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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
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Subject: Re: LSP questions
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Date: 17 Jul 88 19:11:09 GMT
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In article <5509@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> jasmerb@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU (Bryce Jasmer) writes:
>2 questions about Lightspeed Pascal that are undocumented (as far as I 
>can tell):
>
>	1) How to you set the creator of a built program with a compiler
>	   directive? I am looking for something like: {$C MSWD} if I was
>	   writing Microsoft Word for example.

	You can't. The next version of Lightspeed Pascal will allow you to
set the file type and creator from a dialog box; for now, use a utility
such as DiskTop.

>	2) What are the differences between saving a document as 
>	   'text only' and 'entire document'? Is it just a saving in space,
>	   or is there more to it? And why would I want to save it as entire
>	   document? I wouldn't be able to open it up from any generic text
>	   editor.

	When you save a document as "Entire Document", it saves the internal
representation of the file; this way, the document takes up more space on disk,
but load and save much faster. Also, your stop signs (if any)) are preserved,
so the next time you read the document in Lightspeed Pascal, the stop signs
are where you left them.

	Note that in versio 2.0 of Lightspeed Pascal, the internal format
is going to change, so you'll have to re-save any Entire Documents as 
Text Only, and re-load them into Lightspeed Pascal 2.0.

>Bryce Jasmer

		--Rich

Rich Siegel
Symantec/THINK Technologies