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┌───────────────────┐
│ An-Editor v. 2.1 │
└───────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ - This is a simple editor released in the public domain. │
│ │
│ - It produces ASCII files. ( control characters allowed ) │
│ │
│ - Only files which are 80 characters wide are currently supported. │
│ │
│ - (* written in Turbo Pascal with assembly language subroutines for │
│ fast screen updates *) │
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
I have included the following files on this diskette :
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ - AE.COM ( the executable version of An-Editor ) │
│ │
│ - AE.DOC ( this documentation file ) │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Hardware requirements :
─────────────────────
- IBM PC or compatible, 320 K RAM.
- MS/PC-DOS 2.0 or greater.
- One disk drive.
You should format a new diskette with the format/s command
and copy these three files on it. There will be enough room
on the diskette to hold your documents. However, if you want
An-Editor to load and save from/to another drive, simply
enter the new drive or directory following "AE" on the DOS
command line. ( examples: AE B: , AE B:\MYSUBD )
Also, you can specify the name of an existing file on the
command line. The file will then be loaded at start-up.
Editing commands :
────────────────
Note : When editing a file, you can press F1 to display a summary
of the editing commands.
An-Editor implements the following command set :
- left arrow - right arrow
- up arrow - down arrow
- Ins ( toggle between insert and overwrite modes )
- Del ( delete the character at the cursor position )
- Backspace ( delete character before cursor and move it one
space to the left )
- Ctrl-T ( move cursor to top of screen )
- Ctrl-B ( move cursor to bottom of screen )
- Ctrl-W ( scroll up one line towards beginning of the file )
- Ctrl-Z ( scroll down one line towards the end of the file )
- PgUp ( move through file one screen up )
- PgDn ( move through file one screen down )
- Ctrl-PgUp ( move cursor to the beginning of the file )
- Ctrl-PgDn ( move cursor to the end of the file )
- home ( move cursor to the beginning of the line )
- end ( move cursor to the end of the line )
- Tab ( move cursor right to the next tab position )
- Shift-tab ( move cursor left to the next tab position )
- Ctrl-L ( delete the line at the cursor position )
- Ctrl-N ( insert a line at the cursor position )
- Ctrl-P ( instruct An-Editor to treat the following character
as a literal : use this to enter ASCII 1-31 )
- Ctrl-Y ( toggle drawing mode on/off. Use arrows to draw
boxes. Hit Ctrl-Y again to return to edit mode )
- Return ( go back to the beginning of the following line )
- F5 ( hide / unhide cursor )
- F9 ( toggle clock display on/off )
Printing :
────────
- Only parallel printers are supported. ( [PRN]/lpt1: ).
WARNING : An attempt to use the "Print work" function with
a printer attached to a port other than lpt1: can
cause the computer to lock up !!!
- If you are using a printer which is not IBM ProPrinter compa-
tible, you should create a file called "PRINTER.DEF" containing
the ASCII codes to switch the Near Letter Quality mode (NLQ)
on and off. This file will contain three lines.
Write the name of your printer on the FIRST line
of the file. The SECOND line should contains the ascii codes
to switch your printer to NLQ mode. On the THIRD line, write
the codes to switch back to normal (draft) mode. Do not forget
to put a blank space between the codes.
Here is an example of a printer definition file :
< beginning of file >
Panasonic KX-P1077
27 55 66
27 32
< end of file >
Note that if An-Editor does not find this file in the same
directory as "AE.COM", only the IBM ProPrinter option will
be available at printing time.
Also, you can specify a different directory for "PRINTER.DEF"
by defining an environment variable "AE_DIR" specifying the
directory where An-Editor should find it. For example, if you
want An-Editor to look for "PRINTER.DEF" in a directory named
"c:\text_ed\easy_ed" you would put the statement
SET AE_DIR = c:\text_ed\easy_ed
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
When you choose the print option you
will be prompted for the top and bottom margins and also the
page length. For normal 8 1/2 x 11 paper, enter 6 for the
top and bottom margins, and 66 for the page length. These
values are default. If they suit your needs, just press
< RETURN >.
Limitations :
───────────
- Be aware of the fact that An-Editor supports files with lines
of 80 characters maximum. Therefore, if you try to load a file
that has lines longer than 80 characters, they will be truncated.
- The maximum number of lines of the file is 2000.
Feel free to send me comments, good or bad.
────────────────────────────────────────────────
Guy Lachance
215-C Mulberry,
El Paso, TX 79932.
┌───────────────────────────────────┐
│ E-MAIL: lachance@cs.ep.utexas.edu │
└───────────────────────────────────┘
Compuserve : [71460,3407].
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