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- TurboEdit
- A free multi-windowed text editor
- version 1.1
-
- Copyright (c) 1993 by Thomas A. Lundin.
- portions Copyright (c) 1991 by Borland International Inc.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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- DISCLAIMER NOTICE:
- This program is offered as-is, without any expressed or implied
- warranties. YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. I am not liable for
- damages, whether direct or consequential, as a result of your
- use or misuse of this program. I do not represent this program
- to be anything more than what it is: a very simple text editor.
- I don't claim that it will do what you want it to do, or even that
- it will work correctly in all cases.
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-
- Revision History
- 3/3/93 1.0 - First release
- 3/4/93 1.1 - Added command-line file loading
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- What is TurboEdit?
-
- TurboEdit is a simple but useful FREE programming source code editor.
- It allows multiple editing windows to be open simultaneously with full
- resizing capabilities for each window. Mouse support is included, and block
- operations can be performed using the mouse, or by Windows-compatible
- keyboard operations. A straightforward search-and-replace capability is
- also built in. Auto-indent is permanently enabled.
-
- Some special tools are provided in the editor. They are:
-
- 1. An ASCII table.
- Moving the cursor to a specific character in the table will display
- that character's hex and decimal code value. If you press any key
- while in the ASCII table (i.e., a normal key, control-key pair, or
- ALT-numeric sequence), your cursor will be placed on that character
- in the table, and its hex and decimal values displayed.
-
- 2. A four-function calculator.
- Selecting the calculator will bring up a four-function visual
- calculator for your computational convenience.
-
- 3. A static time and date callout.
- If you want to know what the time or date is, select the Time &
- Date function. A dialog box will appear with that information.
- NOTE: This box is _not_ programmed to continually update the time
- display. It is meant to offer a "glance at the clock" while you are
- editing.
-
- 4. User-selectable color palettes.
- The Color option allows you to change the color scheme of the
- program's various display items.
-
- Maximum editable file size is 64K. Maximum line length is somewhere in
- the neighborhood of 900 characters. (If you're editing source code, you
- _won't_ need a line length longer than this!)
-
- TurboEdit is written with Borland C++ version 3.1 and the Turbo Vision
- for C++ Application Framework. Most of the code is taken straight from the
- demo programs supplied with the AF.
-
- I put TurboEdit together because I think the world needs a FREE text
- editor that basically "does the job". If you _can't_ live without macros,
- multiple levels of UNDO, virtual file sizes or word wrap, then TurboEdit
- isn't for you. If, on the other hand, you want an editing program that
- performs most of the basic operations quite well, and you don't want to pay
- anything for it, then here's your program. TurboEdit is no threat to BRIEF,
- MULTI-EDIT, QEDIT or others of their ilk. It won't do any of the things
- that make those editors valuable. It just edits or views text files of
- average length with a minimum of fuss and bother. It's great for making
- quick edits of your .BATch files or CONFIG.SYS files, or your Paradox PAL
- source files. It makes a dandy freebie editor to give to your customers if
- you're a consultant. (Product plug: TurboEdit provides a fine environment
- to edit conversion tables for my SNR program. SNR is shareware that
- performs multiple simultaneous search and replace operations on disk files.
- Call me or leave me an e-mail message on Compuserve [70523,262] if you want
- info regarding SNR.)
-
- How To Use TurboEdit
-
- At your command prompt, type:
-
- C:>TVEDIT (enter) -or-
-
- C:>TVEDIT [drive:\pathname\wildcard] [filename] [\pathname] ...
-
- The TurboEdit desktop will appear on the screen. If you have specified
- filenames on the command line (including those with paths and wildcards),
- those files will be loaded and displayed right away. The number of files
- that can be loaded at one time is limited to the amount of free memory left
- to the editor. Each window takes up a minimum of 7K or so (even when
- empty), so you probably can't load more than a couple of dozen of small
- text files at one time. The program will crash if you end up loading too
- many files from a wildcard specification.
-
- The top menu bar is accessible by using the mouse, or by pressing
- ALT+the letter highlighted in red. Some file operations are further
- accessible through the special keys shown on the bottom of the screen.
-
- Since this program is free, I've chosen not to produce a user manual
- or tutorial for it. If this program intrigues you at all, you probably
- already know how to use it, since it follows most of the Windows
- conventions for selecting text and for block operations. An example:
- Pressing the SHIFT key plus an arrow key will select (and highlight) all
- text that your cursor travels over. Pressing and holding the left mouse
- button does the same thing.
-
- You can resize windows by clicking on the lower right corner of the
- window and dragging it to a new size, or you can use the Windows|Size/Move
- menu option and move and resize it with the keyboard. (Press the ENTER key
- when you are done with a keyboard move/size.) To move a window with the
- mouse, click on the top of the window's frame and drag it to a new
- location.
-
- Where To Contact The Author
-
- Thomas A. Lundin
- 16267 Hudson Avenue
- Lakeville, MN 55044
-
- daytime phone (612) 588-7571
-
- Compuserve I.D. [70523,262]
-
- TurboEdit is free. You are not required to pay for it. You may copy
- and distribute it freely. TurboEdit is not public-domain software, however.
- I reserve the right to control subsequent releases of the software. (If you
- _are_ moved to offer me monetary compensations for the program, $10 is
- suitable.) I don't have the available time to make any requested changes to
- this program, so I offer it on an AS-IS basis. If the fancy strikes me, I
- may on occasion add some other embellishment to it.
-
- I hope you enjoy TurboEdit. Please check out some of my other shareware
- products if you get a chance.
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