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╓──────────────────────────────────╖ ║ pE - The "perfect" Editor (tm) ║█▌ ║ ║█▌ ║ by ║█▌ ║ ║█▌ ║ Just Excellent Software, Inc. ║█▌ ║ All Rights Reserved ║█▌ ╙──────────────────────────────────╜█▌ ████████████████████████████████████▌ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R) ──│ │o │────────────────── │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of │ │ │─┘ Shareware └───│ o │ Professionals ──────│ ║ │──────────────────── └────╨────┘ MEMBER Copyright (c) 1990 - 1993 by Just Excellent Software, Inc 220 High View Lane, Suite 202 Media, PA 19063 pE - Quick Start ──────────────── This file may be all you need to know to use pE. There is much more detail in peuser.txt. Registration provides a printed manual, quick reference card and telephone support. It also provides the latest version of pE (or pEp) free of registration inducements. We hope you enjoy pE enough to use it and therefore register. Print using 60 lines per page, 0 top and 0 bottom margin (Laser), or 66 lines per page and 3 top and 3 bottom margin. ┌──────────────┐ │1. Starting pE│ └──────────────┘ pE can be started simply by typing 'pe' (or 'pep' for pe professional). There are many command line switches available for you to customize pE. See the peuser.doc for a complete description. - Open a single file--> pe filename if filename is non-existant, it is opened as a new file - Open a few files----> pe file1,file2,file3 - Open a list of files> pe @list where list contains filenames with paths) - Open and position---> pe filename nnn [nnn is linenumber] - Open file chooser---> pe * the '*' means all files, you can also say things like *.txt (show only .txt files) \path\sub\sub\*.* (show all files in \path\sub\sub dep*.* (show only files whose names start with 'dep') ┌──────────────┐ │2. Quitting pE│ └──────────────┘ The very easiest thing to do is type Alt-X (exit). If you've made a change to the file, pE will ask if you wish to save it. If you just want to leave without saving anything, and you're in a big rush, type ^Q_L (that's Ctrl + Q, then L, case unimportant). ┌─────────────────────┐ │3. Accessing the Menu│ └─────────────────────┘ F10 or Alt+Shift (either) will call attention to the menu bar. Pressing the first letter of each choice will then 'pull down' the menu. If the menu bar is visible, you may also click left with the mouse. If invisible, position the mouse on the top row of the screen and press the right button; the menu will appear. ┌──────────────────────┐ │4. Saving Edited Files│ └──────────────────────┘ Alt-S will save an edited file to disk. It will do a "Save As" and provide you an opportunity to change the name. Alt-Q (Quick exit and save) Saves all files modified and exits. ^K_S will save the file to the current name without a prompt. Each of these commands will first backup the original file to the "Backup Path" (defaults to \backup). ┌───────────────┐ │5. Command Menu│ └───────────────┘ Pressing F1 calls up the command menu. The command menu is a listing of all of pE's commands, arranged alphabetically, with their current key assignment. Selecting a command and pressing enter will execute the command directly from the menu. You may also left click with the mouse. ┌────────────────┐ │6. Window Basics│ └────────────────┘ pE's windows can be tiled, cascaded, sized, moved, stacked and colored differently. Windows can be bordered, or not. If you use a mouse, it is recommended that you leave the borders on. To size a window: - with the mouse, click left on the size 'gadget' in the lower right hand corner of the window border. Holding the mouse button down, move the mouse up and to the left. - letting go of the mouse button ends the size. - with the keyboard, press Alt-Home. Use the arrow keys to move the bottom and right borders. Pressing ESC ends the size. To move a window: - with the mouse, click left on the window title, enclosed in square brackets in the center of the top border. Holding the mouse button down, move the mouse and the window will move along as well. Note that the window can only move within the confines of the screen, so it must be smaller than the full screen to move. Leaving go of the mouse ends the move. - with the keyboard, press Alt-End. Use the arrow keys to move. As with Size, ESC ends the move. To close a window: - with the mouse, click left on the 'close gadget', the symbol '■' in the upper left hand corner of the window border. - with the keyboard, press Alt-K. To stack windows: - press F12 To unstack windows: - press Alt-F12 To cascade press Alt-C, to tile Alt-T. To jump to the next, prev window F2 and Shift F2. ┌────────────────┐ │7. Saving Memory│ └────────────────┘ When pE opens a Window, it saves the background of the window in memory. The bigger the window, the more memory. The more memory taken by windows, the less that is available for text. To increase the size of the file capable of being edited; 1. Use few windows and keep the ones you're not using very small. This is easy to do with the minimize window, zoom and other commands available to arrange and control the size and spacing of windows. 