Copyright: QuickEdit 1.0


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QuickEdit 1.1

Welcome to QuickEdit.

QuickEdit is a simple notepad replacement that adds the following features:

Edit any amount of text (limited only by available memory).

Turn word wrap on or off at the touch of a button.

View correctly formatted Dos (ANSII) text at the touch of a button.

Improved search and replace capabilities.

Friendly and intuitive user interface.

Identical versions for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.

Unlimited Undo/Redo.

Auto-Indent mode for programmers.

So what's so special about QuickEdit?....... Nothing!  It isn't designed to have more features than the surface of the moon, QuickEdit is designed to simple, easy, quick and efficient to use.  You don't have to learn anything new..... just use and enjoy.  In fact you shouldn't even need this help file, though its here if you need it.

Installation

License Agreement

More Info

Commands

File Menu

Edit Menu

Tools Menu

Help Menu

Toolbar

Toolbar Commands

Procedures

Copying Text

Deleting Text

Exiting

Drag/Drop from the File Manager

Keyboard Topics

Windows Key Strokes


Windows Keys

Cursor Movement Keys

Dialog Box Keys

Editing Keys

Help Keys

Menu Keys

System Keys

Text Selection Keys

Window Keys


Tools Options Command

Selecting this command allows the user to configure Quickedit to their personal preferences.  The command presents a tabbed dialog with three pages of options:

General Options:

The following general options can be configured from this page:

Windows (Normal) Text options:

This page controls the appearance of normal text:

Dos Text Options:

This page configures the appearance of text when the Dos Text option is turned on, the available options are the same as those for Windows (Normal) Text.


Edit Word Wrap Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+W)

The Edit|Word Wrap command turns word wrapping of text on or off, word wrapping occurs at the right hand edge of the window.


Edit Redo Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+R)

Selecting this command reverses the effect of the last undo operation.


Toolbar
The Toolbar

The Toolbar is a row of buttons at the top of the main window which represent application commands. Clicking one of the buttons is a quick alternative to choosing a command from the menu.  Buttons on the toolbar activate and deactivate according to the state of the application.

Button	Action	Menu Equivalent

Create a new document	File|New

Locate and open a file	File|Open

Save the file in the active window	File|Save

Print the document	File|Print

Cut selected text to Clipboard	Edit|Cut

Copy selected text to Clipboard	Edit|Copy

Paste text from Clipboard	Edit|Paste

Undo previous editor action	Edit|Undo

Search for text	Search|Find

Search and replace text	Search|Replace

Turns word wrap on or off	Edit|Word Wrap

Turns Dos/Windows display on or off

Display help file contents	Help|Contents


index_info
For information on how to use Help, press F1 or select Using Help from the Help menu.


Edit Menu

The Edit menu provides commands to undo edits, access the clipboard, and to delete text.

Undo	Undo the previous operation.

Redo	Redo's the last undo operation.

Cut	Delete selected text and move it to the clipboard.

Copy	Copy selected text to the clipboard.

Paste	Move text from the clipboard to the current document.

Clear All	Delete all text in document.

Delete	Delete selected text.

Find	Find a pattern of text.

Replace	Replace one pattern of text with another.

Next	Find and/or replace the next occurrence of text pattern.

Word Wrap	Toggles word wrap on or off.


File Menu

The File menu provides commands for creating new files, opening existing files, saving files, printing files, and exiting the application.

New	Create a new, untitled, document.

Open	Open an existing file.

Save	Save the current document if its contents have changed.

Save As	Save the current document under a new name.

Print	Prints the current document.

Print Setup	Displays setup information for the printer.

Mail	Sends the text via mail to another user.

Exit	Exit Quickedit application.


Help Menu

The Help menu provides access to the help system and the about dialog.

Contents	Help topic contents.

Web	Get information from the World Wide Web.


Copying Text

To copy text to a document from the clipboard, position the cursor at the desired insertion point, and choose Edit|Copy from the menu.


Deleting Text

To delete text from a document, select the text, and choose Edit|Cut or Edit|Delete from the menu.  Cut will put the deleted text in the clipboard, and Delete will simply delete it.


Exiting

To exit the application, choose File|Exit from the menu.


Drag/Drop from the Program Manager
Drag/Drop from the File Manager

A file can be opened into an editor in the application by dragging the file from the File Manager, and dropping it on QuickEdit main window.


Edit Copy Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+C)

The Edit|Copy command leaves the selected text intact and places an exact copy of it in the clipboard.  To paste the copied text into another document, choose Edit|Paste.


