Easy Edit 
Welcome to Easy Edit. Easy Edit is an easy-to-use text editor. You can edit multiple text files simultaneously. All functions of Easy Edit can be selected either from pull-down menus or by pressing short-cut keys. 
Easy Edit provides full mouse support but if you do not have a mouse you can still access all the functions from the keyboard. 
 menu is accessed by pressing Alt-Space.  All the other menus are accessed by pressing Alt-L, where L is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. 
The screen of Easy Edit is devided into 3 areas : - Menu
Bar (top line) - Status
Line (bottom line) - Desktop (area between Menu Bar and Status Line) 
 Search
Find 
Displays a Find
dialog
box. 
 Search
Replace 
Displays a Replace
dialog
box. 
 Edit Window 
Edit Windows are where you type in and edit your text files. T
You can open as many Edit windows as you want (as long as there is enough memory). l
  Closing and Opening Edit Windows
To close an active Edit window, click the window's close box [
] or choose Window
Close. _
To open an Edit window, choose File
Open. You can open the same file in more than one window. H
  For More Information
Choose one of these for more information: 
 Using
Windows
 Using
editor
 Find
dialog
(text
search)
 Replace
dialog
 File
command
 File
command
 Menu Bar 
Menu Bar is the top line on the screen which displays menu choices. Each menu choice contains a pull-down
menu which can be displayed by clicking on the menu item (e.g. File), or by pressing a short cut key Alt-L where L is a highlighted letter of the menu item (e.g. Alt-F for File menu). You can also get to the menu bar by pressing F10 function key and then you can use arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired menu choice and press <Enter> to open the pull-down menu. 
 Pull-down Menus 
Each Pull-down Menu contains a list of functions that can be selected by moving the cursor with the arrow keys and pressing <Enter>, or by clicking the mouse on the menu item, or by pressing a highlighted letter (typically the first letter). If no letter is highlighted, it means that the function is not active in the current context, for example you cannot save a text to the file if no window is open. 
Some menu items have a short cut defined next to the function name e.g. 'Close Alt-F3'. Such functions can be activated by pressing a short cut key from any point in the program (if a function is active) without having to open a pull-down menu. 
 Status Line 
The Status Line (the bottom line of the screen) contains a list of most often used functions which can be activated by pressing a short cut key shown left to the function name or by clicking the mouse on the function name. O
If a function is active in the current context, its short cut is highlighted. 
 Desktop 
Desktop is your work area between the Menu Bar and the Message Line. You can open various windows, dialog boxes and entry forms on the Desktop. 
 Dialog Box 
Dialog boxes enable you to enter various kinds of data. #
A dialog box typically contains : 
 - input line (sometimes with a history list) e.g. :
 Name 
                                 
