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DME.DOC DME version 1.30 Matthew Dillon
21 May 1988
DME V1.30 (C)CopyRight 1987, Matthew Dillon. All Rights Reserved.
This software may be distributed for non-profit only. This software is
FREEWARE, not shareware.
Matthew Dillon
891 Regal Rd
Berkeley, California 94708
USA
Source is avalable:
(1) By anonymous FTP to UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (ARPANET)
(2) By regular mail (send a disk)
(3) By Electronic mail:
ARPANET: dillon@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
USENET: ...!ihnp4!ucbvax!dillon
(may take a while for me to respond)
Donations welcome but not solicited (I ain't a starving artist).
icon by Bryce Nesbitt
text markers and the text-block stack by Kevin Seghetti (some of the new
commands for 1.30).
AREXX interface (Bill Hawes' ARexx REXX language interpreter) ported
by Kim DeVaughn
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I Overview
II Keymapping key and mouse mapping
III Command Sequences DME commands
IV File Particulars notes on loading and saving files,
V Workbench Support
VI Revision Summary revision numbering, changes made, etc...
VII Compiling compiling instructions
I
OVERVIEW
See REVISIONS section for revisions. DME is an editor designed mainly for
programmers. Although it is not a word processor, it does include many
word processing features such as Word-Wrap and automatic paragraph
formatting. Here is a quick 'features' list:
-control language based on a rich command set accessed manually
or via arbitrary mapping of keys. (Every key may be mapped to 128
different things via qualifier and mouse keys)
-fast visual response (it scrolls quickly)... even faster when
BlitzFonts or similar text speedup utilities are installed.
-title-line statistics showing your current position in the file,
file name, whether the file has been modified or not, etc...
-Multiple Windows, ability to iconify windows
-Word Wrap and automatic paragraph formatting.
-ability to map any KEY or MOUSE BUTTON combination.
DME has been designed to allow easy expansion, and I intend to make many
future improvments. It has not been designed for user friendliness, but is
straight forward if you read this document [care]fully.
DME can take any number of arguments. Any argument without a '-' in front
of it is considered to be a file. Normally, DME will automatically SOURCE
two script files, S:.EDRC, and the .EDRC in your current directory. These
files do not have to exist. These script files usually contain mappings
and do things (for example, turn on savetabs).
FLAGS:
-ffilename -source this script file instead of .EDRC
-b -normally when multiple files are specified,
DME opens them with small windows. This opens
them with normal sized windows.
-tN -Open the window on scan line N
-lN -Open the window offset N scan columns
-wN -Make the window N pixels wide
-hN -Make the window N pixels high
II
KEYMAPPING
MOUSE BUTTONS:
The mouse buttons and combinations thereof may now be mapped. The
default mappings for the mouse buttons are as follows:
Left-button: Move cursor to current mouse position
Right-button: Iconify window
Left-button held down while moving mouse tracks the cursor
The iconification features:
-Remembers original window size and placement
-Remembers placement of iconified window when you re-iconify later.
Currently, you will crash the machine if you run out of memory and DME
is unable to open the icon window or original window, so be careful.
see below for mapping the mouse buttons and mouse movement.
KEYBOARD:
The rest of the Functional interface for DME is based on key/mouse mappings
and a rich command set. Unlike other text editors, any non-qualifier key
in DME may have any meaning whatsoever. It just so happens that the
default keymappings assign such things as the (return) key to the RETURN
function, the (up) key to the UP function, etc... Keys are named by their
keycap labels with the following exceptions:
the name for Back-Space is BS
the name for numeric keypad keys are prepended with an NK, except for
the Enter key which is named 'ENTER'.
The four cursor control keys are labeled UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT
The three mouse buttons are labeled RMB, MMB, and LMB.
NOTES:
The normal Amiga mouse has only two buttons, the Left and the Right
mouse buttons (LMB, RMB). A properly installed three-button mouse
is also supported.
