HELP

 Help on Help

 Once in help (like you are now), the following commands
 are available :

 F1 - Help on Help (this screen)
 F2 - An ~index` (keywords) for items in the help file
 F3 - Goto the previous screen (limited)
 F5 - Zoom/Unzoom the help screen

 Arrow keys - Scroll the help screen contents left, right,
              up and down

 TAB / SHFT+TAB - Highlight the next/previous visible
                  keyword

 PAGEUP/DOWN - Move up and down a page at a time

 HOME/END - Goto the beginning/end of the help info for
            the current item

 ENTER - Get help on a highlighted keyword
 ESC   - Exits help
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INDEX

  Index for heXEdit

 ~Help` on Help             ~Goto` offset
 ~About`                    ~Load` a new file
 ~View`ing                  ~Mark`er stack
 ~ASCII` chart              Goto marked ~position`
 ~Base` conversion          ~Retrieve` position
 ~Clear` marker stack       ~Search`
 ~Colors`                   Search ~again`
 ~Edit`ing

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ABOUT

 heXEdit  v3.6  ^^  Rob Stuntz        2-5-93

 If you have any questions or comments I can be
 reached at one of these spots :

 1. GEnie
    address : R.STUNTZ

 2. CompuServe
    address : 71043,117

 3. and of course the good ole' U.S. Postal Service at

    Rob Stuntz
    565 Dorothy Dr.  Apt. 1
    Des Plaines, IL.  60016

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VIEW

 Viewing Commands

 F1      - ~Help`
 A/Alt+A - Show ~ASCII` chart
 B/Alt+B - ~Base` conversion
 C       - Set ~Colors` (color adapters)
 D/H/O   - Display offset #'s as Dec/Hex/Oct
 E       - ~Edit` the file
 G       - ~Goto` offset
 L       - ~Load` a new file
 M       - Push position on ~mark`er stack
 N       - Search ~again`
 R       - ~Retrieve` position from marker stack
 S       - ~Search` the file
 Z       - ~Clear` all entries from marker stack
 Alt+1 thru Alt+9 - Goto marked ~position`

 /       - Scroll up/down 1 line
 PGUP/PGDN - Scroll up/down 1 page
 HOME/END  - Go to beg/end of file
 ESC/Alt-X - Quit heXEdit
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ASCII

   ASCII Chart

   A / Alt+A

 ASCII chart commands

 LEFT arrow key  - go back 16 characters
 RIGHT arrow key - go forward 16 characters
 PAGEUP          - go back 128 characters
 PAGEDOWN        - go forward 128 characters
 D               - display numbers in decimal
 H               - display numbers in hexadecimal
 ESC or ENTER    - exits ASCII chart

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BASE

   Base Convert

   B / Alt+B

 Convert a number from either decimal, hexadecimal or
 binary to the other two.

 Base convert commands

 UP/DOWN arrow keys - select the base of the input number
 ENTER              - convert the number
 ESC                - exit the base convert routine
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COLORS

   Set Colors

   C

 This command will allow you to change the color of just
 about anything. You can also save the colors you choose
 so that XE will startup with those colors.

 Simply select the area you want to change the color in by
 pressing a letter 'A' thru 'O'. A colorbox of all
 possible colors will appear. The current color of the
 item you selected will have two white bars on either side
 of an 'X'. You can now move those white bars around with
 the arrow keys to select a new color. With the white bars
 around the color scheme you want, press ENTER. If you
 change your mind and don't want to change the color after
 all, press ESC.

 There are a couple areas that have a color selection
 restriction. Area 'G', Altered bytes background, you can
 only select the background, the foreground is the same as
 the main bytes (area 'A'). And the border for Help, only
 the foreground can be selected as it's background is the
 same as the Help text (area 'L').

 Color change commands

 F1        - get ~help`
 A-O       - select the area you want to change
 S         - save the currently selected colors to XE.EXE
 ESC/ENTER - exit the color change screen

 The 'S' command will save the currently selected colors
 to the executable file (XE.EXE). If XE.EXE is not
 available where it was started from, an error message
 will be displayed to that effect, which means your colors
 have not been saved.

 If you want the default colors back, start-up XE with the
 /C option. If you want to retain the default colors make
 sure you then save the colors, otherwise the next time
 you start XE you will have whatever colors were last
 saved in XE.EXE.

