
ED - The Advanced Configurable Editor. Demonstration Version 3.00 22 Jun 94
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Installation Procedure
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If you have downloaded this as a ZIP file, then you need to expand
ED.ZIP into a scratch directory using the -d switch to preserve
ED's directory structure, eg

PKUNZIP -d ED.ZIP

Then run the INSTALL.EXE program from your scratch directory,
and proceed as though installing from floppy.

If you have the ED4WIN 3.0 demo disk:

Place the Demonstration Disk into drive A. Change to drive A and
type WIN INSTALL at the DOS prompt. This will start Windows, and
run the Install program.  Alternatively use the Program Manager
File|Run menu item and type "A:INSTALL".  In this example drive A
can be any floppy drive.

The Install main menu offers two options.
  o  Complete installation
  o  Custom Installation

For the Demonstration version of ED select "Complete" installation.

When Install has finished, ED will be added to Program Manager.
ED may then be run by double clicking on the ED4W icon.

You need approximately 2,000 KBytes of free disk space to install
the Demonstration version of ED.

This is a Demonstration Copy of the fourth release of the award winning
Windows version of "ED - The Intelligent, Configurable Editor".  

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ED for Windows - The power development environment that works YOUR way.


ED, The fastest, most flexible way to slash development time 

  ED is at the absolute leading edge in editors. Supporting both DOS
  and Windows, ED is as easy to use as it is to spell. Up and running
  straight out of the box for the new user but highly configurable, ED
  fits the way YOU want to work.

  For programmers, ED is the one-stop productivity tool that slashes
  coding time while placing all YOUR tools just a mouse click away. ED
  powers up YOUR development environment, without tying you to a
  particular language or platform. From C to COBOL, ED speaks  your
  language; from colour syntax highlighting and auto code completion to
  advanced tools like file difference analysis and spell checking, ED
  makes it easy to get the job done. 


ED Saves you time

  No need to learn a new set of commands - emulation for most other
  common editors is provided, or you can create your own. Customizable
  menus and toolbars with toolhints, tool drag and drop and extensive
  context sensitive help get you going fast! 


ED Boosts Productivity

  ED slashes coding time with smart indenting, code templates and colour
  syntax highlighting for 28 different languages - then lets you compile
  and correct errors without ever leaving ED!


ED Gives YOU control

  ED takes intelligent language sensitive editing, then adds access to
  compilers, error tracking and YOUR tools from inside the edit session.
  ED wraps them up into a development environment that does it YOUR
  way. Use ED straight out of the box, use ED's flexible configuration
  options, or create your own custom enhancements using ED's fast C
  extension language - YOU are in control. 


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Facts and Features
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Powerful Editing Features

	Multiple windows with multiple files within a window
	
	Virtual memory engine handles huge files
	
	Windows toolbars with tool hints
	
	Keyboard remapping
	
	Named keyboard macros
	
	Unlimited undo and redo
	
	Auto-save and optional backup files
	
	Cut/copy/paste across files and windows 
	
	Column, line and stream blocks
	
	Shift blocks horizontally left and right
	
	Column block operations including overlay, move, copy and fill
	
	Block sorting
	
	Rulers
	
	Printing with font selection, headings and line numbers
	
	Regular expressions, search across files, search
	filtering and incremental search


Advanced Productivity Tools 

	File difference analysis
	
	Search across all files on disk
	
	Spelling checker with 100,000 word dictionary and user defined word list


Gets You Up and Running Fast

	ED can emulate almost any editor
	
	Support included for
	  Brief 	Windows/CUA
	  MultiEdit 	Norton
	  Wordstar 	Qedit
	  
	ED's menus, keyboard and toolbars are easily reconfigured to
	suit your specific requirements 


Powerful Programming Support

	Intelligent language sensitive editing
	
	Smart code indenting, code templates, auto-completion and
	bracket matching
	
	Hypertext function/procedure lookup
	
	Compiler support with error tracking
	
	Run compilers or tools without leaving ED
	  ED for DOS shrinks to 4K
	  ED for Windows runs the compiler in background while you keep
	  working
	    
	After compiling, automatic error tracking puts you at the point
	in the source where the error occurred
	
	Compiler/Make output displayed in an ED window in real-time


Colour Syntax Highlighting

	See your code in a whole new light
	
	Language sensitive
	
	Support for 28 languages pre-defined
	
	27 individual language elements for each language
	
	User defined word lists


Speaks Your Language

	Assembler	FoxPro
	Basic		Lisp
	C/C++		Paradox
	Clipper		Pascal
	COBOL		PL/I
	dBase		Progress
	DOS Batch files	SQL
	FORTRAN	        Windows INI file format

