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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ CADET - The CAD Text Editor │ │ │ │ Version 3.0a User's Manual │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Copyright 1990, 1991 Steve Waskow ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── Wasco Technical Software 1211 Grand Junction Drive Katy, TX 77450 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── Phone/FAX: (713) 392-1359 CompuServe: 72020,2031 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── DISCLAIMER AND LIMIT OF LIABILITY ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── STEVE WASKOW AND WASCO TECHNICAL SOFTWARE MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL STEVE WASKOW OR WASCO TECHNICAL SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF STEVE WASKOW OR WASCO TECHNICAL SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND TRADEMARKS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The CADET software and the accompanying CADET documentation are copyright 1990, 1991 by Steve Waskow of Wasco Technical Software. Portions of the software are copyright 1989, 1990 by Acropolis Software, and are used and distributed under license to Wasco Technical Software. All rights to the CADET software and the accompanying CADET documentation are reserved by Steve Waskow of Wasco Technical Software. AutoCAD & AutoLISP are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. Other brand and product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CADET v3.0 1 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── TABLE OF CONTENTS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── INTRODUCTION ............................................... 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................ 3 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ............................. 4 Configuration Considerations ............................. 4 Configuration Variables .................................. 4 Automated Installation ................................... 5 Manual Installation (optional) ........................... 6 Running CADET from a Ram Disk (optional) ................. 7 AutoLISP Function Name Conflicts ......................... 8 First Time Users ......................................... 9 EDITING OR EXPORTING TEXT WITH CE ......................... 10 CREATING TEXT TABLES WITH CC .............................. 11 CREATING DRAWING NOTES WITH CN ............................ 15 IMPORTING TEXT FILES WITH CI .............................. 17 USING THE CADET EDITOR .................................... 20 Sorting Order ........................................... 22 View Relative Text Positions ............................ 23 Zoom Toggle ............................................. 23 Inserting and Deleting Text Lines ....................... 23 Block Operations (Cut and Paste) ........................ 25 Search and Replace, Find Text ........................... 28 Changing Height, Case and Style ......................... 29 Exporting Text .......................................... 29 Spelling Checker ........................................ 30 Word Wrap and Reformat .................................. 30 Leaving CADET When Done ................................. 31 CADET EDITOR COMMAND REFERENCE ............................ 32 Cursor Movements ........................................ 32 Special Symbols ......................................... 32 Editing Keys and Commands ............................... 33 Pull-Down Menu .......................................... 38 PROBLEMS AND ERROR MESSAGES ............................... 39 Problems Running CE, CC, CN or CI ....................... 39 Problems Running CADET.EXE .............................. 39 Did I Change That? ...................................... 40 No Room To Insert Lines ................................. 40 INDEX ..................................................... 41 CADET v3.0 2 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── INTRODUCTION ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CADET is a professional software system which allows you to create and edit text and attributes in AutoCAD drawings. CADET adds four new commands to AutoCAD. Use CE (CADET-Edit) to edit or export text and attributes. Create text tables with CC (CADET-Create table), or drawing notes with CN (CADET-Notes). Use CI (CADET-Import) to import text files. CADET is full-screen text editor - you can move around the screen with the cursor keys, making changes as needed. Type in either insert or overwrite mode, with or without CADET's typematic rate accelerator. Edit up to 99 lines of text and attributes at once, each up to 255 characters in length. CADET provides vertical and horizontal scrolling of the screen. Text is automatically sorted into horizontal rows and vertical columns - one keystroke changes the sort order. Use CADET's pull-down menu system or control key commands. For reference, use CADET's help screen. Status lines display cursor position and speed, insert mode, text height and style, block and attribute information, and sort order. CADET's integrated spelling checker includes a 112,000+ word dictionary - you can select from suggested spellings, edit, skip or add words to the dictionary. CADET has cut-and-paste, and word wrap and paragraph reformat features for notes. CADET's search-and-replace and find-text functions include case sensitivity, whole word and global searches. Use CADET to change text height, style and case on a line-by-line or global basis. You can insert, delete, copy, move or swap lines of text. Delete characters, words, phrases and lines. With CADET you can export text to a disk file - sorted by rows or columns. With a VGA/EGA monitor, you can zoom to 50/43 line display modes. View, enter and edit AutoCAD's special characters for degrees, plus or minus, and circle diameter symbols - without the %% codes. Add and edit overscores and underscores as well. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The CADET programs require an IBM XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible with 640K RAM, a hard disk drive, monochrome or color display, and PC-DOS/MS-DOS 3.1 or higher. CADET interfaces with any 640K DOS or 386 DOS version of AutoCAD R9, R10 or R11 with AutoLISP, using an AutoCAD shell space of 240000 bytes. Additional support is provided for optional EGA and VGA displays and AT and PS/2 class machines. CADET v3.0 3 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Using the supplied installation program is the simplest way to install CADET. An alternate method is outlined for installing CADET manually with DOS and a text editor. First we discuss a few of the configuration considerations and options available. ──────────────────────────── CONFIGURATION CONSIDERATIONS ──────────────────────────── TYPEMATIC RATE ACCELERATOR: CADET has a built-in typematic rate accelerator, which serves to speed up the cursor movement on late model IBM AT and PS/2 class computers - including most 286, 386 and 486 compatibles. CADET determines, to the extent possible, if your system supports the accelerator. If so, acceleration is enabled by default, otherwise a safeguard disables acceleration. Since it is not always possible to determine the computer type precisely, the CADET installation procedure allows you to experiment overriding the disabling safeguard. The procedure also allows you to disable the accelerator if you so desire. SYMBOL TRANSLATION: The CADET editor translates %%d, %%p and %%c character codes (degree, plus/minus and circle diameter) into the true symbols. AutoCAD's dimensioning feature produces a different set of codes - ASCII codes 127, 128 and 129 - which produce the same symbols. CADET can translate these ASCII codes as well. For uniformity, both the %% codes and the ASCII codes are translated back as %% codes. This back-translation of the ASCII 127, 128 and 129 codes to %% codes is not desirable with some third party fonts which do not support AutoCAD's definitions, since incorrect symbols may result. This portion of the translation can be disabled during installation. ─────────────────────── CONFIGURATION VARIABLES ─────────────────────── ALTERNATE PATH: The AutoLISP variable "CADETD" is used by CADET's alternate path scheme (see USING A RAM DISK). MEMORY MANAGEMENT: Having two or more of CADET's main AutoLISP programs loaded at once may degrade their performance slightly. We avoid this by using small "autoloading" routines which are installed in your ACAD.LSP file. When you enter CE, CC, CN or CI from AutoCAD's command line, these routines "unload" other active CADET programs before loading the called program from disk. Unloaded routines reload automatically when called. CADET v3.0 4 User's Manual If you switch between CADET applications often, and are willing to sacrifice a bit of performance to avoid loading time, you can disable CADET's memory management with the AutoLISP variable "CADETM". Setting CADETM to true or to any value other than nil disables memory management. For example: (SETQ CADETM T) SORTING COORDINATES: Another CADET configuration variable controls which text coordinates are used for row and column sorting. When editing text, CE can use either the "insert" point of center, middle and right justified text for the sorting coordinates, or the text's lower left coordinates. The AutoLISP variable "CADETS" controls which point is used. CE uses the default insert point when CADETS is absent or set to nil. Set CADETS to true or to any value other than nil to use lower left coordinates. For example: (SETQ CADETS T) ────────────────────── AUTOMATED INSTALLATION ────────────────────── CADETIN.EXE is CADET's installation/reconfiguration program. Before starting, determine the name of your AutoCAD system directory - the drive and directory where your AutoCAD executable program files are located. Log onto the drive and directory which contains the CADET programs and enter "CADETIN" at the DOS prompt. Choose Installation or Reconfiguration, and enter the AutoCAD release you are using. Enter the AutoCAD system directory name, for example, C:\ACAD. When installing CADET, all necessary files are copied to the AutoCAD system directory. You are next asked to supply your CADET registration code. This code is provided on the introductory letter which accompanied your CADET diskettes. Following that, you are asked if you want to disable the translation of ASCII 127-129 codes. With text fonts supplied by Autodesk and most others, you can leave it enabled. CADET sorts text into rows and columns. Inside the editor, you can toggle the order as needed. The installation program asks you to choose which order CADET will default to. The installation program next determines, nearly as possible, if CADET can accelerate your typematic rate. If acceleration is possible, you have the option of disabling it. If your system appears unsuitable for acceleration, you are asked if you want to attempt to enable it regardless. If you use the typematic rate accelerator, you must choose the typematic rate speed to which CADET will default at start-up, and whether to make the speed change permanent upon leaving CADET. CADET v3.0 5 User's Manual CADET supports standard and condensed 43/50 line mode on EGA/VGA displays, and allows you to toggle modes from within the editor. You are asked to choose a EGA/VGA start-up mode. The program now checks to see if you have an ACAD.LSP file and, if so, if it is encrypted. If your file is encrypted, CADETIN will be unable to continue, although CADET may still be used by manual loading. Otherwise, CADETIN asks if you want to add autoloading functions for CE, CC, CN and CI into your ACAD.LSP file. You are next given the option of disabling CADET's memory management, described previously. It is generally recommended that you use both the autoloading routines and CADET's memory management. Last, you are given the option to define which set of text coordinates CE and the editor will use for sorting text into rows and columns - the "insert" point or the lower left point. The default "insert" point method generally works the best. ────────────────────────────── MANUAL