 - check boxes e.g. :
 [X] Case sensitive     
 [X] Whole words only   
 [X] Prompt on Replace  
 [X] Replace all        
 - buttons e.g. :
 [ Open ] 
You can select any of the above elements by either clicking with a mouse or using <TAB> key (moves the focus to the next element). T
If the focus is on a button press <Enter> key to push the button (or use a mouse). 
If the focus is on a set of check boxes use Up- and Down-arrow keys to move from box to box, and use <Space> key to toggle the setting (or use a mouse). o
If the focus is on a set of radio buttons use Up- and Down-arrow keys to change the setting (or use a mouse). 
To cancel a dialog box you have to press <Esc> key, or press <Alt-F3> key, or click on the close box, or click on the standard [CANCEL] button (if one exists). 
 Help on Help 
Help Window can be displayed from any point of the program by pressing F1 function key, by selecting Help from the pull-down menu, or by pressing right mouse button. 
Help system is context sensitive so information displayed in the help window depends on the current context e.g. if you are editing a text file in the edit window pressing F1 will result in displaying help information related to the text editor. 
By double-clicking with a mouse on highlighted words in a help window you can quickly access information regarding those words (cross reference). =
To close a help window press Esc or click on the close box. 
 Calculator 
The calculator is equipped with most common math functions. To operate the calculator you can either use the keyboard or press the buttons on the calculator with the mouse. .
Press Alt-F3 or Esc to close the calculator. 
 Calculator Functions 
You can select a function by either clicking on a function button with the mouse or by pressing a highlighted letter-key. 3
  Calculator functions :
  ======================
 [BIN] BINary mode                
 [HEX] HEXadecimal mode           
 [DEC] DECimal mode               
 [ CL] Cancel last operation
 [ AC] All Clear
 [ + ] addition
 [ - ] subtraction
 [ * ] multiplication
 [ / ] division
 [ = ] display result
 [NEG] NEGation
 [F-C] switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius mode
 [D\R] switch between Degree and Radian mode
 [MWR] WRite to Memory
 [MRD] ReaD from Memory
 [ ( ] open bracket
 [ ) ] close bracket
 [TAN] TANgens
 [SIN] SINe
 [COS] COSine
 [ % ] percent
 [LOG] decimal LOGarithm
 [LNx] Natural Logarithm
 [e^y] e to the power of y
 [Pi ] 
 [REV] REVerse (1/x)
 [SQR] SQuaRe
 [SRT] Square RooT
 [FAC] factorial (!)
 [POW] x to the POWer of y
 Keys [A],...,[F] can be used only in HEX mode,
 either by clicking on them or by pressing
 Ctrl-A,...,Ctrl-F.
 Calendar 
The calendar displays the current month, highlighting today's date. The next and previous months can be viewed using the '+' or '-' keys respectivly.  The mouse can also be used to change the month by clicking on the 
 icons. %
Press Alt-F3 to close the calendar. 
 ASCII Table 
The ASCII table displays the entire IBM PC character set.  The current character is marked by a blinking block cursor, and the hexadecimal and decimal ASCII values of the character are displayed below the chart. A new character is selected by pressing it on the keyboard, by clicking the mouse on it in the chart, or by moving the cursor using the cursor keys. (
Press Alt-F3 to close the ASCII table. 
About 
When you choose the About command from the 
 (System) menu, a dialog box appears, showing copyright and program version information. G
To close the box, press Esc, Space, or Enter, or click the OK button. 
Calendar 
The Calendar menu item opens a small calendar which displays the current month. It also allows you to view other months. 
ASCII table 
The ASCII menu items opens an ASCII
Table that displays the IBM PC character set. 
Calculator 
When you choose Calculator, a calculator is opened on the desktop. 
Memory Info 
Memory Info displays a Memory Information Window containing the following : ,
  - Total DOS memory : the amount of RAM memory in KB
    (up to 640KB)
  - Program size : the size (in bytes) of the part of the
    program which stays in memory all the time (not overlayed)
  - Editor buffer : the amount of memory in bytes allocated to the
    text editor
  - Overlays buffer : the amount of memory in bytes allocated to
    overlays (parts of the program that are loaded to memory from
    a hard disk when needed)
  - Remaining free memory : the amount of free memory in bytes
    used for dynamic allocation (heap) e.g. for windows;
 File
Open 
    (F3)
The File
Open command displays the 'Open a File' dialog box. In this dialog box you select the name of the text file you want to edit. &
The Open
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
 Name 
                                 
The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to select, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*). 
 Files 
                                 
  FILENM01.PAS  
  FILENM09.PAS  
  FILENM02.PAS  
  FILENM10.PAS  
  FILENM03.PAS  
  FILENM11.PAS  
  FILENM04.PAS  
  FILENM12.PAS  
  FILENM05.PAS  
  ..            
  FILENM06.PAS  
  \MOREXAMP     
  FILENM07.PAS  
  \TOURS        
  FILENM08.PAS  
  \ANSWERS.DIR  
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:\TP\EXAMPLES\*.PAS                     
 HELLO.PAS       52  Jul 14,1990  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 edit 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. M
(Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button does not appear.) 
 File
 File
New opens a new edit
window.
 Using Edit Windows 
A window is a bordered screen area that you can move, resize, zoom, rearrange, close, and open. 
You can have any number of windows open on the desktop (as long as there is enough memory), but only one window can be active at any time. The active window is the one that you're currently working in. It always has a double-lined border around it, and it always has these elements: x
     Close                  Zoom
      box                    box
       
                      
       V                      V
 Title Bar 
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
     
