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                 =======---- Professional V6.0.1 ----=======


                                KEYS & OPTIONS


                              MARTIN REDDY, 1997


 CONTENTS:
 ---------

       COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
       EDITOR KEYS
              CONTROL KEYS
              OTHER KEYS
              THE UNDO KEY
              THE F-KEYS
              DIRECT ASCII VALUE ENTRY
       ANTI-BOREDOME

------------------------

                             COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To run EdWord from a Shell/CLI,  use the following command line format where
all  text  within {..} brackets are optional parameters,  uppercase  letters
depict  actual text which you type and lowercase letters represent a  param-
eter which you can supply (e.g. a filename or number).


 Usage : EdWord {filename} {-C configdir} {-NTSC} {-WB} {-LACE} {-VI}
                {-NODIR} {-MEM size} {-T title} {-F fontname} {-D} {-REQ}
                {-ZOOM} {-COLS number} {-H height} {-Y ycoord} {-L line}
                {-UL size} {-AREXX script} {-MOD text} {-RT} {-ASL} {-NOC}
                {-PUB pubscreenname} {-PCOFF} {-CDIR directory} {?}

 Where,

    -C      = specifies a directory to search for the EdWord.config file
              (by default the current directory and ENV: will be searched)
    -WB     = forces EdWord to use the WorkBench screen.
    -NTSC   = forces EdWord into an NTSC screen mode on start up.
    -NODIR  = file requester will initially list all mounted devices.
    -LACE   = forces EdWord to use an interlaced screen.
    -MEM    = specifies the memory buffer size in bytes (default=60000).
    -T      = changes the program title (default EdWord V5.6).
    -F      = uses the specified 8x8 point font (default topaz 80).
    -D      = disables checks for viruses in RAM - best left on !
    -UL     = specifies the size of the underscore cursor (1 or 2)
    -REQ    = forces a file requester on start up.
    -ASL    = makes EdWord use the asl.library file requester
    -RT     = makes EdWord use the reqtools.library file requester
    -COLS   = defines the number of colours for the screen (2,4 or 8)
    -AREXX  = runs an ARexx script file on start up.
    -PCOFF  = forces case dependant pattern matching for EdWord's file req.
    -CDIR   = tells EdWord where to look for the EdCalc program
    -CDIR   = specifies directory to search for the EdCalc program
    -NOC    = do not load any configuration files (use defaults)
    -MOD    = The text to append to an updated filename on title bar
    -H      = the height of the initial window/screen (in pixels)
    -Y      = the y-coordinate of the top edge of window (in pixels)
    -L      = specifies a line no. to jump to after loading the initial file
    -ZOOM   = forces editor window to zoom (if on WorkBench & under WB2.0)
    -VI     = turns on emulation for the Unix editor VI :-)
    -DOSMSG = enables all AmigaDOS requesters (e.g. device not found alerts)

                 e.g.  EdWord -ASL -REQ -MOD "+" -T "My Editor"




                                  EDITOR KEYS
                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~

                  Cursor Left = Move left one character
                 Cursor Right = Move right one character
                    Cursor Up = Move up one line
                  Cursor Down = Move down one line

          SHIFT + Cursor Left = Move to start of next word
         SHIFT + Cursor Right = Move to start of previous word
            SHIFT + Cursor Up = Move up one page
          SHIFT + Cursor Down = Move down one page

            ALT + Cursor Left = Move to start of current line
           ALT + Cursor Right = Move to end of current line
              ALT + Cursor Up = Move to the start of document
            ALT + Cursor Down = Move to the end of document

           CTRL + Cursor Left = Move to left most edge of screen
          CTRL + Cursor Right = Move to right most edge of screen
             CTRL + Cursor Up = Move to top of the screen
           CTRL + Cursor Down = Move to bottom of the screen

      (Note, all of these can be redefined via the Prefs/Keys facility)


N.B.  It is also possible to use the numeric keypad for cursor movement. You
can  use  the NumL key on the keypad to switch the operation of  the  keypad
between a cursor pad or a numeric pad.  A flag will appear on the status bar
when NumL is on (Obviously this facility is of no use to you if you have  an
A600  because they don't have a numeric keypad!).  Whilst NumL is off,   the
keypad will perform as:

