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ED - The Advanced Configurable Editor. Demonstration Version 3.00 22 Jun 94 =========================================================================== Installation Procedure ----------------------- If you have downloaded this as a ZIP file, then you need to expand ED.ZIP into a scratch directory using the -d switch to preserve ED's directory structure, eg PKUNZIP -d ED.ZIP Then run the INSTALL.EXE program from your scratch directory, and proceed as though installing from floppy. If you have the ED4WIN 3.0 demo disk: Place the Demonstration Disk into drive A. Change to drive A and type WIN INSTALL at the DOS prompt. This will start Windows, and run the Install program. Alternatively use the Program Manager File|Run menu item and type "A:INSTALL". In this example drive A can be any floppy drive. The Install main menu offers two options. o Complete installation o Custom Installation For the Demonstration version of ED select "Complete" installation. When Install has finished, ED will be added to Program Manager. ED may then be run by double clicking on the ED4W icon. You need approximately 2,000 KBytes of free disk space to install the Demonstration version of ED. This is a Demonstration Copy of the fourth release of the award winning Windows version of "ED - The Intelligent, Configurable Editor". --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ED for Windows - The power development environment that works YOUR way. ED, The fastest, most flexible way to slash development time ED is at the absolute leading edge in editors. Supporting both DOS and Windows, ED is as easy to use as it is to spell. Up and running straight out of the box for the new user but highly configurable, ED fits the way YOU want to work. For programmers, ED is the one-stop productivity tool that slashes coding time while placing all YOUR tools just a mouse click away. ED powers up YOUR development environment, without tying you to a particular language or platform. From C to COBOL, ED speaks your language; from colour syntax highlighting and auto code completion to advanced tools like file difference analysis and spell checking, ED makes it easy to get the job done. ED Saves you time No need to learn a new set of commands - emulation for most other common editors is provided, or you can create your own. Customizable menus and toolbars with toolhints, tool drag and drop and extensive context sensitive help get you going fast! ED Boosts Productivity ED slashes coding time with smart indenting, code templates and colour syntax highlighting for 28 different languages - then lets you compile and correct errors without ever leaving ED! ED Gives YOU control ED takes intelligent language sensitive editing, then adds access to compilers, error tracking and YOUR tools from inside the edit session. ED wraps them up into a development environment that does it YOUR way. Use ED straight out of the box, use ED's flexible configuration options, or create your own custom enhancements using ED's fast C extension language - YOU are in control. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Facts and Features ================== Powerful Editing Features Multiple windows with multiple files within a window Virtual memory engine handles huge files Windows toolbars with tool hints Keyboard remapping Named keyboard macros Unlimited undo and redo Auto-save and optional backup files Cut/copy/paste across files and windows Column, line and stream blocks Shift blocks horizontally left and right Column block operations including overlay, move, copy and fill Block sorting Rulers Printing with font selection, headings and line numbers Regular expressions, search across files, search filtering and incremental search Advanced Productivity Tools File difference analysis Search across all files on disk Spelling checker with 100,000 word dictionary and user defined word list Gets You Up and Running Fast ED can emulate almost any editor Support included for Brief Windows/CUA MultiEdit Norton Wordstar Qedit ED's menus, keyboard and toolbars are easily reconfigured to suit your specific requirements Powerful Programming Support Intelligent language sensitive editing Smart code indenting, code templates, auto-completion and bracket matching Hypertext function/procedure lookup Compiler support with error tracking Run compilers or tools without leaving ED ED for DOS shrinks to 4K ED for Windows runs the compiler in background while you keep working After compiling, automatic error tracking puts you at the point in the source where the error occurred Compiler/Make output displayed in an ED window in real-time Colour Syntax Highlighting See your code in a whole new light Language sensitive Support for 28 languages pre-defined 27 individual language elements for each language User defined word lists Speaks Your Language Assembler FoxPro Basic Lisp C/C++ Paradox Clipper Pascal COBOL PL/I dBase Progress DOS Batch files SQL FORTRAN Windows INI file format 28 pre-defined languages currently supported Simple ASCII text file format for user modification, extension or customization of word lists