Copyright 1984 by ABComputing May 15, 1984 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � KEDIT Review � 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � � � Reviewed by: Bill Salkin � � � � Product Name: KEDIT � � Description: Full screen text editor with limited word- � � processing capabilities. � � � � Overall Rating: Excellent � � � � Company: Mansfield Software Group � � P.O. Box 532, Storrs, CT 06268 � � (203) 429-8402 � � � � Version: 3.0 � � Price: $95 + $3 shipping � � Copy Protected: No � � RAM Needed: 160K � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � KEDIT Review � 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � � � DOS Level: 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0 � � Monitor(s): Monochrome or Color � � � � Manual: Xeroxed. Highly readable with good tutorials. � � � � Unusual 1. Max. 15 files can be in memory for editing � � Features: 2. Screen can be split into multiple windows � � 3. Integral SORT command � � 4. Supports DOS 2.0 directory structure, and � � Path command � � 5. Includes useful word-processing features � � 6. Keyboard keys are user definable � � 7. Logical operators accepted in search operations � � 8. Disk directory can be called up in a file � � 9. Can recover up to last 12 changes made to file � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Introduction � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 KEDIT is designed to be similar to XEDIT - the IBM mainframe editor. (But, KEDIT does not have a "prefix" area.) Text-editing and word-processing features are combined to create a fast, powerful, and versatile product that is superior to IBM's Personal Editor in almost all respects. (Note: KEDIT edits files completely in memory; no disk spill facility is available as with the Personal Editor.) A DEMO copy of KEDIT can be purchased from Mansfield Software for $10. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � The KEDIT Screen � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 When a new file, new1, is edited using KEDIT, the screen looks like: 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � file d:new1 line=0 column=1 size=0 memory=81K � � new file... � � � � � � � � ***tof*** � � ***eof*** � � � � � � � � ====>_ � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 The status line at the top of the screen indicates: the file being edited ("new1"), the line ("0") and column number ("1") the cursor is on, the number of lines in the file ("0"), and the amount of RAM available ("81K"). The message line, displaying the phrase "new file," reports error and informational messages. Let's customize the screen layout... The "command" line is marked with an arrow, but I prefer the traditional reverse video command line. (Can't teach an old dog new tricks.) Typing "arrow off" on the command line makes the arrow disappear, and using the "attribute" command generates a reverse video command line. The screen looks like: 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � file d:new1 line=0 column=1 size=0 memory=81K � � � � � � � � ***tof*** � � ***eof*** � � � � � � � � 栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢 � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 The "tof" (top-of-file) marker appears on the current line, which is normally in the middle of the screen. I prefer the "tof" marker to appear at line 3 (the top of the screen), so I make the top of the screen the current line by using the command "set curline 3". Continuing in this spirit, let's split the screen into two horizontal screens, with the top screen split vertically into two screens. Typing "screen 12 v 13" on the command line and pressing Enter does the trick. The top screen consists of 12 lines and the bottom 13 lines. The "v" indicates that the top screen is to be split vertically. These screens are not visually shown until files are edited requiring their use. To activate these screens, type "k new2", press Enter, type "k new3", and press Enter. ("K new2" causes KEDIT to edit, or create, the file new2.) After these commands are issued, the screen looks like: 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � file d:new1 line= column= 납file d:new2 line= column= � � 납 � � ***tof*** 납 ***tof*** � � ***eof*** 납 ***eof*** � � 납 � � 납 � � 납 � � 栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢 납 栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢 � � file d:new3 line=0 column=1 size=0 memory=81K � � � � ***tof*** � � ***eof*** � � � � � � � � � � 栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢 � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Files new1, new2, and new3 are now in memory. The "line" and "column" fields are blanked in files new1, and new2 because neither file is currently being edited. File new3 is currently being edited as shown by the presence of numbers in the status line. This is just a taste of the fun you can have with KEDIT. And better yet, the file PROFILE.KED can be used to save all of the commands we typed, so when KEDIT is invoked, I am greeted by the silver screen I desire. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � The Current Line � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 KEDIT uses the current line as a reference or anchor point for many commands. 1. For example, typing /HELLO/ on the command line will cause KEDIT to search each line in the file, from the line after the current line, until HELLO is found. If a line containing HELLO is found, this line becomes the current line. 2. As another example, the SORT instruction (an integral part of KEDIT) SORT * causes all lines from the current line to the bottom of the file, to be sorted into ascending order (using the current "zone" settings to define the area to be sorted). 