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- Welcome users of Mister ED!
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- Mister ED was started by a couple of programmers who were
- looking for the ultimate programmer's editor but were unable to
- find it. Now written, Mister ED is powerful, fast, and easy to
- use.
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- MISTER ED - Version 2.4a
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- Minimum System Requirements
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- The minimum system requirements to use Mister ED are:
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- 1) An IBM PC, XT, or AT (or close compatible).
- 2) PC-DOS or MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
- 3) One disk drive.
- 4) Either a color or monochrome monitor with a 80-column
- display.
- 5) 256 KB of available memory (although Mister ED will use up
- to 640 KB if it is available).
- 6) ED.EXE, the editor itself. No other programs are required
- to operate Mister ED.
- 7) A statement in your CONFIG.SYS file allowing at least 20
- files to be open. Like this: FILES=20
- 8) Although not required, including an additional statement
- in your CONFIG.SYS file alloting 10 or more buffers is a
- good idea. Like this: BUFFERS=10
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- Files Supplied
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- Mister ED is supplied on a single 360 KB diskette (3 1/2"
- diskettes are available on special request). As always, it is
- wise to make backups of those programs you value. Two files
- are distributed on the Mister ED diskette:
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- INSTALL.EXE - A self un-archiving file that contains Mister
- ED, a manual, and several utility programs. It
- un-archives to the current directory.
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- READ.ME - A text file, which includes an explaination of
- what is in INSTALL.EXE and any late breaking
- news on Mister ED.
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- You will find the following files in the INSTALL.EXE archive
- file:
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- DETAB.DOC - File explaining the DETAB.EXE utility.
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- DETAB.EXE - A utility that strips tab characters from a
- file and replaces them with spaces.
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- ED.EXE - The one! The only! The world's best editor
- -- Mister ED! (Aplause)
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- MACFIX.EXE - A utility to translate macro files used
- with previous versions of Mister ED to the
- format of the current release.
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- MANUAL.BAT - A batch file to print MANUAL.PRN.
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- MANUAL.PRN - A copy of Mister ED's manual, ready to be
- printed out.
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- MR_ED.HLP - Mister ED's help file. Access it through
- Mister ED.
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- PURGE.COM - A powerful utility to delete files and
- subdirectories.
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- RELEASE.DOC - A document explaining differences and
- improvements in Mister ED's last several
- versions.
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- SAMPLE.LST - A sample file list for your perusal.
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- MacFix.Exe
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- The format of the macro files has changed slightly since the
- last release version. This program will upgrade your macro
- files to Mister ED format. To run MacFix just be in your
- WBE.MAC directory and type "MACFIX". MacFix will also take
- optional input parameters, for more information type
- "MACFIX -?".
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- Using Mister ED
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- To activate Mister ED from the operating system, just type
- "ED". Additionally, by specifying up to nine file names on the
- command line, Mister ED will load these files into separate
- windows.
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- To access Mister ED's Pulldown Menus or Command Mode, or to get
- out of a sticky situation, press the <Esc> key. The <Esc> key
- can get you out of almost any command unscathed. Use <Esc> to
- view and activate commands via Pulldown Menus or Command Mode.
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- To load a file, press <Esc> to call up the Pulldown Menus and
- select Load in the File Menu.
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- To save a file, press <Esc> to call up the Pulldown Menus and
- select Save in the File Menu.
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- To leave Mister ED, press <Esc> to call up the Pulldown Menus
- and select Quit in the File Menu. You can also press <Q> at
- the main Pulldown Menu with the same result. Selecting Update
- in the File Menu will save your file before dropping the
- current window (and quitting if it is the only window open).
- Update can also be accessed at the main Pulldown Menu.
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- HELP! is just a key away. Press <Shift F1> to receive context
- sensitive help. Press it again and you will get the Help
- Index.
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- You can configure Mister ED through the Environment, which is
- accessed through the Layout pulldown menu.
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