XVIEW.INI

                     The TECH Help! Configuration File

  The TECH Help! viewer (XVIEW.EXE) obtains configuration information
  from a standard text file▲ named XVIEW.INI.  Initially, the file does
  not exist, but it is created when you choose Save Setup from the
  Configure menu.  It will be in one of:

    • The directory named in an XVIEWINIT= environment variable.
    • The directory in which the Viewer (XVIEW.EXE) is stored.

  The .INI file looks and works just like the .INI files used in Windows.
  It is a simple text file containing [sections], beneath which are options
  pertaining to that section.

  Each time you choose Save Setup from the Configure menu, the current
  colors and options are saved in a special section for the current file.
  This means you can save settings and bookmarks, etc. for text files, as
  well as for TECH Help! and other hypertext databases.

█▌The [Viewer Global] Section▐█
  Configuration settings that apply to the viewer in general are saved in
  this section.  Note that the [database_name] section (described below) can
  override some of these settings.

 manExtensions=ext [ext...]
  Tells the viewer what files to consider to be viewable.  It will always
  look for files with extensions .XDB, .H!, and .TXT, but you can add
  extensions here, to make it look for other text files.

  To change: Edit XVIEW.INI.

 manPasteFile=d:\path\filename.ext
  Tells the viewer where to deposit text selected by Copy to Paste File
  command on the File menu.  By default, the Viewer puts such text into a
  file named PASTE.TXT, in the current directory.

  To change: Edit XVIEW.INI.

 manStartupFile=d:\path\filename.ext
  Choose which file should be displayed first (unless overridden via the
  XVIEW /M= option).

     To change: Choose "Startup with This File" from Configure/Options.

 prnName=filename.ext or deviceName
  Select an output device other than PRN.  For instance, set this to LPT2 or
  just give the name of a file if you want to send "printed" output to a
  text file.

  To change: Edit XVIEW.INI.

 prnLines=n
  When printing, this many lines are printed before the viewer sends a
  form-feed (ejecting the page).  For instance, set n to 80 if your printer
  is set at 8-lpi.  You may set n to 0 to keep the viewer from sending any
  form-feeds.

  To change: Edit XVIEW.INI.

 prnSetup=binaryCodes
  This sequence (up to 60 bytes) will be printed verbatim at the start of
  each topic.  You can use it to set your printer to a specific typeface,
  or whatever.  For instance...

     prnSetup=←(10U

  ...sets HP-compatible printers to use the PC-8 character set, so that
  box-and-line characters print as they appear on the screen.

  To change: Edit XVIEW.INI; to make the Esc character (←) in the MS-DOS
             Edit program, press Ctrl+P, then press Esc.

 prnFilterBoxChars=1 or 0
  0 means to send box-and-line characters directly to the printer (when the
  user uses the Print command on the File menu).  1 means to convert them
  to universally-printable characters such as +---+.

  To change: Select "Printer Filter" from the Configure/Options menu.

 vidBlackAndWhite=1 or 0
  1 overrides ALL color settings and makes the viewer display in black and
  white only.  You get a similar (though non-permanent) effect by starting
  the viewer with the /B option.

     To change: Choose Force Black and White from the Configure/Colors menu.

 vidNoBlinkColors=1 or 0
  1 masks bit 7 of all Screen Attributes (and then makes adjustments to
  avoid any unreadable foreground/background combinations).  This may be
  needed on video systems in which a lot of text (or the menubar, etc.) is
  flashing.

     To change: Choose Disable Blink+Bold from the Configure/Colors menu.

 window=top,left,high,wide
  Sets the default size and position for the Viewer window (used when a
  database does not give a size via the .O window= command).

  To change: Edit XVIEW.INI.

 colors=xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx ... xx
  Sets the default colors (used when a database does not provide a color
  set).  See the Colors= Line Layout for details.

  To change: Edit XVIEW.INI.

█▌The [database_name] Section▐█
  Configuration options for a particular xText database or text file are
  saved in a separate section.  Settings are remembered for text files as
  well as xText databases.

 bkmkn=pgNo,lineNo,menuText
  These describe the bookmarks for this file.

     To change: Choose from the Goto/Bookmarks/Place Bookmark menu.

 window=top,left,high,wide
  Sets the size for the Viewer window when this file is active.

     To change: Choose from the Window Size settings in the Configure menu.

 colors=xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx ... xx
  Sets the colors for the Viewer window when this file is active.    See the
  Colors= Line Layout for details.

     To change: Choose Custom Colors from the Configure/Colors menu and
                choose Save Setup from the Configure menu.
            Or: Edit XVIEW.INI.
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