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.TITLE ^P^A^G^E^R ^V4(6)
.SUBTITLE ^PREFACE
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^PAGER IS A PROGRAM TO AID THE USER IN THE LISTING OF PROGRAMS OR 
OTHER TEXTUAL MATERIALS. ^IT WILL TAKE THE SOURCE FILE AND PRODUCE
A NICE, NEAT FORMATTED PAGED COPY ON ANY OUTPUT DEVICE. ^THIS GUIDE
COVERS ^PAGER ^V4(6), 11-20-72.
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.SUBTITLE ^OPERATION
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^PAGER IS A NON-SHARABLE PROGRAM REQUIRING 1^K OF CORE. ^THE PROGRAM
ONLY NEEDS THE NAME OF THE FILE TO BE PAGED, OTHER
SPECIFICATIONS ARE GIVEN TO ^PAGER WHEN CALLED. ^TEXT FORMATTING
PROGRAMS SUCH AS ^RUNOFF CANNOT BE USED FOR SOURCE FILE OUTPUT
WITHOUT MUCH FILE MODIFICATION, NO EXTRA EDITING IS NEEDED WITH 
^PAGER.
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^PAGER CAN BE CALLED WITH THE NORMAL "^R" COMMAND IF IT RESIDES ON
"^S^Y^S:", OR "^R^U^N" IF IT EXISTS IN YOUR DISK AREA. ^THE 
"^P^A^G^E" COMMAND CAN ALSO BE USED IF IMPLEMENTED ON YOUR SYSTEM.
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^IF PAGER IS RUN NORMALLY, IT WILL PRINT AN ASTERISK. ^HERE YOU ENTER
THE INPUT FILENAME OF THE FILE TO BE PAGED, AND THE OUTPUT
FILENAME WHERE THE PAGED FILE WILL BE. ^IT IS OF THE FORMAT:
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^^INPUT-FILE>OUTPUT-FILE\\
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##WHERE THE ^^FILE\\ CONSISTS OF:
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^^DEVICE:FILENAME.EXTENSION[PROJ,PROG]\\
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^DEFAULTS
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^INPUT ^SPECIFICATIONS
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DEVICE####"^D^S^K"
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FILE######NECESSARY
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EXT######BLANK IF PERIOD IN INPUT FILENAME,
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"^B^A^S" IF NO PERIOD IN INPUT FILENAME
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PPN#######YOUR OWN PROJECT-PROGRAMMER NUMBER.
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^OUTPUT ^SPECIFICATIONS
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DEVICE####"^T^T^Y" OR "^D^S^K"
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FILE######BLANK
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EXT#######BLANK IF PERIOD IN OUTPUT FILENAME,
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"^P^A^G" IF NO PERIOD IN OUTPUT FILENAME
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PPN#######YOUR OWN
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^IF ANY OUTPUT SPECIFICATION EXISTS, (THE ">" AND FILENAME),
DEVICE "^D^S^K" IS ASSUMED. ^OTHERWISE DEVICE "^T^T^Y" IS USED
AS A DEFAULT. ^EXAMPLE:
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.NOFILL
^^.R PAGER
*MYFILE.MAC>DTA0:MYFILE
*PROG2>OUTPUT[3,7]
*PTR:X>LPT:
*MYPROG
### MYPROG\\ IS LISTED ON ^T^T^Y:
.FILL
.JUSTIFY
.SUBTITLE ^SWITCHES
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^^S#W#I#T#C#H#E#S\\
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^PAGER OUTPUT IS ALTERED BY SWITCHES YOU ENTER WITH THE FILENAME.
^SWITCHES (PRECEDED BY A SLASH "/") CAN BE GIVEN AFTER THE INPUT
AND/OR THE OUTPUT FILENAMES. ^EXAMPLE:
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^^*PAGER.MAC/F/T
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*DTA0:TIME>DTA1:TIME/E\\
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^SWITCH#########^MEANING
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/^^CUT\\###########^CUT OFF LINE IF IT EXCEEDS LINE WIDTH. ^ASSUME:
ADJUST LINE COUNTER FOR A LONG LINE.
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/^^DATE\\##########^INCLUDE TODAYS DATE ON EACH PAGE AT THE TOP.
^ASSUME: NO DATE OUTPUT.
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/^^END\\###########^WHEN FINISHED PAGING, PRINT OUT THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF PAGES THE FILE NEEDED ON THE ^T^T^Y. ^ASSUME: NO PRINTOUT.
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*/^^FROM\\#########^START PAGING FROMA CERTAIN PAGE IN THE FILE. ^ASSUME:
START FROM PAGE ONE.
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/^^HELP\\##########^PRINTS OUT THE HELP MESSAGE. ^ASSUME NO HELP PRINTOUT.
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*/^^ITAB\\#########^SETS TAB TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SPACES. (^TAB IS
CONTROL ^I). ^ASSUME: TAB IS EIGHT (8) SPACES.
