
Edith Manual         Text Windows        11th June 1994


There are six TYPES of text window.

   DEFAULT text windows
   ALTERNATIVE text windows
   BINARY text windows
   the NOTE PAD
   TEXT BUFFER and TRASH CAN extract windows
   HELP windows

Each type  of  text window  has  its own  settings  for
colours, fonts and dimensions, which can be set in  the
dialogs in the Options menu (Text Appearance, Fonts).


Also dependent on text window TYPE, a window can have

   a MENU BAR
   a vertical SCROLL BAR
   a RULER

The MENU BAR is a copy of the desktop menu bar, plus  a
box indicating the  text status.   The vertical  SCROLL
BAR is a  special type  of scroll bar  that moves  your
text up and  down immediately as  you move the  slider.
However, when  the  RIGHT  MOUSE  BUTTON  is   used, it
behaves as  a  normal  window scroll  bar.   The  RULER
indicates  the   TRUE   TAB   stops   (upper   set   of
triangles), the  EDITOR   TAB  stops   (lower  set   of
triangles) and the  RIGHT  MARGIN (the  thick  vertical
line).  See the printed manual or the help page for the
EDITOR  OPTIONS  dialog  for  an  explanation  of   the
tab/true tab system.


The TEXT STATUS BOX in the right corner of the menu bar
shows

   four FLAGS:

      CHANGES        -  for No changes
                     /  for Changes, but Undo restores
                        original state
                     X  for Irristorable changes

      UNDO           -  for Undo not applicable
                     U  for Undo applicable

      SELECTION      -  when there is no selection
                     S  when there is a selection

      EDITABILITY    -  when text is editable
                     R  when text is read-only

   and the CURSOR ROW and COLUMN positions.




USING THE MOUSE

     Click the left mouse button anywhere in the  text
      window to move the cursor.

     Move the mouse over  the text while holding  down
      the left mouse button to select a contiguous text
      fragment.

     Double click the  left mouse button  to select  a
      word.  Triple click to select a line.

     Move the mouse over  the text while holding  down
      the right mouse button to select a square area of
      text.

     To add new fragments  to the selection,   perform
      any of the above operations while holding down  a
      SHIFT key.

     Click the right mouse  button to paste (the  same
      as  PASTE  in  the  EDIT  menu  or  the  ^V   key
      combination).

     Click the left mouse button  on the ruler to  add
      or remove an editor tab stop

     Click the right mouse button on the ruler to  set
      the right margin.





THE EDIT MENU

   Undo           Undo the last global operation or the
                  changes to  the  line you  were  just
                  editing.

   Repeat         Repeat the last editing operations on
                  one  line.   (typing  text,   delete,
                  backspace,  delete word,  etc.)

   Clear          Clear  the  selection, the   position
                  stack (the  triangles on  the  scroll
                  bar) and the  buffer for  the  REPEAT
                  operation.

   Cut            Copy the selection into the cut/paste
                  text buffer and discard the  selected
                  text

   Copy           Copy the selection into the cut/paste
                  text buffer.

   Paste          Paste the cut/paste text buffer  into
                  the text.

   Delete         Copy   the    selection   into    the
                  delete/textop text buffer and discard
                  the selected text.

   Overlay        Paste the cut/paste  text buffer into
                  the text line by line,  left-aligned.

   Open Selection Create a  stretchable selection  that
                  follows the  cursor  as you  move  it
                  down or type text.

   Select SouthEast Quadrant
                  Select the paragraph to the southeast
                  of the cursor.



THE TEXT MENU

The operations in this  menu operate on the  selection,
but if there  is no  selection,  they will  apply to  a
default scope.

   Shift Left     Shift selected  lines left  over  one
                  tab position.  Use  ^< to shift  over
                  one  column.    (Depending  on   your
                  keyboard,   you  may   need  to   add
                  the SHIFT key).
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: ONE LINE.

   Shift Right    Shift selected lines  right over  one
                  tab position.  Use  ^> to shift  over
                  one column.
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: ONE LINE.

   Compress Tabs  Convert as many spaces as possible to
                  true tab characters
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: WHOLE TEXT.

   Expand Tabs    Convert all true tabs to spaces
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: WHOLE TEXT.

   Kill Trailing Blanks
                  Remove all spaces at the end of lines
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: WHOLE TEXT.

   To Lower/To Upper/Capitalize.
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: ONE WORD.

   Erase          Remove the selection by blanks.
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: ONE WORD.

   Sort:          Sort the selected lines.
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: SOUTHEAST QUADRANT

   Reverse:       Reverse the selected lines.
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: SOUTHEAST QUADRANT

   Format:        Format paragraph(s).
                  DEFAULT SCOPE: SOUTHEAST QUADRANT



SEARCH MENU

   Search            Press HELP on the Search dialog.

   Next Target       Search next

   Previous Target
                     Search next, opposite direction

   Replace           Replace  selection  by   cut/paste
                     text  buffer;   fragmentwise, when
                     possible.   (see    the    printed
                     manual).

   Next Fragment     Find the next fragment in the text
                     selection.

   Previous Fragment Find the previous fragment in  the
                     text selection.

   Push Position     Save the current cursor  position.
                     It will  be marked  on the  scroll
                     bar by a black triangle.

   Pop Position      Jump to the  last cursor  position
                     saved

   Goto Line         Enter a  line number  and move  to
                     that line.

   Insert/Replace Mode
                     Toggle between insert and  replace
                     mode.




REMARKS

   ** It may occur to the user that typing text into  a
      window only works  when the mouse  is above  that
      window. This allows one  to type into  background
      windows as well. This feature can be disabled  in
      the WINDOW OPTIONS dialog.


Edith Manual         Text Windows        11th June 1994

