Readme file for EDIT by Champion Software Shareware Notice ---------------- The unregistered version of EDIT is identical to the registered version except it is not possible to save files. The registration fee is $15.00 USD (£10.00) and it can be registered by sending a cheque to Champion Software 58 Abbotsham Road Bideford Devon England EX39 3AP I will then mail you a disk containing an unrestricted version. You can also register the sofware on Compuserve by selecting GO SWREG. The registration ID for EDIT is 4239. If you have any queries then you can contact me on CompuServe, my address is 100271,3155 Overview -------- Edit is a simple DOS text editor which can be used to edit plain ASCII text files. The application supports multiple documents in resizeable windows with a clipboard providing cut and paste between different windows. The program was written in Borland Pascal 7.0 using the Turbo Vision interface. Starting the Editor ------------------- To start the editor type EDIT and press enter. This will launch the application with a single untitled editor window. Optionally you may type EDIT filename and press enter and the document named will be loaded into an editor window. You can enter several filenames seperated by spaces and the application will be launched with each file named loaded into a seperate editor window. For example EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS would cause the edit application to run with both files loaded and the two editor windows cascaded. If you enter the name of a file that does not already exist then an empty zero length file will be created. Using the Editor ---------------- Most of the features and keystrokes will be familiar to anyone who has used DOS or Windows. I have tried where possible to use hotkeys that are compatible with the equivalent Windows ones. There is usually more than one way of performing a particular task for example you can click on the menu or status line with the mouse or use Alt and the Highlighted letter to activate an item. Also all functions have a hot key combination shortcut. The Features ------------ File New Creates an untitled editor window Open Allows an existing file to be loaded into a new window Save Saves the file in the active edit window Save As Same as Save but allows renaming of the file Exit Exit from the editor application Edit Cut Deletes highlighted text and puts it in the clipboard Copy Copies highlighted text into the clipboard Paste Pastes text from the clipboard into the document Delete Deletes highlighted text Undo Undoes the last edit operation Search Find Searches for text from the cursor position Find Next Find next occurence of text Replace Finds and replaces text Window Close Close the active editor window Maximize Makes the active editor window full screen Size / Move Allows sizing and moving of the active window Next Switches focus to the next editor window Previous Switches focus to the previous editor window Tile Tiles all editor windows Cascade Cascades all editor windows Misc DOS Shell Shells out to the command line prompt About Shows a copyright screen Special features ---------------- The editor window consists of an edit area surrounded by a border. The border contains several useful features: At the top left there is a rectangular icon which closes the window when clicked on. At the top right there is an icon which maximizes / restores the window size when clicked on. To the left of this icon is a number which when typed with the Alt key held down causes the window with that number to come to the front. There are two scroll bars which scroll the text view. The arrow heads scroll one line, the shaded area scrolls severalines and the button can be dragged to any position. At the bottom left an asterisk will appear when the window text has been modified. To the right of this are two numbers which indicate the current row and column positions of the cursor. Special Keys ------------ When sizing / moving a window use the arrow keys to move it and shift with the arrow keys to size it. Press Enter to end the operation and keep the changes or Esc to end the operation and discard any changes. Ins Switch between insert and overwrite Ctrl+PageUp Jump to start of file Ctrl+PageDown Jumo to end of file Shift+Arrow Highlight text Ctrl+Right Jump one word to the right Ctrl+Left Jump one word to the left Some of the WordStar key strokes will also work, for example: Ctrl+T delete the word to the right of the cursor Ctrl+K Ctrl+B start marking a block (cursor keys to continue) Ctrl+K Ctrl+K copy selected text to the clipboard Ctrl+K Ctrl+C past text from the clipboard into the document The Mouse --------- You can use the mouse to click directly on a menu or status line item. You can also drag across text to highlight it. The border controls and icons can also be activated using the mouse. An editor window can be selected by clicking on it and moved by dragging the title bar. The left button is the only one used.