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- ┌───────────────────┐
- │ An-Editor v. 2.1 │
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- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ │
- │ - This is a simple editor released in the public domain. │
- │ │
- │ - It produces ASCII files. ( control characters allowed ) │
- │ │
- │ - Only files which are 80 characters wide are currently supported. │
- │ │
- │ - (* written in Turbo Pascal with assembly language subroutines for │
- │ fast screen updates *) │
- │ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- I have included the following files on this diskette :
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ │
- │ - AE.COM ( the executable version of An-Editor ) │
- │ │
- │ - AE.DOC ( this documentation file ) │
- │ │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- Hardware requirements :
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- - IBM PC or compatible, 320 K RAM.
- - MS/PC-DOS 2.0 or greater.
- - One disk drive.
-
-
- You should format a new diskette with the format/s command
- and copy these three files on it. There will be enough room
- on the diskette to hold your documents. However, if you want
- An-Editor to load and save from/to another drive, simply
- enter the new drive or directory following "AE" on the DOS
- command line. ( examples: AE B: , AE B:\MYSUBD )
-
- Also, you can specify the name of an existing file on the
- command line. The file will then be loaded at start-up.
-
-
- Editing commands :
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- Note : When editing a file, you can press F1 to display a summary
- of the editing commands.
-
- An-Editor implements the following command set :
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-
- - left arrow - right arrow
- - up arrow - down arrow
-
- - Ins ( toggle between insert and overwrite modes )
- - Del ( delete the character at the cursor position )
- - Backspace ( delete character before cursor and move it one
- space to the left )
-
- - Ctrl-T ( move cursor to top of screen )
- - Ctrl-B ( move cursor to bottom of screen )
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- - Ctrl-W ( scroll up one line towards beginning of the file )
- - Ctrl-Z ( scroll down one line towards the end of the file )
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- - PgUp ( move through file one screen up )
- - PgDn ( move through file one screen down )
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- - Ctrl-PgUp ( move cursor to the beginning of the file )
- - Ctrl-PgDn ( move cursor to the end of the file )
-
- - home ( move cursor to the beginning of the line )
- - end ( move cursor to the end of the line )
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- - Tab ( move cursor right to the next tab position )
- - Shift-tab ( move cursor left to the next tab position )
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- - Ctrl-L ( delete the line at the cursor position )
- - Ctrl-N ( insert a line at the cursor position )
-
- - Ctrl-P ( instruct An-Editor to treat the following character
- as a literal : use this to enter ASCII 1-31 )
-
- - Ctrl-Y ( toggle drawing mode on/off. Use arrows to draw
- boxes. Hit Ctrl-Y again to return to edit mode )
-
- - Return ( go back to the beginning of the following line )
-
- - F5 ( hide / unhide cursor )
- - F9 ( toggle clock display on/off )
-
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- Printing :
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- - Only parallel printers are supported. ( [PRN]/lpt1: ).
-
- WARNING : An attempt to use the "Print work" function with
- a printer attached to a port other than lpt1: can
- cause the computer to lock up !!!
-
- - If you are using a printer which is not IBM ProPrinter compa-
- tible, you should create a file called "PRINTER.DEF" containing
- the ASCII codes to switch the Near Letter Quality mode (NLQ)
- on and off. This file will contain three lines.
- Write the name of your printer on the FIRST line
- of the file. The SECOND line should contains the ascii codes
- to switch your printer to NLQ mode. On the THIRD line, write
- the codes to switch back to normal (draft) mode. Do not forget
- to put a blank space between the codes.
- Here is an example of a printer definition file :
- < beginning of file >
- Panasonic KX-P1077
- 27 55 66
- 27 32
- < end of file >
-
- Note that if An-Editor does not find this file in the same
- directory as "AE.COM", only the IBM ProPrinter option will
- be available at printing time.
-
- Also, you can specify a different directory for "PRINTER.DEF"
- by defining an environment variable "AE_DIR" specifying the
- directory where An-Editor should find it. For example, if you
- want An-Editor to look for "PRINTER.DEF" in a directory named
- "c:\text_ed\easy_ed" you would put the statement
-
- SET AE_DIR = c:\text_ed\easy_ed
-
- in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
- When you choose the print option you
- will be prompted for the top and bottom margins and also the
- page length. For normal 8 1/2 x 11 paper, enter 6 for the
- top and bottom margins, and 66 for the page length. These
- values are default. If they suit your needs, just press
- < RETURN >.
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-
- Limitations :
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-
- - Be aware of the fact that An-Editor supports files with lines
- of 80 characters maximum. Therefore, if you try to load a file
- that has lines longer than 80 characters, they will be truncated.
-
- - The maximum number of lines of the file is 2000.
-
-
- Feel free to send me comments, good or bad.
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- ────────────────────────────────────────────────
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-
- Guy Lachance
-
- 215-C Mulberry,
- El Paso, TX 79932.
- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ E-MAIL: lachance@cs.ep.utexas.edu │
- └───────────────────────────────────┘
- Compuserve : [71460,3407].
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