	28 pre-defined languages currently supported

	Simple ASCII text file format for user modification, extension
	or customization of word lists and templates

	
Code Navigation and Browsing 

	With ED's function tags database you can:
	  Access any function in any source file
	  Query functions using wildcards
	  Popup a list of all functions in the current source file and
	  go to any one

	Move to the next or previous function

	Locate and open language include files
	Extract dBase/Clipper DBF file field information


Built-in C Extension Language

	Write your own extensions to ED

	Around one megabyte of source provided


All the Help You Need

	Extensive context sensitive help

	Quick reference help

	Word search across help files

	Full support for Windows SDK and other Windows help files

	Right click on any word for context sensitive API help


Full Environment Support

	English, German and Japanese versions available

	Full international keyboard support

	Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) Kanji  support in Japanese
	version

	Support for UNIX files and mainframe DOS emulators

	Common features, functions and documentation across DOS and
	Windows


Network Support

	Files locked during editing

	Locked files can be viewed by other users

	Configuration and history information maintained independently
	for each user


Requirements

	ED for Windows minimum configuration:
	  IBM or compatible computer
	  Microsoft Windows 3.x
	  2 MB RAM
	  2 MB available disk space
	  DOS version 3.1 or later

	ED for DOS minimum configuration:
	  IBM or compatible computer
	  DOS version 3.1 or later
	  640K RAM
	  2 MB available disk space

	Japanese version requires Microsoft "J" version software
	


New Features in ED for Windows Version 3
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Configurable Toolbars
	
	Up to 4 docked toolbars (at top, left, bottom or right of
	screen)
	
	Up to twelve floating, resizable toolbars 
	
	Customisation dialog for quick and easy set-up 
	
	Buttons tied to any: 
	  ED command 
	  Macro or extension program
	  Compiler/Make program 
	  DOS or Windows program

	Various size bitmap buttons to suit different display
	resolutions 

	Drag and drop tools within toolbars 

	Tool hints provide pop-up help on toolbar items


Enhanced Compiler Support 

	All DOS program output displayed in an ED window in real-time

	Keyboard input supported for programs running in the ED DOS
	window

	All DOS output captured to a file

	A mouse-click on any error line within the ED DOS window jumps
	to the location in the offending source module

	DOS batch files can be run within the ED DOS window


New Spelling Checker

	A spelling checker with a 100,000 word dictionary has been added

	A user defined dictionary is supported

	Filter support can be used to target or exclude specific
	language elements such as strings


Easier Configuration

	Clearer and easier to use

	Items grouped according to use

	Vertical scroll-bar, horizontal scroll-bar and Tool hints
	options added


Precision Search and Replace
	
	Support for filtered searching and new Search options:
	  Include or exclude specific textual elements
	  Improved block search and replace 
	  Match whole word only
	  Place cursor at end of match
	
	Find all occurrences to extract every string from a set of
	source files


Improved File Open Dialog
	
	File name completion

	Configurable file types

	Drive/directory history list


More Languages

	Support for six more languages has been added:
	  Smalltalk   Eiffel
	  Rexx	      PL/I
	  Forth	      Cicode

	ED now supports 28 development languages

	27 individual language elements for each language

	Language templates are now specified in simple text files


And Much More

	Files opened in view mode can be toggled to edit mode without
	being reloaded from disk

	Bracket code completion supported for any language

	Difference analysis windows can be tiled vertically or
	horizontally


ED is designed for the 90's and gives you the absolute leading edge in
intelligent, language sensitive programmer's editors. Discover the tool
for DOS and Windows that frees you from the tedium of editing and lets
your creative instincts flow!

No developers' toolkit is complete without ED, the power programmers'
editor.


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****  ED NEWS and REVIEWS ****

   "ED - The Programmer's Editor is used throughout Australia by both
   instructors and students during our Institutes courses for C & C++
   Development and Windows Programming courses. ED is one of the few
   Australian computer products that looks, feels and behaves like the
   ultimate programmers editor.  It's a pleasure using ED to enhance
   our courses."

      Professor Vance Gledhill - Director of the Microsoft Institute. 

   The quality and professionalism presented in ED is at the highest
   level.  It looks and feels like a Quality (Microsoft) Product."

      Professor Vance Gledhill - Director of the Microsoft Institute. 


   ED for Windows was one of the earliest Windows configurable
   programmer's editors, and this new release keeps it well ahead of the
   competition.
   
      PC WEEK (Aus)

   
   ED includes some features that are likely to wind up as "must haves"
   in any programming editor. For users who spend time picking up the
   pieces after another programmer has abandoned ship, ED's hypertext
   function lookup capabilities make it a winner.