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*/^^LINE\\#########^SETS NUMBER OF LINES PER PAGE. ^ASSUME:
56 LINES OF TEXT PER PAGE.
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/^^MINUTE\\########^INCLUDE PRINTING OF TIME OF DAY ON EACH PAGE
(IN FORMAT HH:MM). ^ASSUME: NO TIME OUTPUT.
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/^^NUMBER\\########^SUPPRESS OUTPUT OF PAGE NUMBER ON EACH PAGE.
^ASSUME: INCLUDE PAGE NUMBER.
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/^^PAUSE\\#########^PAUSE BETWEEN EACH PAGE FOR SINGLE SHEET PAGINGS.
^PAGER IS CONTINUED FROM THIS PAUSE WITH A BELL (CONTROL ^G). ^ASSUME:
NO PAUSING BETWEEN PAGES.
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*/^^SEQUENCE\\#####^START THE ^PAGER PAGE COUNTER AT A CERTAIN VALUE.
^THIS IS USED FOR COLLECTING PROGRAMS AND KEEPING SETS IN ORDER.
^ASSUME: START COUNTER AT ONE.
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*/^^TITLE\\########^INCLUDE A TITLE ON EACH PAGE OF THE FILE. ^ASSUME:
NO TITLE ON OUTPUT.
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/^^VTAB\\##########^JUMP TO END OF THE PAGE ON A FORMFEED. ^ASSUME:
SUBSTITUTE A LINEFEED FOR A VERITCAL TAB OR FORMFEED.
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*/^^WIDTH\\########^SET LINE WIDTH (USED WITH /^C). ^ASSUME:
LINE WIDTH IS 72 CHARACTERS PER LINE.
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/^^ZERO\\##########^SUPPRESS OUTPUT OF LEADING ZEROS ON LINE-NUMBERED
FILES (WRITTEN IN ^BASIC, ^GLIDE, ^LINED). ^ASSUME: INCLUDE LEADING
ZEROES ON LINE NUMBERS.
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^NOTE: ^AN ASTERISK (*) BEFORE THE SLASH IN THE ABOVE MEANS A
NUMERIC VALUE OR A STRING WILL BE REQUESTED ONCE THE COMMAND STRING
IS ENTERED. ^ALL SWITCHES CAN BE ABBREVIATED TO A SINGLE LETTER.
.SUBTITLE ^OTHER ^INFORMATION
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^C^C^L ^ENTERY ^POINT IN ^PAGER
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^PAGER NOW HAS A ^C^C^L ENTRY POINT. ^WHEN IT IS RUN AT THIS POINT, ^PAGER
LOOKS FOR A ^^TMPCOR\\ FILE CALLED '^P^A^G'. ^IF FOUND, ^PAGER TAKES
ONE COMMAND FROM THERE IN THE SAME FORMAT AS A NORMAL COMMAND. ^IF
NOT FOUND, IT TAKES COMMANDS FROM THE TERMINAL.
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^COMPIL AND MONITOR HAVE BEEN PATCHED ON OUR SYSTEM TO ALLOW THE 
'^P^A^G^E' COMMAND. ^FIRST THIS ENTRY WAS ADDED TO ^^COMTAB\\ 
(^COMCON) BY:
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^^C PAGE,CCLRUN,NOCORE!NOOPER!TTYRNU!NOCRLF!INCORE!NOACT!NORUN\\
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^THE PATCH TO ^COMPIL WAS A ROUTINE TO WRITE IN TMPCOR A FILE NAMED
'^P^A^G', EVERYTHING AFTER A NON-ALPHABETIC CHARACTER.
^ALSO, A '^P^I^P' COMMAND WAS ADDED WHICHED PASSED A COMMAND
(WITHOUT EXTRA PROCESSING) TO ^P^I^P. ^THIS IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL
FOR COMMAND WHICH ARE TOO COMPLEX FOR ^COMPIL SUPPORT.
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^CHANGES ^V3 TO ^V4
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^THE MAJOR CHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO VERSIONS WAS A MORE 
EFFICIENT PARSING ROUTINE. ^IT CUT ^PAGER DOWN TO RUN
IN ABOUT 1/2 ^K. ^THIS ALLOWED NEW DEFAULTS TO BE EASILY ADOPTED.
^ALSO ^C^C^L FEATURES WERE ADDED. ^THE HELP SWITCH WAS ELIMINATED
AS TEXT, AND NOW LOOKS FOR ^^PAGER.HLP\\ ON THE HELP PPN. ^TO CHANGE
IT FROM THE DEFAULT ([2,5]), TYPE (FOR EXAMPLE):
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^^HELPPN==1,,4\\
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^TO CHANGE THE DEAULT EXTENSIONS FOR INPUT AND OUTPUT, USE "^^INEXT\\"
AND "^^OUTEXT\\" RESPECTIVELY. ^INPUT ASSUMES "^B^A^S", OUTPUT
ASSUMES "^P^A^G". ^EXAMPLE:
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^^INEXT=='MAC'
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OUTEXT=='LST'\\
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^END OF ^PAGER DOCUMENTATION.