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*** Text EDIT v2.51 ***
Copyright (C) 1990-1991 by Dale C. Chun
All Rights Reserved
ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE
Text Edit (EDIT) is a full-featured, brute-force, full
screen, text editing system based on the Wordstar (tm) and
the Borland Editor command set. Its code has been optimized
to occupy approximately 26K bytes of disk space and
incorporates many features found in many high-powered word
processing systems such as Wordstar (tm).
Beginning with Edit v2.35, a built-in validation tester has
been incorporated within the Edit executable. These internal
Prog_ID numbers are compatible with PV; Program Validator
written by the same author. This is to protect you, as the
end user, against unauthorized modification and viral
attacks to the Edit executable and accompanying files.
Please contact the author for your copy of PV or for the
latest revision and validation information pertaining to
your copy of Edit.
YOUR DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
This software is protected by the United States copyright
laws and may not be distributed in an educational
institution or as an independent research or academic
project without the consent of the author. It may not be
sold, distributed or marketed with any other product or
service without the consent of the author. This software may
only be duplicated for personal, non-commercial use and may
not be modified or customized in any way, shape or form
without the consent of the author.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
EDIT will run on any IBM XT, AT, PS/2, /386 or 100%
compatible equipped with either a monochrome or color video
card and adjust the display accordingly.
STARTING UP
Located on your distribution disk (or zip-file) is a file
called EDIT.EXE, which is the complete, fully functional
text editing system. You are limited to a text editing
buffer of approximately 64K bytes.
EDIT is not a word processor nor a high-powered text editing
system. It was not designed to edit large files or used as
an editing tool to modify executables. Unpredictable results
may occur if Edit is used as such.
EDIT was originally developed as an in-house editing tool to
modify autoexec.bat and config.sys files.
To begin, type EDIT followed by an optional search strings
you may wish to display. For example, 'EDIT *.DOC' will
display all the files matching *.DOC. EDIT without any
search strings will display all the files in the current
directory (except hidden or system). This is equivalent to
typing 'EDIT *.*'.
To suppress the creation/modification of BAK (backup files),
use the '/B' or the '/b' flag.
Beginning with Edit v2.40, blinking asterisks in the lower
left-hand corner indicate a possible save failure. A
possible remedy for this problem can be corrected by using
the Ctrl-KT (Save As) command. A successful file save will
be indicated by three non-blinking asterisks in the lower
left-hand corner.
If you need further assistance at the DOS command line or
would like to display your revision and validation
information for your copy of Edit, type 'EDIT ?' on the
command line. You may also rename EDIT using the DOS rename
command. Edit will automatically alter the appropriate help
displays without changing the validation information.
Warning: Do not attempt to alter any other parts of the Edit
executable or accompanying files (such as documentation).
Such modification will alter the validation information and
your copy of Edit will no longer be valid.
Please contact the author for further instructions,
marketing or promotional information.
SELECTING A FILE
Selecting a file from the directory listing can either be
done by pressing the first letter of the filename or by
using the arrow keys. The HOME/END and the PgUp/PgDn keys
are also valid in this mode. Press Enter to view or edit the
highlighted file. If the file is too large or cannot be
read, Edit will return to the File Selection system or to
the operating system, depending on how Edit was activated.
COMMANDS AND MORE INFORMATION
For a list of commands, see the QUICK REFERENCE TABLE in the
following section. For more detailed help with the WordStar
or the Borland Command set, please see your local bookstore
for more information.
For more information, comments or suggestions, please write
to:
Edit v2.51 Support
Attn: Dale C. Chun
1051 Prospect Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Email support is also available. The author can be reached
at: dchun@aludra.usc.edu until the beginning of May 1991.
Your support, comments and/or creative criticisms will be
greatly appreciated and will reflect future versions of
EDIT!
QUICK REFERENCE TABLE
Function Description Keystrokes
-------------------- ----------
Character left Ctrl-S or Left arrow
Character right Ctrl-D or Right arrow
Word left Ctrl-A or Ctrl-Left arrow
Word right Ctrl-F or Ctrl-Right arrow
Line up Ctrl-E or Up arrow
Line down Ctrl-X or Down arrow
Scroll up Ctrl-W
Scroll down Ctrl-Z
Page up Ctrl-R or PgUp
Page down Ctrl-C or PgDn
Beginning of line Ctrl-QS or Home
End of line Ctrl-QD or End
Top of screen Ctrl-QE or Ctrl-Home
Bottom of screen Ctrl-QX or Ctrl-End
Top of block Ctrl-QB
Bottom of block Ctrl-QK
Jump to marker 0..3 Ctrl-Q0..Ctrl-Q3
Set marker 0..3 Ctrl-K0..Ctrl-K3
Previous cursor position Ctrl-QP
Tab Ctrl-I or Tab
Delete current character Ctrl-G or Del
Delete character left Ctrl-H or Backspace
Delete word Ctrl-T
Delete to end of line Ctrl-QY
Delete Line Ctrl-Y
Find Ctrl-QF
Find-and-replace Ctrl-QA
Find next Ctrl-L
Begin block F7 or Ctrl-KB
End block F8 or Ctrl-KK
Copy block Ctrl-KC
Move block Ctrl-KV
Delete block Ctrl-KY
Hide block Ctrl-KH
Read block from file Ctrl-KR
Write block to file Ctrl-KW
Print block Ctrl-KP
Count Lines, Words and Bytes Ctrl-K?
Toggle insert mode Ins or Ctrl-V
Toggle autoindent mode Ctrl-OI
Toggle fixed tabs Ctrl-OT
Restore line Ctrl-QL
Exit editor Ctrl-KD
Exit editor to DOS Ctrl-KX
Exit without Changes Ctrl-KQ
Save as Ctrl-KT
Save without exiting Editor Ctrl-KS
Cancel Current Operation Ctrl-U