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- │ WELCOME TO BOXER ! │
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- // To help acquaint you with some of BOXER's features, a short editing
- // session will be simulated using the keystroke macro facility. A
- // message will appear on the bottom line when the macro is waiting to
- // proceed. Some of the more unusual and more powerful features will
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- ■ PRESS CTRL-A TO BEGIN THE DEMONSTRATION...
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- │ SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING │
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- // BOXER can display colorized program code for all major programming
- // languages! Reserved words, comments, symbols and constants are
- // displayed in user-selectable colors. BOXER selects the configuration
- // automatically based on the extension of the file being edited. You
- // can easily extend this feature to recognize other languages!
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- int syntax_highlight(char *text) /* sample code in full color */
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- static char *array = "ABCDEF"; /* declare a static array */
- register int i; /* loop variable */
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- for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
- strcpy(text, array); /* fill the caller's array */
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- │ MULTILEVEL UNDO & REDO │
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- // ■ Any command which modifies text can be undone with UNDO.
- // If you "undo too far", REDO can be used to undo UNDO!
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- In Case of Emergency, follow these 3 simple instructions:
- Shut the valve in Cooling Tower A
- Close the door to Remote Chamber 3
- Activate the Radioactive Alarm
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- // ■ You never need to worry about accidental deletions, because
- // BOXER can restore your file with a single keystroke!
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- // ■ By default, 200 changes can be undone. Up to 4,096 if you desire!
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- │ ALPHA & NUMERIC SORTS │
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- // ■ A range of lines can be sorted alphabetically or numerically, in
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- 7. Canada
- 3. India
- 2. Morocco
- 8. Romania
- 10. Poland
- 4. Finland
- 9. Switzerland
- 6. Algeria
- 1. Thailand
- 5. Brazil
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- // ■ The column to sort on is indicated by the column of marked text.
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- │ BLOCK COMMANDS │
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- // A rich set of block commands is provided to operate upon marked
- // text blocks. These include: cut, copy, append, paste, delete,
- // write, print, indent, sort, entab, detab, invert, total, average,
- // fill with specified character, upper/lower/caps case operations,
- // and line, word, and character count.
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- 52. Red
- 23. Blue
- 14. Green
- 8. Brown
- 3. Gray
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- // ■ BOXER's Block Commands provide unmatched editing power!
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- │ COLUMN MARKING │
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- // ■ BOXER allows text to be marked in columns. This can greatly
- // simplify editing jobs which would be tedious with other editors.
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- ║ Stock # ║ Qty. ║ Item ║ Total ║
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- ║ AJ17432-P ║ 12 ║ ║ $100.20 ║
- ║ AJ43331-R ║ 12 ║ ║ 98.00 ║
- ║ DF03229-A ║ 24 ║ ║ 54.50 ║
- ║ AX43821-R ║ 12 ║ ║ 128.00 ║
- ║ AQ42901-R ║ 12 ║ ║ 43.00 ║
- ║ RE90123-E ║ 36 ║ ║ 36.00 ║
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- │ GRAPHIC DRAWING │
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- // ■ BOXER has a graphic drawing mode to allow charts and forms to be
- // created easily. A variety of line styles are available. Marked
- // rectangles can be framed with a selected line style.
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- The Rest of Us
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- │ SYNCHRONIZED SCROLLING │
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- // ■ BOXER even has a synchronized
- // scrolling mode that allows 2
- // or more files to be compared
- // in adjacent windows. Just
- // press Scroll Lock, and all
- // windows will scroll together
- // Up and Down!
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- │ WORD PROCESSING │
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- BOXER supports paragraph reformatting with
- several modes of text
- justification. Word wrap can be optionally enabled to format text as it
- is entered from the keyboard.
- Printing parameters provide
- control over pagination: margins, headers, footers,
- page numbering,
- line numbering, selective page printing, etc.
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- // ■ Documents can be printed single or double spaced, etc.
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- // ■ A Range of pages can be printed.
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- // ■ The starting page number can be specified.
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- │ GOOD LUCK ! │
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- // BOXER is now at your control. You may edit in this sample file
- // if you wish, or terminate the edit session by pressing:
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- Alt-Q to Quit *
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- If you choose to experiment:
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- // Use F10 to access the pull-down menu system. The message line gives
- // additional info about the currently highlighted item. F1 will
- // display the complete Help section for the highlighted menu item.
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- * // Key assignments refer to BOXER's default keyboard layout
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