OS/2 Shareware BBS: 5 Edit/05-Edit.zip/zed_10s.zip/ZED.HLP

OS/2 Help File | 1995-04-25 | 23KB | 713 lines

ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help file version. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This information is for ZED 1.0s , shareware version.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. ZED Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Please read all registration information.

Registering ZED
To register, send a check or money order for $10.00 US currency to:

E. Bruce Shankle III
6126 Bushmills Street
Raleigh, NC 27613
USA

Please include your name and address or email address.
You will receive confirmation of your registration along with your serial
number. This entitles you to support, free upgrades and notices of other new
products. If you have any questions or comments, I can be reached at the above
address or one of the following email addresses:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

ZED text editor for OS/2 is Copyright (C) E. Bruce Shankle III.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ZED is shareware. Please read the ZED Shareware Agreement below.

ZED Shareware Agreement

You are allowed to use ZED and evaluate it for a period of thirty (30) days
from the date of installation.  The original install date is displayed in the
status bar along the lower edge of the main window.  After using ZED for thirty
days, you must decide if it's something you want to keep.  If you wish to keep
ZED, you must register. If not, you must discontinue use of ZED.

When you register you will be assigned a serial number that you can use to
obtain support via email, free upgrades, and notices of new products.

I've put many long hours of coding and testing into ZED.  My goal is to provide
an editor for OS/2 that is easy to use and more functional than those supplied
with the system. The shareware concept only works if you do your part to
support the authors. If you find ZED useful and do not register, you're hurting
me and other shareware developers.

ZED will continue to function after the 30-day trial period, as I do not
believe in cripple-ware, but you are violating this agreement and hurting
yourself and me if you don't register.

What is shareware?

Shareware applies to software products you are allowed to try before you buy,
like ZED. That way, you will know if the product is of use to you.  If you find
the product useful and wish to continue using it beyond the trial period, you
must pay for the product.  This is usually called registration.

If you don't find the product useful, you must delete it from your computer. It
is also nice to contact the author of the shareware and tell them why you don't
want it and things they could do to improve the product.

Shareware helps keep the software market competitive, and prices lower for
everyone.  The shareware concept does not work when someone decides to keep and
use a product without registering it. This hurts the shareware author, and
eventually shareware users. So please register the shareware that you like and
use on a regular basis.

Distribution

You are encouraged to distribute ZED free of charge to ftp sites, friends,
co-workers, and BBS systems.

Corporate users and those using ZED in any for-profit organization or business
may contact me and establish a licensing agreement for your site. I can be
reaced at:
Bruce Shankle
6126 Bushmills St.
Raleigh, NC 27613
USA
or
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

You may not distribute the files that you have installed on your system.
Distribute pre-installation files only.

If you wish to distribute ZED, distribute the file ZED_10S.ZIP. This file
should be on the original ZED distribution floppy, or it is the file you
downloaded.

ZED_10S.ZIP contains:
ZED.EXE
ZED.HLP
ZED.ICO
README.TXT
INSTALL.EXE

You are not allowed to make any changes to any of the original files.  You are
not allowed to sell ZED for profit unless it is part of a shareware-only
archive like Walnut Creek's HOBBES CD-ROM.
Disclaimer
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Disclaimer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Although every effort has been made to insure ZED is a stable program, the
author, E. Bruce Shankle III, may not be held liable for any damages caused by,
related to, or coinciding with the use of ZED. Use ZED at your own risk.

If you don't agree with the the above, then you may not use ZED.  Delete it
now.
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. General Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

ZED is an easy-to-use text editor for OS/2. It is designed for editing plain
text files.
ZED Registration Information
Keys help
Menus
Settings


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following settings are located in the "Settings" menu.  To toggle a setting
select it from the menu or use the appropriate keys. If a setting is checked
that setting is enabled. If it is not checked then it is disabled.

Auto-indent - Ctrl+A
Enable or disable auto-indent.
Auto-indent automatically inserts spaces or tab characters after the enter key
is pressed to align it with the previous text.  If the previous line contains
no text then the new line is not indented.

Case-sensitive filenames - Ctrl+E
Enable or disable case-sensitive file names.
This setting determines whether or not ZED oberves case in file names.  If
enabled, ZED will not convert the case of file names. If disabled, ZED will
convert all filenames to upper case.  If you have a file system that supports
case sensitive file names, such as HPFS, you may wish to enable this setting.

Status bar - Ctrl+S
The status bar contains useful information: current line and column,
key-states, text modification status, and current time. When editing very large
files, performance will be increased by disabling the status bar.

