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- NEW-TDE - Modified by Angelo Besani for SWEET Technologies
-
- tdecfg
- a configuration utility for
- tde, version 2.10
- November 13, 1992
- Frank Davis
-
-
- Usage:
-
- If you would like to customize tde to suit your tastes, you may use this
- program to change the colors, key definitions, default modes, help
- screen, and permanent macros.
-
- At the command line type:
-
- tdecfg
-
- tdecfg prompts you for the tde executable file name. The default file
- name is tde.exe, but if you like to shorten executable file names (I
- rename tde.exe to t.exe. That way, I only have to type t to edit a
- file.) you may enter that file name at the prompt.
-
-
- Option 1. Change Colors
-
- Function Keys:
-
- F2 = Load default colors
- This function changes the colors back to the original color scheme
- used by the distribution version of tde.
-
- F3 = Quit
- Abandons any changes made in the color scheme.
-
- F10 = Write colors to tde.exe
- Stores the new color scheme in the tde executable file. tde will use
- the new color scheme each time a file is edited.
-
- ESC = Quit
-
-
-
- Option 2. Redefine keys
-
- Function Keys:
-
- F3 = Quit
- Abandons any changes made in the key definition list.
-
- F5 = Change Function
- Brings up a window of available functions. Currently, 230 keys are
- recognized as function keys by tde. There are no restrictions on
- what function you may assign or reassign to a key. You may assign a
- key to the null function, seen as "* * *". A key assigned to the
- null function no longer performs any editor function.
-
- Press <Enter> to reassign the hilited key to the hilited function.
- Press <ESC> to quit the function, no changes are made.
-
- An asterisk is placed beside all keys that have been redefined.
-
- Note: See the list of available functions with definitions at end of
- tde.doc.
-
- F7 = Print to file
- Print the current key assignments to a file.
-
- F8 = Print to printer
- Print the current key assignments to the printer.
-
- F10 = Write Changes
- When you press this key, all function key assignments are written to
- the tde executable file. The changes are permanent until you
- redefine the keys.
-
- When you redefine the keys, you should also change the help screen to
- show what functions are assigned to what keys.
-
- ESC = Quit
- No changes are written to the tde executable file.
-
-
- Option 3. Install new help screen
-
- Function keys:
-
- none
-
- This utility assumes that you have already created or modified a file
- that contains the image of the new help screen. Sample.hlp is included
- with the distribution files to show you what the initial help screen
- looks like. You may modify the sample help screen or copy it to a new
- file and make the changes in the new file. By choosing option 1, the
- configuration utility prompts for the file name with the help screen
- image. The changes are written to the tde executable file.
-
- If you enter a file name that doesn't exist, the configuration utility
- sorta gracefully exits this function. I didn't do anything fancy with
- this option. You can't press ESC to quit out; however, if you decide
- you want to quit, just enter a fictitious or outrageous file name. A
- harmless error message with be displayed and you may continue with the
- configuration utility having made no changes to the tde executable file.
-
-
- Option 4. Set Default Editor Modes
-
- Function Keys:
-
- F3 = Quit
- Abandons any changes made to the default modes.
-
- F10 = Save and Quit
- When you press this key, the default editor modes are written to the
- tde executable file. The changes are permanent until you redefine
- the modes.
-
- ESC = Quit
-
-
- Option 5. Install permanent macros
-
- Function keys:
-
- none
-
- This utility assumes that you have already created a macro definition
- file. The only way to create a macro definition file is to use the
- "save macro" function in tde.exe. Once you have created your favorite,
- most useful macros, just save them to a macro file and make them
- permanent by saving the macro file in tde.exe.
-
- If you enter a file name that doesn't exist, the configuration utility
- sorta gracefully exits this function. I didn't do anything fancy with
- this option. You can't press ESC to quit out; however, if you decide
- you want to quit, just enter a fictitious or outrageous file name. A
- harmless error message with be displayed and you may continue with the
- configuration utility having made no changes to the tde executable file.
-
-
- Option 6. Read in a configuration file
-
- Function keys:
-
- none
-
- Finally got around to implementing a utility to read in a configuration
- file. Any function key, editor mode, or color field may be assigned
- a new setting in the config file. The default configuration file
- distributed with tde is tde.cfg.
-
- If you enter a configuration file name that doesn't exist, the
- configuration utility sorta gracefully exits this function. I didn't
- do anything fancy with this option. You can't press ESC to quit out;
- however, if you decide you want to quit, just enter a fictitious or
- outrageous file name. A harmless error message with be displayed and
- you may continue with the configuration utility having made no changes
- to the tde executable file.
-