INSTALLATION (OPTIONAL) ────────────────────────────── This describes how you can optionally install or reconfigure CADET manually. Skip this section if you have used CADETIN. First, use the DOS COPY command to copy all CADET files into the drive/directory in which your AutoCAD executable program files reside (copying the documentation files is optional). Next, edit your ACAD.PGP file, or, create one if none exists. Add a line in the file as shown (options in square braces): CADET!,CADET [/T /S /FxP /R /V MyRegCode],240000,,0 The /T parameter disables the translation of ASCII 127-129 codes (see the SYMBOL TRANSLATION section). The /S and /F parameters both affect the typematic rate accelerator on AT and PS/2 class machines (see the TYPEMATIC RATE ACCELERATOR section). The /F parameter implements the accelerator, and will override the safeguard if CADET refuses to implement the accelerator by default. Adding a number behind the /F parameter sets a default typematic rate speed for CADET to use at start-up. Use /F1 for slow speed, /F2 for medium speed, or /F3 for fast speed. If no number or an invalid number is added, CADET defaults to slow speed. Adding a P behind the number makes the speed setting permanent when you leave CADET (at least until the machine is rebooted or another program affects it). For example, /F3P sets a permanent fast cursor speed. The /S parameter disables the typematic rate accelerator. Obviously, the /S and /F parameters are mutually exclusive. CADET v3.0 6 User's Manual Use the /R parameter to change CADET's default sort order from column order to row order. More detail on sort order is given in a later section of the manual, SORTING ORDER, in the USING THE CADET EDITOR chapter. If you have a VGA/EGA display and want CADET to start-up in condensed 43/50 line mode, add the /V parameter. Otherwise, CADET starts up in standard 25 line mode. Be sure and add your registration code. Separate any other parameters you add and your code with spaces, for example: CADET!,CADET /R /S MyRegCode,240000,,0 The final (and optional) part of manual installation is to add the CADET configuration variables and autoloading functions for CE, CC, CN and CI to your ACAD.LSP file. If you do not have an ACAD.LSP file, create one. Everything you need is contained in the supplied file CADET.LSP. Use an ASCII text editor to insert CADET.LSP into ACAD.LSP. Edit the CADET configuration variables as necessary (see CONFIGURATION VARIABLES and RUNNING CADET FROM A RAM DISK). NOTE: Do not attempt to edit protected ACAD.LSP files. If you are unsure, use the DOS TYPE command to list your ACAD.LSP file to the screen. If you see the message "AutoCAD PROTECTED LISP file", do not attempt to edit it. Instead, manually load CE, CC, CN and CI as needed. You can insert the AutoLISP source code CE30.SRC, CC30.SRC, CN30.SRC and CI30.SRC directly into your nonprotected ACAD.LSP file, rather than installing their autoloading functions. If you do so, you must remove the lines which implement CADET's memory management (this is noted in the .SRC files). The functions will be instantly available, without loading. On the negative side, ACAD.LSP itself takes longer to load and you must have adequate lisp heap and stack space (640K DOS versions). ACAD.LSP loaded functions use memory resources in every drawing session, whether the functions are used or not. ──────────────────────────────────────── RUNNING CADET FROM A RAM DISK (OPTIONAL) ──────────────────────────────────────── You can run CADET from any alternate path with one or more of the following installation procedures. Since these options are most commonly used for ram disks, we will refer to the alternate path as the ram disk. To use any of the ram disk options, you must first follow the normal install procedure to place CADET into the AutoCAD system directory. In addition, you must add a line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to SET the environmental variable CADET to the ram disk path. Since this variable is read by AutoLISP, you must follow the AutoLISP convention of using forward slashes rather than backslashes. For example: SET CADET=E:/ CADET v3.0 7 User's Manual RUNNING CADET TRANSFER FILES IN A RAM DISK: For this option, your ram disk will need a minimum of 40,000 bytes free space. First, add the SET CADET line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT as described above. Next, check your ACAD.LSP file. For AutoCAD R9, find the line (SETQ CADETD nil) in your ACAD.LSP file and change nil to the ram disk path. The path string must use forward slashes, not backslashes, for example: (SETQ CADETD "E:/"). For AutoCAD R10 or greater, just ensure your ACAD.LSP has the line (SETQ CADETD (getenv "CADET")). RUNNING CADET.EXE IN A RAM DISK: Your ram disk will need at least 80,000 bytes of free space for this option. First, modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Add the SET CADET command, and another line to copy CADET.EXE to your ram disk, for example: COPY C:\ACAD\CADET.EXE E:\ Last, edit the CADET! command line in your ACAD.PGP file, prefixing the ram disk path to the CADET program name, for example: CADET!,E:\CADET MyRegCode,240000,,0 RUNNING CADET.DIC IN A RAM DISK: For the CADET dictionary, your ram disk needs at least 260,000 bytes free space. Modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to add the SET CADET command, and another line to copy CADET.DIC to your ram disk, for example: COPY C:\ACAD\CADET.DIC E:\ Warning: If you add words to the CADET dictionary in a ram disk, you must copy the modified ram disk dictionary back to the hard disk before turning off or rebooting your machine. NOTE: 1. Of the three options above, running CADET's transfer files in a ram disk takes the least amount of space and yields the most noticeable speed increase. 2. You can combine any or all of the above procedures. Sum the ram disk size requirements to determine the size required for the combined configuration. 3. After modifications to AUTOEXEC.BAT, you must reboot your computer for the change to become effective. 4. Do not run the CADET transfer files or dictionary in a shared network directory, use a local drive instead. If the network drive must be used, configure each user to use a different directory. ──────────────────────────────── AUTOLISP FUNCTION NAME CONFLICTS ──────────────────────────────── To make CADET's interface routines easily accessible from the keyboard, short two-letter names have been used: CE, CN, CC and CI. These are AutoLISP functions. Conflicts occur if you have other functions or ACAD.PGP commands with these names. CADET v3.0 8 User's Manual In general, ACAD.PGP defined commands dominate over AutoLISP functions. In the case of conflicting AutoLISP function names, the last one loaded will dominate. Name conflicts must be resolved by renaming one of the conflicting functions or commands. If you have other commands or functions named CE, CC, CN or CI you must do some renaming. If the conflict is with a external command defined in your ACAD.PGP file, rename the CADET function. If the conflict is with another AutoLISP function, you may rename whichever function you wish. Preferably, leave the CADET functions alone and rename the other function. Never rename the CADET functions on your original CADET diskette. Instead, first install CADET as usual, then do your renaming in the files installed on your hard disk. To rename functions, you must use a text editor capable of reading/writing plain ASCII text files - preferably one with search and replace. Edit your ACAD.LSP file, and search for function names which conflict with CADET's CE, CC, CN, or CI functions. When you find conflicts, carefully replace one of the function names with one of your own choosing. If you have not installed the CADET autoloading routines in your ACAD.LSP file, edit the file CADET.LSP instead of ACAD.LSP. To rename CADET's functions, look for the following lines: (defun C:CC () (C:CC30)) (defun C:CE () (C:CE30)) (defun C:CI () (C:CI30)) (defun C:CN () (C:CN30)) Rename only the function name following the defun statement, do not rename CC30, CE30, CI30 or CN30. The new function names must still include the C: prefix. For example, to rename CN to NOTES, the edited line would look like this: (defun C:NOTES () (C:CN30)) If you have renamed any of these CADET functions, you must manually remove them prior to using CADET's installation program to install future upgrades. ──────────────── FIRST TIME USERS ──────────────── Although no trouble is anticipated, in keeping with the spirit of "better safe than sorry", we suggest you save your drawing prior to executing CADET the first few times you try it. This is especially wise if you have a highly customized system. If other programs work for you through AutoCAD's SHELL function, you should have no trouble with CADET, properly installed. Once it becomes apparent to you that no problems exist, the act of saving the drawing first is unnecessary. CADET v3.0 9 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── EDITING OR EXPORTING TEXT WITH CE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CE (short for CADET-Edit) is the lisp function you use to select text and attributes to edit or export. Enter AutoCAD in the usual way by loading an existing drawing or beginning a new drawing. If you did not install CADET's autoloading functions in your ACAD.LSP file, you must load CADET.LSP at the AutoCAD command prompt. This is unnecessary if you have installed the autoloading functions. Command:(LOAD"CADET") Once loaded, CE and other CADET functions are active AutoCAD commands similar to the built-in drawing and editing commands. As supplied, the command must be invoked at the keyboard, not from your menus. Just enter "CE" at the command prompt. Command:CE You will now see the CADET-Edit version number and copyright notice, and a prompt to pick the text and attributes. Select objects: This is AutoCAD's general interactive selection mechanism. Use object snaps, Window, Crossing, Last, Previous, Remove and Add, etc. to select the text. You can select up to 99 lines of text or attributes. Don't worry if non-text entities are accidentally picked into the selection set. CE safely filters them out. Once you have completed picking the text, press [Enter] and you will see the following message. Writing to editor... If you've picked a lot of text, or if you have included a lot of non-text entities for CE to filter out, this may take a moment. If you have picked more than the maximum of 99 text entities, a message is printed and the program aborts. If this happens, run CE again and pick Previous then Remove to take out some of the items to do later. Once CE finishes writing, CADET appears with the selected text, sorted by rows and columns. You can optionally use a variable "CADETS" to determine which text coordinates CE will use for sorting. Read the INSTALLATION chapter for details. Use CADET to edit the text as necessary. To export the text to a disk file, use the [Ctrl-X] command. Exit CADET with either the [Ctrl-Q] (abandon and quit) or the [Ctrl-E] (save and end) command. After exiting CADET, you are returned to the AutoCAD graphics screen. If you exited CADET with [Ctrl- E], CE will update any text which has changed and report the total number of lines changed. CADET v3.0 10 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CREATING TEXT TABLES WITH CC ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CC (short for CADET-Create table) is the lisp function you use to create new text tables - with the CADET editor. Enter AutoCAD in the usual way by loading an existing drawing or beginning a new drawing. If you did not install CADET's autoloading functions in your ACAD.LSP file, you must enter the instruction to load CADET.LSP at the AutoCAD command prompt. If you have installed the autoloading functions this step is unnecessary. Command:(LOAD"CADET") Once loaded, CC and other CADET functions are active AutoCAD commands similar to the built-in drawing and editing commands. As supplied, the command must be invoked at the keyboard, not from your menus. Just enter "CC" at the command prompt. Command:CC You will now see the