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^^MOVE ABSOLUTE
This function is accessible only with a mouse. When you click the <MLB> in
the any text window, the text cursor will be moved to the location of the
mouse pointer.
^^MOVE TOP
Positions the cursor to the first line of the buffer, scrolling or repaint-
ing the screen as necessary. pEDIT keeps all text in memory, making it very
fast to move to the top of the buffer from any point in the buffer.
^^MOVE BOTTOM
Moves the cursor to the dummy last line at the end of the buffer. The screen
will scroll or repaint as required.
^^MOVE HOME
The action of MOVE HOME depends on the position of the cursor within the
current line. If the cursor is not at the beginning of a line, it will move
there. If it is at the start of a line, it will wrap to the start of the
previous line. This command is normally bound to the <Home> key.
^^MOVE END
The action of MOVE END depends on the position of the cursor within the
current line. If the cursor is not at the end of the line, it will move
there. If it is at the end of a line, it will wrap to the end of the next
line. Normally bound to the <End> key.
^^MOVE UP
Moves the cursor up one line in the current buffer. There can be no action
if the cursor is already on the first line of the buffer. pEDIT keeps the
cursor as close as possible to the same column. This command is normally
bound to the <Up> key.
^^MOVE DOWN
Moves the cursor down one line in the current buffer. The cursor cannot move
if it is already on the dummy last line of the buffer. pEDIT keeps the cur-
sor as close as possible to the same column. This command is normally bound
to the <Down> key.
^^MOVE LEFT
Moves the cursor left one character position. If the cursor is at the begin-
ning of a line, it will wrap to the end of the previous line. Normally bound
to the <Left> key.
^^MOVE RIGHT
Moves the cursor right one character position. If the cursor is at the end
of a line, it will wrap to the beginning of the next line. This command is
normally bound to the <Right> key.
^^MOVE WORD
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word in the current direction.
If the direction is Forward, it will move toward the end of the buffer; if
Reverse, toward the beginning of the buffer.

The screen will either scroll or repaint depending on the state of Select.
If Select is active, the screen will be redisplayed. If Select is not
active, scrolling will take place to keep the cursor on the fourth line from
the top or bottom of the window.
^^INSERT CHAR
This is the default when one of the typing keys is pressed. In Insert mode,
the character will be inserted into the buffer at the current cursor
position; text to the right of the cursor is "shoved over" to make room. In
Overstrike mode, the character is simply overwritten.

pEDIT uses automatic word wrap to keep text between the defined margins as
you type. If a word will not fit inside the current right margin, it will be
moved to the start of the next line. The first line of a paragraph will be
automatically indented if this parameter has been set via the SET PINDENT
command.

When the Tab key is pressed, the cursor will move to the next tab stop. Only
standard tab stops at every eighth column are currently supported. Other
control characters are displayed as the ASCII symbol.
^^OPEN LINE
Opens up a new (empty) line for text insertion. The end result is the same
as pressing <Enter> followed by <Left> except that no indenting will take
place.
^^FILL PARA
Reformats a paragraph or portion of a paragraph to fit within the defined
margins, resulting in a ragged right margin. Paragraph indenting is honored
for the first line. Tabs are ignored. Use this command after you have
inserted or deleted text or changed margins.

The SET MARGINS and SET PINDENT commands are used to set the text margins
and paragraph indent, respectively. Reformatting begins at the current line
and stops at the end of the paragraph. A pararaph is defined as contiguous
text bounded by empty lines both above and below.
^^JUSTIFY PARA
Fully justifies a paragraph or portion of a paragraph to fit within the
defined margins, resulting in both smooth left and right margins. Paragraph
indent is normally not used with justified text but is honored if set. Tabs
are ignored. Text is not automatically justified as you type; this command
is meant to be used to justify paragraphs after they have been entered.

