Date   : Sun, 05 Jun 1988 03:30:58 GMT
From   : xanth!rlb@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Lee Bailey)
Subject: Help with Bradford (tm)

In article <8806022304.AA25094@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> DBRAATAN@NORUNIT.BITNET
writes:
>I have just got the BRADFORD program from SIMTEL20. It is in two files
>called BRAD2-A.ARK and BRAD2-B.ARK. The program is made by Aaron
>Contorer. It may bought from him together with a manual. What it
>does? It print in Near Letter Quality with your non-letter-quality
>printer.
>
>My problem: Bradford uses the backslash () as a command character.
>Command words in the middle of lines are preceded by a backslash.
>But the backslash is defined as one of the special norwegian letters
>in the norwegian ASCII code. That makes Bradford difficult for us
>in Norway (and also Denmark and Sweden).
>
>Do you know how to use another character as the command character?
>Help would be very much appreciated...
>
>        Dag Henrik Braatane

Bradford allows the command character (\) and the lead-in character
(.) to be redefined. Just insert the following command at the 
beginning of your text:

       .dcc~           {defines the tilde as the command char}
       .dcl^           {defines the caret as the lead-in char}

The .dcc command can be used to set any character to be the command
character.  Just substitute the desired character for the tilde. The
same applies for the .dcl command.

Bradford is actually a lot more powerful than the .DOC file indicates.
Many commands are not documented.  If you really find Bradford useful,
order a manual from the author.  It fully explains the use of ALL of
the commands.  The macro capabilities are quite extensive!  For the
price ($25 U.S.) it is a bargain.

You indicated that you got your copy from SIMTEL20.  As yet, I have not
figured out how to access SIMTEL20.  Could you give a brief explaination
of the commands used to access/download files?

       Bob Bailey


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