═══ 1. Help file version. ═══

This information is for ZED 1.0s , shareware version. 


═══ 2. ZED Registration Information ═══

Please read all registration information. 

Registering ZED 
To register, send a check or money order for $10.00 US currency to: 

E. Bruce Shankle III 
6126 Bushmills Street 
Raleigh, NC 27613 
USA 

Please include your name and address or email address. 
You will receive confirmation of your registration along with your serial 
number. This entitles you to support, free upgrades and notices of other new 
products. If you have any questions or comments, I can be reached at the above 
address or one of the following email addresses: 
ivisoft@cybernetics.net 
Bruce_Shankle@msn.com 

ZED text editor for OS/2 is Copyright (C) E. Bruce Shankle III. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 

ZED is shareware. Please read the ZED Shareware Agreement below. 

ZED Shareware Agreement 

You are allowed to use ZED and evaluate it for a period of thirty (30) days 
from the date of installation.  The original install date is displayed in the 
status bar along the lower edge of the main window.  After using ZED for thirty 
days, you must decide if it's something you want to keep.  If you wish to keep 
ZED, you must register. If not, you must discontinue use of ZED. 

When you register you will be assigned a serial number that you can use to 
obtain support via email, free upgrades, and notices of new products. 

I've put many long hours of coding and testing into ZED.  My goal is to provide 
an editor for OS/2 that is easy to use and more functional than those supplied 
with the system. The shareware concept only works if you do your part to 
support the authors. If you find ZED useful and do not register, you're hurting 
me and other shareware developers. 

ZED will continue to function after the 30-day trial period, as I do not 
believe in cripple-ware, but you are violating this agreement and hurting 
yourself and me if you don't register. 

What is shareware? 

Shareware applies to software products you are allowed to try before you buy, 
like ZED. That way, you will know if the product is of use to you.  If you find 
the product useful and wish to continue using it beyond the trial period, you 
must pay for the product.  This is usually called registration. 

If you don't find the product useful, you must delete it from your computer. It 
is also nice to contact the author of the shareware and tell them why you don't 
want it and things they could do to improve the product. 

Shareware helps keep the software market competitive, and prices lower for 
everyone.  The shareware concept does not work when someone decides to keep and 
use a product without registering it. This hurts the shareware author, and 
eventually shareware users. So please register the shareware that you like and 
use on a regular basis. 

Distribution 

You are encouraged to distribute ZED free of charge to ftp sites, friends, 
co-workers, and BBS systems. 

Corporate users and those using ZED in any for-profit organization or business 
may contact me and establish a licensing agreement for your site. I can be 
reaced at: 
Bruce Shankle 
6126 Bushmills St. 
Raleigh, NC 27613 
USA 
or 
ivisoft@cybernetics.net 
Bruce_Shankle@msn.com 

You may not distribute the files that you have installed on your system. 
Distribute pre-installation files only. 

If you wish to distribute ZED, distribute the file ZED_10S.ZIP. This file 
should be on the original ZED distribution floppy, or it is the file you 
downloaded. 

ZED_10S.ZIP contains: 
ZED.EXE 
ZED.HLP 
ZED.ICO 
README.TXT 
INSTALL.EXE 

You are not allowed to make any changes to any of the original files.  You are 
not allowed to sell ZED for profit unless it is part of a shareware-only 
archive like Walnut Creek's HOBBES CD-ROM. 
Disclaimer 
General Help 


═══ 2.1. Disclaimer ═══

Although every effort has been made to insure ZED is a stable program, the 
author, E. Bruce Shankle III, may not be held liable for any damages caused by, 
related to, or coinciding with the use of ZED. Use ZED at your own risk. 