2. Editing using 25 lines/screen uses less memory than editing with 50 lines/screen. 3. Buy pEp, pE professional. pE professional can use ALL the memory in your computer and consequently can open many more and bigger files. You need a '286 and up processor to run pEp with a minimum of 2 Megs of memory. ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │8. Marking, Cutting & Pasting│ └─────────────────────────────┘ One of the joys of using a computer to manipulate text, is the ability to freely move text around easily. pE makes this easier than any other product you've tried! Either the mouse or the keyboard can be used. First some definitions: - Marking means to select an area of text. Marked areas are called 'blocks'. - Cutting means to move the selected text to the 'Scrap' Some programs refer to it as a 'Clipboard'. In any event it is simply a holding place (invisible) to hold selected, moved text. - Pasting means to move text from the 'Scrap' back into the editing window. It is exactly the opposite of cutting. Now the keys used; - Grey- to Cut. 'Grey' refers to the numeric keypad keys. - Grey+ to Paste. If nothing is marked, pressing cut will cut the current line to the scrap. Pressing paste will copy it back. Pasting can be done over and over. Until the next 'cut' the contents of the 'Scrap' remains the same after a paste. There are three kinds of blocks, or selections; 1. Alt-L, Lines - whole lines are marked 2. Alt-B, Rectangular Areas - also known as column blocks 3. ^K-K, Stream blocks - from any character to any character. Also shift+grey cursor keys on 101 key keyboards. To end any mark press the same key you started with. To unmark, Alt-U or click twice with the mouse in the same spot, i.e., without moving. If you are working on line oriented material, such as programs, tables, or line drawings, you probably want to use Alt-L for lines. If you want to shift a columnar block of text or a drawing around, then you want to use Alt-B. If you want to delete a sentence that spans several lines, and perhaps move it elsewhere, then use ^K-K; or with the mouse, hold the Ctrl key down as you drag. Note that the documentation tells you how to set up pE to use whatever keys you are familiar with. See KEY.TXT Marking with the MOUSE Pressing and holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse will mark lines (just as Alt-L). Pressing and holding down the right mouse button while moving the mouse will mark a rectangular area of the screen, (just as Alt-B). Pressing and holding down the left mouse button AND the Ctrl key will mark a 'stream' (just as ^K-K) Releasing the mouse button depressed, ends the mark. Pasting with the MOUSE You can paste the contents of the 'Scrap' anywhere by positioning with the mouse and clicking first the left, then the right buttons (without moving) in the spot you wish to paste in. This takes a little practise, but gets easier. Ins/Replace When you cut and paste columnar (rectangular) blocks, you must be aware that a different effect will result depending upon which mode you are in, Insert or Replace (overtype). In Insert mode, when you cut a rectangular block, the area to the right of the block will shift left to fill in the vacated area of the cut. In Replace mode, the area cut is replaced immediately with blanks, so the appearance is to leave a 'hole' where the text was. Similarly, when you paste a rectangular block in Insert mode it will 'push' all the text right as it inserts itself line for line. In Replace mode it will OVERWRITE or OVERLAY any text occupied by the area it is being pasted into. You must try this in each mode to become facile. The easiest way to indent or outdent a section of lines Mark with Alt-L, and press TAB to indent each line exactly one tab stop, or Shift Tab to outdent each line. This can be