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- * *
- * T - A Tiny Editor *
- * *
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-
- T is a text editor with a full screen interface similar to that of
- Personal Editor or the E editors. However T is a tiny editor of
- just under 9K bytes.
-
- Compared to PE or E a number of things are missing from T, in
- particular T only supports 'line' marking (Alt-L) and it has a
- limited, though useful, set of 'command line' commands.
-
- However T is a real editor. The size of files you may edit is
- limited only by your PC's memory as are the number of files you can
- edit simultaneously. T can be customised to your own colour and
- keyboard choices using a customiser program. T can fully support
- displays with any number of rows and columns.
-
- Typically T might be useful for editing very large files, for
- editing on machines with little memory, or for using from within
- programs such as FILEMAN or dBASE III.
-
- Two versions of T are included in the package: T.EXE for PC/DOS and
- T2.EXE for OS/2.
-
- The package contains the following files:
-
- T AVAIL - the availability notice, this file.
- T EXEBIN - the PC/DOS version of the editor.
- T2 EXEBIN - the OS/2 version of the editor.
- TKEY EXEBIN - the customiser program.
- TKEYS DEF - a sample custom definition file.
- THELP HLPBIN - a help file.
- T SCRIPT - the documentation.
-
-
- There is a T FORUM on IBMPC for comments, discussion etc. about
- this editor.
-
-
- Tim Baldwin
- IBM UK Software Technology
- Sheridan House
- Winchester
- UK
-
- BALDWINT at WINVMB
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Version 1.22a - 14th August 1989
-
- This version has a minor change to T2 which will enable it to make
- use of non-'eight-dot-three' filenames allowed with the HPFS
- of OS/2 1.2.
-
- Only T2.EXE has changed.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Version 1.22 - 10th July 1989
-
- Two bugs fixed in T and T2:
-
- - If SET FINAL EOF = OFF is specified and an empty file is saved
- a correct zero length file will be written, not 4096 bytes of
- garbage.
-
- - A CHANGE command specified as 'C /target' will correctly replace
- 'target' with nothing, rather than with garbage.
-
- The default settings for S-F1, S-F2, S-F3, S-F4 and SPILL FILE have
- been corrected in TKEY.
-
- The help file THELP.HLP has been replaced with a new, improved
- version.
-
- T.EXE, T2.EXE, TKEY.EXE and THELP.HLP have changed.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Version 1.21 - 31st May 1989
-
- Two bugs fixed:
-
- - Very long lines (253 to 255 characters) will be correctly
- saved.
-
- - Will run under MS-DOS.
-
- Only T.EXE and T2.EXE are changed.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Version 1.20 - 16th May 1989
-
- This version of T has a number of significant changes and
- enhancements:
-
-
- New Commands:
- ------------
- - PRINT <device> Prints the current file to the specified device.
- If no device is given, it defaults to PRN.
-
- - MARGIN nn Sets the right hand margin to column nn. Enter
- a value of zero to set no right hand margin.
-
- See "Word Processing Features" below for more
- details,
-
- New Functions:
- -------------
- - MARK LEFT Default key Alt-F7. This shifts the marked
- lines one character to the left.
-
- - MARK RIGHT Default key Alt-F8. This shifts the marked
- lines one character to the right.
-
- - ADJUST LINE Default key Alt-A. This command will adjust the
- current line to the right margin.
-
- See "Word Processing Features" below for more
- details,
-
- - SAFE FILE Default key F4. This will perform a FILE if the
- document has been changed, otherwise it will
- perform a QUIT.
-
- Changed Functions:
- -----------------
- - SAVE and related commands (FILE and SAFE FILE) are
- now very much faster.
-
- - SPLIT LINE respects the setting of AUTO INDENT. If this is
- set ON the split line will be aligned under the
- first column of the line above it.
-
- Other Changes:
- -------------
- - The status line now shows the current margin column (if one has
- been set) in the form 'M nn', to the right of the column number.
-
- - The default action for unused Ctrl- keys is now NOTHING. To get
- the previous T action add these commands to your custom
- definition file:
-
- KEY C-A = ASCII 1
- KEY C-B = ASCII 2
- ...
- KEY C-Z = ASCII 26
-
- - There is a new TKEY setting:
-
- SET MARGIN = OFF
- or SET MARGIN = nn
-
- this sets an initial right margin. The default is OFF.
-
- - T2.EXE and TKEY.EXE are both supplied as WINDOWCOMPATible
- programs ready to run in a PM windowed session.
-
- - SET SNOW REMOVAL = AUTOMATIC will detect when running on a PCJr
- and suppress the screen snow removing code.
-
- - TKEY will accept any character (from ASCII 0 to ASCII 255) in
- a .DEF file. Previously a hex 1A would have been taken as
- end-of-file.
-
- - TKEY will treat all characters from a // to the end of the
- line as a comment.
-
- Word Processing Features:
- ------------------------
- The new command MARGIN and the new keyboard function ADJUST LINE now
- give T some limited word processing features. The MARGIN command
- sets a right hand margin. As text is typed across this margin words
- will be word-wrapped onto a new blank line, meaning paragraphs can
- easily be entered without having to hit the Enter key.
-
- When AUTO INDENT is ON (the default) words that are wrapped are
- aligned under the first non-blank of the previous line, making it
- simple to leave a left margin or to enter sections of text indented.
-
- The word wrapping is not perfect, particularly when corrections are
- made to a paragraph. After a number of additions and deletions the
- whole paragraph can end up looking a bit of a mess. The ADJUST LINE
- function (Alt-A) is designed to sort this out. ADJUST LINE will
- reflow the current line to the right margin, by splitting it if it
- is too long or filling it with words from the following line if it
- is too short. When it's split the split-off piece aligns under the
- first non-blanks of the previous line and the cursor moves down to
- the split-off line. This plus the fact that blank lines are ignored
- makes reflowing a paragraph very easy: just put the cursor on the
- first line and keep pressing Alt-A until the job is done.
-
-