The SET MARGINS command is used to set the left and right margins. Reformat-
ting begins at the current line and stops at the end of the paragraph. A
paragraph is defined as contiguous text bounded by empty lines both above
and below.
^^INDENT
This function is very useful in programming when you want to indent a sec-
tion of code in or out without having to manually edit each line. Indenting
is by levels where one level is 4 character positions or one-half a tab
stop. INDENT uses tabs and spaces to indent the line to the desired offset.

To use INDENT (1) position the cursor to the start of the first line, (2)
toggle Select on, (3) highlight the entire range of lines to be indented and
(4) issue the "INDENT" or "INDENT n" command. Specify the number of levels
(n) as an integer - positive indents to the right, negative to the left.
^^AUTO INDENT
This function is very useful in programming. It is used to automatically
indent a new line the same as the current line. pEDIT uses the same leading
whitespace (spaces and tabs) as the current line. AUTO INDENT is normally
used at the end of a line but the command can be issued anywhere. Normally
bound to <Ctrl-Enter>.
^^LEFT LINE
Aligns the current line (the line the cursor is on) flush with the left
margin. Only spaces are used to move the line to the appropriate offset.
^^CENTER LINE
Centers the current line (the line the cursor is on) between the defined
margins. Only spaces are used to move the line to the appropriate offset.
^^RIGHT LINE
Adjusts the current line (the line the cursor is on) to be flush with the
right margin. Only spaces are used to move the line to the appropriate off-
set.
^^CAPITAL WORD
Capitalizes the current word starting at the current position within the
word. The capitalization does not start at the beginning of the word; this
is to allow, for example, 'Compuserve' to be changed to 'CompuServe'.
^^LOWER WORD
Converts the current word to lowercase starting at the current position
within the word. All characters from the cursor to the end of the word will
be changed to lowercase.
^^UPPER WORD
Converts the current word to uppercase. All characters from the cursor to
the end of the word will be changed to uppercase.
^^QUOTE CHAR
This function is used to enter special characters into the text. pEDIT
prompts with "Key code (1-255): "; at this point type in the decimal Ascii
character value and press <Enter>. For example, to insert a form feed (Ctrl-
L) you would enter the value 12.

The feature can also be used with Find and Replace. To find a line feed
(Ctrl-J) if the QUOTE CHAR key is <Ctrl-V>, press the DO COMMAND key and
enter "FIND <Ctrl-V>10<Enter>".

The LIST ASCII command displays the codes for all 255 characters. Extended
keys such as the PC keypad and function keys cannot be quoted. The graphics
characters (those above Ascii 127) cannot be entered by the very strange
method of holding down the Alt key and entering the decimal value of the
character on the numeric keypad.
^^TRANS CHAR
Transposes (swaps) two characters of text within a line. The cursor must be
on the second character when you issue the command. The cursor cannot be
positioned past the end of the line.
^^ERASE CHAR
Deletes the current character, i.e. the character the cursor is on. The
action is dependent on the current mode. In Insert mode, the character is
deleted and text to the right of the cursor is shifted left to "fill in the
hole". In Overstrike mode, the character is replaced by a space.
^^ERASE PREV
Deletes the previous character - the character to the left of the cursor. In
Insert mode, the character is deleted and text to the right of the cursor is
again shifted toward the left. In Overstrike mode, the character is replaced
by a space. The command is permanently bound to the <BackSpace> key.
^^ERASE WORD
Deletes text from the current position in a word to the end of the word. The
current mode and direction have no effect on the action taken; deletion is
always toward the end of the word.
^^ERASE LINE
Erases a line or portion of a line. If the cursor is at the beginning of a
line, the entire line (including the end of line marker) is erased and
stored in the text buffer. If the cursor is not at the beginning of a line,
deletion is from the current position to the end of the line.
^^RESTORE TEXT
Restores the text last deleted by ERASE WORD or ERASE LINE. This text is
stored in a special text buffer for later restoration. This text buffer is
rebuilt after every action so only the last erasure can be restored.

