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ED - The Advanced Configurable Editor. Demonstration Version 2.01 10 Aug 93 ============================================================================ This is a Demonstration Copy of the third release of the award winning Windows version of "ED - The Advanced Configurable Editor". Please note that a major upgrade to ED for DOS is nearing completion and incorporates all the features of this release of ED for Windows. This release includes some important new features which keep ED as the leader of the pack for professional programmer's editors. In particular language support has been extended considerably to include Cobol, Fortran, Paradox, Progress, Pascal, Lisp, Assembler, DataFlex, FoxPro and SQL as well as C/C++, Clipper/dBase etc. Color Syntax highlighting has been added which goes way beyond similar features in other products. Sixteen base item categories are provided including: comments, preprocessor statements, strings, hex, octal and decimal numbers, keywords, whitespace etc. In addition you can specify your own separate lists of words for each language in a simple ASCII text file and associate colors for each list. File difference analysis lets you compare files. Any differences are highlighted with simultaneous scrolling through both files in separate windows. A Ruler can be displayed at the current cursor location. This quickly lets you find the number of characters in a string. ED's dialog boxes now have a jazzy 3D look. The on line help has been extended and improved, making it easier to find information. ED now keeps track of original line numbers so compiler error tracking now works even after lines have been inserted or deleted. Bracket matching ignores brackets inside comments and strings so you end up on the correct bracket at all times. Code Templates have been extended and can now optionally be expanded with the Space bar in addition to the K_TEMPLATE command. The template programs have been rewritten making it easier to add or change templates, Template expansion using the Space bar no longer occurs inside comments. A new option has been added which prevents ED from restoring to the directory it was in when last run. This lets you have separate ED icons in the Program Manager ED group, with each one starting ED in a different working directory. dBase/Clipper programmers can now access DBF file field information by using Goto|Locate Object on a USE, DBUSEAREA or SELECT statement. Alternatively you can use Tool|Execute ED Program DBF_GETS at any time. Paradox for Windows developers can right click on any Paradox keyword and get context sensitive help. This release also incorporates as many enhancements and problem fixes as possible that have been requested since the second release. Please read the file READ.ME for a summary of new features and enhancements. Also the "What's New" topic in the on line help. This release also incorporates as many enhancements and problem fixes as possible that have been requested since the second release. Please read READ.ME for a summary of new features and enhancements. ====================================================================== The Wait is Over! AT LAST, a full featured Windows developer's editor is HERE! You are about to use the most powerful programmer's text editor available today. ED is fully configurable, fully programmable and is very easy to use. Plenty of on line help is available, along with emulations for editors such as Brief, MultiEdit, Wordstar, Qedit and Norton Editor. ED is available for DOS and Windows with versions for other platforms and operating systems in progress. **** ED NEWS and REVIEWS **** ED for Windows was one of the earliest Windows configurable programmer's editors, and this new release keeps it well ahead of the competition. PC WEEK (Aus) 28 Jul 1993 ED includes some features that are likely to wind up as "must haves" in any programming editor. For users who spend time picking up the pieces after another programmer has abandoned ship, ED's hypertext function lookup capabilities make it a winner. DATA BASED ADVISOR (US), April 1993 "ED is a great editor that I can recommend confidently". Japan Windows Magazine, Feb 93 review of Japanese ED for Windows with full 2 byte Kanji support. Previous attempts at creating the ultimate editor for Windows have always failed because of inflexibility: too often the editor would impose a style of working that did not necessarily suit the programmer. Happily, ED is highly configurable and has all the functions that could be expected. UK Windows User Magazine, Feb 93 "The diversity of needs and expectations of text editors has resulted in a dilution of capabilities and performance. The successful "editor" of the future will be designed by someone that can blend innovation with expectations and actually improve performance, rather than degrade it. It appears you've taken this challenge." Bill French Author of dBrief and Evolve (dBrief for Multiedit) and co-creator of LapLink. ED for Windows is clearly the best Windows programming editor on the market, and we've found it to be almost limitless in its flexibility and usability. This is supported by every member of my team. Luke Smith, PC Development Manager, Dun & Bradstreet Information Services. "ED for Windows" won the Australian PC92/PC WEEK "Best New Software Product Award" for 1992, at the awards ceremony held on August 12, 1992. US PC WEEK Aug 10, 1992 stated "Although ED Ver 1,00 has a few minor first-version bugs, it offers a series of nice touches typical of products far more mature than this" and continues "ED's features are some of the most powerful PC WEEK Labs has seen in a Windows programming editor". US Windows Tech Journal, Aug 92 said "ED has 70 buffers that provide an intuitive, flexible architecture..., ED's outstanding help system includes Windows SDK help..., ED has unique capabilities that make you think, 'Why didn't I think of that?'" and concludes with "This is one editor that is well worth keeping an eye on." UK Program Now, Sept 92 wrote "ED for DOS has become one of the established programmer's editors. ED is now available in a Windows version, the first significant editor available under this environment." The article concludes "ED4W does more than enhance all the normal ED features with a GUI interface and fully exploits the Windows interface. It offers developers significant gains in productivity compared with a DOS editor. ED for Windows is well worth consideration by any developer for any development environment." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Installation Procedure ----------------------- Place the Demonstration Disk into drive A. Change to drive A and type WIN INSTALL at the DOS prompt. This will start Windows, and run the Install program. Alternatively use the Program Manager File|Run menu item and type "A:INSTALL". In this example drive A can be any floppy drive. The Install main menu offers two options. o Complete installation o Custom Installation For the Demonstration version of ED select "Complete" installation. When Install has finished, ED will be added to Program Manager. ED may then be run by double clicking on the ED4W icon. You need approximately 865 KBytes of free disk space to install the Demonstration version of ED. Feel free to give your colleagues and friend's copies of the ED Demonstration system. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Overview -------- ED the programmers' editor is setting today's standards for Windows and DOS environments. Designed for professionals and new users alike, ED incorporates the best features found in all other programming editors, and we've then added a "hand's full" more. ED is your one-stop programming productivity tool. ED supports Assembler, C/C++, Cobol, Fortran, dBase, Clipper, FoxPro, DataFlex, Lisp, Pascal, Paradox, Progress, Prolog and SQL languages; Automatic code indenting; Automatic code completion; Function/Procedure lookups; Keyboard macros; 100% keyboard remapping; "session recall"; Compiler support and so much more. ED has received outstanding reviews since its debut in 1988, and was reviewed as the "favourite editor" in Cliff Saran's comparison of programmers editors in .EXE Magazine, Feb 1992. For the new user, ED's features are all encapsulated into a selectable emulation environment (Brief, Wordstar, Norton, Qedit...). Learning is optimised, you receive a quantum leap in efficiency and the wealth of ED's distinctive features will permit you to manage the business whilst ED manages your code. For the seasoned user, ED's appearance as the first programmers editor for Windows and the steady flow of enhancements continues to reward ED users and supports ED's continual rating as the optimum professional programmer's editor. ED will increase your productivity from day one, by simplifying and automating many tedious and time consuming tasks. Increased productivity now -------------------------- Language sensitive editing automatically indents your code as you write it, providing a consistent well laid out style with no effort on your part. Code templates dramatically reduce the number of keystrokes needed to enter common code fragments. Code completion writes code for you. To let you quickly navigate around your many source files and functions, ED provides hypertext like capabilities for all of your functions, procedures and methods. This indispensable feature gets you to any function in any source file at the touch of a key. Use keys you already know ------------------------- You do not need to learn a new set of keyboard commands to use ED. We have taken the industry standard text editing command sets and made them available to you as a configuration setting. Brief, Wordstar, Norton, Qedit... formats are available, or you can easily create your own. What about a safety net? Undo, Redo, Auto-save! ------------------------------------------------ There's unlimited Undo for undoing any mistake you happen to make, be it a simple cursor movement or an accidental block delete. This is teamed with full Redo just in case you undo a bit too far. Auto-save periodically saves any changes you make, to a temporary file, and optional Backup files are kept whenever you save a file. Making ED your editor --------------------- Many users want to configure an editor to suit their specific needs. With ED you can set up the keyboard and menus as you like, and an extensive range of configuration options are provided. Our powerful built-in C extension language enables you to modify and extend its capabilities as required. A large part of ED is written in this extension language and full source code is provided. ED's macros stop you repeating yourself --------------------------------------- Keyboard macros are used to repeat a common task on a regular basis. Record any series of keystrokes, name them, and then replay them when required - it's that simple. I need that piece of code here, now! ------------------------------------ Block operations including stream, line and rectangular column blocks are fully supported. You can cut, copy and paste blocks between files and windows, with just a few keystrokes. In addition, you can move blocks left and right, fill blocks, search within blocks, align comments and more. Full Search and Replace capability ---------------------------------- ED optimises the time taken to accomplish complex Search and Replace chores. Each time you look for something, ED remembers it in a history list, even between editing sessions. Later on you can just pick it from the list instead of typing the same string over and over. Of course there are full regular expression capabilities, case insensitive search, incremental search, search and replace across files and more. What Compiler support is provided? ---------------------------------- You