Word wrap - Ctrl+W
When word wrap is enabled, all text is truncated to fit within the edit window.
This does not add or removed characters from the text.  When word wrap is
disabled, text may extend beyond the current window.

Auto-save... Using auto-save

Color... Changing colors

Font... Changing fonts

Tabs... Tab Settings

Menus
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Using auto-save ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

ZED provides auto-save features to help insure your text is not lost in the
event of a power outage or system failure.

Auto-save can be configured to save based on elapsed time and/or based on the
number of modifications to the text.  Auto-save can also generate a file name
for an untitled document or prompt for a file name, depending on how you
configure the auto-save settings.  ZED does not auto-save text that has not
been modified.

ZED Auto-save settings are configured in the ZED AutoSave dialog window. To
activate this window, select "Auto-save..." from the "Settings" menu.

Automatic save every XX minutes
Check this option to automatically save your document every time the specified
time passes. The time interval, represented by the "XX" above, is in minutes
and can be from 1 to 60.

Automatic save every XXXX modifications
Check this option to automatically save your document after the specified
number of modifications.  The number of modifications, represented by the
"XXXX", is the number of key presses that modifiy text in ZED's edit window.
This value can be from 1 to 5000.

Prompt for name if untitled
Check this option if you want ZED to prompt you for a file name when it needs
to auto-save untitled text. If this option is not checked, ZED will
automatically generate a file name for the text: i.e. AUTOSAVE.001.
Automatically generated file names will range from AUTOSAVE.001 to AUTOSAVE.999
and will be located in the directory where ZED.EXE is located. If the maximum
number of auto-generated file names is reached, ZED will issue a warning and
the auto-save operation will fail.  If this happens, it is best to delete some
of the auto-saved files or enable this option.

When you are done, click the "OK" button.  The settings will be saved when you
exit ZED or select "Save settings" from the "Settings" menu.
Click the "Cancel" button to cancel any changes.

If auto-save fails, insure that you enough free storage space to save the text.
Also make sure that you are not running ZED from read only media like CD-ROM or
a network server where you don't have write permission.
Settings menu
General Help
AutoSave message box - prompt for file name
AutoSave message box - Warning


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. AutoSave message box - prompt for file name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

A message box is displayed when AutoSave is configured to prompt for a
filename. Clicking the "OK" button in this message box will bring up the "Save"
dialog window to allow you to give the current text a file name.
Auto-save help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. AutoSave message box - Warning ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If you fail to supply a file name in the "Save" window when AutoSave prompts
for one, you will be issued this warning. This is just a warning, but you will
recieve this warning each time auto-save activates and you don't supply a file
name when it prompts for one.
Auto-save help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Changing colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Changing colors in ZED is simple and takes advantage of OS/2's "Color Palette".

To change colors, select "Color..." from the "Settings" menu.  This will bring
up a color palette.  Click on a color with the right mouse button and hold the
right mouse button down.  Then move the mouse pointer over ZED's edit window.
The mouse pointer will change to an icon that represents a color. (In OS/2
Warp, this is a paint bucket.)  Release the mouse button when the pointer is
over ZED.

When you have dragged a new color to the edit window a dialog window will ask
if you wish to apply the new color to the text or to the window background.
You may cancel the color change by selecting the "Cancel" button. You may also
undo the color change by selecting "Undo" from the "Edit" menu just after you
have made the color change.  ZED will save the color settings in it's profile
when you exit ZED or when you select "Save settings" from the "Settings" menu.
Settings menu
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Changing fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Changing fonts in ZED is simple and takes advantage of OS/2's "Font Palette".
ZED supports all OS/2 fonts, but only one font at a time may be used.

To change fonts, select "Font..." from the "Settings" menu.  This will bring up
a font palette.  Click on a font with the right mouse button and hold the right
mouse button down.  Then move the mouse pointer over ZED's edit window.  The
mouse pointer will change to an icon that represents a font. (In OS/2 Warp,
this is a pencil.)  Release the mouse button when the pointer is over ZED.

When you have dragged a new font to the edit window, the font will be applied
to all text. You may undo the font change by selecting "Undo" from the "Edit"
menu just after you have made the font change.  ZED will save the font setting
in it's profile when you exit ZED or when you select "Save settings" from the
"Settings" menu.
Settings menu
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Keys help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

ZED provides keyboard accelerators for most options.

General window keys.