If you don't agree with the the above, then you may not use ZED.  Delete it 
now. 
General Help 


═══ 3. General Help ═══

ZED is an easy-to-use text editor for OS/2. It is designed for editing plain 
text files. 
ZED Registration Information 
Keys help 
Menus 
Settings 


═══ 4. Settings ═══

The following settings are located in the "Settings" menu.  To toggle a setting 
select it from the menu or use the appropriate keys. If a setting is checked 
that setting is enabled. If it is not checked then it is disabled. 

Auto-indent - Ctrl+A 
Enable or disable auto-indent. 
Auto-indent automatically inserts spaces or tab characters after the enter key 
is pressed to align it with the previous text.  If the previous line contains 
no text then the new line is not indented. 

Case-sensitive filenames - Ctrl+E 
Enable or disable case-sensitive file names. 
This setting determines whether or not ZED oberves case in file names.  If 
enabled, ZED will not convert the case of file names. If disabled, ZED will 
convert all filenames to upper case.  If you have a file system that supports 
case sensitive file names, such as HPFS, you may wish to enable this setting. 

Status bar - Ctrl+S 
The status bar contains useful information: current line and column, 
key-states, text modification status, and current time. When editing very large 
files, performance will be increased by disabling the status bar. 

Word wrap - Ctrl+W 
When word wrap is enabled, all text is truncated to fit within the edit window. 
This does not add or removed characters from the text.  When word wrap is 
disabled, text may extend beyond the current window. 

Auto-save... Using auto-save 

Color... Changing colors 

Font... Changing fonts 

Tabs... Tab Settings 

Menus 
General Help 


═══ 5. Using auto-save ═══

ZED provides auto-save features to help insure your text is not lost in the 
event of a power outage or system failure. 

Auto-save can be configured to save based on elapsed time and/or based on the 
number of modifications to the text.  Auto-save can also generate a file name 
for an untitled document or prompt for a file name, depending on how you 
configure the auto-save settings.  ZED does not auto-save text that has not 
been modified. 

ZED Auto-save settings are configured in the ZED AutoSave dialog window. To 
activate this window, select "Auto-save..." from the "Settings" menu. 

Automatic save every XX minutes 
Check this option to automatically save your document every time the specified 
time passes. The time interval, represented by the "XX" above, is in minutes 
and can be from 1 to 60. 

Automatic save every XXXX modifications 
Check this option to automatically save your document after the specified 
number of modifications.  The number of modifications, represented by the 
"XXXX", is the number of key presses that modifiy text in ZED's edit window. 
This value can be from 1 to 5000. 

Prompt for name if untitled 
Check this option if you want ZED to prompt you for a file name when it needs 
to auto-save untitled text. If this option is not checked, ZED will 
automatically generate a file name for the text: i.e. AUTOSAVE.001. 
Automatically generated file names will range from AUTOSAVE.001 to AUTOSAVE.999 
and will be located in the directory where ZED.EXE is located. If the maximum 
number of auto-generated file names is reached, ZED will issue a warning and 
the auto-save operation will fail.  If this happens, it is best to delete some 
of the auto-saved files or enable this option. 

When you are done, click the "OK" button.  The settings will be saved when you 
exit ZED or select "Save settings" from the "Settings" menu. 
Click the "Cancel" button to cancel any changes. 

If auto-save fails, insure that you enough free storage space to save the text. 
Also make sure that you are not running ZED from read only media like CD-ROM or 
a network server where you don't have write permission. 
Settings menu 
General Help 
AutoSave message box - prompt for file name 
AutoSave message box - Warning 


═══ 5.1. AutoSave message box - prompt for file name ═══

A message box is displayed when AutoSave is configured to prompt for a 
filename. Clicking the "OK" button in this message box will bring up the "Save" 
dialog window to allow you to give the current text a file name. 
Auto-save help 


═══ 5.2. AutoSave message box - Warning ═══

If you fail to supply a file name in the "Save" window when AutoSave prompts 
for one, you will be issued this warning. This is just a warning, but you will 
recieve this warning each time auto-save activates and you don't supply a file 
name when it prompts for one. 
Auto-save help 


═══ 6. Changing colors ═══

Changing colors in ZED is simple and takes advantage of OS/2's "Color Palette". 

