Undocumented keyboard functions NB 3.0

["Kari Eveli" lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Some basic and very important features of NB 3.0 were left undocumented and unused in the N.B. 3.0 release, namely

DB keyboard function = move to beginning of define
DE keyboard function = move to end of define

as well as va$df for querying define status, where
0 = no define
1 = define open
2 = define closed

These are fundamental for writing basic text editing programs.

Another undocumented (at least in the Customization and Programming Guide) keyboard function is
HF = help function, run a program located in the help file, e.g.
hf,F = run the menu-based search program (in keyboard file).

The intricacies of N.B. 3.0 help system were not revealed. In fact, the help system of N.B. 3.0 is
totally customizable and can be harnessed to do many useful things.

There may be other undocumented features I have not discovered as yet. I have tried newer versions
of N.B. and XyWrite, but N.B. 3.0 is still best for me. Are there other N.B. 3.0 users among this
list's subscribers?

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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