Please read BETA.TXT
This documentation is under construction!
May 17, 1997
2. License
3. Installation
4. Files
5. Features
6. Hotkeys
7. Documentation
8. Future
9. Updates
10. Address
Editor+ is a text editor for OS/2 Presentation Manager. But it isn't just another editor, it is extended for programmers and optimized to offer a fast speed and powerful functions. There are many options with help of them you can configure it for your need s. Actually each line can have a length of maximum 255 chars. You can set the cursor at every possible position in a line. Many functions are multithreaded: e. g. reading a file uses two threads and saving/searching/drop and other functions run in a separ a te thread.
Have a look at it and you will see how powerful Editor+ is.
This version of Editor+ is freeware, that means that you can give this program to other persons if you don't change this documentation, the program code and the zip file. It is not allowed to sell this program without my permission. If you want to distribu
te this program on a CD or on another digital media please let me know.
You use this program at your own risk! I only guarantee that this program uses space on your harddisk or on another media! All rights are reserved.
If you like Editor+ and you want to support my work then you can send me a postcard, some money or a license of your program if you are an OS/2 developer too.
You only have to unzip the file EDP101.ZIP. After unzipping you can start EDITOR.EXE. The program runs under OS/2 Warp 3/4. But it is optimized for Merlin (Warp 4). If you have any problems with it, please write an e-mail.
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EDITOR.EXE |
Editor+ 1.01 program file |
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EDP101.HTM |
This documentation file |
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FILE_ID.DIZ |
Description for a BBS |
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Version 1.01
Version 1.00
Control:
Ctrl-Left Word left Ctrl-Right Word right Ctrl-Home Window top Ctrl-End Window bottom Ctrl-Page up Text start Ctrl-Page down Text end Ctrl-Insert Copy Ctrl-Up Next font Ctrl-Down Previous font Ctrl-Enter Popup menu Ctrl-Delete Delete block Ctrl-A Word left Ctrl-F Word right Ctrl-W Pos down Ctrl-Z Pos up Ctrl-N Insert line Ctrl-Y Delete line Ctrl-T Delete right word Ctrl-R Refresh Ctrl-L Search again Ctrl-D Default options Ctrl-G Delete Ctrl-V Insert Ctrl-Q,P Old cursor position Ctrl-Q,Y Delete line end Ctrl-Q,F Find Ctrl-Q,A Find and replace Ctrl-Q,O Options Ctrl-Q,I Move block to the right Ctrl-Q,U Move block to the left Ctrl-K,R Read block Ctrl-K,W Write block Ctrl-K,H Remove selection Ctrl-K,B Begin selection Ctrl-K,Y End selection Ctrl-K,C Charset Ctrl-K,U Uppercase selection Ctrl-K,L Lowercase selection Ctrl-K,I Move block to the right Ctrl-K,U Move block to the left
Alternate:
Alt-Backspace Undo
Alternate and Shift:
Alt-Shift-Backspace Redo
Shift:
Shift-Delete Cut Shift-Insert Paste
Shift and Control:
Shift-Ctrl-I Move block to the right Shift-Ctrl-U Move block to the left Shift-Ctrl-R Read block Shift-Ctrl-W Write block Shift-Ctrl-Y Delete end of line Shift-Ctrl-P Old cursor position Shift-Ctrl-F Find Shift-Ctrl-A Find and replace Shift-Ctrl-O Options Shift-Ctrl-H Remove selection Shift-Ctrl-B Begin selection Shift-Ctrl-K End selection Shift-Ctrl-X Delete selection Shift-Ctrl-C Charset Shift-Ctrl-D Uppercase selection Shift-Ctrl-L Lowercase selection
Keys:
Left Left Right Left Up Up Down Down End End Home Home Page down Page down Page up Page up Shift-Left Mark left Shift-Right Mark right Shift-Up Mark up Shift-Down Mark down Shift-End Mark end Shift-Home Mark home Shift-Page down Mark page down Shift-Page up Mark page up Enter New line Backspace Backspace Insert Change insert mode Delete Delete Tab Tabulator F3 Search again
Here are only the commands listed which have special extensions or you must know the background information to use it the right way.
