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GEdit Editing System Version 1.71 The Global Editor Copyright by Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc. 1990, 1992 P. O. Box 606 Bristol, TN 37621-0606 This manual was prepared using GEdit Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 7 Chapter 2: Registering 12 Chapter 3: Installing 14 Floppy Drive System 14 Hard Drive System 14 Chapter 4: Getting Started 16 Starting GEdit 16 Using Menus 16 Main Menu 17 Edit 17 System 17 Setup 18 Help 18 Print 18 Using a Mouse 18 Chapter 5: Getting Help 20 Chapter 6: Setting Up 21 Setup Menu 21 File Settings 21 Word Wrap 21 Line Length for Text Files 21 Line Length for Non-Text Files 21 Default Extension 21 Automatic Backup 21 Journaling 21 Expand Tabs in Text Files 21 Append EOF Character 21 Edit Settings 22 Typing Mode 22 Typematic Speed 22 Auto-Indent 22 Columns in Indent 22 Tab Positions 22 Columns in Screen Shift 22 Display Column or File Position 22 Function Key Assignments 22 Cursor Size 23 Display End-of-Line Symbols 23 Display Spaces as Dots 23 Display Non-Text Symbols as Dots 23 Produce Matching Symbols 23 Number of Lines to Display 23 Number of Columns to Display 23 Number of Columns in Screen Width 23 EGA 43/VGA 50 Line Mode 23 Force Monochrome Mode 23 Screen Settings 24 Foreground Color 24 Background Color 24 Menu Foreground Color 24 Menu Background Color 24 Table of Contents (cont) Menu Bar Foreground Color 24 Menu Bar Background Color 24 Save Settings 24 Choose Settings 24 Chapter 7: Editing Types of Editing 25 Create, Display, and Edit Source Code 25 Word Processing 25 Create, Display, and Edit DOS Batch Files 25 Line Drawing 25 Display and Edit Non-Text Files 25 Create, Display, and Edit Data Files 25 Edit dBASE Files 25 Special Purpose Editing 25 Compiling from the Editor 26 Edit Menu 27 Text File Editor 27 Stream Editor 27 Edit Non-Text Files 27 Edit Disk Sectors 27 Edit Memory 27 Hex Editor 27 dBASE Editor 27 Create New File 27 Modify Structure 27 Copy Structure 27 Edit File 27 Import File as ASCII File 27 Editing Large Files 28 Methods of Entering File Name 28 Passing as Parameter 28 Entering at Prompt 28 Selecting from Directory 28 Selecting from History 28 Status Line 29 Ruler line 29 Bottom Information Line 29 Entering Non-Key Characters 29 Edit Commands 29 Menus 29 GEdit Main 29 Top 30 Misc 30 Block 30 Named Block 30 Attributes 30 Goto 30 Locate 30 Line-Drawing 30 Open Symbols 30 File Management 30 Overtype and Insert Typing Modes 30 Cursor Control 31 Deleting 31 Character 31 Table of Contents (cont) Backspace 31 Word 31 To the End-of-Line 31 Line 31 UnDeleting 31 Character 31 Word 31 To the End-of-Line 31 Line 32 Inserting Ruler Lines 32 Formatting 32 Set Tabs 32 Set Word Wrap On 32 Set Word Wrap Off 32 Format 32 Justify 32 Unjustify 32 Center String 32 Pagenate 32 Convert Blanks to Spaces 33 Convert Soft EOL Symbols to Carriage Returns 33 Block Commands 33 Erase 33 Cut 33 Paste 33 Copy 33 Move 33 Column Cut 34 Capture 34 Column Paste 34 Column Move 34 Column Copy 34 Indent 34 Upper Case 34 Lower Case 34 Hot Print 34 Named Block Commands 35 Named Cut 35 Named Paste 35 Named Column Cut 35 Named Column Paste 35 Attributes 36 Standard Codes 36 User Defined Codes 36 Embedded Printer Codes 36 Goto 36 Line 37 Column 37 Page 37 Offset 37 Locate and Replace 37 Locate 37 Replace 37 Global Replace 37 Count 37 Table of Contents (cont) Line Drawing 38 Drawing 38 Toggling the Pen 38 Using Graphics Symbols 38 Joining Lines 38 Matching Symbols 38 File Management 38 Insert File 38 Append File 38 Compare Two Files 38 Change Line Length of Non-Text Files 39 Strip Page Breaks from File 39 Strip Ruler Lines from File 39 Strip 8-Bit Characters from File 39 Insert at Intervals 39 Rebuild Line-Ending Index 39 Using Print Variables 39 Displaying ASCII Table 39 Changing Setup from Edit Mode 39 Creating and Executing Macros 39 Loading File from Editor 40 Split Screen Editing 40 Running Another Program 40 Shelling to DOS 40 Saving File 40 Quitting Edit Mode 40 Chapter 8: Printing 41 Print File 41 Enter Print Settings 41 Handshaking for Serial Printers 42 Chapter 10: Quiting 43 Chapter 11: Using the FC Program 44 Chapter 12: Using the KeyMap Program 45 Chapter 13: Using the PCodes Program 46 Chapter 14: Trouble Shooting 48 Table of Contents (cont) APPENDIX A - Menu Tree 49 APPENDIX B - Menus 50 APPENDIX C - Keyboard Commands in Edit Mode 53 APPENDIX D - Function Key Assignments 56 APPENDIX E - Error Codes 57 APPENDIX F - Bug Report/Suggestion Form 59 APPENDIX G - Registration Form 60 Note: In this document, keystrokes are indicated by being enclosed in <>. For example, <Return> refers to pressing the Return key, and <Ctrl M> refers to the combination keystroke composed by holding the Ctrl key down and pressing the M key. Chapter 1: Introduction GEdit is designed to operate on computers which are 100% compatible with the IBM XT and AT. Minimum requirements are: 256K RAM 1 floppy disk drive DOS 2.1 or higher The purpose of the program is to: * Provide viewing, editing, and formatting of disk files * Provide viewing and editing of disk sectors * Provide viewing and editing of computer memory * Provide creating, viewing and editing of dBASE file headers and files, modifing and copying file structure, and importing dBASE files as ASCII text files * Print disk files The GEdit Distribution Disk contains the files listed below: GO.BAT - batch file to execute GEdit and load the README file README - instructions on installation HINSTALL.EXE - file to install GEdit on a hard disk FINSTALL.EXE - file for creating a work disk FEATURES - a discussion on the major features of GEdit CR.SCR - copyright screen ORDER.FRM - form for registering GEdit BUG.RPT - form for reporting bugs and suggestions GE.EXE - executable file GE.HLP - general information on GEdit MOUSE.HLP - help on using a mouse with GEdit MENU.HLP - help file on the GEdit Menu SETUP.HLP - help file on setup EDITMENU.HLP - help file on the Main Edit Menu EDIT.HLP - help file on edit commands PRINT.HLP - help file on printing EPSONFX.DRV - printer driver for the Epson FX-100 printer HP-III.DRV - printer driver for the HP LaserJet III KEYMAP.EXE - file for assigning keystrokes to commands FC.EXE - file to split and recombine large files PCODES.EXE - file to create and edit printer drivers MANUAL.DOC - GEdit manual PMANUAL.EXE - file to print manual Chapter 1: Introduction (cont) Major Features: * Free cursor in Text File mode. Move the cursor anywhere outside existing text and enter new text without having to backfill * Unlimited line length (text files) or preset line length (non- text files) * Full mouse support * Split screen editing * Cut size limited only by available disk space * Direct cutting and pasting between files * Column block operations * Line drawing * Four editors, including: Text Editor Text Files Stream Editor Non-Text Files, Disk Sectors, and Memory Hex Editor Non-Text Files, Disk Sectors, and Memory dBASE Editor Headers, Files, and Files Imported as ASCII Text Files * Word processing features including word wrap and justification * Search and replace using wildcards * Auto-indenting * Line drawing * Extended character set * Keystroke macros * 43 line EGA and 50 line VGA display * Popup ASCII table * Unloads from memory when executing program or shelling to DOS * On-line help * Journaling of edit session * Mapping of keys to commands Program Limitations: * Maximum file size - available memory * Maximum line length - available memory * Maximum number of lines - 10,000 * Maximum Number of open files - 2 * Character set - ASCII plus IBM ASCII Extended * Maximum number of keystroke macros - 50 * Maximum number of tabs - 100 * Size of cut - limited only by available disk space * Length of undo buffer for delete word - 50 * Length of undo buffer for delete to end of line - 150 * Length of undo buffer for delete line - 255 Chapter 1: Introduction (cont) Editing: GEdit contains four special purpose editors - a Text File Editor, a Stream Editor, a Hex Editor, and a dBASE Editor. These edi- tors are discussed below: Text File Editor - The Text File Editor follows the standard con- ventions that have been established for ASCII text files. Use the Text File Editor for word processing and writing source code and batch files. Stream Editor - The Stream Editor edits non-text files, disk sec- tors, and computer memory. The lines displayed on the screen are fixed length and all 256 characters of the standard and extended character sets are used. Non-text files are usually not accessible to word processors or text editors. This type file is displayed in a fixed line length format. The line length can be specified in Setup, and can be changed after the file is loaded. Use the non-text file type for creating and editing data files and viewing and edit- ing program files. Disk Sectors can be loaded into the Stream Editor and treated as a non-text file or as disk sectors. The number of sectors which can be loaded is dependent on available memory. Material read directly from a disk can be edited and saved to a disk as a file (useful for recovering files from a disk on which the FAT has been corrupted) if the sectors were loaded as a file. Or if the sectors were loaded as sectors, they can be edited and written back to the disk as sectors. Computer memory can be displayed and edited using the Stream Editor. One segment (64K) is accessible, beginning at the ad- dress specified. The display of memory is in real time, mean- ing that changes in memory can be observed as they occur. For example, load memory segment 0 and observe the changes which continually occur at offset 1132. Any change made to the dis- play is a change in actual memory and can be dangerous. Be aware of the consequences before making any changes. Hex Editor - The Hex Editor edits non-text files, disk sectors and computer memory and uses the same set of commands as the Stream Editor. The hex representation (16 bytes) is displayed on the left side of the screen with the corresponding characters displayed on the right side. All editing is performed on the hex display. dBASE Editor - The dBASE Editor edits dBASE data file headers and dBASE data files (useful for restoring corrupted files and for di- rectly editing dBASE data), creates new dBASE files, and modifies and copies dBASE file structures. It will also import dBASE files as ASCII text files. Note: To use GEdit as your dBASE editor (called by the MODIFY COM- MAND command) modify the config.db file to include the lines be- low: TEDIT=GE WP=GE Chapter 1: Introduction (cont) Shell to DOS: You can shell to DOS while editing. GEdit and the edit buffer are unloaded from memory when shelling to DOS. This provides the free memory, minus approximately 12K, that would be available if GEdit was not loaded. Enter "EXIT" at the DOS prompt to return to GEdit. Run Another Program: You can run another program while editing. This feature is useful for compiling a program while editing source code. GEdit and the edit buffer are unloaded from memory while running an- other program, providing the free memory to execute any compiler. Only 5K is retained for use by GEdit. Redo Edit Session: If journaling is specified in Setup, GEdit automat- ically creates a backup when a file is loaded for editing, and all keystrokes made during the edit session are recorded in a journal file. If for any reason (such as a mistake in editing, failure to save a file, or a power outage) you have lost work, you can replay the edit session by choosing this option from the System Menu and stop the re- play at any point you wish. Setup: You can create up to 10 setup configurations which can be saved to disk and recalled to suit the type of editing that you require, or the current setup can be altered to suit your needs. Word wrap, screen colors, auto-indent, tabs, cursor size, and many other features can be selected to customize the editors. Help: Online help is available from the Main Menu on: Overview of GEdit Mouse Main Menu Setup Editing Printing Help on edit commands is also available while editing. Print