done to a whole file at once to adjust a left margin. Note that tab stops can be adjusted to be wherever you want. ┌────────────────────────┐ │9. Drawing Boxes & Lines│ └────────────────────────┘ Now that you know all about marking, drawing a box is very easy. Mark a rectangular block with Alt-B, or use the mouse. See above. Then press Alt-1 through Alt-9 for 9 different Box styles. That's all there is. If you want to see all nine box styles at once, press Alt-G. You can also draw a box by clicking on the box style you want in this display after marking the block. Alt-G is a 'toggle'. Pressing it again turns graphic key mapping off. A line is simply a box having only one dimension. So mark either a single column or a single row and press Alt-1 for a single line, Alt-2 for a double line, etc... ┌───────────────┐ │10. DRAG & DROP│ └───────────────┘ One of pE's unique features is its ability to move text around on the screen with mouse or keyboard. Mark a rectangular block (Alt-B) and with the mouse click and hold down the left button while the mouse is anywhere in the highlited area. The block will change color and begin to move as you move the mouse. Pressing F7 will 'break' the box loose and allow you to use the cursor keys to shift it around. Press the Paste key (Grey+) to 'Drop' the Box. Letting go of the mouse button will also end the Drag & Drop. Of course, you can do the same thing with cut and paste (or move, which combines a cut and a paste), but this is much more fun and for small movements, much more useful. Try it! Please note that being in Insert or Replace mode will affect the text around the block differently. ┌──────────────────────┐ │11. Searching for Text│ └──────────────────────┘ With pE you can search for text whether you've loaded the file into pE or not! Lets start by showing you the search and replace Dialog Box. You can see it in action by pressing Alt-F. Pressing ESC will exit the dialog with no action, so if you want, press Alt-F now. In any event this is what it looks like: ╔══[ <Search/Replace> ]════════════════════════╗ ║Search For ║ ║██████████████████████████████████████████████║ ║──────────────────────────────────────────────║ ║Replace With ║ ║██████████████████████████████████████████████║ ║──────────────────────────────────────────────║ ║ [ ] Backward [ ] Case Sensitive ║ ║ [ ] Find All [ ] Pattern (Reg Exp) ║ ║ [ ] All Windows [ ] Load all Matches ║ ║ [ ] Search SubDirs Mask:*.* ║ ║──────────────────────────────────────────────║ ║ < OK > < Cancel > ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════ Ctrl+Enter to Start Search ═════════╝ - if you're doing a search, type in what to look for in the area underneath the "Search For". - then check any buttons you want by using the space bar, the letter x, the highlited letter, or the mouse to set a backward search (Backward), search for all occurrences in one file (Find All), in All Windows (All Windows), Make the search Case Sensitive (must match upper and lower case exactly), and the search string is a Regular Expression (Pattern). You will need to review regular expressions in the "REGEXP.TXT" file if you are not familiar with search patterns. - you move around the dialog box by using the arrow keys, the tab, or the enter. Pressing the first letter of any button will also move you to that button and check it on or off depending on what it was. Of course the mouse can be used to navigate as well. - pressing ESC (escape) cancels any entry and returns to the editing screen. Clicking the Cancel button with the mouse or pressing Enter when the Cancel Button highlited will have the same effect. - Pressing the OK button with the mouse, or Enter when OK is highlited will begin the search or replace. - The title of the dialog box will indicate whether or not you are beginning a search or replace. - If you pressed Shift F5 (Found List), the dialog box automatically comes up with [x] Find All checked, otherwise its the same as a Find. Setting 'Find All' on means you want a list of ALL occurrences of the search string, either in the current window, all windows of even all files in this directory, or all files in this directory and all subdirectories; see 'Calling Find from Chooser', below. - If you press Alt-R(eplace), instead of 'Find All', the second button look like [ ] Replace All checking this button will replace all occurrences of string 1 with string 2. Further if [x] All Windows is checked, all occurrences EVERYWHERE will be changed. Please