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WEDIT.DOC: Describes WEDIT.EXE (Modified for RMS-III)
Accompanies: Quicksilver Diamond Release
Contents: Introduction to WEDIT
The WEDIT Screen
The WEDIT Selection Bar
File Editing Keys
Cursor Movement Keys
Text Insertion Keys
Movement or Insertion Keys
Text Deletion Keys
Block Manipulation Keys
Text Search Keys
Disk Read and Write Keys
"Type" Command Keys
Display Selection Bar Keys
== Introduction to WEDIT ==
WEDIT is WordTech Systems' stand-alone text editor. WEDIT offers a number
of features that facilitate file editing, including full-screen editing,
block text manipulation, string searches, and disk reads and writes.
WEDIT is the default text editor used to edit the contents of memo fields
when running Quicksilver-compiled applications and may be distributed only
with such applications.
WEDIT uses 79K of memory plus the amount of memory needed for your text
file. WEDIT can create and access files up to 32K.
CAUTION: While editing abstract/memo data fields within an RMS-III database,
the default file-name should NEVER be altered (see write and quit below)
and the function keys should NOT BE used (see "type" commands below).
== The WEDIT Screen ==
After you invoke WEDIT, the following screen display appears:
filename total lines = 1 line=1 col=0
* * * top of file * * *
* * * end of file * * *
When you invoke a file, it is positioned between these markers.
The cursor is on line 1 and column 0 of the file. WEDIT awaits your
editing instructions. You cannot edit the top or bottom markers.
At the top of the screen, WEDIT displays the name of the file being
edited, the total number of lines in the file, and the current line and
column numbers.
You can type as many as 254 characters on a line - BUT for memo fields
you should only use 76 characters per line; mode should be on INSERT.
== The WEDIT Selection Bar ==
To simplify editing, WEDIT has a selection bar. Press Esc to display it.
========= WordTech Editor ==============================================
Line # Bottom Top Read Write Find Next Quit
Go to a specified line number.
========================================================================
The top line of the selection bar displays eight options. Each option
performs a specific editing action when selected. As you maneuver the
highlight from one option to another on the selection bar by pressing the
Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys, the talker line below the options changes.
The talker line describes the action that will occur if you select the
highlighted option.
You can select an option from the selection bar by pressing the first
letter of the option, or, you can use the Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys
to move the highlight to an option, and then press Enter to select it.
Each selection bar option and the action that occurs if you select the
option are listed below:
Line # Displays "Edit line number:" and moves cursor to line specified.
Bottom Advances the cursor to the beginning of the last line of the file.
Top Moves the cursor to the beginning of the first line of the file.
Read Prompts "File name:" and copies the contents of the file you
specify into the current file at the current cursor position.
"Read" is equivalent to Ctrl-KR, described below. This can be
used to import text into RMS-III abstract/memo data fields.
Write Prompts "File name:" and displays the current filename as the
default. "Write" saves the file under the name you specify.
BUT... DO NOT USE THIS OPTION FROM WITHIN
A DATABASE ABSTRACT/MEMO OPERATION!
Find Prompts "Search string" and searches from the beginning of the
file for a match to the string you specify. "Find" is not case-
sensitive. "Find" is equivalent to Ctrl-KF, described below.
Next Searches for the next occurrence of the last string you specified
with "Find". "Next" is equivalent to Ctrl-KL, described below.
Quit Offers two options, "Save" and "Abandon", that exit the text
editor. Select "Save" to save the file. "Save" then prompts
"File name:" with the filename specified when invoking WEDIT
as the default. You should save the file under the default
filename by pressing the Enter key. To exit without saving
changes, select "Abandon". If changes were made to the current
file, "Abandon" prompts "Changes have been made. Do you still
wish to Abandon?". Enter Y to exit the text editor without
saving the changes; enter N to re-activate the current file.
CAITION Within RMS-III database files, the WEDIT text editor is used
to edit text blocks that are inside a .dbt memo file. In this
case, the default file name in a position in the meMo file.
>> THE POSITION NAME IN THE ABSTRACT/MEMO FILE SHOULD NEVER BE CHANGED.
== File Editing Keys ==
File editing keys or key combinations and their effects are grouped as
follows:
= Cursor Movement Keys =
Up Arrow or Ctrl-E Moves the cursor up one line.
Down Arrow or Ctrl-X Moves the cursor down one line.
Left Arrow or Ctrl-S Moves the cursor left one character.
Right Arrow or Ctrl-D Moves the cursor right one character.
Home or Ctrl-A Moves the cursor left one word.
End or Ctrl-F Moves the cursor right one word.
