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FEATURES COMMON TO ALL VEDIT FAMILY EDITORS ---
* Edit ANY file of ANY size - automatic (virtual) file buffering handles
files larger than what will fit into memory. Edit binary, i.e. database
files. Even insert (paste) a 1 Megabyte file in the middle of another
huge file. VEDIT is the only editor that lets you edit really large files
of up to 8000 characters/line and up to 8,000,000 lines in length.
* Pull-down menu system. A modern user interface allows easy access to most
editing functions. Editing functions can also be quickly accessed with
single keystrokes ("hot keys") which bypass the menu system - the menus do
not slow down proficient users.
* Context sensitive help. Pressing the Help key gives you precisely the
information you need at the moment. The help text is user changeable and
expandable. Add your own help prompts and messages, even create on-line
help for other programs you use.
* Integrated mouse support. You can quickly navigate and select from the
menu system, access help, scroll to other parts of the file, highlight,
copy/move blocks and switch between windows with a mouse.
* "Point and shoot" file selection. Use the cursor keys or mouse to
highlight the desired files. Easily change drive, directory and the file
selection "filter".
* Unlimited keystroke macros. Any combination of keystrokes can be assigned
to a single key. Allows single key access to menu functions and creation
of custom editing functions. Record mode learns new keystroke macros
while you edit. Keystroke macros may be built into VEDIT, saved to/loaded
from disk.
* Multi-level Undo. Up to 1000 of the most recent edit changes can be
reversed keystroke by keystroke or line by line. Deleted text can be
re-inserted in its original position or anywhere else.
* Flexible block operations. Process blocks of text on a character, line,
file, or column basis. Blocks may be moved or copied directly or saved
in a scratchpad buffer. Search/replace within blocks. Converts letters
to upper case, lower case or switch case.
* Automatic indenting simplifies editing of structured programs; block
indent/undent permits quick restructuring. Check for proper nesting of
parentheses, e.g.~"{" and "}", aids C programming.
* Execute single DOS commands (DIR, compilers, V-SPELL, etc.) or enter DOS
and return later. With V-SWAP loaded, you can have more memory available
when you enter DOS from within VEDIT than before to ran VEDIT!
* Powerful search and replace. Supports sophisticated pattern matching,
reverse searching, selective and global replace. Recall and editing of
search/replace strings and most other prompts.
* Flexible printing with variable margins and page size. Print a block of
text or the entire file with single, double or triple spacing.
* ASCII table. Pop up the ASCII table or insert any desired control,
printer or graphic character into the text. IBM PC box drawing characters
are easily accessed.
* Horizontal scrolling for editing long lines - spreadsheets, program
listings. Optionally, long lines can be wrapped onto multiple screen
lines so that you can see the entire line at once.
* Fully adjustable tab positions. The <Tab> key can enter a tab character
or, optionally, spaces to the next tab position.
* Word processing. Word wrap, paragraph formatting between adjustable
margins, optional justification, printing. (Does NOT enter any "special"
control character into the text.) Can read/write WordStar compatible
files.
* Word Processor emulation. VEDIT can closely emulate other editors and
word processors. Contains options for emulating common cursor positioning
modes, other block operations, various styles of searching, functions
performed by the <Tab> and <Enter> keys, and much more.
* V-SPELL, an exceptionally fast and flexible spelling corrector is
available and can be run with a single keystroke. A fully functional
demo disk of V-SPELL is also available.
* Speed. Completely written in assembly language the VEDIT Family editors
offer stunning speed. (3 to 30 times faster than the competition on
large files where speed really counts.)
* Small size. VEDIT Jr. is only 50K in size and VEDIT and VEDIT PLUS are
only 70K. There are no overlays - VEDIT.EXE is all you need. (The
on-line help files are optional.)
* Totally configurable. The keyboard layout is completely configurable -
assign any key to any function. Any desired number of keystroke macros
can be built in. Default settings of all switches and parameters, screen
colors can be configured. Optional tab-fill and line-ending characters.
Selectable hardware/software cursor, cursor blink rate (or no blink) and
much more.
* Easy installation. The automated installation takes only a few minutes.
It places VEDIT, its help file(s) and macro files into a selected
directory, e.g. "C:\VEDIT".
You can also copy VEDIT.EXE to a floppy disk and immediately run it on
another computer - no directories to create, no environmental variables
to fiddle with.
* The VEDIT Family editors are available for the PCDOS/MSDOS, XENIX/UNIX,
FlexOS, and IBM 4680 operating systems. Support for OS/2 and QNX is
planned.
VEDIT has these additional features:
* Multiple file editing. Simultaneously edit two, three, four or more files
(up to 37), each of unlimited size. Blocks of text can easily be copied
from one file to another.
* Flexible windowing. Display each file you are editing in its own variable
sized window or toggle between files using just one window. Set the color
for each window. Different parts of one file can be displayed in separate
windows. Windows can be zoomed to full screen and de-zoomed.
* Regular expressions for even more powerful search and replace operations.
* 36 text registers may be used as scratch-pad buffers for extensive "cut
and paste" operations.
* All "macros" written in the VEDIT PLUS programming language can be run
by VEDIT. This includes the supplied Compiler Support, a simple print
formatter, split-screen file comparison macro, sort macro and a "grep-
like" multiple file processing macro.
* Integrated, menu-driven Compiler Support. Popular compilers, assemblers,
linkers, debuggers and Make programs can be run from within VEDIT. If any
compilations errors are reported, it automatically loads the correct
source file and positions the cursor on the error. You can then make
corrections and press a key to move to the next error, or recompile.
* The Compiler Support automatically adjusts to the needs of different
programs in different directories, e.g. one program may be compiled as
"large model" while another is compiled as "small model". Compiler and
other options can also be changed easily via menus. Includes on-line help
for compiler options.
* The Compiler Support works with Make programs and "makefiles" to further
automate program development. It even tracks compilation errors reported
by different compilers run within one Make script. Requires no changes
to your existing "makefiles".
* The following Make programs are supported:
Microsoft NMAKE
Borland MAKE
Avocet MAKE
Other UNIX style Make programs will also work with the Compile Support
* VEDIT and VEDIT PLUS support these compilers:
Microsoft - C, Quick C, Quick Basic, Fortran, Cobol, MASM Assembler
Borland - Turbo C, Turbo Assembler, Turbo Pascal,
Avocet - All Compilers, Assemblers and Cross-compilers
Lahey - Fortran 77, Personal Fortran 77
Metaware - High C
Micro Focus - Cobol
Microrim - Rbase Compiler
Nantucket - Clipper Compiler
Phoenix - PA