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EDIT

   Editing

   E

 Edit commands

 F1              - get ~help`
 Alt+A           - displays the ~ASCII` chart
 Alt+B           - ~base` number conversion

 BackSpace/LEFT arrow  - move cursor left 1 byte
 RIGHT arrow     - move cursor right 1 byte
 PAGEUP          - move cursor to first line on page
 PAGEDOWN        - move cursor to last line on page
 HOME            - move cursor to beginning of line
 END             - move cursor to end of line
 TAB             - toggle cursor position between the
        hexadecimal display and the ASCII display of the
        file. The above editing commands will move the
        cursor within the area the cursor is in.
        You can edit the file making changes in both
        areas at the same time, if so desired.

 ENTER           - quit editing. If you made changes to
        whole bytes you will be prompted to save the
        changes or not. Press 'Y' to save the changes or
        'N' to lose the changes. Only the portion of the
        file that is in memory is actually saved. So
        don't worry about waiting for a long save if you
        are editing a large file. You are then returned
        to the View mode.

ESC              - quit editing. This will return you to
        the View mode and will not save any changes you
        made.
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GOTO

   Goto offset

   G

 You are prompted for an offset to go to. You can enter
 either a decimal number or a hexadecimal number. If you
 press ESC while entering a number you will be placed
 back in the ~View` mode with no repositioning taking
 place. The BACKSPACE key can be used to edit your entry.
 If you enter an offset that is beyond the End-Of-File
 (or < 0) you will be prompted again for a number.

 To enter a decimal number just type in the number, no
 commas, and press ENTER.

 To enter a hexadecimal number, type a '$' as the first
 character and then continue entering the hex number.
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LOAD

   Loading files

   L

 Loadfile box commands

 UP/DOWN arrows  - move highlight bar one file at a time
 PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN - move a page at a time
 HOME/END        - move to beginning/end of file list
 ENTER           - load the highlighted file or change
                   directories or change drives
 ESC             - exit without loading

 F5 - toggles the Archive bit
 F6 - toggles the System bit
 F7 - toggles the Hidden bit
 F8 - toggles the Read_Only bit
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MARK

   The marker stack

   M

 Your current position in the file can be saved and then
 retrieved later on.

 Your position is saved on a stack. If the stack is full
 the oldest position will be deleted and the rest of the
 entries will move down the stack to make room for the new
 entry. The maximum number of positions you can save is
 100. Also, when your position is saved, it's location on
 the stack is reported to you so you can see how full the
 marker stack is.
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AGAIN

   Search again

   N

 ~Search` again using the last used search string. If
 there is no previous search string, you will be prompted,
 as if you pressed 'S', to enter a search string.

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RETRIEVE

   Retrieve position

   R

 While ~view`ing the file, if you do this command you will
 be moved to the location specified by the top ~mark`er
 stack entry. Once you have been moved to the new
 location, the entry you retrieved will be deleted from
 the marker stack. If there are no markers on the stack,
 then nothing will happen.

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POSITION

   Goto marked position

   Alt+1 thru Alt+9

 Using these commands will move you to a previously
 ~mark`ed position without deleting the mark information.
 The retrieve command 'R' moves you to the last position
 and deletes the mark, using Alt+1 - Alt+9 does not delete
 the mark. Alt+1 moves you to the first marked postion,
 Alt+2 moves you to the second marked position, etc etc.
 If you try to move to a position that has not been marked
 yet, nothing will happen except a message telling you so.

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SEARCH

   Searching

   S

 Search the file for a byte or text sequence.

 You will be prompted for the type of search (B)yte or
 (T)ext.

 For a byte sequence, enter the bytes in hexadecimal
 notation then press ENTER.  As with ~edit`ing, you must
 enter a complete byte, for the search to work correctly,
 although I don't check for that here.  You can use the
 BACKSPACE key to go back and make corrections.  The
 maximum length for a byte sequence is 9 bytes. There is
 no need to enter a space between each byte as I do that
 for you while you're entering your bytes.

 For a text sequence, just type in the text to search for,
 no quotes are needed, and press ENTER. The maximum
 length for a text sequence is 25 characters. The search
 is case insensitive.

 While XE is searching, you can press any key to interrupt
 and stop the search.
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CLEAR

   Clear marker stack

   Z

 This command will delete all entries from the marker
 stack.

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