This command along with REMOVE TEXT provide an "undo" capability. It is very
unlikely that anyone would ever need to "undo" hundreds of editing operat-
ions. A better approach is to "Save early, save often" so you can fall back
to the point of the last save.
^^FIND
FIND is used to search for a text string. To initiate this function, press
the FIND key and respond to "String to find", or press DO COMMAND and enter
"FIND <text>". The direction of the search will be in the current direction.
You can cancel an active FIND operation by pressing the ABORT key.

If the target string is all lowercase, the operation will be case-
insensitive; that is 'pedit' will match all of 'pedit', 'pEDIT' and 'PEDIT'.
If, however, the target contains any uppercase characters, the match will be
exact, i.e. 'pEDIT' matches only 'pEDIT'.

Special symbols are used to match beginning of line (bol) and end of line
(eol). Use '\\<' for bol and '\\>' for eol. For example, '.\\>' matches a
period only if it is at the end of a line.
^^FINDNEXT
Searches for the next occurrence of the last search string you specified. It
is best to have FINDNEXT bound to a key so only a single key press is requir-
ed to repeat the last search operation.
^^REPLACE
pEDIT has a very powerful search and replace function. To initiate it,
either press the REPLACE key and reply to the "Old string:" and "New
string:" prompts, or press DO COMMAND and enter "REPLACE <old> <new>".

pEDIT will search for each occurrence of 'old' and prompt you with "Replace
(Y)es (N)o (A)ll (L)ast (Q)uit: "

    Y, Enter - replace this occurrence
    N        - skip this replacement
    A        - replace all occurrences from this point
    L        - make this the last replacement and quit
    Q        - quit.

Matching the old string will follow the rules listed for the FIND command.
The same wild cards that are useable in FIND may be specified for the 'old'
string only.
^^GET FILE
Loads in a file from disk for editing. pEDIT supports wildcard file specif-
ications of the type '*.*' and '*.TXT'. If more than one file matches the
specification, you will be presented with a list of all matching file names
in alpha order. To select a file, use the arrow keys, type in the first
letter, or click on it with the left mouse button. Press <Enter> or double
click to load the highlighted file. Press the ABORT key to cancel.

If no matching file exists, pEDIT will display "Creating file". If the file
does exist, it will be loaded into memory. It is very important to realize
that the file itself is still on disk and will remain unchanged unless you
save a modified buffer using the WRITE FILE command.
^^INCLUDE FILE
Reads in the specified file from disk and inserts it into the buffer start-
ing at the current cursor location. The result is the same as if the user
typed in the text contained in the file.

INCLUDE FILE should be used only for relatively small files. The function
uses the normal INSERT CHAR routine, not the much faster GET FILE which
loads text directly into memory.
^^WRITE FILE
Saves the contents of the current buffer to disk without ending the editing
session. If a file name has not yet been specified, pEDIT will ask for one.

pEDIT PLUS verifies that there is sufficient disk space BEFORE starting the
save operation.

You can change the name of the associated file at any time by using the
RENAME FILE command.
^^RENAME FILE
Changes the name of the disk file associated with the current buffer. The
new name will be used at the time of the next WRITE FILE operation. The
buffer name is also changed to reflect the new file name if that buffer name
is not already in use.

Use RENAME FILE when you want to save a file under a name other than the one
the it was called up under.
^^SHOW BUFFER
Displays detailed information about the current buffer: the buffer name,
associated file name, current mode/direction, number of lines and characters
of text, etc. The status line also shows the pEDIT version number.
^^BUFFER
Use this command to switch between buffers. You will be presented with a
BUFFER window containing the names of all buffers except the COMMAND buffer.
The name of the first User buffer will be highlighted. To select a buffer,
use the up and down arrow keys, type in the first letter of a buffer name or
click on the name. Press <Enter> or double click to move to the selected
buffer. You can also Press ABORT to cancel.
^^TRIM BUFFER
This function 'trims' the current buffer by removing trailing blanks from
all lines of text.

