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HELP
Help on Help
Once in help (like you are now), the following commands
are available :
F1 - Help on Help (this screen)
F2 - An ~index` (keywords) for items in the help file
F3 - Goto the previous screen (limited)
F5 - Zoom/Unzoom the help screen
Arrow keys - Scroll the help screen contents left,
right, up and down
TAB / SHFT+TAB - Highlight the next/previous visible
keyword
PAGEUP/DOWN - Move up and down a page at a time
HOME/END - Goto the beginning/end of the help
info for the current item
ENTER - Get help on a highlighted keyword
ESC - Exits help
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INDEX
Index for heXEdit
~Help` on Help ~About`
~Command` Line Options ~Environ`ment Variable
~Search` ~Edit`ing
Search ~again` ~Load` a new file
~View`ing ~Goto` offset
~Shellout` ~Mark`er stack
~Base` conversion Goto marked ~position`
~Clear` marker stack ~Retrieve` position
~ASCII` chart ~Colors`
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ABOUT
heXEdit v4.1 Rob Stuntz 2-16-94
If you have any questions or comments I can be
reached at one of these spots :
1. CompuServe
address : 71043,117
2. GEnie
address : R.STUNTZ
3. and of course the good ole' U.S. Postal Service at
Rob Stuntz
565 Dorothy Dr. Apt. 1
Des Plaines, IL. 60016
U.S.A.
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VIEW
Viewing Commands
F1 - ~Help`
A/Alt+A - Show ~ASCII` chart
B/Alt+B - ~Base` conversion
C - Set ~Colors` (color adapters)
D/H/O - Display offset #'s as Dec/Hex/Oct
Alt+D - ~Shellout` to DOS/other prog
E - ~Edit` the file
G - ~Goto` offset
L - ~Load` a new file
M - Push position on ~mark`er stack
N - Search ~again`
R - ~Retrieve` position from marker stack
S - ~Search` the file
Z - ~Clear` all entries from marker stack
Alt+1 thru Alt+9 - Goto marked ~position`
/ - Scroll up/down 1 line
PGUP/PGDN - Scroll up/down 1 page
HOME/END - Go to beg/end of file
ESC/Alt-X - Quit heXEdit
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ASCII
ASCII Chart
A / Alt+A
ASCII chart commands
LEFT arrow key - go back 16 characters
RIGHT arrow key - go forward 16 characters
PAGEUP - go back 128 characters
PAGEDOWN - go forward 128 characters
D - display numbers in decimal
H - display numbers in hexadecimal
ESC or ENTER - exits ASCII chart
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BASE
Base Convert
B / Alt+B
Convert a number from either decimal, hexadecimal or
binary to the other two.
Base convert commands
UP/DOWN arrow keys - select the base of the input number
ENTER - convert the number
ESC - exit the base convert routine
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COLORS
Set Colors
C
Select the area you want to change the color in by
pressing a letter 'A' thru 'O'. A colorbox of all
possible colors will appear. The current color of the
item you selected will have two white bars on either
side of an 'X'. You can now move those white bars
around with the arrow keys to select a new color. With
the white bars around the color scheme you want, press
ENTER. If you change your mind and don't want to change
the color after all, press ESC.
Color change commands
F1 - get ~help`
A-O - select the area you want to change
S - save the currently selected colors to XE.EXE
ESC/ENTER - exit the color change screen
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EDIT
Editing
E
Edit commands
F1 - get ~help`
Alt+A - displays the ~ASCII` chart
Alt+B - ~base` number conversion
Alt+D - ~Shellout` to DOS/other prog
BackSpace/LEFT arrow - move cursor left 1 byte
RIGHT arrow - move cursor right 1 byte
PAGEUP - move cursor to first line on page
PAGEDOWN - move cursor to last line on page
HOME - move cursor to beginning of line
END - move cursor to end of line
TAB - toggle cursor position between the
hexadecimal display and the ASCII display of the
file. The above editing commands will move the
cursor within the area the cursor is in.
You can edit the file making changes in both
areas at the same time, if so desired.
ENTER - quit editing. If you made changes to
whole bytes you will be prompted to save the
changes or not. Press 'Y' to save the changes or
'N' to lose the changes. Only the portion of the
file that is in memory is actually saved. So
don't worry about waiting for a long save if you
are editing a large file. You are then returned
to the View mode.
ESC - quit editing. If you made changes to
whole bytes you will be prompted to discard the
changes or not. Press 'Y' to discard the changes
and return to view mode, or 'N' to return to edit
mode.
After pressing either ENTER or ESC (as above), you can
press ESC to cancel the request and return to edit mode.