can run any compiler without leaving ED. After compiling, error tracking positions you at each error. ED for DOS shrinks to 4K leaving plenty of memory to run any program. ED for Windows runs your DOS compilers in the background so you can keep on working. It even lets you know when the compiler has finished and lets you fix any errors. But I want ED on a Network! --------------------------- On a LAN, ED locks files you're editing so no one else can change them. Other team members can still view the files and extract information. Each team member has their own personal configuration setup and history lists. GUI help when and where you need it ----------------------------------- Put your SDK Reference back on the Bookshelf. ED for Windows gives you full context sensitive Windows SDK help for all API functions, messages, data structures, printer escapes and utility macros. Just click the right mouse button on the item where you want help and up comes the information you need. The right mouse button gives you SDK help, bracket, comment and object matching, hypertext function and procedure lookup and opens #include files. (Another "how did I ever live with out it" feature.) Can I edit big files? --------------------- ED uses its own fast Virtual memory editing engine so file sizes, undo, history lists etc. are not limited by your operating system or environment. What about "Session Recall" --------------------------- ED remembers all windows, files and history lists between editing sessions. When reloading ED, you are presented with the same environment and history lists you used in the last session. File history lists keep track of the work you have been doing, on a project by project basis. Who should use ED? ------------------ ED is suited to programmers requiring the absolute leading edge in program editors. ED combines the best editing tools into one user configurable package that suits novice through to professional programmers. There is simply no reason for not using ED in any development environment. Where is ED going? ------------------ ED for Windows is breaking new ground being the first fully featured editor available for this environment. A Unix X Windows version is in development. Functionality, features and form are common across all platforms, allowing you to easily migrate from one to the other while retaining a consistent, easy to use and powerful development environment. Soft As It Gets is committed to success and excellence in everything it does. This attitude is reflected in our products and the quality of the support we provide to you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Feature Summary ---------------- o Available for DOS and Windows o Multiple Windows and files and multiple files in each window o VM engine handles very large files o Extensive context sensitive help o Context sensitive Windows SDK help. Also supports Borland C++ o Unlimited Undo and Redo o Color Syntax highlighting with user defined language word lists. o Rectangular column blocks, plus stream and line o Block cut, paste, write, sort, search, case change etc. o Named keyboard macros o Regular expression search and replace, Incremental search o Search for Tabs, control characters etc. o Search across all buffers and files, including entire directory trees and across all drives. o File difference analysis for comparing files. o Emulates Brief, MultiEdit, Wordstar, Norton, Qedit, Wordperfect... o Fully configurable menus, keyboard etc o Windows Toolbar. Position on any border, or floating o Language sensitive editing for C/C++, Clipper/dBase/FoxPro, Cobol, Fortran, Progress, Paradox, Pascal, DataFlex and Assembler. o Code templates, code completion, smart indenting o Comment, bracket and object matching o Hypertext like function and procedure lookup. Smart C++ method lookup. o dBase/Clipper DBF file field extraction o Ruler for measuring strings etc. o Text selection drag and drop o File drag and drop from File manager. o Printing with Font selection, headings, line numbers etc. o Support for editing Unix files o Support for Mainframe DOS emulations o Works with File manager for Opening and Printing files o Hunt for files across all directories on any or all drives o View directory trees o Windows Font selection. DOS Super VGA support - 132 x 60+ o Auto-save, Backup files, Session recall o Extensive compiler support with error tracking o Fast C extension language with source included. Access to user defined dialog boxes and string tables. o Full LAN and multiuser support o Word wrap and paragraph reformat o Lets other Applications run during lengthy operations o Japanese and German versions available o 350 Page manual. ED is designed for the 90's and gives you the absolute leading edge in programmer's editors. Discover the tool for DOS and Windows that frees you from the tedium of editing and lets your creative instincts flow! No developers' toolkit is complete without ED, the power programmers' editor. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ED for Windows and ED for DOS have been designed, written and developed by: Neville Franks, Soft As It Gets Pty Ltd 3 Pullman Court, East St.Kilda, Victoria, 3183 Australia Ph. +613 523 0557 FAX +613 528 6836 CIS 100032,522 To purchase your copy of ED contact: Australia Aeronaut Industries Ph +612 957 3127 Fax +612 954 3049 Soft As It Gets Ph +613 523 0557 Fax +613 528 6836 Noble Systems Ph +612 564 1200 Fax +612 564 1465 UK and Europe QBS Software Ltd. Ph +44 81 994 4842 Fax +44 81 994 3441 Germany dc Soft GmbH Ph +49 89 785 8910 Fax +49 89 785 89111 Holland Markus Software Ph +31 47 50 32555 Fax +31 47 50 35577 USA Lifeboat Software Ph 800 451 6174 or +201 762 6965 Fax +201 762 0118 Japan Systemserve Japan Co., Ltd. Ph 06 266 2667 Fax 06 266 2668 ED the Programmer's Editor Copyright(c) 1991-1993 Soft As It Gets P/L. All Brand and Product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.