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- THE DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
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- The Development Editor is a basic word-processor with Multiple overlapping
- windows, Full mouse support, Pull down menu, Copy and paste features. If
- you're at all familiar with the SideKick Notepad or a Word Star type editor,
- then this editor should be a breeze.
-
- There are three ways to select a menu command from the Edit window:
-
- ■ With a MOUSE, click the title of the menu you want to pull down, then
- click the desired command.
-
- ■ Press F10, then use the arrow keys to go to the menu you want (or press
- the highlighted letter of the menu command), and use them again to select
- a command.
-
- ■ Press Alt and the highlighted letter of the menu you want, then use the
- arrow keys (or press the highlighted letter) to select a command. Press
- Enter.
-
- The menu title that's highlighted is the currently selected menu. Menu
- commands are followed by either an ellipsis mark (...), an arrow, or a
- shortcut.
-
- Choosing a command that's followed by an ellipsis displays a dialog box;
-
- Once in the Edit window, you enter text just as if you were using a
- typewriter.
-
- ■ When you want to end a line, press Enter.
- ■ To exit the editor, press Alt X.
-
-
- MENU SELECTIONS
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-
- File (Alt-F)
- ─────────────
- The File menu offers choices for opening files, changing directories,
- and exiting the program.
-
- File Open (F3)
- ───────────────
- The Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box
- you select the text file you want to edit.
-
- The Open a File dialog box contains:
- ■ an input box with a history list
- ■ a list box to browse the directory
- ■ the standard Cancel button
- ■ Open action button
- ■ an information panel that describes the
- selected file
-
- The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a file list, a file
- information panel, the standard button Cancel, one other action button
- (Open), plus a history list that's attached to the Name inputbox.
-
- ┌─ Name ──────────────────────────┐
- │ *.BAT │
- └─────────────────────────────────┘
- The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the
- file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*). ][
-
- ┌ Files ──────────────────────────┐
- │ │
- │ EXAMPLE1.BAT │ FILENM03.BAT │
- │ EXAMPLE2.BAT │ FILENM04.BAT │
- │ EXAMPLE3.BAT │ FILENM05.BAT │
- │ EXAMPLE4.BAT │ FILENM06.BAT │
- │ EXAMPLE5.BAT │ .. │
- │ EXAMPLE6.BAT │ \MOREEXAM │
- │ FILENM01.BAT │ \SPEECH │
- │ FILENM02.BAT │ \MUSIC │
- │ ▒▒▒■▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
- └─────────────────────────────────┘
- The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that
- match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory
- and all subdirectories.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ C:\MULTI1\*.BAT │
- │ EXAMPLE1.BAT 52 Jul 14,1991 12:00pm │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────┘
- The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time,
- and size of the selected file.None of the items on this information panel
- are selectable.
-
- ┌──────────┐
- │ [ Open ] │
- └──────────┘
- The Open button opens a new window and places the selected file in
- that window.
- ┌────────────┐
- │ [ Cancel ] │
- └────────────┘
- If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog
- box is put away. (Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button
- does not appear.)
-
- File Change Dir
- ───────────────
- File Change Dir brings up the Change Directory dialog box, in which you
- can change the current directory.
-
- File DOS Shell
- ──────────────
- With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to
- perform a DOS command or run another program. To return to this program,
- type EXIT at the DOS prompt.
-
- File Exit (Alt-X)
- ──────────────────
- The Exit command terminates this program.
-
-
- Edit Undo
- ─────────
- The Undo command will correct the last edited line in the open window.
-
- Edit Copy
- ─────────
- The Copy command leaves the selected text intact but places an exact copy
- of it in the clipboard. You can paste that text into any other text file.
- With the MOUSE, click and drag the text you want to copy.
-
- Edit Paste
- ──────────
- The Paste command inserts the selected text from the clipboard into the
- current window at the cursor position.
-
-
- Search Find
- ───────────
- The Find command displays the find dialog box, where you type in the text
- you want to search for. You can set several options in the dialog box that
- effect the search.
-
- Search Replace
- ──────────────
- The Replace command displays a dialog box, where you type in the text
- you want to search for and the text you want to replace it with.
-
-
- Window (Alt-W)
- ──────────────────
- The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other
- window-management commands. Most of the windows in this program have all
- the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and
- zoom icons. For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows.
-
- Window Size/Move (Ctrl-F5)
- ─────────────────────────────
- Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window.
-
- Size
- ────
- If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size
- of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press
- Enter. If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize
- the window.
-
- Move
- ────
- When you choose Window Size/Move, the active window moves in response to
- the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press
- Enter. You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse.
-
- Window Zoom (F5)
- ───────────────────
- Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window
- is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its
- previous size. You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title
- bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window.
-
- Window Tile
- ───────────
- Choose Window Tile to tile all file viewers on the desktop.
-
- ┌────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ╔════════════1══╗┌────────────2──┐ │
- │ ║ ║│ │ │
- │ ║ ║│ │ │
- │ ║ ║│ │ │
- │ ║ ║│ │ │
- │ ╚═══════════════╝└───────────────┘ │
- │ ┌────────────3──┐┌────────────4──┐ │
- │ │ ││ │ │
- │ │ ││ │ │
- │ │ ││ │ │
- │ │ ││ │ │
- │ └───────────────┘└───────────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────┘
- Tiled Windows
-
-
- Window Cascade
- ──────────────
- Choose Window Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────1─┐
- │┌─────────────────────────2─┐
- ││┌────────────────────────3─┐
- │││╔═══════════════════════4═╗
- │││║ ║
- │││║ ║
- │││║ ║
- │││║ ║
- │││║ ║
- └└└╚═════════════════════════╝
- Cascaded Windows
-
- Window Next
- ───────────
- Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop.
-
- Window Previous
- ───────────────
- Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop.
-
- Window Close (Alt-F3)
- ─────────────────────────
- Choose Close to close the active window. You can also click the Close
- box in the upper right corner to close a window.
-
-
- THESE COMMANDS WILL HELP YOU IF YOU ARE NOT USING A MOUSE.
-
- Cursor Movement Commands
- ────────────────────────
- Character left Left arrow
- Character right Right arrow
- Line up Up arrow
- Line down Down arrow
- Scroll up Ctrl-W
- Scroll down Ctrl-Z
- Page up PgUp
- Page down PgDn
-
- Move to next Tab
- selection in
- dialog box
-
- Insert & Delete Commands
- ────────────────────────
- Insert mode on/off Ins
- Delete line Ctrl-Y
- Delete character left Backspace
- Delete character Del
-
- Block Commands
- ──────────────
- Mark block begin Ctrl-K B
- Mark block end Ctrl-K K
- Mark single word Ctrl-K T
- Copy block Ctrl-K C
- Move block Ctrl-K V
- Delete block Ctrl-K Y
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- MORE HELP IS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU REGISTER YOUR SHAREWARE.
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