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TurboEdit
A free multi-windowed text editor
version 1.2
Copyright (c) 1993 by Thomas A. Lundin.
portions Copyright (c) 1991 by Borland International Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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DISCLAIMER NOTICE:
This program is offered as-is, without any expressed or implied
warranties. YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. I am not liable for
damages, whether direct or consequential, as a result of your
use or misuse of this program. I do not represent this program
to be anything more than what it is: a very simple text editor.
I don't claim that it will do what you want it to do, or even that
it will work correctly in all cases.
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Revision History
3/3/93 1.0 - First release
3/4/93 1.1 - Added command-line file loading
3/19/93 1.2 - Added variable-width tabs & auto-indent toggling
(Thanx and a tip of the hat to:
John L. Swartzentruber & Jeff A. Hottle of Primatech Inc.
for the variable-width tab changes)
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What is TurboEdit?
TurboEdit is a simple but useful FREE programming source code editor.
It allows multiple editing windows to be open simultaneously with full
resizing capabilities for each window. Mouse support is included, and block
operations can be performed using the mouse, or by Windows-compatible
keyboard operations. A straightforward search-and-replace capability is
also built in. Auto-indent is permanently enabled.
Some special tools are provided in the editor. They are:
1. An ASCII table.
Moving the cursor to a specific character in the table will display
that character's hex and decimal code value. If you press any key
while in the ASCII table (i.e., a normal key, control-key pair, or
ALT-numeric sequence), your cursor will be placed on that character
in the table, and its hex and decimal values displayed.
2. A four-function calculator.
Selecting the calculator will bring up a four-function visual
calculator for your computational convenience.
3. A static time and date callout.
If you want to know what the time or date is, select the Time &
Date function. A dialog box will appear with that information.
NOTE: This box is _not_ programmed to continually update the time
display. It is meant to offer a "glance at the clock" while you are
editing.
4. User-selectable color palettes.
The Color option allows you to change the color scheme of the
program's various display items.
Maximum editable file size is 64K. Maximum editable line length is
256 characters. (If you're editing source code, you _won't_ need a line
length longer than this!)
TurboEdit is written with Borland C++ version 3.1 and the Turbo Vision
for C++ Application Framework. The code is based upon the demo programs
supplied with the Application Frameworks.
I put TurboEdit together because I think the world needs a FREE text
editor that basically "does the job". If you _can't_ live without macros,
multiple levels of UNDO, virtual file sizes or word wrap, then TurboEdit
isn't for you. If, on the other hand, you want an editing program that
performs most of the basic operations quite well, and you don't want to pay
anything for it, then here's your program. TurboEdit is no threat to BRIEF,
MULTI-EDIT, QEDIT or others of their ilk. It won't do any of the things
that make those editors valuable. It just edits or views text files of
average length with a minimum of fuss and bother. It's great for making
quick edits of your .BATch files or CONFIG.SYS files, or your Paradox PAL
source files, or C or Pascal programming language files. It makes a
dandy freebie editor to give to your customers if you're a consultant.
(Product plug: TurboEdit provides a fine environment to edit conversion
tables for my SNR program. SNR is shareware that performs multiple
simultaneous search and replace operations on disk files. Call me or
leave me an e-mail message on Compuserve [70523,262] if you want info
regarding SNR.)
How To Use TurboEdit
At your command prompt, type:
C:>TVEDIT (enter) -or-
C:>TVEDIT [drive:\pathname\wildcard] [filename] [\pathname] ...
The TurboEdit desktop will appear on the screen. If you have specified
filenames on the command line (including those with paths and wildcards),
those files will be loaded and displayed right away. The number of files
that can be loaded at one time is limited to the amount of free memory left
to the editor. Each window takes up a minimum of 7K or so (even when
empty), so you probably can't load more than a couple of dozen of small
text files at one time. The program will crash if you end up loading too
many files from a wildcard specification.
The top menu bar is accessible by using the mouse, or by pressing
ALT+the letter highlighted in red. Some file operations are further
accessible through the special keys shown on the bottom of the screen.
Since this program is free, I've chosen not to produce a user manual
or tutorial for it. If this program intrigues you at all, you probably
already know how to use it, since it follows most of the Windows
conventions for selecting text and for block operations. An example:
Pressing the SHIFT key plus an arrow key will select (and highlight) all
text that your cursor travels over. Pressing and holding the left mouse
button does the same thing.
You can resize windows by clicking on the lower right corner of the
window and dragging it to a new size, or you can use the Windows|Size/Move
menu option and move and resize it with the keyboard. (Press the ENTER key
when you are done with a keyboard move/size.) To move a window with the
mouse, click on the top of the window's frame and drag it to a new
location.
Where To Contact The Author
Thomas A. Lundin
16267 Hudson Avenue
Lakeville, MN 55044
daytime phone (612) 588-7571
Compuserve I.D. [70523,262]
TurboEdit is free. You are not required to pay for it. You may copy
and distribute it freely. Please include this file and the executable,
both in unaltered form. TurboEdit is not public-domain software,
however. I retain the copyright and the right to control subsequent
releases of the software. (If you _are_ moved to offer me monetary
compensations for the program, $10 is suitable and well-appreciated.) I
don't have the available time to make any requested changes to this
program, so I offer it on an AS-IS basis. If the fancy strikes me, I may
on occasion add some other embellishment to it.
I hope you enjoy TurboEdit. Please check out some of my other shareware
products if you get a chance.