HP 95LX - Customizing the Filer

Modifying Lotus Macros for the Palmtop
The HP 95LX uses Lotus 1-2-3 version 2.2, so all Lotus 1-2-3 macro commands are
supported by the Palmtop. However, the smaller screen size of the Palmtop means
that commands that cause the screen to scroll are interpreted differently.
Take a look at an example. On a PC that has a full 80 character x 25 line screen,
the {PGDNJ¥ command scrolls the display down 22 lines (the 3 Control Panel lines
at the top don’t scroll) —one full screen’s worth. On the HP 95LX, {PGDHN2 also
moves the display down one full screen’s worth—11 lines.
To use a macro created for a full-size PC screen on the HP Palmtop, you need to
add an extra {PGDM 2 instruction every time you encounter one in the macro.
That is, two HP 95LX {PGDHN 2s equal one PC {PGDNY}.
Besides €PGDHN J three other screen scrolling commands are affected: {PGUP 2,
{BIGLEFT?Z and {BIGRIGHT 2}. These move the display up one screenful,
left one screenful, and right one screenful, respectively. As with {PGDN 2, youcan
usually double each of these commands to make a pre-existing PC macro compat-
ible with the HP 95LX’s smaller screen.
Customizing the Filer
Normally, when you view files from the Filer (by highlighting a filename and
pressing (ENTER), only the first 40 characters of a line are visible. For files created
for the HP 95LX, the lines are only 40 characters wide anyway. But for files created
on a desktop PC (usually 80 characters wide), you'll see only the first half of each
line unless you activate the line wrap feature, so that each 80-character line is
displayed as two 40-character lines:
Press (MENU), (Options, Wrap, (Yes to activate line wrapping; or (MENU), (Options,
Wrap, (Np to deactivate line wrapping.
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