Files: GEdit will print any disk file. A file can be printed as a text file or as a non-text file with fixed-length lines. Print set- tings (such as pitch, lines per inch, margins, pages to print, number of copies, printer driver, and printer interface) can be specified and saved to a disk file for use later. Any number of printer drivers can be created by using the program PCODES.EXE (see Chapter 13) which can be found on the work disk or in the support directory after installat- ion. Chapter 2: Registering Some very fine software is marketed though the shareware process. This is usually done because the author does not have the re- sources to market the product in the traditional manner or because he is attracted to the simplicity of the marketing technique. Releasing a software product as shareware allows an user to try it without obligation and to pass copies of it to friends or acquant- ices for their review. If the user determines that the software is useful to him and intends to continue to use it, he is then obli- gated to register his copy of the software. The advantages of this marketing approach to the user are (1) he has the opportunity to use the product and, based on his evaluat- ion, determine if he wants to register the product, and (2) he can register the product for less than purchasing a comparable retail product. The advantage to the author is that he has the opportunity to mar- ket his product in a less costly and complicated manner than would be possible otherwise. GEdit is being distributed as shareware. Non-registered users can use it during a 30-day trial period to determine if they find it useful and want to continue to use it. If the user does continue to use GEdit after the 30-day trial period it must be registered. Upon registration you will be sent the latest version of GEdit and you will receive updates for one year from the registration date. As a registered user you are entitled to use GEdit on any and all computers available to you as long as the software is installed and used on only one computer at a time. To register GEdit, you can submit the registration form found in Appendix I of this manual with the correct amount of money in the form of a check or money order to the address listed, or you can register using your MC, Visa, AmEx, or Discovery card by calling Public (software) Library at 800-242-4PsL (from overseas: 713-524- 6394) or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by Compuserve to 71355,470. Specify item number 10569. The numbers listed above are for ordering only. Cat Creek Enter- prises, Inc. can NOT be reached at those numbers. To contact Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc. for information about dealer pricing, vol- ume discounts, site licensing, the status of shipment of the pro- duct, the latest version number or for technical information, or to discuss returns, write to Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc. at P. O. Box 606, Bristol, TN 37621. The registration form can also be found in the file "ORDER.FRM", found on the distribution disk. This file can be printed by using GEdit's print utility. No registration fee is required for the use of GEdit for educat- ional purposes by educational institutions. However, if you are using GEdit for this purpose, it must be registered by filling out the registration form, checking the box indicating that GEdit is to be used for educational purposes, and mailing the form to the address listed. Chapter 2: Registering (cont) You are encouraged to copy GEdit for the purpose of distribution under the following conditions: 1. No files on the Distribution Disk have been modified or de- leted. 2. The fee to cover copy service, handling, and materials does not exceed $10.00. GEdit is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no event will Cat Creek Enterprises be liable for any damage caused by the use of GEdit. The risk of us- ing this product lies with the user. Chapter 3: Installing Floppy Disk System: Step 1: Format a new disk to use as a work disk. Step 2: Place the Distribution Disk in Drive A: and the blank disk in Drive B:, and at the A> prompt enter "FINSTALL". FINSTALL will copy the files listed below from the Distribution Disk onto the blank disk: GE.EXE BUG.RPT CR.SCR ORDER.FRM GE.HLP MOUSE.HLP MENU.HLP SETUP.HLP EDITMENU.HLP EDIT.HLP PRINT.HLP EPSONFX.DRV HP-III.DRV KEYMAP.EXE FC.EXE PCODES.EXE Step 3: Label the disk in drive B: as "GEdit Work Disk". Step 4: Place the Distribution Disk in drive A:, make sure the printer is ready, and at the A> prompt enter "PMANUAL". PManual will print the manual beginning at the page you specify. Step 5: Store the Distribution Disk in a safe place. Hard Disk System: Step 1: Place the Distribution Disk in the A: Drive, and at the A> prompt enter "HINSTALL". Step 2: Specify the directory on the hard disk where you want to locate the program files. If the directory does not exist it will be created. The files listed below will be copied from the Distri- bution Disk into this directory. GE.EXE BUG.RPT ORDER.FRM KEYMAP.EXE FC.EXE PCODES.EXE Step 3: Specify the directory on the hard disk where you want to locate the support files. If the directory does not exist it will be created. The files listed below will be copied from the Distri- bution Disk into this directory: GE.HLP MOUSE.HLP MENU.HLP SETUP.HLP EDITMENU.HLP EDIT.HLP PRINT.HLP EPSONFX.DRV HP-III.DRV CR.SCR Chapter 3: Installing (Hard Disk System cont) Step 4: Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the root directory of the hard disk to include the statement "PATH=C:\GE" (see DOS manual) or the directory you specified. This will ensure that DOS can find GE.EXE even if the default directory is not the directory in which GE.EXE is located. Step 5: Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include the statement "SET SUPPORT=C:\GE\SUPPORT" or the directory you specified. This will ensure that GEdit can find its support files. Step 6: Place the Distribution Disk in drive A:, make sure the printer is ready, and at the A> prompt enter "PMANUAL". PManual will print the manual beginning at the page you specify. Step 7: Store the Distribution Disk in a safe place. Chapter 4: Getting Started Starting GEdit The instructions presented here assume that you have already installed GEdit (see Chapter 3). Floppy Disk Step 1: Insert the GEdit work disk in drive A: Step 2: Insert the disk that contains the file you wish to edit, or the disk on which you wish to create a file, in drive B:. Step 3: At the A> prompt enter "GE". Or if you wish to use the file settings which have been saved in setup file "0", you can enter "GE", followed by a space, and then the name of the file you wish to edit. If you do pass a file name to GEdit, all menus will be bypassed, the file loaded for editing, and you will be taken directly into the Text File Editor. Hard Disk Step 1: If you have not included the path, to the directory in which GEDIT.EXE is located, in the autoexec.bat file on the boot disk, you must change directory (see DOS manual) to the directory in which GE.EXE is located. Step 2: At the DOS prompt enter "GE". Or if you wish to use the file settings which have been saved in setup file "0", you can enter "GE", followed by a space, and then the name of the file you wish to edit. If you do pass a file name to GEdit all menus will be bypassed, the file loaded for editing, and you will be taken directly into the Text File Editor. Using Menus To select an option from a menu, use <Up-Arrow> and <Down-Arrow> to move the menu bar to the option you wish to select and press <Return>. Or press the function key associated with the option on the menu. Chapter 4: Getting Started (cont) Main Menu The Main Menu (see Appendix B) is displayed when GEdit is started. The options available on that menu are explained below: Edit Displays the Edit Menu. From the Edit Menu you can edit files, disk sectors, and memory in either ASCII or Hex format, and edit dBASE files. System Displays the System Menu. From the System Menu you can: Quit: Leave GEdit and return to DOS, even if files are open. Return to Editor: If files are open, returns to the currently active window. Shell to DOS: GEdit and the edit buffer are unloaded from mem- ory when shelling to DOS. This provides the free memory, minus approximately 12K, that would be available if GEdit was not loaded. Enter "EXIT" at the DOS prompt to return to GEdit. Run Another Program: Enter a command line to execute another program. GEdit and the edit buffer are unloaded from memory while running another program. This provides the free memory, minus approximately 5K, that would be available if GEdit was not loaded. ReCombine File: Recombines files that have been split into smaller files (see "Editing Large Files" in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11: Using the FC Program). After making changes to the files created from the larger file, choose this option to join the files, replacing the original file (this can also be done from the FC program). Redo Edit Session: Replays an edit session that has been re- corded in a journal file. An edit session is recorded whenever a file is edited and journaling is on (see Chapter 6). A back- up of the file being edited is made at the beginning of the session and of every other file loaded during the session, and each keystroke is recorded until no files are open. Choose this option if for some reason you lose the file you were ed- iting or you made some sort of unrecoverable error. Select the type of file from the Type Menu, enter the file name, and choose "automatic" or "step-though" playback. Automatic play- back will proceed though the session automatically, while the step-though playback executes a single recorded keystroke each time you press a key. You can stop the playback at any point by pressing <Esc>. Copyright Screen: Displays the GEdit copyright screen, showing the copyright notice and information concerning registration. Chapter 4: Getting Started (Main Menu cont) Setup Displays the Setup Menu. From this menu you can enter and save configuration data in memory and in up to 10 disk files. Use setup to customize GEdit to your particular needs. Help Displays the Help Menu. From the Help Menu you can display help screens on: GEdit (an overview of GEdit) Mouse Main Menu Setup Editing Printing Print Displays the Print Menu. "Print" will accept and save print set- tings and print disk files. Escape If files are open, pressing <Esc> has the same effect as choosing "Return to Editor" from the System Menu. If no files are open, pressing <Esc> has the same effect as choosing "Quit" from the System Menu. Using a Mouse While in menus, use the mouse to move the menu bar just as you would with the cursor control keys. The bar will move in the direction the mouse is moved. The left button performs as the <Enter> key and the middle button (if you have one) performs as the as the <Esc> key. While in data entry screens (i.e. the Edit Setup Screen) use the mouse to move the cursor just as you would with the cursor control keys. The left button performs as the <Enter> key, and the middle button (if you have one) performs as the <Esc> key. While editing, a mouse cursor is displayed on the screen along with the key cursor. The key cursor blinks and the mouse cursor remains solid. The mouse cursor can be moved to any position on the screen by moving the mouse. To move the key cursor to the mouse cursor press the the right button. Moving the mouse cursor to the any edge of the edit screen and pressing the right button scrolls the screen as if you were holding down a cursor control key. Chapter 4: Getting Started (Using a Mouse cont) The Mouse Menu is displayed at the top of the edit screen. This menu lists the commands executed by function keys 1 though 10 along with the respective function key number. Also displayed on the menu are arrows which represent Screen-Shift Left, Screen-Shift Right, Page Up, and Page Down. The ? at the end of the menu represents Help. To exe- cute any of these commands, place the mouse cursor on the command