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Wilkes Editor
for OS/2
Copyright 1989 by Roger E. Wilkes
Member of ASP - Association of Shareware Professionals
Distributed by: Wilkes Software, inc.
5231 Longwood Drive
Memphis, TN 38134
Table of Contents
License.................................................... i
Warranty................................................... ii
Registration Fee........................................... iii
Files...................................................... 1
Help....................................................... 2
How WE Works............................................... 3
Control Keys............................................... 6
Cursor Movement Keys................................... 6
CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF NEXT LINE................... 6
CURSOR TO NEXT SENTENCE............................ 7
CURSOR TO NEXT WORD................................ 8
CURSOR TO PREVIOUS WORD............................ 9
CURSOR TO PREVIOUS SENTENCE........................ 10
CURSOR TO END OF LINE.............................. 11
CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF LINE........................ 12
CURSOR TO END OF DOCUMENT.......................... 13
CURSOR TO TOP OF DOCUMENT.......................... 14
CURSOR UP.......................................... 15
PAGE UP............................................ 16
CURSOR DOWN........................................ 17
PAGE DOWN.......................................... 18
CURSOR LEFT........................................ 19
CURSOR RIGHT....................................... 20
CURSOR TO NEXT TAB POSITION........................ 21
BACKSPACE.......................................... 22
File Controls.......................................... 23
OPEN NEW FILE - ADD TO ACTIVE LIST................. 23
GO TO THE NEXT ACTIVE FILE......................... 24
SAVE FILE - EXIT EDITOR OR NEXT FILE............... 25
ESCAPE FROM WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE................ 26
Deleting............................................... 27
DELETE CHARACTER................................... 27
DELETE WORD........................................ 28
DELETE LINE........................................ 29
Text Block Control..................................... 30
BEGIN BLOCK........................................ 30
END BLOCK.......................................... 31
DELETE BLOCK....................................... 32
COPY BLOCK......................................... 33
Searching and Replacing................................ 34
SET SEARCH LITERAL................................. 34
SEARCH FOR LITERAL ENTERED......................... 35
SEARCH BACKWARD FOR LITERAL ENTERED................ 36
SET LITERAL TO CHANGE TO........................... 37
SEARCH FOR AND CHANGE LITERAL...................... 38
SEARCH BACKWARD AND CHANGE LITERAL................. 39
Table of Contents (cont.)
Help................................................... 40
Set Video Attributes................................... 41
Save Current Controls.................................. 42
Other Controls......................................... 43
UNDO LINE OR BLOCK................................. 43
CHANGE CONTROL CHARACTERS.......................... 44
INSERT MODE (ON/OFF)............................... 45
BLANKS AT END OF LINE (ON/OFF)..................... 46
SET SEARCH CASE SENSITIVE (ON/OFF)................. 47
i
LICENSE
-------
Wilkes Editor, version 1.0, is being distributed under the "shareware" or
user supported concept. This software is NOT free software. The use or
reproduction of this software outside of the limits specified in this license
agreement is prohibited.
Non-registered users are granted a limited license to use this software
for a period not to exceed thirty days. During this period they should test
and evaluate the software to determine if it will meet their needs. The use of
this software beyond this limited time period requires registration.
Non-registered users are not allowed to distribute this software without the
express written permission of Wilkes Software inc. The only exceptions to this
distribution restriction are SYSOPS of electronic bulletin boards and
distributors of public domain and user supported software. SYSOPS and
software distributors must abide by the copying restrictions specified below.
Registered users are granted the right to use Wilkes Editor on only
one computer at any time. Site licensing agreements are available for
businesses, corporations, and government agencies. Registered users are also
granted the right to copy and distribute Wilkes Editor subject to the
following conditions.
Wilkes Editor must be copied in its original unmodified form.
All of the files must be included in the copy.
