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- Edith Manual File Selector 24th September 1994
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- The built-in custom Edith file selector provides access
- to most Edith functions, and offers keyboard shortcuts
- for selecting files.
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- As it has a DIALOG FIXER next to the OK button, it can
- remain open during text editing. Clicking OK will only
- cause the window to be closed when the fixer is
- selected.
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- When Edith is running as an accessory (or when Edith
- was started with the -nodesk option), the file selector
- serves as a complete replacement for desktop and menu
- bar. Under MultiTOS, it will always remain open (but
- usually as an ICON).
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- ** If you feel more familiar with the old TOS file
- selector, disable the Edith file selector in the GEM
- OPTIONS dialog (^1).
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- HINTS
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- ∙ When OPENING files, an arbitrary number of file
- names can be typed in the 'Selection' field, as
- well as other run-time command line options.
-
- ∙ Type a wildcard pattern and press return to set
- the file mask
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- ∙ Clicking on the 'current folder' pops up a menu
- for quick access to other directories.
-
- ∙ The TAB key completes a file name.
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- MENUS
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- The file selector has an EDITH and a FILE menu. The
- entries in the FILE menu are available when a file is
- selected in the file selector. The EDITH menu gives
- access to the OPTIONS, WINDOWS and CONFIG menus, and
- offers alternatives for the entries of the FILE menu.
- The EDITH menu is especially useful when EDITH is used
- as an accessory or with MultiTOS, when there is no
- desktop menu bar.
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- PROJECT FILES and COMMAND LINES
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- EDITH recognizes two sets of command line options. One
- set is only recognized when the editress is started;
- those can be found in the printed manual. The second
- set is also recognized when Edith is already running.
- There are three ways of passing a command line to Edith
- when the editress is already running.
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- ∙ When OPENING texts, a full command line can be
- typed into the file selector instead of a single
- file name.
-
- ∙ When the editress is used under MultiTOS or as a
- desk accessory under Gemini, the program
- EDITH.TTP can be used to pass command line
- parameters to Edith, so that you can give editor
- commands from your shell window.
-
- ∙ A PROJECT FILE is a file containing a command
- line. It can be opened through the file menu
- (open project, ⇧^M).
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- Even though EDITH can open only 6 texts at a time, you
- are allowed to give a command line with more file names
- than can be immediately processed. Edith will offer you
- the possibility put the remaining texts in the INPUT
- QUEUE. Queued texts can be opened by selecting OPEN
- NEXT (⇧^O) from the FILE menu. When all windows are
- closed, and there are still texts left in the queue,
- Edith will issue a warning.
-
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- The RUN-TIME command line options are:
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- -no{tepad} Open the note pad
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- -n{ext} Open next file from queue
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- -p{roject} Open following file as a project;
- rest of command line is ignored.
- Also allowed inside a project
- file.
-
- -i{conic} Open following files as icons
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- -b{inary} Open following files as binaries
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- -a{lternative} Open following files as
- alternative text windows
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- -d{efault} Open following files as default
- text windows.
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- -tr{ash} Open trash window
-
- -cl{ipboard} Open clipboard window
-
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- ** the parts between curly brackets are optional.
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- Edith Manual File Selector 24th September 1994
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