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- T E D - Tiny EDitor by Tom Kihlken version 1.0
-
- This tiny editor was published in "PC Magazine" volume 7 number 19.
- The issue is dated November 15, 1988 and the article begins on page 281.
-
- PURPOSE:
- A small, full-screen editor for line-oriented files of up to 64k in
- length that supports scrolling, cut, copy, paste, and printing
- operations, and permits entry of all members of the IBM character set.
- (Note: free memory required to run is ~131k bytes)
- USAGE:
- TED [filespec]
- REMARKS:
- TED will open and read a file whose name (and path, if required)
- are supplied initially. If no filespec is provided, it will open a
- new file and prompt for a filename when F7 is pressed to save
- and exit. The original of a modified file is saved with a .BAK
- extension. The ABORT command (F1), when verified, abandons any
- modifications and leaves the original file intact.
-
- Lines may be of any length, and each must be terminated by
- pressing Enter. Lines longer than the screen width display a
- diamond in the rightmost column. Off screen characters (up to
- 248 columns) may be viewed by using the Ctrl-arrow keys.
- Lines may be broken by pressing Enter at any point, and may be
- conflated by pressing Del at the line end.
-
- A block of text is defined by toggling the MARK command (F4)
- on and moving the cursor with the arrow keys. The marked area
- is shown in inverse video. Pressing F3 prints the blocked text;
- F5 (CUT) removes it to a buffer from which it can be pasted (F6)
- at any point where the cursor is located. The paste buffer
- remains intact until another section is marked and cut.
-
- Pressing F8 deletes to the end of a line; F9 deletes the entire line.
- F10 restores the most recent deletion of F8 or F9. The UNDO
- command (F2) restores letters deleted by the Del (but not by the
- Backspace) key if the cursor has not been moved.
-
- The Home and End keys move the cursor to the beginning and
- end of the current screen line; the Tab key moves to the next
- column evenly divisible by eight. Text is entered in insert mode
- by default; pressing the Ins key toggles to overstrike mode. TED
- configures itself to the display in use and supports EGA and
- VGA text modes other than the standard 80 columns by 25 rows.
- PgUp and PgDn scroll the file by the number of rows displayed,
- minus 5. Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn move to the top and bottom
- of the file.
-
- Any character in the IBM set can be entered by pressing the Alt
- key, typing its ASCII value on the numeric keypad, then releasing
- the Alt key.
-
-
- KEYPAD COMMANDS EDITING FUNCTIONS
- ====================================== ======================================
- KEY OPERATION KEY FCN OPERATION
- ====================================== ======================================
- Up Arrow Cursor up 1 row F1 ABORT Exit without saving
- Down Arrow Cursor down 1 row F2 UNDO Replace recently
- Left Arrow Cursor left 1 column deleted characters
- Right Arrow Cursor right 1 column F3 PRINT Prints marked text
- -------------------------------------- F4 MARK Toggles mark state
- PgUp Moves text window up on/off
- one page F5 CUT Moves marked text to
- PgDn Moves text window down paste buffer
- one page F6 PASTE Inserts contents of
- Home Moves cursor to start paste buffer
- of row F7 EXIT Saves changes & exits
- End Moves cursor to end F8 DEL EOL Deletes from cursor
- of row to the end of the line
- Ins Toggles insert/ F9 DEL L Deletes the current
- overstrike mode line
- Del Deletes character at F10 UDEL L Inserts the last
- the cursor deleted line
- --------------------------------------
- Ctrl-PgUp Moves to top of file
- Ctrl-PgDn Moves to bottom of file
- Ctrl-RightArrow Moves text window right
- eight columns
- Ctrl-LeftArrow Moves text window left
- eight columns