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- NICE-N-EZ V2.01
- Program Development Environment
- Copyright (C) Digital Manufacturing Systems 1991
- All Rights Reserved
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- Digital Manufacturing Systems
- P.O. Box 1079
- Rogers, AR 72757
- Voice/Fax 501-925-3666
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- NICE-N-EZ V2.01 Page 1
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- INTRODUCTION TO NICE-N-EZ
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- Allow me to introduce you to NICE-N-EZ, a full featured, state of the
- art, text editor and program launcher.
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- NICE-N-EZ is a complete program development environment with the look
- and feel of the Quick language series (QuickBasic, QuickC and Quick
- Pascal) developed by Microsoft. NICE-N-EZ can be used to develop
- programs in any text based programming language and you can provide
- your own dynamic, context sensitive help information from which you
- may transfer text, such as programming examples, to the clipboard for
- inclusion in your own program.
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- NICE-N-EZ allows you to add as many as 10 different application
- programs to its menu for execution when you make that menu selection.
- You assign the menu name, prompt line and the command line to pass to
- DOS. The command line may contain variable data that is relative to
- the currently active file and you may also specify the amount of DOS
- memory required to run the program.
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- NICE-N-EZ is fully mouse aware, both for menu selections and cursor
- control, while editing text. Also, recognition of the mouse
- double-click when loading files, etc. can save a great deal of mouse
- motion. Also, NICE-N-EZ will function in 25, 43 and 50 line screen
- modes.
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- NICE-N-EZ provides for loading as many as 5 files at once, each in a
- different window that is sized, positioned and colored by the user.
- In addition to the usual editing capabilities, NICE-N-EZ provides for
- user maintained help text offering EZHELP (instant help) for the word
- under the cursor (press the F1 key), powerful block operations, a
- clipboard to store deleted or copied text, automatic indentation,
- keystroke macros and miscellaneous programming aids.
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- Drop-Down menu choices may be made by mouse or keyboard. Dialog boxes
- are used when additional information is required.
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- Development of this program was prompted my own need. I do some
- programming in FORTRAN and I like the environment Microsoft provides
- in their Quick language series, but they didn't offer QuickFortran.
- So, I began developing my own environment that offered many of the
- same features as QuickBasic. Incidentally, NICE-N-EZ is written
- mostly in QuickBasic with some assembler. Microsoft has since
- released Programmers Work Bench with a recent version of Fortran but I
- think there is still a need for NICE-N-EZ with older versions of some
- languages and with some of the Shareware languages. I hope you agree.
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- Also, I believe NICE-N-EZ will fill the need of many people for a
- simple, powerful and easy to use ASCII text editor. Yes, another text
- editor but, with state of the art features and appearance.
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- COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS
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- Minimum Computer Requirements: MS-DOS V2.1 or later with 512kb of
- memory, a single floppy drive, with any type of monitor.
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- COPYRIGHT
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- NICE-N-EZ is Copyrighted (C) 1991 by Digital Manufacturing Systems.
- All rights are reserved. Non-Registered users may use this product
- for a trial period not to exceed 30 days. If you are still using this
- product after 30 days, you must become a Registered User. Registered
- Users of this product are granted a limited license to use this
- product on a single computer. If you are interested in multiple
- copies of NICE-N-EZ, Site and Corporate licenses are available.
- Please contact Digital Manufacturing Systems.
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- TRADEMARKS
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- NICE-N-EZ (TM) is a trademark of Digital Manufacturing Systems.
- QuickBasic, QuickC and QuickPascal are registered trademarks of
- Microsoft.
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- REGISTRATION
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- If you are not a registered NICE-N-EZ user, you should become a
- Registered User and support the continued development and enhancement
- of this program. Registered users receive the latest version of the
- NICE-N-EZ software and HELPCOMP.EXE, a program to compile your text
- files into EZHELP (instant help) files suitable for use by NICE-N-EZ.
- Also, you will be notified of all future NICE-N-EZ major version
- releases.
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- The registration fee is only $20. You will find a Registration Form
- at the end of this document and also in the EZREGFRM.TXT file that is
- a part of this distribution.
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- NO WARRANTY
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- NICE-N-EZ and other associated programs are provided on an "as is"
- basis without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including
- but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and
- fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to quality and
- performance of these programs is with you. Should any program prove
- defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary repair,
- servicing or correction. In no event will Digital Manufacturing
- Systems be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost
- savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of
- the use or inability to use these programs, even if Digital
- Manufacturing Systems has been advised of the possibility of such
- damages.