TRIM BUFFER is useful in any document where a left margin has been defined.
pEDIT automatically indents every line to the specified left margin, which
can result in "empty" lines between paragraphs. These empty lines can take
up a lot of space in a large document.
^^CHANGE MODE
Used to toggle between Insert and Overstrike modes. If the mode is Insert
when the command is given, it will change to Overstrike and vice versa.
^^CHANGE DIR
Use this command to toggle between the Forward and Reverse directions. Note
that only FIND, FINDNEXT, REPLACE and MOVE WORD use the buffer direction.
^^MARK
Used to mark a particular place in a buffer so you can return to it at some
later time. Sometimes called a bookmark; there can be only one marker in
each buffer. pEDIT tries to stay as close as possible to the original mark
as text is inserted and deleted.
^^GOTO MARK
This command moves to the position (line and offset) defined by the last
MARK command.
^^LINE
The LINE command is used to "goto" a particular line in the current buffer.
Enter "LINE nn" to move to line number nn; if you enter LINE by itself,
pEDIT will prompt for a line number.
^^ONE WINDOW
This function 'unsplits' the screen. If there are 2 windows on screen, the
current window - the one the cursor is in - becomes the only window. The
current window will occupy the full screen. The line the cursor was on when
the command was issued becomes the top line of the window.
^^TWO WINDOWS
'Splits' the screen if there is only one window visible. Both windows will
initially show the same number of lines of the current buffer. The cursor
will be moved to the other window, anticipating that you want to load in
another file.
^^OTHER WINDOW
If the screen is split, this command will move the cursor to the other
window. The cursor will move to the row and column stored the last time the
cursor was in the window.

If you have a mouse, click anywhere in the other window to move to that
window.
^^PREV LINE
Scrolls the current window up one line. This command is normally accessed
only with a mouse, by clicking on the UpArrow symbol at the top of the
Scroll Bar.
^^PREV SCREEN
Moves the text window back one screen towards the beginning of the buffer.
This command should be bound to the <PgUp> key as it means "Page Up". The
screen is repainted rather than scrolled.
^^NEXT LINE
Scrolls the current window down one line. This command is normally accessed
only with a mouse, by clicking on the DownArrow symbol at the bottom of the
Scroll Bar.
^^NEXT SCREEN
Moves the text window forward one screen towards the end of the buffer. This
command should remain bound to the <PgDn> key as it means "Page Down". Again,
the screen is repainted rather than scrolled.
^^SHIFT LEFT
Moves the window horizontally to the left (toward the left margin) the
specified number of columns. If no parameter is specified, the shift amount
will be 40 columns.
^^SHIFT RIGHT
Shifts the screen horizontally to the right - toward the end of the line -
by the number of columns you specify. This is to permit viewing text past
column 78. If no argument is specified, the screen will be shifted 40 col-
umns. The shift value is limited only by the maximum line length of 32767
characters.
^^SELECT TEXT
This is a toggle that turns the select state on/off. If the state is off, it
will be turned on and vice versa. Selected text is highlighted in reverse
video as the cursor is moved. Select is automatically turned off after
REMOVE TEXT, STORE TEXT and WIPE TEXT commands. To cancel the selection,
i.e. turn the highlighting off, simply issue the command again.