Wilkes Editor may not be distributed in conjunction with any other
product without the express written consent of Wilkes Software inc.
ii
WARRANTY
--------
Wilkes Software makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied,
including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and or fitness
for a particular purpose. Wilkes Software shall not be liable for any
damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a
failure of this software to operate in the manner desired by the user.
Wilkes Software shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which
may be caused directly or indirectly by use of the program.
IN NO EVENT WILL Wilkes Software BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY
CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
iii
REGISTRATION FEES
-----------------
The registration fee for Wilkes Editor, version 1.2, is only $45.00, with
quantity discount for 10 or more copies to $30.00/copy.
Government and Education registration fee is only $35.00, with quantity
discount for 10 or more copies to $25.00/copy.
You may fill out and return the registration page below or register on-line
at (901)377-5608. Enter "s" from the main menu and select the software you
wish to register.
Future updates of the site license copy are provided as follows. The first
update is free. All others $15.00.
Prices are for a titled master copy and cover all charges including shipping.
Licensees will be informed when updates become available and given the option
to update at will. There is NO penalty for skipping updates.
iv
If you should require assistance in the use of the Wilkes Editor, you
may call the WSI BBS at (901)377-5608.
If you like this software please let me know. If you have enhancements
you would like to see in this software, please let me know those also. If you
have complaints about the way the Wilkes Editor functions I would even like to
hear those.
The following is a registration form. In addition to the licensing use,
I will also use this information to correlate requests for additional
functionality and for Wilkes Software mailing list purpose (only by Wilkes
Software). When Wilkes Software offers other software into the shareware
system in the future, information will be sent to registered users of the
Wilkes Editor. If you register a non-current version, I will send the
current version to you.
v
to: Wilkes Software, inc.
5231 Longwood Drive
Memphis, TN 38134
Name (first) ____________________ (last) ____________________
Title ___________________________________
Company ___________________________________
Address ___________________________________
___________________________________
City _________________________ State ___ Zip code _______
Where software obtained: ________________________________________
Version of Wilkes Editor: 1.2
System: ____________________
OS/2 Version: _____ Media: __ 5 1/4 (360) __ 3 1/2 (720)
__ 5 1/4 (1.2) __ 3 1.2 (1.44)
Phone: (____) ____ - _____
If Gov./Ed. please specify: _____________________________________
COST:
$45/copy - 10 + copies $30/copy
Gov/Ed $35/copy - 10 + copies $25/copy
Tennessee Residents: sales tax is 7.75%
# copies _________ x your price: ____________ + TN sales tax __________
= Total _________________
METHOD OF PAYMENT:
VISA/MASTERCARD/CHECK: __________
V/MC account #: ___________________________ Expiration Date: _________
Signature: __________________________________________________
1
Files:
------
In WE12.EXE
You should have the files WE.DOC, WE.EXE,
DETAB.DOC and DETAB.EXE
Edit Files:
-----------
You can have a maximum of 10 text files concurrently being
edited. The cumulative file sizes may be as much as OS/2 will
allow.
Editor Control File:
--------------------
This file will be created the first time WE.EXE runs.
The location of this file is controlled by the environment
variable EDTCTL (short for Editor Control). The environment
variable can be set in "startup.cmd" (remember to run startup
at the beginning of a new session or direct the system to run
a startup session when it comes up). The OS/2 instruction to
be placed inside "startup.cmd" is
SET EDTCTL=<name of directory>
There should be no spaces before or after the "=".
The file "EDITOR.CTL" will be created in the specified
directory.
If the environment variable EDTCTL is not set, the file
"EDITOR.CTL" will be created in the current directory.
When the EDITOR.CTL file is created, it will contain
all of the default control keys, video attributes and initial
control settings.
EDITOR.CTL contains the control keys, video attributes
and various control initialization settings. Any changes
you make to control keys, video attributes, etc. will be
kept in this file (if you save the changes).
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Help:
-----
Help is obtained to display the control keys current
settings by striking the F1 key.
While the Help screen is displayed, you may use the
control keys PgUp, PgDn, up and down arrow keys and the
begin and end of document keys.