You must type commands in lower-case, except for text, which can be
either lower or upper case, and for upper-case alpha keys when
specifying keymaps (i.e. A and s-a are the same key). The
exception is the AMIGA qualifier key, which uses 'A' instead of
'a'(Alt).
Each key may be qualified with any combination of CTRL, ALT, SHIFT,
AMIGA, or any of the MOUSE buttons. With 6 qualifiers (7 if your
mouse has a middle button), you can assign up to 64 (128) different
maps to each physical key on the keyboard.
The CAPS-LOCK, when lit, is equivalent to SHIFT only for Alpha keys.
The AMIGA-ALT (aA) combination isn't very usable since Intuition
uses the sequence to duplicate a Mouse SELECT. Other AMIGA
sequences are used by intuition for mouse movement and other things.
Some other qualifier combinations may not be usable due to other
special sequences.
Some keys must be mapped by their lower-case keycap. That is, to
map the '>' key (USA keyboard), you specify shift dot (s-.)
***EXAMPLES:***
tab tab
a-a ALT a
A-a AMIGA a
sA-a SHIFT AMIGA a
s-tab SHIFT tab
c-tab CTRL tab
ac-? ALT-CTRL ?
s-f5 SHIFT F5
nk0 Numeric Keypad 0
cs-nk0 CTRL SHIFT Numeric Keypad 0
L-lmb Left Mouse button pressed
L-mmove Mouse moved while left mouse button held down
LR-lmb left mouse button hit while right mouse button held down
s-. shift . ('>' for USA keyboards)
***************
MAPPING MOUSE BUTTONS
Mouse buttons serve both as QUALIFIERS and as KEYS. Thus, you can map
both normal keystrokes which require a mouse button to be held down:
map L-a ((left button and an a))
as well as the mouse keys themselves:
map L-lmb ((left mouse key))
note that you had to specify the left mouse button down qualifier L as
well as the left mouse button LMB.
If you map the left mouse button, and also map a sequence such as left
mouse button + a:
map L-lmb tomouse
map L-a ((hello))
Note that the first mapping will always get executed even if you
intended L-a (that is, BOTH mappings would get executed). In order
to avoid confusion you might want to UNMAP the system default mapping
for the right mouse button (mapped to ICONIFY) if you wish to apply
combinations to the right mouse button.
MOUSE MOVEMENT is mapped with one or more mouse qualifiers (L, R, M),
plus 'MMOVE' for the key. That is:
map LR-mmove ((moving the mouse with both buttons held down))
Or how bout capping the characters under the mouse while moving the
mouse?
map LR-mmove (tomouse if cl (tlate -32))
DEFAULT KEYMAPPINGS:
All Printable Ascii keys mapped to their ascii equivalent. BS, DEL, UP,
DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, TAB, S-TAB, and ENTER are mapped properly. These are
the default system keymappings.
