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

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ABOUT

 heXEdit  v4.0  ^^  Rob Stuntz       12-9-93

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

 1. CompuServe
    address : 71043,117

 2. GEnie
    address : R.STUNTZ

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

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

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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
 Alt+D   - ~Shellout` to DOS/other prog
 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

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.

 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

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EDIT

   Editing

   E

 Edit commands

 F1              - get ~help`
 Alt+A           - displays the ~ASCII` chart
 Alt+B           - ~base` number conversion
 Alt+D           - ~Shellout` to DOS/other prog

 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. If you made changes to
        whole bytes you will be prompted to discard the
        changes or not. Press 'Y' to discard the changes
        and return to view mode, or 'N' to return to edit
        mode.

 After pressing either ENTER or ESC (as above), you can
 press ESC to cancel the request and return to edit mode.

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GOTO

   Goto offset

   G

 You are prompted for an offset to go to. You can enter
 either a decimal number, hexadecimal number or view any
 offsets in history by pressing 'H'. Preceed hexadecimal
 numbers with a '$' character. If you press ESC while
 entering a number you will be placed back in the ~View`
 mode with no repositioning taking place. If you press
 ESC while viewing history items, you will be placed back
 in the input offset prompt. 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.

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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

 * on a subdirectory, only F7 is valid/allowed

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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,
 (T)ext, or (H)istory.

 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.

 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.

 For a history item, use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to
 scroll thru all items saved in history. When you've
 found the item you want to search for, press ENTER.
 Press ESC to go back to view mode.

 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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SHELLOUT

   Shellout to DOS or another program

   Alt+D

 This command will shell out to a DOS prompt or another
 program.

 When this command is pressed, XE first looks for an
 environment variable called XESHELL. If found, XE will
 try to run the program name specified by that
 environment variable.

 If XE does not find a value for XESHELL, it looks for
 COMSPEC. COMSPEC is normally set to the command
 processor COMMAND.COM.

 If COMMAND.COM is the program shelled to, typing EXIT
 will return you to heXEdit. If XESHELL is used to run a
 different program, exiting that program will return you
 to heXEdit.

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