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- ** INSTALLING NICE-N-EZ **
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- Of course, the first thing to do is to make a backup copy of your
- distribution disk. Whether you received your copy of NICE-N-EZ from a
- BBS or on a disk, the following files must be present for NICE-N-EZ to
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- EZ.EXE - The main program
- EZHELP.HLP - The help file for EZHELP (Instant Help)
- EZ.DOC - The Documentation file suitable for printing
- on any printer (19 pages).
- EZREGFRM.TXT - Registration form
- EZREAD.ME - A text file with additional information.
- SAMPLE.TXT - A sample text file for demonstration.
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- HARD DISK INSTALLATION
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- If you are installing NICE-N-EZ to a drive other than C, or
- installing from a drive other than A, then substitute the proper
- drive letter for C and A in the following instructions.
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- Step 1. C:
- 2. CD\
- 3. MD EZ
- 4. CD EZ
- 5. COPY A:*.*
- 6. Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to add "C:\EZ;" to the PATH
- and add the following line;
- SET EZCNF = C:\EZ\
- 7. Reboot your system so the changes in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- will be in effect.
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- FLOPPY DISK INSTALLATION
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- If you want to use NICE-N-EZ on a floppy disk, you may use the
- backup disk with the above files. If you are short on disk space,
- you may erase the EZ.DOC, EZREGFRM.TXT and EZREAD.ME files after
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- ** GETTING STARTED with NICE-N-EZ **
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- You should read the documentation thoroughly. However, if you can't
- wait, change to the directory or disk where the above files reside,
- then type;
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- EZ SAMPLE [switches]
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- at the DOS prompt. The filename (SAMPLE) is optional and when
- specified, causes NICE-N-EZ to load the specified file for editing.
- The optional switches allowed are /B and /H. /B specifies black &
- white mode operation. Using this switch will sometimes provide a
- better display on monochrome monitors. The /H switch specifies the
- high density mode of 43 or 50 line screens if your monitor has that
- capability. The different line densities may be chosen from the menus
- as well.
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- Once started, NICE-N-EZ displays a Menu Bar across the top of the
- screen that shows the title of each Drop-Down Menu. You may activate
- this Menu Bar by pressing the Alt key. When the Menu Bar is
- activated, the first Menu (File) is highlighted and the remainder of
- the Menu titles will have one letter in the title highlighted. You
- may select a Menu title by using left/right arrow keys to highlight
- your choice and then press the Enter key. You may also select a Menu
- title by clicking the mouse on your selection or by pressing the Hot
- Key (the highlighted key) for your choice.
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- When you have selected a Menu title, the Drop-Down Menu appears. You
- may make your selection from the Drop-Down Menu in the same manner as
- above. As you will see, some of the Menu functions may be activated
- by a Hot Key without selecting from the Menu. The Hot Keys are shown
- on each corresponding menu.
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- If you press the Alt Key and then H, for Help, you will see the Help
- Menu. Press the Enter key and you can browse through all the editing
- commands and see what Hot Keys are active when editing.
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- To see how EZHELP works, just move the cursor to the word "Rogers",
- then press the F1 key.
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- If you select a Menu Choice that requires further information, a
- Dialog Box will be displayed so you can provide the necessary
- information.
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- You may begin editing the sample text or you may use the File-Open
- (Ctrl-O) menu choice to open an existing text file for editing. When
- editing is complete, press the F10 key (File-Exit). You will be
- prompted to save your work if any changes have been made to the text
- since it was last saved.
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- The next time you use NICE-N-EZ, you will probably want to set the
- default path and extension for your source files. This is done by
- choosing the Misc-Default File Parameters menu choice, then complete
- the information in the dialog box.
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- ** EZHELP File Maintenance **
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- Registered users may maintain their own help files, designating words
- to recognize, and the help to display, when the F1 key is pressed
- while the cursor is on that word.
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- EZHELP help files are compiled from plain ASCII text files. Users
- usually add their own help text to the EZHELP.TXT file distributed
- with registered copies of NICE-N-EZ. This text file is then input to
- the HELPCOMP program, also distributed to registered users, and
- reformatted to be compatible with NICE-N-EZ.
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- Of course, you may have any number of different EZHELP files for
- different languages or other uses. However, only one EZHELP file may
- be active. The active EZHELP file may be changed by selecting the
- Help-Help File Name menu choice and typing the file name in the Dialog
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- ** EDITING OPERATIONS **
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- *** CURSOR & KEYPAD FUNCTIONS ***
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- Arrow Keys - Move the cursor. The Mouse may also be used.