and templates Code Navigation and Browsing With ED's function tags database you can: Access any function in any source file Query functions using wildcards Popup a list of all functions in the current source file and go to any one Move to the next or previous function Locate and open language include files Extract dBase/Clipper DBF file field information Built-in C Extension Language Write your own extensions to ED Around one megabyte of source provided All the Help You Need Extensive context sensitive help Quick reference help Word search across help files Full support for Windows SDK and other Windows help files Right click on any word for context sensitive API help Full Environment Support English, German and Japanese versions available Full international keyboard support Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) Kanji support in Japanese version Support for UNIX files and mainframe DOS emulators Common features, functions and documentation across DOS and Windows Network Support Files locked during editing Locked files can be viewed by other users Configuration and history information maintained independently for each user Requirements ED for Windows minimum configuration: IBM or compatible computer Microsoft Windows 3.x 2 MB RAM 2 MB available disk space DOS version 3.1 or later ED for DOS minimum configuration: IBM or compatible computer DOS version 3.1 or later 640K RAM 2 MB available disk space Japanese version requires Microsoft "J" version software New Features in ED for Windows Version 3 ---------------------------------------- Configurable Toolbars Up to 4 docked toolbars (at top, left, bottom or right of screen) Up to twelve floating, resizable toolbars Customisation dialog for quick and easy set-up Buttons tied to any: ED command Macro or extension program Compiler/Make program DOS or Windows program Various size bitmap buttons to suit different display resolutions Drag and drop tools within toolbars Tool hints provide pop-up help on toolbar items Enhanced Compiler Support All DOS program output displayed in an ED window in real-time Keyboard input supported for programs running in the ED DOS window All DOS output captured to a file A mouse-click on any error line within the ED DOS window jumps to the location in the offending source module DOS batch files can be run within the ED DOS window New Spelling Checker A spelling checker with a 100,000 word dictionary has been added A user defined dictionary is supported Filter support can be used to target or exclude specific language elements such as strings Easier Configuration Clearer and easier to use Items grouped according to use Vertical scroll-bar, horizontal scroll-bar and Tool hints options added Precision Search and Replace Support for filtered searching and new Search options: Include or exclude specific textual elements Improved block search and replace Match whole word only Place cursor at end of match Find all occurrences to extract every string from a set of source files Improved File Open Dialog File name completion Configurable file types Drive/directory history list More Languages Support for six more languages has been added: Smalltalk Eiffel Rexx PL/I Forth Cicode ED now supports 28 development languages 27 individual language elements for each language Language templates are now specified in simple text files And Much More Files opened in view mode can be toggled to edit mode without being reloaded from disk Bracket code completion supported for any language Difference analysis windows can be tiled vertically or horizontally ED is designed for the 90's and gives you the absolute leading edge in intelligent, language sensitive programmer's editors. Discover the tool for DOS and Windows that frees you from the tedium of editing and lets your creative instincts flow! No developers' toolkit is complete without ED, the power programmers' editor. ====================================================================== **** ED NEWS and REVIEWS **** "ED - The Programmer's Editor is used throughout Australia by both instructors and students during our Institutes courses for C & C++ Development and Windows Programming courses. ED is one of the few Australian computer products that looks, feels and behaves like the ultimate programmers editor. It's a pleasure using ED to enhance our courses." Professor Vance Gledhill - Director of the Microsoft Institute. The quality and professionalism presented in ED is at the highest level. It looks and feels like a Quality (Microsoft) Product." Professor Vance Gledhill - Director of the Microsoft Institute. ED for Windows was one of the earliest Windows configurable programmer's editors, and this new release keeps it well ahead of the competition. PC WEEK (Aus) ED includes some features that are likely to wind up as "must haves" in any programming editor. For users who spend time picking up the pieces after another programmer has abandoned ship, ED's hypertext function lookup capabilities make it a winner. DATA BASED ADVISOR (US) "ED is a great editor that I can recommend confidently". Japan Windows Magazine, review of Japanese ED for Windows with full 2 byte