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IE : The IMAGEPRINT EDITOR
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WHAT IS IE?
IE is a text editor that can create plain vanilla "ASCII" text
files that are suitable for printing by IMAGEPRINT.
In addition to rudimentary editing functions, IE has several
functions that make it easy to use with IMAGEPRINT:
- Text files can be 'cleaned' of all non-printing characters.
- IMAGEPRINT's screen preview mode can be directly invoked
from within IE.
- IMAGEPRINT can be run from within IE.
There are only two IE files:
IE.EXE The executable program
IE.DOC This documentation file
RUNNING IE
The syntax for running IE is:
IE [text_file_name] [-S]
All bracketed items following IE are optional.
"text_file_name" is the name of the file you want to edit. You
can create and edit a new text file if you just type "IE" by
itself. The text file must be less than 64K in size.
The "-S" option is useful only if you have a CGA video system.
This option causes IE to write to the screen without waiting for
the video system to be idle, which can speed up screen writing.
If you have a CGA system and experience "snow," don't use the
"-S" option.
USING IE
When IE is first run, it is in full-screen display mode. The
bottom line of the screen displays the current file name, the
state of the "Caps Lock" key and the state of the "Ins" key. The
"Ins" key toggles between overwrite mode and push-right mode
when typing in text. The area where the file name is displayed
is also temporarily used to prompt you for information or to
display messages.
If you press F1, then a help window opens at the bottom of the
screen. The first window displays many of the text editing and
cursor movement commands (cut, paste, search, replace, etc.) If
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you press F1 again, the second window displays the file
manipulation commands (save, read, etc.) Pressing F1 again
takes you back to full-screen display mode.
The editing and movement commands are:
Key Action
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F2 The start of any marked text will be at the
cursor location.
F3 The end of the marked text will be at the cursor
location.
F4 Delete the marked text to a hold area. The cursor
will be moved to the character just to the left
of the deleted text.
F5 Insert the text from the hold area just to the
right of the cursor.
F6 Unmark any text that is marked.
F7 Search, with optional replace, from the current
cursor position downward. You can abort the search
if you press the <ESC> key when you are prompted
for the search or replace strings. You will first
be prompted for the text string to search for.
Upper or lower case isn't important. You are then
prompted for the replace string. If you are only
interested in searching, you can leave this blank.
IE then starts the search. When IE finds a match,
you have three options. You can quit the search,
leaving the cursor at the matched string or
replace the matched string with the replacement
text or you can move the the next match. If no
more matches are found, IE leaves search mode.
F8 Go to a line number in the text. You are prompted
for the line number to go to. If the line number
is beyond the end of the text, the cursor will go
to the last line.
F10 If you have a color video system, this key will
toggle color on and off. Turning color off can
make text more readable if you have a color video
card used with a monochrome monitor.
Ins The "Ins" key toggles between overwrite mode and
push-right mode when you are typing in text.
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Del The delete key deletes the character at the
cursor position.
Backspace The backspace key deletes the character to the
left of the cursor.
Ctrl+Y Pressing the "Ctrl" key at the same time as the
"Y" key deletes the line the cursor is on.
Grey - Pressing the grey minus key that is to the right of
the numeric keypad moves you to the top of the text.
Grey + Pressing the grey plus key that is to the right of
the numeric keypad moves you to the bottom of the
text.
Shft+PgUp Pressing the "Shift" key at the same time as the
"PgUp" key moves you up one screen in the text.
Shft+PgDn Pressing the "Shift" key at the same time as the
"PgDn" key moves you down one screen in the text.
PgUp Pressing the "PgUp" key scrolls the screen down
one line. The cursor isn't moved, unless it is
at the bottom of the screen.
PgDn Pressing the "PgDn" key scrolls the screen up
one line. The cursor isn't moved, unless it is
at the top of the screen.
Up Arrow The up arrow moves the cursor up one line.
Down Arrow The down arrow moves the cursor down one line.
Left Arrow The left arrow moves the cursor left character.
If the cursor is at the beginning of a line,
it will move up to the previous line's end.
Rt Arrow The right arrow moves the cursor right one
character. If the cursor is at the right edge of
the screen, then the screen will scroll to the
left.
Home Pressing the "Home" key moves the cursor to the
beginning of the line.
End Pressing the "End" key moves the cursor to the
end of the line. If the line's end is beyond the
right edge of the screen, the screen will scroll
to the left to make the end of the line visible.
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The file manipulation commands are all accessed by pressing the
"Ctrl" key with one of the function keys. You can use the
"Shift" or "Alt" key instead of the "Ctrl" key.
The commands are:
Ctrl+F2 Load a file at the cursor position. You are
prompted for the name of the file to load.
Ctrl+F3 Remove any non-printing characters from the edit
buffer. This command can be used to clean up a
text file that has some word processor data in it.
All non-printing control characters and all
characters from the extended character set (above
ASCII 127) will be changed to spaces.
Ctrl+F4 Write the contents of the editor to a disk file.
You will be prompted for the file name to save
to. No backup copy of the file is created.
Ctrl+F5 Write the contents of the editor to a disk file and
then exit to DOS. You will be prompted for the file
name. No backup copy of the file is created.
Ctrl+F6 Exit IE and return to DOS without saving the
contents of the editor.
Ctrl+F7 Clear out the contents of the editor without saving
You can switch between files by saving the first file
with "Ctrl"+F4, clearing the editor with "Ctrl"+F7
and then loading the new file with "Ctrl"+F2.
Ctrl+F8 Write the marked text to a file. You are prompted
for the name of the file to write to. The text
must have already been marked with the F2 and F3
keys. You can print the marked text by selecting
"PRN" as the file you wish to save to (assuming your
printer is connected to the first parallel port.)
Ctrl+F9 Preview using IMAGEPRINT. First the contents of
the editor are saved to disk so IMAGEPRINT can
read it. Then IMAGEPRINT is run with the "-P" option.
If you haven't already given a file name to the
text in the editor, you will have to so IE knows
what file name to use when saving.
Ctrl+F10 Print using IMAGEPRINT. First the contents of the
editor are saved to disk so IMAGEPRINT can read it.
Then IMAGEPRINT is run. If you haven't already given
a file name to the text in the editor, you will have
to so IE knows what file name to use when saving.
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