use caution! Enter a value in the 'Replace With' area. Please note that a NULL (empty) 'Replace With' is a VALID replacement. You may be trying to delete part of every string. If you leave the 'Replace With' area empty, pE will ask for a confirmation of your intent. - NOTE: If you mark an area, do a replace all and don't like the result, alt-0 (zero) undoes the replace. This will only work in a single window and only as long as you have memory. - You begin the Search or Replace with Ctrl+Enter anytime after you have entered the necessary information. - NOTE: Any macros which did a DefineFind in previous versions of pE, need to be rewritten to accommodate the Ctrl-Enter exit rather than just Enter. - [x] Find All builds a found list by writing to a file named ~FND.$$$. When the search finishes, ~FND.$$$ is read into a pE window and DELETED (if completely read). Files starting with the character '~' and having extensions of '.$$$' are deleted when read by pE. This means that you must do a save to a different name if you wish to keep these files. The directory used for ~FND.PED is the one pointed to by the setting of the TMP environment variable. If TMP doesn't point anywhere, the current directory is used. This is important to know only because if ~FND.$$$ is NOT completely read in, it is NOT deleted and you may want to delete it if TMP is on permanent media. - A search may be interrupted at any time by pressing ESC (escape). ┌──────────────┐ │13. Backing Up│ └──────────────┘ When pE loads a file into a window, the original file remains on your hard drive, untouched. When you have completed editing the copy in memory, Saving writes the copy in memory out to your hard drive. If you save to the same name, pE moves the original version (still untouched) to a "backup" directory. The options menu provides an option for you to specify the backup directory. The default is to use a directory off the root of the "current" hard drive. This means that each hard drive you run pE on, will eventually have a \backup. If this is acceptable, do nothing. You should periodically clean out \backup as you can accumulate a considerable amount of backed up files. If you save twice, the original backup will be overwritten with the newly created file. This means if a file must be retained in its original version, you should NOT save to the same name. When the backup directory is on the same drive, pE can just move a directory entry to backup up the file, (very fast). If you make the backup directory be a different drive, then the file must be copied in its entirety to be backed up. (slower). ┌────────────┐ │14. Printing│ └────────────┘ pE has a completely integrated print facility. With it you can: - create headers and footers so that all your output pages have the same heading and footing - print every line with a line number - set left, right, top and bottom margins - instruct pE to wrap long lines to a particular column - direct output to a file to preview the printed image - direct output to any LPT, or COMM port - single or more space your output - set the starting page number - print the whole file or any range of marked lines. To print, press Alt-P. ┌───────────────────┐ │15. Word Processing│ └───────────────────┘ pE is a text processor with many Word Processing features. It has the ability to automatically reformat your text as you type, just as a word processor does. To make pE behave in this manner, press Ctrl-F6. A 'W' will appear on the bottom line. In Word mode, paragraphs are continuously reformatted as you type. The alignment occurs based on the settings of 'Paragraph Format' in the options menu. The available settings include: - left margin - right margin - indent/outdent - justification (left, justified, or unjustified) You can also cause word wrap to occur in Text Mode by setting the maximum line length to a value where you would like word wrap to occur. This entire file was produced in with the line length set to 72. No other commands were necessary. You can reformat a paragraph manually by pressing Alt-A, Align Paragraph. Paragraph Alignment can be undone (but only the last alignment) with a Ctrl-F10. Text can be centered by pressing Ctrl A-C, left flushed by pressing Ctrl A-L, and right flushed by pressing Ctrl A-R. Marking a block and then pressing one of the above, will use the boundaries of the block as the margins. See peuser.txt inside of doc.exe for further detail. Also see latest.txt for recent changes to pE and pEp.