map (a-c) (bcopy)
map (a-d) (bdelete)
map (a-down) (scrolldown)
map (a-l) (while cu (tlate +32 right))
map (a-m) (bmove)
map (a-r) (nextr)
map (a-s) (bsource)
map (a-u) (while cl (tlate -32 right))
map (a-up) (scrollup)
map (bs) (bs)
map (c-/) (escimm (find ))
map (c-]) (ref)
map (c-1) (goto block)
map (c-b) (block)
map (c-c) ()
map (c-del) (remeol)
map (c-down) (pagedown)
map (c-esc) (recall)
map (c-f) (reformat)
map (c-g) (escimm (goto ))
map (c-i) (insertmode on)
map (c-j) (join)
map (c-l) (wleft)
map (c-n) (next)
map (c-o) (insertmode off)
map (c-p) (prev)
map (c-q) (quit)
map (c-r) (wright)
map (c-s) (split first down)
map (c-u) (unblock)
map (c-up) (pageup)
map (c-w) (wordwrap toggle)
map (del) (del)
map (down) (down)
map (enter) (return)
map (esc) (esc)
map (f1) (escimm (insfile ))
map (f10) (saveold quit)
map (f2) (escimm (newfile ))
map (f3) (escimm (newwindow newfile ))
map (f6) (saveold iconify)
map (f7) (escimm (bsave ))
map (f8) (saveold escimm (newfile ))
map (f9) (saveold)
map (L-lmb) (tomouse)
map (L-mmo) (tomouse)
map (left) (left)
map (R-rmb) (iconify)
map (return) (return insline up firstnb down)
map (right) (right)
map (s- ) (( ))
map (s-del) (deline)
map (s-down) (bottom)
map (s-left) (first)
map (s-right) (last)
map (s-tab) (backtab)
map (s-up) (top)
map (sa-s) (unblock block block bsource)
map (tab) (tab)
map (up) (up)
III
COMMAND SEQUENCES
DME has a rich command set which allows you to embed commands within
commands, or specify multiple commands in a row. A command consists of a
KEYWORD followed by a FIXED number of arguments (0, 1, 2...). The argument
delimeter in DME is a SPACE. Therefore, to embed strings containing spaces
as a single argument, you must surround the string with (string)
(backsinglequote-string-singlequote). TEXT to be written as if typed is
also specified via a string in backquote-quotes. For example:
right right (hello) right right (hello) enter down
map f4 (right right) map f5 (left left)
map f4 ((hello))
Reiterating (because this is important!)... If a command expects ONE
argument, then it really does expect a single argument, and any remaining
arguments are thought to be the next command... so:
map f4 right
-right is only one word, so no need
for ().
map f4 (right right)
-we want to map f4 to two rights... we
need the () or the second right will
not be part of the map.
map c-del (repeat cright del)
-this is already implimented as REMEOL,
but shown here for clarity.
Some arguments will eventually be fed through the command interpreter more
than once. The MAP command is a good example. When you execute a MAP
command, the first run through the command interpreter installs the map
string minus a set of quotes. So, if you want to specify text, you must
enclose the text in two sets of ((text)) because the map string gets passed
through the command interpreter again when you hit the mapped key. Here
are some more complex examples:
map f4 (right right (hello) left left) *RIGHT*
map f4 right right hello left left *WRONG*
map f4 (map f4 ((hello)))
-the first time you hit F4, it's command
is to re-map itself to the TEXT (hello).
(gads!).
map c-i (repeat tr (( )))
-example of how to embed a space in a
map and repeat (goes through command
interpreter three times!).
An easy way to fool around executing commands or making maps is either to
use the ESC key (which enters command mode), or a-S (alt-shift-s), which
EXECUTES the current DME line that the cursor is on.... so you can use DME
to edit and test your new keymappings.
STRING VARIABLES may be embedded in commands. $scanf embeds the current
scanf'd string (see SCANF below), and $filename embeds the current filename
string. Also, ^ is used to initiate a control-character. For instance,
^l stands for control-l (embed a control l). backslash \ is used to
override special meanings. The next character is overriden.
map c-a ((^l)) -map control a to produce a control l
map c-a ((\\\^l)) -map control a to produce a "^l". The first
\ overides the second, and the third overides
the ^.
COMMAND LIST
(text) -enter text as if typed.
key -execute a keymap as a macro (example: c-a)
header-item -execute a menu item as a macro (example: Project-Save)
(case independant)
ARPLOAD -NEWFILE filerequestor only if ARP.LIBRARY installed
ARPSAVE -SAVEAS filerequestor only if ARP.LIBRARY installed
BACK -same as BS
BACKTAB -backward tab
BCOPY -copy block before cursor line
BDELETE -delete the block
BLOCK -Set start or end of block
BMOVE -move block before cursor line
BOTTOM -Move to Bottom of File
BS -backspace, (delete char to left of cursor)
BSAVE file -save the block to a file
BSOURCE -source current text block as if it were a script file
CHFILENAME name -change the name of the working file
DEL -delete, (deletes char under cursor)
DELINE -delete line
DOWN -cursor down
DOWNADD -cursor down. If at bottom of text, add a line.