- Shift-Arrow Keys- Mark text blocks (see Block Operations).
- Home/End - Move the cursor to the start/end of line.
- Ctrl-Home/End - Move the cursor to the top/bottom of screen.
- PgUp/PgDn - Display the previous/next screen page.
- Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn - Display the first/last screen page.
- Ctrl-Left/Right - Move the cursor by whole words.
- Ins - Toggle character insert/replace mode. The cursor
- will change size.
- Shift-Ins - Insert clipboard text ahead of current cursor
- location.
- Del - Delete character or marked block. Deleted text
- blocks are written to the clipboard. The clipboard
- contains only the most recently marked or deleted
- line or block.
- Ctrl-D - Duplicate current line up to the current cursor
- location.
- Ctrl-Y - Delete the current line. Deleted line is written to
- the clipboard.
- Ctrl-N - Insert a new line above the current line.
- Enter - Inserts new line code at the current cursor
- position.
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- ** FUNCTION KEYS **
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- NORMAL SHIFT+key CONTROL+key
- F1 - Help for cursor word This help Run Application #1
- F2 - Text Search Search & Replace Run Application #2
- F3 - Repeat last text search Run Application #3
- F4 - Toggle DOS Screen Display Run Application #4
- F5 - Run Application #5
- F6 - View Other Window View Next Window Run Application #6
- F7 - Merge a File Run Application #7
- F8 - Run Application #8
- F9 - Record a Key Macro Delete a Key Macro Run Application #9
- F10- Exit NICE-N-EZ Save as new File Run Application #10
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- ** BLOCK OPERATIONS **
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- Use the Shift-Cursor keys to begin a block operation. To mark a
- column block use Shift-Right/Left and then Shift-Down. To mark a
- sentence block, use Shift-Down and then Shift-Right. Once a block has
- been marked, any key except Escape will capture it into the Paste
- buffer (Clipboard). If the Delete key is pressed, the block will be
- captured and then deleted. Use the Shift-Ins key combination to paste
- the block at a new location, ahead of the current cursor position.
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- To mark a block with the mouse, simply position the mouse cursor at
- the beginning of the block and press the left button, keeping it
- depressed. While the button is down the cursor may be moved in any
- direction. If the mouse is first moved up or down, marking is in
- "sentence" mode. To mark a block in "column" mode move left or right
- first.
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- The text may be scrolled either by the arrow keys, by clicking on the
- arrow icons on the scroll bars or by sliding the scroll bar diamonds
- at the bottom and right. You slide the diamond icons by clicking the
- mouse on the icon and holding the mouse button depressed. Release the
- mouse button when you have scrolled to the desired position.
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- ** DROP-DOWN MENUS **
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- You may activate the Menu Bar at the top of the screen by pressing the
- Alt key. One of the Drop-Down menus may be selected be using the
- arrow keys to highlight your choice then press the Enter key. Mouse
- users may click on the Menu Bar choice to show the Drop-Down Menu.
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- Again, your choice from the Drop-Down Menu may be made by using the
- arrow keys to highlight your choice then press the Enter key. Mouse
- users may click on the Drop-Down Menu choice.
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- Information on each of the Drop-Down Menu choices follows;
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- The FILE Menu
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- New File
- This Menu selection removes the currently active file from
- active memory and presents a clear screen for you to open or
- begin editing a new file. You may switch back to it later by
- selecting the Other Window or Next Window choice from the View
- menu. If changes have been made in the currently active file
- since it was last saved, you will be prompted to save when you
- exit.
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- Open File
- This Menu selection will load a new file into active memory.
- If you have a currently active file, it will be placed in
- inactive memory and may be reactivated later by selecting the
- Other Window or Next Window choice from the View menu. If
- changes have been made in the active file since it was last
- saved, you will be prompted to save when you exit.
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- A list of files conforming to the default path and extension
- specified for source files will be displayed. You may make
- your selection from this list by using the Arrow keys to
- highlight your choice and pressing the Enter key or by
- double-clicking the mouse on your choice. You may also type
- the file name. If you type the file name, the default
- path and extension will be used if you don't specify a path or
- extension.
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- Close File
- This Menu selection allows you to close any file that is
- either in active or inactive memory. If any changes have been
- made to the file being closed since it was last saved, you
- will be prompted to save the file before it is closed.
