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THE DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
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The Development Editor is a basic word-processor with Multiple overlapping
windows, Full mouse support, Pull down menu, Copy and paste features. If
you're at all familiar with the SideKick Notepad or a Word Star type editor,
then this editor should be a breeze.
There are three ways to select a menu command from the Edit window:
■ With a MOUSE, click the title of the menu you want to pull down, then
click the desired command.
■ Press F10, then use the arrow keys to go to the menu you want (or press
the highlighted letter of the menu command), and use them again to select
a command.
■ Press Alt and the highlighted letter of the menu you want, then use the
arrow keys (or press the highlighted letter) to select a command. Press
Enter.
The menu title that's highlighted is the currently selected menu. Menu
commands are followed by either an ellipsis mark (...), an arrow, or a
shortcut.
Choosing a command that's followed by an ellipsis displays a dialog box;
Once in the Edit window, you enter text just as if you were using a
typewriter.
■ When you want to end a line, press Enter.
■ To exit the editor, press Alt X.
MENU SELECTIONS
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File (Alt-F)
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The File menu offers choices for opening files, changing directories,
and exiting the program.
File Open (F3)
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The Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box
you select the text file you want to edit.
The Open a File dialog box contains:
■ an input box with a history list
■ a list box to browse the directory
■ the standard Cancel button
■ Open action button
■ an information panel that describes the
selected file
The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a file list, a file
information panel, the standard button Cancel, one other action button
(Open), plus a history list that's attached to the Name inputbox.
┌─ Name ──────────────────────────┐
│ *.BAT │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the
file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*). ][
┌ Files ──────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ EXAMPLE1.BAT │ FILENM03.BAT │
│ EXAMPLE2.BAT │ FILENM04.BAT │
│ EXAMPLE3.BAT │ FILENM05.BAT │
│ EXAMPLE4.BAT │ FILENM06.BAT │
│ EXAMPLE5.BAT │ .. │
│ EXAMPLE6.BAT │ \MOREEXAM │
│ FILENM01.BAT │ \SPEECH │
│ FILENM02.BAT │ \MUSIC │
│ ▒▒▒■▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that
match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory
and all subdirectories.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ C:\MULTI1\*.BAT │
│ EXAMPLE1.BAT 52 Jul 14,1991 12:00pm │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time,
and size of the selected file.None of the items on this information panel
are selectable.
┌──────────┐
│ [ Open ] │
└──────────┘
The Open button opens a new window and places the selected file in
that window.
┌────────────┐
│ [ Cancel ] │
└────────────┘
If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog
box is put away. (Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button
does not appear.)
File Change Dir
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File Change Dir brings up the Change Directory dialog box, in which you
can change the current directory.
File DOS Shell
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With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to
perform a DOS command or run another program. To return to this program,
type EXIT at the DOS prompt.
File Exit (Alt-X)
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The Exit command terminates this program.
Edit Undo
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The Undo command will correct the last edited line in the open window.
Edit Copy
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The Copy command leaves the selected text intact but places an exact copy
of it in the clipboard. You can paste that text into any other text file.
With the MOUSE, click and drag the text you want to copy.
Edit Paste
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The Paste command inserts the selected text from the clipboard into the
current window at the cursor position.
Search Find
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The Find command displays the find dialog box, where you type in the text
you want to search for. You can set several options in the dialog box that
effect the search.
Search Replace
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The Replace command displays a dialog box, where you type in the text
you want to search for and the text you want to replace it with.
Window (Alt-W)
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The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other
window-management commands. Most of the windows in this program have all
the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and
zoom icons. For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows.
Window Size/Move (Ctrl-F5)
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Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window.
Size
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If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size
of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press
Enter. If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize
the window.
Move
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When you choose Window Size/Move, the active window moves in response to
the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press
Enter. You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse.
Window Zoom (F5)
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Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window
is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its
previous size. You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title
bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window.
Window Tile
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Choose Window Tile to tile all file viewers on the desktop.
┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔════════════1══╗┌────────────2──┐ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ╚═══════════════╝└───────────────┘ │
│ ┌────────────3──┐┌────────────4──┐ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ └───────────────┘└───────────────┘ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
Tiled Windows
Window Cascade
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Choose Window Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop.
┌──────────────────────────1─┐
│┌─────────────────────────2─┐
││┌────────────────────────3─┐
│││╔═══════════════════════4═╗
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
└└└╚═════════════════════════╝
Cascaded Windows
Window Next
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Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop.
Window Previous
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Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop.
Window Close (Alt-F3)
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Choose Close to close the active window. You can also click the Close
box in the upper right corner to close a window.
THESE COMMANDS WILL HELP YOU IF YOU ARE NOT USING A MOUSE.
Cursor Movement Commands
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Character left Left arrow
Character right Right arrow
Line up Up arrow
Line down Down arrow
Scroll up Ctrl-W
Scroll down Ctrl-Z
Page up PgUp
Page down PgDn
Move to next Tab
selection in
dialog box
Insert & Delete Commands
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Insert mode on/off Ins
Delete line Ctrl-Y
Delete character left Backspace
Delete character Del
Block Commands
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Mark block begin Ctrl-K B
Mark block end Ctrl-K K
Mark single word Ctrl-K T
Copy block Ctrl-K C
Move block Ctrl-K V
Delete block Ctrl-K Y
MORE HELP IS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU REGISTER YOUR SHAREWARE.
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