The ESC key will get you out of the help screen and
return you to the text file you were in prior to asking
for HELP.
The control keys are listed in the left hand column,
and may represent the depression of multiple keys. If a
"+" is shown in this column, you must simultaneously
depress the key before and after the "+". The abreviations
shown are:
enter - enter key
ctl - control (Ctrl) key
end - End key
home - Home key
pgup - page up (PgUp) key
pgdn - page down (PgDn) key
curu - cursor up (up arrow) key
curd - cursor down (down arrow) key
curr - cursor right (right arrow) key
curl - cursor left (left arrow) key
tab - Tab (right) key
fn - where n is the function key number
sfn - where n is the shifted function key number
afn - where n is the function key number to depress
with the Alt key
ins - insert (Ins) key
del - delete (Del) key
backspace - backspace (Backspace) key
esc - escape (Esc) key
All other keys shown are the actual keys. For instance,
"ctl+t" would be accomplished by holding down the Ctrl key
and striking the "t" key. Note that both keys must be
simultaneously down to accomplish "ctl+t".
3
How WE Works:
-------------
When you run WE, you must name the text file you wish to
edit on the command line:
WE letter.bob
Note: The name of the text file is an OS/2 file name (see
Operating System/2 reference manual for file names) and may
be no longer than 39 characters maximum with full pathing.
Example: WE c:\mailbox\outbound\letter.bob
This restriction will also apply to files added to the working
list of text files within WE. This restriction is created by
the space alloted to the file name on the status (bottom) line
of the WE display screen. There is room for only 39 characters
for the file name.
The Display Screen:
-------------------
The screen is broken up into 3 areas. The first area is
where text is displayed and updated. The second area is the
Control line, where you will enter information to control the
functioning of WE. The Control line is located just below the
Text area. The third area of the screen is the status line at
the bottom of the screen, containing the current location
within the text file (CUR <line>,<column>), the insert status,
whether ON or OFF, a reminder that a tab character will be
shown as up to 4 spaces, which text file is currently being
displayed (TXn - where n is 0-9) and the name of the file
currently displayed.
Display Lines:
--------------
A given line of text cannot be longer than 254 characters.
Since only 80 characters of any given line can be shown on the
screen at one time, the cursor control keys (right arrow, end,
etc.) can be used to view any unshown portion of a line. If
you move the cursor outside the first 80 characters of a line,
the entire screen will shift right or left to display the same
columns for all lines.
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The cursor will stay within columns 70-80 while the columns
being displayed are outside the first 80 columns. Don't be
alarmed when everything on the screen shifts left or right.
You can always get the screen back to the first 80 columns of
each line by hitting the "home" key. If someone has modified
the home key, you can find the control key for "home" with
"help". If someone has changed the location of the "help"
key, you can either locate that person, play with the keyboard
or return to OS/2 and reset the environment variable EDTCTL to
point to a different directory or delete the "EDITOR.CTL" file.
The last option should be used only sparingly if there are more
than one persons using WE on the same machine.
Cursor Positioning:
-------------------
During finds, changes, block insertions, undo's, etc. WE
will attempt to maintain the cursor close to the center of
the screen. When you perform one of the functions which uses
this method of positioning the text on the screen, don't be
startled. The reason for this positioning is to be able to
see text prior to and after the located, inserted, manipulated
text.
User Friendly:
--------------
Every attempt has been made with WE to strike a proper
balance between "don't slow the user down" and "don't let
the user hurt himself". There are only a few places which
stop and question the motives of the user. Hopefully, these
few instances represent the places where you would wish to
be questioned. If you attempt to edit a file which does not
exist you will be asked if you really wish to create the file.
If you attempt to Esc a file which has had modifications made
to it, you will be asked if you really wish to drop the changes
you have made.
The attempt was made to have a user seductive, rather than
a user friendly Editor.
