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KEd v2.06
OS/2 character mode editor
(C) Copyright 1993 Kudzu Software
Don Radick
Kudzu Software
1452 North Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
Compuserve ID:76254,764
October 10, 1993
Welcome to the fourth release of KEd! User support has been growing, and
I have many great enhancements coming for future releases.
First a few legal things (stay with me, it gets better):
KEd is the sole property of Kudzu Software. KEd is not free or public
domain software. If you use this product on a regular basis then you
are required to register the product. You may install this program on
more than one computer if only you operate each computer. The program is
licensed to YOU, not to a computer - treat it like a book.
Kudzu Software will not be liable for any use, or inability to use
this program.
KEd is a character-mode editor. Why, you might ask, yet another text editor
for OS/2? I first became disenchanted with editors while using
the Microsoft C 6.0 PWB editor for OS/2 v 1.x several years ago, and no editor
really suited me. I wanted an editor with the ease of use of Qedit or
the Norton Editor, but I wanted to be able to customize it. By the way,
KEd is produced with Borland C++ for OS/2.
I think I've come up with some fairly natural key assignments. The next
major version of KEd will allow keyboard remapping.
For now, KEd loosely emulates SideKick.
What does KEd do?
KEd is a general purpose text editor; you won't find a GUI or fancy font
support, but you will find a lot of speed. If you need to "punch out" a
lot of text or need a fast, inexpensive programmer's editor I think you'll
like it. KEd was designed for OS/2, and uses such OS/2 features as
multiple threads and HPFS support. I am dissatisfied with the current
implemention of the window manager, and do not anticipate adding
mouse support anytime soon. KEd will run fine in an OS/2 windowed
command session, but it's quite a bit slower.
So what can you do with KEd?
Hypertext online help
You will find a wealth of information here. Instead of writing a lengthy
manual, you can find an answer to almost any question while on-line.
As the status line shows, press F1 to get to help. KED.HLP must be in
your current directory, your PATH, or any directory in your HELP path.
I suggest putting KED.EXE and KED.HLP in your \UTIL subdirectory if that
is in the PATH.
Search and Replace
KEd has powerful search and replace facilities. You can toggle case
sensitivity (IE: find "House" rather than "house"), search backwards,
find only whole words, and choose to confirm each replace if you wish.
Cut and Paste by lines or columns
You can mark blocks of text by lines, stream, or column. Once you have
marked a block you can cut, view, copy, paste, or write it to a new file.
Load multiple files
You can load multiple files from the command line, up to the limit of
the OS/2 CMD.EXE command processor.
HPFS (long filenames) support
Since this is an OS/2 product, long filenames are supported. The OS/2
standard is to enclose a name with spaces with quotes. IE:
KED "This is a long file"
will load the file.
Settings save
You can change the color sets that various elements have, including 5 separate
sets of colors for the edit window, the borders, dialog boxes, warning
boxes, help and menus. You can change a number of options for the editor
including Insert/Overstrike, write End_Of_File, safe save, 2 different forms
of PageUP/PageDown, and initial Numlock setting. The options will be saved
in KED.INI, which must be in your current directory or PATH.
NOTE: KED.INI is not included in the distribution, you must SAVE your
settings if you change them.
Ascii Chart
Press ALT-A, and the current character under the cursor will be highlighted
in a table of all the ASCII characters. You can move to a non-printable
character, press Return, and that character will be inserted in your file.
Shell to a new session
Press Shift-F2, and you can get to a command prompt easily. Initially,
you will find a reminder to type <exit> to get back to the editor, but
this will scroll off the screen, and you will need to remember this.
So what does KEd cost?
Currently, KEd costs $20 for a 1 user registration. Continued development
is ONLY possible with your support. I pledge to be very responsive to any
comments regarding feature set and bug (oh no!) fixes, and at this time I
will offer support to unregistered users. Any comments are welcome - send
US "snail mail" to the Atlanta address, or send electronic mail to the
Compuserve ID. Registered users will retain their license through the next
major version change. IE: if you register v2.06, you will retain your
license up to and including v3.0x
To register, print out the REGISTER.DOC, and send a check or money order.
Corporations can purchase a multiple copy license or site license
at very attractive rates. Contact Kudzu Software for details.
There are no "begware" messages or "crippleware" disabled features.
Everyone is treated as a responsible person.
What are the limits?
Since KEd was designed for speed, some compromises had to be made. All
these limits can be changed, just let me know what you'd like to have.
256,000 lines
12MB file size
80 column screen width (OS/2 only supports 132 columns on XGA)
43 or 50 row screen height (EGA/VGA limit)
I think it's a little silly to have a text editor that can handle 4 gigabyte
files, or use an interpreter for everything, and those editors are much
slower as a result.
I hope you like KEd, and look forward to talking to you soon.
Don Radick
Kudzu Software