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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Smalled Eric's OS/2 editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                                  SMALLED 1.30
Smalled is a powerfull OS/2 editor. It's fast and has a lot of extra's over the
system editor. Smalled is a 32 bit Multi threaded PM application which has all
of the attractive OS/2 features like direct manipulation (d&d), presentation
parameters, clipboard support , use of extended attributes, ATM font support
and WYSIWYG printing. The philosophy behind the programming of smalled is found
in a number of articles in the EDM/2 magazine.

o Disclaimer Registering/Shareware
o The Smalled controls
o How do I .....
o What's new / History
o Future attractions
o Thanks
o About the author
o About Smalled
o Glossary/What is .....
o Other Bianchi software products


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Thanks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                                    !Thanks!

I've got a lot of people to thank for their help while I was building this
Smalled version. It was build in a relative short time and I'm thankfull it's
finished (and so are my wife and kids). Thanks to:

o First the beta testers who kept me going, especially
  -Peter Landstreet (Barent)
  -Paulo Mario dos S. D. de Moraes
  who in the last days of the 1.30 construction communicated with me on an
  almost daily basis (Thanks guys)
o My wife and kids for having so much patience.
o Rich Walsh for sharing the DT rendering method with me.
o An increasing number of users who send me their comments.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. The Smalled controls ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Smalled can be controlled/handled through the normal menu bar, the toolbar or
the context-popup. Besides that Smalled will respond to direct manipulation and
knows a number of hot keys.

o The File menu
o The Edit-menu
o The Options menu
o The toolbar
o The context popup menu
o Drag-n-drop
o Using the keys/mouse


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. The Toolbar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The toolbar is the row of small icons (smarticons) at the top of the window
just under the menubar. By using the mouse and clicking once on these buttons,
you're able to start the most frequently used functions. In a way the toolbar
will act as a menu (in fact it is). The toolbar also provides Bubble-help.
Bubble-help can be toggled by doubleclicking mousebutton2 om the toolbar area.
The Toolbar can be modified in a number of way's (see the toolbar preferences).

The icons in the toolbar have the following functions:

By doubleclicking the icon right here in the help file, you'll get more
extensive help about the feature attached to the button.

-New.
-Open
-Insert file.
-Save.
-Save as.
-Copy file to
-Save-n-exit.
-Print.
-File info.
-Undo.
-Cut.
-Copy.
-Paste.
-Clear.
-Goto.
-Find
-Find again.
-Replace.
-Fonts.
-Word wrap.
-Text info.
-Preferences.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. The File menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The file menu contains a number of options which enable you to handle a file
from and to disk, or to print it. From the items listed below, the New, Open,
Insert file, Save and Print options are included in the toolbar.

o New
o Open...
o Insert file...
o Save
o Save as...
o copy to file...
o Print...
o File information...
o Exit
o Save-n-exit


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.1. New ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 New clears the current document and will fill the titlebar with the filename
Untitled.fil. If Untitled.fil is the current filename, save will act as if
save-as is invoked. There is an alternative way to open a new file. If open is
used with a non-existing filename, a new action is invoked and the name of the
new file is set to the name entered. An alternative way to invoke new is
through drag-n-drop. If the titlebar icon is dragged to the shredder, Smalled
will invoke a new action.

If you select New or press the new button  , Smalled will first check if the
file you're currently editing has changed since load-time or since the last
time it was saved. If this is the case, you will be prompted if the current
contents of Smalled have to be saved. You can reply with:

Cancel: cancels the whole operation. You will return in the current document.

No: doesn't save the current file, but it will perform the new operation.

Yes: saves the current file and performs the new operation.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.2. Opening a file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 If the Open option is choosen from the file menu or the open button  is
pressed, Smalled will first check if the file you're currently editing has
changed since load-time or since the last time it was saved. If this is the
case, you will be prompted if the current contents of Smalled have to be saved.
You can reply with:

Cancel: cancels the whole operation. You will return in the current document.

No: doesn't save the current file, but it start the fileopen dialog. The
contents of Smalled aren't distroyed yet, so if you press cancel in the
fileopen dialog, smalled returns to the current text.

Yes: saves the current file and it will start the fileopen dialog.

The fileopen dialog will be opened in the directory set with the set default
directory dialog. This can be either a default directory or the directory in
which the last opened file resides.

If a filename is entered in the file open dialog, that doesn't exist, Smalled
will assume that you want to create a new file. It will clear the current
contents of smalled and set the filename in the titlebar to the name entered.
So if a nonexisting filename is entered, Open functions like New with the
ability to set a new filename. If you do this, an alarm will sound and the
statusbar will mention what you're doing.

An alternative way of opening a file is to use the drag-n-drop capability of
OS/2. If a file object is dropped on the Smalled icon, Smalled will be started
and the dropped object will be opened. Drag-n-drop can also be used when
Smalled is already started. If an object is dropped on the Edit area, the
dropped file will be opened. If Smalled already contains text, this drop will
have the effect of a Insert file action. The contents of the dropped file will
be inserted at the point were the file is dropped (droppoint).

Besides getting the file contents into Smalled, there are some values loaded
from the extended attributes if the file was previously saved with Smalled. The
font, tab, wrap and cursor position settings are loaded from the extended
attributes.

Smalled can handle large files. However, some operations may become rather slow
as files grow very large (>800Kb). However, most of the time this shouldn't be
a problem because Smalled is multi-threaded. You may start editing or searching
while Smalled is still loading a file.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.3. Insert file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 If Insert file is selected from the File menu or if the Insert file button is
pressed, Smalled will start an action which has a large similarity with opening
a file. The fileopen dialog will be started using the directory set with the
Set default directory dialog and a filename can be entered. If the filename
doesn't exist, you will be prompted so.

If the file exists, it will be opened and the contents of this file will be
inserted at the current cursor position. The name of the file which is
currently being edited will be preserved. The font, tab and wrap settings of
the Inserted file will NOT be used. The retrieved text will use the settings of
the current file. There is however one xeption. If you're retrieving a file
while the smalled doesn't contain anything, it will handle a file-insert as a
fileopen.

An alternative way of retrieving a file is to use the  drag-n-drop  capability
of OS/2. If a file object is dropped on the Edit area,  the dropped file will
be Insert filed. The file contents will be inserted in the current text at the
position of the drop (droppoint).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.4. File information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The file information option in the file menu gives the possibility to get some
more information about the file you're currently editing. This option will only
work if the file you're editing is already present on disk. If you're editing a
new document, file information won't be available.

File information gives info about:

- Current filename
- Current filesize
- Allocated filesize
- Creation date (HPFS only)
- Last access (HPFS only)
- Last write
- File attributes
Besides that it gives information about three settings saved in the extended
attributes.

- Used font
- Word wrap
- Used tabsize


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.5. Save ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Saving the Smalled contents can be done by choosing the Save option from the
File menu, by pressing the save button  ,by using the popup if you have it
configured so that it will contain a save option or by use drag-n-drop. There
is also a CTRL-S hotkey that will invoke save. Smalled will save the contents,
even if they aren't changed since last save or since load-time.

When a file is saved, the number of bytes saved to disk are displayed in the
statusbar. At the end of the save action the statusbar will display that the
file is saved including the total number of bytes saved. Normally this goes
very fast.

If a file is saved, not only the contents are saved, but also the used font
,the word wrap settings, the tab settings and the current cursor position.
These settings are saved in the Extended attributes. This way the files can
still be handled as pure ASCII.The drawback is that saving a file on a fat
drive may take extra time because the ea's on a fat drive must be saved in a
separate file.

The name used for saving the file is displayed in the titlebar. If the titlebar
contains the name Untitled.fil, Smalled assumes that you're editing a new file
and no filename has been entered yet. The standard file dialog will be started
so that a valid name may be entered.

If the current name isn't the name you want to use for the file, use  save as
to save the Smalled contents.