To change colors, select "Color..." from the "Settings" menu.  This will bring 
up a color palette.  Click on a color with the right mouse button and hold the 
right mouse button down.  Then move the mouse pointer over ZED's edit window. 
The mouse pointer will change to an icon that represents a color. (In OS/2 
Warp, this is a paint bucket.)  Release the mouse button when the pointer is 
over ZED. 

When you have dragged a new color to the edit window a dialog window will ask 
if you wish to apply the new color to the text or to the window background. 
You may cancel the color change by selecting the "Cancel" button. You may also 
undo the color change by selecting "Undo" from the "Edit" menu just after you 
have made the color change.  ZED will save the color settings in it's profile 
when you exit ZED or when you select "Save settings" from the "Settings" menu. 
Settings menu 
General Help 


═══ 7. Changing fonts ═══

Changing fonts in ZED is simple and takes advantage of OS/2's "Font Palette". 
ZED supports all OS/2 fonts, but only one font at a time may be used. 

To change fonts, select "Font..." from the "Settings" menu.  This will bring up 
a font palette.  Click on a font with the right mouse button and hold the right 
mouse button down.  Then move the mouse pointer over ZED's edit window.  The 
mouse pointer will change to an icon that represents a font. (In OS/2 Warp, 
this is a pencil.)  Release the mouse button when the pointer is over ZED. 

When you have dragged a new font to the edit window, the font will be applied 
to all text. You may undo the font change by selecting "Undo" from the "Edit" 
menu just after you have made the font change.  ZED will save the font setting 
in it's profile when you exit ZED or when you select "Save settings" from the 
"Settings" menu. 
Settings menu 
General Help 


═══ 8. Keys help ═══

ZED provides keyboard accelerators for most options. 

General window keys. 

┌──────────┬────────────────────┐
│Alt+F5    │Restore - Restore   │
│          │window state after a│
│          │maximize or         │
│          │minimize.           │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Alt+F7    │Move - Move window. │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Alt+F8    │Size - Change window│
│          │to be sized.        │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Alt+F9    │Minimize - Minimize │
│          │window.             │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Alt+F10   │Maximize - Maximize │
│          │window.             │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Alt+F4    │Close - Close ZED.  │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+Esc  │Window list -       │
│          │Display active      │
│          │program list.       │
└──────────┴────────────────────┘

ZED file menu accelerator keys. 

┌──────────┬────────────────────┐
│Ctrl+O    │Open - Open a file. │
│          │Display file open   │
│          │dialog window.      │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+I    │Import - Import a   │
│          │file. Display file  │
│          │import dialog       │
│          │window.             │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│F2        │Save - Save current │
│          │text.               │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│F4        │Save and exit - Save│
│          │current text and    │
│          │exit ZED.           │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│F3        │Exit - Exit ZED.    │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
└──────────┴────────────────────┘

ZED edit menu accelerator keys. 

┌──────────┬────────────────────┐
│Ctrl+Z    │Undo - Undo last    │
│          │text or color change│
│          │operation.          │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+X    │Cut - Remove        │
│          │selected text and   │
│          │place in clipboard. │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+C    │Copy - Copy selected│
│          │text to clipboard.  │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+V    │Paste - Insert text │
│          │from clipboard at   │
│          │current cursor      │
│          │location.           │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Del       │Delete - Remove     │
│          │selected text.      │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+F    │Find - Activate find│
│          │dialog window.      │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│F5        │Find next - Find    │
│          │next instance of    │
│          │search text.        │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+R    │Replace - Activate  │
│          │replace dialog      │
│          │window.             │
└──────────┴────────────────────┘

ZED settings menu accelerator keys. 

