Section Six - Diary Reference

The Diary application can be entered from the Index menu or from any application by typing D. Only one copy of the Diary can exist in the list of SUSPENDED ACTIVITIES at any time.

The Diary displays the Diary page for the current date, or the page previously edited if there is one.

Text can be typed into the diary in a free format, and can be edited using similar cursor-editing facilities as in PipeDream. Text automatically wraps to the next line when it reaches the right-hand margin, but note that unlike PipeDream the Diary does not reformat the remaining text on the page. This is to avoid altering the layout of any subsequent diary entries on the same page.

The

ESC

key can be used to escape from any menu option.

If you call the Calendar from within the Diary, you can use the cursor keys to select a new date. Pressing

ESC

then returns you to the Diary which will now display the page for the new date selected. (See Using the Calendar and Diary together, for details.)

Similarly, if you call the Alarm popdown from the Diary, the date will initially be set to the current date in the Diary. When you return to the Diary, however, the same date will be displayed on the screen as before the Alarm was called.

Memory low warning

When memory is low, a warning is displayed in the DIARY DATE window. You should then free memory before proceeding by deleting obselete diary entries with the

DEL

command.

Loading and saving - FILES

The commands on the FILES menu allow you archive old information in the Diary, or to load a range of entries into the Diary, starting at a different date (such as a year later).

Load - FL

Incorporates a diary file of a specified name into the information currently in the Diary.

Gives the prompts:

- - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF FILE TO LOAD - - - - - - - - - -

START LOADING DATA AT DIARY DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

A block of Diary entries can be copied from one range of dates to another, such as from one year to the next, by saving the block, moving to the same date in the next year (using the Calendar), and then loading the data back with the option set

START LORDING DATA AT DIARY DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes

Because loading appends data to whatever is already in the diary, an additional blank line will be present on the current day after a load.

Instead of typing the file name, the file can be selected from the Filer. After typing FL call the Filer by typing F, and select the required file by marking it (see Selecting files, p. 85). When you return to the Diary from the Filer by pressing Esc the selected file name will have been copied to the Load window. You will then just need to press

ENTER

to load the file.

Save - FS,

Saves the Diary to the current name, or to a name you specify. Normally the whole diary is saved. You can also save part of the Diary by marking the block of text first.

Gives the prompts:

- - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF FILE TO SAVE - - - - - - - - - -

SAVE ONLY MARKED BLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No