Re: Quick question

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

I can't speak for everyone, but I use the split screen (normally vertically) when
I use CTRL plus and CTRL Minus to compare two versions of a file. It makes it very
eash to see the difference.
Dck Giering

Judith Davidsen wrote:

> 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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> > Robert Holmgren
> > holmgren@xxxxxxxx
> > ----------