Buddy will not take you to the "previously-seen" line when you open a file if (1) you rebooted since the last time you had the file open, or (2) you have opened enough other files in the meantime that you have now run out of file slots -- there are only three.
[New in version 3.] An new checkbox in the EXM enables the MEMO Goto feature whereby pushing MEMO while Memo is active will call up the Goto screen. This feature does not operate if "swap blues with shifted- symbols" is on in Memo.
You can have a Memo file automatically position itself to a preset line when the file is opened. To do this, use one of the following forms on the first line of the Memo file, starting at the fourth character position:
=end (or just "=e")Important: the `=` sign must be in the 4th character position. The first three characters (or spaces) on line 1 are ignored. (Example screen image.) The first form will cause Buddy to go to the end of the file. The second form will cause Buddy to go to the specified line. This feature overrides the "return-to-previous-line" or "open-at-end-of-file" features described above.
=nnn (where "nnn" is a line number in the file)
CTRL-ENTER will start a new line and automatically add tabs and spaces so as to position the cursor below the first character of the previous line. This is an auto-indent feature. A checkbox in the EXM will let the ENTER key invoke auto indent and convert CTRL-ENTER to a new line key without auto indent. If you push DEL immediately after CTRL-ENTER (or ENTER, if so selected), the spaces will be deleted and the cursor will be moved to the left.
Pushing Fn-PgUp or Fn-PgDn will "lock" the Fn key so that subsequent up and down arrows will move by pages. This feature must be enabled via the EXM. This mode will continue until a key other than the up or down arrow key is pushed. Suggested "other" keys are left, right arrow, or ESC, but any other key will release the lock. This is a bit disconcerting at first, but if you frequently edit large files, you will appreciate being able to move quickly through the file. After a little practice you will find it easy to push, say, the right arrow key when you want to drop out of this mode.
[New in version 3.] If text is highlighted, `.' (dot) will perform a CUT and `=` (equal sign) will perform a COPY operation. Thus, when text is highlighted, you don't need to push the Fn key prior to the DOT or EQUAL keys to perform a cut or copy.
Phone, Database, NoteTaker, and WorldTime
If "Locating:" is on for (approximately) five seconds without any keystrokes, an ESC will be automatically issued. The time delay is adjustable via the "idle keyboard" setting in the EXM.If "Locating:" is on as when searching for a name, only one ENTER key is required to call up the card.
Also, all of the "Full-Screen Note" features apply to Phone and the Database applications.
Also, "Application Linkages" information about linkages to and from these applications.
In NoteTaker, the up and down arrow keys will navigate between the "Title" and the "Note" fields.
You can navigate from the main ("list") screen to the card screen by pushing the right arrow key.
If you push ESC while at the main screen, Buddy will start Magnify! via Fn-1. Thus, ESC will toggle Magnify! on and off. (Magnify! is a program distributed by ACE Technologies, Inc. It enlarges selected areas on the screen, such as phone numbers.)
See "WorldTime (Map Overlay) Features" for additional information about WorldTime.
Also, see "Calc Features" for information on "AutoCalc."
Appointment/Todo Features
You can use the arrow keys to navigate in the appointment and todo entry screens. (Example screen images: Appt, Todo.)
If you type "n" (for "noon") in a start- or end-time field, Buddy will enter "12:00pm" instead (in 12-hour mode). The value "12:00 pm" is invalid at worst and ambiguous at best.
[New in version 3.] In the date field, `t' means "today" (similar to `n' for "noon").
"12:00p" is changed to "12:00n" on the appointment displays. I hate the ambiguous and invalid notation "12:00pm."
Also, all of the "Full-Screen Note" features apply to the Appointment Book.
D-gray will be inhibited when the cursor is in a date, time, or priority field.
If F6, F7, F8, F9, or F10 is blank, that function key will become "Appt" or "Todo". Thus, pushing F8, for example, will flip-flop between the weekly and daily views.
On the 200LX, you can set the Appointment daily greeting time in the EXM. If you set a new time, it takes effect "tomorrow," regardless of the new setting and the current time.
On the 200LX, you can call up the daily greeting on demand by pushing Fn-STAR in any application. In DOS, Buddy also returns an ESC character to the application. This is necessary in order to cause the greeting to pop up. If your DOS application does not like the ESC, remember to exit DOS or start another application before pushing Fn-STAR while in DOS. If you use this feature, the automatic daily greeting for "today" (if scheduled for a later time) will not occur; but it will "tomorrow."
The plus (`+') and minus (`-') keys will increase or decrease the date by one week (optional feature in Todo).
Also, see "Calc Features" for information on "AutoCalc."
Full-Screen Note Features
These features apply to the "full" notes display in the Phone, Appointment, NoteTaker, Database, and WorldTime applications. Many of these features are the same as Memo features.F6 is "Swap." Pushing F6 will swap the character under the cursor with the next character and advance the cursor one position.