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GOTO
Goto offset
G
You are prompted for an offset to go to. You can enter
either a decimal number, hexadecimal number or view any
offsets in history by pressing 'H'. Preceed hexadecimal
numbers with a '$' character. If you press ESC while
entering a number you will be placed back in the ~View`
mode with no repositioning taking place. If you press
ESC while viewing history items, you will be placed back
in the input offset prompt. The BACKSPACE key can be
used to edit your entry. If you enter an offset that is
beyond the End-Of-File (or < 0) you will be prompted
again for a number.
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LOAD
Loading files
L
Loadfile box commands
UP/DOWN arrows - move highlight bar one file at a time
PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN - move a page at a time
HOME/END - move to beginning/end of file list
ENTER - load the highlighted file or change
directories or change drives
ESC - exit without loading
valid filename - 'hypersearch' jumps to file or
character directory that begins with key
pressed
F5 - toggles the Archive bit
F6 - toggles the System bit
F7 - toggles the Hidden bit
F8 - toggles the Read_Only bit
* on a subdirectory, only F7 is valid/allowed
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MARK
The marker stack
M
Your current position in the file can be saved and then
retrieved later on (with the 'R' command).
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AGAIN
Search again
N
~Search` again using the last used search string. If
there is no previous search string, you will be
prompted, as if you pressed 'S', to enter a search
string.
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RETRIEVE
Retrieve position
R
While ~view`ing the file, if you do this command you
will be moved to the location specified by the top
~mark`er stack entry. Once you have been moved to the
new location, the entry you retrieved will be deleted
from the marker stack.
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POSITION
Goto marked position
Alt+1 thru Alt+9
Using these commands will move you to a previously
~mark`ed position without deleting the mark
information. The retrieve command 'R' moves you to the
last position and deletes the mark, using Alt+1 - Alt+9
does not delete the mark. Alt+1 moves you to the first
marked postion, Alt+2 moves you to the second marked
position, etc etc.
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SEARCH
Searching
S
Search the file for a byte or text sequence.
You will be prompted for the type of search (B)yte,
(T)ext, or (H)istory.
For a byte sequence, enter the bytes in hexadecimal
notation then press ENTER. As with ~edit`ing, you must
enter a complete byte, for the search to work correctly,
although I don't check for that here. You can use the
BACKSPACE key to go back and make corrections. The
maximum length for a byte sequence is 9 bytes.
For a text sequence, just type in the text to search
for, no quotes are needed, and press ENTER. The maximum
length for a text sequence is 25 characters. The search
is case insensitive.
For a history item, use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to
scroll thru all items saved in history. When you've
found the item you want to search for, press ENTER.
Press ESC to go back to view mode.
While XE is searching, you can press any key to
interrupt and stop the search.
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CLEAR
Clear marker stack
Z
This command will delete all entries from the marker
stack.
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SHELLOUT
Shellout to DOS or another program
Alt+D
This command will shell out to a DOS prompt or another
program.
When this command is pressed, XE first looks for an
environment variable called XESHELL. If found, XE will
try to run the program name specified by that
environment variable.
If XE does not find a value for XESHELL, it looks for
COMSPEC. COMSPEC is normally set to the command
processor COMMAND.COM. If neither environment
variable exists, you will receive an error message
stating so.
If COMMAND.COM is the program shelled to, typing EXIT
will return you to heXEdit. If XESHELL is used to run a
different program, exiting that program will return you
to heXEdit.
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COMMAND
Command Line Options
Available command line options are as follows :
1. /C This option tells XE to use it's default color
set.
/M This option tells XE to use black and white
colors; for monochrome monitors.
2. /? or /H Either of these two options will display
a short message about the start-up syntax.
3. /Lc[c[c]]
The files and directories in the Loadfile box are sorted,
depending on the value of this option.
c = U, D, F N, E, S, T A, Z
(group 1)
U - unsorted; directory and file entries are
listed as they are read from the disk, then
list drive designators
D - put directory entries at the top of the list,
followed by files, then drive designators
(default)
F - put file entries at the top of the list,
followed by directories, then drive
designators
(group 2)
N - sort files/dirs by name
(default)
E - sort files/dirs by extension then name
S - sort files by size, dirs by name
T - sort files/dirs by date/time
(group 3)
A - sort files/dirs in ascending order
(default)
Z - sort files/dirs in descending order
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ENVIRON
Environment Variable Options
XEOPT
All of the command line options can also be specified
thru an environment variable called 'XEOPT'. To set
the value of XEOPT, use the DOS SET command at a DOS
prompt before running XE. For example:
SET XEOPT=/LFEA/C
If command line options are used, they will override
environment variable options if they conflict with
each other.
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