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Ascii Graphics:
---------------
WE will allow most Ascii Graphic characters - where they
do not conflict with control keys. As the Esc character is
used heavily with "ANSI.SYS" graphics, a special character is
set aside to introduce the ESC character into text, while
having the Esc key always represent the escape control key.
The escape control key is the only non-modifiable control key.
The method of entering an ESC character into a text file is to
depress the Alt key and enter 1 then 9 on the numeric key pad,
then lifting the Alt key (i.e. keep the Alt key depressed while
entering both the 1 and the 9 keys).
Ascii Graphic characters must be entered in the same way
as the special ESC. Keep the Alt key depressed while entering
the number representing the Ascii Graphic character.
Tab Character:
--------------
WE does not use tab characters internally but will accept
text files which use them. Since WE acts as if a tab stop
were set at every 4th column (i.e. columns 4, 8, 12, 16, 20,
etc.) the tab characters will be translated to spaces in order
to move to these tab stops. If you have text files containing
tab characters, you may wish to run "DETAB.EXE" on them before
using WE. The DETAB program will translate tab characters to
the desired number of spaces.
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Control Keys:
-------------
Cursor Movement Keys:
---------------------
enter: CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF NEXT LINE
---------------------------------------
The action of the enter key works in one of two
ways, depending on the current setting of "insert".
1) Insert ON - The current line will be broken into
two lines consisting of the portion of
the line prior to the cursor position
and the portion of the line under the
cursor to the end of the line. The
second line will be positioned at the
beginning of the newly introduced line.
2) Insert OFF - The cursor will move to the beginning
of the next line. If you are on the
last line of the text you will receive
a message on the control line to the
effect that you are on the last line of
text with insert OFF.
The enter key is the only way to introduce new lines
of text other than BLOCK COPY and UNDO. In order to
insert a new line (open line) into the text, place the
cursor at the beginning of the line just below the
position of the open line and hit the enter key. You
can also simply key in the new line text and hit the
enter key to break the line at the position of the
cursor.
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ctl+t: CURSOR TO NEXT SENTENCE
------------------------------
This control will move the cursor to the position
in the text to the position of the first text following
one of the sentence termination characters:
. (period)
! (exclamation point)
? (question mark)
This control was introduced to facilitate the writing
of correspondence - for programmers who write letters
with their editor.
see CURSOR TO PREVIOUS SENTENCE
8
ctl+w: CURSOR TO NEXT WORD
--------------------------
The CURSOR TO NEXT WORD will move the cursor down
in the text to the first non-blank character following
one or more blank characters.
A word is considered to be any contiguous set of
non-blanks.
see CURSOR TO PREVIOUS WORD
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alt+w: CURSOR TO PREVIOUS WORD
------------------------------
The CURSOR TO PREVIOUS WORD will move the cursor
up in the text to the beginning of the current word
or to the previous word if the cursor is positioned
to the immediate right of the beginning of the line
or to the immediate right of a space.
A word is considered to be any contiguous set of
non-blanks.
see CURSOR TO NEXT WORD
10
alt+t: CURSOR TO PREVIOUS SENTENCE
----------------------------------
The CURSOR TO PREVIOUS SENTENCE will move the
cursor to the beginning of the current sentence or
to the beginning of the previous sentence, where a
sentence is terminated by the characters:
. (period)
! (exclamation point)
? (question mark)
If any characters other than blanks are between the
cursor and the prior sentence terminator the cursor
will be moved to the beginning of the current
sentence.
see CURSOR TO NEXT SENTENCE
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end: CURSOR TO END OF LINE
--------------------------
The CURSOR TO END OF LINE control will move the
cursor to the end of the current line.