ESC -toggle manual command entry mode
ESCIMM arg -go into command entry mode prompting with a
predefined string.
EXECUTE comm -Execute a CLI command
FIND string -SET the search pattern and do a NEXT
FINDR s1 s2 -Set find and replace patterns and do one find/rep.
FINDSTR string -SET the search string pattern
FIRST -move to column 1
FIRSTNB -Move to first non-blank in line.
GOTO BLOCK -Goto the beginning of the marked block.
GOTO START -same as GOTO BLOCK. undefined if no block
GOTO END -goes to the END of the marked block. undef. if no blk.
GOTO [+/-]N -Goto an absolute or relative line number
HEIGHT N -set height in PIXELS for any new windows
ICONIFY -iconify the window
IF cnd act -IF/WHILE/IFELSE.. SEE BELOW
IFELSE cnd ifact elseact
IGNORECASE what -set case ignore for seaches. what = on, off, or toggle
INSERTMODE what -set INSERTMODE. what = on, off, or toggle
INSFILE name -insert a file into the current text.
INSLINE -insert line
JOIN -join next line to line at cursor
LAST -move one beyond the last non-space in a line.
LEFT -cursor left
LEFTEDGE N -set leftedge on the screen in PIXELS for any new window
MAP key map -map a key to a keymap
MARGIN N -set WordWrap and paragraph formatting margin
(related to WORDWRAP and REFORMAT)
MENUADD hdr item cmd -add menu item
MENUDEL hdr item -delete menu item
MENUDELHDR hdr -delete menu header
MENUCLEAR -delete entire menu
MENUON -enable menus (multiple calls are stacked)
MENUOFF -disable menus (multiple calls are stacked)
NEWFILE name -replace current text with new file
NEWWINDOW -open newwindow
NEXT -find next occurance of search pattern
NEXTR -find next occurance and replace
PAGEDOWN -pagedown a partial page (see PAGESET)
PAGESET n -n PERCENT (0 to 100). page step size relative to the
current number of rows in the window.
PAGEUP -pageup a partial page (see PAGESET)
PING n -set a text marker (0-9).
PONG n -move to a previously set text marker (0-9)
PREV -find previous occurance of search pattern
PREVR -find previous occurance and replace
PUSHMARK -push the currently marked block onto a stack and
unhighlight the block
POPMARK -pop the block stack and highlight the popped block
SWAPMARK -PUSHMARK, swap top two marks on stack, POPMARK
PURGEMARK -clear the mark stack
QUIT -quit
RECALL -recall most recently entered command. Must be used
from a keymap (c-esc).
REF -reference string under cursor (see below)
REFORMAT -reformat paragraph using the margin.
REMEOL -Remove text under and beyond the cursor.
REPEAT cnt comm -SEE BELOW
REPSTR string -SET the replace string pattern
RESETTOGGLE N -clear toggle array entry N(0..31)
RESIZE cols rows-Resize current window. E.G: (resize 70 23)
RETURN -same as (FIRST DOWNADD)
RIGHT -cursor right
RX -ARexx macro, no args (RX macname)
RX1 -ARexx macro, one arg (RX1 macname arg1)
RX2 -ARexx macro, two args (RX2 macname arg1 arg2)
SAVEAS file -save current text under a different name (title
line name does not change)
SAVEMAP file -save user keymappings
SAVEOLD -save current text under current name
SAVESMAP file -save all keymappings, including system keymaps
SAVETABS on/off -Optimize file saves by crunching spaces to tabs.
The default is OFF.
SCANF ctlstr -scan the string at the current text position (C scanf)
example: (scanf %s) SEE BELOW
SCREENBOTTOM -Move cursor to the bottom of the screen.
