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- Word Processing in Personal Editor
-
- Davis Foulger
- Connecticut IBM PC User's Group
-
- This article describes a Personal
- Editor command profile developed
- specifically for the requirements of
- Word Processing. As with any Personal
- Editor profile, it has been
- customized to the particular needs of
- the person who developed it, and
- should not be considered as much more
- than a collection of hints about the
- kinds of functions you might want to
- build into your own Personal Editor
- profile.
-
- No attempt will be made to fully
- describe the profile here. A complete
- explanation of everything in the
- profile could run into several
- chapters. Instead, some of the more
- basic functions and groupings in the
- profile will be explained, and the
- profile will be allowed to "speak for
- itself."
-
- Each element of the profile is a
- command that could be executed
- directly from Personal Editor's
- command line. Almost all are key
- definition (def) commands. The last
- two commands set up a default writing
- environment for PE. Margins are set
- for 10 pitch printing on standard
- pages. The display is defaulted to
- the monochrome display.
-
- In the key definitions, keys are
- identified on the right side of the
- equal sign. For the most part, these
- key labels are self explanatory. Up
- is the up arrow key, for instance.
- Key names prefixed with "c-" are used
- in combination with the control
- (ctrl) key. "a-" refers to the
- alternate (alt) key. "s-" refers to
- the shift key.
-
- The actions of these keys is
- recounted on the right. "[up]" tells
- PE to move the cursor up. "[insert
- line]" tells PE to create a new line
- below the current line. "[find blank
- line]" tells PE to find the next
- blank line. "[execute]" tells PE to
- execute a command on the command
- line. Characters appearing between
- single quote marks (') are treated as
- a string and written to the screen.
-
- Key functions have been grouped in
- several ways. A number of graphics
- characters and small drawings have
- been clustered under the Alt/Function
- and Alt/Numeric key combinations.
- "a-8" draws a box. "a-5" draws a
- window. Ctrl/Function key
- combinations have been allocated to
- commands. "c-f1" through "c-f6"
- define several alternative margins.
-
- Regular function keys have been
- assigned to cursor movement. Most
- letter keys have mnemonic meaning.
- "a-p" reParagraphs a section of text.
- "a-l" marks a line. "a-e" toggles PE
- to edit another file. "a-m" moves a
- block of text from one location to
- another.
-
- The PE macros exist as a separate
- off-loadable file on this diskette as
- WORDPROC.MAC.
-
- I hope this profile helps to
- stimulate your imagination as you
- begin to develop your own Personal
- Profiles in Personal Editor.