F7 is "Case." Pushing F7 will change the case of the character under the cursor and advance the cursor one position. The change case feature (F8) will handle accents, umlauts, and so on.
Shift-F7 will change the case of an entire word.
F8 is "Repeat." Pushing F8 will repeat the last edit, including any character deletes, inserts, and backspaces. Any cursor movement terminates the recorded sequence; thereafter, any key that changes text clears the sequence and starts capturing a new one. The capture buffer can hold about 80 keystrokes.
CTRL-DEL will first delete to the end of the line, then delete the rest of the line if pressed again.
CTRL-BACKSPACE will delete to the start of the line, then delete the previous line(s) if used again.
There is a checkbox to make CTRL-DEL (delete to end-of-line) and CTRL- BACKSPACE (delete to start-of-line) use "cut" instead of delete (so a "paste" will undo).
In the full-screen note window, the letter-, gray-, and blue-key translations will operate as in Memo. These features must be enabled via settings in the EXM. See "Keyboard Translations" for details.
In the full-screen note window, F2 (Clear) must be pushed twice for it to operate. This prevents an accidental hit from wiping out your note.
CTRL-ENTER will start a new line and automatically add tabs and spaces so as to position the cursor below the first character of the previous line. This is an auto-indent feature. A checkbox in the EXM will let the ENTER key invoke auto indent and convert CTRL-ENTER to a new line key without auto indent. If you push DEL immediately after CTRL-ENTER (or ENTER, if so selected), the tabs and spaces will be deleted and the cursor will be moved to the left.
You can have a note automatically position itself to a preset line when the note is opened full screen. To do this, use one of the following forms on the first line of the note, starting at the fourth character position:
=end (or just "=e")Important: the `=` sign must be in the 4th character position. The first three characters on line 1 are ignored. The first form will cause Buddy to go to the end of the note. The second form will cause Buddy to go to the specified line.
=nn (where "nn" is a line number in the note)
Also, the "Applications Linkages" features apply to full-screen notes.
Lotus 1-2-3 Features
The function key labels are restored (in 64-column mode only). Recommendation: It will look better if you turn off the date and time display via (better sit down for this) "MENU w g d o c n u q". Sometimes, Lotus 123 will display an indicator at the same location as a Buddy-generated label. If this bothers you, you can disable the Buddy labels via a setting in the EXM.When at the file menu, "o" is translated to "r" (for "Retrieve"). If you use this method to open a file, Buddy will also give you the file "Name" list display. MENU File Retrieve will show the file name list.
MENU q will quit 1-2-3 and automatically answer "yes" to the first confirmation prompt. Thus, the extraneous prompt at quit time is removed. If the worksheet has been modified, the second confirmation prompt will still appear, as usual. (You can hit `q' a second time to exit without saving the modified worksheet.) For you Lotus "purists," this feature can be disabled via a setting in the EXM.
MENU-DOT will quit 1-2-3, automatically answer "yes" to the confirmation prompt, and save your worksheet if it has been modified. This feature can be disabled via a setting in the EXM. When Buddy saves a modified worksheet, it will use either the "replace" or the "backup" mode according to an EXM setting.
If there is not enough memory to load your entire worksheet, Lotus loads the first part of your worksheet and displays a "memory full" message. From that point on, until you quit Lotus and start again, Buddy will disable its MENU-dot feature in Lotus to prevent you from inadvertently writing the partial worksheet to your original file.
MENU u will save your worksheet (update) without quitting, using the "replace" or the "backup" mode according to the EXM setting.
If you push ESC at a quit confirmation prompt, you will be "escaped" all the way back up to the main display level. For you Lotus "purists," this feature can be disabled via a setting in the EXM.
CTRL-V will paste as a "value" a number that was previously copied from Calc.
In help mode, F2 will take you to the @Functions help screen. Thus, pushing F1 F2 will quickly get you to the "@Function" list.
The blue keys and their shifted symbols can be swapped whenever Lotus is active so that the shifted symbols can be easily accessed. This is controlled via a setting in the EXM (Blue-key Settings screen).
MENU File Save will automatically do an ESC if file name not known. This will put the cursor on the filename entry line and make it less likely that you will overwrite an existing file if you accidentally push the ENTER key.
Calc Features
In the sub-applications except Solver, the up and down arrow keys will be mapped to ENTER and roll down, respectively. Also, the "p" key will be mapped to "%" (percent). The `y' key can be used as the `^' (exponent) operator. Also, `s', `d', and `r' are hotkeys that will clear the stack, data, and registers.[New in version 3.] Keys `i' and `o' are surrogates for `(` and `)', respectively. (This is helpful for algebraic mode.)
`q' will exit Calc from sub-applications that do not use the `Q' key for another function.