To select text with the mouse, move the mouse pointer to the start of the
desired block. Hold the left button down for at least 1/2 second, then
"drag" the mouse in any direction while continuing to hold the left button
down. You can even scroll up or down while selecting by dragging the mouse
pointer to the row just above or below the text window.
^^REMOVE TEXT
Removes (cuts) the selected text and stores it to the clipboard (paste buf-
fer). The clipboard is rebuilt every time REMOVE TEXT is invoked; therefore,
only the most recently deleted text can be reclaimed.
^^STORE TEXT
Copies the selected text to the clipboard without removing from the buffer.
Use this command whenever you want to make a copy of some text without
deleting it.
^^WIPE TEXT
Deletes the highlighted block without copying it to the clipboard. WIPE TEXT
is much faster than REMOVE TEXT because the paste buffer does not have to be
rebuilt. This command is especially useful for deleting large amounts of
text; use it when you have no need to get the text back. There is no limit
on the size of the block that can be erased.
^^INSERT HERE
Inserts text from the clipboard into the current buffer starting at the cur-
rent cursor position. Note that INSERT HERE can be invoked more than once to
make multiple copies of the stored text.
^^LEARN
The LEARN command is used to start recording keystrokes. The recording will
continue until the REMEMBER command is given. pEDIT will store all typing
keys, function keys and special keys such as control keys. Note that mouse
button presses are not stored.

Any key can be stored in a pEDIT macro. The only restriction is that a macro
containing a REPEAT command cannot itself be repeated.
^^REMEMBER
Used to end the keystroke recording started by LEARN. pEDIT will ask for a
key to bind to; press any of the definable keys on the keyboard. You cannot
bind to the Tab, Enter or BackSpace keys.

A macro must also not be bound to a key that is contained within the macro.
If this happens, the macro routine will go into a loop and probably crash
the system.
^^SAVE MACRO
Saves the currently defined key macro to disk. Enter only a file name; pEDIT
automatically adds the extension .PM1. The editor will write the macro file
in the directory pointed to by the current PEDIT PATH.

If a macro file of the same name already exists, you will be given the
chance to overwrite it or cancel.
^^EXECUTE
Executes the macro previously defined by LEARN and REMEMBER. When this
command is issued, the keystrokes are 'replayed' as if you entered them.
There are two forms of this command: one for a key macro, one for a disk
macro.

EXECUTE by itself is used for the single key macro. A command of the form
"EXECUTE filename" invokes a disk macro. Here, "filename" is a valid DOS
file name up to 8 characters in length without an extension. pEDIT
automatically adds the file type .PM1 to all disk macro file names.
^^DO COMMAND
When the "DO" key is pressed the editor will respond with the 'Command: '
prompt. At this point you can enter any valid pEDIT command. Commands can be
upper- or lower-case or mixed. Note that commands must be entered in full
with spaces in between words. You can exit Command Mode without doing any-
thing by pressing <Enter> after the prompt.

The Command line is a one-line window into the COMMAND buffer. All defined
keys can be used on the command line for editing the current line. Use MOVE
UP and MOVE DOWN to scroll through the stored commands.
^^RECALL
Used to recall the last command given via DO COMMAND. The end result is the
same as pressing the DO COMMAND key followed by the MOVE UP with one impor-
tant difference; the previous command is copied to the current command line.
The command can of course be edited before pressing <Enter> to begin
execution.
^^DO BUTTON
Permits keyboard access to the ButtonBar for those users without a mouse.
This function is permanently bound to the <Shift-Esc> key and should not be
issued from the command line. When this key is pressed, the first button
will be selected and pEDIT will wait for your input. Use the <Left> and
<Right> keys to move from button-to-button, and press <Enter> to accept or
ABORT to cancel.
^^ABORT
pEDIT has a user-definable ABORT key which must be defined in the initial-
ization file. The actual key used depends on the configuration; ABORT is not
'hard-wired' to <Ctrl-C> because WordStar uses <Ctrl-C> as a command key.

ABORT can be used to abort out of any REPEAT, FIND, FINDNEXT or REPLACE
loop. You can also use it to cancel out of the DO BUTTON function, or any
BUFFER, FILES or HELP screen.
^^REFRESH SCREEN
This command is used to clear and repaint the screen. Use REFRESH SCREEN if,
for any reason, the screen should be overwritten or otherwise obliterated.
^^DEFINE SHIFT
Defines a shift or "lead-in" key for multi-key commands. pEDIT must know
when to wait for a second keystroke. A shift key cannot be a command key by
itself.