There is another (rather rude) way to save the Smalled contents. When Smalled
is exited, the current contents are checked if they're changed since load-time
or since the last save action. If this is the case, you're prompted if the
current contents have to be saved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.6. Save as ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The Save as option of the file menu has as main purpose to save an existing
file under a new name. Normally the filename of the contents is diplayed in the
titlebar. The name displayed will be used when Save as starts the standard file
dialog. After the Save as action, the filename used for the file saved will be
changed in the filename used for save as. If you don't want that name to be
changed use the copy to file option in the same menu.

If a text-selection is active in the edit area, the fileopen dialog will show a
checkbox which will enable you to save the selected text to a file. If this
option is choosen, the filename for the current text won't be changed.

If the filename entered in the save dialog already exists, you're prompted. At
that point you can choose to overwrite the existing file or to cancel the save
as action.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.7. copy to file... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The copy to file action enables you to save the file currently being edited
under another name (and in another path or drive) without changing the current
filename. This way it's easy to make multiple copies of one text-file. If copy
to file is enabled, the standard file dialog is started. In the header of that
dialog you can see that copy to is started.

If a text-selection is active in the edit area, the fileopen dialog will show a
checkbox which will enable you to save the selected text to a file.

You may use all the facilities of the file open dialog, it won't affect the
file you're currently editing.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.8. Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 By choosing the print option of the File menu or the print button  is
selected, a print dialog is started. From this dialog you can print the entire
text, or a selection if one is active. If a selection has to be printed, check
the "print selected text" checkbox. Another attractive way to print the text or
a selection is by using drag-n-drop. If this dialog is activated, the default
printer will be hilited in the listbox of this dialog. If you've got more
printers installed, another printer can be selected by hiliting the
printername. (It may be a good idea to install more printerobjects even if
you've only got one physical printer. Every printerobject can have a different
set of properties. For example, one printer for draft, one for landscape, etc.)

The print job properties for the printjob you're about to start can be modified
by choosing the setup button. A printer specific setup dialog will appear. This
dialog is contained in the printer driver and has its own help.

If the print button is hit, the printing will start. The Smalled print routine
is multi-threaded. This means you can work while Smalled is printing. The
Smalled print routine is a two staged routine. In the first stage, the contents
of the edit area are read. During this action a red slider will show the
progress made. During this red period, you shouldn't make any changes in the
text. Any changes made during this period may show up in the print (depending
on whether Smalled has already handled the line you're working on).

The next stage in printing is the actual printing. The progress in this action
is shown by a yellow slider. During this action every function in Smalled may
be performed, it won't disturb the printout. Exiting Smalled at this time will
cause the printjob to be discarded without any further notice!

The Smalled print facility features WYSIWYG printing. The way things look on
screen, they will appear on paper. There is a simple trick to create a
print-preview with the OS/2 system. Open the print object you want to print to
and activate the object popup. In the popup of a printer there is an option
named "Change status". With this option the spooler can be told to hold the
printjobs. If this option is flagged, the printjobs aren't sent to the printer,
but it will appear in the printer object. To view the contents simply
double-click in the job you want to view. OS/2 will start a viewer and you can
view the contents of tge print on-screen. (Future versions of Smalled will
contain a print-preview option)

WYSIWYG printing in Smalled means:

The font used in the edit area is the same font as used by the printer. If a
font incompatebility occurs, the print routine will try to match the printer
font as close as possible to the used screen font. An example: The system font
or the vio fonts aren't supported by printers. These are typical screenfonts
developed for fast screendisplay. If these fonts are printed OS/2 tries to
match them as closely as possible to one of the available fonts. In most cases
this will mean that Courier is selected because this is in most cases the only
other available non-proportional font. All ATM fonts are supported.

The tab size as set in the Smalled is also used in the printed document. This
means that the width of the tabs is also used by the print-function By using
tabs it's possible to create tables.

The tab size as set in the Smalled is also used in the printed document. This
means that the width of the tabs is also used by the print-function By using
tabs it's possible to create tables.

If word wrap is on, the width of the lines printed are set by the size of the
main Smalled window! This means that Smalled uses the width of the Smalled main
window to set the width of the printed text. So a litteral copy of every
textline as you see them on the screen will appear on the printout.
Note that in a fullscreen (maximized) Smalled session with word-wrap, the lines
always exceed the width of the print-paper!

There's no checking if the line width exeeds the printer page width! So if you
print very long lines, they are clipped at the side of the page. To prevent
this from happening, us the preview described above.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.9. Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Exiting Smalled can be done by double clicking on the system icon, by
selecting the exit option of the file menu, by clicking the exit button in the
titlebar  or by using the F3 button. In all cases Smalled will check if the
file contents are changed since the last save action or since load-time. If
this is the case, you are prompted if the file has to be saved, if the exit
procedure should be canceled or if Smalled should quit without saving the
changes.

If the current filename is Untitled.fil, selecting Yes from the dialog will
start the save as file dialog, so you can enter a valid filename.

If a Smalled print session is active, it is discarded as Smalled exits!

Smalled will also exit if CTRL-x or ALT-F4 is pressed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.10. Save-n-Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Save-n-Exit is a shortcut for exiting Smalled and saving the current contents
at the same time. This option is available in the File-menu or trough a Toolbar
button.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. The Edit-menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The Smalled Edit-menu contains the items used to modify (or used in modifying)
the contents of the Smalled edit area. The Edit-menu contains the following
items:

o - Undo
o - Cut
o - Cut line
o - Copy
o - Paste
o - Clear
o - Goto line
o - Find
o - Find again
o - Replace
o - Select all
o - Deselect all


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.1. Undo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Undo can be activated through the Edit-menu Undo option or by hitting the
button.

Undo will try to undo (or redo) the last action. Smalled contains a one level
undo buffer. This means only the last action can be undone!

Since version 0.96 Font changes can also be undone or redone. So a fontchange
if it is invoked by a fontdrop or by setting the font through the font dialog
can be undone. Because Smalled has a one level undo, changing the font will
destroy the contents of the undo buffer. So after a font change a cut, paste or
clear action can't be undone!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.2. Cut ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Cut can be activated through the Edit-menu option Cut, by hitting the  button
or by using the Shift-Del key combination. If there's no text selected, the cut
option is not available. Cut is also available trough the popup-menu if there's
text selected. If cut is used to move text in Smalled, or between multiple
instances of smalled (or EPM), it's more conveniant to use drag-n-drop.

Cut deletes the selected text from the edit area and copies it to the
Clipboard. The text cut to the clipboard can be retrieved anywhere in the text
by using the paste function. When cut is invoked, any previous text contents of
the clipboard are destroyed. The Cut operation in Smalled is supported in the
main edit area and in several dialogs, in which parts of the text can be
selected like in the find, replace and the file-dialog. Use mouse or
Shift-arrow to select and cut to the clipboard (Shift-Del).

The maximum amount of text you may cut to the clipboard is limited to 64 Kb in
Smalled. If you try to cut more then 64 Kb. Smalled will give an error message
and discard the cut operation. This is because Smalled is based on the MLE
control which has this restriction. In future releases of smalled this
restriction may be overcome. This limitation isn't there if drag-n-drop is used
when moving text.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.3. Cut line ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Since version 1.20 the cut-line option has been added. This option can also be
activated by using the CTRL-Y hotkey. This key-combination is very popular in
many editors. It cuts the current line to the clipboard. It doesn't matter if
WRAP is turned on or off.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.4. Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Copy can be activated through the Edit-menu option Copy, by hitting the
button or the Control-Ins key combination. If there's no text selected, the
copy option is not available. If there's text selected, copy is also available
from the popup-menu. There's is also anothet way to use copy. You can simply
use the very convenient drag-n-drop possibility. Drag the selected text to the
point where you want it and simply drop it.

Copy copies the selected text to the Clipboard so it can be used somewhere else
in a paste operation. The selected text remains unchanged although previous
text contents of the clipboard are destroyed.  Text can be copied from the main
edit area and from several dialogs, in which parts of the text can be selected
like in the find, replace and the file-dialog. Use mouse or Shift-arrow to
select text and copy it to the clipboard by invoking Control-Ins.

