Contents
Contents for Quick Edit Help

Quick Edit is a text editor, similar to Windows Notepad.

To learn how to use Help, press F1.

Introduction

What is Quick Edit?

Registration

Requirements

Acknowledgements

How To...

Set the system files for your computer

Search and replace text

Commands

Menu Commands

Button Bar Commands


What is Quick Edit?

Quick Edit is a simple text editor.  It is very similar to Windows Notepad, but there are a number of significant differences:

•	Multiple Document Interface (MDI)

•	Easy access to system files  including win.ini

•	Simple to use button bar

•	Search and replace

•	3D styling of controls and dialogs

•	Multiple load drag and drop

The MDI standard enables more than one text file to be loaded at once, so only one copy of Quick Edit needs to be loaded.

By selecting a menu option, all four of your main system files can be loaded.  The system files are Autoexec.bat, Config.sys, Win.ini and System.Ini.  This effectively combines the functionality of the System Configuration Editor and Notepad.

A button bar can be used to speed up opening and saving, etc.  Most of the buttons follow the same standards as many Microsoft® applications - making it easy to learn.

Windows Notepad only offers simple searches, but Quick Edit allows replacing too.

Brought into line with many new professional applications, Quick Edit uses its own 3D styled dialogs and controls.

Quick Edit provides full support for Windows File Manager.  If you drag a file from the File Manager onto the Quick Edit icon or window, the file will be loaded.  This even works for batches of files - i.e. you can drag multiple files and load them all at the same time.


Setting the system files

To set the system files for your computer, choose Options from the Edit menu.

In the appropriate edit boxes, type in the pathnames of the files, e.g. opposite win.ini you might type c:\windows\win.ini.

Click on OK, and the settings will be stored in the INI file.  Now you can quickly load all four files by selecting System Files from the File menu.


Search and Replace

To search and replace using Quick Edit, first select the appropriate window (the title bar will change to a different colour) and the choose either Find or Replace from the Search menu.  If you search and replace for more than one instance of the text, choose Find Next from the Search menu to search again.


Menu Commands

To get help on using the menus, a status bar appears at the bottom of the Quick Edit window with additional information.


Button Bar Commands

Each of the buttons corresponds to one of the menu options.


Acknowledgements

Quick Edit was written using Turbo Pascal for Windows 1.5.  Turbo Pascal for Windows © 1987, 1991, 1992 Borland International.  Portions of this product are also copyright Borland International.


Requirements

Quick Edit requires the following minimum hardware to function correctly:

1	IBM compatible PC AT

2	Microsoft Windows 3.1


Registration

Quick Edit is distributed as shareware.  This means that after an evaluation period (in this case 30 days) you must register with the author if you intend to use the software.

When you do register, not only will you receive peace of mind, but

•	you will receive a register ID

•	the annoying opening and closing dialogs will disappear

•	you may receive other shareware material if required

The registration fee is five pounds sterling or equivalent payment in readily convertible currency or money order.  Registration payments should be payable to Steven Porter, written in pounds sterling and drawable on a United Kingdom bank.

To register you should print out the registration form, fill it in and send it to this address:

Steven Porter

(Quick Edit Registration)

27 Elm Place

Aberdeen

Scotland, United Kingdom

AB2 3SN

See Also

Registration Form


Registration Form
Quick Edit Registration Form

[   ]	I wish to register my copy of Quick Edit.  I enclose the registration fee of five pounds sterling (UK £5.00)

Updates

[   ]	Please supply a  3.5 inch 1.44MB disk for latest version of Quick Edit (and other shareware software on a trial basis).  I enclose an extra £1.50 (£3.00 for non UK locations) to cover costs of disk, duplication, postage and packing.

or

[   ]	I enclose a blank formatted disk plus return packaging and postage for my location to receive the latest version of Quick Edit (and other shareware software on a trial basis).

Name

_________________________________

Address

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

Telephone Number

_________________________________

Quick Edit Version Number from the Help/About dialog

_________________________________

Signed

_________________________________


Keyboard short-cuts

Key	Description/Menu Equivalent

F3	Search/Find Next.  Searches for the next occurence of the specified string.

Ctrl+S	File/System Files.  Loads the four system files.

Ctrl+Z	Edit/Undo.  Undoes the last editing action.

Ctrl+X	Edit/Cut.  Copies the selected text to the clipboard and deletes it from the document.

Ctrl+C	Edit/Copy.  Copies the selected text to the clipboard but does not delete it.

Ctrl+V	Edit/Paste.  Inserts the clipboard text at the current insertion point.


registration payment

Payment for registration can be done in a number of ways:

1	United Kingdom Bank Cheque

2	Eurocheques

3	Postal Money Order, written in UK pounds sterling

4	UK pounds sterling currency

I do not recommend sending cash through the post because it is not secure from theft.  Unfortunately, payment by credit card cannot be accepted.


shareware

Programs and data distributed as shareware are not free.  The user may make full use of the program for a limited period (normally 30 days) after which he or she must register with the author of the software (if he or she intends to continue using it).  A nominal registration fee is charged to encourage further work and reward the author for his endeavours.


system menu

The system menu may also be known as the control menu.  To access the system menu, click on the control icon of the window (top left) or click once on the minimized window icon.


text editor

A text editor is a simple application that is used to modify, change or create plain text files.  The editor saves each file it works with as an ASCII file, that is, plain unformatted text with linefeeds or returns.


multiple document interface

An MDI application is a Windows program which complies to the multiple document interface standard.

The MDI application typically consists of a main window and smaller windows within the application workspace, where each window represents a file.  This allows the user to load more than one data file into the application an once.


button bar

A bar across the top of the window, often just below the menu.  It contains buttons which have equivalent menu options, and can help to speed up operations.  The bar might look like this:


'to do' list

A 'to do' list is simply a list of tasks, appointments or items which have to be completed.  Each item often has a priority associated with it.


system files

In the Microsoft Windows environment running under DOS, the system files are considered to be:

•	autoexec.bat

•	config.sys

•	win.ini

•	system.ini

System files should only be altered by experienced users.


status bar

A status bar is a horizontal strip which appears at the top or bottom of the main window of an application.  It may display current settings or other such information.  In some applications, the status bar may show information about each menu item as the pointer is dragged over the menu.