Th followin informatio ha bee extracte fro DVED602' interna referenc manual hav take th libert t d thi s tha thi fil ca b mad availabl o BB systems fo inspectio befor down-loadin th whol .CO file personall hav bee usin Dr Dewar' editor fo clos t te years fin the t b eas t use hav th righ choic o options an AR VER FAST I i m opinio tha thi on beat al thos othe micr an mainfram editors--hand down An th bes par fo yo i tha thi particula on als happen t b FREE! Thi work o th IB P an XT an mos look-a-likes bu get it spee b goin directl int th memor o th monochrom display s i migh no wor i yo hav not-so-a-like. Down-loa th complet edito -- I contain al th detail yo wil need. - Alan Cox D E W A R V I S U A L E D I T O R R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L INTRODUCTION DVE versio 6.0 i scree oriente edito fo th IBM/PC I require 64 memor usin DO 1. o 96 usin DO 2.0 an eithe th colo o monochrom displa card DVE i produc o Reali Inc. writte b Rober B K Dewar an i copyrighted 1983 I i distribute a n charge an yo ar encourage t distribut copie o thi progra t othe P users Copie o th progra ma no b sol o include a par o th distributio o an othe product However IB P club an simila organization ma distribut copie a nomina charg fo medi an copyin costs. Thi manua i actuall maintaine a par o th edito file Enterin th comman DVE (wit n parameters cause entr int th hel facilit whic display thi manua i a interactiv manner I addition pressin Ctr F durin editin als give help althoug o 64 machin onl limite hel i availabl durin editing. GENERAL ORGANIZATION DVE work wit a inpu fil an a outpu file I th cas wher onl a inpu fil nam i given temporar fil i use fo th outpu durin th edi an rename whe th edi terminates. Th editin proces basicall consist o sequentia cop operation Line ar rea fro th inpu fil t th botto o th screen an writte fro th to o th scree t th outpu file Th scree act a windo throug whic al th dat passes an wher i ca b edite a i passes Thi editin ca involv eithe th simpl retypin o tex o to o th ol text o th us o variet o specia editin functions. DVE allow th operato t mov backwar i th file throug regio alread edite an writte t th outpu file Thi i don b readin th line bac fro th outpu file an writin the t wor fil calle th hol file O resumin editin i forwar direction th dat whic ha bee save i th hol fil i rea back possibl reedited an rewritte t th outpu file. DOS LOAD COMMANDS To use the editor, enter one of the following two commands: DVED file DVED infile outfile Th firs for o th comman operate lik EDLIN DVE wil creat ne fil i non alread exists o edi a existin file wit th origina versio bein rename wit th extensio .BAK Th secon for o th comman edit a existin inpu file creatin ne fil wit th indicate outpu fil name I thi cas n BA fil i created. FUNCTION KEY USAGE F1 not used ALT F1 End edit Arrows Move cursor F2 not used ALT F2 Quit edit Home Cursor home F3 Open new line ALT F3 Open indent line PgDn Copy page F4 Delete to buffer ALT F4 Undelete line PgUp Uncopy page F5 Reformat line ALT F5 Reformat paragraph End Repeat command F6 Select range ALT F6 Unselect range Ctrl -> Forward word F7 Copy from buffer ALT F7 Clear buffer Ctrl <- Back word F8 Copy to buffer ALT F8 Append to buffer Ctrl End Erase end line F9 Duplicate character ALT F9 Duplicate line Ctrl PgDn Insert Page F10 Duplicate field ALT F10 Erase field ESC Enter command Num - Delete word Num + Next line Shift Up Top of screen Shift Num - Uncopy line Shift Num + Copy line Shift Down Bot of screen Ins Insert mode Del Delete char Shift -> End of line Shift Ins Insert in line Shift Del Delete in line Shift <- Start of line Tab Tab forward Enter Enter line Backspace Backspace Shift Tab Tab backward Shift Enter Indent line Ctrl Enter Split line In help mode, press function key for details of use. .cp6 USE OF ALT LETTER KEYS ALT C - Clear tab ALT L - Set/reset left margin ALT M - Set/reset mixed case mode ALT T - Set tab In help mode, press ALT and letter key for details of use. COMMAND PROCESSING Command ar entere b pressin th ES key Thi wil blan th messag lin a th botto o th scree fo entr o command Durin comman entry th lef an righ curso key an backspac key ca b used a wel a In an De i th norma manner I additio Hom reset th curso t th star o th line an Ctr En (ERAS EN LINE i active Entr o comman i terminate b pressin th Ente key Pressin th ES ke durin entr o comman cause th comman t b abandoned Se als descriptio o REPEA COMMAN (En key function Command star wit singl lette (uppe o lowe case): B - Search backwards to key N - Search to line number D - Delete lines R - Replace string G - Global replace string S - Search forwards to key H - Hex data entry T - Set tabs M - Merge file W - Set word definition I HEL mode pres th uppe cas comman lette fo detaile descriptio o th command. OPERATION OF DVED WITH A MOUSE DVE ca b operate full fro th keyboard However i contain feature whic allo th us o th PC-MOUS supplie b Mous System Corp I hel mode pres th ke fo detail o th require setu file. RECOVERY MODE Whe a edi i i progress DVE record keystroke i fil d:xxx.JO wher xx i th outpu fil name an i th curren drive I th edi bomb (dis full powe failure reboo etc) the th edi ca b replaye fro thi fil b repeatin th edi wit th / switch: DVED infile/R (see reference) .cp7 HANDLING OF TAB CHARACTERS I DVE encounter ta character i th input the ar expande t blanks accordin t th standar IBM/DO conventions.Durin th edi operatio itself th ta ke ma b use t mov th curso acros th screen jus a thoug th curso movemen key ha bee used Th defaul ta setting (whic ma b change durin th edit are: Extension is .COB T6,10,14,18,22,44,67 Extension is .ASM T11,18;40 All other files T9,17,25,33,41,49,57,65,73 Fo .CO files mixe cas mod i als se a th defaul (se AL key) Not tha th tab fo .CO assum tha th firs column ar no presen durin th edit. Normall DVE use tab i th outpu fil wher possibl t compres blank an reduc th spac require fo th outpu file accordin t standar DO conventions excep tha line containin quot character ar neve compressed I i i necessar t generat th fil withou an ta character a al (usin blank instead) th / switc ma b specifie o th DVE loa line: DVED file/N or DVED ifile ofile/N .pa OTHER INTERESTING PROGRAMS AVAILABLE DVED is one of the DEWAR utilities, which also include the following: DAVED Advanced version of DVED (many additional features) DVEX Examine file (like DVED, input file only, horizontal scrolling) DCOMP Compare text files showing difference in lines DXF Examine/modify file data at sector level DLOF List object file in symbolic form DSS Steady scroll (stop annoying scroll flicker on color screen) DCOPY Compress/decompress text file Th pric fo th whol se o utilitie (al th abov plu man others i $40 Unlik DVED thes program ar proprietar an yo shoul ge you ow cop b sendin chec o mone orde to: Robert B. K. Dewar 73 5th Ave. New York, NY 10003 OTHER REALIA PRODUCTS SPACEMAKER (TM) $75.00 utilit whic save dis spac an progra loa tim fo .EX an .CO file b compressin ou binar zeroe an compactin contro information. VT TERMULATOR (TM) $95.00 ful featur emulatio o th DE VT10 terminal wit transmissio speed u t 960 Bau an fil transfe facilities. To order either of these utilities, send a check to: Realia Inc. 10 S. Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606 or send for information on these and other Realia products.