Ctrl-Right Arrow Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
or Ctrl-B
Ctrl-Left Arrow Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current
or Ctrl-Z line.
PgDn, PgDn Moves the cursor down or up 23 lines.
= Movement or Insertion Keys =
Enter or Ctrl-M If insert mode is not active, moves the cursor to
the beginning of the subsequent line. If insert
mode is active, splits the current line at the
cursor and moves the cursor to the beginning of
the subsequent line. If the cursor is at the end
of the line before the "* * * end of file * * *"
marker, inserts a blank line, regardless of the
status of insert mode. (Insert mode is described
under Ins below.)
Tab or Ctrl-I If insert mode is not active, moves the cursor
four characters to the right. If insert mode is
active, inserts four spaces and moves the cursor
four characters to the right.
= Text Insertion Keys =
Ins or Ctrl-V Toggles insert mode on and off. When you start
WEDIT, insert mode is not active; the character
you type overwrites the character at the current
cursor position. Once you press the Ins key,
insert mode is active; the character you type is
inserted at the current cursor position. (When
insert mode is active, the cursor appears taller
and flashes more rapidly.)
Ctrl-N Inserts a blank line at the current line, moves
the cursor to the beginning of the blank line and
moves the current line down one row.
Alt-A Inserts a blank line below the current line and
moves the cursor to the beginning of the new blank
line.
Alt-S Splits the current line at the cursor and moves
the cursor to the beginning of the new line.
= Text Deletion Keys =
Del or Ctrl-G Deletes the character under the cursor.
Backspace or Ctrl-H Deletes the character left of the cursor and moves
the cursor one character to the left.
Ctrl-Y or Alt-D Deletes the current line.
Ctrl-T Deletes from cursor to beginning of the next word.
Alt-J Deletes from cursor to end of line; joins next line.
= Block Manipulation Keys =
Alt-L Highlights a block (a line or group of lines) for
manipulation. To highlight a block, move the
cursor to a line and press Alt-L. Then, if you
wish to highlight more than one line, move the
cursor to another line and press Alt-L. WEDIT
highlights the block beginning with the first line
you selected through the last line you selected.
Alt-C Copies a highlighted block to the line after the
current line and removes the highlight from the
original block.
Alt-K Copies a highlighted block to the line after the
current line; leaves the original block highlighted.
Alt-M Moves a highlighted block to the line after the
current line.
Alt-G Deletes the highlighted block.
Alt-U Removes the highlight from the highlighted block.
= Text Search Keys =
Ctrl-KF Prompts "Search string" and searches from the
beginning of the file for a match to the string
you specify. Note that Ctrl-KF is not case-
sensitive. Ctrl-KF is equivalent to selecting
"Find" on the selection bar, described above.
Ctrl-KL Searches for next occurrence of the last sstring
you specified with Ctrl-KF or "Find" on selection
bar. Pressing Ctrl-KL is equivalent to selecting
"Next" on the selection bar.
= Disk Read and Write Keys =
Ctrl-KR Prompts "File name:" and copies the contents of
the file you specify into the current file at the
current cursor position. Pressing Ctrl-KR is
equivalent to selecting "Read" on the selection bar.
Ctrl-KW Prompts "File name:" and displays the current
filename as the default. Ctrl-KW saves the file
* DO NOT CHANGE THE under the name you specify. By either entering a
* "FILENAME" OF A new filename or pressing the Enter key to accept
* DATABASE ABSTRACT- the default filename, you ensure that changes are
* MEMO RECORD ITEM!! written to disk. Ctrl-KW is equivalent to selecting
"Write" on the selection bar.
= "Type" Command Keys =
When you press one of the function keys, WEDIT "types" a commonly used
dBASE or dBXL command at the current cursor position. It will overwrite
or insert depending on the setting of the "Insert" mode. Typical commands
are: intro, list, dir, display..., and append.
These "typed" commands have no value in processing abstract/memo data and
therefore the FUNCTION KEYS SHOULD NOT BE USED WITHIN THE EDITOR.
= Display Selection Bar Keys =
Ctrl-Pg Up or Ctrl-W Displays the selection bar with "Quit"
highlighted. If you then select "Quit", "Save"
appears as the default.
Ctrl-Pg Dn or Ctrl-Home Displays the selection bar with "Quit"
or Ctrl-] or Ctrl-Q highlighted. If you then select "Quit", "Abandon"
appears as the default.
Esc or Ctrl-[ If the selection bar is not already displayed,
displays the selection bar with "Line #"
highlighted. If the selection bar is already
displayed, removes the selection bar.
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