and press the left button. Chapter 5: Getting Help The "Help" option on the Main Menu displays a menu (see Appendix B) which allows you to select help on: GEdit (an overview of GEdit) Mouse Main Menu Setup Editing Printing Help screens on edit commands can be displayed, while editing, by choosing "Help on Editing" from the Misc Menu or pressing <Alt H>. Chapter 6: Setting Up To setup GEdit, choose "Setup" from the Main Menu. The Setup Menu (see Appendix B) will be displayed. To specify the way in which you want files to be handled by the edi- tors, choose "File Settings" from the Setup Menu. Word Wrap - if on, lines will automatically wrap at a specified length when using the Text File Editor. This feature is used while word processing. The default setting is "N". Soft end-of-line characters are saved with the file for printing purposes. However, the soft end-of-line characters are stripped from the file when it loaded for editing, and the lines wrapped as specified in the set- up. Line Length for Text Files - the line length at which word wrap occurs. The maximum line length is the number of bytes in the buf- fer. The default setting is 64 characters. Line Length for Non-Text Files - the line length at which lines are wrapped when editing a non-text file using the Stream Editor. This would usually be the screen width unless you are editing a data file, in which case, the record length should be specified. The maximum line length is the number of bytes in the buffer. The default setting is 80 characters. Default Extension - an extension to be added to any file name you enter without an extension. For example, you may specify "BAS" if you commonly edit Basic source code. To prevent the extension from being added to a file name without an extension, add a period to the end of the file name. Up to 3 characters can be entered. Automatic Backup - If you wish to have each file you edit automat- ically copied to a backup file before you begin editing, specify "Y". The default setting is "N". Imported dBASE files will not be backed up. Journaling - You can choose to record your edit sessions for play- back. Playing back an edit session can be entertaining, or can be very useful if you make an irreversible mistake while editing. The playback can be stopped at any point, and editing resumed. The de- fault setting is "N". Expand Tabs in Text Files - If you wish to have tab symbols in text files replaced by a string of eight spaces, enter "Y". The default is "Y". EOF Marker - If you wish to have GEdit append an EOF marker (ASCII 26) when it saves a file, enter 'Y'. The default is 'Y". Chapter 6: Setting Up (cont) To specify the settings that will be in effect while in the edit mode, choose "Edit Settings" from the Setup Menu. Edit settings can also be changed while in the edit mode by choosing "Set Edit Settings" from the Misc Menu or pressing <Alt E>. Typing Mode - If you wish to begin your edit sessions in overtype mode, enter "O", or enter "I" if you prefer the insert mode. The default setting is "O". Typematic Speed - This setting refers to the speed at which a key- stroke is repeated when a key is held down, and primarily effects the rate of cursor control. If you increase typematic speed, the time to page down from the beginning of a document to the end of the document is decreased, however, the higher speed may adversely affect your typing. Experiment to find the most suitable speed for your typing style. You can select from a speed range of 0 to 10, with 10 the fastest. The default setting is 7. Auto-Indent - This feature is particularly useful if you are writ- ing source code. Auto-indent will automatically indent a new line to the same column to which the previous line is indented. The de- fault setting is "Y". Columns in Indent: You can specify the number of columns a line will be shifted when indented. The default setting is 8. Tab Positions - You can specify up to 10 tab positions to use in text files. The tabs can be entered in any order. If you need more than 10 tabs you can enter up to 100 in the editor ruler line. The default setting is 10 tabs in 8-column increments. Columns in Screen Shift - You can specify the number of columns to shift the screen to the right when <Shift F2> is pressed or to the left when <Shift F1> is pressed while editing a text file. The de- fault setting is 20. Display Column or File Position - If you wish the status line on the edit screen to display the current column on which the cursor is located, enter "C". If you wish to have the offset from the be- ginning of the file displayed, enter "F". The default setting is "C". Function Key Assignments - Function keys are assigned to perform 1 of 3 sets of functions. If you wish to use the function keys as command keys, enter "C". If you wish to use the function keys for graphics characters, enter "G". If you wish to use the function keys for math symbols, enter "M". See Appendix D for a complete explanation of function key assignments. The default setting is "C". Chapter 6: Setting Up (Edit Settings cont) Cursor Size - Choose a cursor size from a dash to a full block by entering a number in the range from 1 to 12 for monochrome and 1 to 7 for color. 1 is the largest and is the default setting. Display End-of-Line Symbols - If you wish to have carriage returns in text files displayed by a symbol, enter "Y". The default set- ting is "Y". Display Spaces as Dots - If you wish to have spaces in text files represented by dots, enter "Y". The default setting is "N". Display Non-Text Symbols as Dots - If you wish to have control and 8-bit characters represented on the screen by dots, enter "Y", or if you wish to have these characters displayed, enter "N". The de- fault setting is "N". Produce Matching Symbols - If you wish to have the symbols [, {, (, ', and " respectively matched by ], }, ), ', and ", enter "Y". Insert mode must be on for this feature to be active. This feature is particularly useful when writing source code. The default set- ing is "N". Number of Lines to Display - You can choose the number of lines you wish to have displayed on the edit screen. The default setting is 21 lines, which is normal for a screen that displays 25 lines. If you are using a screen that does not display 25 lines this set- ting can be changed to match the screen size. This setting can al- so be used to push the bottom information line off a normal screen by entering 22. Number of Columns to Display - You can choose the number of col- mns you wish to have displayed on the screen. The normal number of columns is 80, which is the default setting. If you are using an odd size screen, less than or greater than 80 columns, change this setting to match the screen width. Number of Columns in Screen Width - This setting must be set to correspond to the actual number of columns that is displayed by your monitor. If this setting is not correct, the editor will not work properly. The normal number of columns is 80, which is the default setting. If you are using an odd size screen, less than or greater than 80 columns, you should change this setting to match the screen width. EGA 43/VGA 50 Line Mode - If you are using an EGA or VGA monitor and wish to display additional lines on the screen. An EGA monitor will display 43 lines (39 lines of edit screen) and a VGA monitor will display 50 lines (46 lines of edit screen). Force Monochrome Mode - "Y" forces all screen displays into mono- chrome. When using a LCD screen, menu bars or other items on the screen may not display properly. Forcing the monochrome mode makes these items visible. Chapter 6: Setting Up (cont) To specify screen colors choose "Screen Settings" from the Setup Menu. The current colors will be listed on the screen. To choose another color, move the light bar to the item that you wish to change and press <Return>. A color selection screen will be displayed and the bar on the screen will display the color combination that would be in ef- fect if that option is selected. Screen colors can also be changed while in the edit mode by choosing "Set Screen Colors" from the Misc Menu or pressing <Alt V>. Foreground Color - You can choose a color for characters displayed on the edit screen from a total of 16 colors. Background Color - You can choose a background color for the edit screen from a total of 8 colors. Menu Foreground Color - You can choose a color for characters dis- played on menus from a total of 16 colors. Menu Background Color - You can choose a background color for men- us from a total of 8 colors. Menu Bar Foreground Color - You can choose a foreground color for menu bars from a total of 16 colors. Menu Bar Background Color - You can choose a background color for menu bars from a total of 8 colors. Save Settings - You can save the current settings to a disk file to be used later. For example, settings file "0" could be used for word pro- cessing, settings file "1" used for editing dBASE files, and settings file "2" used for writing source code. Settings files can be numbered from 0 to 9. Settings file "0" is read automatically when GEdit is started. Choose Settings - You can recall settings that have been previously saved by entering the number of the settings file (0 - 9). Chapter 7: Editing Types of Editing: Create, display, and edit source code: Use the Text File Editor to create and edit source code. Features that facilitate the creation of source code include automatic indenting, creating matching sym- bols, checking for open symbols, and running compilers while edit- ing. Word processing: GEdit includes a set of word processing features, including ruler lines, word wrapping, justifying, tabs, jump to stop, and keystroke macros. Use the Text File Editor to prepare letters, memos, and documents. Create, display, and edit DOS batch files: Use the Text File Edi- or to create and edit DOS batch files. Line drawing: The Text File Editor can be used for line drawing. This feature is excellent for creating forms and organization charts. Single and double lines can be mixed, and all lines can be joined automatically. Display and edit non-text files: You can display any disk file by choosing the Stream Editor. Non-text Files are displayed in fixed length lines (80 columns, unless you specify a different length) using all ASCII and Extended ASCII characters. Create, display, and edit data files: The Stream Editor can be used to edit data files. Select non-text file and set the line length to the record length. Ruler lines can be embeded anywhere in the file to ensure accurate data entry. Use the Hex Editor for editing files, disk sectors, and memory in hex format. Edit dBASE files: Create new dBASE files, modify a file's struct- ure, copy a file's structure to another file, directly enter data into dBASE files, recover dBASE files which have shifted data or include an embedded end-of-file character, and import dBASE data as an ASCII text file. Special purpose editing: Edit disk sectors (useful for recovering files from disks with a damaged FAT), and edit computer memory. Chapter 7: Editing (cont) Compiling from editor: To compile and link a Clipper program call- ed TEST, I first create a batch file named C.BAT as follows: C:\CLIPPER5\BIN\CLIPPER TEST IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END C:\CLIPPER5\BIN\RTLINK FILE TEST; IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END TEST :END The next step is to load TEST.PRG into GEdit and create a marco as follows: <Ctrl R> <C> <Enter> - begin recording macro C <F2> <Enter> - save the file <Ctrl E> <C> <Enter> - execute the file C.BAT <Enter> - return to editor after executing C.BAT <Ctrl R> - stop recording macro Anytime I am ready to compile, link, and run the program, I press the following keystrokes: <Ctrl M> <C> <Enter> If an error occurs during compiling, processing is returned to the editor, and if an error occurs during linking, processing is re- turned to the editor. Otherwise, the program is executed and when it is terminated, processing is returned to the editor. During the process of running a compiler, GEdit unloads itself from