┌──────────┬────────────────────┐
│Ctrl+A    │Auto-indent - Toggle│
│          │autoindent.         │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+E    │Case-sensitive      │
│          │filenames - Toggle  │
│          │use of              │
│          │case-sensitive      │
│          │filenames.          │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+S    │Status Bar - Toggle │
│          │status bar.         │
├──────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+W    │Word wrap - Toggle  │
│          │word wrap.          │
└──────────┴────────────────────┘

ZED miscellaneous keys. 

┌───────────────┬────────────────────┐
│F1             │Help - Activate     │
│               │help.               │
├───────────────┼────────────────────┤
│Ctrl+Insert    │Copy - Copy selected│
│               │text to clipboard.  │
├───────────────┼────────────────────┤
│Shift+Insert   │Paste - Insert text │
│               │from clipboard at   │
│               │current cursor      │
│               │location.           │
├───────────────┼────────────────────┤
│Escape         │Escape - Pressing   │
│               │escape on a dialog  │
│               │window will close   │
│               │that window.        │
└───────────────┴────────────────────┘

Edit window keys 

The behavior of the edit window, when typing, depends on whether it is in 
insert or overtype mode, and whether the selection is empty or not. 

When a character is typed, it replaces the current selection.  If the selection 
is empty, the character is viewed as replacing nothing, so the character is 
effectively inserted into the text.  If one or more characters are selected, 
those characters are deleted from the text and replaced by the typed character. 

If the edit window is in insert mode, the cursor is moved to follow the typed 
character. 

If the edit window is in overtype mode, the cursor is moved to immediately 
follow the newly typed character and characters after it are over typed. 

If the typing causes the cursor to go off the screen in any direction, the 
display is automatically scrolled.  If word-wrap is on, text continues on a new 
line, otherwise, the screen is scrolled horizontally. 

Scrolling of the text in the window is independent of cursor movement.  The 
cursor and selection remain unaltered at the same location within the text 
during all scrolling but the converse is not true. Any movement of the cursor 
causes auto-scrolling, if necessary, to ensure that the text location of the 
cursor is visible within the window. 

Return: Return (ASCII newline) causes a hard line-break, and the following text 
begins on a new line.  A line-break character is inserted in the text, which is 
drawn as a few pels of white-space (for selection purposes). 

Keystroke commands: For all the following keys, unless otherwise noted, the 
display is scrolled, if necessary, to keep the cursor point visible.  Where 
noted, the cursor setting behaves differently in insert mode than in overtype 
mode. This is subject to the boundary conditions noted above. 

Del 
Causes the contents of the selection region to be deleted.  If the selection 
region contains no text, it causes the character to the right of the cursor to 
be deleted. 

Shift+Del 
Causes the contents of the selection region to be cut to the clipboard. 

Insert 
Toggles between insert and overtype mode. The edit window ignores the Insert 
key when it occurs without a modifier. 

Shift+Ins 
Causes the contents of the clipboard to replace the selection region. 

Ctrl+Ins 
Causes the selection region to be copied to the clipboard.  The selection 
region is not otherwise affected. 

Backspace 
Functions similar to Del. If the selection is not empty, Backspace deletes the 
selection.  If the selection is empty, Backspace deletes the character to the 
left of the cursor point. If the edit window is in overtype mode, the anchor 
point is set, and the cursor point is moved to be one character previous in the 
text.  If no such character exists (because the anchor is set to the beginning 
of the text) the cursor is set to the anchor point.  If the edit window is in 
insert mode, the cursor and anchor points are set, as defined at the start of 
this chapter. 

Down Arrow 
Sets the cursor point to the closest insertion point on the following line, 
then sets the anchor point to the cursor point (insertion mode) or one 
character following (overtype mode). 

Shift+Down Arrow 
Causes the cursor point to be moved to the closest insertion point on the 
following line.  The anchor point does not move. 

Up Arrow 
Sets the cursor point to the closest insertion point on the preceding line, 
then sets the anchor point to the cursor point (insert mode) or one character 
following (overtype mode). 