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- Save
- This Menu selection saves the currently active file and
- overwrites the old version of the file, if any.
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- Save As
- This Menu selection allows you to save the currently active
- file to disk with a new name. The new name is then assigned
- to the currently active file.
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- Merge
- This Menu selection inserts the contents of the specified file
- into the currently active text, ahead of the current cursor
- line.
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- Print
- This Menu selection prints the complete currently active text
- to the printer or disk file of your choice. You are presented
- with a dialog box which allows you to specify the printer,
- Header/Footer, margins and any printer initialization codes
- that are necessary.
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- Print Selected Text
- This Menu selection functions the same as the Print selection
- (see above) except that only the highlighted text will be
- printed.
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- DOS Shell
- This command selection will temporarily suspend the operation
- of NICE-N-EZ and invoke the DOS command interpreter. The
- amount of memory specified in the Misc-DOS Memory Required
- menu selection will be allocated to DOS. Type EXIT at the DOS
- prompt when you are ready to return to NICE-N-EZ.
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- Exit
- This Menu selection causes NICE-N-EZ to terminate. If any
- changes have been made to either the active file or inactive
- files, you will be prompted to save them.
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- The EDIT Menu
- Cut
- This Menu selection Cuts, or deletes, the selected text and
- saves a copy on the Clipboard. Thus, the deleted text may be
- inserted at another place in the currently active text. You
- may activate or open another file and insert the Clipboard
- contents into that file.
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- Any marked, copied or deleted text is saved on the Clipboard,
- removing whatever was already on the Clipboard. Therefore,
- any deleted text must be inserted before another marking or
- deletion or it will be lost.
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- Paste
- This Menu selection Pastes, or inserts, the current Clipboard
- text ahead of the current cursor position.
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- Clear
- This Menu selection will delete the marked text without
- placing it on the Clipboard. The current contents of the
- Clipboard will not be changed.
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- Right Margin
- This Menu selection allows you to set the right margin for
- word-wrap. The margin may be set by specifying the column
- position or positioning the cursor and pressing the Enter key.
- Word-Wrap works when you are typing, it is not intended to
- reformat text.
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- Tab Stops
- This Menu selection allows you to set Tab positions. You may
- set the tab positions anywhere between the two active margins.
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- Graphic Lines
- This Menu selection invokes the Line Drawing mode. You may
- use the cursor keys to draw lines or rectangles. The corners
- of the rectangles are placed automatically when you change
- direction with the arrow keys.
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- You have a choice of line styles to use. When constructing
- rectangles, with the box drawing characters, you should begin
- in the middle of one side. The reason is that, when you
- change directions, NICE-N-EZ is able to determine which type
- of corner to produce. However, when you cross an existing
- line, NICE-N-EZ assumes that you are going to continue drawing
- and uses a line intersecting character. This means that if
- you begin at a corner of a rectangle, your last arrow press
- will not produce a corner character.
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- Center Text Line
- This Menu selection centers the line designated by the current
- cursor position, between the two active margins.
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- The VIEW Menu
- Other Window
- This Menu selection displays a dialog box with all the active
- and inactive files that are loaded. Highlight the one you
- want to make active and press the Enter key or double-click
- the mouse on your selection.
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- Next Window
- This Menu selection makes the next file in sequence, if more
- that one file is loaded, the active file.
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- 25 Line Mode
- This Menu selection invokes the 25 line screen mode and is the
- default mode when NICE-N-EZ is started.
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- 43 Line Mode
- This Menu selection invokes the 43 line screen mode if you
- have a monitor and graphics board capable of this mode.
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- 50 Line Mode
- This Menu selection invokes the 50 line screen mode if you
- have a monitor and graphics board capable of this mode.
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- View DOS Screen
- This Menu selection causes a redisplay of the screen as it
- appeared the last time NICE-N-EZ was entered. Any keystroke
- will cause the NICE-N-EZ screen to reappear.
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- The SEARCH Menu
- Find
- This Menu selection allows you to specify a text string for
- which to search. The search is in a forward direction. If
- the text string is not found before the end of the file, the
- search will then begin with the first kind of the active text
- and continue the search until the position from which the
- search began is reached.
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- Selected Text
- This Menu selection is the same as above except that the text
- to search for is highlighted before making this Menu choice.
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- Repeat Last Find
- This Menu selection searches again for the last search string.
- This is an easy way to find multiple occurrences of the same
- string.
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- Change
- This Menu selection allows you to replace an existing string
- with another text string. The new text string may be any
- length.
