Re: Quick question

[Judith Davidsen jdavidsen@xxxxxxxx]

What is split screen used for? Seems to have a lot of
potential, but I can't find anything in the manuals, and I
can't figure out what combination of keystrokes will take me
into the blank half of the screen.

Anyone up to giving me a mini-tutorial?

Thanks
Judith Davidsen

Robert Holmgren wrote:
>
> ** Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  on Mon, 09
> Apr 2001 12:40:36 -0400
>
> >>Go to the command line and type
> >>func as
>
> > No, that's alternate screen. He wants split-screen. The function is: SW.
> > Use Leslie's instructions, substituting sw for as. Then you will see a menu
> > with an option for horizontal or vertical split. At least that's how it
> > works in Xy4DOS.
>
> But only in Xy4-DOS. In XyWin and NBWin, SW has no meaning at all;
> the replacement is MW. For a vertically split screen, in Xy4DOS you
> issue func SW followed by "V"; in XyWin|NBWin you issue func MW
> followed by "AR".
>
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