      DATA BASED ADVISOR (US)


   "ED is a great editor that I can recommend confidently".

      Japan Windows Magazine, review of Japanese ED for Windows with
       full 2 byte Kanji support.
	

   "Students' reaction to ED's user friendly features is always
   positive.  ED emulates Microsoft's bundled Windows editors as well
   as DOS editors such as Brief and MultiEdit, which means our new
   students are quickly at home in our computer training labs,
   programming faster and easier than with other editors."

   "Students find ED to be most impressive due to its ability to be
   extended with hot keys, macros and language extensions to achieve
   what is lacking in present Windows editors.  As a full time tutor
   and user of good development tools, I recommend ED as an
   indispensable productivity tool for professional software
   developers."

      Gurpritpal Singh, Manager for Course Development - Microsoft Institute


   Previous attempts at creating the ultimate editor for Windows have
   always failed because of inflexibility: too often the editor would
   impose a style of working that did not necessarily suit the
   programmer. Happily, ED is highly configurable and has all the
   functions that could be expected.

      UK Windows User Magazine.


  "The diversity of needs and expectations of text editors has
  resulted in a dilution of capabilities and performance. The
  successful "editor" of the future will be designed by someone
  that can blend innovation with expectations and actually
  improve performance, rather than degrade it.  It appears
  you've taken this challenge."
         Bill French
         Author of dBrief and Evolve (dBrief for Multiedit) and 
         co-creator of LapLink.


  ED for Windows is clearly the best Windows programming editor
  on the market, and we've found it to be almost limitless in
  its flexibility and usability. This is supported by every
  member of my team.

         Luke Smith, PC Development Manager, 
         Dun & Bradstreet Information Services.


  "ED for Windows" won the Australian PC92/PC WEEK "Best New Software
  Product Award" for 1992.


  US PC WEEK Aug 10, 1992 stated "Although ED Ver 1,00 has a few
  minor first-version bugs, it offers a series of nice touches
  typical of products far more mature than this" and continues
  "ED's features are some of the most powerful PC WEEK Labs has
  seen in a Windows programming editor". 


  US Windows Tech Journal, said "ED has 70 buffers that provide
  an intuitive, flexible architecture..., ED's outstanding help
  system includes Windows SDK help..., ED has unique
  capabilities that make you think, 'Why didn't I think of
  that?'" and concludes with "This is one editor that is well
  worth keeping an eye on."

  
  UK Program Now, wrote "ED for DOS has become one of the
  established programmer's editors. ED is now available in a
  Windows version, the first significant editor available under
  this environment." The article concludes "ED4W does more than
  enhance all the normal ED features with a GUI interface and
  fully exploits the Windows interface. It offers developers
  significant gains in productivity compared with a DOS editor.
  ED for Windows is well worth consideration by any developer
  for any development environment."


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Feel free to give your colleagues and friend's copies of the ED
Demonstration system.


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Overview
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ED the programmers' editor is setting today's standards for
Windows and DOS environments. Designed for professionals and new
users alike, ED incorporates the best features found in all
other programming editors, and we've then added a "hand's full"
more.

ED is your one-stop programming productivity tool. ED supports
Assembler, C/C++, Cicode, Cobol, Eiffel, Forth, Fortran, dBase,
Clipper, FoxPro, DataFlex, Lisp, Pascal, Paradox, Progress,
Prolog, Rexx, Smalltalk and SQL languages; Color Syntax
highlighting with user defined word lists, Automatic code
indenting; Automatic code completion; Function/Procedure
lookups; Keyboard macros; 100% keyboard remapping; "session
recall"; Compiler support and so much more.

ED has received outstanding reviews since its debut in 1988, and
its regular ongoing development assures ED stays at the forefront
of editing technology.

For the new user, ED's features are all encapsulated into a
selectable emulation environment (Brief, Wordstar, MultiEdit,
Norton, Qedit...). Learning is optimised, you receive a quantum
leap in efficiency and the wealth of ED's distinctive features
will permit you to manage the business whilst ED manages your
code.

For the seasoned user, ED's appearance as the first programmers
editor for Windows and the steady flow of enhancements continues
to reward ED users and supports ED's continual rating as the
optimum professional programmer's editor.

ED will increase your productivity from day one, by simplifying
and automating many tedious and time consuming tasks.


Increased productivity now
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Language sensitive editing automatically indents your code as
you write it, providing a consistent well laid out style with no
effort on your part.