If the line is longer than 80 characters, all
lines displayed will be shifted to correspond to the
line the cursor is on.
see CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF LINE
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home: CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF LINE
---------------------------------
The CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF LINE control will
position the cursor to the first column of the current
line. If the lines currently displayed do not show
text from the beginning of the line, all lines of the
display will shift right to display from the first
column.
see CURSOR TO END OF LINE
13
ctl+pgdn: CURSOR TO END OF DOCUMENT
-----------------------------------
The CURSOR TO END OF DOCUMENT will move the cursor
to the last line of the text.
see CURSOR TO TOP OF DOCUMENT
14
ctl+pgup: CURSOR TO TOP OF DOCUMENT
-----------------------------------
The CURSOR TO TOP OF DOCUMENT will move the cursor
to the first line of text.
see CURSOR TO END OF DOCUMENT
15
curu: CURSOR UP
---------------
CURSOR UP moves the cursor to the previous line
of text, if there is a previous line of text. If the
cursor is already at the first line of text, there
will be no action. The column in which the cursor
resides is unchanged.
see CURSOR DOWN, CURSOR RIGHT and CURSOR LEFT
16
pgup: PAGE UP
-------------
The PAGE UP control will bring the previous 23
lines of text onto the screen. If there are less than
23 lines of text prior to the first line currently
being displayed, the displayed lines will begin with
the first line of text in the document.
see PAGE DOWN
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curd: CURSOR DOWN
-----------------
The CURSOR DOWN control will position the cursor to
the next line, in the same column it is presently in.
If the cursor is on the last line of the document,
no action will be taken.
see CURSOR UP, CURSOR RIGHT and CURSOR LEFT
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pgdn: PAGE DOWN
---------------
The PAGE DOWN control will bring the next 23
lines of text onto the screen. If the number of
lines of text after the line on which the cursor
resides is less than 23, then the last lines of text
will be displayed.
see PAGE UP
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curl: CURSOR LEFT
-----------------
The CURSOR LEFT control moves the cursor one
position to the left. If the cursor is at the first
column of the line, no action will be taken.
see CURSOR UP, CURSOR DOWN and CURSOR RIGHT
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curr: CURSOR RIGHT
------------------
The CURSOR RIGHT control moves the cursor one
position to the right. If the cursor moves beyond
the first 80 columns of the line, all lines displayed
will shift left to keep the cursor within columns
70-80. If the cursor attempts to move beyond the
maximum length of a line, a message to that effect
will be displayed on the control line.
see CURSOR UP, CURSOR DOWN and CURSOR LEFT
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tab: CURSOR TO NEXT TAB POSITION
--------------------------------
There are automatic tab stops at every 4th column
of the line. Striking the TAB key will move the
cursor to the next tab stop and insert spaces into
the text sufficient to correspond to the way the text
looks on the screen.
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backspace: BACKSPACE
--------------------
The BACKSPACE control will act in one of two
ways, depending on the current setting of the INS
(insert) control:
1) Insert ON - The cursor will move left one position,
deleting the character which was in
that position, and the text following
the cursor on the line will be shifted
left one position.
2) Insert OFF - The cursor will move left one position,
and delete the character in the column
to which it moves, but the text under
and after the cursor for the line will
remain in position.
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File Controls:
--------------
f4: OPEN NEW FILE - ADD TO ACTIVE LIST
--------------------------------------
WE can work with up to 10 active files at a
time.
In order to add a new file to the active files
list, hit the F4 key. You will be asked for the
file name on the control line. Enter up to 39
characters for the OS/2 file name and hit the
enter key. The new file will be brought to the
screen.
If a requested file does not exist, you will
be asked, on the control line, if you wish to
create the file. If you answer "n", the cursor
will move back to the text position it was on
prior to F4 having been struck. If you answer "y",
you will be presented with a blank text area in
which to enter text.
If you attempt to excede the maximum of 10
active files, you will be notified on the control
line.
see GO TO THE NEXT ACTIVE FILE, SET VIDEO
ATTRIBUTES, SAVE FILE - EXIT EDITOR OR NEXT FILE
and ESCAPE FROM WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE
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af4: GO TO THE NEXT ACTIVE FILE
-------------------------------
The name of the current active text file is
displayed on the status line, and just in front of
the file name is an indicator of which of the 10
active text files you are currently working in.