Edit Cut Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+X)

The Edit|Cut command removes the selected text from your document and places the text in the clipboard.  Choose Edit|Paste to paste the cut text into another document. The text remains selected in the clipboard, and can be pasted multiple times.


Edit Paste Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+V)

The Edit|Paste command inserts the text currently selected in the clipboard into the current window at the cursor position.


Edit Undo Command

(Shortcut: Alt+BackSpace)

The Edit|Undo command restores the file in the current window to the way it was before your most recent edit operation.  Undo inserts any characters you deleted, deletes any characters you inserted, replaces any characters you overwrote, and moves your cursor back to a prior position.


Edit Clear All Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Del)

The Edit|Clear All command deletes the entire contents of the current document.  Use Edit|Undo to restore the contents.


Edit Delete Command

(Shortcut: Del)

The Edit|Delete command deletes the currently selected text from the current document.  The text is not placed in the clipboard.  Use the Edit|Undo command to restore the text.


File Print Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+P)

Displays the print dialog, allowing the user to select options for printing, and to then send the document to the printer.


File Exit Command

(Shortcut: Alt+F4)

The File|Exit command exits QuickEdit.  If you've modified the document without saving, you'll be prompted to save before exiting.


File New Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+N)

The File|New command opens a new, untitled document.  The application prompts you to name untitled documents when they are closed.


File Open Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+O)

The File|Open command displays the Open a File dialog box so you can select a file to load.


File Save Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+S)

The File|Save command saves the document in the active window to disk. If the document is unnamed, the Save File As dialog box is displayed so you can name the file, and choose where it is to be saved.


File Save As Command

The File|Save As command allows you to save a document under an new name, or in a new location on disk.  The command displays the Save File As dialog box.  You can enter the new file name, including the drive and directory.  If you choose an existing file name, you are asked if you want to overwrite the existing file.


Edit Find Command

The Search|Find command searches the current document for a text pattern.  The command displays the Find dialog which controls the search process.  Options in the dialog determine whether only whole words are to be matched, whether the case of characters is significant, and whether the search should be conducted forwards or backwards through the document.  As each match is found, it is highlighted in the document.


Edit Next Command

(Shortcut: F3)

The Search|Next command repeats the last Find or Replace operation.


Edit Replace Command

The Search|Replace command searches the current document for a text pattern, and replaces occurrences of the of the pattern with new text.  The command displays the Replace dialog which controls the search/replace process.  Options in the dialog determine whether only whole words are to be matched, and whether the case of characters is significant.  The dialog is also used to specify the pattern to search for, and the text to replace occurrences with.


Help table of contents
Window Help table of contents

The Help|Contents displays the help contents page.


File Print Setup Command

Displays the printer setup dialog, allowing the user to select and configure the printer to which the document can be sent to with File|Print.


Cursor Movement Keys

Key(s)	Function

Arrow key	Moves the cursor left, right, up, or down.

End	Moves to the end of a line.

Home	Moves to the beginning of a line.

Page Up or Page Down	Moves up or down, one screen at a time.

Ctrl + Right Arrow	Move to the start of the next word.

Ctrl + Left Arrow	Move to the start of the previous word.

Ctrl + Up Arrow	Move to the start of the previous paragraph.

Ctrl + Down Arrow	Move to start of the next paragraph.

Ctrl + End	Move to the end of the document.

Ctrl + Home	Move to the beginning of the document.

Shift + Arrow Keys	Extends the current selection.


Dialog Box Keys

Key(s)	Function

Tab	Moves from field to field (left to right and top to bottom).

Shift+Tab	Moves from field to field in reverse order.

Alt+letter	Moves to the option or group whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

Arrow key	Moves from option to option within a group of options.

Enter	Executes a command button.

Or, chooses the selected item in a list box and executes the command.

Esc	Closes a dialog box without completing the command. (Same as Cancel)

Alt+Down Arrow	Opens a drop-down list box.

Alt+Up or Down Arrow	Selects item in a drop-down list box.

Spacebar	Cancels a selection in a list box.

Selects or clears a check box.

Ctrl+Slash	Selects all the items in a list box.

Ctrl+Backslash	Cancels all selections except the current selection.

Shift+ Arrow key	Extends selection in a text box.

Shift+ Home	Extends selection to first character in a text box.

Shift+ End	Extends selection to last character in a text box


Editing Keys

Key(s)	Function

Backspace	Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.