Enhanced menu commands:
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File/Exit |
If you hold down the shift key and you activate this options the editor options won't be saved. |
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File/Last opened files |
You can open a directory if you push the shift key. |
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Tools/Tool |
You can change the settings of a tool directly if you hold down the shift key. |
Option dialog:
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Preferences |
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Priority |
This option doesn't the change the priority of the main window! With it you can only change the priority of secondary threads. If you think that these thread need to much processor time you can set the priority to a lower level. |
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Resource DLL |
This is reserved for a later version. With this entry field it is possible to change the language of all resources with help of an external DLL. |
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Editor (Page 1) |
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I/O Buffer |
If you ofthe use files which are bigger than the I/O buffer then you should use a bigger I/O buffer. But on the other side if the I/O buffer is to large then the background threads won't have an effect. Try it with several sizes and you will see which is t he best. |
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Undo/Redo |
If you want to save memory then switch off the undo/redo funtionality or set the undo/redo steps to a low number. View also the info tab, there you can see how much memory these buffers use. |
Tools:
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%FILENAME %FILE %FN |
The complete name of the opened file is insert at this position. If there's no file opened nothing will be insert. |
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%DRIVE |
The drive letter (A,B,C,D, ...). |
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%PATH |
The path of the opened file. |
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%NAME |
Only the name of the opened file (e.g. config). |
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%EXT |
Only the extension of the opened file (sys). |
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%CURSORX |
The cursors horizontal position in the text. |
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%CURSORY |
The cursors vertical position in the text. |
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%LINES %NUMLINES |
The number of lines. |
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%LEFTTOPX |
The first position in the left top corner (x-coordinate). |
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%LEFTTOPY |
The first position in the left top corner (y-coordinate). |
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%XCHARS |
Number of visible chars in a line. |
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%YCHARS |
Number of visible lines. |
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%CHARHEIGHT |
The height of a char in pixels. |
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%CHARWIDTH |
The width of a char in pixels. |
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%FRAMEHANDLE |
The window handle of the main window (decimal). |
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%EDITORHANDLE |
The window handle of the client window. |
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%STATUSHANDLE |
The window handle of the statusbar. |
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%TOOLHANDLE |
The window handle of the toolbar. |
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%SAVE="FILE" %SAVEFILE="FILE" |
Replace FILE through a valid file name and the text in the editor will be saved in this file. But the name of the active file won't be changed. This command is useful for creating a temporary file which can be used by an external program. |
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%? |
%?["CAPTION"]["INFO"]["DEFAULTTEXT"] This command opens a messagebox withe the caption CAPTION the information INFO and the DEFAULTTEXT. You can only edit the DEFAULTTEXT in the messagebox. If the ok button is pushed this text will be insert. If the cancel button is pushed nothing will be ins ert. |
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%PLUGINDLL |
The %PLUGINDLL is the most powerful command: it calls an external function in a DLL. This function has access to a huge interface to control Editor+ functions. This interface can also be used by DDE. %PlugInDLL="DLLName" Start default plug-in in DLL DLLName %PlugInDLL="DLLName","FunctionName" Start FunctionName in DLL DLLName %PlugInDLL="DLLName",FunctionNr Start Function with the ordinal number FunctionNr in DLL DLLName Please read EPPLUGIN.PAS for further information. |
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Hotkey |
You can use for each tool a hotkey to start it fastly by keyboard. |
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File specific |
This tool is only displayed in the tools menu if these wildcards or this file name matches with the open file. |
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Environment vars:
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EDITORPLUSCFG |
Configuration file set editorpluscfg=e:\editorp\editor.cfg |
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EDITORPLUSDIR |
If a parameter has no path then the file in this directory will be opened. set editorplusdir=e:\editorp\ |
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EDITORPLUSPLUGINDIR |
A plug-in DLL will be searched first in this directory, then in the program directory and after that in the libpath. Set editorplusplugindir=e:\editorp\plugins\ |
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EDITORPLUSRESDLL |
Resource DLL set editorplusresdll=e:\editorp\edpger.dll |
Parameters:
You can start Editor+ with a file name as parameter.
Problems:
If you have problems with Editor+ then delete the configuration file (EDITOR.CFG) after you have quit the program. If Editor+ won't run correctly please send my an e-mail with a detailed bug report.
If you have more ideas or wishes, please let me know them.
I can't and don't want to guarantee that I will add this things to Editor+ in future.
Please visit my home page. You can download there the newest version, updates and some other programs. The newest version will be available on Hobbes too.
My address:
Christoph Bratschi
Felsenweg 16
CH-4123 Allschwil
Switzerland
E-Mail: cbratschi@datacomm.ch
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