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Special thanks to Johnathan Stein and Tom Campbell for their contributions and support.
Test code for this program was developed with SHAZAM. A SHAZAM version of NEDEMO is available from Johnathan Stein. Send $10.00 and your name, address and disk size (5
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DRAG Mode MAIN
The current window is being moved or resized. Press [Enter] to keep the current position, or [Esc] to restore the former position and/or size.
MENUS Help MAIN
Select which menu you would like help on.
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File
Edit
Search
Windows
Desktop
FILE Menu [Alt]-[F] MENUS
This menu allows you to access various file commands. Select which menu item you would like help on.
Sub Topics:
Open
New
Save
Continue
Save
Done
Save
Change
Dir
Shell
Exit
OPEN [F3] FILE
Select a file from disk to edit.
NEW FILE
Automatically open a blank edit window with the title of UNTITLED. You can start typing text right away.
SAVE CONTINUE [F2] FILE
SAVE
Save text in the current window to disk and continue editing. If your window is titled UNTITLED, you will be asked to supply a file name. Otherwise, the text is saved to disk using the current window
title. 9
This command is disabled until you open an edit window.
SAVE DONE [Ctrl]-[K]-[D] FILE
SAVE
Save text in the current window to disk and close the edit window. If your window is titled UNTITLED, you will be asked to supply a file name. Otherwise, the text is saved to disk using the current window title. 9
This command is disabled until you open an edit window.
SAVE FILE [Ctrl]-[K]-[F] FILE
SAVE
Save text in the current window to disk under a new file name. You are asked to which file you would like to save the text. The file may be an existing disk file, or a new file.
Once your text is saved, you can continue using the editor on the current edit window. Note that the window
title will change to reflect your new file name. 9
This command is disabled until you open an edit window.
CHANGE DIR FILE
Change to another directory.
SHELL TO DOS FILE
Drop into MS-DOS to use various DOS commands, run other programs, and do all those wondrous things MS-DOS allows you to do. k
When you are done using MS-DOS, type in "EXIT" and you will return to where you were in your application.
EXIT [Alt]-[X] FILE
Terminate the current application and return to MS-DOS.
Before the application is terminated, all windows on the desktop will be saved to the default desktop file on disk. The current video mode is saved with the desktop.
The next time you use this application, the last desktop you had open will be restored, along with the video mode you were in.
EDIT Menu [Alt]-[C] MENUS
This menu allows you to cut, copy, and paste text to and from the clipboard. You can also undelete your last text operation, clear selected
text from your document without putting it into the clipboard, or view current clipboard contents.
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Undo
Copy
Cut
Paste
Clipboard
Clear
Spell
Check
UNDO [Ctrl]-[U] EDIT
[Ctrl]-[Q]-[L] EDITOR
Undo your last text operation. Whether you entered text that you don't really want, or accidentally deleted some text you would like to restore, UNDO will restore the text to its original context.
However, you must select UNDO before you use any cursor
key. The UNDO buffer is based on cursor movement. As long as you are entering or deleting text you can UNDO it. This also applies to marking blocks of text and deleting them. The deletion can be undone, as long as you don't move the cursor with a cursor
key (i.e., [PgUp], [Right-Arrow], [Home], etc.). Once the cursor is moved, the UNDO buffer flushes itself and the original text context is forever gone.
This does not apply to using any of the text reformatting
keys. Wordwrap can not be undone. Nor can paragraph or document reformatting. L
This command is disabled until you enter or delete text in an edit window.
COPY [Ctrl]-[Ins] EDIT
[Ctrl]-[K]-[K] MOVING
SELECT
Copy selected text to the clipboard. Using COPY indicates that you want to take a "copy" of your selected
text, leaving the text in your document intact. A
This command is disabled until you place text on the clipboard.
CUT [Shift]-[Del] EDIT
[Ctrl]-[K]-[Y] DELETE
SELECT
Cut selected
text out of your document to the clipboard. Using CUT indicates that you want to "cut" your selected
text, removing the text from your document. A
This command is disabled until you place text on the clipboard.
PASTE [Shift]-[Ins] EDIT
[Ctrl]-[K]-[C] MOVING
Paste text into your document from the clipboard. In order to use this option, text must have been placed on the clipboard previously using COPY or CUT commands. A
This command is disabled until you place text on the clipboard.
CLIPBOARD EDIT
View the contents of the clipboard. The clipboard will be blank unless you previously put something on it using the COPY or CUT commands. Z
To exit the clipboard, press [Alt]-[F3] and you will return to your current edit window.
CLEAR [Ctrl]-[Del] EDIT
DELETE
SELECT
Clear selected text from your document. This is much like the CUT option, but the selected
text is not put on the clipboard. E
Use this command only if you want to delete selected text for good. 1
This command is disabled until you select
text.
SPELLCHECK EDIT
This option demonstrates how the current edit window can be saved to disk to allow an external spelling checker to be run. Once the spell checker is done, the window is reopened for editing.
SEARCH Menu [Alt]-[S] MENUS
EDITOR
This menu allows you to look for and/or replace text within your document. It also offers the option of quickly repeating the last find or search/replace action.
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Find
Search/Replace
Again
FIND [Ctrl]-[Q]-[F] Search
Find a particular bit of text in your document. A dialog
box will appear asking you what text to find, and gives you the option of finding text that is case sensitive or whole words only. 9
This command is disabled until you open an edit window.
SEARCH/REPLACE [Ctrl]-[Q]-[A] SEARCH
This is similar to using FIND text, however you also have to provide text with which to replace text you find. A dialog
box will appear asking you what text to find, what text to replace it with, and if the search is case sensitive, for whole words only, to prompt before replacing text, or to replace all finds without prompting. 9
This command is disabled until you open an edit window.
AGAIN [Ctrl]-[L] SEARCH
This will allow you to quickly repeat the last FIND or SEARCH/REPLACE action without having to enter your FIND or SEARCH/REPLACE parameters into a dialog
box again. 9
This command is disabled until you open an edit window.