C/C++ Users Group Library 1996 July/C-C++ Users Group Library July 1996.iso/vol_400/428_02/ed/ed.txt

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@BEGIN General Help
 Ed Text Editor on-line help, Revision 03/15/94.
 This information is copyright (c) 1992-94 SoftCircuits.

 Press <Enter> now to get help on |Using Help|.

 Commands can be selected by using the menu bar (the list of
 selections that run across the top of the display). There are several
 ways to access and navigate the menus. You can press <Alt>, and then
 use the left and right arrow keys to select the desired submenu. Then
 press <Enter> or the down-arrow key to open the submenu. A faster
 method is to press <Alt> and then press the bold letter of the
 desired submenu. Once a submenu is open, you can use the left and
 right arrow keys to browse the different submenu selections.

 Some menu items contain hotkeys. The hotkeys appear inside the
 submenus to the right of the submenu selections. After you become
 familiar with the program you might find it easier to use these
 hotkeys without having to access the menus. (Note that the hotkeys
 are not active while the menu is open).

 Across the bottom of the display is the status bar. You should refer
 to the status bar for hints about what options are currently
 available and for information about the current operation.

 For information about a specific menu, select one of the following
 topics:

    |File Menu|
    |Search Menu|
    |Options Menu|
    |Help Menu|

 Ed is a demonstration program for the PICTOR video library. This
 program was written by:

    SoftCircuits Programming
    P.O. Box 16262
    Irvine, CA 92713
@END


@BEGIN Using Help
 This on-line help system provides information about using the Ed Text
 Editor. Help is generally context sensitive, which means that it
 provides information about what you were doing when help was
 activated. Help is accessed by pressing <F1> or by selecting help
 from the Help menu. To get information on any of the pull-down menu
 items, move the hilight bar to that item and press <F1>.

 While help is active, you can use the cursor keys to navigate the
 current help topic. You can press <F1> to selected another topic
 from the |Help Index|.

 Some help topics contain links. Links appear as bold characters. You
 can use <Tab> and <Shift+Tab> to move the highlight bar among the
 topic links. To view the selected help topic, press <Enter>. To
 return to the previous help topic, press <Backspace>. Press <Escape>
 to close help.

 See also |General Help|.
@END


@BEGIN File Menu
 The File Menu contains commands for creating, loading, saving, and
 printing files. It also contains the exit command.

 For help on one of the file menu commands, select one of the
 following topics:

    |New|
    |Open|
    |Save|
    |Save As|
    |Print|
    |Exit|
@END


@BEGIN New
 The New command allows you to create and edit a new file.

 Use the |Open| command to edit an existing file.
@END


@BEGIN Open
 The Open command allows you to edit an existing file.

 Use the |New| command to create a new file.
@END


@BEGIN Save
 Saves the current file to disk. If the file has not been given a
 name, you will be prompted to enter a file name. Use the |Save As|
 command to save a file that already has a name, with a different
 name.

 If you select the |Exit| command and the current file has been
 modified, Ed asks if you want to save the file before returning you
 to DOS.
@END


@BEGIN Save As
 This command works like the |Save| command except that Save As always
 asks you to enter the name the file should be saved as. If a file
 with the name you specify already exists, Ed asks if you want to
 overwrite it.
@END


@BEGIN Print
 This command sends the current file to the printer.
@END


@BEGIN Exit
 The Exit command quits Ed and returns you to DOS.

 If the current file has been modified, you will be asked if you want
 to save it before quitting. You can respond with yes or no, or select
 cancel to continue editing.

 See the |Save| command to save a file without returning to DOS.
@END


@BEGIN Search Menu
 The Search Menu contains commands for searching and replacing text.
 For information on one of these commands, select from one of the
 following help topics:

    |Find|
    |Change|
    |Repeat Last Find|
@END


@BEGIN Find
 This command will search the current file for a string of text.

 Type the text you want to search for when prompted. The search begins
 at the current cursor position and continues until the text is found
 or until the end of the file is reached. If the text is found, the
 cursor is positioned at the beginning of the text. Searches are not
 case sensitive.

 Use |Repeat Last Find| to search for the next occurrence of the text.
 Use the |Change| command to find text and change it.
@END


@BEGIN Change
 This command searches the current file for a string of text and
 replaces each occurrence with a replacement string.

 When prompted, type in the text to find and the replacement string.
 Press <Tab> to move between the different fields of the Change
 dialog box. If the replacement string is blank, you'll get a warning
 message. An empty replacement string results in simply deleting each
 occurrence of the text. If you get the warning, select OK to
 continue, or cancel to abort the search.

 The search begins at the current cursor position and continues until
 the text is found or until the end of the file is reached. The search
 is not case sensitive. Each time the text is found, you are prompted
 across the status bar if you want to replace the text. Press 'Y' to
 replace the text, press 'N' to skip this occurrence and go on to the
 next one. Press 'A' to change all occurrences without prompting.
 Press <Escape> at any time to end the search.
@END


@BEGIN Repeat Last Find
 This command finds the next occurrence of the string used the last
 time the |Find| or |Change| commands were used.
@END


@BEGIN Options Menu
 The Options Menu contains miscellaneous commands. Currently, the only
 command in this menu is the |Tab Width| command.
@END


@BEGIN Tab Width
 This command lets you specify the number of columns between tab
 stops.
@END


@BEGIN Help Menu
 The Help Menu contains commands for help and program information
 operations.

 For information on a help menu command, select from one of the
 following topics:

    |Using Help|
    |Help Index|
    |About|
@END


@BEGIN Help Index
 The Help Index command displays a list box with all the available
 help topics in the current help file.
@END


@BEGIN About
 The About command displays copyright and version information about
 this program.
@END