CADET-Create table version number and copyright notice, and are prompted to enter the starting point (left text justification) of the first column (column A) or specify a different text justification. CADET letters columns A, B, C and so forth. Starting point of column A or Center/Middle/Right: This is similar to AutoCAD's TEXT command prompt. If you want center, middle or right justification, enter "C", "M" or "R" prior to supplying the corresponding point. Otherwise simply supply a starting point. Use your pointing device to pick the point or enter the point in X and Y coordinates. All new text is placed at the current elevation, so a Z coordinate is not necessary. CC always places new text horizontally, regardless of your zero degree orientation. (You can rotate text after it has been placed). This first text insertion point you've entered also defines the vertical (Y coordinate) origin of any subsequent columns, simplifying multiple column definition. Next, if the current text style is not defined at a fixed height, CC prompts you to supply a text height. Text height <X.XXXX>: The <X.XXXX> default is your default height for new text - generally, the height last used to draw text. Respond with the height you need, or press [Enter] to accept the default. Like AutoCAD's TEXT command, you may use your pointing device to drag the height from the point of origin. CADET v3.0 11 User's Manual In the next series of prompts CC will ask for column and row information. Use multiple columns to produce a table or bill of materials. Columns arrange text horizontally, you can either evenly space the columns or specify nonuniform spacing. You can also specify the text justification for each column, so building neat tables is easy. Multiple columns are optional, so CC is also useful for purposes other than tables. You will be prompted for the number of columns first. Number of text columns (|||) <1>: Enter the number of columns needed, or press [Enter] for the default of 1 if you only need a single column of text. CADET handles a maximum of 99 entities, which is the maximum number of columns you can define. If you enter a greater value, CC defaults to 99. Keep in mind that the number of columns you define limits the number of rows you may create, so if you are creating a large table you may need to build it in sections. Next you receive a prompt for the number of rows. Number of text rows (---) per column <X max>: The default X represents the maximum full text rows allowed per column. This is the quotient of 99 divided by the number of columns you defined. You can either enter the number of rows you actually need, or press [Enter] to accept the default maximum. If you enter a value over the maximum, CC defaults to the maximum. You may be composing text as you go and not know how many rows you will need. In such cases you should accept the default maximum. The number of rows defined just sets up space in the editor, you do not have to fill each row. If you have chosen more than a single row you will be prompted to supply the row spacing. Distance between rows <X.XXXX> or Auto: This requests the vertical spacing between each text row or entity. The default <X.XXXX> equals 1.619 times the text height you've selected - equivalent to the spacing many of AutoCAD's furnished text fonts produce when used with the DTEXT command. Entering a constant value will assure that adjacent columns align, and CC can place the text faster in this mode than it can using "Auto". To enter a constant value, either press the [Enter] key to accept the default, type in a new distance, or use your pointing device to define the distance by picking two points. Enter "A" or "auto" for automatic spacing. With CADET you can change the text height of entities individually, so CC's Auto row spacing uses a special function to ensure mixed text heights are vertically spaced adequately to avoid overlapping. Because Auto is specialized, there can be disadvantages. CADET v3.0 12 User's Manual Auto will vertically space each line of text based on its height, stepping off the "last" text entity similar to the way AutoCAD works when you respond to a text starting point prompt with a carriage return. In empty rows between text items, since each row of text must step off the preceding row, a temporary entity is first drawn, then erased - you can observe this on the screen. Also, since the vertical spacing will vary, you cannot maintain uniform column alignment when using Auto with mixed text heights and multiple columns. CC's Auto mode is best for single columns of text of varying height. The next prompt, if you have chosen two or more columns, is a request for the origin and, optionally, the text justification of the second column (Column B). CC defaults to the text justification you selected for the preceding column, so the wording of the prompt varies accordingly. Starting point of column B or Center/Middle/Right: Center point of column B or Middle/Right/Start: Middle point of column B or Center/Right/Start: Ending point of column B or Center/Middle/Start: If you need to change the justification, enter "C", "M", "R" or "S" prior to supplying the point. The requested point is the horizontal orientation of the second column of text. Either type in point coordinates (X, Y) or pick a point with your pointing device. Although you input a point, CC only uses the horizontal (X coordinate) component. CC will automatically align this column with column A. Since you only need to be concerned with the X coordinate, this serves to simplify your point entry. If you have chosen three or more columns, you receive further prompts. Starting point of column C or Center/Middle/Right/Equal: This prompt is essentially the same as the prompt for column B, and, like the previous prompt, will vary in wording according to the default text justification. Again, the point will only be used for horizontal (X coordinate) positioning. Added to the prompt for column C and following columns is the option Equal. Selecting Equal will cause the current column and all remaining columns to be spaced equally, the spacing matching the last defined column offset and each column having the default text justification. Enter "E", or "equal" if it suits you, otherwise supply the column's orientation point (optionally entering a new text justification first). Again, you may pick a point with your pointing device or type in the point coordinates (X, Y). Unless you have chosen Equal, similar prompts repeat for each column's horizontal orientation and text justification, or until you choose to equally space the remaining columns. CADET v3.0 13 User's Manual Now that the rows and columns have been defined, AutoCAD flips to the text screen, and the CADET editor appears. The editor will accommodate the number of columns and rows you specified. The default text height will be that which you supplied or the fixed height text, if so defined. The designated text style will be the default text style from your AutoCAD drawing. Once in the CADET editor, you may change the text's height and style on either a line-by-line or global basis. We cover the functions of the CADET text editor in the next section of this manual. Once you have entered the text in the editor, press [Ctrl-E] to end. AutoCAD will flip to the graphics screen and draw the text you created. Reading in text... Done. If you need to make any changes to the text you have created, use CE. Should you need to orient the text at some angle other than horizontal, use AutoCAD's ROTATE command after the text has been drawn. CADET v3.0 14 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CREATING DRAWING NOTES WITH CN ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CN (short for CADET-Notes) is the lisp function you use to create drawing notes with the CADET editor. CN differs from CC in the fact that it creates just a single column of text. Lacking column definitions, CN is simpler to use. Cadet-Notes also accesses the CADET editor in a free-form style in which CADET's advanced features such as word wrap and paragraph reformat are available. Enter AutoCAD in the usual way by loading an existing drawing or beginning a new drawing. If you did not install CADET's autoloading functions in your ACAD.LSP file, you must enter the instruction to load CADET.LSP at the AutoCAD command prompt. If you have installed the autoloading functions this step is unnecessary. Command:(LOAD"CADET") Once loaded, CN and other CADET functions are active AutoCAD commands similar to the built-in drawing and editing commands. As supplied, the command must be invoked at the keyboard, not from your menus. Just enter "CN" at the command prompt. Command:CN You will now see the CADET-Notes version number and copyright notice, and are prompted to enter the starting point (left text justification) of the notes, or specify a different text justification. Starting point or Center/Middle/Right: This is similar to AutoCAD's TEXT command prompt. If you want center, middle or right justification, enter "C", "M" or "R" prior to supplying the corresponding point. Otherwise simply supply a starting point. Use your pointing device to pick the point or enter the point in X and Y coordinates. All new text is placed at the current elevation, so a Z coordinate is not necessary. CN always places new text horizontally, regardless of your zero degree orientation. (You can always rotate the text after it has been placed). Next, if the current text style is not defined at a fixed height, CN prompts you to supply a text height. Text height <X.XXXX>: The <X.XXXX> default is your default height for new text - generally, the height last used to draw text. Respond with the height you need, or press [Enter] to accept the default. CADET v3.0 15 User's Manual Similar to AutoCAD's TEXT command, you may use your pointing device to drag the height from the point of origin. If you have chosen more than a single row you will be prompted to supply the row spacing. Distance between rows <Auto>: This requests the vertical spacing between each text row or entity. Enter "A", "auto" or press the [Enter] key for the default automatic spacing. Auto spaces the text according to its height and style, at the same pitch that AutoCAD's DTEXT command uses. Unlike CC, there is no performance penalty for using CN's Auto option since text heights are uniform. In notes mode the CADET editor allows only global changes to text height and style. Optionally, you can enter a constant value to control the spacing to whatever pitch you desire. To enter a constant value, type in a distance or use your pointing device to define a distance by picking two points. AutoCAD now flips to the text screen, and the CADET editor appears. The editor will accommodate up to 99 lines of text. The default text height will be that which you supplied or the fixed height text, if so defined. The designated text style will be the default text style from your AutoCAD drawing. Once in the CADET editor, you can use word wrap to simplify the task of typing well formatted notes. You may also change the text's height and style on a global basis, although height changes are not recommended if you have specified a fixed row spacing. We cover the functions of the CADET text editor more fully in the next section of this manual. Once you have entered the text in the editor, press [Ctrl-E] to end. AutoCAD will flip to the graphics screen and draw the notes you created. Reading in text... Done. If you need to make any changes to the notes you have created, use CE. Should you need to orient the text at some angle other than horizontal, use AutoCAD's ROTATE command after the notes have been drawn. CADET v3.0 16 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── IMPORTING TEXT FILES WITH CI ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CI (short for CADET-Import) is the lisp function you use to import a ASCII text file from a disk into your drawing. An ASCII text file is one of plain text, without the special formatting characters some word processors create. Most word processors can create an ASCII text file however, with a special save or print-to-disk command. To check if a file is ASCII, print it to the