ED's color syntax highlighting lets you see your code in a whole
new light. User defined words lists enable you to add your own
words and have them highlighted in colors you choose. Compilation
and syntax errors are reduced dramatically.

Code templates dramatically reduce the number of keystrokes
needed to enter common code fragments. Code completion writes
code for you.

To let you quickly navigate around your many source files and
functions, ED provides hypertext like capabilities for all of
your functions, procedures and methods. This indispensable
feature gets you to any function in any source file at the touch
of a key.


Use keys you already know
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You do not need to learn a new set of keyboard commands to use
ED. We have taken the industry standard text editing command
sets and made them available to you as a configuration setting.
Brief, Multiedit, Wordstar, Norton, Qedit... formats are
available, or you can easily create your own.


What about a safety net?  Undo, Redo, Auto-save!
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There's unlimited Undo for undoing any mistake you happen to
make, be it a simple cursor movement or an accidental block
delete. This is teamed with full Redo just in case you undo a
bit too far. Auto-save periodically saves any changes you make,
to a temporary file, and optional Backup files are kept whenever
you save a file.


Making ED your editor
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Many users want to configure an editor to suit their specific
needs. With ED you can set up the keyboard, toolbars and menus
as you like, and an extensive range of configuration options are
provided. Our powerful built-in C extension language enables you
to modify and extend its capabilities as required. A large part
of ED is written in this extension language and full source code
is provided.


ED's macros stop you repeating yourself
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Keyboard macros are used to repeat a common task on a regular
basis. Record any series of keystrokes, name them, and then
replay them when required - it's that simple.


I need that piece of code here, now!
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Block operations including stream, line and rectangular column
blocks are fully supported. You can cut, copy and paste blocks
between files and windows, with just a few keystrokes.  In
addition, you can move blocks left and right, fill blocks,
search within blocks, align comments and more.


Full Search and Replace capability
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ED optimises the time taken to accomplish complex Search and
Replace chores. Each time you look for something, ED remembers
it in a history list, even between editing sessions.  Later on
you can just pick it from the list instead of typing the same
string over and over. Of course there are full regular
expression capabilities, case insensitive search, incremental
search, search and replace across files and more.


What Compiler support is provided?
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You can run any compiler without leaving ED. After compiling,
error tracking positions you at each error. ED for DOS shrinks
to 4K leaving plenty of memory to run any program. ED for
Windows runs your DOS compilers in the background so you can
keep on working. All DOS output is captured and displayed in an
ED window in real time. It even lets you know when the compiler
has finished and lets you fix any errors.


But I want ED on a Network!
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On a LAN, ED  locks files you're editing so no one else can
change them. Other team members can still view the files and
extract information. Each team member has their own personal
configuration setup and history lists.


GUI help when and where you need it
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Put your SDK Reference back on the Bookshelf. ED for Windows
gives you full context sensitive Windows SDK help for all API
functions, messages, data structures, printer escapes and
utility macros. Just click the right mouse button on the item
where you want help and  up comes the information you need. The
right mouse button gives you SDK help, bracket, comment and
object matching, hypertext function and procedure lookup and
opens #include files. (Another "how did I ever live with out it"
feature.)


Can I edit big files?
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ED uses its own fast Virtual memory editing engine so file
sizes, undo, history lists etc. are not limited by your
operating system or environment.


What about "Session Recall"
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ED remembers all windows, files and history lists between
editing sessions. When reloading ED, you are presented with the
same environment and history lists you used in the last session.
File history lists keep track of the work you have been doing,
on a project by project basis.


Who should use ED?
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ED is suited to programmers requiring the absolute leading edge
in program editors. ED combines the best editing tools into one
user configurable package that suits novice through to
professional programmers. There is simply no reason for not
using ED in any development environment.


Where is ED going?
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ED for Windows is now in its fourth major release and with each
new version ED continues to break new ground. 

ED was the first fully featured editor available for Windows and
is still the only editor available for both DOS and Windows
platforms.

Functionality, features and form are common across platforms,
allowing you to easily migrate from one to the other while
retaining a consistent, easy to use and powerful development
environment.

Soft As It Gets is committed to success and excellence in
everything it does. This attitude is reflected in our products
and the quality of the support we provide to you.


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ED for Windows and ED for DOS have been designed, written and
developed by:

    Neville Franks,
    Soft As It Gets Pty Ltd
    3 Pullman Court,
    East St Kilda,
    Victoria, 3183
    Australia
    Ph. +61 3 885 4445
    FAX +61 3 885 4444
    CIS 100032,522


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ED the Programmer's Editor Copyright(c) 1991-1994 Soft As It Gets P/L.

All Brand and Product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.