memory, providing more memory in which to run the compiler. Chapter 7: Editing (cont) Edit Menu The "Edit" option on the Main Menu displays the Edit Menu (see Appen- dix B). You can select from the following special purpose editors from the Edit Menu: Text File Editor: Choose the Text File Editor for editing ASCII text files, such as source code, batch files, and word processing document files. Stream Editor: Non-text Files: Lets you edit non-text files. This type file is displayed in a fixed-line-length format. The line length can be specified in Setup, and can be changed after the file is loaded. Edit Disk Sectors: Lets you directly edit disk sectors. The sectors that are loaded into memory may be treated as a non- text file or as disk sectors. If treated as a non-text file, they can be saved back to a disk as a file - this feature is useful for recovering files from a disk with a damaged FAT. If the sectors are treated as sectors they may be written back to the disk as sectors after editing. The number of sectors that can be loaded is determined by available memory. If you are accessing a hard disk, you must choose the partition which corresponds to the logical drive you wish to read. Edit Memory: Lets you view and edit computer memory. A segment (64K) can be edited beginning at the address you specify. Mem- ory is displayed in real time, meaning that you can observe the changes in memory as they occur. Hex Editor: Lets you edit files, disk sectors, or a memory segment in hex format. The hex representation (16 bytes) is displayed on the left side of the screen with the corresponding ASCII charac- ters shown on the right side. All editing is performed on the hex display, and the command set is the same as for the Stream Editor. dBASE Editor: Create New File: lets you create a new dBASE file with the structure you specify. Modify Structure: Lets you correct any problem with a file's header - such as the number of records in the file, or change a field's name, type, length, or decimal place, or insert or append a field. Copy Structure: Lets you copy the structure of an existing file to a new file. Edit File: Lets you directly edit an existing dBASE data file. Change or enter data, or correct problems in the file, such as shifted data or embedded end-of-file characters. dBASE files are treated as non-text files. Import File: Lets you import a dBASE data file in ASCII text file format. Chapter 7: Editing (cont) Editing Large Files: The size of the file that can be edited depends on available memory. If a file is too large to be fully loaded into memory, you will be given the options of spliting the file into smal- ler files for editing, loading a portion of the file for editing, or returning to the Main Menu. If you choose to split the file, the original file is left unaltered, and smaller files of the size you specify, are created from this orig- inal file with the extensions "1", "2", "3", etc. The first file (with the extension "1") will be loaded for editing. After editing, these files may be recombined by choosing "ReCombine File" from the System Menu, or by running the FC program. If you choose to load a portion of the file, you will be asked to specify the number of bytes to skip before beginning to load the file. the file will be loaded, beginning at the offset you specified, until the end-of-file is reached or memory is full. The portion of the file that is loaded will be given the same name as the original, but with an extension of "PRT". Methods for entering a file name: You can enter a name of an existing file for editing, or enter the name of a file to be created. If the file does not exist, no disk file will be created until the file is saved. If you have specified a default extension in Setup, and you do not add an extension to the file name, the default extension will be added. To prevent the extension from being added, end the file name with a period. The ways in which you can enter a file name are listed below: Pass the file name to GEdit as a parameter: When you execute GEdit by entering "GE" at the DOS prompt, add a space and the file name (i.e. C>GE C:\LETTERS\SOME.TXT). The file will be loaded in the Text Editor. A file should be created or loaded in this manner only if the file is a text file and the settings in the settings file "0" are appropriate. Type the file name at the file name prompt: Type in the file name, including the path, and press <Return>. Select from directory: Press <Return> at the file name prompt if you wish to select a file from a disk directory. Enter the mask (i.e. C:\LETTERS\*.* for all files in the LETTERS directory on the C: drive) for the directory you want displayed. Directory entries include hidden files and are arranged in alphabetical order. Move the light bar to the file you wish to edit and press <Return>. Select from history: Below the file name prompt, is listed the names of the files which have been edited during the current ses- sion, with the name of the last file edited on top. To edit one of the files listed in history, use <Down-Arrow> to move the light bar to the file you wish to edit and press <Return>. The display and the cursor position will be same as when the file was exited. Chapter 7: Editing (cont) Status Line The Status Line at the top of the edit screen displays information about the edit buffer and the file being edited. Below is listed the information to be found on the status line and the position on the line where the information is displayed: Current line 6 Offset in memory segment 9 Offset in file or the current column 21 Lines in file 29 Caps Lock ("Caps" if on) 50 Recording or executing macro ("R" for record, "M" for execute) 55 Drawing mode ("S" for single line, "D" for double line) 57 Pen up/down (Up-Arrow for pen up, Down-Arrow for pen down) 58 Word wrap ("W" if on) 60 Function keys assignment ("C"/commands, "G"/graphics, "M"/math) 62 Insert/overtype mode ("I" for insert, "O" for overtype) 64 Memory (in bytes) remaining in edit buffer 74 Ruler Line The Ruler Line below the Status line indicates tab positions, and can be used for defining tab positions by choosing "Set Tab Posit- ions" from the Format Menu. Bottom Information line The Bottom Information Line displays the type file being edited, if journaling is off or on, and the name of the file being edited. Entering Non-Key Characters Many characters in the IBM character set are not represented by a key on the keyboard. To enter these characters, hold <Alt> down while you type in the ACSII code for the character using the keys in the numeric keypad. When you release <Alt> the character will appear on the screen. Edit Commands Edit commands can be accessed though keystroke combinations or selected from menus. Many commands can be accessed in both ways, however, some are accessible only by keystrokes and others only though menus. The keystrokes specified in this section for execut- ing commands are default keystrokes. Keystroke assignments can be changed by using the program KeyMap (see Chapter 12). Listed below are the menus available from the edit mode: GEdit Main Menu: You can leave the edit mode and return to the Main Menu by pressing <Alt W>. If you choose to use an editor you will be returned to the edit mode with the screen split on the line on which the cursor was located. To return to the edit mode from the Main Menu without selecting another editor, press <Esc> or choose "Return to Editor" from the System Menu. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Top Menu: This menu can be accessed by pressing <Alt T> or by pressing <F1> (if function keys = commands). The Misc, Format, Block, Named Block, Attributes, Goto, Locate, Draw, Open Sym- bols, and File Management Menus are accessable from the Top Menu. Misc Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt U>. It provides several miscellaneous options, including help Format Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt F>. It provides options for formatting text, including word wrapping and justifying. Block Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt B>. It provides options for performing block operations. Named Block Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt N>. It provides options for performing block operations that involve saving and retrieving files with user- specified names. Attributes Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt A>. It provides options for marking text at- tributes for printing, such as bolding, underlining, and ital- ics. Goto Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt G>. It provides options for going to a particu- lar line, column, or page. Locate Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt L>. It provides options for locating, replacing, and counting strings. Line-Drawing Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt D>. It provides the options of entering the single-line or double-line drawing modes, drawing with a special character, and joining the lines in the file. Single and double lines can be mixed and joined. Open Symbols Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt O>. It provides options for checking the file for unmatched parenthesis, braces, and brackets when writing source code. File Management Menu: This menu is accessible from the Top Menu or by pressing <Alt M>. Many varied options are available from this menu. Overtype and insert typing modes: <Ins> will toggle the typing mode between overtype and insert. An "I" on the Status Line indi- cates that the insert mode is active and an "O" indicates that the overtype mode is active. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Cursor control: The following keystroke combinations move the cur- sor around the edit buffer. Left-Arrow Go left one column Right-Arrow Go right one Column Up-Arrow Go up one line Down-Arrow Go down one line Home Goto beginning of line End Goto end of line Ctrl Left-Arrow Previous Word Ctrl Right-Arrow Next Word Shift F1 Screen-shift left Shift F2 Screen-shift right PgUp Go up one screen PgDn Go down one screen Ctrl PgUp Goto top of screen Ctrl PgDn Goto bottom of screen Ctrl Home Goto beginning of file Ctrl End Goto end of file Tab Jump to next tab Shift Tab Jump to previous tab An additional cursor control command which can be used in text files is jump to stop. <Ctrl N> will move the cursor to the next ">" occurring in the file. This feature can be useful in forms and form letters. Deleting: The following commands delete units of text. For delet- ing blocks of text see "Erase" under Block Commands. Character: To delete a character, place the cursor on the character and press <Del>. Backspace: To delete the character to the left of the cursor, press <Backspace>. Word: to delete a word, place the cursor at the beginning of the word and press <Alt K>. To the end-of-line: To delete from the cursor to the end of the line press <Alt Y>. Line: To delete a line, place the cursor anywhere on the line and press <Alt X>. UnDeleting: These commands undo delete operations. Character: To undo the last character deletion, press <Ctrl D>. Word: To undo the last word deletion, press <Ctrl K>. The buf- fer for this operation is 50 characters. To the end-of-line: To undo the last to the end-of-line delet- ion, press <Ctrl Y>. The buffer for this operation is 150 characters. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Line: To undo the last line deletion, press <Ctrl X>. The buf- fer for this operation is 255 characters Inserting ruler lines: To insert a ruler line at the cursor locat- ion, press <Alt R>. Embedded ruler lines can be useful as a guide when editing a data file. Formatting: Commands to format text are discussed below. These op- erations are used primarily in word processing. (The format Menu is accessed by choosing "Form" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt F>.) Set Tabs: Choose "Set Tabs" from the Format Menu. Use the cur- sor control keys to move the cursor on the Ruler Line. To place a tab position on the Ruler Line, move the cursor to the position and press <Tab>. To remove a tab position, move the cursor to the position and press <Del>. When finished, press <Return>. Set Word Wrap: To set word wrap on, choose "Word Wrap On" from the Format Menu and enter the line length for wrap. All exist- ing text will be reformatted and word wrap activated. Soft end-of-line characters are saved with the file for printing purposes, however, the soft characters are stripped from the file when it loaded for editing and the lines wrapped as spec- ified in the setup. Set Word Wrap Off: To set word wrap off choose "Word Wrap Off" from the Format Menu. All soft carriage returns will be remov- ed, the existing text reformated, and word wrap inactivated. ReWrap: To correct the length of lines, after operations which alter the length by removing characters, place the cursor on the line at the beginning of the block, press <Ctrl A> or choose "Rewrap" from the Format Menu, move the cursor to high- light the block to be formatted, and press <Return>. Justify: To justify a block of text, place the cursor on the line at the beginning or end of the block, press <Alt J> or choose "Justify" from the Format Menu, move the cursor to high-light the block to be justified, and press <Return>. UnJustify: To unjustify a block of text, place the cursor on the line at the beginning or end of the block, press <Ctrl U> or choose "UnJustify" from the Format Menu, move the cursor to high-light the block to be unjustified, and press <Return>. Center String: To center a string (all text on a line) place the cursor on the line in which the the string is located and press <Alt C> or choose "Center String" from the format Menu. Pagenate: To pagenate a document, choose "Pagenate" from the Format Menu and enter the page length. A page break will be inserted at intervals equal to the page length that you speci- fied. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Convert Blanks to Spaces: Blanks (ASCII code 255) are used by GEdit for justifying in order that these operations can be re- versed. Blanks appear as spaces on the screen but might not be printed. GEdit will convert the blanks to spaces as it prints the file. However, if the file is printed using another pro- gram, formatting may be lost. If you intend to edit or print the file using another program, choose "Convert Blanks" from the Format Menu. Convert Soft EOL Characters: If you have created a text file using word wrap and want to convert the soft end-of-line char- acters to carriage returns (usually for the purpose of editing by another program) choose "Convert EOL" from the Format Menu. Block Commands: Operations on blocks and columns of text are dis- cussed below. (The Block Menu is accessed by choosing "Bloc" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt B>.) Erase: To erase a block of text, place the cursor at the be- ginning or the end of the block, press <F6> (if function keys = commands) or choose "Erase" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be erased, and press <Return>. Cut: To cut a block of text, place the cursor at the beginning or the end of the block, press <F7> (if function keys = com- mands) or choose "Cut" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be cut and press <Return>. The block that is cut is stored in a cut file and can be pasted anywhere in the current file or any other file as many times as you wish, until over- written by another cut. Paste: The last cut can be pasted into the current file by positioning the cursor at the location at which the text is to be pasted, and pressing <F8> (if function keys = commands) or by choosing "Paste" from the Block Menu. Copy: To copy a block of text from one location to another lo- cation in a file, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the block to be copied, press <F9> (if function keys = com- mands) or choose "Copy" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be copied, press <Return>, move the cursor to the po- sition at which the block is to be copied, and press <Return>. Move: To move a block of text from one location to another lo- cation in a file, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the block to be moved, press <F10> (if function keys = com- mands) or choose "Move" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be moved and press <Return>, move the cursor to the position at which the block is to be moved, and press <Re- turn>. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Column Cut: To cut a column of text, place the cursor at the beginning or the end of the column, press <Shift F7> (if function keys = commands) or choose "Column Cut" from the Block Menu, specify if you want the column cut or just stored, high-light the column to be cut, and press <Return>. The block that is cut is stored in a column cut file and can be column pasted anywhere in the current file or any other file as many times as you wish, until overwritten by another column cut. Capture: While editing disk sectors or memory, column blocks can be captured by pressing <Shift F7> (if function keys = commands), high-lighting the column to be cut, and pressing <Return>. The captured block can be retreived in a text file by pressing <Shift F8>. Column Paste: The last column cut can be pasted into the cur- rent file by positioning the cursor at the location at which the text is to be pasted, and pressing <Shift F8> (if function keys = commands) or choosing "Column Paste" from the Block Menu. Specify if you want to insert the cut or overwrite the existing text. Column Copy: To copy a column of text from one location to an- other location in a file, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the column to be copied, press <Shift F9> (if function keys = commands) or choose "Column Copy" from the Block Menu, high-light the column to be copied, press <Return>, move the cursor to the position at which the column is to be copied, and press <Return>. Specify if you want to insert the cut or overwrite the existing text. Column Move: To move a column of text from one location to an- other location in a file, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the column to be moved, press <Shift F10> or choose "Column Move" from the Block Menu, high-light the column to be moved, press <Return>, move the cursor to the position at which the column is to be moved, and press <Return>. Indent: To indent a block, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the block to be indented, press <Alt I> or choose "Indent" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be indented, and press <Return>. The block will be indented the number of columns specified in Edit Setup. Upper Case: To change the case of all letters in a block to upper case, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the block to be changed, choose "Upper Case" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be changed, and press <Return>. Lower Case: To change the case of all letters in a block to lower case, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the block to be changed, choose "Lower Case" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be changed, and press <Return>. Hot Print: To print a block of text, place the cursor at the beginning or end of the block to be printed, press <Ctrl P> or choose "Hot Print" from the Block Menu, high-light the block to be printed, and press <Return>. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Named Block Commands: Named block operations are identical to block operations with the exception that they are associated with user-specified file names. Standard cuts are saved to a file call- ed "CUT.DAT" and standard column cuts are stored in the file named "CCUT.DAT". Standard cuts and column cuts are, therefore, written over with the next similar operation. If named cuts are used, any number of cuts can be saved by using different file names. These operations are discussed below. (The Named Block Menu is accessed by choosing "NBlk" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt N>.) Named Cut: To name cut a block of text, place the cursor at the beginning or the end of the block, press <Ctrl F7> (if function keys = commands) or choose "Named Cut" from the Named Block Menu, enter the file name for the cut, high-light the block to be cut, and press <Return>. The cut is stored in a file and can be pasted anywhere in the current file or any other file as many times as you wish by choosing "Named Paste" from the Named Block Menu and entering the file name. Named Paste: To paste a named cut, position the cursor at the location at which the block is to be pasted, press <Ctrl F8> (if function keys = commands) or choose "Named Paste" from the Named Block Menu, and enter the name of the cut file. Named Column Cut: To name column cut a block of text, place the cursor at the beginning or the end of the column and press <Ctrl F9> (if function keys = commands) or choose "Named Col- umn Cut" from the Named Block Menu. Enter the file name for the cut, high-light the column to be cut, and press <Return>. The column that is cut is stored in a file and can be pasted anywhere in the current file, or any other file, as many times as you wish by choosing "Named Column Paste" from the Named Block Menu and entering the file name. Named Column Paste: To paste a named column cut, position the cursor at the location at which the column is to be pasted, press <Ctrl F10> (if function keys = commands) or choose "Nam- ed Column Paste" from the Named Block Menu, and enter the name of the cut file. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands continued) Attributes: The attributes of text when printed are controlled by printer control codes derived from printer driver files. A printer control code is sent to the printer when an attribute symbol is encountered in the text being printed (when the attribute symbol for condensed print in encountered in the text, the printer code for condensed print is sent to the printer). To place an attribute code in text, position the cursor where you want to place the code and access the Attributes Menu by choosing "Attr" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt A>. From this menu you can select from 10 user-defined attributes or 12 standard attributes described below. Standard attributes: If you select a standard attribute, use the cursor control keys to high-light the area to change and press <Return>. An attribute code will be placed at the begin- ning and at the end of the block marked. When printing, a code to set the attribute is sent to the printer when the first at- tribute code is encountered, and a code to reset the attribute is sent when the second attribute code is encountered. Stand- ard attributes are listed below: Bold Underlined Italics Superscript Subscript Double Wide Pica Elite Condensed 6 Lines per Inch 8 Lines per Inch Double Spacing User-Defined Attributes: These are attributes not included in the standard attributes and represent codes entered by the user (see Chapter 8). If you choose to insert an user-defined attribute, enter the number of the code from 0 to 9, and press <Return>. The attribute code will be placed at the cursor pos- ition. Use the program PCODES.EXE, which is included on the GEdit Distribution Disk to create user-defined codes. User-defined attribute codes can also be inserted in the text by placing the cursor at the position where you wish to change the attribute, and pressing <Alt> plus the number of the code from the number keys at the top of the keyboard. Embedding printer codes: Printer codes can be embedded in the file by holding <Alt> down while entering the ASCII code from the nu- meric keypad and then releasing <Alt>. Goto: A quick way of moving around a file is to use the goto com- mands. These commands are discussed below. (The Goto Menu is ac- cessed by choosing "Goto" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt G>.) Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Goto Line: To goto a particular line in the file being edited, choose "Goto Line" from the Goto Menu and enter the line num- ber. Goto Column: To goto a particular column in the file being ed- ited, choose "Goto Column" from the Goto Menu and enter the column number. Goto Page: To goto a particular page in the file being edited, choose "Goto Page" from the Goto Menu and enter the page num- ber. Goto Offset: If you are editing a memory segment, you can go- to a particular offset by choosing "Goto Offset" from the Goto Menu and entering the offset. Locate and Replace: Commands to locate and replace strings in a file are available in the Locate Menu. In specifing the string to be located or replaced, "?" can be used as a wildcard to repre- sent any single character. After entering the string you will be asked if the search is to be case sensitive. If you reply no, the case of the characters in the string will be disregarded. These commands are discussed below. (The Locate Menu is accessed by choosing "Find" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt L>.) Locate To locate a string in a file past the cursor position, choose "Locate Forward", and to locate a string before the cursor position, choose "Locate Backward" from the Locate Menu, enter the string, and indicate if the search is to be case-sensitive by pressing <Y> or <N>. If the string is locat- ed, you will be asked if you wish to continue the search. To resume a search at any time after entering a search string, press <Ctrl-B> to search backwards, or <Ctrl-F> to search for- ward. Replace: To replace a string in a file past the cursor posit- ion choose "Replace Forward", and to replace a string before the cursor position choose "Replace Backward" from the Locate Menu. Enter the string, indicate if the search is to be case- sensitive by pressing <Y> or <N>, and enter the string to re- place with. If the string is located, you will be asked if you wish to replace the string, and then asked if you wish to con- tinue the search. Global Replace: To replace all strings, meeting the specified criteria, without prompting, in a file past the cursor posit- ion choose "Global Replace Forward", and to replace strings before the cursor position, without prompting, choose "Global Replace Backward" from the Locate Menu. Enter the string, in- dicate if the search is to be case-sensitive by pressing <Y> or <N>, and enter the string to replace with. Count: To count the occurrences of a string in a file past the cursor position choose "Count Forward", and to count the oc- currences of a string before the cursor position choose "Count Backward" from the Locate Menu, indicate if the search is to be case-sensitive by pressing <Y> or <N>, and enter the string. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Line Drawing: To draw lines use the line-drawing commands which are available in the Line-Drawing Menu. These commands are dis- cussed below. (The Line-Drawing Menu is accessed by choosing "Draw" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt D>.) Drawing: To draw a single line, choose "Draw with Single Line" from the Line-Drawing Menu. For a double line, choose "Draw with a Double line" from the Line-Drawing Menu. To draw with a special character (ASCII character 219 is useful for drawing boxes) choose "Enter Drawing Character" from the Line-Drawing Menu. Use the cursor control keys to draw the line. Toggling The Pen: When you enter the line-drawing mode the pen is down (look for the down-arrow on the Status Line). To raise the pen to enter text or to move to another location, press <Alt -> (the <Alt -> keystroke combination toggles the pen up and down). When ready to draw again press <Alt -> to lower the pen. To leave line-drawing, choose "Leave Line-Drawing Mode" from the Line-Drawing Menu. Joining Lines: Lines that cross or meet but do not join can be joined by choosing "Join Lines in File" from the Line-Drawing Menu. Single and double lines are joined by this procedure. Using Graphic Symbols: To assist in line drawing, many graphic symbols are available by using the function keys when they are assigned to graphics. See Chapter 6 for information on assigning function keys and see Appendix D for the key assignments. Matching Symbols: To determine if symbols in a file are matched by the appropriate symbol, access the Open Symbols Menu by choosing "OSym" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt O>, and select the sym- bol (parenthesis, braces, or brackets) to be checked. File Management: Many commands are available from the File Manage- ment Menu. These commands are discussed below. (The File Manage- ment Menu is accessed by choosing "File" from the Top Menu or pressing <Alt M>.) Insert File: To insert a file at the cursor location, choose "Insert File" from the File Management Menu and enter the file name. Append File: To append a file to the file being edited, choose "Append File" from the File Management Menu, and enter the file name. Compare Two Files: To compare two files, both files must be opened and displayed in the split-screen mode. The cursor can be in either file. Choose "Compare Two Files" from the File Management Menu. Any differences in the files will be identi- fied by line and column number as the comparison is made. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Change Line Length: To change the line length of a non-text file, choose "Change Line Length" from the File Management Menu, and enter the new line length. Strip Page Breaks: To remove all the page breaks from a file, choose "Strip Page Breaks" from the File Management Menu. Strip Ruler Lines: To remove all the ruler lines from a file, choose "Strip Ruler Lines" from the File Management Menu. Strip 8-Bit Characters: To remove all 8-bit characters from the file being edited, choose "Strip 8-Bit Characters" from the File Management Menu. Any line drawing in the file will be erased by this command. Insert at Intervals: To insert a particular character at set intervals in the file, choose "Insert at Intervals" from the File Management Menu. Use this feature to add carriage returns at the end of records, or to insert delimiters between fields. Rebuilding Line-Ending Index: If part of the file is missing, or there is garbage in the file, or the end-of-line symbols appear in the line instead of at the end, the line-ending in- dex is probably corrupted. To correct, choose "Rebuild Line- Ending Index" from the File Management Menu. Print Variables: Page numbers can change while editing a document, and the current date can change between the time you edit a file and the time you print it. GEdit will provide this information if it encounters the appropriate symbols while printing the file. These symbols and others that GEdit recognizes, with the variables that they represent, are listed below: Enter this to print this ~P Page number ~D System date ~T System time ~L Current line/paragraph ASCII Table: To display a table of ASCII codes in decimal and hex- idecimal with corresponding symbols, press <Alt Z>. Changing Setup from Edit Mode: Edit settings can be changed from the edit mode by pressing <Alt E> or choosing "Set Edit Settings" from the Misc Menu, and the screen colors can be changed by press- ing <Alt V> or by choosing "Set Screen Colors" from the Misc Menu. Creating and Executing Macros: Keystroke macros can be recorded by pressing <Ctrl R>. Enter the name of the macro (only one character allowed) and press <Return>. All keystrokes will be recorded until the recording is stopped by pressing <Ctrl R> again. To execute the macro, press <Ctrl M>, enter the name of the macro, and press <Return>. All the previously recorded keystrokes will be replayed. Chapter 7: Editing (Edit Commands cont) Loading File from Editor: If you wish to replace the file you are editing with a text file, press <Ctrl O> or <F4> (if function keys = commands), or choose "Load New File" from the Misc Menu. If you have made changes to the current file, you will be given the op- portunity to save the file. Then enter the file name, as you nor- mally would, at the prompt. Split-Screen Editing: The edit screen can be split in order to display two files (or memory, or disk sectors) at once. The same file can be displayed in both windows - if the file is not a dBASE data file. This can be done in two ways: Position the cursor on the line where you wish to split the screen and press <Ctrl W>, or choose "Open Window" from the Misc Menu. Select an editor from the Edit Menu. This editor will be active in the bottom window. You can return to the Main Menu to choose an editor. Position the cursor on the line where you wish to split the screen and return to the Main Menu by pressing <Alt W>, or by choosing "Goto Main Menu" from the Misc Menu. Choose the editor you wish to use from the Edit Menu (or to return to the edit mode without splitting the screen press <Esc>, or choose "Return to Editor" from the System Menu). Processing will be returned to the edit mode with the bottom window active. Switching Windows: To switch between windows press <Alt =>. Running Another Program: To run another program from the editor, press <Ctrl E> or <F5> (if function keys = commands) and enter the complete command line (the command that you would enter at the DOS prompt). Shell to DOS: To shell to DOS from the editor, press <Ctrl S>, or choose "Shell to DOS" from the Misc Menu. GEdit and the edit buf- fer are unloaded from memory when shelling to DOS. This provides the free memory, minus approximately 12K, that would be available if GEdit was not loaded. Enter "EXIT" at the DOS prompt to return to GEdit. Saving File: To save a file without leaving the edit mode, press <Alt S> or <F2> (if function keys = commands), or choose "Save Current File" from the Misc Menu. Press <Return> if the file name displayed is correct, or enter a different file name. Quitting: To close an edit window press <Alt Q> or <F3> (if funct- ion keys = commands), or choose "Quit Current File" from the Misc Menu. If you are editing a file or disk sectors and you have made changes to the file, you will asked if you want to save or to quit without saving. Press <N> to quit without saving, or press any other key to save the file. If only one window is open, processing will be returned to the Main Menu, otherwise, the other window be- comes active. Chapter 8: Printing The "Print" option on the Main Menu displays the Print Menu. You can select from the following options on the Print Menu: Print File: Before printing a file, check to ensure that the print settings are correct and that the printer is ready. To print a file choose "Print File" from the Print Menu and enter the file name or press <Return> to select a file from the directory. Eject Form: sends a form-feed character to the printer. Use this option to eject the last page of the printed file if the printer does not receive a form feed from the file. Enter Print Settings: lets you specify the settings to use when printing. The available settings are listed below. After the set- tings are changed to your satisfaction, press <F10> to save to the settings file, or press <Esc> to leave without saving. File type <T>ext or <N>on-text: To print a text file enter "T" or enter "N" to print a non-text file. Line length for non-text files: Enter the line wrap-around length for non-text files. Top margin: Enter the number of lines to skip at the top of each page. Left margin: Enter the number of columns to skip at the begin- ing of each line. Pitch <P>ica, <E>lite, or <C>ondensed: Enter the number of characters per inch. Choose "P" for 10 characters per inch, "E" for 12 characters per inch, or <C> for 15 or 17 characters per inch. Lines/inch: Enter the number (6 or 8) of lines to print per inch. Paper length: Enter the form length in lines. Begin on page: Enter the number of the page in the document on which to begin printing. When printing a text file the page number is incremented when a form feed character is encounter- ed. When printing a non-text file the page number is incre- mented when the number of lines in a form is reached. End on page: Enter the number of the last page in the document that you wish to have printed. Pause between pages <Y> or <N> - choose "Y" if you need to pause between pages to change paper. Printing is paused until a key is pressed and the form feed is suppressed. Quality <D>raft or <F>inal - choose "D" for faster draft printing or "F" for higher quality final printing. Chapter 8: Printing (Enter Print Settings continued) Number of copies - enter the number of copies of the file that you wish to print. Printer driver - enter the name of the printer driver file that corresponds to the printer you are using. Drivers for the Epson FX (EPSONFX) and the HP LaserJet III (HP-III) are sup- plied with GEdit. Use PCodes (see Chapter 13) to create addit- ional printer drivers. Parallel <P?