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┌─────────┐
┌─────┴───┐ │ (R)
──│ │o │──────────────────
│ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of
│ │ │─┘ Shareware
└───│ o │ Professionals
──────│ ║ │────────────────────
└────╨────┘ MEMBER
pE - The "perfect" Editor (tm)
Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 by Just Excellent Software, Inc.
Box 1996, Media PA 19063 - (215) 565-7780
pE is a text editor with:
■ full, carefully thought out, mouse support
■ easy menu-bar operation or Alt command keys
(wordstar optional)
■ multiple files, windows (up to 20) with easy cut and paste
■ line and column blocks
■ block copy, move, delete, read, write, and drag
(with mouse or command key)
■ find and replace (forward, backward, ignore case)
■ regular expression search and replace
■ brace match (and parend) forward or backward
■ undo to recover unintended deletions
■ key macros with repeat and chaining
■ utilities to browse disk directories, count words
■ full DOS access: subdirectories, DOS commands, shell
■ variable number of text lines and columns displayed on EGA/VGA
■ programmable function keys and many user configurable options
■ line and box drawing with mouse or key commands (9+ styles)
■ multi-math calculator
■ HEX mode for non-ASCII files
■ powerful sort command
pE is also an efficient word processor, with:
■ left and right margins, wordwrap, automatic or manual reformat
■ variable tabs, auto indent, centering, flush right
■ right justification
■ page preview to check format and pagebreaks before printing
■ printing options: headers, footers, selective print,
print to file
pE's versatility is due to its combination of the most
important word processing features with the simplicity of a
editor designed to work with plain text files, making it an
efficient tool for many different tasks. pE's pure ASCII
mode makes it an ideal choice for a DOS file editor, it's
powerful command set makes it a superlative programmers
editor for database, file maintenance, programming, and other
application software. Yet its full formatting and printing
features also make pE a powerful word processor.
pE is Shareware (see SHARWARE.DOC). It is a full working
copy of the registered program. You have 30 days to freely
use pE. if you intend to continue using pE - YOU MUST
REGISTER with Just Excellent Software, Inc.
INSTALLATION
Type Setup d1[:] d2:\path
where D1 = the drive where setup is located and
D2:\path is where you want pe installed.
(defaults are a: and c:\pe)
If d1: and d2: are both floppies, they must be different.
NOTE: If system was booted from floppy, command.com must
be copied to distribution disk before install.
setup a: b:\ installs pe from a: to b:\
setup a: c:\pe installs pe onto drive c: from a:
setup c: c:\utils install pe into directory utils
of drive c: from the current
directory (also on drive c:).
pE documentation is located in a self extracting archive
named DOC.EXE. To un-extract simply type DOC on the
command line. A message in DOC.EXE provides further
information.