[Coco] NitrOS-9 Help Message suggestion

[Robert Gault]

Dave Philipsen wrote:
> Is it just a matter of word wrap?
>
> Dave Philipsen
>

Not really. Here is an example of a help message and what it looks like on a 32 
col screen. Note that because of the line overrun, you lose lines as the screen 
pause does not occur at 16 lines.
The col 32 screen has TMODE PAU=1 for a pause.

col80 screen
===============================================================================
{Term|02}/DD:help dsave
Syntax: Dsave [<opts>] [<to path>]
Usage : Generates procedure file to copy all files from the
         current directory to <to path>
Opts  :
   -b = make a system disk by using OS9boot if present
   -b=<path> = make system disk using path as source
   -i = indent for directory levels
   -l = do not process below the current level
   -m = do not include makdir commands in procedure file
   -n = don't load copy/cmp
   -r = force rewrite of file on copy
   -s<num> = set copy size to num K
   -t = don't issue tmode (pause/nopause)
   -v = verify copies

Examples:
    Create a script to copy /h0 to /h5 with forced rewrite:
        chd /h0; dsave -r /h5 > dsave.out

    Immediately copy /d0 to /d1 with a 24K copy buffer:
        chd /d0; dsave -s24 /d1 ! shell -p

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Now a col32 screen1
================================
   -i = indent for directory leve
ls
   -l = do not process below the
current level
   -m = do not include makdir com
mands in procedure file
   -n = don't load copy/cmp
   -r = force rewrite of file on
copy
   -s<num> = set copy size to num
  K
   -t = don't issue tmode (pause/
nopause)
   -v = verify copies

Examples:
================================

screen2
================================

nopause)
-v = verify copies

Examples:
    Create a script to copy /h0 t
o /h5 with forced rewrite:
        chd /h0; dsave -r /h5 > d
save.out

    Immediately copy /d0 to /d1 w
ith a 24K copy buffer:
        chd /d0; dsave -s24 /d1 !
  shell -p


OS9:
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Beginners have a hard enough time learning OS-9 without mangled help messages. :)

Robert