In Smalled a copy operation is limited to 64Kb. So if you select more then 64
Kb of text and try to copy it to the clipboard an error message is displayed
and the copy action will be discarded! This limitation isn't operartional if
text is copied by invoking a drag-n-drop operation. Through Drag-n-drop you can
copy any amount of text in a document or between documents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.5. Paste ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Paste can be activated through the Edit-menu option Paste, by hitting the
button or the Shift-Ins key combination. If there's no text in the clipboard,
the paste option is not available. If the clipboard contains text, Paste may
also be selected from the popup-menu. If cut is used to move text in Smalled,
or between multiple instances of smalled (or EPM), it's more conveniant to use
drag-n-drop.

Paste copies the data from the Clipboard (if there is any) to the current
cursor position in the main window . If any text is currently selected, it will
be deleted and replaced by the contents of the clipboard. If you want to
perform a paste in a dialog window, use Shift-Ins.

The amount of text that smalled can paste is limited to 64Kb. If you try to
paste more  then 64 Kb of text, Smalled will give an error message and the
paste operation is discarded. This limitation isn't there when Drag-n-drop is
used.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.6. Clear ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Clear can be activated through the Edit-menu option Clear, by hitting the
button or the delete key. If there's no text currently selected, the clear
option is not available. If there's text selected, Clear may also be invoked
from the popup-menu. Besides using the clear button or popup you may also drag
the selected text to the shredder. The effect will be the same as deleting the
text. Shredded text can also be undone.

A clear action deletes the currently selected text. This action can eventually
be undone by using Undo.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.7. Find ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The find dialog can be activated by using the Edit menu Find... option, by
hitting the button or by using the CTRL-F hotkey. Besides that, Find may also
be invoked from the popup-menu, if it is configured that way. The find dialog
is a modeless dialog. This means you can open it and still keep on working in
the edit area. If the dialog window is clicked, or the replace menu-option or
button is clicked, the dialog will become active.

In the find dialog a find item can be entered. The maximum length of a find
item is 64 characters. If the find button is hit, a search will be conducted
through the text. This search can be tailored. Since version 1.00, two
checkboxes are added for this purpose. Normally a search will start at the
current cursor position and keep searching until the end of the file is reached
or the desired item is found. By checking the global checkbox, the search will
be conducted from the top of the file. Through the second checkbox, the search
can be made case-sensitive. This means that an exact match of the search-item
concerning upper- and lower case characters is performed. If this checkbox
isn't flagged, the search doesn't make a difference between upper- and lower
case characters. If a match is found, it will be hilited (selected). If no
matching item is found, a message is displayed.

If a find is invoked, Smalled will also set a so-called jumppoint. This enables
you to return quickly to the point from where the find was invoked.

If an item is found, the find dialog will dissapear. If the entered item has to
be searched again, it's possible to invoke the Find option again. Although a
simpler aproach is to use the Find again option.

It is possible to move the find dialog around. Everytime this dialog is
invoked, it will look at the settings you set through Preferences. If the Use
last Find-dialog position was checked, the last position will be used to
display the dialog. If this setting was not checked, the dialog will be
displayed relative to the mouse-pointer. So you can position the dialog in the
place you find the most conveniant. Besides the position, the dialog will also
remember the last entered search item.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.8. Find Again ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Find again can be activated by using the Edit-menu Find again option or by
hitting the button. For the find again action, there are also two hotkeys
defined. Find again will also be invoked if F2 or CTRL-a is pressed. Besides
that, Find again may also be invoked from the popup-menu, if it is configured
that way.

This option can only be used if the find action has been invoked at least once.
If find has been invoked, the search-text is preserved. Find again will use
this search-text. Find again will conduct a non-casesensitive search from the
current cursor position until the end off the file or until a matching item is
found. If a match is found, it will be hilited (selected). If no match is
found, an error message will be displayed.

If Find again is invoked, Smalled will reset the jumppoint.This enables you to
return quickly to the point from where the last Find (again) was invoked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.9. Replace ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The replace dialog can be activated by using the Edit-menu Replace... option,
by hitting the button or by using the CTRL-R hotkey. Besides that, Replace may
also be invoked from the popup-menu if it is configured that way. The replace
dialog is a modeless dialog. This means you can open it and still keep on
working in the edit area. If the dialog window is clicked, or the replace
menu-option or button is clicked, the dialog will become active.

In the replace dialog, a target string and a replacement string can be entered.
With these strings, several actions can be started.

- Next: if an item has already been found and selected, Next will try to find
the next match from the cursor on down. If a match has been selected, Next will
leave it alone and will try to find the next match.

- Replace: if no item has yet been found, the replace action will first locate
a possible match and select it. This match isn't replaced yet. If replace is
hit again, the selected match will be replaced and Smalled will try to locate
the next match from the cursor on down.

- All: All will replace all matches from the cursor on down, without prompting
the user.

- Cancel: cancels the replace action and closes the replace dialog.

If no replacement string is entered and the replace action is started, the
target string  is deleted (when found).

The search action the replace dialog conducts, works just like find. (In fact
it uses the same code.) Since version 1.00, two checkboxes are added to the
replace dialog. If Global is checked, the first search for the target-item will
be conducted from the top of the file, if it concernes the replace key and the
all key. Next always searches from the cursor position. If global isn't
checked, the search always goes from the current cursor position.

The replace dialog will remember the place it is dragged to, so the next time
replace is invoked, the dialog will check the settings in Preferences. If the
Use last Rplace-dialog position is checked, the dialog will open at the last
used position, if it isn't checked, the dialog will appear relative to the
mouse-pointer. This enables you to put the replace dialog in a spot you find
the most conveniant. This position will be remembered through sessions. Besides
remembering the dialog window place, the target and replacement strings are
also remebered (although not between sessions).

 Replace also sets a jumppoint. So by invoking CTRL-J, the cursor will jump to
the last point the cursor was before the replace.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.10. Select all ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Select all will make a selection of all the text entered in Smalled. Don't use
this option if you want to delete all text in a large file. This takes a lot of
time because the complete file contents will be transfered into the undo
buffer! Better and faster is to use the New option from the File menu.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.11. Deselect all ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Deselect all will undo the current text selection. There are two horkey's
assigned to this function, The standard OS/2 Ctrl-\ and (more convenient) the
ESC key.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.12. Goto line ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 There are several ways to go to a specific line. You may use the Goto Line
option of the Edit menu or the CTRL-G hot-key to activate the goto line dialog.
Besides that, Goto again may also be invoked from the popup-menu if it is
configured that way.   This dialog can be handled through use of the keyboard
or by using the mouse. You may use the up - and down arrow keys to scroll to
all the possible line nr's (it automaticly switches between 1 and the maximum
linenr and vice versa). It's also possible to click with the mouse on the
arrows displayed with the spinbutton.

If a goto is invoked, the jumppoint will be reset to the current line before
the jump, so that with a stroke of CTRL-J the cursor returns to the last point
before goto was invoked.

Another (easy) way to change the current line, is to invoke active vertical
scrolling . You can grab the vertical scrollbar with the mouse and drag it. The
text will then scroll, meanwhile the linenumber of the topmost line will be
displayed in the statusbar.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.13. Jumppoint ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Since version 1.0, Smalled knows a so-called jumppoint. A jumppoint can be
used for fast switching between two points in the text. If a file is opened,
Smalled will look if it is a file previously saved with Smalled. If this is the
case, Smalled will restore the last cursor position. At that moment, the
jumppoint is initialized with a 1.

If the jumppoint hotkey CTRL-J is pressed, the cursor will jump to line 1 and
the corsor position from where the jump took off is saved as the next
jumppoint. So if CTRL-J is pressed again, the cursor will return to the place
before the jump and the jumppoint is set again to the linenr from where the
jump took off.