     
                     ^                 
                     
                                       
                                 Scroll Bars
Generally, any command you choose or text you type applies only to the active window. (But if you have the same file open in several windows, the action applies to the file in each of those windows.) j
If your windows overlap, the active window is always the topmost one (the one on top of all the others). 
To make a window active (topmost), click on the window area (if part of it is visible), use Window
command or press F6 until you get to the desired window. 
Edit windows also show the cursor's position (the current line and column number) as YY:XX in the bottom of the Edit window frame, where YY is the line number and XX is the column number. 
 Using Editor
There are two ways to get into an open Edit window (make it active): l
 1)  Click on it.
 2)  Press (or click) F6 to cycle through the
     open windows (or choose Window
Next).
To close the active Edit window, choose Window
Close, click on a close box or press Alt-F3. Q
Once in the Edit window, you enter text just as if you were using a typewriter. u
 When you want to end a line, press Enter.
 To exit the editor, press F10 (it will get
   you to the menu
bar).
The maximum line width in an Edit window is 249 characters; you'll get a beep if you try to type past that. 
See also: n
window
 Cursor
Movement
Commands
 Insert
Delete
Commands
 Block
Commands
 Miscellaneous
Commands
 Cursor Movement Commands 
 Character left  
 Ctrl-S or Left arrow
 Character right 
 Ctrl-D or Right arrow
 Word left       
 Ctrl-A or Ctrl-Left arrow
 Word right      
 Ctrl-F or Ctrl-Right arrow
 Line up         
 Ctrl-E or Up arrow
 Line down       
 Ctrl-X or Down arrow
 Page up         
 Ctrl-R or PgUp
 Page down       
 Ctrl-C or PgDn
 Begining of text
 Ctrl-PgUp
 End of text     
 Ctrl-PgDn
 Insert & Delete Commands 
 Insert mode on/off   
 Ctrl-V or Ins
 Delete line          
 Ctrl-Y
 Delete to end of line
 Ctrl-Q Y
 Delete character left
 Ctrl-H or Backspace
 Delete character     
 Ctrl-G or Del
 Delete word right    
 Ctrl-T
 Block Commands 
 Mark block begin    
 Ctrl-K B or Shift-arrow
 Delete block        
 Ctrl-K Y or Ctrl-Del
 Hide/display block  
 Ctrl-K H
 Paste from Clipboard
 Ctrl-K C or Shift-Ins
 Cut to Clipboard    
 Ctrl-K C or Shift-Del
 Copy to Clipboard   
 Ctrl-K K or Ctrl-Ins
 Miscellaneous Commands 
 Menu bar             
 Save and edit        
 New file             
 Close active window  
 Alt-F3
                      
 Tab                  
 Ctrl-I or Tab
                      
 Find                 
 Ctrl-Q F
 Find & replace       
 Ctrl-Q A
 Repeat last find     
 Ctrl-L
 Abort operation      
 File
Save 
     (F2)
Save command saves a file from the active edit
window on the disk. If a file name does not contain a path the file is saved in the current directory. 
 File
Save as 
Save as command allows you to save the file from the active window to a disk under a different name. This command opens a 'Save File as' dialog box. '
The Save
as dialog box contains: 
 an input
box with a history list
 a list
box to browse the directory
 the standard Cancel button
 the standard OK button
 an information panel that describes the
   selected file
 [ OK ] 
The OK button saves a file from the active window under the name entered onto input
box. 
 Name 
                                 
