Opening/viewing help or txt files

Brick Nash · 05 April 2015, 17:32

Hi folks,

Giving Protracker a go as I've always been into mods and as an avid user of Cubase I'm really interested in older music programs.

It's fun but obviously I'm a bit lost so I looked for documentation and there is a help file that came with Protracker and a help.txt file too but I don't know how to open them to view.

At first I thought they were windows based files but the .help file isn't recognised and the .txt file opens as garbled info.

I mounted the folder as a directory and they all show up in Workbench but when I click on them it asks to enter command arguments and then says it is not executable.

I'm sorry, I'm still learning to navigate my way around workbench and it can be confusing sometimes so any help on this matter would be great.

squidbass · 05 April 2015, 17:56

First things first...

I'm guessing you do not have a hard drive and are running from floppies?

There are many ways to read txt files etc. but we need to narrow it down for you.

Do you have workbench disks? If so, boot from the workbench disk and then run a shell. Right Amiga Key + e will open a dialog box. Just type in "Cli" - this should pop a shell open. Then navigate to your Protracker disk, after inserting it, by typing "cd DF0:"

Then you can issue the command "type help.txt"

squidbass

Brick Nash · 05 April 2015, 18:17

I'm actually just in Winuae until some parts come for my A500.

I mounted the zip file with the helps in them and they should be under device DH0 but I tried opening the shell and typing cd DH0 but it says object not found but it's showing in workbench.

daxb · 05 April 2015, 20:11

The "pt.help" file should be in progdir or S:, then just press the HELP key and the help text will show up.

mark_k · 05 April 2015, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brick Nash

I mounted the zip file with the helps in them and they should be under device DH0 but I tried opening the shell and typing cd DH0 but it says object not found but it's showing in workbench.

Try CD DH0:

Brick Nash · 05 April 2015, 21:20

Ok brilliant, I got it working but emmm......it's just listed the entire contents in the shell but I can't find a way to scroll through it all. The arrow keys do nothing and there's no side bar.

prowler · 05 April 2015, 22:01

From the CLI, enter "ed help.txt".

This will invoke the screen editor, which will allow you to scroll through the document.

PS. Be sure to exit from the editor without saving the document!

Brick Nash · 06 April 2015, 13:20

Hey thanks for the replys folks.

I tried putting in ed PT.help.txt and the Editor screen flashed up for about a second and then closed again. Same thing with the PT.help file. I tried a few times with the same result so not sure what to do now! :S

Cylon · 06 April 2015, 14:51

pt.help has a header on top of it for use from within the editor itself. without those it would be like this:

05 April 2015, 17:32	#1
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	Opening/viewing help or txt files Hi folks, Giving Protracker a go as I've always been into mods and as an avid user of Cubase I'm really interested in older music programs. It's fun but obviously I'm a bit lost so I looked for documentation and there is a help file that came with Protracker and a help.txt file too but I don't know how to open them to view. At first I thought they were windows based files but the .help file isn't recognised and the .txt file opens as garbled info. I mounted the folder as a directory and they all show up in Workbench but when I click on them it asks to enter command arguments and then says it is not executable. I'm sorry, I'm still learning to navigate my way around workbench and it can be confusing sometimes so any help on this matter would be great.

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05 April 2015, 17:56	#2
squidbass Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southport The Last Resort Posts: 202	First things first... I'm guessing you do not have a hard drive and are running from floppies? There are many ways to read txt files etc. but we need to narrow it down for you. Do you have workbench disks? If so, boot from the workbench disk and then run a shell. Right Amiga Key + e will open a dialog box. Just type in "Cli" - this should pop a shell open. Then navigate to your Protracker disk, after inserting it, by typing "cd DF0:" Then you can issue the command "type help.txt" squidbass

05 April 2015, 18:17	#3
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	I'm actually just in Winuae until some parts come for my A500. I mounted the zip file with the helps in them and they should be under device DH0 but I tried opening the shell and typing cd DH0 but it says object not found but it's showing in workbench.

05 April 2015, 20:11	#4
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	The "pt.help" file should be in progdir or S:, then just press the HELP key and the help text will show up.

05 April 2015, 21:20	#6
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	Ok brilliant, I got it working but emmm......it's just listed the entire contents in the shell but I can't find a way to scroll through it all. The arrow keys do nothing and there's no side bar.

05 April 2015, 22:01	#7
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	From the CLI, enter "ed help.txt". This will invoke the screen editor, which will allow you to scroll through the document. PS. Be sure to exit from the editor without saving the document!

06 April 2015, 13:20	#8
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	Hey thanks for the replys folks. I tried putting in ed PT.help.txt and the Editor screen flashed up for about a second and then closed again. Same thing with the PT.help file. I tried a few times with the same result so not sure what to do now! :S

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