Setting Jumppoints :

a jumppoint can be set by invoking a jumppoint. If CTRL-J is pressed, the
cursor position  from where the jump took off will be the next jumppoint.

Find and replace will also set jumppoints. If a find/replace is invoked and the
cursor moves to a find match, the place from where the find was invoked is
stored as a jumppoint. So pressing CTRL-J will return to the place before the
jumppoint. Note that the next jumppoint is the place where find found a match!

A jumppoint is also set as goto is invoked. The cursorpoint from where goto
took off, is set as jumppoint.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. The Options menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The options menu contains items with which the working mode of Smalled can be
changed.

o Set font
o Set color
o Tab set
o Linebreak
o Word wrap
o Text info
o Use default font
o Preferences


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.1. Set font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Setting the current font can be done in a number of ways. You can select the
button or select the fonts.. option in the edit-menu. This will start the
Standard font dialog. Through this dialog a new font can be appleid as current
font or saved as default font. If a font is set, the new font will be displayed
in the statusbar. A font change can be undone by using Undo .

A more elegant way is to use Drag-n-Drop. By opening the font palette in the
system setup folder, you can select a font and drop it on the edit area.
Smalled will change the current font to the dropped font. The new font will be
displayed in the statusbar. If the file is saved, this font will be remembered
when the file is reopened or retrieved.

If the font menu is activated, the change flag will be changed. This means that
Smalled thinks the file is changed. If you exit Smalled, you will be prompted
to save the file even if the contents aren't changed text-wise. If the file is
saved, the selected font will be saved in the EA's. So the font will be
remembered when the file is reopened or retrieved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.2. tab set ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 If the Tab set option from the options menu is activated, a dialog will be
displayed.

In this dialog, the new tabsize in mm can be entered. Also visible is the
default value for the tab-size. This default value is used if a new document is
created or if a file is opened that isn't saved by Smalled, so it doesn't have
it's own tab-size stored in the EA's. If Apply is hit, the tabsize in the edit
area is set to the entered value. This also happens when Save is hit. Save will
also save the entered tab-size as default.

The tab setting used in the edit area will also be used while  printing.
Besides that it will be saved in EA's of the file when the file is saved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.3. Linebreak ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 In version 1.30 the linebreak dialog is introduced. This dialog makes it
possible to linewrap a whole document or selected parts in a document.  The
dialog only displays the selected option if there is any text selected in the
Smalled edit-window. besides that if text is selected, this checkbox will be
automaticly flagged. So if the whole text has to be handled, decheck this
button.

If a linebreak action is invoked, Smalled will look at every line in the
document or selection and insert a hard return so that the linelength won't
exceed the number of characters entered. The hard return character will be
entered in the last space or tab char that falls in the boundary of the number
of characters. If there is no space or tab character in the line, the hard
return is entered  exactly at the point where the number of characters is
reached. If a linebreak is in progress, the line currently served will be
displayed at the statusbar.

The Linebreak dialog accepts a minimum linelength of 10 and a maximum of 250.
Every number that is outside these limits will be set to the nearest possible
value.

It is not advisable to let Smalled do a linebreak of 10 on a large document
because this may take a considerable amount of time.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.4. Word wrap ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 If word wrap is turned on, the lines that exceed the width of the edit area
window, will be reflowed to the next line. However, no hard return will be
inserted.

Word wrap can be used to set the page width for a print job. If word wrap is
turned on, the print routine will calculate the line width and use it while
printing. This way making the Smalled window smaller or larger will in/decrease
the page width.

Word wrap is a flagged menu item. When the options menu is opened, you can see
immediately if word wrap is on or off. If it's on. a little check mark appears
next to the Word wrap option. If word wrap is turned of, no check mark will
show. By selecting word wrap from the option menu, you can toggle this setting.
The wrap setting can also be toggled by the CTRL-W key combination.

The default setting for wrap can be set using the General preferences dialog.
The default will be used if a new file is created or a file with no smalled
ea's attached is loaded.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.5. Text info ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Text info supplies the user with some information about the text currently
loaded. Text info will display the number of characters, the number of lines
and the font currently used in the statusbar.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.6. Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The Smalled preferences are organized in a notbook in which each page handles
a certain item. If a change is made in one of the settings displayed in this
notebook, these changes will take effect immediatly. The Smalled preferences
notebook has the following pages:

o General
o Toolbar
o Popup
o d&d
o Dialogs
o Default dir


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.7. General preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The general area contains three area's. In future releases the area's Text and
Backups may get their own page  Exit button: This creates an X button in the
titlebar next to the max-min buttons. This is a very convenient buton, however
if you're using utilities like Xit or NPSWPS, this button is unnesecary.

Load cursor position: Smalled saves the cursor-position when a document is
saved. If this checkbox is flagged, this position is restored when a file is
opened.

Wrap: Through this checkbox the default value for the  Word wrap This value is
used when a new document is created. In this document the Wrap behaviour can be
changed. Smalled will remember the wrap setting for every file, so this setting
won't influence the setting for every single document.

Indent The Indent checkbutton is added, but not yet active. Automatic indenting
will probably be available in the next release.

Backup on fileopen: Through this setting it's possible to let Smalled make a
backup of the every file that is opened. The file will loose it's extension and
a .bak extension is attached to the file. For this backup mechanism to work a
valid directory name has to be entered in the "Backup Dir." entryfield If no
name is entered, or an invalid name, no backup is made. If a backup has to be
made in the directory the original resides in, simply add a . (dot) in this
entryfield.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.8. Toolbar preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Smalled contains a fully configurable toolbar which can be modified in the
toolbar preference page. Every change that is made will be effective
immediately. This means that if a button is added or removed, the toolbar will
instantly change.  Listbox: The largest part of this page is filled by a
listbox in which all the possible toolbar entries are mentioned. If an entry is
selected, the button will appear in the toobar, if it is deselected, it will be
removed from the toolbar. The empty spaces between logical groups of buttons
are marked as [Empty space] and can also be added or removed.

Toolbar: If desired the toolbar can also be turned off. If this chackbox is
flagged, the toolbar will be visible, if it is deselected the toolbar will
instantly disappear.

Bubble help: The Bubble help can be turned of by default. This can also be done
by double clicking the right mouse button on the toolbar.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.9. Popup preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Smalled contains a configurable context popup menu.  Items: The popup area
contains items that can be added to the context popup. The context popup will
always contain the cut, clear, copy and paste items. If the dialog is closed
with OK, the changes made for the popup will take effect immediately.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.10. d&d preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Smalled contains a full d&d interface  which is also fully compatible with
Dragtext. It has a minimal set of configurable options.  Original filename on
save: When a document or a part of a document is saved through d&d, Smalled
uses the default filename that the WPS returns. Usually this is "Data File". If
this checkbox is flagged, the name in the titlebar is used as the save-name.
This only works if there is a valid filename in the titlebar. If it's showing
untitled.fil, the WPS default will be used.

Use Smalled drag-n-drop: It is possible to partly deactivate Smalled d&d
interface. If this button is flagged, the full d&d interace of Smalled will be
active. If this isn't checked, the d&d interface for the main edit window is
turned of. Drag-n-drop from the titlebar-icon will still work. Use this option
if you prefer the DragText utility for handling the d&d for Smalled's main
window or if you don't want to use drag-n-drop.

Smalled icon on save: This option isn't available yet, but will be in a future
release.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.11. Dialogs preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Smalled can also save the last position of the find and replace dialogs.

If the checkboxes are on, the find and replace dialogs will appear at the last
used position. If the check-boxes are off, the dialogs appear relative to the
mouse-pointer. In this case, starting a find or replace dialog from the
main-menu, the popup or the toolbar will all result in different positions on
the screen.