If you have multiple copies of the same text file
active the TXn indicator on the status line will
help distinguish the text file iteration. You may
also set the video attributes separately for each
of the 10 active files in order to further
distinguish which text file is being worked in.
see OPEN NEW FILE - ADD TO ACTIVE LIST, SET VIDEO
ATTRIBUTES, SAVE FILE - EXIT EDITOR OR NEXT FILE
and ESCAPE FROM WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE
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cf1: SAVE FILE - EXIT EDITOR OR NEXT FILE
-----------------------------------------
Saving a file to disk is accomplished by holding
the control key down and hitting the F1 key. The
text file will be written to disk. The text file
already on disk by the same name will be renamed to
have a file name extension of .BAK. If the file name
of the text file contains a file name of .BAK, it
will be renamed to have a file name extension of .BK2.
If a file is saved which has had no modifications
made to it, a message to that effect will be displayed
on the control line, or if there are no more active
files, it will be displayed upon return to OS/2.
When a text file has been saved to disk, there
will be an additional open position in which you may
add another text file to the active list.
see OPEN NEW FILE - ADD TO ACTIVE LIST, GO TO THE
NEXT ACTIVE FILE, SET VIDEO ATTRIBUTES,
and ESCAPE FROM WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE
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esc: ESCAPE FROM WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE
----------------------------------------
The reason ESC was included in the file controls
is that this is where it has its strongest effect.
If the cursor is within the text area of the
screen, the ESC will drop the text without saving
it to disk. If you have made changes to the text
a prompt will appear on the control line:
Drop Changes (y/n)?
If you wish to drop the changes made to this text
answer "y" and the text will go away. If you have
made changes which you don't wish to destroy,
answer "n" and the ESC will be forgotten and you
will be returned to the text area of the same
text file on which you were working. Note that
this prompt is the only prompt from which you
cannot escape. You must answer "y" or "n".
The ESC control is the only control which cannot
be modified.
ESC will generally escape you from whereever
you are. For instance, if you are entering a new
file name to be added to the active list, and
decide not to add a new file at this time, hitting
the ESC key will move the cursor back to the text
area of the screen for you to continue to work in
the current text file.
see OPEN NEW FILE - ADD TO ACTIVE LIST, GO TO THE
NEXT ACTIVE FILE, SET VIDEO ATTRIBUTES and
SAVE FILE - EXIT EDITOR OR NEXT FILE
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Deleting:
---------
del: DELETE CHARACTER
---------------------
The DELETE CHARACTER control will delete the
character under the cursor and move the text to the
right of the cursor one position to the left to
close up the deleted character position.
see DELETE WORD, DELETE LINE and DELETE BLOCK
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sf6: DELETE WORD
----------------
The DELETE WORD control will delete the word
under the cursor and draw the text following the
deleted word left to close up the gap created by
deleting the word. If the cursor is sitting on
a blank, no action will be taken.
see DELETE CHARACTER, DELETE LINE and DELETE
BLOCK
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f6: DELETE LINE
---------------
The DELETE LINE control will take one of two
actions depending on where the cursor is on the
line:
1) Cursor at first position of the line - The
entire line will be deleted and following
text lines shifted up to fill in the gap
created by the deleted line.
2) Cursor not at first position of the line - The
text under and following the cursor on the line
will be deleted. The line will remain in place.
see DELETE CHARACTER, DELETE WORD and DELETE
BLOCK
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Text Block Control:
------------------------
ctl+home: BEGIN BLOCK
---------------------
The BEGIN BLOCK control marks the position of
the cursor as the beginning of a block.
If any changes are made to the text (other than
cursor movement), the begin block marking will be
terminated.
The purpose of the begin block marking is to
subsequently mark the end of the block, in order to
copy the contents of the block or to delete the
block of text.
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ctl+end: END BLOCK
------------------
The END BLOCK control marks the end of a text
block.