Or, deletes selected text.

Delete	Deletes the character to the right of the cursor.

Or, deletes selected text.


Help Keys

Key(s)	Function

F1	Gets Help and displays the Help Index for the application. If the Help window is already open, pressing F1 displays the "Using Windows Help" topics.

Shift+F1	Changes the pointer to [image] so you can get Help on a specific command, screen region, or key. You can then choose a command, click the screen region, or press a key or key combination you want to know more about.


Menu Keys

Key(s)	Function

Alt	Selects the first menu on the menu bar.

Letter key	Chooses the menu, or menu item, whose underlined letter matches the one you type, when a menu has focus.

Alt+Letter key	Pulls down the menu whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

Left or Right Arrow	Moves among menus of the main menu bar.

Up or Down Arrow	Moves among menu items within a drop-down menu.

Enter	Chooses the selected menu item.


System Keys

The following keys can be used from any window, regardless of the application you are using.

Key(s)	Function

Ctrl+Esc	Switches to the Task List.

Alt+Esc	Switches to the next application window or minimized icon, including full-screen programs.

Alt+Tab	Switches to the next application window, restoring applications that are running as icons.

Alt+PrtSc	Copies the entire screen to Clipboard.

F1	Gets Help and displays the Help Index for the application. (See Help Keys)


Text Selection Keys

Key(s)	Function

Shift+Left or Right Arrow	Selects text one character at a time to the left or right.

Shift+Down or Up	Selects one line of text up or down.

Shift+End	Selects text to the end of the line.

Shift+Home	Selects text to the beginning of the line.

Shift+Page Down	Selects text down one window.

Or, cancels the selection if the next window is already selected.

Shift+Page Up	Selects text up one window.

Or, cancels the selection if the previous window is already selected.

Ctrl+Shift+Left or Right Arrow	Selects text to the next or previous word.

Ctrl+Shift+Up or Down Arrow	Selects text to the beginning (Up Arrow) or end (Down Arrow) of the paragraph.

Ctrl+Shift+End	Selects text to the end of the document.

Ctrl+Shift+Home	Selects text to the beginning of the document.


Window Keys

Key(s)	Function

Alt+Spacebar	Opens the Control menu for an application window.

Alt+Hyphen	Opens the Control menu for a document window.

Alt+F4	Closes a window.

Alt+Esc	Switches to the next application window or minimized icon, including full-screen programs.

Alt+Tab	Switches to the next application window, restoring applications that are running as icons.

Alt+Enter	Switches a non-Windows application between running in a window and running full screen.

Arrow key	Moves a window when you have chosen Move from the Control menu.

Or, changes the size of a window when you have chosen Size from the Control menu.


Word Wrap

If this checkbox is selected then word wrapping is enable on startup.


Dos Text

When this option is checked then Dos-Text display is enabled at startup.


Default Editor

If this option is checked then Quick Edit is used as the default editor for .txt, .ini and .inf files.

Windows95 users only:	when this option is selected, a QuickEdit menu item is available when the user right clicks on a file in Explorer.


Display Font

Use this combo box to select the font used to display text in the editor, only fixed pitch fonts are available, and only fonts that are available on your current printer.


Font Size

Use this combobox to select the size of the font used in the editor.


Tab Spacing

Use this edit control to enter/select the number of characters represented by each tab space, the default is 4.


Line Spacing

Use this control to enter the amount of space to be left between each line, the default is 4pt for plain text, and zero for Dos-text.


Margin Size

Use this control to enter the size of the margins on the left and right of the page.


Dos/Windows display Button

When this button is selected the text is displayed as formatted Dos (ANSII) text, use this to display or edit dos readme files, manuals etc which don't display correctly as normal windows text.


License Agreement

1) Copyright Notice

QuickEdit is Copyright © 1996, John Maddock.  All Rights Reserved.

License Agreement

Subject to the provisions contained herein, John Maddock hereby grants you a free non-exclusive license to use its accompanying proprietary software, described as QuickEdit.

Title

Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software and Documentation shall remain with John Maddock.  This Agreement does not include the right to copy or sub license the Software and is personal to you.  You acknowledge that the Software in source code form remains a confidential trade secret of John Maddock and therefore you agree not to attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the Software or allow others to do so, except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction.  You further agree not to modify or create derivative works of the Software.

Disclaimer Of Warranty.

Since the Software is provided free of charge, the Software is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranty of any kind, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.  The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Software is borne by you.