The open and the font dialog. are a different story. If a font or open dialog
is dragged, the position will be remembered during the session. If Smalled is
closed and opened again, the position of these dialogs will again be the left
lower corner of the screen. If the chackboxes for these dialogs are set, the
position will be remembered through sessions.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.12. Set default dir ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 the set default dir preference page contains a dialog which will enable you to
set the default directory for save and open actions. A drive can be selected in
the combobox in the upper-left corner. The listbox will show the subdirectories
of the current directory of that drive. If a subdirectory is selected by a
double-click, this dir is added to the default path displayed above the
listbox. If OK is pressed, the directory shown in the top entryfield will be
saved as standard directory which will be used in save as and open actions.

If the checkbox in Last used directory is flagged, the directory last
approached for a file open or file retrieve is used as default dir. So opening
a file in a new directory will make this directory default. If this flag is on,
the directory set in the dialog has no meaning.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.13. Use default font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If Use default font is selected, the font set as default font will be retrieved
from the OS2.INI file and activated. This font change is confirmed in the
statusbar.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.14. Set color dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The set color option in the Options menu will start the change color dialog.
In this dialogbox two areas with colored squares are displayed. The left area
controls the forground color (text), the right area controls the background
color. By single clicking on one of the colored squares, the color of the
sample underneath the colored areas will change to the selected color.

If Save is clicked, the choosen color combination will be made current in
smalled. Besides that the selected color setting will be saved in the OS/2 INI
file and become the default color for the next sessions. If Apply is clicked,
the selected color setting will be made active for the current session, but it
won't be saved as default.

The colors used in this color dialog are the 16 standard solid colors (first 16
squares). The other nine colors depend on the setting of the system colors on
your machine. If these colors are changed (use scheme palettes), the colors in
this dialog as well the edit area may change. The next nine colors in the color
dialog map to the following system colors.

1 Window background
2 Active titlebar
3 Desktop
4 Active window border
5 Standard MLE background
6 Standard text color
7 Help background
8 Help highlight
9 Neutral color (Text)

You may also change the colors of smalled by dropping colors on the smalled
window. Every part of the smalled window (title, statusbar, menu etc.)can be
changed using 256 colors. These colors will also be saved as default. The main
edit area however accepts only 16 basic solid colors. Besides that dropping a
color on the edit area will have the same effect as applying a color (this
color won't be saved).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.5. The context popup menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Since version 0.96, Smalled has a context sensitive popup menu. This menu will
be activated as the mouse button2 is clicked on the edit area. This popup will
contain the most used edit functions, Cut, Paste, Copy and Clear.

From these items the popup will show only those items that can be activated. So
if text is selected, the popup will at least show the functions Copy, Clear and
Cut. If no text is selected, those options won't show. For the paste option the
clipboard is checked. If it cantains valid data, the paste options will be
displayed.

If no popup is showing on a right mouse click, there probably isn't any text
selected and the clipboard will be empty.

The functionality of the context popup is largely expanded in version 1.00.
Since this version a number of actions can be added to the popup. Besides the
Copy, Cut, Paste and Clear functions, Open, Save, Save as, copy to, Print,
Find, Find again, Replace, Goto and Undo can be added. To set your choice of
popup functions, use the Preferences dialog.

NOTE: There is a great package to enhance the desktop. It's called NPSWPS
(check it out). However since version 1.81 of this package there is an
incompatibility with Smalled. Having the NPSWPS Entry Field Menu enabled causes
Smalled's context popup to disappear. If you want to use Smalled.s popup
instead of NPSWPS's popup, you should disable the Entry File Menu in NPSWPS.
This option can be found under the OTHERS tab in the NPSWPS package.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Disclaimer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 ====DISCLAIMER====

This package is provided "as is", without any guarantees or warrantees
whatsoever. Eric Slaats / Bianchi Software are not liable or responsible for
any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to,
losses of a financial, physical, emotional, marital, social, or mental nature
that may result from the use or the purported use of anything in this package,
for any purpose whatsoever.

This product is supplied "as is", and without any warranties. You may
distribute this shareware version of Smalled if the following conditions are
met:

 1. The distributed archive must contain ONLY the files OS2_2xx.ZIP, WARP.ZIP,
    SMALLED.HLP, README.SME, FILE_ID.DIZ, ORDER.SME, REGISTER.EXE, REGISTER.HLP

 2. The contents of this archive are NOT MODIFIED in any way.

 3. This version is not to be sold.  However, a reasonable disk copying fee is
    permitted.

====REGISTERING====

If you like Smalled and want to keep using it after the 40 day trial period,
you have to register it. In Smalled's case, this means you've got to buy a
registration key. This key will unlock Smalleds Save and print possibilities
(which lock up after 40 days). To obtain a registration key you first have to
run the  register.exe program included in this package. The help in the
register program or the readme.sme file will show you how to register your
personal key. (See also the ORDER.SME file.)

Registering Smalled costs $18.

You may register by sending the order.sme form by mail to:

BMT Micro
PO Box 15016
Wilmington, NC  28408
U.S.A.

Bianchi Software
Tongelresestraat 61
5613 DB
Eindhoven
The Netherlands

Ordering by fax or E-mail (credit card) can only be done by BMT Micro.

Enjoy and SUPPORT SHARE/FREEWARE!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. About the author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If you feel the need to contact me, send your comments, criticism, wishes, bugs
and postcards (keep 'em commin' :) ) to:

E. Slaats
Tongelresestraat 61
5613 DB Eindhoven
The Netherlands

EMAIL [e-mail]
EMAIL [e-mail]


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. About Smalled ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Smalled is a 32 bit multi-threaded PM applet that is written in Borland C++
2.0. A must in the development of Smalled was to try to incorporate all the
goodies OS/2 has to offer. Smalled features:

o Toolbar with Bubble-help
o Statusbar
o Complete Drag-n-Drop support
o Clipboard support
o INI Support (Saving size, place, Etc.)
o EA's (Saving fonts, wrap, tab-size)
o WYSIWYG Printing
o Multi-threading
o ATM support
o Context popup

Just like Confed, Smalled was created out of a need to learn C++ programming
under OS/2 PM. Initialy Smalled was a spinoff from this process, but it has
evolved beyond that. This program is the result of the user reactions I've got
on earlier (free) versions of Smalled and on the articles written in EDM/2. A
lot of people have asked for features and encouraged me to expand this program.
It has taken so much out of my spare-time (and other resources) that I've
decided to make it (cheap) shareware so some of my expenses may become covered.

Most of the programming ins and outs are published in EDM/2. Three articles
about buidling an editor version 3-4, 3-6 and 3-9. One article in simple
buttonbars (EDM/2 issue 3-8) and bubble-help (issue 3-10). Where building
Confed learned me the basics, Smalled learned me how to handle EA's,
multi-threaded printing, drag-n-drop and device contexts.

Real helpfull were:

o Code examples
o The DEVCON CD's
o EDM/2 magazine (GET IT!)
o The HOBBES CD's
o (BOOK) The art of OS/2 2.11 C programming
o (BOOK) Real world programming for OS/2
o (BOOK) OS/2 presentation manager programming


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. What's new / History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Thanks for all the mail, Please keep the comments comming especially if you
discover a bug or want something changed. This Version 1.20 has a lot to thank
the Beta testers for. A lot of the improvements were changed according to their
suggestions. I'm very pleased with the full drag-n-drop interface and I think
it should make some people happy ;)

New/changed  in Smalled version 1.30

5 May 1996

o NEW Full support for the Dragtext utility
o NEW Toolbar is fully configurable
o NEW Preferences notebook with new options
o NEW Basic backup utility
o NEW Linebreak dialog
o NEW Expanded the popup
o NEW Save and exit
o NEW Deselect (esc Ctrl-\)
o NEW Added some new hotkeys
o Changed Ctrl-A == Save as
o Changed Insert file for Retrieve (Ctrl-I)
o Changed Ctrl-C == Copy file to.
o Improved Flow in save on exit
o Improved Multithreading (semaphores)
o Improved d:d (preference switches)
o Improved Error handling
o Fixed Blackline under toolbar icons
o Fixed d:d bug with copy/move
o Fixed Bug in handling broken ea's