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- The WINDOW Menu
- Upper Left Corner
- This Menu selection allows you to move the upper-left corner
- of the screen to resize the active window. You can do the
- same thing by dragging the diamond in the upper left corner of
- the screen to a new position. Dragging is done by holding the
- mouse button depressed while moving the mouse.
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- Lower Right Corner
- This Menu selection allows you to move the lower-right corner
- of the screen to resize the active window. (See above).
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- Zoom
- This Menu selection causes the currently active window to be
- expanded to full screen size.
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- Show/Hide Window Frame
- This Menu selection toggles the Frame mode on and off.
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- Color
- This Menu selection displays a color chart. You may choose a
- color by using the arrow keys to position the cursor on the
- color you want and press the Enter key. You may also choose a
- color by clicking the mouse on the desired color.
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- This window is also a handy reference for color numbers when
- writing programs that use colors.
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- The KEYS Menu
- Record Key Macro
- This Menu selection allows you to record a series of
- keystrokes and replay them with a single keystroke. You will
- be prompted on how to end the macro and when to specify the
- "Hot Key" that will be used to invoke the macro.
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- Delete Key Macro
- This Menu selection will display all defined macros and allow
- you to select the one for deletion.
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- ASCII Chart
- This Menu selection displays a chart of all the ASCII
- characters with their numeric equivalences. Any character
- above the numeric value of 31 may be chosen to print in the
- currently active text. The choice can be made by using the
- arrow keys to position the cursor and press the Enter key to
- select. You may also click the mouse on your choice.
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- Repeat Last Key
- This Menu selection repeats the last character typed or
- selected from the ASCII chart.
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- The APPLICATIONS Menu
- Add Application
- This Menu selection allows you to add parameters for an
- Application Program to be executed by NICE-N-EZ.
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- The Name field specifies the name that will appear in the
- drop-down Menu.
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- The Hot Ltr field is a numeric value from 0 to 9. This
- value specifies which letter of the Name will be used as
- the Hot-Key when the Applications Menu is displayed.
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- The Mem Reqd field is a numeric value which specifies the
- amount of memory required to run the Application. If there
- is not enough memory available, NICE-N-EZ will release part
- of its own memory to make the necessary memory available.
- NICE-N-EZ can release all of its memory except approximately
- 8kb by writing the remainder of itself to disk. NICE-N-EZ
- is then reloaded when the Application Program is finished.
- Therefore, you should be able to run almost all programs
- from NICE-N-EZ that would run under DOS.
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- The Prompt field specifies the prompting message to be
- displayed at the bottom of the screen when that Menu choice
- is highlighted.
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- You may use variable data, that is relative to the currently
- active source file, in specifying the Command Line. This
- variable data allows you to use all or parts of the source
- file specification in your Command Line.
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- Following are the valid variables, all must be enclosed in
- brackets except the "@" symbol, which must be the first
- character in the Command Line. The examples are based on a
- source file name of D:\SOURCE\SAMPLES\WORKFILE.ASM
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- @ When this symbol precedes the command, the currently
- loaded source file will be saved prior to executing
- the command line.
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- [P] Path of the currently loaded file
- (D:\SOURCE\SAMPLES\).
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- [BN] The basic file name of the currently loaded file
- without path or extension (WORKFILE).
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- [FN] Complete file name of the currently loaded file
- including path and extension
- (D:\SOURCE\SAMPLES\WORKFILE.ASM)
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- [E] The extension of the currently loaded file (ASM).
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- Change Application
- This Menu selection allows you to change the parameters that
- were previously specified for an Application Program to be
- executed by NICE-N-EZ. Blanking out the Application Name will
- cause the Application Program to be deleted from the Menu.
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- The MISC Menu
- About
- This Menu selection displays information about this program.
- The display is the same as the opening screen. You must press
- a key to erase this display. The key you press will be
- entered into your active text. This saves you a keystroke,
- however, if you want to press a key without inserting that key
- into your text, press the Esc key.
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- Compile Help Text
- This Menu selection compiles an ASCII text file, like the ones
- used by NICE-N-EZ, into a form that may be used by NICE-N-EZ
- as a EZHELP file. EZHELP is invoked by placing the cursor on
- a word and pressing the F1 key.
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- You may prepare your own help files to conform to your
- individual needs and preferences. You may have multiple help
- files that are used for different programming languages or
- projects. Only one help file may be active, however, you may
- use the Help-Help File Name Menu selection to change that file
- at any time.