Kanji support. "Students' reaction to ED's user friendly features is always positive. ED emulates Microsoft's bundled Windows editors as well as DOS editors such as Brief and MultiEdit, which means our new students are quickly at home in our computer training labs, programming faster and easier than with other editors." "Students find ED to be most impressive due to its ability to be extended with hot keys, macros and language extensions to achieve what is lacking in present Windows editors. As a full time tutor and user of good development tools, I recommend ED as an indispensable productivity tool for professional software developers." Gurpritpal Singh, Manager for Course Development - Microsoft Institute Previous attempts at creating the ultimate editor for Windows have always failed because of inflexibility: too often the editor would impose a style of working that did not necessarily suit the programmer. Happily, ED is highly configurable and has all the functions that could be expected. UK Windows User Magazine. "The diversity of needs and expectations of text editors has resulted in a dilution of capabilities and performance. The successful "editor" of the future will be designed by someone that can blend innovation with expectations and actually improve performance, rather than degrade it. It appears you've taken this challenge." Bill French Author of dBrief and Evolve (dBrief for Multiedit) and co-creator of LapLink. ED for Windows is clearly the best Windows programming editor on the market, and we've found it to be almost limitless in its flexibility and usability. This is supported by every member of my team. Luke Smith, PC Development Manager, Dun & Bradstreet Information Services. "ED for Windows" won the Australian PC92/PC WEEK "Best New Software Product Award" for 1992. US PC WEEK Aug 10, 1992 stated "Although ED Ver 1,00 has a few minor first-version bugs, it offers a series of nice touches typical of products far more mature than this" and continues "ED's features are some of the most powerful PC WEEK Labs has seen in a Windows programming editor". US Windows Tech Journal, said "ED has 70 buffers that provide an intuitive, flexible architecture..., ED's outstanding help system includes Windows SDK help..., ED has unique capabilities that make you think, 'Why didn't I think of that?'" and concludes with "This is one editor that is well worth keeping an eye on." UK Program Now, wrote "ED for DOS has become one of the established programmer's editors. ED is now available in a Windows version, the first significant editor available under this environment." The article concludes "ED4W does more than enhance all the normal ED features with a GUI interface and fully exploits the Windows interface. It offers developers significant gains in productivity compared with a DOS editor. ED for Windows is well worth consideration by any developer for any development environment." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Feel free to give your colleagues and friend's copies of the ED Demonstration system. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Overview -------- ED the programmers' editor is setting today's standards for Windows and DOS environments. Designed for professionals and new users alike, ED incorporates the best features found in all other programming editors, and we've then added a "hand's full" more. ED is your one-stop programming productivity tool. ED supports Assembler, C/C++, Cicode, Cobol, Eiffel, Forth, Fortran, dBase, Clipper, FoxPro, DataFlex, Lisp, Pascal, Paradox, Progress, Prolog, Rexx, Smalltalk and SQL languages; Color Syntax highlighting with user defined word lists, Automatic code indenting; Automatic code completion; Function/Procedure lookups; Keyboard macros; 100% keyboard remapping; "session recall"; Compiler support and so much more. ED has received outstanding reviews since its debut in 1988, and its regular ongoing development assures ED stays at the forefront of editing technology. For the new user, ED's features are all encapsulated into a selectable emulation environment (Brief, Wordstar, MultiEdit, Norton, Qedit...). Learning is optimised, you receive a quantum leap in efficiency and the wealth of ED's distinctive features will permit you to manage the business whilst ED manages your code. For the seasoned user, ED's appearance as the first programmers editor for Windows and the steady flow of enhancements continues to reward ED users and supports ED's continual rating as the optimum professional programmer's editor. ED will increase your productivity from day one, by simplifying and automating many tedious and time consuming tasks. Increased productivity now -------------------------- Language sensitive editing automatically indents your code as you write it, providing a consistent well laid out style with no effort on your part. ED's color syntax highlighting lets you see your code in a whole new light. User defined words lists enable you to add your own words and have them highlighted in colors you choose. Compilation and syntax errors are reduced dramatically. Code templates dramatically reduce the number of