CMDZACK.TXT
The c Command on home gets menu menu starts command line input mode
for edzack. the gui command returns edzack to full screen edit mode.
CMDZACK.HLP describes command line input commands.
************** Edzack Editor help for command line commands ****************
   The EDZACK editor is a Dos-using text editor that requires Dos 3.3 or
higher, and is a high-quality text editor easier to use than edlin.
   The EDZACK editor is public-domain software and can be ethicaly copied
and distributed ! There is no royalty liability.
 Commands in EDZACK are all lower case !!
Text editors including edzack editor put a 0d 0a at the end of every line
or every 82 bytes so it is NOT possible to correctly load or edit or SAVE
any ready-to-run program with any text editor including edzack. Instead of
trying to change programs directly, change source code then reassemble
or recompile.
 Dos debug is the only way to correctly
change ready-to-run programs.
  in edzack the command list commands use
     insertb insert delete af m k tof bot up down input quit print
       replace  v open save new change find list inputc uc  lc gui
Extra letters may be on far right and are ignored.
The uc command sets uppercase only mode. lc resets it so lowercase can
also be used again.
 
The af command inserts edzack internal text into
the current text file. Commands are listed .
 
The input command adds new lines of text from the keyboard to the bottom of
the current text file. The filelength will be incremented and lines added
untill a zero length line (pressing enter twice in a row)leaves input mode
and command choices re-appear. inputc inserts lines at current position.
 
The list command lists the file on the screen. At the end of each page
the message PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE will appear. All commands will be
ignored at this time so just press enter to see next page. After ALL
of file is displayed on screen command choices will re-appear.
 
The new command resets filelength to zero and erases the most recent
loaded filename and reinitializes the memory managment unit of edzack.com
 
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  tof is abbreviation for Top Of File. tof is the ONLY correct spelling.
  tof puts the edit pointer to the top line.
 
 
  down moves the edit pointer down. If Down is by itself the edit pointer
will move down one line. If DOWN followed by one blank followed by number
is used it will move down number number of lines.
If number iz zero the same line will be displayed .
 
  up moves the edit pointer up. If up is by itself the edit pointer will move
up one line . If up followed by one blank followed by number is used it will
move up number number of lines. number must be 1 or greater.
 
  bot moves the edit pointer to the bottom of the file.
 
  insert inserts a line AFTER the current edit pointer line and increments
the edit pointer. Several lines can be inserted IN ORDER.
First a message appears requesting a line from the keyboard to insert.
 
  delete deletes the current line.   delete followed by a number deletes
number number of lines. Number must be one or greater.
 
  replace replaces current line. a message requesting a replacement line
to be entered on the keyboard will appear first.
 
  find is used to find a line with a specific leftmost portion that will
be entered after it is requested by a enter leftmost portion of line to be
found. It only searches downward so first use tof if line is above current
position.
 
  change changes current line. First a message appears requesting a partial
change of leftmost portion of line  . blanks mean keep old characters
so if you need need additional blanks use replace instead.
then enter changes into keyboard.
 
  insertb inserts a line before current line. First a message will appear
requesting line from keyboard to be inserted.
 
 gui returns to the full screen text editing mode.
 
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  open is a command list command that loads a file when open is followed
by one blank followed by a valid DOS filename the already exsisting file
is added to the bottom of whatever is already in EDZACK EDITOR ram memory.
previous material is NOT deleted. Several files can be concatinated by
loading them into EDZACK EDITOR in order with open.Only ONE file at a time
for each open.  when open is entered
without a filename a message will be displayed to request the name of the
file to retrieve or open. The most recent filename loaded will also be
stored in the most recently loaded filename.
 
 save  saves a file and then exits EDDIE EDITOR. save followed by one blank
followed by filename saves the file in eddie memory to the specified disk file.
If save is without a filename it will save to the name of the most recently
loaded file. If it is a new file without a name save will request a name.
 
 quit quits the  editor without saving. After EDZACK EDITOR quits THe
command prompt should reappear.
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The EDDIE EDITOR uses the Letter keys A-Z and the number keys 0-9 and
some of the special character keys. The only working arrow key is the
backwards delete key for correcting mistakes on the current line only.
use gui to return to full screen mode that supports arrow and pg up pg down
keys !!!
Remember to press the boot-shaped ENTER key at the end of EVERY line
especially commands.
 
  EDZACK Editor reads starfleet standard text files from MS-DOS EDitor
and WordPerfect Office editor 3.1 and Edlin and Windows 3.11 Notepad
  EDZACK can read a line up to 80 characters long. Lines longer than that
entered at keyboard will be interpreted as several seperate lines.
Lines on disk will be read aS several different lines if the 80 character
limit is exceeded. (80 text characters + 0d 0a for a total of 82 byte
maximum line length).
 Each line on disk ends with 0d 0a so variable length lines can be read.
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undocumented commands for edzack command line input mode..
print prints each line twice to darken text on older dot matrix printers with
older ribbons !!  Save with save as if file has been modified. print will
not print unsaved modified files !!
 
at DOS prompt EDZACK.COM filename.ext opens the text file at the beginning
so edzack can be used with dosshell association if desired.
 Command line command open has a second mode . When
open *.*
is used intead of open filename.ext edzack lists available files. just ENTER
can be used instead of the +1 next option to get to the next filename.
c returns to command list . o opens the indicated text file as a text file.
h is hexadecimal numbers listing of bytes of a small binary file. The
h command converts tiny binary files to lines of 8 one byte hexadecimal
numbers that are readable. h is a undocumented undocumented command that
is rarely used.
open *.* provides a filename lister to support computers without dosshell.