History

 Smalled 1.21 9 April 96

o NEW Full drag-n-drop interface for selected and complete text Added are.
  Move, Copy, Print, Shred, Save
o NEW File history in file-dialog
o NEW Save selected.
o NEW Print selected.
o NEW Days left in about dialog.
o NEW 40 day lockup only for save.
o NEW CTRL-Y = Cut line.
o NEW Save as in toolbar.
o NEW Drop inserts at drop point
o NEW Print and Copy to ... in Popup menu.
o Changed CTRL-A to Save as
o Improved exe size for warp (70 Kb)
o Improved multi-threading.
o Improved Print-memory-management.
o Minor bugfix in loading files

 Smalled 1.10 25 Jan 96

o NEW copy to file...
o NEW File Changed flag in Statusline
o NEW Nr of lines in Statusline
o NEW File attribs in File info dialog
o NEW Tab size in File info dialog
o NEW Optional load cursorpos
o NEW Optional replace-dialog position
o NEW Optional Find-dialog position
o NEW Dragtext support
o Improved Search in opendialog
o 30 day lockup only for save and print
o Fixed black bubbles in 2.1

Smalled 1.00 1 Jan 96

o NEW Jumppoints (CTRL-J)
o NEW preferences dialog
o NEW Popup configurable
o NEW Find updated (global and case sens e.o.)
o NEW Replace updated (global and case sens e.o.)
o NEW Position save for find and replace
o NEW Search function in open dialog
o NEW Buttonbar optional
o NEW Buttonbar status save (including bubble)
o NEW Save bubble status
o NEW default setting for tabs remembered
o NEW CTRL-P for print
o NEW CTRL-N for new
o NEW Possible to save empty files
o NEW Possible to save unchanged files
o NEW Fileopen with nonexisting filename sets filename
o Improved font handling (dialog)
o Improved FileOpen dialog
o Improved Default dir dialog
o Improved Bubble-help display
o Improved All dialogs got Mnemonics control
o Improved memory error message
o Improved Flow open dialog
o Improved fontsize set doesn't destroy tabsize
o Bug fix default select standard printer
o Bug fix Fixed alt-backspace
o Bug fix not display opendlg if default dir is root

Smalled 0.96 October 95

o New Exit button in titlebar
o New context sensitive popup menu
o New Bubble-help
o New Undo works for font change
o Improved flow in conditional save
o Improved memory managent in print
o Improved error handling clipboard failures
o Smaller code
o Change F3 function key to exit
o F2 function key for search again
o Ctrl +/ added for select all
o Bug fix (hanged applet) in Cancel in save on exit
o Bug fix in opendialog failure because of no start entries in the INI

Smalled 0.95 September 95

o New go line dialog
o New color change dialog
o New active vertical scrolling
o New Tab size saved in EA
o New Save as dialog on exit if untitled.fil
o Bugfix fileopen/filesave with long names
o Bugfix Protection against EA screwups
o Bugfix in drop color
o Changed default dir save (last recently used)
o Changed fileinfodlg
o Changed default dir dialog (remember last dir)
o Changed Retrieve function
o Error message on clipboard failure
o Ctrl+O Open
o Open Icon added

Smalled 0.9 August 95

o New Set default dir dialog
o Bug fixed unable to open situations
o Bug fix in set defaults
o Bug fix in save on exit
o Bug fix in Print
o CTRL-F = find
o CTRL-A = find again
o CTRL-R = replace
o Set defaults gives statusbar message
o Wrap will be saved as default.
o Wrap change gives statusbar message
o Change flag on font change
o Saves cursor position with each file
o Modeles find/replace dialogs.
o Improved EA's. access
o Shortcut keys in menu's
o Info in the options hotkey to I but T
o New in buttonbar
o Limitations of smalled added in Help file

Smalled 0.8 Juli 95 Initial release


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Future attractions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

o (real time) Line-wrap
o Extended backup function
o Visual improvement
o automatic indenting
o Printer preferences (pagenr, etc.)
o Printer preview
o Optional page break display
o Optional ruler
o Keyboard Macro's
o Keyboard remapping
o Easy access to рстуф, etc.
o Correct spelling-errors in this help
o Find, replace for <CR><LF>
o Multi file edit (spawn)
o Append to clipboard
o Multi level undo
o Extensions for writing INF and HTML (separate program is comming)
o Support for comment, history and keyword EA's
o secondary font (fast switching)


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Freeware/shareware from the same author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 SMEHTM

Soon to be released is SMEHTM. This is not directly an editor but a program
that can invoke Smalled or E.EXE and use them as editor environment for
dedicated HTML editing. It's a small notebook that floats on-top and that can
be used to insert HTML tags into the text that is being edited in Smalled or E.
It supports a very large set of the HTML code set. Besides that, versions for
INF and JAVA are being prepared. All registered users will be notified if this
applet is released. Here are some screenshots to give an impression.

Confed

Confed, currently in version 0.8, is a config.sys editor. On the outside it has
the same look and feel of Smalled. This application makes editing/creating the
config.sys real easy. It features custom edit controls for the config commands,
on-line help for the config.sys, and most of the features of Smalled like
Multithreading, direct manipulation, button-bar, etc. Check it out.

Confedxx.zip can be found on several OS/2 sites like ftp.cdrom.com and Hobbes.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. EDM/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 is a publication by developers for developers and is published by IQPac Inc.
EDM/2 is largely the work of three people. Editor-in-chief Larry Salomon Jr.,
Associate editor Carsten Whimster and Contributing editor Gordon Zeglinski.
Besides the columns these three add there are articles written by independent
authors. EDM/2 is out there for three years now and is a very high standard
publication. For me it was one of the most used sources for example code and
explanations while building Smalled and the other OS/2 projects I do. If you're
working on a OS/2 project now or if you're interested how Smalled was done,
check out EDM/2, you won't be disappointed!

EDM/2 can be obtained in any of the following ways:

o Ftp on the Internet

   - hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/newsltr
   - ftp.luth.se/pub/os2/programming/newsletter
   - generalhq.pc.cc.cmu.edu/pub/newsletters/edm2

o WWW readable on-line on the internet

   - fttp://www.iqpac.com

o The EDM/2 mailing list. Send an empty message to [e-mail] to
  receive a file containing (among other things) instructions for subscribing
  to EDM/2.
o On Compuserve all back issues are available in the OS/2 Developers Forum 2.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. How do I ..... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Get help fast
Use multiple Smalled instances
Use Drag-n-Drop in Smalled
Open a file
Save a file
Use the file-history
Cut text
Copy text
Paste text
Change a font
Change colors
Save a font
Set preferences
Find a word
Replace a word
Delete text
Print a document
Change word wrap
Change tab settings
Active vertical scroll
Goto line
Find a file


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.1. Open a file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Opening a file can be done in three different ways.

- Using file-menu open (with the filehistory)
- Dropping a file object on the Smalled icon
- Dropping a file object on the Smalled edit area.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.2. Save a font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The font selected by a document will be saved in the Extended attributes of a
file, as this file is saved.

The default font (font used when a new file is created or a file without
smalled ea's is opened) can be set if the Save button is invoked on the
Font-Dialog. This dialog is started if the set-font option is choosen from the
options-menu or from the button-bar.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.3. Find a word ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Use the find button or select Find  from the Edit-menu.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4. Replace a word ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Use the replace button or select replace  from the Edit-menu and fill in the
dialog.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.5. Delete text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Select text and use del or the button or select Clear from the Edit-menu.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6. Print the document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Printing the current document can be done by selecting the Print option of the
File menu or by selecting the print button  . If a selection has to be printed
the "print selected" checkbutton must be flagged.

