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^─OCS FOR ╘EXT ┼DITOR
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╘EXT FILE (C) 1985 ─ANIEL ╨. ├HERNOFF

╨ROGRAM (C) 1983, 1984, 1985 BY
DEB! ├HRISTENSEN & ─ANIEL ╨.├HERNOFF

╥╘╠-64 & ├OMPILER ╨ARTS (C) 1983 BY
─RIVE ╘ECHNOLOGY ╠TD.

─╧╙ 5.1 (C) 1982 ├OMMODORE ┬USINESS
═ACHINES, ╔NC.

═AY BE FREELY REPRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED
FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IF ALL
CREDIT LINES ARE RETAINED.


1. ╞ILES ╬EEDED.

   ╘HERE ARE FOUR RELATED FILES FOR THE
╘EXT ┼DITOR PROGRAM:

   (A) ─╧╙ 5.1  - ╘HIS IS OF COURSE THE
├┬═ ─OS ╫EDGE UTILITY. ╔T MUST BE ON
THE SAME DISK OR ALREADY IN MEMORY.

   (B) ╘╙ - ╘HIS IS THE AUTOMATIC LOAD
AND RUN BOOTER FOR THE PROGRAM.

           LOAD"TS",8,1 [ENTER]

   (C) ╥╘╠-64 - ╘HIS IS THE RUNTIME
LIBRARY PROGRAM NEEDED WITH ALL ─╘╠-
COMPILED PROGRAMS. ╘HIS MUST BE ON THE
SAME DISK OR ALREADY IN COMPUTER MEMORY.
(╦EEP THIS HANDY, AS THIS SAME LIBRARY
PROGRAM WILL BE NEEDED WITH SOME OF THE
OTHER PROGRAMS UPLOADED HERE.)

   (D) ╘┼╪╘ ┼─.╙╘┴╥.├╧═ - ╘HIS IS THE
TEXT EDITOR PROGRAM ITSELF. ╔T HAS BEEN
COMPILED FOR SPEED, ELIMINATING DELAYS
FOR  GARBAGE COLLECTION AND ARRAY
SET-UPS.

2. ╨ROGRAM ╞EATURES.

   ┴╙├╔╔-╨┼╘╙├╔╔ CONVERSIONS MADE
AS REQUESTED ON DISK READS AND WRITES.
┴DJUSTABLE LINE LENGTHS, 0-255, WITH
BUZZER SOUND 5 CHARACTERS FROM LINE END.
╙IMPLE EDITING FUNCTIONS, PROVIDED IN
EASY FORM THRU THE 8 FUNCTION KEYS, WITH
THE MENU DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.
╞UNCTIONS ARE:

     ╞1 - ╠IST ╘EXT TO SCREEN (WITH LINE
          NOS. FOR EDITING)

     ╞2 - ╨RINT ╘EXT (WITH/WITHOUT LINE
          NOS., WITH PRINTER SETUP MENU
          FOR ╙TAR/╟EMINI/─ELTA PRINTERS
          INCLUDING ╬╠╤ MODE)

     ╞3 - ╨REVIEW (LISTS TEXT TO SCREEN
          WITHOUT LINE NOS.)

     ╞4 - ┼DIT (EDIT ANY DESIGNATED LINE
          TO REPLACE A PARTICULAR STRING
          OR EVEN THE WHOLE LINE)

     ╞5 - ┴DD ╘EXT (ALLOWS NEW TEXT TO
          BE INSERTED, AS LONG AS
          DESIRED, AFTER ANY DESIGNATED
          LINE)

     ╞6 - ─ELETE ┬LOCK (ALLOWS A BLOCK
          OF LINES TO BE DELETED WITH
          EITHER A BLANK BLOCK REMAINING
          OR THE TEXT PACKED UP TO FILL
          THE EMPTY SPACE)

     ╞7 - ╥EAD ╞ILE (LIST DISK DIRECTORY
          IF DESIRED AND THEN READ IN A
          SEQUENTIAL FILE, CONVERTING
          FROM ┴╙├╔╔ IN THE PROCESS IF
          DESIRED)

     ╞8 - ╫RITE ╞ILE (WRITES THE SEQ
          TEXT FILE CREATED TO DISK,
          AGAIN ALLOWING A ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ TO
          ┴╙├╔╔ CONVERSION, IF DESIRED)

3. ╒NMENUED ╞EATURES

   ╘HE PROGRAM CONTAINS A FEW FEATURES
(MORE ARE BEING ADDED) WHICH ARE NOT
ON THE MENU BUT ARE DESCRIBED BELOW:

    _ (LEFT ARROW), AT THE BEGINNING OF
      A LINE WILL CAUSE A FORM FEED
      (PAGE ADVANCE) WHEN TEXT IS SENT
      TO PRINTER. ╘HE FORM FEED COMMAND
      CAN BE INSERTED EITHER AT THE
      BEGINNING OF A LINE (WITH THE
      ┼DIT FUNCTION) OR BY INSERTING
      A NEW LINE (WITH THE ┴DD ╘EXT
      FUNCTION) CONTAINING THE COMMAND
      AS THE FIRST CHARACTER.

