TYPE IN THE PAGER SPECIFICATIONS. THE COMMAND STREAM IS LIKE THIS: INPUT-FILE>OUTPUT-FILE/SWITCHES BOTH THE INPUT FILE AND THE OUTPUT FILE CONTAIN DEVICE, FILENAME, EXTENSION AND PPN. DEFAULTS ARE: INPUT-FILE ---------- DEVICE DSK: FILENAME EXTENSION .BAS [IF NO '.' SEEN, BLANK IF '.' SEEN] PPN OUTPUT-FILE ----------- DEVICE TTY: [IF NO '>' IN COMMAND STRING] DSK: [IF A '>' IS IN COMMAND STRING] FILENAME EXTENSION .PAG [IF NO '.' IS SEEN, BLANK IF '.' SEEN] PPN TO PAGE A FILE TO THE TTY, JUST TYPE THE FILENAME, I.E. *MYPROG.BAS .PAGE MYPROG.BAS TO PAGE A FILE ONTO DISK FOR LISTING LATER ON, TYPE: *MYPROG.BAS>MYPROG.PAG .PAGE MYPROG.BAS>MYPROG.PAG *MYPROG>MYPROG .PAGE MYPROG>MYPROG SWITCHES ARE USED IN PAGER TO VARY THE TYPE OF OUTPUT YOU RECIEVE. THE SWITCH MAY FOLLOW EITHER INPUT-FILE COMMAND OR OUTPUT FILE COMMAND. SWITCHES ARE: SWITCH DESCRIPTION ------ ----------- /HELP TYPES OUT THIS TEXT. */FROM START FROM CERTAIN PAGE WITHIN FILE. [ASSUMES PAGE 1] */TITLE GIVES THE FILE A TITLE, WHICH IS REPEATED ON EACH PAGE. [ASSUMES NO TITLE] /DATE PRINTS OUT THE DATE ON EACH PAGE. [ASSUMES NO DATE] /MINUTE PRINTS OUT THE TIME (HH:MM) ON EACH PAGE. [ASSUMES NO TIME PRINTOUT] /CUT PRINT OUT ONLY CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHARACTERS (LINE-WIDTH) PER LINE, CUT OFF WHEN DONE. [ASSUMES ADJUST FOR A LONG LINE.] /END PRINTS OUT ON TTY TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES IN FILE. */WIDTH SET THE LINE-WIDTH (USED WITH /C). [ASSUMES 72 CHARS] */LINES SET THE TOTAL LINES PER PAGE. [ASSUMES 55 LINES/PAGE] */ITAB SET TAB SIZE, (A TAB IS ^I). [ASSUMES 8 SPACES/TAB] /ZERO DO NOT PRINT LEADING ZEROES ON BASIC-LINE NUMBERED FILES. [ASSUME PRINT LEADING ZEROES] /PAUSE PAUSE BETWEEN EACH PAGE FOR SINLGE SHEET LISTINGS. THE PAUSE IS CONTAINED BY A BELL (^G). PAGE DELIMITERS ARE NOT PRINTED EITHER. [ASSUMED NO PAUSE] */SEQUENCE START PAGE NUMBERING AT A CERTAIN NUMBER. [ASSUMES 1] /VTAB SKIP TO THE END OF A PAGE ON SEEING A FORM-FEED. [ASSUMES PUT IN A LINEFEED FOR FORM FEEDS OR VTABS]. /NUMBER SUPPRESS OUTPUT OF PAGE NUMBER. [ASSUMES INCLUDE PAGE#]. NOTE: A STAR IN FRONT OF THE SWITCH MEANS A VALUE WILL BE ASKED AFTER COMMAND STRING IS READ IN. PROGRAM BY MARTY SCHULTZ, SYOSSET HS *END OR PAGER HELP*