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VED-COVR.CHP:Corel VENTURA VEDIT 6.0 Fully Configurable Multiple File Text Editor Universal File Editor User’s Manual Greenview Data VEDIT Universal File Editor For Text, Program, Database, Binary And Mainframe File Editing Version 6.03 Manual Written By: Theodore Green & Charles Scott Programmed By: Theodore Green & Thomas Burt Greenview Data, Inc. 2773 Holyoke Lane Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Telephone: (734) 996-1300 Sales: (800) 458-3348 Fax: (734) 996-1308 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.vedit.com Copyright (C) 1990 - 2002 by Greenview Data, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, for any purpose without the express written permission of Greenview Data. DISCLAIMER Greenview Data, Inc. and the authors make no claims or warranties with respect to the contents or accuracy of this publication, or the product it describes, including any warranties of fitness or merchantability for a particular purpose. Any stated or expressed warranties are in lieu of all obligations or liability for any damages, whether special, indirect, or consequential, arising out of or in connection with the use of this publication or the product it describes. Furthermore, the right is reserved to make any changes to this publication without obligation to notify any person of such changes. Last Manual Revision: May 10, 2002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank the following people for their assistance. Christian Ziemski for the exceptionally thorough beta-testing of new versions and assistance in setting up the Discussion Conference on our Web site. Scott Lambert for the numerous suggestions, for supporting other users in the Discussion Conference, and for running his own “VEDIT macro” Web site. Maxim Glukhov for writing the new BOX-DRAW.VDM and ASCII2.VDM macros supplied with VEDIT. Wayne Barrett, for donating many hours to editing and enhancing this manual and for his helpful feedback over many years. Peter Freed of Data Base Management Systems, Inc. for writing the CMD-CONV.VDM, DBASE.VDM and WS6.VDM (enhanced WordStar emulation) macros supplied with VEDIT. This manual was created using Corel Ventura in conjunction with VEDIT PLUS. V-SPELL was used for spelling correction. TRADEMARKS VEDIT, V-SPELL and V-PRINT are trademarks or registered trade- marks of Greenview Data, Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT and Internet Explorer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Netscape and Netscape Communicator are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. IBM, IBM PC/AT, PS/2 and OS/2 are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines. Corel, WordPerfect, Paradox and Ventura are registered trademarks of Corel Corporation. dBase and Brief are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland International. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Introduction................................................................. 9 Welcome to VEDIT....................................................................................9 Main Features .............................................................................................11 Ready-To-Use Macros................................................................................13 EBCDIC Conversion Software ..................................................................16 System Requirements .................................................................................17 Using this Manual.......................................................................................18 Notation ......................................................................................................19 Product Support ..........................................................................................20 Chapter 2 - Getting Started............................................................ 21 Installation ..................................................................................................21 Windows Installation..................................................................................22 Un-installing VEDIT ...................................................................24 DOS Installation .........................................................................................25 CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Files ............................................30 Network Installation ..................................................................................31 Initial Configuration ...................................................................................33 Description of Files ....................................................................................34 Keyboard Layout .......................................................................................38 “Normal” IBM PC Keyboard Layout .........................................40 Chapter 3 - Quick Tutorial............................................................. 43 Starting VEDIT .........................................................................................44 Entering New Text .....................................................................................45 Deleting Text ..............................................................................................46 Moving the Cursor .....................................................................................47 Undo and Redo ...........................................................................................49 Repeating Operations ................................................................................50 “Cut and Paste” a Block .............................................................................50 Printing Text...............................................................................................53 Saving Your Work .....................................................................................54 Exiting VEDIT ..........................................................................................54 That’s It! .....................................................................................................54 Chapter 4 - Editing Guide .............................................................. 55 Starting (Invoking) VEDIT .......................................................................55 Starting VEDIT for Windows......................................................55 Running VEDIT from DOS/NT Command Prompt ...................57 Invocation Options (All Versions) .............................................59 “VEDIT” Environment Variable ...............................................61 4 Opening Files ............................................................................................ 62 Adding VEDIT to the “Send to” Context Menu......................... 63 Opening Multiple Files ............................................................. 63 Opening Multiple Instances of VEDIT....................................... 64 Opening Files with Fixed-Length Records................................. 66 Starting (Default) Directory for File-Open ................................ 67 Read-only (Browse) Mode ......................................................... 68 Overwrite-Only Mode ................................................................ 69 Exiting VEDIT .......................................................................................... 70 Edit Session Restore ................................................................... 71 Backup Files ............................................................................... 72 Auto-file Save ............................................................................. 73 File Selector (Windows only) .................................................................. 74 Toolbar, Tabbar and Rulers (Windows only) ........................................... 78 Status Line ................................................................................................. 80 User Interface............................................................................................. 82 Selecting Display Fonts (Windows version) ............................ 82 Shortcuts and Suggestions .......................................................... 82 Undo and Redo ......................................................................................... 84 Scrolling the Screen .................................................................................. 85 Wrapping Long Lines on the Screen .......................................... 86 Screen Display & Keyboard Characters ................................................... 87 Entering Control and Graphics Characters ................................ 87 Control and Graphics Character Display .................................... 88 Display Modes ............................................................................ 88 The <Tab> Key and Tab Characters .......................................... 90 Converting Tab Characters to Spaces ........................................ 91 Lower and Upper Case Conversion ........................................... 92 Key Emulation Modes................................................................. 93 Other Keyboard Input Options (Technical) ................................ 94 Other Screen Display Issues (DOS Only - Technical)...............
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