Re: Re: Screenplay formatter?

Quoting daleblizz <daleblizz-/[email protected]>:
>
> Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out how to write a  
> pScript yet.  I tried the
> examples, but I'm not sure how you actually save it after you write it.
>
> (I might have been trying activation instead of the actual writing.   
> pEdit and pScript are a
> "little" more complicated than Teikei, so I'm still trying to get it.)

   I'm not entirely sure that pScripts are going to help you with this  
project.  But, if they are, particularly since you want to do  
interactions with both pedit and TeikeiDA, you will need pToolSet.   
pScripts written with pedit alone will operate only while in pedit,  
and the activation methods are somewhat limited.  The purpose of  
having pScript(s) for your purpose would be to automate sequences of  
operations that you would otherwise do with pen taps and strokes, and  
keyboard actions, both in pedit (peditPro i hope?) and in Teikei.  I'd  
suggest doing everything you can with Teikei first, and then read and  
work through the following pScripting/pToolSet tutorial.

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pScripting tutorial:

    Since I am frequently helping others use pScripting for Palm OS,  
I've written this intro tutorial to avoid repetition of effort.  I  
have no commercial connection whatever with the pToolSet and pedit  
family of apps, but rather am myself a long-time happy user of them  
(and a beta tester), grateful to their developer, Paul Nevai, for  
their power, utility, and high quality.

    pToolSet is a suite of 29 .prc's, a few of which will appear as  
apps in your launcher, but most of which run invisibly as background  
extensions until called upon.  These have a multitude of utility  
functions such as full-featured text editing of any Palm text field,  
making entries into calendar, memo, and task DBs while still in other  
apps, and text searches, and much more.  In addition pToolSet enables  
the use of macro scripts, called pScripts, which will automate nearly  
any sequence of actions normally performed manually with keystrokes,  
button presses, and stylus.  Full use can be made of all the utility  
functions of pToolSet without ever using pScripts.  pScripting can be  
used to automate and facilitate use of the Palm device without using  
any of the other pToolSet modules.  pToolSet and the pScripting  
computer language were written by Paul Nevai, a professor of  
mathematics at Ohio State University.

   To evaluate pToolSet  go to

       http://home.columbus.rr.com/nevai/palm/

and click in the left column on the pToolSet link under the pToolSet  
heading, and also download the html manual listed under ptoolSet  
documentation.  To make full use of pScripting, also download the html  
manual under pedit documentation, and the pScriptRunner link under the  
pToolSet heading.

    There are 29 .prc's in the pToolSet folder.  Install them all, as  
they are interactive and needed for full function.  Do not install the  
contents of the 00pToolButtons subfolder.  Once installed pToolSet  
should automatically be on and running, but to be sure, look in your  
launcher and tap/select the "pToolOn" app.  The functions of all the  
pToolSet modules are fully described in the pToolSet manual.  The  
reason for downloading the pedit manual is that it contains the full  
manual for the pScripting language, which was initially written by  
Paul Nevai for the pedit text editor apps, but which has been extended  
to operate via pToolSet globally, without the need to have one of the  
pedit text editor family e.g. peditPro.

    The master control, in essence a launcher, for pToolSet is  
pMasterTool.  When launched it appears as a single column list of all  
the pToolSet modules and a number of actions.  It can be launched in a  
variety of ways detailed in the manual, including screen taps, button  
press-and-holds, and key presses.  However, to start, the easiest way  
is to open the command bar (stylus forward upward slash stroke) and  
tap the P-house icon which will be present if pToolSet is on.  If you  
have a Treo the command bar can be displayed using a feature of Butler  
or 2LaunchMe.  If you have a Treo but no way to display the command  
bar, proceed as in the next paragraph, taken from the manual.   
Otherwise skip to the paragraph after next.