Another way is to drag the titlebar icon to the printer if the whole text has
to be printed. If a selection has to be printed the selection can be dragged to
the printer.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7. File history ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The file-history in Smalled is attached to the Standard file dialog This way
it can be used not only for opening a file but also for insert file, save as
and copy to. The file-history is attached to a drop-down list that is attached
to the file-name entry-field, This list can be operated in the same way a drive
can be selected. The cursor-down may be used to circle through the entries or
the button on the right of the entry-field can be invoked to show the entire
list.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Glossary / What is ... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following (technical) terms which may need further explanation are used in
this help document.

o OS/2
o Clipboard
o Presentation parameters
o Drag-n-drop
o Multithreading
o Direct manipulation
o ATM fonts
o Extended attributes
o Standard file dialog
o Standard font dialog
o File-history
o Bubble-help
o Drag Text
o Linebreak


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.1. Multithreading ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Multithreading is the capability of OS/2 to perform more than one task at once
for one proces. For example you can access the help of this applet, and in the
meantime load, save or print a file.  Both actions are taking place at the same
time . It's like walking and chewing gum at the same time. It's  NOT like
Windows, which takes a step, performs a chew, takes a step, etc.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.2. IBM OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines. It's the
wonderfull operating system you are using at the moment.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.3. Presentation parameters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Presentation Parameters are a set of properties which are attached to every
OS/2 control. These properties command the way a control looks. The most common
use is changing fonts and colors by dropping them on a control using Direct
manipulation.

If you want to change fonts or colors, you first have to open a font-palette,
color-palette or scheme-palette from the system setup folder.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.4. Clipboard ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The clipboard provides a temporary storage area for a piece of text, a bitmap
or a metafile. In Smalled the only interresting part is text. It will enable
you to move data within Smalled or share data with other applications.

The most common operations on the clipboard are:

Cut
Copy
Paste

The data in the clipboard is maintained in memory only.  Clipboard data is lost
when the computer is turned off.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.5. Direct manipulation. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 One of the most attractive features of the OS/2 desktop is the possibility to
drag objects and drop them on another object and thus start an action involving
those two objects. This is called direct manipulation. In Smalled direct
manipulation is completely supported. Smalled even understands the Drag-text
rendering method. Besides that it's behaviour can be customized (see d&d
preferences).If Smalled is on the drag-site, selected text can be dragged by
starting a drag from anywhere on the edit-area as long as there is a block of
selected text. If the whole text has to be dragged, the drag must be started
from the title-bar icon.

The following actions can be invoked in Smalled by using Drag-n-drop:

o Opening a file
o Saving a file
o Saving selected text
o Copy and move of text
o Shredding text / invoking new
o Printing
o Changing Presentation parameters
o Working with Drag-text

A drag can be aborted by using the ESC key or the F1 (help) key. If F1 is
invoked, this help-page will be displayed.

WARNING: The use of drag-n-drop can randomly distort bitmaps and icons on your
system. This isn't a Smalled bug, it's a bug in OS/2 and it isn't fatal because
everything will work just fine. However it's very anoying. IBM fixed this bug
in Fixpack 8. So if you're experiencing trouble of this kind, just install
fixpack 8 or higher.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.6. Drag Text. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 DragText is a utility written by Rich Walsh. This utility makes it possible to
use d&d from virtualy every OS/2 control. Besides that DragText has a lot of
extra's and it is an extremely well behaving utility. Smalled understands the
rendering method used by DragText, so if DragText is installed it can be used
seamlessly with Smalled. Drags are possible from Smalled to DragText supported
applications and vice versa.

Besides being able to drag text to every possible entryfield, DT also supports
drags from *every* OS/2 window. Besides that DT has the following extra's :

o drop text on a WPS folder to create a file whose name is based on the first
  few words of the text.  You can drop one of these DragText files on any
  supported window to insert the text.
o if the text you drop on the WPS is a URL, DragText will create a WebExplorer
  Url object.  The object's title will be taken from the URL, minus unnecessary
  words like "http://", "www", etc.
o press Alt as you drop any file on a multiline entryfield to insert its
  contents.
o press Alt as you drop a folder on a multiline entryfield to insert a
  formatted listing of the directory's files.  You can configure the formatting
  any way you want;  you can even use it to write cmd files.
o because DT can create files, you can drop text on many programs that won't
  accept dragged text but will accept a file.
o since DT now does so many things, it uses 6 different icons to show you what
  will happen when you drop your text.  You *must* have Fixpack 8 or later
  installed;  if you don't, this feature will be disabled to prevent your
  system from crashing.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.7. Opening a file through drag-n-drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 A file can be opened through drag-n-drop in several ways.

- If a file object is dropped on the Smalled icon, Smalled is started and the
file-object dropped on the Smalled icon is opened.

- A file object can be dropped on the Smalled edit area when Smalled is already
open. If Smalled doesn't contain text, the file is simply opened. If Smalled
contains text, the text of the dropped object will be inserted at the point it
is dropped. The complete dropped text will be selected after the drop.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.8. Saving a file through drag-n-drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Saving text through drag-n-drop is one of the nicest features of Smalled.
Saving can simply be achieved by dragging the titlebar-icon or a text selection
to the place where you want the text to be saved. the WPS will create a
data-file at the drop point containing the complete text currently in Smalled
or in the selection.

In the preferences dialog, you can set the way Smalled will set the filename.
The possibilities are: The original filename (the one that's in the titlebar)
is used for the save action or the system default [data file] is used. You
don't have to worry about duplicates or overwriting a file, the filesystem
simply numberes the file if it has the same name as an already existing file.

Future releases may have a dialog for customizing the drop-name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.9. Saving selected text through drag-n-drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 If the selected text has to be saved, simply start a drag operation from
anywhere on the edit area as long as a selection is active. You may drag the
selection to any place you like. The selection will be saved as data-file on
the place you drop it.

In the preferences dialog, you can set the way Smalled will set the filename.
The possibilities are: The original filename (the one that's in the titlebar)
is used for the save action or the system default [data file] is used. You
don't have to worry about duplicates or overwriting a file, the filesystem
simply numberes the file if it has the same name as an already existing file.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.10. Copy and Move text through drag-n-drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Copying and moving text through drag and drop is supported in one instance of
Smalled or between instances of Smalled (or to EPM) and to all  Drag-text
supported controls. A drag can be started from anywhere in the edit area as
long as a selection is active. The dragged text will be inserted at the drop
point. If the SHIFT key is pressed during the drag, a move is assumed. If this
is the case, the dragged selection will be deleted after the drop.

After the drop, the complete text will be selected.

If a drag has to be discarded, ESC will do the trick.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.11. Shredding text / invoking new through drag-n-drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Shredding (deleting) text is the same as invoking a clear on the selected text
with the difference that the selected text is dropped on the shredder. After a
shred operation, the deleted text can be retrieved by invoking an undo.

It's also possible to delete the whole text. In this case the titlebar-icon
must be dragged to the shredder. If this is done, Smalled will act just as if a
New operation is invoked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.12. Printing through drag-n-drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 To print the complete contents of Smalled, the titlebar-icon has to be dragged
to the printer. If this is done, a normal print operation is started. In this
print action the dropped on printer is used.

In Smalled it's also possible to print a selection. Simply start a drag from
anywhere on the edit area (as long as a selection is active) and drop this
selection on the printer. The currently selected text will be printed using the
font, tab, etc. currently in use for that text in Smalled.

If a drag operation has to be discarded, use ESC.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.13. Changing Presentation parameters through drag-n-drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 You can change the color of any part of the Smalled main window (except the
smart icons) by dropping a color on it. To do this, open the system setup
folder and start the color palette. Choose a color and drop it on the part of
your choice For example one of the scrollbars. They will change color. If you
exit the application, the change will be remembered.

In a simmilar way, the Fonts can be changed. Start the font palette and pick a
font. Drop it on the menubar or on the edit area. The font will change. Changes
will be saved.

