===========================================                                                   ========---- Professional V5.5 ----======== KEYS & OPTIONS MARTIN REDDY, 1996 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 V5.5). -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 :-) 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 key marked HELP 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. 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. 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