The shift keys must be defined in your initialization file before other key
definitions. Any non-typing key can be a shift key; a maximum of 4 shift
keys can be defined.
^^DEFINE KEY
Used to 'bind' a pEDIT command to the key of your choice. Pressing the speci-
fied key is equivalent to pressing DO COMMAND and typing in the associated
command. Here, 'command' refers to any valid pEDIT command entered in full
(no abbreviations) with or without parameters.

Keys can be defined dynamically during an editing session or, more commonly,
specified in your init file. When DEFINE KEY is issued from within the
editor, pEDIT will ask for a procedure name and a key press.
^^SHOW KEY
Displays the command bound to a key. pEDIT will prompt for a key press and
display the full command string, if there is one, bound to that key.
^^LIST KEYS
Lists all defined keys and the commands bound to them. pEDIT will pause in
between screens; press any key to continue to the next screen.
^^LIST ASCII
Displays the complete ASCII character set used by the IBM PC. Includes the
decimal value (1-255), the hexadecimal or "HEX" value (01H to FFH) and the
character. Very handy for programmers. The editor will pause in between
screens; press any key to continue to the next screen.
^^DRAW
This function is used to draw lines and boxes on the screen. The Mode and
Direction indicators on the Status Bar are replaced by the text "** DRAWING
MODE **". Only a subset of the defined keys are recognized:

    ABORT            Exit drawing mode and return to editing
    MOVE UP          Move up one line, padding if necessary
    MOVE DOWN        Move up one line, padding if necessary
    MOVE LEFT        Move cursor left one column
    MOVE RIGHT       Move right one column with padding
    MOVE HOME        Position to start of line
    MOVE END         Position cursor to end of line
    -                Draw a single line/box using graphics chars
    =                Draw a double line/box using graphics chars
    +                Draw a line or box using standard chars
^^REPEAT
Lets you repeat any key press up to 32767 times. Only the next single key
press is repeated.

The repeat count is shown by 'Repeat: ' on the message line. Use <BackSpace>
to correct the count; set the count to zero if you wish to cancel.

You can exit a REPEAT loop by pressing the ABORT key.
^^SET AUTOSAVE
The autosave feature can be used to automatically save your work to disk. If
autosave is active, a WRITE FILE will be performed periodically to the cur-
rent buffer if changes have been made. The buffer will also be saved when a
new file is loaded or you switch buffers.

The usage is "SET AUTOSAVE value". A value of zero turns the autosave
feature off; a value in the range 1-30 defines a save interval of 1 to 30
minutes.
^^SET COLOR
Lets you choose foreground and background colors for your editing session.
For monochrome and CGA displays, the only legal color combinations are Black-
on-White and White-on-Black.

Only the basic 16 colors are supported on EGA/VGA color displays. The usage
is "SET COLOR fground bground". See the Appendix for a list of color codes.
^^SET CURSOR
Lets you choose an underline or block cursor style to suit your personal
needs. The usage is "SET CURSOR uline|block".
^^SET DISPLAY
Used to override pEDIT's video display type detection. This command can only
be used in the initialization file. Use it only if pEDIT cannot correctly
identify your video type. The syntax is "SET (DISPLAY, n)" where n = 0
(text); 2 (CGA); 9 (color EGA/VGA); 10 (mono EGA/VGA).
^^SET LINES
Lets you choose the number of lines of text that are shown on-screen. All
displays support 25 lines; 43 line mode requires EGA or VGA, while 50 line
mode (text mode only) requires VGA. Screen writing and scrolling are
generally much slower in 43-and 50-line modes. This command cannot be used
when the screen is split. The usage is "SET LINES 25|43|50".
^^SET MARGINS
Lets you set left and right text margins; the right margin controls where
text wraps. The default margins are 1 and 80. The left margin must be
greater than zero and the right margin has to be greater than the left. The
usage is "SET MARGINS left right".
^^SET PINDENT
Used to set the paragraph indent, i.e. the number of columns by which to
indent the first line of a paragraph. The usage is "SET PINDNT nn" where nn
is zero or a positive integer.
^^SET SCOPE
Specifies the "scope" for all FIND and REPLACE operations. If the scope is
Local, only the current buffer will be searched. If however the scope is
Global, all user buffers will be searched and 'Global' will show on the
status line. The format of this command is "SET SCOPE local|global".