Should the Software prove defective, you and not John Maddock assume the entire cost of any service and repair.


Mail
File Mail Command.

This option is available in the 32-bit version of QuickEdit only.  Selecting this option sends the current text in the editor to another user via mail.  The user will be prompted for an email address, and may be asked to log onto the network if this has not already occurred.  In order for this to function correctly, the host PC must have been configured to accept email, under Windows95 that means ensuring that Microsoft Exchange is correctly installed and configured.


About QuickEdit

QuickEdit was written and compiled using Borland C++ 5.01.

If you spot any bugs, problems, or feel that a feature is missing, then please contact John Maddock at:

101603.1671@compuserve.com

For more info and other products:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Maddock/

Thankyou for using QuickEdit.


Installation

There is no need to install QuickEdit if you just want to try it out. However, if you decide that you like the program and want to use it as you default editor for text files:

1	Open QuickEdit.

2	From the Edit Menu select Options....

3	Check the "Use as default Editor" option.

4	Select OK.

To uninstall QuickEdit just make sure that the "Use as default Editor" option is unchecked, QuickEdit takes care of the rest.


Help Web Command

Opens the users web browser at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Maddock/

This option is available to Windows95 users only.


Tools Menu

This menu contains miscellaneous tools.

Word Count	Count the number of words.

Lower Case	Convert to lower case.

Upper Case	Convert to upper case.

Capitalize	Capitalize the first letter of each word.

Convert..	Converts the text to the specified character set.

To Windows(ANSI) Text.

To DOS(ASCII) Text.

Sort..	Sorts the selected text.

Choose Character	Pick an extended character.

Acute	Add an acute to the previous letter.

Grave	Add a grave to the previous accent.

Circumflex	Add a circumflex to the previous character.

Tilde	Add a tilde to the previous character.

Ümlaut	Add an umlaut to the previous character.

Ring	Add a ring accent to the previous character.

Cedilla	Add a cedilla to the previous character.

Remove	Removes the accent from the previous character.

Options	Configure QuickEdit.


Tools Choose Character Command

Presents a list of extended characters, selecting one of these inserts the character into the document, replacing the current selection if any.


Tools Word Count Command

Displays the number of words present in the current document.


Tools Lower Case Command
Tool Lower Case Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+L)

Converts the currently selected text into all lower case characters.


Tools Upper Case Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+U)

Converts the current selection into all upper case characters.


Tools Capitalize Command

Converts the current selection so that the first letter of each word only is in upper case.


Tools Acute Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+E)

Adds an acute accent to the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "e" becomes "é".


Tools Grave Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+A)

Adds a grave accent to the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "e" becomes "è".


Tools Ring Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+O)

Adds an ring accent to the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "a" becomes "å".


Tools Circumflex Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+I)

Adds a circumflex accent to the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "e" becomes "ê".


Tools Tilde Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+N)

Adds a tilde accent to the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "o" becomes "õ".


Tools Umlaut Command
Tools Ümlaut Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+U)

Adds an ümlaut accent to the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "u" becomes "ü".


Tools Cedilla Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+C)

Adds an cedilla accent to the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "c" becomes "ç".


Tools Remove Command

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+R)

Removes an accent from the previous character (or the currently selected character), e.g. "ç" becomes "c".


To Windows(ANSI) Text.
Tools Convert To Windows(ANSI) Text Command.

Selecting this command converts the text from the DOS(ASCII) character set to the Windows(ANSI) character set.

Note that each of these character sets has some characters that can not be unambiguously converted, therefore while you can use the Undo command to undo this action, converting to ANSI and then back to ASCII may not result in exactly the same text.


Tools Convert To DOS(ASCII) Text Command.

Selecting this command converts the text from the Windows(ANSI) character set to the DOS(ASCII) character set.

Note that each of these character sets has some characters that can not be unambiguously converted, therefore while you can use the Undo command to undo this action, converting to ASCII and then back to ANSI may not result in exactly the same text.


Tools Sort.. Command

Selecting this command allows the user to sort the currently selected text into alphabetical order.  Text is sorted line by line from the first completely selected line to the last completely selected line.  You can choose whether sorting is case sensitive and whether sorting is in ascending or descending order.


Auto Indent
Auto Indent Text

When selected, text is auto-indented when inserting carriage returns, and backspaces through whitespace go to the nearest tab stop position.  Use when editing source code.


Undo Limit
Undo Limit.

Specifies how many Undo/Redo operations are possible.