SCREENTOP -Move cursor to the top of the screen
SCROLLUP -Scroll up without moving cursor
SCROLLDOWN -Scroll down without moving cursor
SETFONT font sz -Set the window's font. ex: (setfont topaz.font 11)
SETTOGGLE N -set toggle array entry N (0..255)
SOURCE file -source a script file. '#' in first column for comment
SPLIT -Split line at cursor
TAB -forward tab
TABSTOP N -Set tab stops every N. does not effect text load
TLATE [+/-]N -translate character by +N or -N, or set character
to exactly N if no + or -. (e.g. TLATE +65 TLATE 3)
TOGGLE N -flip toggle array entry N (0..255) (See IF)
TOMOUSE -moves cursor to mouse position
TOP -Move to Top of File
TOPEDGE N -set topedge in the screen in PIXELS for any new window
UNBLOCK -clear the block markers for the current window
UNMAP key -unmap a key
UP -cursor up
WHILE cnd act -(see below)
WIDTH N -set width in PIXELS for any new window
WLEFT -move to beginning of previous word. If in the
middle of a word, move to beginning of current word.
WORDWRAP on/off/toggle
-Word Wrap mode (related to MARGIN)
WRIGHT -move to beginning of next word
------------- More Info on Complicated Commands -----------------
MENUOFF/ON -This command will enable/disable menus. Users
who have a whole bunch of MENUADD commands in
their .EDRC should note that disabling menus at
the beginning will speed up the MENUADD commands.
Then reenable menus at the end. These calls are
stackable in that if you call MENUOFF, say, twice,
it will take two MENUON commands to restore
menus. The reverse is not true.
REF (c-]) -(1.28d and beyond). This is a very powerful new
command that allows you to bring up a reference to
a keyword with a single keystroke. This is useful for
programmers who have on-line documentation or fully
commented include files. DME opens a window just big
enough to fit the reference.
The reference keyword is the alpha-numeric string
currently under the cursor. REF will attempt to find
a match in the file DME.REFS, S:DME.REFS,
DF0:S/DME.REFS ... DF3:S/DME.REFS. This file must be
built by the user. Each line has the following format:
(keyword) (#lines) (file) (search string in file)
OR
(keyword) (endstring) (file) (search string in file)
Surrounding the keywords with `' or () is optional if
the keyword does not contain spaces.
keyword -keyword under cursor
#lines -number of lines to include from
specified file (just a number)
file -the file containing the reference
material
searchstr -search string in file that indicates
the beginning of the reference
endstring -alternately, the #lines can be a string,
in which case a match indicates the end
of the reference in the file.
Upon finding a successful keyword match the specified
file is openned and the seach string searched for. If
found, the indicated number of lines (or until a match
with the endstring) is placed in a temporary file and
a new DME window brought up. The temporary file is
then deleted.
When looking for matches, the compare is anchored at
the beginning of each line in the file. Thus, any
spaces in front of the string in the file must be
duplicated.
T: must be assigned to a temporary directory, usually
RAM: See the included example DME.REFS file. The
most common things referenced are the autodocs and
commented include files.
Some modification of the included DME.REFS.* files may
be required due to differences in include file and
autodoc format.
NOTE! Since DME searches DF0:..DF3: and other standard
places automatically for the reference file, one
usually bundles the reference file in the S directory
of the floppy containing the reference material, making
for clean bookeeping.
SCANF ctlstr -This is equivalent to the C scanf() function with the
restriction that only one conversion is allowed, that
conversion being a string. Thus:
scanf %s will place the string under the
cursor in the variable $scanf
scanf %4s The first four chars of the string.
scanf %[0123456789]
will scan the string while it contains
specified chars (e.g. scan a number)
scanf %[~,] will scan the string until it finds
a ','.
The variable $scanf may be used as an argument in any
command. Example: (insfile $scanf)
REPEAT N arg -Repeat (arg) N times. Apart from being a number, N
can also be one of:
line Current line # (lines begin at 1)
lbot #lines to the bottom, including current line
cleft column # (cols begin at 0)
cright #chars to eol, including current char under cursor
tr #char positions to next tab
tl #char positions to next back tab
Certain commands can abort a REPEAT loop.