The blue keys and their shifted symbols can be swapped whenever Calc is active so that the shifted symbols can be easily accessed. This is controlled via a setting in the EXM (Blue-key Settings screen).
If a numeral or dot is hit immediately after turning power on, Calc will be started before the numeral key is processed. The timer runs for 1.5 seconds after turning on power (or after entering your password if that is required). This "AutoCalc"-at-power-on feature must be enabled in the EXM. You can see the timer status: when the timer is running, a little star shows up in the lower left corner of the display (just to the left of the F1 key label). This feature does not operate in DOS.
FYI: That little star also shows the state of the 0.5 second d-blue timer used when double clicking a blue key to get the CTRL-app and the Buddy HLP timer which runs when you push F1. (Don't confuse this with the blue-key timer. That is shown by the "tornado" on the title bar). You can use the indicator to gauge how long the timers are running relative to your typing speed. The d-click timers for d-gray and d- letter are not shown.
In Filer and the database applications (Phone, Database, and NoteTaker), if you push a numeral key or dot while at the main screen AND if there is no matching file or record found, Buddy will automatically start Calc before processing your numeric keystroke. In the Appointment application, typing a numeral or dot while at one of the main screens will also activate this feature. If you are at the TOPCARD, any numeral key will take you to Calc. This "AutoCalc"-after-a-numeral feature must be enabled in the EXM. Note that there are two AutoCalc modes and controlling checkboxes: (1) after power-on, and (2) anytime while at main screens in certain applications.
MENU-numeral will set the number of decimal places. For example, MENU-2 will set two decimal places. MENU-equal will toggle between floating- point and fixed-point format. [New in version 3]: If you toggle out of Scientific, Engineering, or All format to fixed point using the "MENU =" feature, Buddy will toggle back to that original format from fixed point when using "MENU =" again. In effect, Buddy remembers your floating point preference.
WorldTime (Map Overlay) Features
(This feature will only work in "registered" copies of Buddy.)The day/night terminator and the position of the moon and sun (both longitude and declination) are shown on the world map. (Example screen image.) The shape and location of the terminator and the location of the body position markers are based on your local date and time. The sun marker is a small square on a vertical line that crosses the equator at local noon. The moon is shown by an "M" between to small triangles. To help locate the moon where it is mixed in with earth land masses, the moon's longitude is also indicated by a small triangle that moves along the bottom of the map. The moon marker is always directly above that triangle. Although the moon's phase is not explicitly shown, you can easily determine the phase by observing the relative position of the moon with respect to the sun.
{New in version 3.] The location of the equator is shown on the overlay.
You must set your initial local time zone (relative to Greenwich) using the EXM. See the WorldTime Settings screen in the EXM for instructions (WorldTime Map Overlay Settings screen image). The default time zone is CST, the home of Buddy. If you change your local city, Buddy will try to follow you. (It would be a big help if you do NOT change the column settings via "arrange columns.")
[New in version 3.] When you change local cities, Buddy will force an update of the ENV time zone information (by starting and quitting the EXM). This cures the problem some users have had whereby the new time zone would not be used after a reboot. That would happen if the ENV was not rewritten between changing the time zone and rebooting.
To manually set a specific date and time ("manDate"), push the left or right arrow keys until the desired pair of digits are highlighted at the left side of the display. Use the number keys, the PLUS and MINUS keys, or the up/down arrow keys to adjust the value. To set the current date and time as the manDate, push DEL. To return the markers to the current local date and time, push ESC. Setting the manual date and time only affects the world map display; adjustments here do not change the 100LX/200LX's notion of date or time in the 100LX/200LX applications. The default manDate is 16:00 GMT, February 26, 1998. That is the date of the next total solar eclipse (the track of which passes through South America). After the March 1998, the August 11, 1999 solar eclipse data will be used, instead.
The up and down arrow keys will always change the city listed at the bottom of the map. If the list is at its top or bottom, an automatic end or home will be done to cause the list to wrap around.
When you start WorldTime, and if you have the map overlay feature enabled, Buddy will open WorldTime and take you directly to the map.
You can overlay a great circle route on the map and control its position. You select two points on the map and Buddy will draw the great circle that contains both points. The great circle route is the shortest distance between the two points. (The day-night terminator is also a separate great circle of its own.)
First, select one of the two points by pushing the comma key (or the dot key), then select the second city and push dot (or comma). The dot and comma keys store the location of the selected city as the endpoints of the great circle. (If the great circle is not being displayed, push `=`.) You can manually move the selected point by pushing the numeral keys in the compass direction you wish to move. For example, `7' will move the selected point a few degrees to the northwest. If you push `0' (zero), Buddy will put the currently selected point at the location of the city shown on the bottom line. This lets you move the ends to certain places very fast.
