KEd v2.06 OS/2 character mode editor (C) Copyright 1993 Kudzu Software Don Radick Kudzu Software 1452 North Ave. NE Atlanta, GA 30307 Compuserve ID:76254,764 October 10, 1993 Welcome to the fourth release of KEd! User support has been growing, and I have many great enhancements coming for future releases. First a few legal things (stay with me, it gets better): KEd is the sole property of Kudzu Software. KEd is not free or public domain software. If you use this product on a regular basis then you are required to register the product. You may install this program on more than one computer if only you operate each computer. The program is licensed to YOU, not to a computer - treat it like a book. Kudzu Software will not be liable for any use, or inability to use this program. KEd is a character-mode editor. Why, you might ask, yet another text editor for OS/2? I first became disenchanted with editors while using the Microsoft C 6.0 PWB editor for OS/2 v 1.x several years ago, and no editor really suited me. I wanted an editor with the ease of use of Qedit or the Norton Editor, but I wanted to be able to customize it. By the way, KEd is produced with Borland C++ for OS/2. I think I've come up with some fairly natural key assignments. The next major version of KEd will allow keyboard remapping. For now, KEd loosely emulates SideKick. What does KEd do? KEd is a general purpose text editor; you won't find a GUI or fancy font support, but you will find a lot of speed. If you need to "punch out" a lot of text or need a fast, inexpensive programmer's editor I think you'll like it. KEd was designed for OS/2, and uses such OS/2 features as multiple threads and HPFS support. I am dissatisfied with the current implemention of the window manager, and do not anticipate adding mouse support anytime soon. KEd will run fine in an OS/2 windowed command session, but it's quite a bit slower. So what can you do with KEd? Hypertext online help You will find a wealth of information here. Instead of writing a lengthy manual, you can find an answer to almost any question while on-line. As the status line shows, press F1 to get to help. KED.HLP must be in your current directory, your PATH, or any directory in your HELP path. I suggest putting KED.EXE and KED.HLP in your \UTIL subdirectory if that is in the PATH. Search and Replace KEd has powerful search and replace facilities. You can toggle case sensitivity (IE: find "House" rather than "house"), search backwards, find only whole words, and choose to confirm each replace if you wish. Cut and Paste by lines or columns You can mark blocks of text by lines, stream, or column. Once you have marked a block you can cut, view, copy, paste, or write it to a new file. Load multiple files You can load multiple files from the command line, up to the limit of the OS/2 CMD.EXE command processor. HPFS (long filenames) support Since this is an OS/2 product, long filenames are supported. The OS/2 standard is to enclose a name with spaces with quotes. IE: KED "This is a long file" will load the file. Settings save You can change the color sets that various elements have, including 5 separate sets of colors for the edit window, the borders, dialog boxes, warning boxes, help and menus. You can change a number of options for the editor including Insert/Overstrike, write End_Of_File, safe save, 2 different forms of PageUP/PageDown, and initial Numlock setting. The options will be saved in KED.INI, which must be in your current directory or PATH. NOTE: KED.INI is not included in the distribution, you must SAVE your settings if you change them. Ascii Chart Press ALT-A, and the current character under the cursor will be highlighted in a table of all the ASCII characters. You can move to a non-printable character, press Return, and that character will be inserted in your file. Shell to a new session Press Shift-F2, and you can get to a command prompt easily. Initially, you will find a reminder to type to get back to the editor, but this will scroll off the screen, and you will need to remember this. So what does KEd cost? Currently, KEd costs $20 for a 1 user registration. Continued development is ONLY possible with your support. I pledge to be very responsive to any comments regarding feature set and bug (oh no!) fixes, and at this time I will offer support to unregistered users. Any comments are welcome - send US "snail mail" to the Atlanta address, or send electronic mail to the Compuserve ID. Registered users will retain their license through the next major version change. IE: if you register v2.06, you will retain your license up to and including v3.0x To register, print out the REGISTER.DOC, and send a check or money order. Corporations can purchase a multiple copy license or site license at very attractive rates. Contact Kudzu Software for details. There are no "begware" messages or "crippleware" disabled features. Everyone is treated as a responsible person. What are the limits? Since KEd was designed for speed, some compromises had to be made. All these limits can be changed, just let me know what you'd like to have. 256,000 lines 12MB file size 80 column screen width (OS/2 only supports 132 columns on XGA) 43 or 50 row screen height (EGA/VGA limit) I think it's a little silly to have a text editor that can handle 4 gigabyte files, or use an interpreter for everything, and those editors are much slower as a result. I hope you like KEd, and look forward to talking to you soon. Don Radick Kudzu Software