    ^ (UP ARROW), AT THE BEGINNING OF A
      LINE WILL CAUSE THE LINE TO BE
      CENTERED (WITHIN THE SELECTED
      LINE LENGTH) WHEN IT IS SENT TO
      THE PRINTER.  ╚OWEVER, TRAILING
      SPACES AT THE END OF A LINE WILL
      AFFECT THE CENTERING.

    ┬RITISH POUND SYMBOL WILL CAUSE A
      PRINTER FORM FEED TO OCCUR
      IMMEDIATELY (USEFUL AT THE END OF
      A TEXT PRINTOUT TO START A NEW
      PAGE OR ADVANCE A PAGE OUT OF THE
      PRINTER).

    ─OWN ├URSOR WILL INTERRUPT A ╠IST
      ╘EXT OR ╨REVIEW LISTING OF TEXT
      AND POSITION YOU AT THE END OF THE
      TEXT FOR CONTINUING.

    ╙PACE ┬AR WILL HALT A TEXT LISTING
      FOR AS LONG AS THE BAR IS HELD
      DOWN.

    ─ELETE ┬LOCK CAN ALTERNATIVELY BE
      USED TO VIEW A BLOCK OF TEXT
      (INSTEAD OF ALL OF IT) BY
      ANSWERING NO TO THE PROMPT ASKING
      WHETHER THE TEXT IS TO BE DELETED.

4. ╬OTES

   ╘HE PRINTER PORTION HAS BEEN ADAPTED
FOR THE ├ARD├O INTERFACE, WHICH MEANS
THAT THE COMMAND FOR CONDENSED PRINT
MODE, CHR$(15), WON'T WORK FOR OTHER
INTERFACES. ┴S THE PROGRAM IS COMPILED,
IT CAN'T BE MODIFIED BY YOU FOR YOUR
OWN PRINTER. ╚OWEVER, ╔ WILL SHORTLY
UPLOAD A REVISION WHICH WILL ALLOW THIS
COMMAND TO WORK WITH OTHER INTERFACES.

   ╔F THE PROGRAM BREAKS (FOR EXAMPLE,
BY HITTING THE ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ KEY
ACCIDENTALLY), THEN YOU'RE OUT OF
LUCK, AS EVERYTHING YOU'VE ENTERED IS
LOST AND CAN'T BE RECOVERED (MOST OF
THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED BY INCLUDING
SOME ERROR-TRAPPING ROUTINES), SO
IT'S HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU SAVE
TEXT-IN-CREATION FREQUENTLY TO DISK.
╔F THE PROGRAM BREAKS, IT CAN BE
RESTARTED FROM THE BEGINNING WITH THE
'╥╒╬' COMMAND.

   ╘HE PROGRAM WILL PROCESS UP TO 1000
LINES OF TEXT, OR UNTIL COMPUTER MEMORY
IS FULLY USED UP, WHICHEVER COMES
FIRST. ╞OR AN 80 CHARACTER LINE LENGTH,
THIS WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 700 LINES.
┴GAIN, FUTURE REVISIONS WILL
AUTOMATICALLY HANDLE THIS CONCERN, AT
PRESENT THE PROGRAM WILL BREAK IF ITS
CAPACITY IS USED UP.

   ╘HIS PROGRAM IS BASED ON A SIMPLIFIED
TEXT EDITOR DEVELOPED BY DEB!
├HRISTENSEN IN 1983. ┼NHANCEMENTS ADDED
AND ADDED (AND STILL BEING ADDED) BY
─AN ├HERNOFF, ├OMPU╙ERVE ╨╔╬ 70056,572.

   ╘HIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN HEAVY USE
IN A LAW OFFICE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS
IN DOWNLOADING, EDITING, FORMATTING &
PRINTING SEQUENTIAL TEXT FILES
DOWNLOADED FROM ─╔┴╠╧╟ AND OTHER
INFORMATIONAL DATABASES. ╔T LINKS
BEAUTIFULLY WITH ╓IDTEX 4.├.


─OC VERSION 8/10/85
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