When the end of the block is marked, the entire
block is copied to a new memory location, in order
to preserve the contents of the block if the block
is subsequently deleted. This allows us to copy the
block of text into a new location even after the
block has been deleted from its original location.
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ctl+del: DELETE BLOCK
---------------------
The DELETE BLOCK control will delete the marked
block from the text file it was defined for. If you
mark a block and change text files, you will not be
allowed to delete the block until you return to the
text file for which the block was originally defined.
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ctl+b: COPY BLOCK
-----------------
The COPY BLOCK control allows you to copy a block
of information from one point in the text to another
point. This includes the ability to copy the block
from one text file into another text file.
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Searching and Replacing:
------------------------
alt+l: SET SEARCH LITERAL
-------------------------
When you enter the SET SEARCH LITERAL control
you will be prompted on the control line for the
search literal. Enter the text to be searched for
at the cursor, then hit the enter key. The cursor
will be returned to the text area. The search
literal will be retained until you either change
the search literal by performing the SET SEARCH
LITERAL control again or exit WE.
see SEARCH FOR LITERAL ENTERED,
SEARCH BACKWARD FOR LITERAL ENTERED,
SEARCH FOR AND CHANGE LITERAL and
SEARCH BACKWARD AND CHANGE LITERAL
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alt+f: SEARCH FOR LITERAL ENTERED
---------------------------------
The literal entered refers to the literal
entered during the SET SEARCH LITERAL control.
The search's case sensitivity may be altered
by the SET SEARCH CASE SENSITIVITY (ON/OFF)
control. See this control below.
When a matching literal is found, the cursor
will be placed at the end of the literal, in
order not to find that same literal on successive
searches. This also allows the search backward
to find this literal first.
see SET SEARCH LITERAL and
SET SEARCH CASE SENSITIVITY (ON/OFF)
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alt+g: SEARCH BACKWARD FOR LITERAL ENTERED
------------------------------------------
Similar to SEARCH FOR LITERAL ENTERED control,
except that the literal is searched for backward
through the text.
see SET SEARCH LITERAL, SEARCH FOR LITERAL
ENTERED and SET SEARCH CASE SENSITIVITY (ON/OFF)
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alt+h: SET LITERAL TO CHANGE TO
-------------------------------
The SET LITERAL TO CHANGE TO control lets
you specify a literal to be substituted for the
literal specified in the SET SEARCH LITERAL.
As this literal is specified independent of the
SEARCH LITERAL, you may change the SEARCH LITERAL
several times, changing several literals to the
same LITERAL TO CHANGE TO.
see SEARCH FOR AND CHANGE LITERAL,
SEARCH BACKWARD AND CHANGE LITERAL
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alt+j: SEARCH FOR AND CHANGE LITERAL
------------------------------------
The SEARCH FOR AND CHANGE LITERAL control
uses the SEARCH FOR LITERAL ENTERED routine to
locate the literal to be replaced.
see SET LITERAL TO CHANGE TO,
SET SEARCH LITERAL, SEARCH FOR LITERAL ENTERED and
SET SEARCH CASE SENSITIVITY (ON/OFF)
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alt+k: SEARCH BACKWARD AND CHANGE LITERAL
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The SEARCH BACKWARD AND CHANGE LITERAL control
uses the SEARCH BACKWARD FOR LITERAL ENTERED
routine to locate the literal to be replaced.
see SET LITERAL TO CHANGE TO,
SET SEARCH LITERAL, SEARCH BACKWARD FOR LITERAL
ENTERED and SET SEARCH CASE SENSITIVITY (ON/OFF)
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Help:
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help: HELP
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Help is similar to a separate text file which
displays two columns:
1) The current key(s) to access the control and
2) An explaination of the control.
These columns cannot be modified directly, but
will change if you modify the control keys with
CHANGE CONTROL KEYS discussed below.
The help display is an exhaustive display of
the control keys and their meanings.
