Update and Additions to the Harlekin Manual Version 1.06 / 21 May 1990 Color and Monochrome Versions of Harlekin. Congratulations! Harlekin now runs on both color and monochrome screens. Two different Harlekin "base" programs are on this disk: HARLEKIN.ACX is the monochrome version and HARLECOL.ACC is the color version. You must first make a backup copy of your disk. On the copy (or hard disk), you can decide which version of Harlekin you will use. The disk is already set up for a color screen. You won't need the HARLEKIN.ACX (the monochrome version), so just throw it into the rubbish bin. If you should ever later have a monochrome screen, you can find it again on your original disk. If you have a monochrome screen, then you must first throw away the color version (HARLECOL.ACC). Next, you must change the extenders. HARLEKIN's extender (the last three characters, such as ACX or ACC) is "ACX"; this needs to be changed to "ACC" (the new name will be HARLEKIN.ACC"). This has the effect of "turning on" the monochrome version. For example, the extender is ACX and you want to change it to ACC, do the following. Insert any disk into the ST and start the ST. Open a window by clicking twice on a drive icon (ie. drive A). You can find "HARLEKIN.ACX" in the window. Click once on the program (it turns black) and go to "SHOW INFO" option at the top of the desktop. Select SHOW INFO and when the message window appears, press backspace to delete the last "X" character and type a single "C". The extender is now ".ACC". Click OKAY. This saves the change. Reset the ST. Your Harlekin is now installed. Hard disk users should first start "INSTAL_C.PRG". This automatically copies the Harlekin files from the disk onto your hard disk and sets them up. From the hard disk, delete the color or monochrome version which you don't need. If you need the monochrome version, see above on how to change its extender. Also see below for more information on installing Harlekin on your hard disk. ****************************************************************** Hard Disk Installation: For Users With Autobooting Hard Disks The program INSTAL_C.PRG will install HARLEKIN on your hard disk. Simply double click on the program icon and follow instructions. In order to start Harlekin, press the reset button at the back of your ST computer. If a reset resident RAM disk (such as MAXI disk) already is installed in your auto folder, this should be disabled (by renaming its extension to .PRX). Afterwards you must make a cold start - Turn off your computer for at least 30 seconds. Non-autobooting harddisks. If your hard disk can't autoboot, you will need to force HARLEKIN to load its RSC and DEF-file from your hard disk instead of from your disk. To do this: doubleclick on the program PATCH.PRG and enter the letter of your boot partition where HARLEKIN.ACC is located. This will normally be drive C. ****************************************************************** Harlekin Text and Other Word Processors Harlekin texts can be read by nearly all other wordprocessors, including Calamus and DTP programs. However, if you simply read the files, either double "carriage return" characters will appear at the end of each line or double spaces will appear in the text (this happens in Calamus). You must first save the Harlekin text with Harlekin. Then open the text again and convert it into Wordplus format. Do this in the following way: Press Control + F (Search and Replace). In the top line, press "Alternate + 32" (normal Harlekin spaces)(A blank space will appear). In the lower line, press "Alternate + 30" (Wordplus spaces)(A little character appears). Click "All" and click "Replace". All of the Harlekin spaces are replaced with Wordplus spaces. The text is now in Wordplus format and can be read by Wordplus, Calamus, etc. Save the text as "TEXT.DOC". ****************************************************************** Keyboard Layout: For Users in Denmark If you currently are using a program like "DK.TOS" or "DANSK.TOS" to get a Danish keyboard layout, this keyboard layout can be adapted into HARLEKIN.DEF. You won't need the DANSK.TOS program any more (if you don't mind the Swedish messages on the desktop). To do so: Start the CONFIG.PRG program. From the menu SETTINGS select the item DEFAULTS. A dialog box appears. Klick on the down most square box thereby enabling the keyboard. Klick on the OK button From the menu FILE select the item SAVE SETTINGS The file selector appears - simply press to save the file under the name HARLEKIN.DEF. Note that the changes made to the definition file are first active after you restart your computer. If the DANSK.PRG is autostarted by a program named AUTOGEM.PRG this program may be removed from your AUTO-folder. ****************************************************************** RESETMEM.PRG: A Program for Allocation of Reset Resident Memory Harlekin now supports large screens. Harlekin can be used on both normal and large screens. At present the following screens been tested: Atari SM194 and Hyperscreen (From the ST Magazin project). However, to be used with a large screen, Harlekin must use a small program, RESETMEM.PRG, to allocate the reset memory. RESETMEM.PRG should be placed as the first program in the AUTO folder. It must be executed before the large screen driver. To be sure that RESETMEM.PRG is started first from the AUTO folder, you can take the following steps: 1) Create a folder named OLDAUTO. 2) Move all files from the AUTO folder to OLDAUTO. (Thereby emptying the AUTO folder) 3) Copy RESETMEM.PRG from the AUTO folder of the HARLEKIN distribution diskette to the AUTO folder on the boot disk. 4) Move all files from OLDAUTO to AUTO. 5) Delete the OLDAUTO folder. RESETMEM.PRG will be needed only if you are using a large screen. ****************************************************************** "Auto Character Reversal" Using the Macro key option, you can create a macro which automatically reverses the last two characters in the text editor. For example, you want to write "cat" but you wrote "cta". By pressing a macro, Harlekin can reverse the "t" and the "a" and turn it into "cat". Open the macro in the configuration program. Using a keypress macro, write the following combination of key presses: Left arrow, Left arrow, Carriage Return, Left arrow, Left arrow, Carriage Return, Control + B, Down arrow, Control + E, Down arrow, Control + C, Control + D, Backspace, Left arrow, Backspace, Right arrow, Right arrow, Delete. (Press "Return" or "Enter" for a carriage return. A small "cr" appears. Press the "left cursor arrow" for "Left arrow", etc.) Remember to assign a key to the macro and save the macro. ****************************************************************** Page Break: Addition to the Text Processor Pressing Control + K produces a small "T" in the far left border: this is a hard page break. ****************************************************************** QBase Users If you want to use Harlekin together with CuBase music program, then you should first run the PATCH.PRG. A message window appears. You should click on "CuBase." This changes Harlekin so that it can work together with CuBase. Do not use PATCH.PRG if you aren't using CuBase. ****************************************************************** Scrap Book - Date list. When looking at the notes for a given day a quick method has been added to change the shown date. Hold down the RIGHT mouse button when clicking at the sliders up- or down arrows. This will move to the previous or to the next day. ****************************************************************** If you discover a bug, or if you have suggestions for improvements, please let us know. Hasse Wehner, Mermaid Group, May, 1990.