screen with the DOS TYPE command, for example: TYPE MyFile. If the text is legible as it prints on the screen, with no strange looking characters, it is ASCII. Enter AutoCAD in the usual way by loading an existing drawing or beginning a new drawing. If you did not install CADET's autoloading functions in your ACAD.LSP file, you must enter the instruction to load CADET.LSP at the AutoCAD command prompt. If you have installed the autoloading functions this step is unnecessary. Command:(LOAD"CADET") Once loaded, CI and other CADET functions are active AutoCAD commands similar to the built-in drawing and editing commands. As supplied, the command must be invoked at the keyboard, not from your menus. Just enter "CI" at the command prompt. Command:CI You will now see the CADET-Import version number and copyright notice, and are prompted to enter a file name. File name of text file to import: Enter the file name, including the drive and subdirectory if different from the default, and file extension if any. If CI cannot find the file in the specified subdirectory, it will show an error message and repeat the prompt for a file name. Next, you are prompted to enter the starting point (left text justification) of the first column (column A) or specify a different text justification. CADET letters columns A, B, C and so forth. Starting point of column A or Center/Middle/Right: Similar to AutoCAD's TEXT command prompt, if you want center, middle or right justification, enter "C", "M" or "R" prior to supplying the corresponding point. Otherwise, just supply a starting point. Use your pointing device to pick the point or enter the point in X and Y coordinates. All new text is placed at the current elevation, so a Z coordinate is not necessary. CI places text horizontally, regardless of your zero degree orientation. (You can rotate the text later). CADET v3.0 17 User's Manual This first text insertion point you've entered also defines the vertical (Y coordinate) origin of any subsequent columns, simplifying multiple column definition. Next, if the current text style is not defined at a fixed height, CI prompts you to supply a text height. Text height <X.XXXX>: The <X.XXXX> default is your default height for new text - generally, the height last used to draw text. Respond with the height you need, or press [Enter] to accept the default. Like AutoCAD's TEXT command, you may use your pointing device to drag the height from the point of origin. In the next series of prompts CI will ask for column and row information (multiple columns optional). Columns are used to arrange text horizontally, you can evenly space the columns or specify nonuniform spacing, and specify a text justification for each column. First, enter the number of columns. Number of text columns (|||) <1>: Enter the number of columns you desire, or press [Enter] for the default of 1 if you want to read the text into a single column. If you have chosen more than one column, you will receive a prompt for the number of rows. Number of text rows (---) per column: Enter the number of rows per column you wish to see. If the number of text lines from the file you import exceed the array size you have defined (the product of the number of columns times the number of rows), the balance will continue to be placed below the final column. Similarly, the number of text lines from the file you import need not fill the column and row array - CI will terminate the pattern when it reaches the last line of the file. If you have chosen more than a single row you will be prompted to supply the row spacing. Distance between rows or <Auto>: This requests the vertical spacing between each text row or entity. Enter "A", "auto" or press the [Enter] key for the default automatic spacing. Auto spaces the text according to its height and style, at the same pitch that AutoCAD's DTEXT command uses. Like CN, there is no performance penalty for using CI's Auto option since text heights are uniform. Optionally, you can enter a constant value to control the spacing to whatever pitch you desire. To enter a constant value, type in a distance or use your pointing device to define a distance by picking two points. CADET v3.0 18 User's Manual The next prompt, if you have chosen two or more columns, is a request for the origin and, optionally, the text justification of the second column (Column B). CI defaults to the text justification you selected for the preceding column, so the wording of the prompt varies accordingly. Starting point of column B or Center/Middle/Right: Center point of column B or Middle/Right/Start: Middle point of column B or Center/Right/Start: Ending point of column B or Center/Middle/Start: If you need to change the justification, enter "C", "M", "R" or "S" prior to supplying the point. The requested point is the horizontal orientation of the second column of text. Either type in point coordinates (X, Y) or pick a point with your pointing device. Although you input a point, CI only uses the horizontal (X coordinate) component. CI will automatically align this column with column A. Since you only need to be concerned with the X coordinate, this serves to simplify your point entry. If you have chosen three or more columns, you receive further prompts. Starting point of column C or Center/Middle/Right/Equal: This prompt is essentially the same as the prompt for column B, and, like the previous prompt, will vary in wording according to the default text justification. Again, the point will only be used for horizontal (X coordinate) positioning. Added to the prompt for column C and following columns is the option Equal. Selecting Equal will cause the current column and all remaining columns to be spaced equally, the spacing matching the last defined column offset and each column having the default text justification. Enter "E", or "equal" if it suits you, otherwise supply the column's orientation point (optionally entering a new text justification first). Again, you may pick a point with your pointing device or type in the point coordinates (X, Y). Unless you have chosen Equal, similar prompts repeat for each column's horizontal orientation and text justification, or until you choose to equally space the remaining columns. Once the rows and columns have been defined, CI begins reading in the text form the specified file, drawing it in your drawing as it goes. Reading in text... Done. If you need to make any changes to the text you have created, use CE. Should you need to orient the text at some angle other than horizontal, use AutoCAD's ROTATE command after the text has been drawn. CADET v3.0 19 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── USING THE CADET EDITOR ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The CADET.EXE text editor is activated by CE (CADET-Edit), CC (CADET-Create table) and CN (CADET-Notes). This editor is the heart of the CADET system. You can cursor freely around the screen, entering and editing text as necessary. CADET supports a dual level command interface. At the expert level one can execute CADET commands by pressing the appropriate "shortcut" key - a control/letter key combination. Pressing [F1] brings up a help screen. For new users, CADET has an easy to use "pull-down" menu system. Activate the main pull-down menu bar at the top of the editing screen by pressing the [F10] function key. Select a sub-menu by either moving the selection bar to the appropriate heading with the cursor keys and pressing [Enter] or [Down], or by pressing the highlighted "hot-key" letter in one of the headings. The bottom line of the screen displays information on each of the sub-menus as you cursor through the headings. Once selected, sub-menus drop down and display available commands. Choose a command by either moving the selection bar over it and pressing [Enter], or by pressing its highlighted hot-key. As the cursor moves through the commands, the bottom of the screen displays help information about the command and its optional shortcut key. To move to an adjacent sub-menu, just press [Left] or [Right]. To return to the top level menu bar, press [Esc] or cursor up to the top line. Pressing [Esc] at the top level menu bar returns you to the editor. The manual's COMMAND REFERENCE section details the menu system. We represent the shortcut keys in the manual with "control" abbreviated to "Ctrl" followed by a dash and the letter key, like so: [Ctrl-A]. The menu equivalent is listed with [F10] followed by a dash, the sub-menu hot-key, another dash and the command hot-key, for example: [F10]-E-A. In normal edit mode, a status line is displayed at the top of CADET's screen. Shown, from left to right, is the following. 1. Drawing name for which text is being edited. 2. Text height of text at cursor line. 3. Text font style of text at cursor line. 4. Current editor sort order (by row or by column). 5. Editor line position of cursor. 6. Editor column position of cursor. 7. Typematic rate speed (slow, medium or fast). 8. Editing insert mode (insert or overwrite). A second status line is located on the next to last row of the screen. In CADET-Edit mode, if the text at the cursor line is an attribute, this status line displays the block name, the attribute tag and the attribute prompt. CADET v3.0 20 User's Manual In CADET-Notes mode, the lower status line displays the current word-wrap column width setting. In all modes, CADET prompts and messages are shown at the bottom of the screen. In this manual we refer to separate text entities as "text lines" since each occupies one line in the editor. We refer to the body of text in the editor as the "set" or "set of text lines". Several of the commands work on either the cursor "line" (locally) or the "set" (globally) at your option. The cursor keys are the basic method of moving around the screen. There are also special keys to move through the text even more quickly. [Ctrl-Right] and [Ctrl-Left] move the cursor a word at a time right and left respectively. The [Tab] and [Shift-Tab] keys move the cursor right and left 8 spaces. Move the cursor to the beginning and end of the line with the [Home] and [End] keys. The [Page Up] and [Page Down] keys moves vertically one screen depth, and [Ctrl-Page Up] and [Ctrl-Page Down] moves to the beginning and end of the set. The screen scrolls vertically and horizontally as required. If you are using CADET on an IBM AT, PS/2, or 286, 386 or 486 compatible, you can further enhance the cursor speed. CADET has a typematic rate accelerator which can move the cursor up to three times faster than normal. To toggle from Slow to Medium to Fast, use the [Ctrl-T] (or [F10]-M-T) command. You have two modes available when typing in text: insert and overwrite mode. Insert mode is nondestructive, characters are inserted at the cursor position and displace any text which exists above and to the right of the cursor. In overwrite mode, characters entered overwrite any existing characters. Pressing the [Ins] key toggles the insert mode. There are a number of ways to delete text besides the familiar [BackSpace] and [Delete] keys. To delete words, use [Ctrl- BackSpace] (or [F10]-E-W). Use [Ctrl-End] (or [F10]-E-E) and [Ctrl-Home] (or [F10]-E-H) to delete to the end and beginning of the line respectively. Erase a complete line of text quickly by pressing [Ctrl-A] (or [F10]-E-A). Delete a marked block of text with the [Ctrl-M] (or [F10]-B-M) command. These methods of deleting text are local commands. If you do not move your cursor off the line or use a global command function first, pressing [Esc] can undo the deletion. A global deletion command, [Ctrl-D] (or [F10]-E-D), is discussed later. You may enter AutoCAD's special symbols directly into your text without the %% codes. Just press the appropriate Alt key combination. [Alt-O] Overscore toggle (%%o) [Alt-U] Underscore toggle (%%u) [Alt-D] Degrees symbol (%%d) [Alt-P] Plus/minus symbol (%%p) [Alt-C] Circle dia. symbol (%%c) CADET v3.0 21 User's Manual CADET performs character code to symbol translation, to and from AutoCAD. A portion of this translation can be disabled, see the INSTALLATION chapter for details. ───────────── SORTING ORDER ───────────── The CADET editor displays multiple text