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ΓöéAlt+F5    ΓöéRestore - Restore   Γöé
Γöé          Γöéwindow state after aΓöé
Γöé          Γöémaximize or         Γöé
Γöé          Γöéminimize.           Γöé
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ΓöéAlt+F7    ΓöéMove - Move window. Γöé
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ΓöéAlt+F8    ΓöéSize - Change windowΓöé
Γöé          Γöéto be sized.        Γöé
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ΓöéAlt+F9    ΓöéMinimize - Minimize Γöé
Γöé          Γöéwindow.             Γöé
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ΓöéAlt+F10   ΓöéMaximize - Maximize Γöé
Γöé          Γöéwindow.             Γöé
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ΓöéAlt+F4    ΓöéClose - Close ZED.  Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+Esc  ΓöéWindow list -       Γöé
Γöé          ΓöéDisplay active      Γöé
Γöé          Γöéprogram list.       Γöé
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ZED file menu accelerator keys.

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ΓöéCtrl+O    ΓöéOpen - Open a file. Γöé
Γöé          ΓöéDisplay file open   Γöé
Γöé          Γöédialog window.      Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+I    ΓöéImport - Import a   Γöé
Γöé          Γöéfile. Display file  Γöé
Γöé          Γöéimport dialog       Γöé
Γöé          Γöéwindow.             Γöé
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ΓöéF2        ΓöéSave - Save current Γöé
Γöé          Γöétext.               Γöé
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ΓöéF4        ΓöéSave and exit - SaveΓöé
Γöé          Γöécurrent text and    Γöé
Γöé          Γöéexit ZED.           Γöé
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ΓöéF3        ΓöéExit - Exit ZED.    Γöé
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ZED edit menu accelerator keys.

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Γöé          Γöétext or color changeΓöé
Γöé          Γöéoperation.          Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+X    ΓöéCut - Remove        Γöé
Γöé          Γöéselected text and   Γöé
Γöé          Γöéplace in clipboard. Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+C    ΓöéCopy - Copy selectedΓöé
Γöé          Γöétext to clipboard.  Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+V    ΓöéPaste - Insert text Γöé
Γöé          Γöéfrom clipboard at   Γöé
Γöé          Γöécurrent cursor      Γöé
Γöé          Γöélocation.           Γöé
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ΓöéDel       ΓöéDelete - Remove     Γöé
Γöé          Γöéselected text.      Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+F    ΓöéFind - Activate findΓöé
Γöé          Γöédialog window.      Γöé
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Γöé          Γöénext instance of    Γöé
Γöé          Γöésearch text.        Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+R    ΓöéReplace - Activate  Γöé
Γöé          Γöéreplace dialog      Γöé
Γöé          Γöéwindow.             Γöé
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ZED settings menu accelerator keys.

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ΓöéCtrl+A    ΓöéAuto-indent - ToggleΓöé
Γöé          Γöéautoindent.         Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+E    ΓöéCase-sensitive      Γöé
Γöé          Γöéfilenames - Toggle  Γöé
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Γöé          Γöécase-sensitive      Γöé
Γöé          Γöéfilenames.          Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+S    ΓöéStatus Bar - Toggle Γöé
Γöé          Γöéstatus bar.         Γöé
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ΓöéCtrl+W    ΓöéWord wrap - Toggle  Γöé
Γöé          Γöéword wrap.          Γöé
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ZED miscellaneous keys.

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ΓöéCtrl+Insert    ΓöéCopy - Copy selectedΓöé
Γöé               Γöétext to clipboard.  Γöé
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ΓöéShift+Insert   ΓöéPaste - Insert text Γöé
Γöé               Γöéfrom clipboard at   Γöé
Γöé               Γöécurrent cursor      Γöé
Γöé               Γöélocation.           Γöé
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ΓöéEscape         ΓöéEscape - Pressing   Γöé
Γöé               Γöéescape on a dialog  Γöé
Γöé               Γöéwindow will close   Γöé
Γöé               Γöéthat window.        Γöé
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Edit window keys

The behavior of the edit window, when typing, depends on whether it is in
insert or overtype mode, and whether the selection is empty or not.

When a character is typed, it replaces the current selection.  If the selection
is empty, the character is viewed as replacing nothing, so the character is
effectively inserted into the text.  If one or more characters are selected,
those characters are deleted from the text and replaced by the typed character.

If the edit window is in insert mode, the cursor is moved to follow the typed
character.

If the edit window is in overtype mode, the cursor is moved to immediately
follow the newly typed character and characters after it are over typed.

If the typing causes the cursor to go off the screen in any direction, the
display is automatically scrolled.  If word-wrap is on, text continues on a new
line, otherwise, the screen is scrolled horizontally.

Scrolling of the text in the window is independent of cursor movement.  The
cursor and selection remain unaltered at the same location within the text
during all scrolling but the converse is not true. Any movement of the cursor
causes auto-scrolling, if necessary, to ensure that the text location of the
cursor is visible within the window.