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Key Definition Primitives � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Function keys and key combinations can be redefined using a rich collection of primitives. As a simple example, def home [TOPEdge][LEFTEdge] is used to define the HOME key to move the cursor to the top edge of the screen, and then to the leftmost edge. The capitalized letters indicate the minimal characters that must be typed for this command to be recognized. The next example defines the F1 key as follows: if the cursor is on the command line, execute the command; otherwise, move the cursor to the left margin on the next line. def F1 [IFcommand][ex][ELSE][cdn][marginl][ENDIF] This is a little crowded, but I hope you notice the presence of the "IF..ELSE..ENDIF" structure. I have not yet used this feature extensively, but it sure looks interesting! 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Block Commands Supported � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 KEDIT supports three types of "blocking." "Line" blocking is used in preparation for deleting, moving, or copying a line or group of lines. "Box" blocking is useful for overlaying text in boxes to create artwork. "Box" blocking and overlaying operate in the same manner as in the Personal Editor reviewed in the first issue of PCFL/PCUG. "Stream" blocking could be called character-blocking. Sentence fragments, such as from the "third word on line three, to the fourth word on the fourth line," can be stream-blocked and then moved, copied, or deleted. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Targets � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 To "pick" out locations in a file, KEDIT is given a target. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Absolute Line Number Targets � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 To make line 8 in the file the current line, type :8 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Relative Line Number Targets � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 To make the line 8 lines below the current line, the current line, type 8 Typing -3 would make the line 3 lines above the current line the new current line. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � String Targets � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Typing /HELLO/ on the command line causes KEDIT to search each line in the file, from the line after the current line, until it finds the word HELLO. This line is then made the current line. Typing /HELLO/ & /GOODBYE/ will cause KEDIT to search for the next line containing HELLO and GOODBYE. That is, KEDIT supports logical operations in target searches. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Named Line Targets � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Have you ever been on line 352 in a file, gone to the top of the file, and then pressed PgDn until you came to line 253, or was it 523, or 352? In KEDIT, a line is assigned a "name" using the "POINT" command. (This label is not part of the file - it is active only while the file is edited.) You may go to any line in the file, type the "name" of a line on the command line (or assign the equivalent function to a function key), and KEDIT will make the named line the current line. In short, KEDIT recognizes individual lines and can "goto" them. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Commands Allowing Targets � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Commands accepting targets can also specify whether the command affects the current "block," "paragraph," or the entire file. The command "uppercase 4" will capitalize all letters, starting with the current line, and the next three lines. If an area is "box blocked", "uppercase block" will capitalize all letters in the block. "Uppercase ALL" capitalizes all letters from the current line to the end of the file. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � KEDIT Commands � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 A few KEDIT commands deserve special mention. Others are listed in a table. 1. A powerful sort command is an integral part of KEDIT. Unlike DOS 2.0, which can sort a maximum of 64K data, KEDIT "cannot sort more than 8000 lines, regardless of how much memory is available." (Quote from the user's manual.) The command SORT 6 A 4 5 1 3 tells KEDIT to sort 6 lines, starting with the current line, in ascending order, sorting on the data in columns 4 and 5, and then columns 1 through 3. 2. Typing an equal sign on the command line causes the last command issued to be re-issued. 3. Preceding a command by an ampersand, as in "&dir", causes the command to remain on the command line indefinitely after execution. The command may then be re-executed by pressing the Enter key. Other KEDIT commands are shown below. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴쩡컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Example � Function � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � change /this/that/ * * � Changes all occurrences of "this" � � � to "that" from current line to end � � � of file. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � def c-F1 � Defines ctrl-F1 key. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � dir [D:] � Directory on drive D. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � fileid new � Changes filespec to "new." � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � getfile fileid (fromline) � Adds lines from disk file to the � � (forlines) � file you are editing. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � query tabs � Causes display of tabs in message � � � area. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � quit � Exits a file if no changes made to � � � it. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � qquit � Exits a changed file. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � schange /A/B/ � Selective change - asks if you � � � want to make the change. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � status � Display value of each SET option. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � ? � Causes the last command issued to � � � be redisplayed on the command line. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴좔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Set Commands � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 "Set" commands are used by KEDIT for a variety of functions such as adjusting the margins, turning wordwrap on or off, setting attributes, using the DOS 2.0 path command, and creating a "lineend" character to separate multiple commands. Typing the command SET MARGINS 11 70 16 on the command line establishes the left margin at column 11, the right margin at column 70, and the paragraph indentation at column 16. The word set is optional in all set commands, and the above command could have been typed: MARGINS 11 70 16 The command SET ARBchar ON $ ? assigns special meaning to the characters "$" and "?' when used in string targets and with the change and schange commands. The ARBchar characters act as wildcards. (The parallel concept under DOS is the wildcard character "*", as in erase *.* .) The command SET attributes n1 n2 n3... is used to adjust the attributes of: normal text, the current line, text within blocks, text within a block when the line involved is also the current line, the command line, the status line, the message line, the arrow, line numbers (with NUMBER ON), the scale and tab lines, target lines, and target lines that are also the current line. (There is enough flexibility here to meet any taste.) Other Set commands are shown in the following table. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴쩡컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Example � Function � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set case Mixed Respect � Upper/lower case accepted as � � � input; cases must match in change � � � and schange commands. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set cmdline Top � Positions the command line at the � � � top of the screen. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set curline 3 � Make the third line on the screen � � � the current line. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set dbase on � Causes file to be written to disks � � � in 512 byte multiples; required by � � � dBASE II, version 2.4. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set justify on � Paragraphs are justified during � � � formatting. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set margins 11 70 17 � Set left margin to column 11; � � � right margin to column 70; in- � � � dentation to column 17 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set number on � Causes line #'s to be displayed. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set path on � Causes KEDIT and GETFILE commands � � � to search for files in directories � � � defined by DOS PATH command. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set screen n1(v) n2(v) n3(v) n4(v) � Sets size and number of windows � � � displayed on screen. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set tabsout on � Causes blank compression when file � � � saved. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set tabsin on � Expands tabs in input files. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set varblank on � Controls how multiple blanks are � � � controlled in string searches. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � set wordwrap on � Enables wordwrap feature. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴좔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Word Processing Features � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컫컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Example � Function � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컵컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � ctrl-c � Centers a line on the screen. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컵컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � ctrl-l � Left adjust a line within the margin � � � settings. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컵컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � ctrl-f � If JUSTIFY is on, and ctrl-f (for format) � � � is pressed, paragraphs will be justified � � � between the bounds set by the margin � � � command. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컵컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � ctrl-r � Right adjust a line within the margin � � � settings. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컨컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Ctrl-r is very useful for placing dates at the top of a letter. Simply type the date in the left column, press ctrl-r, and the last character of the date is shifted to the right margin established by the margin command. A nice feature of KEDIT is that paragraphs are separated by blank lines. This may seem a small point, but it is a very convenient one. (Certain word processors use a special symbol to denote the end of a paragraph. Typical scenario: while editing a file, you fail to use the end of paragraph marker and reformat a paragraph - the remainder of the file is justified! One hunk of tangled mess results, and there is no way of undoing this. This problem is avoided by defining a paragraph as is done in KEDIT.) 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Manual � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 I enjoyed reading the manual that came with this product. It is well organized and contains excellent tutorials that are explicit and mercifully brief. The manual is xeroxed, but highly readable. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Conclusion � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 KEDIT is the editor I use in my daily work. It is extremely fast, powerful, flexible, and its word-processing features are convenient to use. I suggest you give it a try. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � File Name: 栢 kedit.txt 栢 � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