Shift+Up 
Sets the cursor point to the closest insertion point on the preceding line. The 
anchor point is not moved. 

Right Arrow 
Sets the cursor point to the insertion point one character following the cursor 
point.  The anchor point is set to the cursor point (insert mode) or one 
character following (overtype mode). 

Shift+Right 
Causes the cursor point to be set to the insertion point immediately following 
the previous cursor point.  The anchor point is not moved. 

Left and Shift+Left 
Work analogously. 

Ctrl+Right 
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point immediately preceding the next 
word in the text including trailing spaces, and sets the anchor point to be 
equal to (insert mode) or one character following (overtype mode) the cursor 
point. The EOL (hard line-break) and tab characters are treated as words. 

Ctrl+Shift+Right 
Moves only the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+Right, but leaves the 
anchor point unmoved. 

Ctrl+Left 
Moves the cursor point to the preceding insertion point at the beginning of a 
word, and sets the anchor point to be equal to (insert mode) or one character 
following (overtype mode) the cursor point. The EOL (hard line-break) and tab 
characters are treated as words. 

Ctrl+Shift+Left 
Moves only the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+Left but leaves the anchor 
point unmoved. 

Pagedown and Pageup 
Cause the display to be scrolled one screen at a time in either direction. This 
behavior is the same as would be encountered during a page-down or page-up 
caused by the scroll-bar. 

Ctrl+Pagedown and Ctrl+Pageup 
Cause the display to be scrolled one screen at a time to the right or left 
respectively. This behavior is the same as would be encountered during a 
page-right or page-left caused by the scroll-bar. 

Home 
Sets the cursor point to the insertion point at the beginning of the line 
containing the cursor point, and sets the anchor point equal to (insert mode) 
or one character following (overtype mode). 

Shift+Home 
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point at the beginning of the line. 
The anchor point is not moved. 

End 
Sets the anchor point to the insertion point at the end of the line containing 
the cursor point.  If the last character on the line is a line-break character, 
the anchor is positioned just before it.  The cursor is set equal to (insert 
mode) or one character previous to (overtype mode) the anchor. 

Shift+End 
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point at the end of the line, as above. 
The anchor point is not moved. 

Ctrl+Home 
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point at the beginning of the document. 
The anchor point is set equal to (insert mode) or one character following it 
(overtype mode). 

Ctrl+End 
Moves the anchor point to the insertion point at the end of the document.  The 
cursor point is set to be equal to the anchor point (insert mode) or one 
character preceding it (overtype mode). 

Ctrl+Shift+Home 
Moves the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+Home, but leaves the anchor 
point unmoved. 

Ctrl+Shift+End 
Moves the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+End, but leaves the anchor point 
unmoved. 

General Help 


═══ 9. Menus ═══

ZED's menu structure is organized for efficient editing using a mouse or the 
keyboard. 
File Menu 
Edit Menu 
Settings Menu 
General Help 


═══ 9.1. File Menu ═══

The following selections are available in the "File" menu. 

New - edit new of different file. 
Clear text from edit window and close current file. If the current text is 
modified and not saved, ZED will ask if you want to save it.  This menu item is 
disabled if the current text is empty. 

Open - Ctrl+O - open a file. 
Bring up file open dialog window. Select a file, and ZED will open it and you 
can edit it. 

Import - Ctrl+I - import a file. 
Bring up file import dialog window. Select a file to import into the current 
text. The text in the file will be inserted at the current cursor location. 

Save - F2 - save current text. 
Save the current text in a file. If the text is untitled, open save dialog 
window to assign the file a directory and name.  This menu item is disabled if 
the current text has not been modified. 

Save as - save current text in a new or different file. 

Save and exit - F4 - save current text and exit. 
Save the current text in a file and exit. If the text is untitled, open save 
dialog window to assign the file a directory and name.  If the text has a file 
name, save text to that file and then exit.  This menu item is disabled if the 
current text has not been modified. 

