fED-UP
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fED is a full-screen editor for the QuickBBS ST  system.  It  provides  the
user with a better message entry system to  aid  in  replying  and  writing
messages.

Because of special screen codes used by fED, only comms programs with VT-52
or Ansi-BBS can utilise its functions. ASCII users therefore cannot benefit
from fED. The current version of fED supports Ansi-BBS, Atari VT-52 and the
DEC VT-52 emulation modes.

To use fED :-
Just type normally on the keyboard and the words  will  appear,  with  word
wrapping and cursor movements supported. Use the <DEL> and <BACKSPACE> keys
to delete unwanted words. Ctrl-V toggles between insert and overwrite modes
and Ctrl-Y deletes a line completely.


In addition, pressing the <ESC> key while editing will bring up a menu line
with the following options :-

(E)dit the 'To:' and 'Subject:' fields of the message.
(H)elp screen for users
(L)ist current message to the screen
(N)ext page. Brings user to the next editing page. (maximum 15 pages)
(P)revious page. Bring user back up to the previous page.
(Q)uit entry of message. Current message is not saved to disk.
(R)ead ASCII file. Works for registered version in local mode only.
(S)ave the message out to disk. Use this when you have finished writing.
(T)oggle between private or public message. Disabled in echo mail areas.
(W)rite on. Carry on with message entry. Any other unlisted key does this.


fED also supports block commands. The block command menu is activated by
pressing Ctrl-K. The following commands are available from this menu :-

(B)egin   - Mark the beginning of a block
(E)nd     - Mark the end of a block
(R)emove  - Remove the block definition markers
(C)opy    - Copy the block defined to the current cursor position
(M)ove    - Move the block defined to the current cursor position
(D)elete  - Delete the whole defined block


There are some other Control-key commands which can be  activated  while
editing the message. They are :-

Ctrl-R    to go to the previous page. Same as ESC-P
Ctrl-C    to go to the next page. Same as ESC-N

Ctrl-E    to move cursor one line up
Ctrl-X    to move cursor one line down
Ctrl-S    to move cursor one character left
Ctrl-D    to move cursor one character right
Ctrl-A    to move cursor to word on the left
Ctrl-F    to move cursor to word on the right
Ctrl-P    to move cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl-I    to go to the next tab stop. The <TAB> key can be used too.

Ctrl-G    to delete character on the right. Same as <DEL>
Ctrl-T    to delete a whole word to the right of the cursor

Try out the editor and soon you will get the hang  of  it.  If  you  are
replying a message and you choose to quote, the original message will be
quoted at the start of your message. Edit the quoted lines to  suit your
needs.

*NOTE* The unregistered version of fED only supports up to  one  page  of
message entry. If your Sysop is using an unregistered version, please ask
him to register it.

fED-UP is written by Michael Fung of D'voice BBS (6:600/15@fidonet)
                                                 (90:17/0@nest.ftn)

