Application Suite: Edit

Edit

Edit is a text editor that can create and edit plain text. It can also be used to create and edit BASIC programs. When used in this way it converts BASIC programs into text format for editing, and then converts them back again when they are saved.

You should bear in mind that Edit is not a word processor. Although it can be used to create simple documents it does not have the sophisticated features found in proper wordprocessor or desktop publishing programs.

• Edit
  
  • Starting Edit
    
  • Loading a text file
    
  • Loading other file types
    
  • Starting a new text file
    
  • Entering text
    
  • Placing the caret
    
  • Moving around the text
    
  • Editing text
    
  • Selecting text
    
  • Basic Clipboard operations
    
  • Undoing changes
    
• Finding and replacing text
  
  • Searching for a string
    
  • Other Find and Replace options
    
  • Making searches case sensitive
    
  • Using magic characters
    
  • Functions and their magic characters:
    
  • Using wildcarded expressions
    
  • Reading in text from another file
    
  • Formatting text
    
  • Indenting text
    
  • Using tabs
    
  • Changing the display font
    
  • Exporting (saving) text
    
  • Printing Edit files
    
• Other features of Edit
  
• Writing and editing BASIC programs
  
  • Writing a new program
    
  • Editing an existing program
    
  • Line numbers
    
  • Converting to a tokenised file
    
  • Warnings
    
  • Printing a BASIC program
    
  • Quitting Edit
    
• Keystroke equivalents
  
  • When editing
    
  • In the Select menu
    
  • In the Edit menu
    
  • In the Find menu
    
  • File options
    
• Edit main menu.
  

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