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User's manual for the avi program
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avi is an editor for *.avi files (Ascii VIdeo).
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Start it as avi filename.avi. If filename.avi doesn't exist, empty avi
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is created on the startup. If exists, the avi is loaded.
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avi starts in command mode. press enter to switch between command and
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`1234567890-=\qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./~!@#$%^
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&*()_+|QWERTYUIOP{}ASDFGHJKL:"ZXCVBNM<>? and space draws appropriate
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character under the cursor. Pressing arrows moves the cursor around.
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Pressing enter switches into command mode. F1 toggles help window.
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Enter switches into drawing mode. 0123456789abcdef changes the colour
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under the cursor. Colour 0 means transparency. Changing colour to 0 and
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then to a different colour preserver the char under the cursor.
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F1 or h toggles help window
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[ and ] copies the previous (next) position into the actual
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+ and - increases / decreases actual position
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, and . shifts the content of the actual position left (right).
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q ends the editor and saves the avi into the file specified on the command
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'g' starts animation according to 's' field in the avi and the animation
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must be stopped by pressing 'h' prior to further editation. The editation
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continues at that position at which the animation has been stopped.
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Arrows move the cursor around.
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The <tab> key toggles hold mode. In hold mode you can draw/set attribute while
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moving. While you move around with the arrow keys you automatically draw (set
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attribute) the last drawn character (last color).
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When <enter> is pressed, hold mode is turned off.
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