Return: Return (ASCII newline) causes a hard line-break, and the following text
begins on a new line.  A line-break character is inserted in the text, which is
drawn as a few pels of white-space (for selection purposes).

Keystroke commands: For all the following keys, unless otherwise noted, the
display is scrolled, if necessary, to keep the cursor point visible.  Where
noted, the cursor setting behaves differently in insert mode than in overtype
mode. This is subject to the boundary conditions noted above.

Del
Causes the contents of the selection region to be deleted.  If the selection
region contains no text, it causes the character to the right of the cursor to
be deleted.

Shift+Del
Causes the contents of the selection region to be cut to the clipboard.

Insert
Toggles between insert and overtype mode. The edit window ignores the Insert
key when it occurs without a modifier.

Shift+Ins
Causes the contents of the clipboard to replace the selection region.

Ctrl+Ins
Causes the selection region to be copied to the clipboard.  The selection
region is not otherwise affected.

Backspace
Functions similar to Del. If the selection is not empty, Backspace deletes the
selection.  If the selection is empty, Backspace deletes the character to the
left of the cursor point. If the edit window is in overtype mode, the anchor
point is set, and the cursor point is moved to be one character previous in the
text.  If no such character exists (because the anchor is set to the beginning
of the text) the cursor is set to the anchor point.  If the edit window is in
insert mode, the cursor and anchor points are set, as defined at the start of
this chapter.

Down Arrow
Sets the cursor point to the closest insertion point on the following line,
then sets the anchor point to the cursor point (insertion mode) or one
character following (overtype mode).

Shift+Down Arrow
Causes the cursor point to be moved to the closest insertion point on the
following line.  The anchor point does not move.

Up Arrow
Sets the cursor point to the closest insertion point on the preceding line,
then sets the anchor point to the cursor point (insert mode) or one character
following (overtype mode).

Shift+Up
Sets the cursor point to the closest insertion point on the preceding line. The
anchor point is not moved.

Right Arrow
Sets the cursor point to the insertion point one character following the cursor
point.  The anchor point is set to the cursor point (insert mode) or one
character following (overtype mode).

Shift+Right
Causes the cursor point to be set to the insertion point immediately following
the previous cursor point.  The anchor point is not moved.

Left and Shift+Left
Work analogously.

Ctrl+Right
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point immediately preceding the next
word in the text including trailing spaces, and sets the anchor point to be
equal to (insert mode) or one character following (overtype mode) the cursor
point. The EOL (hard line-break) and tab characters are treated as words.

Ctrl+Shift+Right
Moves only the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+Right, but leaves the
anchor point unmoved.

Ctrl+Left
Moves the cursor point to the preceding insertion point at the beginning of a
word, and sets the anchor point to be equal to (insert mode) or one character
following (overtype mode) the cursor point. The EOL (hard line-break) and tab
characters are treated as words.

Ctrl+Shift+Left
Moves only the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+Left but leaves the anchor
point unmoved.

Pagedown and Pageup
Cause the display to be scrolled one screen at a time in either direction. This
behavior is the same as would be encountered during a page-down or page-up
caused by the scroll-bar.

Ctrl+Pagedown and Ctrl+Pageup
Cause the display to be scrolled one screen at a time to the right or left
respectively. This behavior is the same as would be encountered during a
page-right or page-left caused by the scroll-bar.

Home
Sets the cursor point to the insertion point at the beginning of the line
containing the cursor point, and sets the anchor point equal to (insert mode)
or one character following (overtype mode).

Shift+Home
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point at the beginning of the line.
The anchor point is not moved.

End
Sets the anchor point to the insertion point at the end of the line containing
the cursor point.  If the last character on the line is a line-break character,
the anchor is positioned just before it.  The cursor is set equal to (insert
mode) or one character previous to (overtype mode) the anchor.

Shift+End
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point at the end of the line, as above.
The anchor point is not moved.

Ctrl+Home
Moves the cursor point to the insertion point at the beginning of the document.
The anchor point is set equal to (insert mode) or one character following it
(overtype mode).

Ctrl+End
Moves the anchor point to the insertion point at the end of the document.  The
cursor point is set to be equal to the anchor point (insert mode) or one
character preceding it (overtype mode).

Ctrl+Shift+Home
Moves the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+Home, but leaves the anchor
point unmoved.

Ctrl+Shift+End
Moves the cursor point in the same way as Ctrl+End, but leaves the anchor point
unmoved.

General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Menus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

ZED's menu structure is organized for efficient editing using a mouse or the
keyboard.
File Menu
Edit Menu
Settings Menu
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following selections are available in the "File" menu.