Specifically, any FIND[R], NEXT[R], or PREV[R] in which
the search string is NOT found will abort a REPEAT.
Most operations which can go out of bounds, such as
UP, LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, also abort a repeat.
Specifying -1 as N causes REPEAT to go on forever
(well, actually, 0xFFFFFFFF times) or until an abort.
IF [!]condition arg
WHILE [!]condition arg
IFELSE [!]condition arg else arg
If the specified condition is true, execute the argument. For
WHILE, the argument is executed until the condition is false
(be careful!).
the optional '!' inverts the logic.
Conditions:
# if toggle entry # is SET. there are 256 toggles (0..255)
t if On line 1
b if On last line
l if At column 0
r if At end of line (spaces below and beyond)
m if Text has been modified
i if in insert mode
x[<=>]# if column position (starts at 1) is (any OR combo of
<, =, or >) than some number. Example: x<=20
y[<=>]# if Line number (starts at 1) is (same as for x)
cl character under cursor is lower case alpha
cu character under cursor is upper case alpha
ca character under cursor is alpha-numeric
cn character under cursor is numeric
c[<=>]# character under cursor is ascii code # (# in decimal)
optional conditionals as in 'x' and 'y'.
cb cursor within a block
Example: simulating an insert mode toggle: ALT-i (not CTL-i)
map a-i (ifelse 0 (toggle 0 insertmode OFF) (toggle 0 insertmode ON))
Example: while lower case, map to upper case and move right.
map c-U (while cl (tlate -32 right))
Example: Search/Replace all of text.
map c-R (escimm (findstr ) escimm (repstr ) repeat -1 nextr)
if c<32 ((char under cursor is smaller than 32))
if c<>32 ((char under cursor is not equal to 32))
while !b down
IV
FILE PARTICULARS
No Matter what you set internal tabs to, tabs in disk files will be 8.
This allows you to use your favorite tabs stops (mine are 4) and still
have your disk files compatible with TYPE, a printer, etc... DME by
default doesn't bother to optimize when writing out files and simply uses
spaces. If you (SAVETABS on) before saving (or in your S:.EDRC, etc...),
DME will attempt to optimize the file by placing TABS in appropriate
places. DME will not place any TABS after the first single, back, or
double quote is encountered in a line. If this does not cover every
situation in your particular application that you want to be *sure* no tabs
will occur in sensitive sections, then you should not use (SAVETABS on).
It should be noted that since DME removes spaces at the end of the line,
editing UUENCODED ascii files will not work for uuencoded lines which end
with a space. The nominal fix is to add an extra character after each
uuencoded line (anything) in the proper column, which is ignored by the
UUDECODE program.
The command to save the current document under the default name is SAVEOLD,
*not* SAVE. SAVE is not a valid command. This is to prevent people who
have not read the documentation from assuming 'save' takes an argument (and
screwing up their work). SAVEOLD does NOT take an argument, SAVEAS does.
SAVEOLD/SAVEAS do not automatically backup the destination file. If you
are working in an enviroment where you are worried about ensuring a viable
copy can be recovered if your Amiga crashes in the middle of the save, you
can write a macro to save the file into two places. Usually, people backup
their working disks so this is not neccesary.
Workbench Support: If DME is run from the workbench, it will automatically
construct an icon file when you save a document. If run from a CLI, no
icon file is generated.
V
WORKBENCH SUPPORT
DME V1.26 and beyond support the workbench in the following way: (1) you
can click on the DME icon to bring up DME with the file "unnamed". (2) you
can select one or more standard ascii documents which have DME as the
default tool. If DME has no knowlege of a text icon, it uses its own.
Command line arguments are passed to DME via the tooltypes entries for
DME's application icon or via individual document icons. The following
format is used: (This is a hack, no?)
