Phrases

`Repair default phrases` 

1. Strg Phrases  
        Enter a new phrase:  (in the write field)
        p ^b xyz     Now Strg+b is set to xyz .
	To use the phrase:   Strg+b  evokes xyz 
        For such phrases, however, there are only  5  letters left:
	    b e q w y

2. Esc Method  (nothing to do with the Esc key!)

  	Enter a new phrase:  (in the write field)
  p h Association     Now phrase  h is set to  Association 
	To use the phrase:  type in  \ h  then Association appears
	Capitals and small letters can be set to different phrases!
 	(If  \  itself has to be entered: type \\  )

 	Rem.
 	The default Esc-key is \ but some other character can be set to this function
 	(change the Esc code  in the INI file, e.g.,   Esc=42 for * )
	If you then need * itself, type   **  )

The phrases file of a99 
Name: PHRASE.A99, 
Using the command  phrase=...  in the INI file, another file can be given this role. We recommend that you first copy PHRASE.A99 to a name of your choice and then implement this name in your INI file.
The phrases file must be in ASCII DOS characters. 
Recommendation: when editing this file manually, use the X editor in a DOS window.
Attention: The phrases file is saved automatically at the end of a session, any changes made during the session will thus be preserved.
Tip: Enter a  p in the find command line. The current contents of the phrase store will be displayed.
We describe here, how a phase phile is structured and what the released file phrase.a99 contains.
There are two kinds of phrases: the Strg phrases and the Esc Phrases. They differ by the way they are activated: by the Strg key and by an Esc character, resp. (see below).
There can be only one  Strg phrase per letter, and one additional Esc  phrase for every alphanumeric character .
Every Phrase may contain text (at least 1 character) or a FLEX  (beginning with  "x " or "X  " ).

1. Strg Phrases  
	Not all letters can be assigned a Strgt phrase!
	not possible: a c d f g h i j m u v x z    free: b q w y
	The others are already in use in the official phrase file but may be reassigned.
	For every phrase there have to be two lines after this pattern:

        Number     (1 für a, 2 für b, ... 25 für y)
        ASCII text (!) of the phrase or FLEX text 

	PHRASE.A99 comes with the pre-assigned values listed below. (Inspect your own copy of `PHRASE.A99`. It  is overwritten every time you exit from A99! Therefore, it can contain no comments and no blank lines.)
	Example: press Strg+k to get ¬

           Online input of a Strg phrase:
           If, for example, "xyz" is wanted as the phrase text for Strg+b, then enter (in the input field):
           p ^b xyz     Set Strg+b to xyz .

 These are the pre-assigned values:

5 = ^e
ë

11 = ^k
¬

12 = ^l
Ú

14 = ^n
ñ

16 = ^p
ç

18 = ^r
Â

19 = ^s
š

20 = ^t
¢

25 = ^y
ý

2. Phrases for the Esc method
      The default  Esc code is \ , 
	Use the   Esc=Code  command in the INI file to set a different value, like  Esc=43 for +
      (If you then need to input the character \ or + itself: enter \\ or ++ resp. )
      The structure in the phrase file is the following:
Two lines per Phrase, the first contains the character to be typed after the Esc code, the second line contains the character or string to be inserted whtn the code is used. Digits or special characters are also possible for Esc phrases, not just letters.
Application: type  \ first, then L , and the phrase assigned to L appears. 

Define a new Esc phrase online: If, for example, you want "Braunschweig" as the Esc phrase for the letter B, enter this
   p B Braunschweig
into the write field. From that moment, "Braunschweig" appears when typing  \  b  .

 	These are the pre-assigned values:

C
Î

L
Ù

N
Õ

O
Ó

R
®

S
À

Y
Ô

Z
Ë

a
ª

c
Í

e
È

l
Ú

n
õ

r
Â

s
Á

y
Ò

z
Ï

?PHRASE.A99=h phrase.a99
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