                 Numeric 4 = Move left one character
                 Numeric 6 = Move right one character
                 Numeric 8 = Move up one line
                 Numeric 2 = Move down one line
                 Numeric 9 = Move up one page
                 Numeric 3 = Move down one page
                 Numeric 7 = Move to top of file
                 Numeric 1 = Move to bottom of file
                 Numeric 0 = Toggle Insert/Destroy mode
                 Numeric . = Delete character under cursor


CONTROL KEYS
~~~~~~~~~~~~

                  CTRL + T = Move to top of the file
                  CTRL + B = Move to bottom of the file
                  CTRL + G = Delete character (Del)
                  CTRL + H = Delete character (Backspace)
                  CTRL + I = Insert a tab character
                  CTRL + Y = Delete current line
                  CTRL + U = Undelete last deleted line
                  CTRL + Q = Delete to end of line
                  CTRL + V = Delete current word
                  CTRL + M = Split current line at cursor
                  CTRL + S = Move left one character
                  CTRL + D = Move right one character
                  CTRL + E = Move up one line
                  CTRL + X = Move down one line
                  CTRL + R = Move up one page
                  CTRL + C = Move down one page
                  CTRL + K = Erase specified block
                  CTRL + L = Print current block
                  CTRL + N = Repeat Text function
                  CTRL + O = Delete a file from disk
                  CTRL + J = Rename a file on disk
                  CTRL + W = Save file under current name
                  CTRL + P = Modify file protection bits
                  CTRL + F = Update the document's Text Casing
                  CTRL + A = Refresh the display


OTHER KEYS
~~~~~~~~~~

               SHIFT + DEL = Delete to end of line / Delete Word
         SHIFT + BACKSPACE = Delete to beginning of line
               SHIFT + TAB = un-indents a tab character (deletes tabs)
                 ALT + ESC = Iconify EdWord to icon



THE UNDO KEY
~~~~~~~~~~~~

The RightAmiga+U key is the EdWord Undo key.  If you press this key then the
current  line  will revert to its original state when you first  moved  onto
it.   This  can be useful if make some kind of modification to a line  which
you decide not to keep. (N.B. in earlier versions of EdWord the HELP key was
used for this purpose. The "HELP" key now displays the contents on-line Help
page.)



THE F-KEYS
~~~~~~~~~~

The  ten  F-Keys (F1,F2...F10)  at the top of the keyboard can be programmed
to  insert any text that you define into the current document,  or to run  a
prescribed number of EdWord's ARexx commands.  To program these keys, select
Define F-Keys from the Utilities menu.

By  using  SHIFT + F-Key,  you can access EdWord's Bookmark facility.   This
lets  you  mark  a  certain position within a file so that you  can  quickly
return to it at any time.  SHIFT+F1 to F3 set a Bookmark and SHIFT+F6 to F8,
return to the corresponding mark.



DIRECT ASCII VALUE ENTRY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It  is possible to enter ANY character into the EdWord editor.  You can  use
the  ALT  keys with various combinations to produce some of these characters
(as you would do from AmigaDOS or most other text editors).  But a much more
powerful method is to use the Direct ASCII Entry facility of EdWord.

What  this  entails is that you depress the LEFT AMIGA key and  (keeping  it
depressed)  type in the (decimal)  ASCII value of the character you require.
Then  when  you release the LEFT AMIGA key,  the character with  that  ASCII
value will be inserted into the current text.  This facility can be used  at
any  time,  whether entering data directly into the editor or into a  string
gadget (e.g. for searching or occurrence counts etc.)

This  facility can come in extremely handy.  For example,  it allows you  to
convert  the End-Of-Line character to any standard - The Amiga uses  a  line
feed character (#10) to symbolise End-Of-Line whereas, for example, the IBM-
PC's  use  a carriage return + line feed (#13,#10).  Therefore,  to  convert
Amiga  to IBM format ASCII text,  you simply search for all characters  with
ASCII  code  10 and replace them with an ASCII code 13 and 10 by  using  the
Direct Ascii Entry facilty in the Find/Replace window.



ANTI-BOREDOME
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Why not try pressing a few of the following keys as well.  I'm not going  to
tell you what they do :-)

                 CTRL+\,   CTRL+],   CTRL+#,   CTRL+'    CTRL+-
                 SHIFT+F4, SHIFT+F5, SHIFT+F9, SHIFT+F10