ARG=flag
See the OVERVIEW section for allowed flags. Only one argument per line
is allowed (sorry). The tooltypes for the application icon are
processed first, then the tooltypes for each document icon are
processed before each file is loaded.
ARG= -t10
ARG= -l10
VI
REVISION SUMMARY
V1.30 RELEASE
-a couple small bugs fixed
-fixed text bug that sometimes overwrites the right border
-added new commands
SETFONT (for all of text, static fonts only)
IGNORECASE (for searches)
-added new commands (AREXX support, Kim DeVaughn)
RX, RX1, RX2
-added new commands (by Kevin Speghetti)
PUSHMARK, POPMARK, SWAPMARK, PURGEMARK block marker stack
PING, PONG text markers (0-9)
Note: block marks on the stack, ping and pong, do not track text
changes (bug).
-Many commands will now work while the text window is iconified
without having to uniconify it.
V1.29E
-Fixed low memory bug in do_bomve() again.
-Fixed arp file requestor problems.
-added ARPINSFILE command.
V1.29D
-Fixed low memory bug in do_bmove()...
V1.29C
-highlighted icon window if file modified
V1.29B
-INLINE FILENAME:
added $filename variable. $scanf and $filename can now be embedded
anywhere on the command line.
- ^x added (control-character), so you do not have to embed actual
control characters in your macros.
- \ overide added (\^x) produces "^x" instead of control-x, etc...
V1.29 RELEASE
-Foreign keyboards supported better.
-Iconify window is activated rather than not activated.
-can keymap keys which normally produce nothing.
-blocks are displayed in a different color
-can now move/copy across windows
-can now resize window while file loading
-new commands ARPLOAD ARPSAVE (uses ARP filerequestor if arp.library)
MENUADD MENUDEL MENUDELHDR MENUCLEAR MENUOFF MENUON
minor bugs fixed, major remodeling of the source (this is what I
use my vacation for!)
menus: the right mouse button may be mapped only if there is no
menu, Else is used as the menu selector. NOTE! It is much faster
to surround a set of MENUADD commands in a source file with
MENUOFF at the beginning and MENUON at the end. You can also specify
menu items as macros in other commands (example: project-save)
V1.28h SMALL RELEASE references work better
V1.28g SMALL RELEASE Fixed NK0 bug in 1.28f plus keymap problems in 1.28f
V1.28f RELEASE
Fixed macro bug created in 1.28e... could not specify macros on the
command line.
V1.28e INTERNAL/BETA
New Commands: REF (c-]) -cross reference the word under the
cursor and bring up a new window
containing a description for that
word. See docs above.
-The keymapping has been fixed and should now work on any foreign
keyboard.
-MAJOR ADDITION: () may be used instead of `' to enclose commands.
One can enclose the other ... that is, to get the "'" character you
can say (this is a charlie's day).
V1.28c RELEASE
New Commands: CHFILENAME -change default filename for a window
RECALL (c-esc) -recall command line (e.g. you make a
mistake). Must be used from a keymap,
default is c-esc.
SCANF -C scanf (single string only). Extract
strings from the text for use in any
arbitrary command.
Command Parser: $scanf -as an argument by itself is recognized
to be the extracted string from scanf.
Currently, the variable name (after
the dollar) can be anything since only
one variable exists, but use '$scanf'
for future compatibility.
-Many Bug fixes (mainly benign bugs)
-^C (CONTROL C) now recognized when typed in a window. c-c is mapped
to () = no action.
-Please look at the revised default keymappings listed in these docs.
V1.28 LIMITED RELEASE
New Commands : SCROLLUP (a-up)
SCROLLDOWN (a-down)
Modified Cmds: ESCIMM
The execution of commands specified by an ESCIMM is blocked until
the user hits return on the ESCIMM command line.
BCOPY
No longer unblocks the block.