keystrokes needed to enter common code fragments. Code completion writes code for you. To let you quickly navigate around your many source files and functions, ED provides hypertext like capabilities for all of your functions, procedures and methods. This indispensable feature gets you to any function in any source file at the touch of a key. Use keys you already know ------------------------- You do not need to learn a new set of keyboard commands to use ED. We have taken the industry standard text editing command sets and made them available to you as a configuration setting. Brief, Multiedit, Wordstar, Norton, Qedit... formats are available, or you can easily create your own. What about a safety net? Undo, Redo, Auto-save! ------------------------------------------------ There's unlimited Undo for undoing any mistake you happen to make, be it a simple cursor movement or an accidental block delete. This is teamed with full Redo just in case you undo a bit too far. Auto-save periodically saves any changes you make, to a temporary file, and optional Backup files are kept whenever you save a file. Making ED your editor --------------------- Many users want to configure an editor to suit their specific needs. With ED you can set up the keyboard, toolbars and menus as you like, and an extensive range of configuration options are provided. Our powerful built-in C extension language enables you to modify and extend its capabilities as required. A large part of ED is written in this extension language and full source code is provided. ED's macros stop you repeating yourself --------------------------------------- Keyboard macros are used to repeat a common task on a regular basis. Record any series of keystrokes, name them, and then replay them when required - it's that simple. I need that piece of code here, now! ------------------------------------ Block operations including stream, line and rectangular column blocks are fully supported. You can cut, copy and paste blocks between files and windows, with just a few keystrokes. In addition, you can move blocks left and right, fill blocks, search within blocks, align comments and more. Full Search and Replace capability ---------------------------------- ED optimises the time taken to accomplish complex Search and Replace chores. Each time you look for something, ED remembers it in a history list, even between editing sessions. Later on you can just pick it from the list instead of typing the same string over and over. Of course there are full regular expression capabilities, case insensitive search, incremental search, search and replace across files and more. What Compiler support is provided? ---------------------------------- You can run any compiler without leaving ED. After compiling, error tracking positions you at each error. ED for DOS shrinks to 4K leaving plenty of memory to run any program. ED for Windows runs your DOS compilers in the background so you can keep on working. All DOS output is captured and displayed in an ED window in real time. It even lets you know when the compiler has finished and lets you fix any errors. But I want ED on a Network! --------------------------- On a LAN, ED locks files you're editing so no one else can change them. Other team members can still view the files and extract information. Each team member has their own personal configuration setup and history lists. GUI help when and where you need it ----------------------------------- Put your SDK Reference back on the Bookshelf. ED for Windows gives you full context sensitive Windows SDK help for all API functions, messages, data structures, printer escapes and utility macros. Just click the right mouse button on the item where you want help and up comes the information you need. The right mouse button gives you SDK help, bracket, comment and object matching, hypertext function and procedure lookup and opens #include files. (Another "how did I ever live with out it" feature.) Can I edit big files? --------------------- ED uses its own fast Virtual memory editing engine so file sizes, undo, history lists etc. are not limited by your operating system or environment. What about "Session Recall" --------------------------- ED remembers all windows, files and history lists between editing sessions. When reloading ED, you are presented with the same environment and history lists you used in the last session. File history lists keep track of the work you have been doing, on a project by project basis. Who should use ED? ------------------ ED is suited to programmers requiring the absolute leading edge in program editors. ED combines the best editing tools into one user configurable package that suits novice through to professional programmers. There is simply no reason for not using ED in any development environment. Where is ED going? ------------------ ED for Windows is now in its fourth major release and with each new version ED continues to break new ground. ED was the first fully featured editor available for Windows and is still the only editor available for both DOS and Windows platforms. 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