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Set Video Attributes:
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ctl+v: SET VIDEO ATTRIBUTES
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The video attributes are kept separately for
each of the 10 possible active text files.
Each text file's video attributes consists of
three attributes - corresponding to the screen
areas:
1) Text area - where you enter and modify text
2) Control line - where you receive messages and
answer prompts (questions)
3) Status line - at the bottom of the screen
You may modify only one or two of the areas
video attributes if you wish by escaping (ESC)
after making the modifications you wish.
The video attributes are modified only for
the text file area you are currently working in.
The video attributes will correspond to the "n" of
status lines "TXn".
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Save Current Controls:
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ctl+y: SAVE THE CURRENT CONTROLS
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The EDITOR.CTL file contains all of the
control key settings, video attributes and
control initialization settings.
If you have made changes to any of the
above and wish to save them, depress the Ctrl
key and hit "y". This will write the current
controls into the EDITOR.CTL file.
Since WE will create a new EDITOR.CTL file
if it is missing, you may move back to the
default control settings by deleting the
EDITOR.CTL file from the OS/2 prompt.
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Other Controls:
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ctl+u: UNDO LINE OR BLOCK
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When a line is updated (the update takes place
when you move the cursor from the modified line)
it is stored in its original form. In this way we
can recover text which has been modified, back to
its original contents.
The UNDO will undo a line or block at a time.
The scope of the undo is by individual text file.
If you wish to undo changes made to several files,
you will have to go to each text file and undo them
individually.
Undo will only undo while you are within WE.
When WE is exited, all information pertaining to
undo is forgotten.
The maximum number of lines/blocks which may
be undone is 100 per text file. If you need to go
back further than this, you may need to escape the
text file and drop all changes.
Note that the undo will be stored until you
undo or it is pushed off the undo stack (100 entries).
If you undo a line/block, modify a line, and undo
the modifications to that line, the other entries
on the undo stack are still available to be undone.
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f2: CHANGE CONTROL CHARACTERS
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If you wish to change the key(s) associated with
a particular control, this control will allow you
to make that change.
If, for instance, you wish to have the OPEN
NEW FILE control to be placed on the F9 key rather
than the F4 key (default), strike F2. The control
line will contain "Enter CURRENT Control Character".
Hit the control character to be changed - F4. The
current control setting for F4 will be displayed
and a prompt for the control key(s) to be the new
key(s) for opening a new file. Enter F9. The
control key change is accomplished.
There are several control key combinations with
the Ctrl key + another key and Alt key + another
key.
You will not be allowed to change a control to
a key which is already being used as a control key.
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ins: INSERT MODE (ON/OFF)
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The insert mode current setting is displayed
on the status line at the bottom of the screen.
The insert mode setting will alter the way
the enter and backspace keys work.
If insert mode is OFF, you will be overtyping
text. If insert mode is ON, you will be inserting
text at the position of the cursor.
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alt+1: BLANKS AT END OF LINE (ON/OFF)
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The BLANKS AT END OF LINE control determines
whether any terminating blanks will be saved or
not. This action takes place when the line is
updated, and applies only at the line update level.
If you set this control to ON, modify a line and
move the cursor to a new line, any blanks at the end
of the line will be retained.
If you set this control to OFF, modify a line
and move the cursor to a new line, blanks at the end
of the updated line will be removed.
This control does not display, but you can find
out if it is on or off by testing it. When you move
to the end of the line with the END control, you are
moving to the position just past the end of the line
and if there are blanks at the end of the line, the
cursor will be to the right of these blanks.
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af1: SET SEARCH CASE SENSITIVE (ON/OFF)
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This control determines whether upper case and
lower case will match on a search. It is defaulted
to on, but may be changed and saved.
Example: If we are searching for "screen" and
case sensitive is ON, we would not get a match on
text containing "Screen". If case sensitive is off
"screen" would match "Screen".
The case sensitive control determines matches on
both searches and search and replace.
As this control is not displayed, you may determine
if it is on or off by testing it.