New - edit new of different file.
Clear text from edit window and close current file. If the current text is
modified and not saved, ZED will ask if you want to save it.  This menu item is
disabled if the current text is empty.

Open - Ctrl+O - open a file.
Bring up file open dialog window. Select a file, and ZED will open it and you
can edit it.

Import - Ctrl+I - import a file.
Bring up file import dialog window. Select a file to import into the current
text. The text in the file will be inserted at the current cursor location.

Save - F2 - save current text.
Save the current text in a file. If the text is untitled, open save dialog
window to assign the file a directory and name.  This menu item is disabled if
the current text has not been modified.

Save as - save current text in a new or different file.

Save and exit - F4 - save current text and exit.
Save the current text in a file and exit. If the text is untitled, open save
dialog window to assign the file a directory and name.  If the text has a file
name, save text to that file and then exit.  This menu item is disabled if the
current text has not been modified.

Select printer... - select target print object.
Select printer object to recieve printed text.  Optionally set job properties.

Printer information... - view detailed printer information.
Show detailed information about each installed printer object.

Print... - print text.
Send text to printer.  This opens a dialog window that allows you to set
priority, copies, and job properties before actually printing.  If a line of
text exceeds the width of the print area, it is truncated.

Spawn ZED - start another program instance.
Start a new copy of ZED.

Recent file list - quickly open a previously opened file.
ZED allows up to 9 file names in the recent file list.  These file names are
stored in when you exit ZED or select "Save settings" from the settings menu.
When you open a file it's name is added to the recent file list. If the file is
already in the list, it is brought to the top of the list.  If the file list is
full, ZED removes the last entry to make room for the new entry.

Exit - F3 - exit ZED.
Close ZED.  Prompt to save any modified text.

Menus
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.2. Edit Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following selections are available in the "Edit" menu.
Note: Some options are not always available.  For example, "Paste" is disabled
if there is not text in the clipboard.

Undo - Ctrl+Z - undo last operation.
This allows most text changes to be undone, such as deleting or inserting
something. It also allows color and font changes to be undone.  The undo
operation, cannot undo some operations, such as deleting a large amount of
text.  Undo only undoes the last operation.

Cut - Ctrl+X - cut selected text and place in clipboard.
This menu item is disabled if no text is selected.

Copy - Ctrl+X - copy selected text to clipboard.
This menu item is disabled if no text is selected.  The Ctrl+Insert key
sequence also activates this function.

Paste - Ctrl+V - insert text from clipboard at current cursor location.
This menu item is disabled if no text is in the clipboard.  The Shift+Insert
key sequence also activates this function.

Delete - Del - delete selected text.
This menu item is disabled if no text is selected.

Find... - Ctrl+F - show find dialog window.
When the find dialog window is displayed, text can be entered and ZED will
search for that text.  If the text is found, it will be selected and scrolled
into view.  If it is not found, ZED will issue a message.  This menu item is
disabled if there is no text.

Find next - F5 - find previously searched text again.
Search for the next instance of the previously searched text, automatically
wrapping to the beginning if it reaches the end of the text.  If the text is
found, it will be selected and scrolled into view.  If it is not found, ZED
will issue a message. This menu item is disabled if there is no text.

Replace - Ctrl+R - show replace dialog window.
When the replace dialog window is displayed, search and replace text can be
entered. ZED will replace the search text with the replace text.  You have the
option to verify each replace operation or allow ZED to replace all instances
of the search text.  If the text cannot be found, ZED will issue a message.
This menu item is disabled if there is no text.

Menus
General Help


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.3. Settings Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

For help with the settings menu, please refer to "Settings".
Settings


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Tab Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

ZED allows the tab key functionality to be configured for inserting a certain
number of spaces or the tab character.

ZED tab settings are configured in the ZED Tabs dialog window. To activate this
window, select "Tabs..." from the "Settings" menu.

Spaces
Click the "Spaces" radio button for ZED to insert spaces instead of the tab
character. The number of spaces inserted can range from 1 to 20.  This is
useful for when working with technical documents where the tab character may be
interpreted differently by different editors or where indentation spacing is
critical ( i.e. C Source code).  Use a mono-spaced font for best results with
this setting.

Tab character
Click the "Tab character" radio button for ZED to insert the tab character
instead of spaces.  This is useful for formatting columns of text when using a
proportional font.

When you are done, click the "OK" button.  The settings will be saved when you
exit ZED or select "Save settings" from the "Settings" menu.
Click the "Cancel" button to cancel any changes.
Settings menu
General Help