The Name input box is where you enter the name under which you want to save the file, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*). 
 File
Change dir 
Change Dir brings up the Change
Directory dialog box, in which you can change the current directory. 
 File
DOS shell 
With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to perform a DOS command or run another program. 6
To return to Easy Edit, type EXIT at the DOS prompt. 
 File
Exit 
The Exit command terminates this program. 
 Edit
Undo 
Undoes all the changes from made from the last cursor movement. 
 Edit
  (Shift-Del)
Deletes the selected block of text from the active window to the clipboard. 
See also block
commands. 
 Edit
Copy 
  (Ctrl-Ins)
Copies the selected block of text from the active window to the clipboard. 
See also block
commands. 
 Edit
Paste 
Copies a block of text from the clipboard to the active window. 
See also block
commands. 
 Edit
Show clipboard 
Displays a clipboard window on the screen. 
 Edit
Clear 
Deletes the selected block of text from the active window. 
See also block
commands. 
 Search
Search again 
  (Ctrl-L)
Repeats the last search/replace from the current cursor position. 
 Window
Size/move 
    (Ctrl-F5)
Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window. 
  Size
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. Q
If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize the window. 
  Move
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. F
You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse. 
 Window
Zoom 
    (F5)
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 
Choose Window
Tile to tile all windows on the desktop. L
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             Tiled Windows
 Window
Cascade 
Choose Window
Cascade to stack all windows on the desktop. A
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
        Cascaded Windows
 Window
Next 
   (F6)
Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop. 
 Window
Previous 
    (Shift-F6)
Choose Window
Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop. 
 Window
Close 
    (Alt-F3)
Choose  Window
Close to close the active window. N
You can also click the Close box in the upper left corner to close a window. 
 Options
Mouse... 
The Mouse command brings up the Mouse
Options dialog box, where you can set various options that control how your mouse works, including: R
 how fast a double-click is
 which mouse button (right or left) is
   active
 Options
Colors... 
The Colors item brings up the Colors
dialog box, where you can customize the colors of the display. 
 Options
Save Desktop 
Saves the state of all open windows to a file call EDIT.DSK. This file can be reloaded by selecting Options
Restore
Desktop. 
 Options
Restore Desktop 
Restore a previously-saved state of all open windows from a file called EDIT.DSK. This file is saved via the Options
Desktop menu command. 
 Options
Clear Desktop 
Clears desk
top by closing all open windows and dialog boxes. 
 Clipboard 
Clipboard is a special window to/from which you can copy/paste/cut blocks of text to/from other edit
windows. 
See also block
commands. 
 Options
Load Options 
This command loads color palettes and mouse
options from EDIT.OPT file if the file exists. The EDIT.OPT file is created by Options
Options command. =
You can modify color palettes using Options
Colors command. <
You can modify mouse settings using Options
Mouse command. 
 Options
Save Options 
This command saves color palettes and mouse
options to EDIT.OPT file. If the file exists it will be erased. The options from the EDIT.OPT file are loaded using Options
Options command. =
You can modify color palettes using Options
Colors command. A
You can modify mouse settings using Options
Mouse menu command. 
 Print
Print Options 
This command displays a Print
Options dialog box which allows setting the following parameters: 
 - Eject a page Before printing (Yes/No)
 - Eject a page After printing (Yes/No)
 - DOS LPT # : LPT1,...,LPT4
 - Number of Lines per Page
 - Left Margin
 Print
Print File  
This command displays a Select
Print dialog box which allows you to select a file that you want to print. w
The file must exist on your disk, so if you are editing a new file you have to save it before you can start printing. [
After you select a file to print, printing starts and a Print
Status window is displayed. 
You can cancel printing at any time by pressing F9 function key or by clicking with the mouse on Stop Print label on the status line. m
Since printing is done in "background" you can continue using other functions of EASY EDIT during printing. 
 Print
Display Status 
This command displays a Print
Status window if it has not been already open. You can close it at any time using menu command Print
Close
Status. 
 Print
Close Status 
This command closes a Print
Status window if it has been open. You can reopen it later (during printing) using menu command Print
Status. 
 Print Status Window 
Print Status Window displays the following (with respect to the currently printed file): 
 - current character number
 - current line number (on the current page)
 - current page number
 - file name
 - Graphical Indicator showing the percentage already printed:
          
          |           |           |
          0%          50%       100%
 [ Open ] 
The Open button opens a file which for printing. 
 Help
Help Index 
    (Ctrl-F1)
Help Index command displays a list of topics which are explained by the Help system. G
You can get to the topic explanation by double-clicking on the topic. 
 Help Index 
|About
|ASCII
table
 ASCII
Table
 Calculator
 Calculator
Functions
|Calculator
 Calendar
|Calendar
 Clipboard
 Colors
Dialog
 Desk
 Dialog
 Easy
 Edit|Clear
 Edit|Copy
 Edit|Cut
 Edit|Paste
 Edit|Show
clipboard
 Edit
Window
 Edit|Undo
 File|Change
 File|DOS
shell
 File|Exit
 File|Open
 File|New
 File|Save
 File|Save
 Find
Dialog
 Help
|Memory
 Menu
 Mouse
Options
Dialog
 Open
Dialog
 Options|Clear
Desktop
 Options|Colors
 Options|Mouse
 Options|Load
Options
 Options|Save
Desktop
 Options|Save
Options
 Options|Restore
Desktop
 Pull-down
 Replace
Dialog
 Search|Find
 Search|Replace
 Search|Search
again
 Status
 Text
Editor
 Using
Windows
 Window|Cascade
 Window|Close
 Window|Next
 Window|Previous
 Window|Size/move
 Window|Tile
 Window|Zoom
 Open a File Dialog Box 
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
input
box. 
See also : Dialog
Box. 
 Change Directory dialog box 
The Change Directory dialog box consists of an input box, a list box, the standard OK and Help buttons, and two other buttons (Chdir and Revert). |
 Directory Name 
                                     
The Directory Name input box is where you type in the path of the new directory. 
 Directory Tree 
   Drives                            
C:\                            
     