Things can quickly get out of hand if some buffers are searched in a forward
direction while others are searched in reverse. For this reason, the dir-
ection for all buffers is temporarily set to Forward during a global search.
^^SET VIDEO
Lets you switch between text and graphics mode if you have a graphics dis-
play. pEDIT PLUS will start up in graphics mode if it detects a CGA/EGA/VGA
display; you can override this if you prefer the speed of text mode to the
graphical interface. The usage is "SET VIDEO text|graphics".
^^PRINT
Provides the ability to print directly from within pEDIT PLUS. This is done
by interfacing to the PRINT utility included with DOS 3.0 and greater. This
function is available only in registered versions of pEDIT. Use this command
to print the contents of the current buffer, print a selected portion of the
current buffer, delete a file from the print queue or cancel all print jobs
in the queue. The syntax is "PRINT buffer|block|delete|cancel".

If the printer is off-line or out of paper, the PRINT DELETE and PRINT
CANCEL commands may not complete correctly. pEDIT should resume after the
problem is fixed.
^^SHOW PRINTER
Displays the status of all jobs in the print queue in a special PRINTER
window. pEDIT shows a maximum of 10 jobs; this is the default number of
queue entries in the DOS PRINT utility. If there are more than 10 files
queued - the maximum is 32 - they will not be shown. Press any key or mouse
button to return to editing.
^^DOS
This function 'shells' you to DOS or passes a command to DOS for execution.
All text is swapped out to disk, and a second copy of the command processor
is loaded to process commands.

If "DOS" is given without parameters, you will be shelled to DOS and will
see the DOS prompt. You may then enter DOS commands and do anything you can
do at the operating system level. Type 'EXIT' to return to the editor exact-
ly as you left it.

If parameters are specified, the command will be passed to DOS for execution
and the output will be shown in the DOS buffer.
^^HELP
Provides complete on-line help for every pEDIT PLUS command. pEDIT looks for
a help file named PEDIT.HLP in the directory pointed to by the PEDIT PATH.

You will be presented with a HELP window containing an alpha list of all
pEDIT commands. Use the arrow keys, press the first letter of the command or
click the left mouse button to highlight the topic you want help with; press
<Enter> or double click to select that topic. The function can be cancelled
by pressing the ABORT key.
^^ALTHELP
Displays the contents of the files PEDIT.BTN and PEDIT.KEY in BUTTON and
KEYBOARD windows, respectively. The editor looks for these two files in the
directory specified by the PEDIT PATH.

Provides help for the ButtonBar and the keyboard (usually a keyboard diagram
and/or a list of the keys you have defined).
^^RULER
Toggles an on-screen ruler on and off. The ruler temporarily overwrites the
status line at the bottom of the window.
^^QUIT
Aborts an editing session. Abort MEANS abort - any changes you have made
will be lost. If any User (non-system) buffers have been modified, pEDIT
gives you the option of not quitting by displaying "Buffer(s) modified -
quit (Y/N)? ". Enter Y to abort, N to cancel and resume editing.
^^EXIT
Terminates the editing session and returns you to DOS. The current buffer is
automatically written to disk if it has been modified. If any of the other
user buffers have been altered, pEDIT asks you one at a time if you want to
write (save) them. Answer 'Y' to save the buffer, 'N' to skip it.