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- README.1ST Saturday, July 21, 1990 12:00 am Page 1
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- !!YOU MUST READ THE README. FILE!!
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- Tech-Edit (Technical Editor) is a FAST full featured programmers' editor.
- Tech-Edit was written with the idea of creating the fastest multi-window
- text editor available for DOS and OS2.
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- Shareware distribution of Tech-Edit includes a full featured DOS & OS/2
- version of the editor. Upon registration we will send you:
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- - Latest Release
- o OS2 version
- o DOS 808x version
- o Printed Manual
- o Source code (Optional)
- - Free update
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- Tech-Edit is a general purpose source code editor. It provides a fast
- multi-window/-file editing environment for programmers.
-
- Tech-Edit uses a unique combination of editing windows and screens.
- An editing session can be broken up into multiple screens;
- in turn, each screen may be broken up into multiple windows
- (16 per screen).
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- The Technical Editor was designed with enough features to make
- most editing chores non-laborious.
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- The most noted features:
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- Virtual memory
- NEW 25,43,50 line modes (EGA/VGA only)
- UNDO last 1000 text changes
- Keyboard re-definition
- Auto word search (searches for word under cursor)
- Bracket matching
- Binary and Read-only editing modes
- Bookmarks (up to 5)
- OS environment (single key toggle)
- Extended ASCII character set
- File based keymap configurations
- Go to window selection list for going from window to window
- Interactive editor configuration
- Keyboard macros
- Line and rectangular block marking
- Multiple screens and windows
- Auto indenting
- Regular expression search and replace
- Selection box for file loading (moves through directories)
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- Tech-Edit is a shareware product; before using this product you must
- read the license agreement found in the README file.
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- PACKING LIST
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- readme.1st What your reading
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- readme. License agreement and registration information
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- t.exe Technical Editor Executable (DOS)
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- t2.exe Technical Editor Executable (OS\2)
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- t.hlp Technical Editor Help file
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- t.man Technical Editor Manual (ASCII Format)
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- feature.new What has changed.
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- prob.rep Form for reporting Tech-Edit problems. (Please use
- this form whether or not you are a registered user.)
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- contact.who How to communicate with Superior Soft staff.
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- HELPFUL HINTS FOR INSTALLATION
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- Copy "*.exe" and "t.hlp" files into a directory included in your DOS "PATH"
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- Usage: t [-prb] file1.ext file2.ext ... filen.ext
- flags and filespecs are optional;
- -p choose file to edit through file pick list
- -r Bring up file in read-only mode (allows no changes)
- -b Bring up file in binary mode (fixed line length and
- no CR-LF translation)
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- Valid wild card characters can be used for file names
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- Executing "t.exe" without any arguments brings up a pick-list window with
- all the files and directories in the current directory.
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- Key sequences worth knowing (press F1 for help on all key sequences):
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- F1 HELP
- ALT-C Editor configuration (change important defaults)
- Alt-D Delete current line
- Alt-K Delete to end of line
- Alt-L BLOCKING: Mark lines for Copy/Delete/Cut
- Alt-B BLOCKING: Rectangle mark for Copy/Delete/Cut/Indent
- Alt-I BLOCKING: Paste current cut buffer
- Alt-G Goto line
- Ctrl-U Undo last file modification
- Alt-Z Exit and save all changed files
- Alt-X+N Exit and discard all changed files
- Alt-Q Exit and prompt to save for each changed file
- Alt-F+S Save current buffer as "file name"
- Ctrl-S+F or F3 Search foreward
- Ctrl-F Perform last search
- Alt-- or F9 Previous screen
- Alt-= of F10 Next screen
- Ctrl-K+D Key re-define (change action of any given key sequence)
- Ctrl-K+S Save current key-map
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