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FE - Fred's Editor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
('Fe' Also Means Faith in Spanish. As in 'Santa Fe' - Holy Faith)
User Documentation
OVERVIEW
Welcome to FE - Fred's Editor. FE is a multi-document editor that uses
overlapping windows and mouse control to make it extremely easy to use.
FE also allows you to search for specific text within your documents and
includes a few nice accessories to make your life a little bit easier. It
can edit any number of files of any size and is only limited by your
computer's available memory. FE also includes standard block, cut, copy,
and paste procedures and will even allow you to undo a mistake.
MOUSE OPERATIONS
By using a mouse you can perform operations much faster than with the
keyboard. Below is a list of standard mouse functions:
Mouse Commands
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Select Menu │ Click on an item in the menu bar.
Select Menu Item │ Click on an item in a pull-down menu.
Select Window │ Click on any visible portion of a window.
Resize Window │ Click and drag bottom right corner of any window.
Move Window │ Click and drag top bar of window.
Close Window │ Click on closer icon ( [■] Found on the top left
│ of window)
│
Zoom Window │ Click on the zoomer icon (Found on the top right
│ of the window).
│
Scroll Down 1 line │ Click on downward pointing arrow in bottom
│ right-hand corner of window.
│
Scroll Down 1 page │ Click on right hand side of window anywhere
│ below the current position indicator (■).
│
Scroll Right 1 Char.│ Click on right pointing arrow in the
│ bottom right corner of the window.
│
Scroll Right 40 │ Click anywhere on the bottom scroller to the
│ right of the current position indicator.
│
Block select │ Position mouse cursor over the text in a window.
│ Next, push and hold the mouse button while dragging
│ the mouse to the end of the block. The highlighted
│ text can be manipulated using the functions in the
│ Edit Menu.
│
Block select 1 line │ Double click on the line of text.
KEYBOARD COMMANDS
The keystrokes used by FE are standard Word-Star compatible keystrokes,
so if you are a user of a Borland Programming Language Product you
should feel right at home. Most of the keystrokes are the standard
key with an Control sequence equivalent.
(Eg. To delete a character press the Delete key or Ctrl-G for keyboards
that don't have a separate Delete key)
Insert & Delete Commands
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Insert mode on/off │ Ctrl-V or Ins
Delete line │ Ctrl-Y
Delete to end of line│ Ctrl-Q Y
Delete character left│ Ctrl-H or Backspace
Delete character │ Ctrl-G or Del
Delete word right │ Ctrl-T
Block Commands
══════════════════════╤══════════════════════
Mark block begin │ Ctrl-K B
Mark block end │ Ctrl-K K
Mark single word │ Ctrl-K T
Paste Clipboard │ Ctrl-K C
Delete block │ Ctrl-K Y
Cursor Movement Commands
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Character left │ Ctrl-S or Left arrow
Character right │ Ctrl-D or Right arrow
Word left │ Ctrl-A or Ctrl-Left arrow
Word right │ Ctrl-F or Ctrl-Right arrow
Line up │ Ctrl-E or Up arrow
Line down │ Ctrl-X or Down arrow
Page up │ Ctrl-R or PgUp
Page down │ Ctrl-C or PgDn
Miscellaneous Editor Commands
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Menu bar │ F10
Save and edit │ F2
New file │ F3
Close active window │ Alt-F3
Switch active window │ F6
│
Tab │ Ctrl-I or Tab
│
Find │ Ctrl-Q F
Find & replace │ Ctrl-Q A
Repeat last find │ Ctrl-L
Abort operation │ Esc
MENUS
To operate the pull-down menus with the KEYBOARD, just hold down the ALT
key and press the first letter of the menu you want. Then use the arrow
keys to move up and down among the items or to switch from menu to menu.
To make a selection on the menu, simply press enter.
To operate the pull-down menus with the MOUSE, simply click on the menu
bar item and hold the mouse button down. If you did not let go of the
mouse button yet, dragging the mouse up and down will allow you to
highlight each of the items listed in the menu. To make a selection
release the mouse button.
FE menu
~~~~~~~
About FE - Displays version number and copyright info about FE.
ASCII Table - Brings up a window containing the entire ASCII character
set and allows you, by using the mouse or arrow keys, to
obtain the decimal or hexidecimal value of the character.
Calendar - Creates a calendar in a window and highlights todays date. You
can select the month to view by clicking on the up and down
arrows or by pressing the up and down arrow keys.
Calculator - This is a fully functional calculator. If you are using a
mouse, just click the buttons as you would a regular desktop
calculator. If you are using the keyboard, you can use the
numeric keypad to perform the same functions.
Video Mode - This function will only work on a computer that is equipped
with an EGA or VGA display adapter. It switches the display
to 43/50 line text mode.
FILE menu
~~~~~~~~~
Open... - This menu item brings up a file selection dialog box. You can
simply type in the complete file name of the file you wish
to open, or you can select one listed in the FILES box. To
select one from the list, just press the TAB key then use the
arrow keys to highlight the desired file and press ENTER to
select it. If you are using the mouse, simply click on the
desired file then click the OK button. An even quicker
method with the mouse is to double-click on the desired file
name. You can also select a directory and press enter or
click OK to change to that directory.
NOTE: You can open as many files as your computer has
memory. You don't have to close the file you're currently
working on to be able to open another. The F3 key also can
be used to bring up the file selection dialog box.
New - This menu item opens an editor window to begin editing a new file.
It initially gets the name [Untitled]. If you press F2 to
save it wont save as Untitled, but will ask you for the new
file name.
Save - Will save the current file without asking you for a file name
unless the file you editing is a new file (Untitled). In
the case of a new file it will bring up the SAVE AS dialog
and let you type in the new file name.
Save As... - Brings up the file selector dialog box and asks you for a
new file name. You can also select an existing file or
change to a different directory by using the FILES box as
detailed above in the OPEN menu item description.
Print... - The print option brings up a PRINTER SETUP dialog box allowing
you to set the printer port, page length, and whether or not
to skip the page breaks between pages. You can select the
options with the mouse by simply clicking on them. With the
keyboard, use the tab key to switch between items and the
space bar to select. Then press ENTER or click OK to begin
printing. You may abort the printing at any time by pressing
the ESC key.
Change Dir... - This is a handy little function to change to another
directory. You can simply type in the new directory, or
if you ar