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Welcome to the world of comfortable text editing!
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We, at Zirkonics Corp., thank you for giving us an opportunity to
improve your text editing environment. It is our firm belief that once
you have configured PTE to your needs, you will want no other editor.
In this file you will find a description of what the PTE distribution
disk contains and what it does not.
Changes & Additions
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One change you should note is that the configuration that the manual
professes to be in PTE.Def is actually found in Manual.Def. If you
want to follow the manual and try these keys you should double-click
the Manual icon in the PTE/Icons directory or select the Manual
configuration in the Misc. menus. The rest of the changes/additions
to the PTE Manual are found in a file PTE/Docs/Addendum.
All PTE help files assume that you have PTEFont in your fonts: if you
have trouble understanding what this means, then you should boot your
Amiga with the PTE disk and the fonts will be where PTE expects them.
Note that in order to be able to fit all of the PTE files on one disk
it was necessary to remove some of the standard Workbench files. The
deleted files are:
Clock
Demos directory
Expansion directory
System/Format
System/GraphicDump
System/IconEd
System/Say
Utilities/Calculator
Utilities/NotePad
c/DiskDoctor
c/Ed
c/Edit
c/Search
c/Sort
System/Setmap
devs/narrator.device
libs/translator.library
PTE & Files
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Professional Text Engine and related files are all found in the
PTE directory. It contains the following:
PTE - Professional Text Engine editor
ReadMe - the file you are now reading
Icons - DIRECTORY of sample project icons
Defs - DIRECTORY of editor configurations
Docs - DIRECTORY of Help and Documentation files.
PTEEmpty - an empty directory for your use.
Icons Directory
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In the Icons directory you will find a sample of the icons that you can
assign to different types of text files. The TOOL TYPES information in
these icons has been defined to start PTE with an appropriate
configuration when that icon is opened or double clicked. Also, when
you start up PTE via one of the PROJECT icons, PTE will create an icon
for every file that is saved.
Defs Directory
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In the Defs directory you will find PTE configuration files that
are provided for you. These files are include for applications
in technical and creative writing, C and Assembly language
programming. Users who are familiar with MicroPro's WordStar
will find the WS.Def configuration easy to use, since it
emulates many of WordStar's commands.
To start up PTE in any given configuration it is only necessary to
double-click the icon of interest in the Icons directory. For example,
to have PTE come up with the technical/creative writing configuration,
double-click the Doc icon. Similarly, to have PTE come up with the
WordStar like commands, double-click the WSDoc icon. Once you are in
PTE you can select any one of the available configurations by choosing
it in the Configurat'n item in the Misc. menu.
Defs/Examples
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In the Defs/Examples directory you will find an expanded version of the
more complicated definitions that are used in one or more of the
configuration files. If you are interested in writing macro
definitions you may want to take a look at these to get you started.
Docs Directory
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The Docs directory contains the documentation, and help files for the
definitions provided in the Defs directory. This directory also
contains an addendum to the first edition of the manual. Descriptions
for workbench support, print command, end of line strings, new
functions and features, are found only in the PTE/Docs/Addendum file.
General Purpose PTE Configuration
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A general purpose configuration that is used as a base for the other
definitions is given in the PTE.Def file. This configuration is used
when PTE is loaded by double clicking any Def or ReadMe project icon.
A description of commands and keys can be obtained by pressing the HELP
key. A more detailed description of the macro definitions can be
found in the PTE/Docs/PTEDoc file.
Running with 512k
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Since PTE is a memory resident editor, it requires that all files being
edited fit into the available memory. This may strain your system's
memory requirements if you only have 512k.
When working with PTE you should close all CLI windows before executing
the DIRECTORY command, otherwise you will get a lot of "RAM: disk full"
requesters. You may also get these while saving files, you can ignore
them safely, it is only the STATE file being saved to RAM:.
Remember to read the Addendum file, in the PTE/Docs directory, to get
information on new commands, functions, and features.
We thank you for choosing Professional Text Engine as your text editing
tool. We believe that you WILL NOT be disappointed.