-Title bar status line no longer blinks when it changes
-Key releases no longer effect operation
V1.27 RELEASE
-macros run about 20% faster due to hashing of the command table
-Maximum # of toggles raised to 256 (see IF/WHILE)
-small fixes to the code (nothing major)
-child windows inherit tab stops, insert mode, and wordwrap mode
-MOUSE BUTTONS AND MOVEMENT CAN NOW BE MAPPED
-New Commands: ICONIFY (used to be hardwired. Is now a command)
-Extended Commands: GOTO (GOTO END of block)
V1.26 Beta, minimal Release
-Workbench support
-New Command: EXECUTE
V1.25 RELEASE
-BSAVE does NOT UNBLOCK after saving (switch in functionality yet again)
-various bugs fixed (IF, tabs on file save)
-New Commands: MARGIN, REFORMAT, WORDWRAP, RESIZE,
TOPEDGE, LEFTEDGE, WIDTH, HEIGHT
-Command line options added for setting the window size and an optional
specified script file (when specified, local .EDRC not sourced).
-Enhanced Commands: IF ..more control with conditions, addition of
a couple more specifications.
JOIN .. functionality slightly changed
-keymaps may now be used as macros in other commands. (macros)
-New keymaps added to the default set.
-Mouse movement cleaned up a little.
V1.24 Internal
V1.23 RELEASE
-S:.EDRC now sourced instead of C:.EDRC
-User keymappings now work in COMMAND mode (when you hit ESC).
-You can now map the Amiga keys ('A' for Amiga, since 'a' is alt).
-Enhanced Commands: IF/IFELSE/WHILE (optional '!' in front of cond)
new condition 'cb' 'character is in selected block'
GOTO block (goto beginning of block)
-NewCommands: PAGESET SAVETABS
-Writing TABS (always 8) out to disk to save space now supported.
V1.22 RELEASE (BUF FIXES FROM 1.20)
-'newfile' fixed
V1.21 RELEASE (BUG FIXES FROM 1.20)
-iconify and window handling fixed
-left mouse button now tracks the mouse.
V1.20 RELEASE
-bug fixes: bsave now unmarks the block, bdelete now sets 'modified' flag.
(other small fixes).
-enhancements: overwrite mode status indicator, find, find-replace now
completely implemented (yahhoo!!!)
-changed commands: FIND NEXT PREV: no longer loop back to the top of
file or top->bottom in the case of PREV. DELINE will now delete
text on the line if there is only one line of text.
-enhanced commands: GOTO REPEAT
-new commands: SAVEMAP SAVESMAP TOGGLE SETTOGGLE RESETTOGGLE TLATE
IF IFELSE WHILE BSOURCE
FINDSTR REPSTR FINDR NEXTR PREVR
NEWWINDOW
-new keymappings: (see a-s, a-S, f3)
-window iconification with mouse menu button.
V1.12 RELEASE
-cursor is now pen #3 rather than #1.
-changeover to AZTEC C, smaller executable.
-now maps shift space to a space.
-new commands: REMEOL, WLEFT, WRIGHT
-display bug fixes (SPLIT)
-FIND/PREV/NEXT will now abort a REPEAT if string not found.
V1.11 RELEASE NOTES
-Bug fixes (mainly graphical mistakes).
-User keymappings are disabled in command mode (so you can unmap
single ascii characters you may have mapped).
-Illegal key combinations no longer give garbage (e.g. ALT-CURSOR-DOWN)
you can, of course, still map them to anything you wish.
-Save now checks for error conditions on write.
-Uses Default Console Keymap (i.e. no longer assumes USA)... but there
*is* some stangeness.
V1.00 RELEASE NOTES
-has find, but no replace function
-assumes USA keyboard (fixed 1.11)
-disk files written out use spaces instead of tabs&spaces
VII
COMPILING
DME compiles only under AZTEC. You must compile with the 32 bit int
option, but may use the small code/data model. A support lib which I have
created (SUP32.LIB) is also required. I use a precompiled symbol file
containing ALL the AMIGA includes (but not any Aztec standard includes).