Great Circle (GC) Command Summary:
[New in version 3.] An indicator on the great circle display lets you know which of the two endpoint selections (dot or comma) is active on the numeric keypad (used to move the endpoint), and where that endpoint is located on the map. In the lower left corner of the display (screen image), a letter `C' indicates that the comma-key endpoint is active, while a letter `D' indicates that the dot-key endpoint active. The arrow to the left or right of that character points in the longitudinal direction of the active endpoint with respect to the other endpoint as shown on the map.
Key Function dot ('.') record endpoint #1 (will invoke AutoCalc if GC feature is off) comma (',') record endpoint #2 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 Move the selected endpoint about 5 degrees 5 revert the selected endpoint to the original location 0 position the selected endpoint at the city shown at the bottom of the map window = toggle the display mode: shortest segment, full circle, off
[New in version 3.] The great circle endpoints are saved in the ENV so you can change them and they'll stick across reboots (assuming you at least open and close the EXM between changing and rebooting).
The WorldTime map overlay feature is relatively expensive as far as system memory is concerned. For this reason, in unregistered versions of Buddy (and if you elect to do so in registered versions), the memory space occupied by this feature is released at startup. This provides about 10 Kbytes more system memory for use by DOS and the system manager.
Application Manager Features
(New in version 3) The battery status (voltage, usage hours, and charge state), the power-off timer, and the serial port status are displayed at the bottom of the icon view display (screen image). There are more details about this feature.
(New in version 3) The serial port can be set to on, off, or locked (off). Lite Sleep can be controlled. There are more details about this feature.
If you try to start a DOS application and another DOS application is already active, the "a DOS application is already open" warning will be skipped (but you will still hear a beep), and you will be taken to that already open DOS application. If you close that DOS application, you will be returned to the Application Manager and you can retry the desired application. (Yes, this is deja vu. The Filer has this feature, too.)
When you terminate sysmgr (via (MENU a t"), you may specify that Buddy unloads, too, or remains in place with some DOS features still active. Details.
Note: many features are inoperative when in DOS, and if sysmgr is not loaded, some features are partially disabled. For example, Fn-L and Fn- G will not toggle d-letter and d-gray.
System Macros Features
For details about how Buddy creates macro-key labels and automatically loads a specified macro file for each application, see "Multiple Macro File Features."F9 will go to the Open File window.
From the main screen, `q' will quit.
You can quickly access a specific macro line by pushing a number key.
F10 and SHIFT-F10 are "Save" and "Save As," respectively.
Arrow-key navigation has been added to the Save As window, similar to that provided by Buddy in other Open and Save file windows.
DOS Features
There are two versions of Buddy.COM, the TSR file. A standard version and a DOS-only version. This sections applies to the standard version of Buddy. See below, for details about the DOS-only version.Enlarges the cursor. Note: you might have to push Fn-C or do a zoom after starting DOS or after quitting some applications to get the large cursor. I don't know why, but some DOS applications seem unfriendly -- they leave the cursor small. Icn100.com does that, for example.
The letter- and gray-key translations will operate as in Memo. These features must be enabled via settings in the EXM.
The "Enable Com1 Port in DOS" setting in HP Setup (MENU o c) controls the serial port when you are running a DOS program. If you want the serial port to operate in DOS, that checkbox must be checked. Buddy can override that control to keep the port off ("lock" mode), but Buddy cannot force the port to go on if that checkbox is not checked. If you have the port enabled, then you can use Buddy to allow it to go on when you enter DOS or to lock it off. If you are in DOS, you can use ALT- PLUS to turn the port on and remove the lock state or ALT-MINUS to turn the port off and set the lock state. (Note: the state of the "require MENU before..." checkbox in the EXM affects this feature, too.)
COMMENT: There is no way to assure that these Buddy features will work properly in all DOS programs. If you are getting strange results with your DOS programs, do not enable Buddy's features in DOS, disable Buddy (CTRL-MINUS), or remove Buddy.
"Enable Com1 Port"
checkbox in SetupBuddy serial
"lock" modeSerial port
state in DOSoff don't care off on not locked on on "locked" off
MENU-dot will do
The DOS-only version will operate only for registered users.
Buddy.EXM is the same in both cases; only the .COM files are different.
Buddy EXM will display "DOS-only" on its main screen if the DOS-only
version is loaded.
Stopwatch
Stopwatch gives Buddy fits. 
All keyboard enhancement features are off
in this application.
Use with Add-in Programs
Although Buddy has been tested with a few add-in programs, there are
many modes and unrecognized displays that might confuse Buddy, just like
in DOS programs. So, only enable Buddy features in your add-ins if you
have tested them and are comfortable with the way they operate.
DOS-only Version
These features apply to the DOS-only version of Buddy (BuddyDOS.COM).
DOS Features
Sysmgr Applications
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Updated: February 19, 1999