TP                           
       
TVISION                    
The Directory Tree list box enables you to navigate directories by using the selecting bar and pressing Enter. 
If you're using the keyboard, press Enter to make the selected directory be the current directory, then choose OK or press Esc to exit the dialog box. +
 [Chdir ] 
The Chdir button changes the current directory once you've selected or typed in a directory name. +
 [Revert] 
The Revert button goes back to the previous directory, as long as you haven't yet exited the dialog box. 
See also : Dialog
Box. 
 Find Dialog Box 
The Find dialog box contains an input box with a history list, a group of check boxes, and the standard OK, and Cancel buttons. 
 Text to Find 
                       
Enter the search string in the Text to Find input box and choose OK to begin the search, or choose Cancel to forget it. 
Press the Down arrow key if you want to show the history list associated with the input box. You can select a string from the history list by positioning the cursor on it and pressing <Enter> or by clicking on the item with a mouse. r
 [X] Case sensitive     
 [X] Whole words only   
This group of check boxes governs the kind of strings that the editor searches for. 
See also : Dialog
Box. 
 Replace Dialog Box 
The Replace dialog box contains two input boxes with associated history lists, a group of check boxes, and the standard OK, and Cancel buttons. Z
Most components of the Replace dialog box are identical to those in the Find
dialog
box. 
 Text to Find 
                   
Enter the search string in the Text to Find input box and choose OK to begin the search, or choose Cancel to forget it. 
Press the Down arrow key if you want to show the history list associated with the input box. You can select a string from the history list by positioning the cursor on it and pressing <Enter> or by clicking on the item with a mouse. 
 New Text 
                       
Enter the replacement string in the New Text input box. f
You can also use the history list to the right of the box to select a string you've used previously. 
 [X] Case sensitive     
 [X] Whole words only   
 [X] Prompt on Replace  
 [X] Replace all        
This group of check boxes governs the kind of strings that the editor searches for, and whether the replacement is automatic. Check Replace All if you want the editor to replace all occurrences of the search string found. 
See also : Dialog
Box. 
 Help on the Mouse Options dialog box 
This dialog box consists of one check box, one slider bar, and the standard buttons OK and Cancel. 
 Mouse Double Click       
 Slow     Medium     Fast 
The Mouse Double Click slider bar adjusts the double-click speed of your mouse. ^
 [X] Reverse Mouse Buttons 
Reverse Mouse Buttons makes the right mouse button take on the normal functions of the left--and vice versa. B
 See also:
 Options
Mouse...
command
 Dialog
 Help on the Colors dialog box 
The Colors dialog box consists of two list boxes, a text display area, the standard OK, Cancel, and Help buttons, and one of the following: 
 On color and black-and-white systems, it
   also contains two color palettes.
 On monochrome systems, it contains a set
   of radio buttons instead of the palettes.
This dialog box is where you can change the colors of different parts of this program. 
 Group 
   Desktop          
   Menus            
   Dialogs/Calc     
   Edit Window      
   Calendar         
   Ascii table      
                    
The Group list box contains the names of the different regions of the program that you can customize. L
 Item 
   Color            
                    
When you select a group from the Group list, the Item list box displays the names of the different views in that region. 
 Foreground 
 Background 
On color and black-and-white systems, you use the Foreground and Background palettes to modify colors. 
 Colors 
) Mono low        
  ( ) Mono high       
  ( ) Mono underscore 
  ( ) Mono inverse    
On monochrome systems, you use the Colors set of radio buttons systems to modify the character attributes. Q
 Text Text Text 
 Text Text Text 
On all systems, the display text (above the Help button) shows the current color or attribute settings. a
Changes do not take effect on the desktop until you close the Colors dialog box by choosing OK. 
See also : Dialog
Box. 
 Select File to Print Dialog Box 
The 'Select File to Print' 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
input
box. 
See also : Dialog
Box. 
 Print Options Dialog Box 
This dialog box which allows setting various print parameters. It contains : x
 - 2 check boxes :
   - Eject a page Before printing (Yes if checked)
   - Eject a page After printing (Yes if checked)
 - 1 set of radio buttons (DOS LPT port selection) :
 LPT # 
) LPT1  
  ( ) LPT2  
  ( ) LPT3  
  ( ) LPT4  
 - 2 input lines :
   - Number of Lines per Page
   - Left Margin
 Save File As dialog box 
The 'Save file as' dialog box contains an input box, a file
list, a file information panel, two standard Cancel and OK) buttons, plus a history list that's attached to the Name
input
box. 
See also : Dialog
Box.