You can change both color and font in a single action by dropping a scheme
palette on Smalled. The scheme palette is also found in the system setup
folder.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.14. Working with Drag-text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Many people use Rich Walsh's Drag-text package. This nice package can be used
with Smalled. Smalled understands the rendering methods used by DragText. This
means that Smalled can be used directly with no further changes with DT. You
may drag objects from DT supported controls of drag to DT supported controls.
Smalled can even be modified so that DT takes control over the d&d in the
Smalled edit window (see d&d preferences).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.15. ATM fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The most fonts OS/2 uses are Adobe Type Manager fonts. These fonts are
scalable in all directions and are supported by Smalled. There are a lot of ATM
fonts that are freeware. They can be installed in OS/2. All the ATM fonts
installed in OS/2 can be used in Smalled.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.16. Extended attributes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 In DOS and Windows, files only have 4 attributes (actually it's 6). Files can
be hidden, Read only, System or archived. OS/2 however can attach more
information (attributes) to a file. This information is known as the extended
attributes. They can have a maximum size of 64Kb for each file!

The creation date and the last access date are examples of extended attributes.
More extended attributes can be found in the settings notebook of a file. Most
common are:

- History
- Comment
- Keywords
- Icon
- long name

Besides these standard extended attributes OS/2 has the ability to use custom
EA's. Smalled uses four custom EA's to store the used font, the wrap setting,
the tab-size and the last used cursor position. The beauty of this approach is
that the file contents are pure ASCII and can be handled as such by every other
application.

Future releases of Smalled will probably see more EA access.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.17. Standard file dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The Standard file dialog is the standard dialog OS/2 provides for disk access
actions. It enables you to change directories and drives and select a filename
from a listbox. The entered filename will be used to open, save, save as, copy
to or insert-files. The file-dialog will look like the picture underneath if
you've got fixpack 17 installed.  Hint: Use the Set default dir in the file
menu to set the directory used by the open, save as, insert file and copy to
actions.

The open dialog used in Smalled has some nice extra's. It has two major
extra's. It contains a file history and a file find utility.

The file entry field contains a drop down list with the 8 last used files. Even
that are opened or saved through drag and drop are added to the list. The list
can be activated by using the small button on the right site of the entryfield
(just like the drive list), or the cursor keys can be used to walk through the
entries one by one.

It is also modified so it can be used to find a file anywhere on the system. If
you change the contents of the 'Open filename:' entryfield, the Search button
will become available. If search is pressed, Smalled will search the drive
mentioned in the 'Drive:' field for the file entered. The search will be
conducted recursively from the directory active in 'Directory'. So if the
d:\files\smalled directory is current in the open-dialog. All directories under
this directory will be searched. The filename entered may contain the wildcards
* and ?.

The Smalled open dialog also supports other ways of finding a file (since
version 1.10). You may also enter a complete path with wildcards. If a complete
filepath is entered and a search is conducted, all the subdirectories of the
path entered are searched for the file mask. If you only want to search the
entered directory, simply press return after entering the filemask (! Not the
search button) and the File: listbox will show all the files in the entered
directory. If a filemask with only the driveletter is entered, the whole drive
is searched from the root.

If the search is started, the 'File:' listbox will change to 'Found:'. The
files that match the query will be displayed in that listbox. If one is
selected it will be displayed in the 'Open filename:' entryfield. If OK is
pressed, this file will be opened. If Cancel is pressed, the search will be
aborted and the found listbox will dissapear. There is a quicker way to open a
found file. Just double-click on one of the found names and Smalled will open
it.

If the search is conducted in a drive/directory combination isn't of your
liking, just change them and press search again. The search currently underway
will be aborted and a new search will be started.

If no matching files were found, a message stating so will be displayed in the
'Found:' listbox.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.18. Standard font dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The standard font dialog is provided by OS/2 for a consistant way of selecting
fonts. It enables you to select a font, select its attributes and style and set
its point-size. An example of the selected font will be shown in the dialog.
Smalled uses a slightly modified version of thsi dialog to make a difference
between saving a font as default and applying one.  If the save buton is
pressed, the font of the text currently loaded is changed and the font is saved
as the default. If apply is pressed, the font used in the text loaded is
changed. This font is saved with the file in the ea's as the file is saved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Limitations of Smalled ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 This help entry is added in version 0.9. It is added to point out to users
what can and can't be done with Smalled. With the release of Smalled 0.95 some
of these items have become possible. Most noticeble active scrolling and color
changing.

Smalled is based on the MLE control found in OS/2. As such it can be seen as a
shell which makes it possible to acces this control easily. The MLE control
(Multi Line Edit) can be found in more places in OS/2, for example in the third
page of the file tag of the settings notebook. In this page comments etc. can
be added. The control used to do this is the MLE control. MLE was intended to
edit small pieces of text, typically 4kb. I found it was able to handle very
large amounts of text (several MB's), although performance may suffer as if you
try this.  If you use Smalled you have to live with the limitations of the MLE
control until I find time to write my own MLE control which (of course) won't
suffer from these limitations, or until I find a work around.

The following items limit the use of smalled.

Load and save performance
64Kb clipboard support

If you have any comments beside these items please let me know.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.1. Load and save performance ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 In smalled loading (large) files is slow while saving the files is fast. How
come? The MLE control was intended to handle small amounts of text. It was
never designed to be a full sized editor. So this control is limited to 64Kb of
text. Smalled is capable to handle larger files because there is a way around
this, load and save the files in chunks of 64 Kb.

When saving a file, the MLE control releases the 64 Kb chunks very fast so
saving is fast. It seems even faster because it's handled multi threaded.

Loading a (large) file is slow because MLE has to prepare a 64 Kb chunk of
memory before loading 64 Kb of text. When it does this MLE displayes the clock
pointer. With Every consecutive 64 Kb block that has to be prepared the prepare
time grows. This makes loading slow and nothing can be done to speed it up
(Until I write my own MLE control). If you're using files up to +- 300 Kb you
shouldn't even notice this. Files of 1 Mb and larger suffer greatly from this
slowing down.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.2. 64Kb clipboard support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 The MLE control also handles clipboard support. With one message the selected
text is copied to the clipboard. This has one limitation, the maximum amount of
text that the MLE can copy to the clipboard is 64Kb. This is because the MLE
control is limited to handling 64 Kb of text. I haven't found a way around
this. You will be noticed if you try to cut, copy or paste more then 64 Kb.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Keys help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 As with all good applications there are some `hot keys` defined which will
make life a little easier. Also a few mouse actions are defined as shortcuts.

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Getting help fast ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 Smalled is designed with virtually all the OS/2 possiblities on board. So it
is possible to jump to a particular help page fast.

Help for the toolbar buttons can be obtained by pressing the button and holding
the mousekey down. If F1 is pressed while the mousebutton is held down, the
help page for the particular button action is displayed. Another quick way to
obtain help for buttons is to turn on Bubblehelp.

Help for menu items can be obtained in the same fashion. Just hold down the
mousekey on a selected menu or menuitem and press the F1 key.

Help dialogs can be obtained by the help buttons displayed on the dialogs or by
pressing F1.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Multiple Smalled instances ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 You may start Smalled more then once. You can even use Direct manipulation
between the Smalled instances. The easiest way to start multiple instances is
to create a new program objact anywhere you like from the templates folder and
set Smalled.exe as the file to be executed. The next step is setting the
"Object open behaviour" in the window tab. If this is set to "Create new
window", a new instance of Smalled is started each time the smalled program
icon is clicked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Bubble-help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 In version 0.96 bubble help is included. When bubble-help is activated, a
small window appears under a toolbar button when you mouse over it. This window
contains a short discription concerning the function of the button currently
under the mouse pointer.

This function is considered usefull for first time users. In the long run these
bubbles tend to irritate. So the default for bubble-help is off! To activate
bubble-help doubleclick the mousebutton2 on the toolbar. If bubblehelp is
turned on it will be mentioned in the statusbar. To turn bubblehelp off
doubleclick again on the toolbar.