################################################## # textedit.info 19 June 1991 ################################################## ################################################## # OpenWindows Version 3 helpopen path changed 11 July ################################################## #########################50####################### :File:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/textedit.handbook File Provides a menu of File options for saving the contents of the text window: Load File Pops up a window in which you type the directory and file names for the file you want to load. Save Current File Saves the contents of the text window to the current file. Store as New File Pops up a window in which you type the directory and file names for your file. Include File Pops up a window in which you type the directory and file names for the file you want to include. Empty Document Clears the text window without saving its contents. #########################50####################### :View:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/textedit.handbook View Provides ways to change the position of the cursor and the way lines are wrapped: Select Line at Number Pops up a window in which you type the number of the line you want to go to. What Line Number? Pops up a notice telling you the number of the line containing the selected text. Show Caret at Top Moves the line containing the caret to the top of the window. Change Line Wrap Provides a menu of Line Wrap options. Defaults to Select Line at Number or the most recently selected option on the menu. #########################50####################### :Edit:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/textedit.handbook Edit Provides a menu of Edit options: Again Re-executes the most recent sequence of editing operations, except for Undo. Undo Provides a choice of undoing the most recent editing operation or undoing all edits since you opened the window or last saved its contents. Copy Copies the selected text onto the clipboard, overwriting the clipboard's previous contents. Paste Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the text window, beginning at the caret. Cut Deletes the selected text and copies it onto the clipboard, overwriting the clipboard's previous contents. Defaults to Again or the most recently selected option on the menu. #########################50####################### :Find:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/textedit.handbook Find Provides a menu of options for finding and replacing text: Find and Replace Pops up a Find and Replace window. Find Selection Provides the option to search forward or backward for the selected text. Find Marked Text Pops up a Find Marked Text window for finding text bounded by specified delimiters. Replace |>field<| Provides a menu of search options (Expand, Next, and Previous). :Panel:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/textedit.handbook This is the Text Editor control panel. #########################50####################### :SourceDrag:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/textedit.handbook Drag and Drop Target This box is the place to drop a file icon when you want to load the file in Text Editor. Press SELECT on an icon to drag it from File Manager to Text Editor. When there is text in the Text Editor window, you can drag the icon from this box to another program that will accept the file and process it. For example, you can drag from Text Editor to Print Tool to print the file.