entities in a linear list, with each entity occupying one line of the text screen. The order in which the text entities are presented is important. Regardless of the order in which the text is picked, CADET sorts into rows and columns based on each entities X and Y coordinates. The entities elevation in the Z plane is ignored. For row/column definition in the edit mode, 1/3rd the default text height is the vertical tolerance, and the full default text height is the horizontal tolerance. When editing text, CADET defaults to using the "insert" point for the sort coordinates of center, middle and right justified text, rather than the text's lower left coordinates. If you want to change this behavior, see the INSTALLATION chapter for instructions on setting the "CADETS" variable. Drawing notes and some tables are easier to read when viewed in column order. Other tables make more sense in row order. CADET allows you to toggle the sort order with the [Ctrl-O] (or [F10]-D-O) command. Consider the following examples, each has two columns, each word is a left-justified text entity: Example #1 (in AutoCAD) │ Example #2 (in AutoCAD) │ PENCIL TABLE │ DOOR WINDOW PEN CHAIR │ CAT DOG PAPER COUCH │ SPOON FORK CADET's default sort order is by columns (you can change the default to rows when you install CADET). For identification, the editor letters the columns and numbers the rows similar to a spreadsheet. Example #1 is easier to read in the editor's default column sort order. Example #2, however, is more suited to the editor's row sort order. Pressing [Ctrl-O] changes the display of example #2 to the row sort shown below. Here are the examples shown as you would see them in CADET: Example #1 (in CADET) │ Example #2 (in CADET) (column order) │ (row order) │ 1a PENCIL │ 1a DOOR 2a PEN │ 1b WINDOW 3a PAPER │ 2a CAT 1b TABLE │ 2b DOG 2b CHAIR │ 3a SPOON 3b COUCH │ 3b FORK CADET v3.0 22 User's Manual ──────────────────────────── VIEW RELATIVE TEXT POSITIONS ──────────────────────────── You can view the position of text entities relative to one another with the [Ctrl-V] (or [F10]-D-V) command. While you cannot edit the text when in this view, it should quickly give you orientation on the row and column sorting scheme. See the following COMMAND REFERENCE section for more details. ─────────── ZOOM TOGGLE ─────────── CADET's zoom function is for VGA and EGA compatible monitors only. VGA monitors can display text screens 80 columns wide by 50 lines high in addition to the normal 80 column by 25 line mode. Likewise, EGA monitors have a 80 column wide by 43 line high mode. Use the [Ctrl-Z] command (or [F10]-D-Z) to make CADET switch into these condensed modes, displaying more of your text on screen. [Ctrl-Z] is a toggle, use it again to switch back and forth between modes. ───────────────────────────────── INSERTING and DELETING TEXT LINES ───────────────────────────────── [Ctrl-D] (or [F10]-E-D) is the delete line command. Unlike erasing a line with the [Ctrl-A] command, using [Ctrl-D] pulls up the text following it to fill the gap. The [Ctrl-I] (or [F10]-E-I) command inserts lines. When you insert a line with the [Ctrl-I] command, any following text is moved a position down the set. Both [Ctrl-D] and [Ctrl-I] are global in nature as they affect other text lines as well as the one at the cursor. [Esc] cannot undo changes made by these commands. The [Ctrl-D] delete line command can be used in two ways. If the cursor is positioned at the beginning or anywhere in the body of a line of text, the entire line of text will be deleted. If the cursor is positioned past the right-hand end of the text, however, only the ending "carriage return" (abbreviated CR) is deleted. With the CR deleted, the text from the line immediately below is merged to the end of the text at the cursor position. With either of the above applications, [Ctrl-D] gives you the choice to delete the line from the set or from the column/row. If you are sorted by row order, your choice is Set or Row. With column sort order your choice is Set or Column. Your choice determines which line empties as the others are pulled up toward the deleted line. The position of the deleted line is filled as all lines in the specified group (column, row or set) below are pulled up one position. The last line of the group becomes empty. CADET v3.0 23 User's Manual Lets look at column ordered example #1 and row ordered example #2 once again. If your cursor is at the 1a position under the text and you delete by column in example #1 and delete by row in example #2, you will have the following results. Example #1 (in CADET) │ Example #2 (in CADET) (before) (after) │ (before) (after) │ 1a PENCIL 1a PEN │ 1a DOOR 1a WINDOW 2a PEN 2a PAPER │ 1b WINDOW 1b 3a PAPER 3a │ 2a CAT 2a CAT 1b TABLE 1b TABLE │ 2b DOG 2b DOG 2b CHAIR 2b CHAIR │ 3a SPOON 3a SPOON 3b COUCH 3b COUCH │ 3b FORK 3b FORK Example #1 │ Example #2 (as redrawn in AutoCAD) │ (as redrawn in AutoCAD) │ PEN TABLE │ WINDOW PAPER CHAIR │ CAT DOG COUCH │ SPOON FORK Lets work the examples again, this time positioning the cursor one space past the end of the word. Pressing [Ctrl-D] now deletes only the CR, causing the line below to merge upward. Example #1 (in CADET) │ Example #2 (in CADET) (before) (after) │ (before) (after) │ 1a PENCIL 1a PENCIL PEN │ 1a DOOR 1a DOOR WINDOW 2a PEN 2a PAPER │ 1b WINDOW 1b 3a PAPER 3a │ 2a CAT 2a CAT 1b TABLE 1b TABLE │ 2b DOG 2b DOG 2b CHAIR 2b CHAIR │ 3a SPOON 3a SPOON 3b COUCH 3b COUCH │ 3b FORK 3b FORK (as redrawn in AutoCAD) │ (as redrawn in AutoCAD) │ PENCIL PEN TABLE │ DOOR WINDOW PAPER CHAIR │ CAT DOG COUCH │ SPOON FORK In all cases, if you delete from the set, the last line of the set (position 3b in the examples) will become empty. CADET's [Ctrl-I] (or [F10]-E-I) insert command works in a fashion similar to [Ctrl-D]. [Ctrl-I] inserts a new line or CR into the group at the cursor position, pushing the existing text down. If the cursor is at the beginning of the text, the line of text is pushed down. If the cursor is someplace in the middle of the text, the text will break at the cursor position and the text to the right is moved down. A new blank line is inserted a line below the cursor if the cursor is past the right-hand end of the text. CADET v3.0 24 User's Manual You have the choice of inserting into the set or inserting into the column/row. Existing text moves non-destructively, so [Ctrl-I] requires there first be an empty line somewhere in the specified group below the cursor. The last blank line in the group will be filled as text descends from above. A warning is printed if an insert is not possible. We will use the previously modified example #1 to show the various ways [Ctrl-I] may be used. We will describe three cases, each of which have the cursor in the first line (line 1a). In case A, the cursor is at the home position under the "P" in "PENCIL". In case B, the cursor is under the "I" in "PENCIL". Case C has the cursor at the end of the line - one space past the "N" in "PEN". We are inserting into the column. In this particular example inserting into the set would have the same effect, since the only empty line below happens to also be in the same column. Example #1 Case A Case B Case C (before) (after) (after) (after) 1a PENCIL PEN 1a 1a PENC 1a PENCIL PEN 2a PAPER 2a PENCIL PEN 2a IL PEN 2a 3a 3a PAPER 3a PAPER 3a PAPER 1b TABLE 1b TABLE 1b TABLE 1b TABLE 2b CHAIR 2b CHAIR 2b CHAIR 2b CHAIR 3b COUCH 3b COUCH 3b COUCH 3b COUCH ──────────────────────────────── BLOCK OPERATIONS (CUT-and-PASTE) ──────────────────────────────── CADET's block operations allow four primary functions: 1. Delete selected portions of words or text lines. 2. Move or copy selected text from one line to another. 3. Swap selected text between any two lines. 4. Store often used words and phrases in the copy buffer. You can copy the buffer's contents into your text with a single keystroke - a limited but useful macro feature. The marking mechanism of the block operations is the [Ctrl-M] (or [F10]-B-M) command. First, move your cursor to one end of the text you wish to block then press [Ctrl-M]. The character above the cursor position will highlight. You then use the horizontal cursor keys (or [Ctrl-Right], [Ctrl-Left], [Home], [End], [Tab] or [Shift-Tab]) to highlight the remaining portion of text you wish to block. Press [Enter] when you are done. You are then given the option of copying the block into the copy buffer, moving the block into the copy buffer, swapping the block with the buffer contents, or deleting the block. The simplest block operation is to delete the block. Mark the text, press "D", and it is deleted. CADET v3.0 25 User's Manual To do cut-and-paste operations, mark the text with the [Ctrl- M] command as described above. You have three "cutting" options: copying the marked text, moving the marked text or swapping the marked text. These operations use a temporary holding place called the copy buffer to store the text you've blocked. Any previous contents of the copy buffer will be overwritten with the new block of text. The default is copy, if you press the [Enter] key or press "C", the block remains and a copy of it is placed in the copy buffer. If you press "M" for move, the marked block is deleted as it is moved into the buffer. Pressing "S" for swap causes the marked block and the copy buffer contents to be exchanged. You can undo any changes made by the block operations by pressing [Esc] before moving the cursor off the line where the block was marked, and before using a global command function. View or edit the contents of the copy buffer by pressing [Ctrl-B] (or [F10]-B-B). The copy buffer will be displayed at the CADET prompt line. An almost complete subset of editing functions are available for editing the contents. Edit as required and press [Enter] to return to the editor, or press [Esc] to exit back with the contents unchanged. To complete the cut-and-paste operation, first move your cursor to the position you want to "paste" the block. You have two options. If you just want to insert the block, press [Ctrl-C] (or [F10]-B-C). The block will be inserted at the cursor position, and any text to the right will be displaced to the right of the newly inserted block. If you want to swap a block of text with the copy buffer contents, use the [Ctrl- M] command again to mark the new block of text, and press "S" for swap. Keep in mind that after "pasting", the block still exists in the copy buffer. It remains there until edited out with [Ctrl-B] or overwritten by another [Ctrl-M]. So, to copy the same block again in another position, just move the cursor and press [Ctrl-C] again. That, in essence, is the macro-like function of the copy buffer. Suppose you are writing a set of notes where your company name "International Computer Aided Drafting Services, Inc." appears several times. That's a lot of typing. Just press [Ctrl-B] to bring up the copy buffer, press [Ctrl-A] to erase its contents if necessary, and type in the company name. Press [Enter] to return to the editor. Now, whenever you get to a place in the notes where the company name is required, press [Ctrl-C] and the name is inserted. You can find other uses for the block operations - just use your imagination. The ability to edit the copy buffer and hold data after a copy offers you a lot of flexibility. CADET v3.0 26 User's Manual When used with the insert line and delete line functions, you can rearrange the order of lists. Suppose you have the following list of text to rearrange in alphabetical order: (original list) 1a Borden 2a Adams 3a Cooper 4a Edwards We can do this a couple of different ways, in the first exercise we will use the swap feature of the block operations. Take the following steps: 1. Cursor to line 1a and mark "Borden" with [Ctrl-M]. Now press "M" to move the block into the copy buffer. Line 1a becomes a blank line. 2. Cursor down to line 2a and use [Ctrl-M] to mark "Adams", then press "S" to swap the marked "Adams" with the copy buffer contents, "Borden". 