Select printer... - select target print object. 
Select printer object to recieve printed text.  Optionally set job properties. 

Printer information... - view detailed printer information. 
Show detailed information about each installed printer object. 

Print... - print text. 
Send text to printer.  This opens a dialog window that allows you to set 
priority, copies, and job properties before actually printing.  If a line of 
text exceeds the width of the print area, it is truncated. 

Spawn ZED - start another program instance. 
Start a new copy of ZED. 

Recent file list - quickly open a previously opened file. 
ZED allows up to 9 file names in the recent file list.  These file names are 
stored in when you exit ZED or select "Save settings" from the settings menu. 
When you open a file it's name is added to the recent file list. If the file is 
already in the list, it is brought to the top of the list.  If the file list is 
full, ZED removes the last entry to make room for the new entry. 

Exit - F3 - exit ZED. 
Close ZED.  Prompt to save any modified text. 

Menus 
General Help 


═══ 9.2. Edit Menu ═══

The following selections are available in the "Edit" menu. 
Note: Some options are not always available.  For example, "Paste" is disabled 
if there is not text in the clipboard. 

Undo - Ctrl+Z - undo last operation. 
This allows most text changes to be undone, such as deleting or inserting 
something. It also allows color and font changes to be undone.  The undo 
operation, cannot undo some operations, such as deleting a large amount of 
text.  Undo only undoes the last operation. 

Cut - Ctrl+X - cut selected text and place in clipboard. 
This menu item is disabled if no text is selected. 

Copy - Ctrl+X - copy selected text to clipboard. 
This menu item is disabled if no text is selected.  The Ctrl+Insert key 
sequence also activates this function. 

Paste - Ctrl+V - insert text from clipboard at current cursor location. 
This menu item is disabled if no text is in the clipboard.  The Shift+Insert 
key sequence also activates this function. 

Delete - Del - delete selected text. 
This menu item is disabled if no text is selected. 

Find... - Ctrl+F - show find dialog window. 
When the find dialog window is displayed, text can be entered and ZED will 
search for that text.  If the text is found, it will be selected and scrolled 
into view.  If it is not found, ZED will issue a message.  This menu item is 
disabled if there is no text. 

Find next - F5 - find previously searched text again. 
Search for the next instance of the previously searched text, automatically 
wrapping to the beginning if it reaches the end of the text.  If the text is 
found, it will be selected and scrolled into view.  If it is not found, ZED 
will issue a message. This menu item is disabled if there is no text. 

Replace - Ctrl+R - show replace dialog window. 
When the replace dialog window is displayed, search and replace text can be 
entered. ZED will replace the search text with the replace text.  You have the 
option to verify each replace operation or allow ZED to replace all instances 
of the search text.  If the text cannot be found, ZED will issue a message. 
This menu item is disabled if there is no text. 

Menus 
General Help 


═══ 9.3. Settings Menu ═══

For help with the settings menu, please refer to "Settings". 
Settings 


═══ 10. Tab Settings ═══

ZED allows the tab key functionality to be configured for inserting a certain 
number of spaces or the tab character. 

ZED tab settings are configured in the ZED Tabs dialog window. To activate this 
window, select "Tabs..." from the "Settings" menu. 

Spaces 
Click the "Spaces" radio button for ZED to insert spaces instead of the tab 
character. The number of spaces inserted can range from 1 to 20.  This is 
useful for when working with technical documents where the tab character may be 
interpreted differently by different editors or where indentation spacing is 
critical ( i.e. C Source code).  Use a mono-spaced font for best results with 
this setting. 

Tab character 
Click the "Tab character" radio button for ZED to insert the tab character 
instead of spaces.  This is useful for formatting columns of text when using a 
proportional font. 

When you are done, click the "OK" button.  The settings will be saved when you 
exit ZED or select "Save settings" from the "Settings" menu. 
Click the "Cancel" button to cancel any changes. 
Settings menu 
General Help