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- Default File Parameters
- This Menu selection will display a dialog box in which you can
- specify the default file path and extension to use for loading
- source files when an explicit path or extension is not given.
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- This Menu selection allows you to specify the amount of memory
- you want to have available when you Shell to DOS. A zero
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- release part of its own memory to make the necessary memory
- available. NICE-N-EZ can release all of its memory except
- approximately 8kb by writing the remainder of itself to disk.
- NICE-N-EZ is then reloaded when you type "Exit" to return to
- NICE-N-EZ. Therefore, you should be able to run almost all
- programs from the DOS Shell that would normally run under DOS.
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- String Space
- This Menu selection displays the total amount of string space
- that is available to NICE-N-EZ and the presently available
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- Registration Form
- This Menu selection will copy the Registration Form to the
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- The HELP Menu
- General Help
- This Menu selection displays help for the general functions of
- the editor and program launcher. Descriptions of the various
- function keys used by NICE-N-EZ are provided.
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- Selected Topics
- This Menu selection provides for selection of a Drop-Down menu
- group of interest. You may then browse through a detailed
- explanation of each menu choice in this group. You may select
- one of these menus by positioning the cursor, with the arrow
- keys or the mouse, on your selected menu, then press the F1
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- This Menu selection allows you to specify a file to be used
- for EZHELP (instant help). This file must first be compiled
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- ** OTHER POSSIBLE USES for NICE-N-EZ **
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- For BASICA Programs
- BASIC programmers who do not have or do not use QuickBasic, or
- one of the other BASIC programs that supplies a complete
- programming environment, might like the more powerful editing
- and EZHELP features of NICE-N-EZ. To do your source editing
- in NICE-N-EZ and then process the source code in BASICA, you
- could add an application called BASIC to the NICE-N-EZ
- Applications menu. The Command Line should then be "@BASICA
- [FN]". The "@" would cause the source file to be saved to
- disk before the command line was sent to DOS. The [FN] would
- be expanded to the file name of the currently active text
- file. When you type SYSTEM in BASICA you would return to
- NICE-N-EZ for more editing. When you are developing BASICA
- programs in NICE-N-EZ, perhaps you should use SYSTEM instead
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- For Other Programs
- Another scenario for the use of NICE-N-EZ is developing
- programs in a language that requires the conventional
- Edit-Compile-Link-Run program development loop. You might
- have as many as five modules of source code, each loaded in a
- different window of NICE-N-EZ. You would add three programs
- to the Applications Menu, with their appropriate command
- lines, for Compile, Link and Run. Lets assume that you want
- to develop programs for MASM.
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- The Compile program name might be "MASM", the Command Line
- might be "@MASM [FN] compile options;". The "@" character
- would cause the current version of the source code to be saved
- to disk before compiling.
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- The Link program name might be "LINK", the Command Line might
- be "D:\BIN\LINK @LINKLIST", where LINKLIST is a command file
- for the linker that would link all the modules in the
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- The Run Program name might be "MYPROG", the Command line might
- be "MYPROG filename", where MYPROG is the name of your
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- You can use NICE-N-EZ as an editor, a program launcher or a
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- Assuming that NICE-N-EZ attracts a significant number of
- registration fees, I have a number of enhancements I would like
- to make in the program. I won't share my list with you at this
- time because I want to hear what you would like. So, please let
- me know what additional features you would like to have added.
- Obviously, suggestions from registered users will receive first
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- Fixing reported bugs will have top priority. Yes, we have tested
- NICE-N-EZ thoroughly but, I believe that all software programs
- will always have have at least one more bug waiting to be
- discovered. Anyone who reports a bug in NICE-N-EZ will receive a
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- ** NICE-N-EZ Revision History **
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- 3-91 Beta Test Version released to select users.
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- 5-91 Fixed numerous bugs reported by Beta Testers and
- released Version 1.1
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- 6-91 Added EZHELP (Instant Help) features. Released as
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- 8-91 Added the ability for users to add their own
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- 9-17-91 Fixed a bug that caused a loss of the mouse cursor
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- ** NICE-N-EZ REGISTRATION FORM **
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- Digital Manufacturing Systems Ph: 501-925-3666
- P.O. Box 1079 Fax: 501-925-3666
- Rogers, AR 72757
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- ___ I am enclosing the $20 registration fee for NICE-N-EZ.
- Please send me the latest version of the NICE-N-EZ software
- and the EZHELP compiler program.
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- Customers outside the USA must add $5 for Shipping &
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