3. Move back to line 1a and press [Ctrl-C] to copy the "Adams" from the copy buffer into the line. (after step 1) (after step 2) (after step 3) 1a 1a 1a Adams 2a Adams 2a Borden 2a Borden 3a Cooper 3a Cooper 3a Cooper 4a Edwards 4a Edwards 4a Edwards For the second exercise we will use the [Ctrl-I] insert line command along with the block operations. Return to the original list and take the following steps: 1. Cursor to line 2a and mark "Adams" with [Ctrl-M]. Now press "M" to move the block into the copy buffer. Line 2a becomes a blank line. 2. Cursor up to line 1a and to the home position. Press [Ctrl-I], then "C" to insert a line into column "a". The original contents of line 1a "Borden" is pushed down into the empty line 2a. 3. Press [Ctrl-C] to copy the "Adams" from the copy buffer into line 1a. (after step 1) (after step 2) (after step 3) 1a Borden 1a 1a Adams 2a 2a Borden 2a Borden 3a Cooper 3a Cooper 3a Cooper 4a Edwards 4a Edwards 4a Edwards CADET v3.0 27 User's Manual ───────────────────────────── SEARCH-AND-REPLACE, FIND TEXT ───────────────────────────── Search-and-replace replaces one text string with another. The text string can be a character, word, phrase or complete line of text. All text in the editor can be searched, and you can selectively pick and choose the matches you wish to replace. Most of the usual editing functions are available when entering search strings. When repeating searches, the strings last entered appear as defaults. Press [Enter] to accept the default, or type in different text - the defaults clear if the first key pressed is not a cursor key. Press [Ctrl-R] (or [F10]-S-R) to start the search and replace function. You are prompted to enter an old text string at the CADET prompt line. Enter the string you wish to replace. Next, enter the new text string as you want it to appear. If you simply want to delete all occurrences of the old string, leave the new string blank. The next prompt is for search options. Enter "I" to ignore case when searching, otherwise the search is case sensitive. Enter "W" to search for whole word matches only, the default is to find embedded strings also. Enter "G" to perform a global search for all matches in the set, otherwise only the first match from the cursor position downward will be located. You can mix any of the options as needed, for example, entering "IG" performs a case insensitive global search. Now the search begins. At each match, the text is highlighted and the function pauses and presents you with these options. Replace? <Yes>/No/Quit/All Pressing "N" for no causes the old text to be skipped without change, and global searches continued. A "Y" response for yes (or pressing [Enter]) causes the old text to be replaced by the new text. Again, global searches are resumed. If you want to abort the search, press "Q" for quit. During global searches, if you want all matches to be replaced with no further questions, press "A" for all. Use care when using the "A" option. There is no undo function available for replaces. To simply find a character, word or phrase, use the [Ctrl-F] (or [F10]-S-F) find text function. It works much like the search and replace function. Enter the string you're looking for as the find text string, then enter your search options. As matches are found you are presented an option. Find another? <Yes>/No Pressing "N" aborts the search. A "Y" response for yes (or pressing [Enter]) continues global searches. CADET v3.0 28 User's Manual ─────────────────────────────── CHANGING HEIGHT, CASE AND STYLE ─────────────────────────────── You can quickly change your text height, text style, or text case on a line-by-line or global basis. These commands all work similarly - they first ask if you want to perform the change to the line or set. If you choose the default "L" (you can just press [Enter]) for line, the change is made only to the line at the cursor position. If you press "S" for set, the change is made globally to the entire set of text lines in the editor. You can undo a change to the line by pressing [Esc], but not a global change to the set. The current text height of the line at the cursor position is always displayed on the status line. To change text height, press [Ctrl-H] (or [F10]-C-H) and respond to the prompt for line or set. You then enter the new text height as a real (decimal) number (no architectural units or fractions). If you should enter an invalid number, the entry is cleared and the prompt repeats. Press [Enter] when you've finished your entry. [Ctrl-H] will not allow you to change the height of text set to a fixed height text style. Changing the case of the text is simple, press [Ctrl-U] (or [F10]-C-U) to change to upper case, or [Ctrl-L] (or [F10]-C-L) to change to lower case and answer the prompt for line or set. The current text font style of the line at the cursor position is always shown on the status line. To change the text font style, press [Ctrl-S] (or [F10]-C-S) and respond to the prompt for line or set. A prompt appears with the current text style highlighted. Press the [Up] or [Down] keys to cycle through the available text styles (styles previously defined in your drawing), presented in alphabetical order. The [Space] bar performs the same function as the [Down] key). When the style you want is highlighted, press [Enter]. ────────────── EXPORTING TEXT ────────────── You can export text from your AutoCAD drawing to a disk file, through the CE interface and the CADET editor. Press [Ctrl-X] (or [F10]-M-X) for eXport. You are prompted to supply a name for the disk file which will be written. Optionally, you may add a drive and path to the file name. If you name an existing file, you will be asked if you want to overwrite it. The entire contents of the editor are written out in the current sort order, so sort the text to your liking with the editor's [Ctrl-O] command before exporting it. Any special characters found will be translated to the appropriate %% codes as the text is written out to the file. CADET v3.0 29 User's Manual When you use the editor just for the purpose of exporting text, it is simplest to exit CADET with the [Ctrl-Q] quit command. That way CE will not have to inspect each line of text for changes. ──────────────── SPELLING CHECKER ──────────────── CADET is provided an integrated spelling checker with a 112,000+ word dictionary. To check spelling press [Ctrl-P] (or [F10]-M-P) for sPell check. Choose either to check the word above the cursor, or globally check all words in the set. When questionable spellings are found, you are presented with the following prompt. Unrecognized. <Suggest spell>/Edit word/Add to dictionary /Ignore all/skip Once Press "E" to edit the word, the new spelling will be automatically rechecked. To add the word to the dictionary, press "A". Be careful with this option, verify spellings before you add them to the dictionary. Press "I" if you want to ignore the word and all its future occurrences, or press "O" to skip and ignore the word just once. To select from suggested spellings of the word, press "S" or [Enter]. You will be presented with up to nine numbered suggestions. You may either press the number corresponding to your choice, or move the highlight bar over your choice with the [Up] and [Down] cursor keys and press [Enter]. You may also again choose to edit, ignore or add the word to the dictionary. If you do not see your word in the list, use the edit word option to try a different spelling, then choose Suggest again. This usually brings up some new suggestions. ────────────────────── WORD WRAP AND REFORMAT ────────────────────── CADET's word wrap and paragraph reformat features are only available when accessing the editor from the CN (CADET-Notes) interface, for creating drawing notes or single text columns. Word wrap occurs at column 75 (the 75th character position) by default. You can easily change this position by pressing [Ctrl-W] (or [F10]-M-W) for Word wrap, and entering a new value. Enter zero to turn the word wrap off. As you enter text, the line automatically breaks at the closest word within to the designated margin, and wraps back to the home position in the line below. This is similar to the way most word processors function. This wrapping action continues until you press the [Enter] key, or skip a line. CADET v3.0 30 User's Manual The [Enter] key inserts a hard carriage return and starts a new text group. These groups are analogous to the "paragraphs" in a word processor. Groups may be separated by either hard returns or blank lines. Using [Ctrl-I] to insert a line also produces a hard return. Hard returns are displayed on CADET's screen as solid rectangles. The rectangles will not be copied into your AutoCAD drawing. Word wrap is only active when typing new lines of text, not when editing existing lines. If you cursor back and make changes which mess up the margins, it will be necessary to reformat that group to maintain the original neatness. Reformat a group by placing the cursor anywhere within it and pressing [Ctrl-G] (or [F10]-M-G) for reformat Group. The effect is instantaneous. You can also use reformat to change the right margin of a group. Just enter the new wrap value, cursor to the group you wish to change, and press [Ctrl-G]. For multiple groups, reformat each individually. To merge groups, remove the separators and reformat. You can remove hard returns with the [Delete] or [BackSpace] keys. Blanks lines may be removed with the [Ctrl-D] delete line command. ─────────────────────── LEAVING CADET WHEN DONE ─────────────────────── Once you've finished editing or entering text in the CADET text editor, the normal method of leaving is to press [Ctrl-E] (or [F10]-X-E) for End. The text is immediately written to a transfer file, the editor ends, and the AutoCAD graphics editor returns under the control of CE, CC or CN for updating the drawing. Another method of leaving the editor is to press [Ctrl-Q] (or [F10]-X-Q), for Quit. Quit will abort any changes or entries you have made, and no change will take place to your drawing as control is returned to AutoCAD. This is similar to AutoCAD's quit command, you will be prompted to confirm that you really want to abandon your work. CADET v3.0 31 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CADET EDITOR COMMAND REFERENCE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This section is a reference to the CADET text editor's editing keys, special symbols, and command functions: ──────────────── CURSOR MOVEMENTS ──────────────── [Left] .......... Move cursor left one space. [Right] ......... Move cursor right one space. [Up] ............ Move up the set one line. [Down] .......... Move down the set one line. [Enter] ......... Move down the set one line and return the cursor to the home (column #1) position. [Ctrl-Left] ..... Move cursor left one word. [Ctrl-Right] .... Move cursor right one word. [Home] .......... Move the cursor to the line's home position. [End] ........... Move cursor to the end of the text line. [Tab] ........... Move cursor 8 spaces right. [Shift-Tab] ..... Move cursor 8 spaces left. [Page Up] ....... Move up the set of text lines one page. [Page-Down] ..... Move down the set of text lines one page. [Ctrl-Page Up] .. Move to the first text line in the editor. [Ctrl-Page Down] Move to the last text line in the editor. ─────────────── SPECIAL SYMBOLS ─────────────── [Alt-O] .. Overscore toggle, represented on the screen as a bold upward pointing arrowhead. This translates to AutoCAD's "%%o" character code when read back into the drawing, toggling overscore mode on/off. [Alt-U] .. Underscore toggle, represented on the screen by a bold downward pointing arrowhead. This translates to AutoCAD's "%%u" character code when read back into the drawing, toggling underscore mode on/off. CADET v3.0 32 User's Manual [Alt-D] .. Degrees symbol (°). This appears on the screen as the proper symbol, and translates to AutoCAD's "%%d" character code when read back into the drawing. [Alt-P] .. Plus/minus symbol (±). This appears on the screen as the proper symbol, and translates to AutoCAD's "%%p" character code when read back into the drawing. [Alt-C] .. Circle diameter symbol (φ). This appears on the screen as the proper symbol, and translate's to AutoCAD's "%%c" character code when read back into the drawing. ───────────────────────── EDITING KEYS AND COMMANDS ───────────────────────── [F1] ....... Function key [F1] displays the help screen. [F10] ...... Function key [F10] activates the pull-down menu. [Ins] ...... (Insert) Toggle insert/overwrite mode. In insert mode, characters are inserted at the cursor position. Characters overwrite any existing characters at the cursor position when in overwrite mode. The current mode is shown on CADET's status line as "Ovr" or "Ins". [Esc] ...... (Escape) An "undo" command. Esc is used to abort pending control key commands. Esc also can undo local changes (changes made to text on a single line basis) - provided the cursor has not left the text line and no global commands have been used since editing. The control key commands which prohibit an undo are: [Ctrl-D], [Ctrl-E], [Ctrl-G], [Ctrl-I], [Ctrl-L] (on set), [Ctrl-P], [Ctrl-R], [Ctrl-O], [Ctrl-U] (on set) & [Ctrl-X]. [Del] ...... (Delete) Delete the character above the cursor. [BkSp] ..... (Backspace) Delete the character to the immediate left of the cursor. [Ctrl-BkSp] ([F10]-E-W on the menu) Delete the Word to the immediate right of the cursor. If the cursor is under a word, the portion of the word above and to the right of the cursor is deleted. [Ctrl-End] . Deletes text from cursor position to the end of the line. [Ctrl-Home] Deletes text from the beginning of the line to the cursor. CADET v3.0 33 User's Manual [Ctrl-A] ... ([F10]-E-A on the menu) Erase All, erases the entire line of text. Also see command [Ctrl-D]. [Ctrl-B] ... ([F10]-B-B on the menu) Edit contents of the copy Buffer. This command may be used to add text into the copy buffer or to inspect or edit text in the copy buffer. You can fill the copy buffer with text from the cursor line with [Ctrl-M] mark text command. [Ctrl-C] ... ([F10]-B-C on the menu) Copy the block of text from the copy buffer into the text line at the cursor position (in cut-and-paste terms, this is the "paste"). The copy buffer must first be filled using the [Ctrl-B] command or the [Ctrl-M] command. Any text at and to the right of the cursor will be displaced to the right of the inserted text. Any text pushed past the 255th column will be truncated. [Ctrl-D] ... ([F10]-E-D on the menu) Delete text line. You are first prompted to specify from which group the deletion will take place: column or row (depending on the current sort order), or the set of text lines. If the cursor is under the body of the text, the line is permanently deleted. If the cursor is past the right end of the text, only the carriage return is deleted, and the line below is merged up to the cursor position. All lines in the specified group (column, row or set) below are pulled up one position. The last line of the group becomes empty. See USING THE CADET EDITOR, [Ctrl-A] and [Ctrl-I] for more detail. [Ctrl-E] ... ([F10]-X-E on the menu) End, save all changes and exit CADET. The drawing is automatically updated in AutoCAD by CE, CC or CN. [Ctrl-F] ... ([F10]-S-F on the menu) Find text. You are prompted for a text string to find. Choose Ignore case, Whole words, and/or Global search. At each match found in global searches, you are prompted to abort or continue the search. [Ctrl-G] ... ([F10]-M-G on the menu) Reformat Group. Used with word wrap function in CADET-Notes mode only. Reformats the right margin of the text group at cursor. Use to clean up or set new margins. [Ctrl-H] ... ([F10]-C-H on the menu) Change text Height. You are prompted to specify whether to change the height of the text line at the cursor position or the entire set of lines. Next you are prompted for the new height. Enter the height in decimal format. The status line reflects any change. CADET v3.0 34 User's Manual [Ctrl-I] ... ([F10]-E-I on the menu) Insert a blank line. You are prompted to specify into which group the insertion will take place: column or row (depending on current sort order), or into the set of text lines. A line is inserted at the cursor position. Text to the right of the cursor and all lines in the specified group (column, row or set) below are pushed down to the last empty line of the group. If there is not an empty line in the group below, no insertion takes place. See USING THE CADET EDITOR and [Ctrl-D]. [Ctrl-L] ... ([F10]-C-L on the menu) Change text to Lower case. You are prompted to specify whether to change the case of the text in the line at the cursor position, or to change the case of the entire set of text lines. [Ctrl-M] ... ([F10]-B-M on the menu) Mark a block of text to copy or move into the copy buffer, or to delete (in cut-and-paste terms, this is the "cut"). The position of the cursor when the command is executed anchors one end of the block. The cursor keys are used to move to the other end of the block. The marked text is highlighted as the cursor is positioned. Once the desired section of text is highlighted, press [Enter] to anchor the other end of the block. You are then prompted to specify if the text should be copied into the buffer, moved into the buffer, swapped with the buffer contents or deleted. Copy, Move and Swap causes any text residing in the buffer to be replaced with the marked block, Delete has no affect on the buffer. The current line of text is not affected by Copy, but Move and Delete erase the marked block, and Swap exchanges the marked block with the copy buffer contents. The contents of the copy buffer can later be edited by using the [Ctrl-B] command, copied into another position by using the [Ctrl-C] command, or swapped with another marked block by using [Ctrl-M] again. [Ctrl-O] ... ([F10]-D-O on the menu) Toggle the sort Order in which the set of columns and rows of text lines are displayed in CADET. The order in which the lines of text are returned to the drawing is unaffected. See SORTING ORDER for more details. [Ctrl-P] ... ([F10]-M-P on the menu) Check sPelling. Select word or set (global) check. When questionable spellings are found, you may choose to edit the word, add the word to the dictionary, ignore all occurrences of the word, ignore the word once, or select from suggested spellings. CADET v3.0 35 User's Manual [Ctrl-Q] ... ([F10]-X-Q on the menu) Quit, leave CADET and abandon any edited changes. You will be prompted to verify that you really wish to abort. The drawing will be left unchanged once control is regained by AutoCAD. [Ctrl-R] ... ([F10]-S-R on the menu) Search and Replace text. You are prompted for an old text string, then a new text string. Choose Ignore case, Whole words, and/or Global search. At each match you are prompted: Replace? <Yes>/No/Quit/All The default, Yes, replaces the old text with the new text. No skips over the old text without changing it and continues the search. Quit aborts the search. All replaces all occurrences of the old text string with the new text string without pausing to ask additional questions. [Ctrl-S] ... ([F10]-C-S on the menu) Change text Style. You are prompted to specify whether to change the style of the text in the line at the cursor position, or to change the style of the entire set of text lines. Once the scope of change is defined, press the [Up] or [Down] cursor keys to cycle through the available text styles, which are displayed in alphabetical order. Only the text styles previously defined in the AutoCAD drawing are available. When the desired style is displayed, press the [Enter] key. [Ctrl-T] ... ([F10]-M-T on the menu) Toggles the Typematic rate accelerator from Slow to Medium to Fast speed. The accelerator serves primarily to speed up cursor movement. (Only functional on IBM AT and PS/2 class computers). [Ctrl-U] ... ([F10]-C-U on the menu) Change text to Upper case. You are prompted to specify whether to change the case of the text in the line at the current cursor position, or to change the case of the text in the entire set. [Ctrl-V] ... ([F10]-D-V on the menu) View relative text locations. Displays a screen with the text lines located in positions relative to the other text lines. This is useful to get your orientation on the row & column mapping and sorting scheme. Your text may not be displayed in its entirety - long columns, rows, and text lines which cannot all fit on the screen at once will appear truncated. Press [Esc] to return to the normal edit mode. CADET v3.0 36 User's Manual [Ctrl-W] ... ([F10]-M-W on the menu) Set Word wrap. Only available in CADET-Notes mode. Enter the column position for CADET to break and wrap new text being entered. Default = 75. Enter zero to turn word wrap off. [Ctrl-X] ... ([F10]-M-X on the menu) Text eXport. Supply a disk file name and the entire text contents of the editor are written into it. Optionally, you may add a drive and path to the file name. The text is written out in the current sort order, and special characters are translated. A warning is issued when an existing file is overwritten. [Ctrl-Z] ... ([F10]-D-Z on the menu) Zoom in/out of VGA/EGA condensed 8x8 font text mode. When used on a VGA capable video adapter and monitor, CADET is toggled between a 25 line display and a 50 line display. When used on an EGA capable video adapter and monitor, CADET is toggled between a 25 line display and a 43 line display. CADET v3.0 37 User's Manual ────────────── PULL-DOWN MENU ────────────── The main pull-down menu bar is activated by pressing the [F10] function key. It displays the following seven headings for sub-menus, hot-keys are capitalized: Change Editing Search Block Misc. Display eXit The commands available for each sub-menu are listed below with hot-keys capitalized, listed to the right are the command's corresponding shortcut keys: ┌───Change───┐ ┌────Editing────┐ │ Lower case │ [Ctrl-L] │ erase Word │ [Ctrl-BkSp] │ Upper case │ [Ctrl-U] │ erase All │ [Ctrl-A] │ Height │ [Ctrl-H] │ erase to End │ [Ctrl-End] │ Style │ [Ctrl-S] │ erase to Home │ [Ctrl-Home] └────────────┘ │ Insert line │ [Ctrl-I] │ Delete line │ [Ctrl-D] └───────────────┘ ┌──────Search──────┐ ┌────Block────┐ │ Find text │ [Ctrl-F] │ Mark text │ [Ctrl-M] │ search & Replace │ [Ctrl-R] │ edit Buffer │ [Ctrl-B] └──────────────────┘ └─────────────┘ ┌────Misc.────┐ ┌────Display────┐ │ sPell check │ [Ctrl-P] │ sort Order │ [Ctrl-O] │ Type speed │ [Ctrl-T] │ View position │ [Ctrl-V] │ Word wrap │ [Ctrl-W] │ Zoom EGA/VGA │ [Ctrl-Z] │ reformat Gp │ [Ctrl-G] └───────────────┘ │ eXport text │ [Ctrl-X] └─────────────┘ ┌─eXit─┐ │ End │ [Ctrl-E] │ Quit │ [Ctrl-Q] └──────┘ CADET v3.0 38 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PROBLEMS AND ERROR MESSAGES ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PROBLEMS RUNNING CE, CC, CN or CI ───────────────────────────────── If you get something other than CADET's AutoLISP interfaces after entering CE, CC, CN or CI, you probably have a name conflict with some other function or command. To correct this, see the section on AutoLISP Function Name Conflicts in the INSTALLATION chapter. If you see the message "Insufficient memory -- AutoLISP disabled." when you execute AutoCAD, you probably have too many TSR (Terminate and stay resident) programs loaded. You will need to eliminate one or more of them if you wish to use AutoLISP programs. If you are getting messages like "insufficient node space" or "insufficient string space" when trying to execute the CADET lisp routines, you have inadequate memory set aside for the lisp programs you have loaded. In most cases this can be corrected by either: 1) Using CADET's memory management (see INSTALLATION). 2) Placing a (vmon) command near the beginning of your ACAD.LSP file. 3) Reconfiguring your LISPHEAP and LISPSTACK variables (640K DOS versions) 4) Using Extended AutoLISP (R10+ 640K DOS versions). 