> or Serial <S?> - enter the type of port to which the printer is connected. For example, enter "P1" if the printer is connected to parallel port number 1, or "S2" for serial port number 2. Baud (300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600) - if you are printing from a serial port choose the baud rate at which the printer is set. Handshaking for serial printers: Serial printers must be set to no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and the protocol must be serial busy (DTR and RCH). Chapter 10: Quitting To leave GEdit if no files are open, press <Esc> at the Main Menu. To quit, even if files are open, choose "Quit" from the System Menu. Chapter 11: Using the FC Program If you have created a GEdit work disk, the program FC.EXE will be on the work disk. If you have installed GEdit on a hard disk, it will be located in the same directory as GE.EXE. To run this program, enter "FC" at the DOS prompt. The purpose of FC is to split large files into smaller files which will fit into memory for editing, and to recombine these smaller files after editing. To split a file, choose "Breakup File" from the FC Menu, enter the file name, and then the size you wish to make the files. Be sure that the size that you specify is small enough to fit into memory. The original file will be left unaltered, and smaller files of the size you specified, will be created from this original file with the exten- sions "1", "2", "3", etc. To recombine the smaller files, after they have been edited, choose "ReCombine Files" from the FC Menu. You will be given the opportunity to make a backup of the original file before it is replaced with the recombined files. The smaller files (with extensions "1", "2", "3", etc.) will be combined into a file with the same name as the original file, and will replace the original file. Chapter 12: Using the KeyMap Program If you have created a GEdit work disk, the program KEYMAP.EXE will be on the work disk. If you have installed GEdit on a hard disk, it will be located in the same directory as GE.EXE. Before you use KeyMap on a hard disk, be sure that the AUTOEXEC.BAT file includes the statement "SET SUPPORT=C:\GE\SUPPORT" or the directory you specified for support files when you installed GEdit. To run this program, enter "KEYMAP" at the DOS prompt. The purpose of KeyMap is to assign commands to particular keystrokes. The key assignments are stored in a file called KEY.MAP which is lo- cated on the work disk, or in the support files directory if GEdit is installed on a hard disk. The main screen displays 88 commands. The number of the command pres- ently assigned to each keystroke is displayed next to the keystroke. To change the assignment, enter the number of the new command in the column next to the keystroke. A command can be assigned to more than one keystroke. Use the <Down-Arrow> and <Up-Arrow> keys to move the cursor to the keystroke you wish to change. The listing of keystrokes will scroll until the bottom or top of the list is displayed. Press <End> to dis- play the bottom of the list, and <Home> to display the top of the list. <PgDn> moves the display down one screen, and <PgUp> moves the display up one screen. Press <Esc> to leave KeyMap without saving any changes, or press <F10> to leave KeyMap and save the changes. The file KEY.MAP is not essential to the operation of GEdit. GEdit contains a listing of default keystroke assignments (see Appendix C), which it uses if it cannot find KEY.MAP. Chapter 13: Using the PCodes Program If you have created a GEdit work disk, the program, PCODES.EXE will be on the work disk. If you have installed GEdit on a hard disk, it will be located in the same directory as GE.EXE. To run this program, enter "PCODES" at the DOS prompt. Choose to create or edit a printer driver by selecting "Standard Codes", or enter user-defined codes by select- ing "User Defined Codes". After you enter the codes, press <F10> to save the printer driver file, or press <Esc> to leave without saving. GEdit looks in the GEdit support directory for driver files. Standard Codes: Enter the name of the printer with no spaces and with eight characters or less. Enter the codes in hex using no spaces or delimiters. Separate set and reset codes with a "/". The standard codes that can be entered are listed below: Reset printer - enter the code that initializes the printer. Draft quality - enter the code for draft quality print. Final quality - enter the code for final quality print. Form length in lines - enter the code for setting the form length in lines. In place of the number which represents the number of lines on the page, enter "XX". GEdit will supply this number from the print settings. Bold - enter the code for bold printing and the code for re- setting bold print, separated by a "/". This might be the code for emphasized or double-strike print. Underline - enter the code for underlining and for resetting underlining, separated by a "/". Italics - enter the code for italics and the code for reset- ting italics, separated by a "/". Superscript - enter the code for superscript and the code for resetting superscript, separated by a "/". Subscript - enter the code for subscript and the code for re- setting subscript, separated by a "/". Double wide - enter the code for double wide and the code for resetting double wide, separated by a "/". Pica - enter the code for 10 character per inch printing and a reset code, if there is one, separated by a "/". Elite - enter the code for 12 character per inch printing and a reset code, separated by a "/". Condensed - enter the code for condensed printing and a reset code, separated by a "/". Chapter 13: Using the PCodes Program (cont) 6 lines/inch - enter the code for 6 lines per inch printing and a reset code, if there is one, separated by a "/". 8 lines/inch - enter the code for 8 lines per inch printing and a reset code, separated by a "/". User Defined Codes: You can enter up to 10 codes. These codes are used to supplement the standard codes and can be inserted in a document by accessing the Attributes Menu or by pressing <Alt> and the code number (0 - 9) from the number keys at the top of the keyboard. Chapter 14: Trouble Shooting Problem: When attempting to display help screens, the message "Help screen not found" is displayed. Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the root directory of the bootable drive to include a statement (i.e. SET SUPPORT=C:\GE\SUPPORT) assign- ing the variable "SUPPORT" to the directory where the GEdit support files are located. Problem: Part of file is missing, garbage in file, or end-of-file sym- bols are displayed in the line instead of at the end of the line. This is usually caused by a corrupted line-ending index. To correct, reindex the line-ending index by choosing "Rebuild Line-Ending Index" from the File Management Menu. Problem: Justification is lost while printing. This is result of the printer not printing the blanks used by GEdit for the purpose of justifying. To correct, choose "Convert Blanks" from the the Format Menu to convert the blanks to spaces. Problem: An extra character is printed in the upper left corner of the page or elsewhere in the printout, or attributes specified in the file are not properly printed. This is caused by a missing or improper printer driver. Make sure that you have the correct driver and if you do not, create one using the program PCODES.EXE which is included on the GEdit Distribution Disk (see Chapter 13). Make sure that the correct driver is specified in the print settings, and lastly, make sure that the driver is in the proper directory (the GEdit support files directory). Problem: A disk write error when attempting to cut text. This can be caused by insufficient disk space to hold the amount of material being cut. Retry, using smaller cuts. If you are using GEdit on a floppy disk, and have not created a work disk, do so by running FINSTALL. Problem: Everything is wrong (colors, screen width, etc.). This is probably caused by a settings file saved by a previous version of GEdit. The format of the settings file may change from one version to the next as new features are added. To correct, delete all settings files in the support directory. These files are named EDITSET?.DAT. APPENDIX A - Menu Tree ┌───────────┐ │ MAIN MENU │ └─────┬─────┘ │ │ │ ┌─────────────┬─────────────┼─────────────┬─────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ │ EDIT │ │ SYSTEM │ │ SETUP │ │ HELP │ │ PRINT │ └─────┬─────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ │ │ │ ┌─────┴─────┐ │ TOP │ └─────┬─────┘ │ ├─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬───────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ │ │ MISC │ │ FORMAT │ │ BLOCK │ │NAMED BLOCK│ │ATTRIBUTES │ │ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ │ │ │ ┌─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬───────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┴─────┐ │ GOTO │ │ FIND │ │ DRAW │ │ MATCH SYM │ │FILE MANAGE│ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ APPENDIX B - Menus Edit Menu System Menu ┌──────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────┐ │ Text File Editor │ │ Quit │ │ Stream Editor │ │ Return to Editor │ │ Hex Editor │ │ Shell to DOS │ │ dBASE Editor │ │ Run Program │ └──────────────────┘ │ ReCombine File │ │ Redo Edit Session │ │ Copyright Screen │ Setup Menu └───────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────┐ │ File Settings │ Help Menu │ Edit Settings │ │ Screen Settings │ ┌───────────────────┐ │ Save Settings │ │ Help on GEdit │ │ Choose Settings │ │ Help on Mouse │ └─────────────────┘ │ Help on Main Menu │ │ Help on Setup │ │ Help on Editing │ │ Help on Printing │ Print Menu └───────────────────┘ ┌────────────────┐ │ Print File │ Type Menu │ Eject Form │ │ Enter Settings │ ┌────────────────────────┐ └────────────────┘ │ Non-text File │ │ Disk Sectors (file) │ │ Disk Sectors (sectors) │ dBASE Menu │ Memory │ │ Escape │ ┌─────────────────┐ └────────────────────────┘ │ Create File │ │ Modi Structure │ │ Copy Structure │ Redo Menu │ Edit File │ │ Convert to Text │ ┌───────────────┐ │ Escape │ │ Text File │ └─────────────────┘ │ Non-text File │ │ dBASE File │ │ Escape │ Misc Menu └───────────────┘ ┌───────────────────┐ │ Help on Editing │ Goto Menu │ Save Current File │ │ Load New File │ ┌─────────────┐ │ Quit Current File │ │ Goto Line │ │ Switch Window │ │ Goto Column │ │ Open Window │ │ Goto Page │ │ Goto Main Menu │ │ Goto Offset │ │ Execute Program │ │ Escape │ │ Shell to DOS │ └─────────────┘ │ Set Edit Settings │ │ Set Screen Colors │ │ Escape │ └───────────────────┘ APPENDIX B - Menus (cont) Block Menu Line Drawing Menu ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Cut │ │ Draw with Single Line │ │ Erase │ │ Draw with Double Line │ │ Paste │ │ Enter Drawing Character │ │ Copy │ │ Join Lines in File │ │ Move │ │ Leave Line-Drawing Mode │ │ Column Cut │ │ Escape │ │ Column Paste │ └─────────────────────────┘ │ Column Copy │ │ Column Move │ │ Indent │ Format Menu │ Upper Case │ │ Lower Case │ ┌────────────────┐ │ Hot-Print │ │ Word Wrap On │ │ Escape │ │ Word Wrap Off │ └──────────────┘ │ Format │ │ Justify │ │ UnJustify │ Locate Menu │ Center String │ │ Pagenate │ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Set Tabs │ │ Locate Forward │ │ Convert Blanks │ │ Locate Backward │ │ Convert EOL │ │ Replace Forward │ │ Escape │ │ Replace Backward │ └────────────────┘ │ Global Replace Forward │ │ Global Replace Backward │ │ Count Forward │ Open Symbols Menu │ Count Backward │ │ Escape │ ┌────────────────────────┐ └─────────────────────────┘ │ Match Parenthesis - () │ │ Match Braces - {} │ │ Match Brackets - [] │ Named Block Menu │ Escape │ └────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────┐ │ Named Cut │ │ Named Paste │ File Management Menu │ Named Column Cut │ │ Named Column Paste │ ┌─────────────────────┐ │ Escape │ │ Insert File │ └────────────────────┘ │ Append File │ │ Compare Two Files │ │ Change Line Length │ │ Strip Page Breaks │ │ Strip Ruler Lines │ │ Strip 8-Bit Chars │ │ Insert at Intervals │ │ Rebuild Line Index │ │ Escape │ └─────────────────────┘ APPENDIX B - Menus (cont) Attribute Menu Forground Color Menu ┌────────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │ Bold │ │ Black │ │ Underlined │ │ Blue │ │ Italics │ │ Green │ │ Superscript │ │ Cyan │ │ Subscript │ │ Red │ │ Double Wide │ │ Magneta │ │ Pica │ │ Brown │ │ Elite │ │ Light Grey │ │ Condensed │ │ Dark Grey │ │ 6 Lines/Inch │ │ Light Blue │ │ 8 Lines/Inch │ │ Light Green │ │ Double Spacing │ │ Light Cyan │ │ User Defined │ │ Light Red │ │ Escape │ │ Light Magenta │ └────────────────┘ │ Yellow │ │ White │ └───────────────┘ Background Color Menu ┌───────────────┐ │ Black │ │ Blue │ │ Green │ │ Cyan │ │ Red │ │ Magneta │ │ Brown │ │ Light Grey │ └───────────────┘ APPENDIX C - Edit Commands Command Action Default Key Stroke File Type * ┌─┬─┬─┬─┐ │T│N│M│S│ ├─┼─┼─┼─┤ {HELP} Help Alt H or F1 ** │X│X│X│X│ {SAVE} Save Current File Alt S or F2 │X│X│ │ │ {QUIT} Close Current File ALT Q or F3 │X│X│X│X│ {LOAD} Load New Text File Ctrl O or F4 │X│X│X│X│ {RUN} Execute Another Program Ctrl E or F5 │X│X│X│X│ {SHELL} Shell to DOS Ctrl S │X│X│X│X│ {WINDOW} Open Window Ctrl W │X│X│X│X│ {SWITCH} Switch Window Alt = │X│X│X│X│ {EDITSET} Edit Setup Alt E │X│X│X│X│ {SCREENSET} Screen Color Setup Alt V │X│X│X│X│ {ASCII} ASCII Table Alt Z │X│X│X│X│ │ │ │ │ │ Cursor Control: │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ {LEFT} Go Left One Column Left-Arrow │X│X│X│X│ {RIGHT} Go Right One Column Right-Arrow │X│X│X│X│ {CUP} Go Up One Line Up-Arrow │X│X│X│X│ {CDOWN} Go Down One Line Down-Arrow │X│X│X│X│ {HOME} Goto Beginning of Line Home │X│X│X│X│ {EOL} Goto End of Line End │X│X│X│X│ {PWORD} Previous Word Ctrl Left-Arrow │X│X│X│X│ {NWORD} Next Word Ctrl Right-Arrow │X│X│X│X│ {SLEFT} Screen-Shift Left Shift F1 │X│X│X│X│ {SRIGHT} Screen-Shift Right Shift F2 │X│ │ │ │ {PGUP} Go Up one Screen PgUp │X│X│X│X│ {PGDN} Go Down one Screen PgDn │X│X│X│X│ {TOP} Go To Top of Screen Ctrl PgUp │X│X│X│X│ {BOTTOM} Go to Bottom of Screen Ctrl PgDn │X│X│X│X│ {BEGIN} Goto Beginning of File Ctrl Home │X│X│X│X│ {END} Goto End of File Ctrl End │X│X│X│X│ {TAB} Jump to Next Tab Tab │X│X│X│X│ {BTAB} Jump to Previous Tab Shift Tab │X│X│X│X│ {JUMP} Jump to Stop Ctrl N │X│ │ │ │ └─┴─┴─┴─┘ * T ASCII text file, including imported files N non-text file, including dBASE files and disk sectors as file M memory S disk sectors as sectors ** Function keys can be used for commands only when assigned as command keys (To change function key assignments go to the Edit Setup) APPENDIX C - Edit Commands (cont) Command Action Default Key Stroke File Type ┌─┬─┬─┬─┐ Editing: │T│N│M│S│ ├─┼─┼─┼─┤ {DELETE} Delete Character at Cursor Del │X│X│ │ │ {UNDEL} Undo Delete Character Ctrl D │X│X│ │ │ {BSPACE} Delete Character Left of Cur Backspace │X│X│ │ │ {KILL} Delete Word Alt K │X│ │ │ │ {UNKILL} Undo Kill Word Ctrl K │X│ │ │ │ {DEOL} Delete to End of Line Alt Y │X│ │ │ │ {UNEOL} Undo Delete to End of Line Ctrl Y │X│ │ │ │ {DLINE} Delete Line Alt X │X│X│ │ │ {UNLINE} Undo Delete Line Ctrl X │X│X│ │ │ {NEWLINE} Insert End-of-Line Mark Return │X│ │ │ │ {TINSERT} Toggle Insert Off/On Ins │X│X│ │ │ {TPEN} Raise/Lower Pen Alt - │X│ │ │ │ {RMACRO} Record Keystroke Macro Ctrl R │X│X│X│X│ {RMACRO} Stop Recording Macro Ctrl R │X│X│X│X│ {MACRO} Execute Keystroke Macro Ctrl M │X│X│X│X│ {EMBED?} Embed User Defined Codes Alt 0 - Alt 9 │X│ │ │ │ {INDENT} Indent Block Alt I │X│ │ │ │ {REWRAP} ReDo Word Wrap for Block Ctrl A │X│ │ │ │ {JUSTIFY} Justify Block Alt J │X│ │ │ │ {UNJUSTIFY} UnJustify Block Ctrl J │X│ │ │ │ {CENTER} Center String Alt C │X│ │ │ │ {RULER} Insert Ruler Line Alt R │X│ │ │ │ {PAGE} Insert Page Break Alt P │X│ │ │ │ {ERASE} Erase Block F6 │X│X│ │ │ {CUT} Cut Block F7 │X│X│ │ │ {PASTE} Paste Block F8 │X│X│ │ │ {COPY} Copy Block F9 │X│X│ │ │ {MOVE} Move Block F10 │X│X│ │ │ {CCUT} Column Cut Shift F7 │X│X│ │ │ {CAPTURE} Capture Shift F7 │ │ │X│X│ {CPASTE} Column Paste Shift F8 │X│X│ │ │ {CCOPY} Column Copy Shift F9 │X│X│ │ │ {CMOVE} Column Move Shift F10 │X│X│ │ │ {NCUT} Named Cut Block Ctrl F7 │X│X│ │ │ {NPASTE} Named Paste Block Ctrl F8 │X│X│ │ │ {NCCUT} Named Column Cut Ctrl F9 │X│X│ │ │ {NCPASTE} Named Column Paste Ctrl F10 │X│X│ │ │ {BSEARCH} Continue Search Backward Ctrl B │X│X│X│X│ {FSEARCH} Continue Search Forward Ctrl F │X│X│X│X│ {UPCASE} Upper Case Block Ctrl U │X│ │ │ │ {LOWCASE} Lower Case Block Ctrl L │X│ │ │ │ └─┴─┴─┴─┘ APPENDIX C - Edit Commands (cont) Command Action Default Key Stroke File Type ┌─┬─┬─┬─┐ Menus: │T│N│M│S│ ├─┼─┼─┼─┤ {GEMENU} GEdit Menu Alt W │X│X│X│X│ {TMENU} Top Menu Alt T or F1 │X│X│X│X│ {UMENU} Misc Menu Alt U │X│X│X│X│ {FMMENU} File Management Menu Alt M │X│X│ │ │ {GMENU} Goto Menu Alt G │X│X│X│X│ {LMENU} Locate Menu Alt L │X│X│X│X│ {BMENU} Block-Function Menu Alt B │X│X│X│X│ {NMENU} Named Block-Function Menu Alt N │X│X│X│X│ {AMENU} Attributes Menu Alt A │X│ │ │ │ {DMENU} Line-Drawing Menu Alt D │X│ │ │ │ {OMENU} Open Symbols Menu Alt O │X│ │ │ │ {FMENU} Format Menu Alt F │X│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Printing: │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ {HPRINT} Hot Print Block * Ctrl P │X│X│X│X│ │ │ │ │ │ To Print: │ │ │ │ │ page number ~P │X│ │ │ │ system date ~D │X│ │ │ │ system time ~T │X│ │ │ │ current line/paragraph ~L │X│ │ │ │ └─┴─┴─┴─┘ * Hot Print prints only the file contents, attribute codes and symbols are not functional. APPENDIX D - Function Key Assignments: Command Keys: F1 to Goto Main Edit Menu F6 to Erase F2 to Save Current File F7 to Cut F3 to Quit Current File F8 to Paste F4 to Load New Text File F9 to Copy F5 to Execute Another Program F10 to Move Shift F7 to Column Cut Ctrl F7 to Named Cut Shift F8 to Column Paste Ctrl F8 to Named Paste Shift F9 to Column Copy Ctrl F9 to Named Column Cut Shift F10 to Column Move Ctrl F10 to Named Column Paste Graphic Characters: F1 ─ Shift-F1 ═ Alt-F1 ╧ Ctrl-F1 ┼ F2 │ Shift-F2 ║ Alt-F2 ╨ Ctrl-F2 ╬ F3 │ Shift-F3 ║ Alt-F3 ╤ Ctrl-F3 ╡ F4 └ Shift-F4 ╚ Alt-F4 ╥ Ctrl-F4 ╢ F5 ┐ Shift-F5 ╗ Alt-F5 ╙ Ctrl-F5 ╖ F6 │ Shift-F6 ║ Alt-F6 ╘ Ctrl-F6 ╕ F7 ┴ Shift-F7 ╩ Alt-F7 ╒ Ctrl-F7 ╜ F8 ┬ Shift-F8 ╦ Alt-F8 ╓ Ctrl-F8 ╛ F9 │ Shift-F9 ║ Alt-F9 ╫ Ctrl-F9 ╞ F10 ┤ Shift-F10 ╣ Alt-F10 ╪ Ctrl-F10 ╟ Math/Greek Characters: F1 ¼ Shift-F1 ° Alt-F1 ε F2 ½ Shift-F2 ∙ Alt-F2 Θ F3 ≡ Shift-F3 √ Alt-F3 µ F4 ± Shift-F4 ⁿ Alt-F4 ∞ F5 ≥ Shift-F5 ² Alt-F5 π F6 ≤ Shift-F6 α Alt-F6 Σ F7 ⌠ Shift-F7 ß Alt-F7 σ F8 ⌡ Shift-F8 Γ Alt-F8 Φ F9 ÷ Shift-F9 τ Alt-F9 φ F10 ≈ Shift-F10 δ Alt-F10 Ω APPENDIX E - DOS Error codes 1 Invalid function 2 File not found 3 Path not found 4 Too many files open 5 Access denied 6 Invalid handle 8 Insufficient memory 9 Invalid memory block address 10 Invalid environment 11 Invalid format 12 Invalid access code 13 Invalid data 14 Reserved 15 Invalid drive specified 16 Attempt to remove current directory 17 Not the same device 18 No more files 19 Write-protected disk 20 Unknown unit 21 Device not ready 22 Unknown command 23 Disk data error 24 bad request structure length 25 Disk seek error 26 Unknown disk media type 27 Disk sector not found 28 Printer out of paper 29 Write fault 30 Read fault 31 General failure 32 Sharing violation 33 Lock violation 34 Invalid disk change 35 FCB unavailable 36 Sharing buffer overflow 37-49 Reserved 50 Network request not supported 51 Remote computer not listening 52 Duplicate name on network 53 Network name not found 54 Network busy 55 Network device no longer exists 56 Net BIOS command limit exceeded 57 Network adapter error 58 Incorrect network response 59 Unexpected network error 60 Incompatible remote adapter 61 Print queue full 62 Not enough space for print file 63 Print file deleted 64 Network name deleted APPENDIX E - DOS Error codes (cont) 65 Access denied 66 Network device type incorrect 67 Network name not found 68 Network name limit exceeded 69 Net BIOS session limit exceeded 70 Temporary paused 71 Network request not accepted 72 Print or disk redirection is paused 73-79 Reserved 80 File already exists 81 Reserved 82 Cannot make directory entry 83 Fail on Int 24 84 Too many redirections 85 Duplicate redirection 86 Invaild password 87 Invalid parameters 88 Network data fault 100 Disk read error 101 Disk write error 102 File not assigned 103 File not open 104 File not open for input 105 File not open for output 106 Invalid numeric format 150 Disk is write protected 151 Unknown unit 152 Drive not ready 153 Unknown command 154 CRC error in data 155 Bad drive request structure length 156 Disk seek error 157 Unknown media type 158 Sector not found 159 Printer out of paper 160 Device write fault 161 Device read fault 162 Hardware failure 200 Division by zero 202 Stack overflow 203 Heap overflow 204 Invalid pointer 205 Floating point overflow 207 Invalid floating point error 208 Overlay manager not installed 209 Overlay file read error APPENDIX F - Bug Report/Suggestion Form BUG REPORT/SUGGESTION FORM FOR GEDIT If you encounter a bug while using GEdit please describe the bug and the situation in which it occurred on this form, or if you have a sug- gestion for improving GEdit, describe your suggestion on this form and mail to the address listed below. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Mail to: Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc. P. O. Box 606 Bristol, TN 37621-0606 APPENDIX G - Registering GEdit GEdit must be registered if you find it useful and intend to continue to use it beyond the 30-day trial period. Upon registration you will be sent the latest version of GEdit and you will be sent all updates for a period of one year from the date of registration. To register GEdit you can submit the registration form below, directly to Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc., or you can register using your MC, Visa, AmEx, or Discovery card by calling Public (software) Library at 800-242-4PsL (from overseas: 713-524-6394) or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by Compuserve to 71355,470. Specify item number 10569. The numbers listed above are for ordering only. Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc. can NOT be reached at those numbers. To contact Cat Creek Enter- prises, Inc. for information about dealer pricing, volume discounts, site licensing, the status of shipment of the product, the latest ver- sion number or for technical information, or to discuss returns, write to Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc. at P. O. Box 606, Bristol, TN 37621. REGISTRATION FORM FOR GEDIT To register, fill out this form, enclose $50.00 (Tennessee residents add 7.75 % sales tax) for each copy you wish to register, and mail to the address listed at the bottom of the form. DATE: _____________ TELEPHONE NUMBER: ________________________________ NAME: ________________________________________________________________ PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER: _______________________________________________ COMPANY: _____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ No registration fee is required for the use of GEdit for educational purposes by educational institutions. If you are registering GEdit for this purpose, check the box below and do not send any money. EDUCATIONAL USE [ ] NUMBER OF COPIES: ____ X AMOUNT/COPY ($50.00) = ____________________ If Tennessee Resident add sales tax on next line: NUMBER OF COPIES: ____ X AMOUNT/COPY ($3.88) = ____________________ TOTAL = ____________________ 5 1/4 INCH DISK [ ] 3 1/2 INCH DISK [ ] MAIL TO: Cat Creek Enterprises, Inc. P. O. Box 606 Bristol, TN 37621-0606