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-
- /*
- * Copyright (C) 1990 Jay Konigsberg - see Makefile for details
- * This is Free Software, distrubited under the GNU Software Aggrement.
- */
-
- #include "simped.h"
- #define MARKER "--------------------------------------------------------"
-
- void help()
- {
- int puts(),
- fputs(),
- fflush();
-
- int inpchar;
-
- puts("");
- puts("Help - S)ave");
- puts(" A)bort");
- puts(" L)ist");
- puts(" E)dit");
- puts(" I)nsert");
- puts(" D)elete");
- puts(" C)ontinue");
- puts(" M)odify");
- puts("");
- fputs ("Enter the command you want help with? ", stdout);
- inpchar=getchar();
- putchar(inpchar);
- puts("");
- puts(MARKER);
- switch(inpchar)
- {
- case 'S':
- case 's':
- puts("\n* S)ave and quit\n");
- puts("Saves the file and quits the editor.\n");
- puts("No options.");
- break;
- case 'A':
- case 'a':
- puts("\n* A)bort/cancel\n");
- puts("Verifies that no save is to be done and then abandons any");
- puts("editing that was done.\n");
- puts("No options.");
- break;
- case 'L':
- case 'l':
- puts("\n* List text\n");
- puts("Lists the text entered, pausing every half page or so. The");
- puts("number of lines listed is set at compile time.\n");
- puts("Options: A starting line number may be entered. A return");
- puts(" will start listing at line 1.");
- break;
- case 'E':
- case 'e':
- puts("\n* Edit line\n");
- puts("Substitute old text for new text on a line.\n");
- puts("Example 1:\n");
- puts("Command? e <RETURN>");
- puts("Line number: 1 <RETURN>\n");
- puts(" 1> A line of text\n");
- puts("Old text: f t <RETURN>");
- puts("New text: f modified t <RETURN>\n");
- puts(" 1> A line of modified text\n");
- puts("(returns to the command prompt)\n\n");
- fputs("Touch any key to continue: ", stdout);
- fflush(stdout);
- inpchar=getchar();
- puts("\n\nExample 2:\n");
- puts("Command? e1/f t/f modified t/\n");
- puts(" 1> A line of modified text\n");
- puts("(returns to the command prompt)\n");
- puts("To insert characters at the beginning of a line, enter");
- puts("nothing for the \"Old text:\" and the characters to be");
- puts("inserted for the \"New text:\".\n");
- puts("To delete characters, enter them in the \"Old text:\" and");
- puts("nothing in the new text.\n");
- puts("Entering nothing in both \"Old text:\" and \"New text:\" will");
- puts("result in no change.");
- break;
- case 'I':
- case 'i':
- puts("\n* Insert line\n");
- puts("Insert lines of text BEFORE the line number specified. The");
- puts("user is dropped into 'insert mode'.\n");
- puts("Option: The line number you want the inserted text to");
- puts(" appear BEFORE.");
- break;
- case 'D':
- case 'd':
- puts("\n* Delete line\n");
- puts("Delete a line. The line will be printed and you must enter");
- puts("a 'y' for the line to be deleted.\n");
- puts("Option: The line number you want deleted.");
- break;
- case 'C':
- case 'c':
- puts("\n* Continue\n");
- puts("Continue entry. Drops the user into input mode AFTER the");
- puts("last line in the file.\n");
- puts("No options.");
- break;
- case 'M':
- case 'm':
- puts("\n* Modify\n");
- puts("This is a multi-use editing function added in a effort");
- puts("to regain some of the flexibility lost in making this");
- puts("editor simple.\n");
- puts("Option: The line number you want to modify.\n");
- puts("This command can:\n");
- puts(" - replace text");
- puts(" - put blanks in place of characters");
- puts(" - delete text");
- puts(" - insert text\n");
- puts("The line is printed and and the cursor is placed under the");
- puts("first character on the next line. Changes are made by placing");
- puts("one or more of the available options below the portion of");
- puts("the line.\n");
- fputs("Touch any key to continue: ", stdout);
- fflush(stdout);
- inpchar=getchar();
- puts("\n\nOPTION EXPLANATION");
- puts("------ -----------");
- puts("^text# Inserts the characters between the '^'");
- puts(" and the '#' BEFORE the character");
- puts(" pointed to by the '^'. Inside the '^'");
- puts(" and the '#', both the '&' and the '^'");
- puts(" are treated as regular characters.\n");
- puts(" ^# Inserts a # before ^ (special case)\n");
- puts(" # (When not the first character after a");
- puts(" '^') causes the character above it to");
- puts(" be deleted and the space closed.\n");
- puts(" & Replaces the character above it with a");
- puts(" blank space.\n");
- puts("(space) No effect.\n");
- puts("ANY OTHER CHARACTER WILL REPLACE THE CHARACTER ABOVE IT!");
- puts("========================================================\n");
- fputs("Touch any key to continue: ", stdout);
- fflush(stdout);
- inpchar=getchar();
- puts("\n\nExample:\n");
- puts("Command? m1 <RETURN>\n");
- puts(" 1> Thos sentence isstoobbe mortifd");
- puts("edit> i ^is the #### #& d ^ie#\n");
- puts(" 1> This is the sentence to be modified\n");
- puts("Command? _");
- break;
- default :
- puts("\nNo such command");
- break;
- }
- puts(MARKER);
- }
-