5) Switching to AutoCAD 386 (hardware permitting). See your AutoLISP Programmer's Reference and AutoCAD Installation and Performance Guide for more information on memory management. PROBLEMS RUNNING CADET.EXE ────────────────────────── If the CADET's lisp interface routines seem to function but the CADET editor fails to execute, first, make sure your ACAD.PGP file is intact and includes the "CADET!" command line as described in this document's installation section. If the ACAD.PGP file passes inspection and the problem persists, you may have insufficient memory for CADET to run. This is easily corrected in most cases. If your installation uses a 640K DOS version of AutoCAD, you can correct most insufficient memory problems by increasing the memory reserve for the CADET! command in your ACAD.PGP file from 240000 bytes to some larger figure. Try raising it 25000 bytes at a time, retesting after each change. In AutoCAD 386 installations using the Phar Lap DOS Extender, you always get the maximum amount of memory for external programs regardless of the number you place in the memory CADET v3.0 39 User's Manual reserve field. Unfortunately, there is about 200K which the DOS extender normally does not release. The only way to increase memory for CADET in this situation is to use a utility program designed to recover some of that memory back from the DOS extender. There are at least two commercial applications which can do this, and one from Autodesk called SHROOM shipped with Release 11. There is also a shareware version of SHROOM available in the CompuServe ADESK forum. DID I CHANGE THAT? ────────────────── Once in a while you may see CE report changing a line of text when you didn't make any changes, and no real change is evident. This is due to CADET's translation feature, which translates the common "%%" codes to their appropriate character symbols, and back. When translating back to "%%" codes, lowercase is used for the code letters - i.e "%%u". If you had originally entered the code letter as uppercase, a change is made. Portions of the CADET translation feature can be disabled, see the chapters INSTALLATION and USING THE CADET EDITOR for more information. NO ROOM TO INSERT LINES ─────────────────────── If you have tried [Ctrl-I] to insert new lines when editing text and gotten the "No room for insert" message, remember that the insert command works only if you have blank lines below the point of insertion (see USING THE CADET EDITOR, Inserting and Deleting Text Lines). In using CE to edit existing text, if you anticipate inserting some new lines, create some temporary text entities at the bottom of the selected drawing text and pick them for editing along with the rest. You can easily create the necessary temporary text entities with AutoCAD's DTEXT command. When DTEXT asks for an insertion point, use the INSert osnap mode and pick the bottom line of the existing text. Now press the [Spacebar] once, press [Enter], and the drawing cursor positions itself just below the last line of the paragraph. Type a single character (such as "#"), and press [Enter] to drop the position again. Repeat for as many lines as you need, and finish by pressing [Enter] on an empty line. Now use CE and pick these temporary text entities along with the text you wish to edit. Once in the editor, erase the temporary entities with [Ctrl-A], or use [Ctrl-R] to replace them with empty lines. Now you have blank lines below the body of the text, and will be able to insert new lines in the text above. CADET v3.0 40 User's Manual ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── INDEX ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ACAD.LSP .................................. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 39 ACAD.PGP ........................................ 6, 8, 9, 39 accelerator ................................. 4, 5, 6, 21, 36 adding words ...................................... 8, 30, 35 Alt keys ............................................. 21, 32 alternate path ......................................... 7, 8 attributes ........................................... 10, 20 Backspace key .................................... 21, 31, 33 blank lines .................................. 24, 25, 31, 35 block ............................ 20, 21, 25, 26, 34, 35, 38 buffer ....................................... 25, 26, 34, 35 CADET.EXE ......................................... 8, 20, 39 CADETD variable ........................................ 4, 8 CADETM variable ........................................... 5 CADETS variable ................................... 5, 10, 22 CC (CADET-Create table) ........... 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 20, 39 CE (CADET-Edit) ........ 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 29, 39, 40 change sort order ...................... 5, 7, 20, 22, 29, 35 change text case ................................. 29, 35, 36 change text height ................................... 29, 34 change text style .................................... 29, 36 character codes ................. 4, 5, 6, 21, 22, 29, 32, 40 CI (CADET-Import) ..................... 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 39 CN (CADET-Notes) .............. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 20, 30, 39 column 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 25, 30, 34, 35, 36 commands .................. 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 20, 32, 33, 38 configuration variables ........................ 4, 7, 10, 22 coordinates ........................ 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 17, 22 copy ......................................... 25, 26, 34, 35 copy buffer .................................. 25, 26, 34, 35 create text .......................................... 11, 15 Ctrl-A (erase All of line) ....................... 20, 21, 34 Ctrl-B (edit copy Buffer) ........................ 26, 34, 35 Ctrl-C (Copy buffer's contents) .................. 26, 34, 35 Ctrl-D (Delete line) ............................. 23, 31, 34 Ctrl-E (End) ............................. 10, 14, 16, 31, 34 Ctrl-F (Find text) ................................... 28, 34 Ctrl-G (reformat Group) .............................. 31, 34 Ctrl-H (text Height) ................................. 29, 34 Ctrl-I (Insert line) ..................... 23, 24, 25, 31, 35 Ctrl-L (Lower case) .................................. 29, 35 Ctrl-M (Mark text) ....................... 21, 25, 26, 34, 35 Ctrl-O (sort Order) .............................. 22, 29, 35 Ctrl-P (sPell check) ................................. 30, 35 Ctrl-Q (Quit) ................................ 10. 30, 31, 36 Ctrl-R (search & Replace) ............................ 28, 36 Ctrl-S (text Style) .................................. 29, 36 Ctrl-T (Typematic rate speed) ......................... 21, 36 Ctrl-U (Upper case) .................................. 29, 36 Ctrl-V (relative View) ............................... 23, 36 Ctrl-W (set Word wrap) ............................... 30, 37 CADET v3.0 41 User's Manual Ctrl-X (text eXport) ............................. 10, 29, 37 Ctrl-Z (Zoom) ........................................ 23, 34 Ctrl-Backspace (delete word) ......................... 21, 33 Ctrl-End (delete to End) ............................. 21, 33 Ctrl-Home (delete to Home) ........................... 21, 33 Ctrl-Left (word left) ............................ 21, 25, 32 Ctrl-Page Down (go to last line) ..................... 21, 32 Ctrl-Page Up (go to first line) ...................... 21, 32 Ctrl-Right (word right) .......................... 21, 25, 32 cursor keys ........................ 4, 6, 20, 21, 30, 32, 36 cut & paste .................................. 25, 26, 34, 35 degrees symbol .................................... 4, 21, 33 delete block ..................................... 21, 25, 35 Delete key ....................................... 21, 31, 33 delete line ...................................... 21, 23, 34 delete word .......................................... 21, 33 diameter symbol ................................... 4, 21, 33 dictionary ........................................ 8, 30, 35 edit text ............................................ 10, 20 elevation .................................... 11, 15, 17, 22 end command .............................. 10, 14, 16, 31, 34 End key ........................................... 21, 25, 32 Enter key ............................................ 20, 32 entities ................................. 10, 12, 13, 21, 22 erase ........................................ 21, 26, 34, 35 Esc key ............................... 20, 21, 23, 26, 29, 33 exit .................................................. 30, 34 export text ...................................... 10, 29, 37 F1 function key (help) ............................... 20, 33 F10 function key (pull-down menu) ................ 20, 33, 38 find text ............................................ 28, 34 fixed height text style ...................... 11, 14, 15, 29 global ............... 16, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36 height, text ......... 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 29, 34 help ................................................. 20, 33 Home key ......................................... 21, 25, 32 hot-key .............................................. 20, 38 import text .............................................. 17 insert block ..................................... 26, 34, 35 Insert key/insert mode ........................... 20, 21, 33 insert line .............................. 23, 24, 31, 35, 40 insert point ....................................... 5, 6, 22 justification, text ....... 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22 line, text ............................................... 21 loading CADET ................. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17 local ................................................ 21, 33 macro ................................................. 25, 26 mark text ..................................... 25, 26, 34, 35 match ............................................. 28, 34, 36 memory management ............................ 4, 5, 6, 7, 39 menu ............................. 10, 11, 15, 17, 20, 33, 38 order ............................................ 22, 29, 35 overscore ............................................ 21, 32 overwrite mode ................................... 20, 21, 33 Page-Down key ........................................ 21, 32 CADET v3.0 42 User's Manual Page-Up key .......................................... 21, 32 pick ............................................. 10, 22, 28 plus or minus symbol .............................. 4, 21, 33 prompt ............................................... 20, 21 protected AutoLISP file ................................ 6, 7 pull-down menu ................................... 20, 33, 38 quit ...................................... 10, 28, 30, 31, 36 ram disk ............................................... 7, 8 rearranging text ......................................... 27 reformat ..................................... 15, 30, 31, 34 replace .............................................. 28, 36 row . 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 34, 35, 36 scroll ................................................... 21 search and replace.................................... 28, 36 set ...................................................... 21 shortcut key ......................................... 20, 38 sort order ............................ 7, 20, 22, 23, 29, 35 sorting coordinates ............................ 5, 6, 10, 22 spell check .......................................... 30, 35 status line .......................................... 20, 21 style, text .................. 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 29, 36 swap ............................................. 25, 26, 35 symbols ............................... 4, 21, 22, 32, 33, 40 Tab keys ......................................... 21, 25, 32 tables ............................................... 11, 20 tolerance, row/column definition ......................... 22 translate .................... 4, 5, 6, 22, 29, 32, 33, 37, 40 typematic rate accelerator .............. 4, 5, 6, 20, 21, 36 underscore ........................................... 21, 32 undo ................................. 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 33 video adapter ............................... 3, 6, 7, 23, 37 view ................................................. 23, 36 word wrap ................................ 15, 30, 31, 34, 37 zoom ................................................. 23, 37 CADET v3.0 43 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