To correctly view this Tutorial the first time, make sure you are in the ASCII Mode, Opposite Scroll Mode and BlankIgnore is On. If you are not sure, press [C] and set these two modes in the Configuration Function. The directions on the end of each line (in CAPITAL LETTERS) will demonstrate the various features. <--PRESS [*] WHEN READY TO BEGIN File with Indent 4 <-- NOW PRESS [*] AGAIN This file has a standard indent of 4 spaces. <-PRESS [*] (Both files consist of an excerpt from the DoubleTake User's Manual, with helpful comments added to demonstrate some of the features.) Press ScrollLock to scroll the files independently. Now use [Right/Left] arrows to re-align the cursor in File 1, [Shift-Right/ Shift-Left] arrows to move the cursor in File 2. (This file has random x's scattered to find differences between this file and TUTORFIL.ONE) <-PRESS [DownArr] THEN [*] | | NOTE: If this is an error you found, then you do not have BlankIgnore ON, Press [B], then [T]op of file and then press [*] again. | Compared lines show on the middle screen <-PRESS [A] THEN [*] lines for direct comparison.| <-- AFTER PRESSING AUTO-ALIGN After finding the mismatches (xx's), use [C]onfigure-[F10] to edit the characters to ignore and add [x] to the list (Hex 78), then try Find Next Mismatch again ([*]). You will find that none of the mismatched x's will be found this time around. NOTE: In HEX mode, use the [Left]/[Right] keys to move the cursor in file 1 (or [Ctl-Left]/[Ctl-Right] if this file is loaded as file 2), to re-align the files before searching for Next Mismatch. >>> There is an extra blank line preceding, not in the TUTORFIL.ONE<<<< Press [Up-Arrow] twice to see. NOW PRESS [D] AND SEE THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU DISPLAY SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND WHEN SPECIAL CHARACTERS ARE DISPLAYED AS PERIODS [.] OR WHEN YOU DISPLAY SPECIAL CHARACTERS AS BLANKS. <- PRESS [*] What's New! 1. ASCII Mode. A key improvement in DoxubleTake, Version 2.0, is the implementation of a fully functional ASCII viewing mode. In Version 2.0 ASCII Mode and Hex mode share many features: o Fully scrollable forward or backwards, any length file. (NOW PRESS THE [TAB] KEY TO SCROLL THE DISPLAY TO THE RIGHT TO SEE THE REMAINDER OF THIS LINE.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ o Cursor movement keys can move eaxch file line by line or character by character. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (NOW PRESS THE [TAB] KEY TO SCROLL THE DISPLAY TO THE RIGHT TO SEE THE REMAINDER OF THIS LINE.) o Can move a "cursor" character by character in each file. o Twin Cursor Scrolling -- Scroll Lock toggles whether both file character cursors move together when you press txhe Right/Left arrows. Starts with Twin Cursor Scrolling On. o FindString highlights the found string (in case you want to save the block to a clip file.) o FindString, FindNextMismatch and Align Files remain at the current spot in the file if you do not find a string, mismatch or a spot to alixgn in a file. o Added ability to enter Hex or Decimal codes when searching for a string. (to search for non-printing charcters, such as CR or LF or TAB). Use no quotes if entering just a string; Use quoxtes if you want to mix hex ($20 (space character) for example) and decimal (\032 (space character) for example) along with the strings. o DoubleTake proxvides a configurable Align files function. Pressing AltA lets you choose: 1) which file to align with which, 2) how much of the "Align-with" file to search for in the "bring-into-alignment" file, 3) which wxay to search for in the "bring-into- alignment" file, 4) how many characters to check in the "bring- into- alignment" file and 5) whether to ignore upper/lower case in the search. If Blank Ignore is on, all "IGNORE" characters are ignxored in finding a match. (NOW TRY THE ALIGN FUNCTION BY PRESSING [ALT-A], [2] AND [ENTER]. YOU SHOULD SEE FILE 2 MOVE FORWARD ONE CHARACTER TO ONCE MORE ALIGN WITH FILE 1). 2. In addition, ASCII Mode has the following features: o ASCII Mode has configurable End of Line characters. The default characters are Carriage Return (ASCII code x hex $0D), Line Feed ($0A), CR with high bit set (WordStar, ASCII code $8D) and Linefeed with high bit set ($8A). You can choose your own End of Line codes to adapt DoubleTake to your specific word processor. o Either one or two character End of Line characters can be handled. DoubleTake recognizes Carriage Return (CR) and Linefeed (LF) as the end xof a single line. If the same End of Line character occurs twice in sucession, DoubleTake assumes that this file only uses the one character to indicate End of Line and will reflect two lines, one for each End of Line character. o DoubleTake shows either Line Number Mode or Show Byte At Cursor Mode. In the Line xNumber Mode, DoubleTake shows the actual line in the file o o ASCII Mode uses the Tab and Shift-Tab keys to scroll the screen right or left to view lines wider than the screen width. Can scroll either file independently or both together. A Quick-Return-to-Column-One key (RightShift-Tab) rxeturns both files to the left margin) o Added the ability to highlight a block and write it to a clip file of your own choice. Two clip files are available, one for each file, but you may change either or both clip files as you xchoose. Clip filenames default to the same filename as the compared file, with the extension of ".CLP," but you can change any part of the name o You can enter a new filename, overwrite an existing clip file or continuously add to the end of it. Now that a file can be read successfully in either Hex or ASCII mode, DoubleTake does not check a filxe for non-printing characters -- it starts in the mode you set when you configured the file.