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GrandView (GV) on XP or Vista--how?
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Posted by JeePea
Mar 12, 2008 at 09:35 PM
Hello (my first post)
I also use GV under XP and don’t have any issues. However, I got the disks for GV via Ebay several years ago but I didn’t get a manual.
Can someone please post the command line options or point me to where I might find them? I’m not sure if they would give me anything I don’t already have, but it might be useful to know them.
I love GrandView and use it for my fiction writing. One of the main reasons I like it is that I’m a die-hard WordStar command system user and that makes GV very pleasant to use. It’s pretty much impossible to find windows outliner programs that have a WS keyboard option.
Thanks,
JeePea
Cassius wrote:
>Here are the shortcut file properties) I’ve been using in XP. I make NO claim that they
>are the best. I tried TAME software; it made some things easier, but other things
>seemed harder. Newer versions of TAME (http://www.tamedos.com) may work better. (I should
>try…) A Jan. 2008 TAME version is in downloadable beta.
>
>cmd line:
>C:\PROGRA~1\GRANDV~1\GV.EXE /A/V/L/T/W
>font: TrueType only; 9x15
>memory: All
>auto; uses HMA; protected -> off
>screen: use window; all options checked
>misc:
>Foreground, mouse and background: unchecked
> Fast pasting and all Windows shortcut
>keys: checked
>Compatibility: all unchecked
>-c
Posted by Derek Cornish
Mar 12, 2008 at 11:58 PM
JeePea wrote:
>Hello (my first post)
>
>I also use GV under XP and don’t have any issues. However, I got
>the disks for GV via Ebay several years ago but I didn’t get a manual.
>
>Can someone
>please post the command line options or point me to where I might find them? I’m not sure
>if they would give me anything I don’t already have, but it might be useful to know
>them.
>
Welcome JeePea - Here goes (the command line parameters are all caps):
/B: forces black and white screen
/D: makes the mouse inactive
/I: skips autoexec macro
/K1: uses plain, non-enhanced keyboard driver (i.e., skips GV’s extended keystrokes and all special keyboard handling)
/K2: as above, but allows use of extra function keys F11 and F12
/K3: disables use of the shift-cursor keys in GV but allows access to the other extended keys
/L loads the last saved window setup
/Pxxx ...send printer initialization code to printer before printing
/S ...uses fast video without snow protection (only needed for CGA)
/T ...disables network support
/V ...displays 43/50 lines per screen (but only on EGA or VGA)
/X ...skips saved start-up directory and uses current one instead
/W ...disables GV commands Alt-Tab and Alt-Spacebar for compatibility with MS Windows
/F=filename ...uses a macro file other than GV.MAC (use only filename, including extension; do not include path or drive)
/Z=macroname ...executes a specified macro on opening GV
filename ...opens the outline whose filename you specify (up to 9, separated by spaces)
“window setup name” ...opens outlines the way they were arranged when last saved as a window setup (the name must be in quotation marks)
As you probably know the parameters can be entered - with spaces between each: /L /W /S etc - either at the command prompt in the VDM window, or in the GrandView pif’s command line (under the “program” tab), after “GV.exe” if you are going to be using them every time. Hope that helps.
Derek
Posted by Cassius
Mar 13, 2008 at 01:34 AM
JP,
I don’t think that there’s an electronic version of the manuals. Without manuals, you are probably missing some “hidden” features.
I’m sure you know that Alt-F1 awakens the menu bar. Under the Settings menu, Key Options/ Customize includes some keys that are not on any menu, such as the very useful Force Left and Force Right which move one item without affecting any others. You can also use Customize to remap almost the entire keyboard. Keyboard macros, under File Menu, are also useful.
If there is any special functionality you wish GV had, ask about it. Maybe it’s there, but hiding.
-c
Posted by JeePea
Mar 13, 2008 at 03:16 AM
Derek:
Thanks so much for posting the command line switches. I do see a couple that I can use. I am an old DOS user and like to have the kind of low level control that is impossible with most modern programs.
And Cassius, thank you for the suggestions and the offer to answer questions. I have made good use of the customization menu and, because I’m lazy and I think its fun, I’ve made a number of macros that help me do what I want to do. This again due to my experience with any number of old DOS programs where macros were common (back in the good old days.)
I’ve read a number of posts here and this is really a great goup of intelligent people. I have the same affection for outliners as I see expressed here and hope to contribute when I can.
Thanks again,
JeePea
Derek Cornish wrote:
>
>Welcome JeePea - Here goes (the command line
>parameters are all caps):
>
Cassius wrote:
>If there is any special functionality you wish GV had, ask about it. Maybe it’s there, but hiding.
Posted by Chris Thompson
Mar 13, 2008 at 05:25 PM
Was 2.0 the last version of GrandView?