    You can activate pMasterTool as an Operating System Extension,  
which is the launcher for pToolSet modules and special actions, using  
a screen tap, a hard button press and hold, or the ESC key mechanism,  
as follows. Launch the pToolPrefs application which will have appeared  
in your launcher after installing pToolSet. Check on the "buttons" and  
"taps" check boxes. Select the "Taps" button. Select the long box  
under "pick tap pattern:" and select "BOTTOM border of DisplayScreen".  
Select the box next to "LAST FOURTH" and select "current pMasterT".  
Select OK and OK. Now a screen tap in the right fourth of the screen  
bottom edge will launch pMasterTool as the extension. Another  
practical choice is the "LAST FOURTH" of the "RIGHT border of  
DisplayScreen". ?   Similarly, using the "Buttons" button in  
pToolPrefs you can designate a press-and-hold of one of the hard  
buttons to activate pMasterTool.
    And, to activate pMasterTool using the ESC key mechanism, launch  
pToolPrefs and check on the "use ESC key" box. Put an infrequently  
used lower case letter such as "z", or one of the opt button  
characters such as "+" in the highlighted space. When you press the  
letter key once, or press opt plus key simultaneously, pMasterTool  
will launch. To type the character press the letter key a second time,  
or press opt and character in sequence rather than simultaneously.

    You can have more than one method to display the pMasterTool list  
(henceforth "PMT") set up.  You can also configure the PMT list in  
different orders, and can configure it to use lower-case key presses  
to activate the modules for Treo friendliness (see the manual or ask  
me or the pedit forum).  If your interest is in using the pToolSet  
modules, the tutorial is done.  Just open PMT and activate a module  
and experiment, read the manual(carefully, it is very  
information-dense), visit the forum.  Explore the PMT dropdown menus  
obtained by tap/press on menu, or tap on the header bar, while the PMT  
list is open.  If you want to do pScripting, read on.

    Usually if you are reading this far it is because I'm helping you  
with a specific pScripting project goal such as automating a sequence  
for use in some app such as DateBk.  The following will take you up to  
the point where we will do the specific pScript you need.
1)  Open PMT.   Select pScriptPad.  This will open a memo-pad-like  
text field with the header scriptPad-#1.  This pad, and only this one,  
is recognized by the pScripting engines of pToolSet to contain the  
code which constitutes pScripts.
2)  First we'll set it up so you can use pScriptButtons, and several  
other methods, to launch pScripts.  2 or 3 lines down from the top of  
pScriptPad write

custBtnPageTotal=1

Everything you write in pScriptPad must be exact, as it is computer  
code and taken literally.  For example, there are no spaces in  
"custBtnPageTotal=1".

2 or 3 lines below custBtnPageTotal=1 write

custBtn.001.1
pScript_01
{My First pScript::
/&mess[@@Greetings@@]}

Tap OK to leave pScriptPad

3)  While in any app, open PMT and select pScriptButtons and tap "My  
First pScript".  A message results.
4)  Open PMT, select pScriptTool, write "My First" (without the quote  
marks) on the line "Run:", and tap/select "1:via pToolSet".  Message.
5)  Open PMT and press/tap the menu button or tap the screen header to  
open the PMT dropdown menus.  Select pMT1, then pToolSetPrefs.  This  
gives you the same screen you opened before as the pToolPrefs app.   
Check the "buttons" and the "taps" check boxes if not already checked  
on.  Select the "Taps" button, select "BOTTOM border of Display  
Screen" in the tap pattern box, and select/scroll the "LEFT FOURTH"  
box way down to "pScript_01" and select that. Tap OK.  Select the  
"Buttons" button, check on the box for one of the hard buttons you do  
not use for your launcher nor for DateBk.  In "press pattern" select  
hold'n'hold#1.  In "hold pattern" select normal delay.  In the box for  
the button you checked on, select "run pScript_01".  Tap ok and ok,  
and close the PMT list.  Now tap the lower left border of the screen,  
right at the edge, in the bottom left 1/4.  Message.  Now press and  
hold the hard button you activated until you see the message "run  
pScript_01" and let up.  Message.

   You should have seen the "Greetings" message with each of the  
pScript activation methods used in (3), (4), and (5) above.  There are  
additional ways to activate pScripts, see the manual or ask me or the  
peditors forum.  If this is not working for you let me know so we can  
fix it.  If it is working you are now set up to do pScripting, so let  
me know and we'll proceed with your specific pScript(s).

       Cheers,           John.







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