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          This file must be printed out by using Alt P from within pE

              If you're using a Laser printer:

                  Paper length  = 60
                  Top margin    = 0
                  Bottom margin = 0
                  Heading       = on
                  Footing       = on

              otherwise:

                  Paper length  = 66
                  Top margin    = 3
                  Bottom margin = 3
                  Heading       = on
                  Footing       = on

              leave other settings default.

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                       Just Excellent Software, Inc.   
                            All Rights Reserved        
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                              Table of Contents

                                   Part 1.

            About pE...........................................  1
            Status Line........................................  2
            Insert/Replace.....................................  2
            Escape Key.........................................  2
            Prompts............................................  2
            Block Commands.....................................  3
            Cursor Movement....................................  5
            Enter Key..........................................  6
            Deleting Text......................................  6
            File Commands......................................  7
            Exiting pE.........................................  9
            Graphic Keys.......................................  9
            Automatic Box Drawing.............................. 10
            Redefining Box Styles.............................. 10
            Drawing Lines with cursor keys (Autodraw).......... 11
            Hexadecimal Editing................................ 11
            Key Mappings....................................... 12
            Macros............................................. 14
            Options............................................ 14
            Scrolling.......................................... 17
            Finding and Replacing Text......................... 18
            Regular Expressions................................ 20
            Tabs............................................... 23
            Viewports (Windows)................................ 24
            Word Processing Mode............................... 27
            Command Line Switches.............................. 28
            Modifying Key Assignments.......................... 30

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                                   Part 2.

                                            (Key)            (page)

            Abandon Action                  ESC.................31
            ASCII_Chart                     ^Va.................31
            Align Paragraph                 Alt_A...............31
            Align Paragraph (prompt)        #Alt_A..............31
            Autodraw single on/off          Alt_3...............32
            Autodraw double on/off          Alt_4...............32
            Auto Tab                        not assigned........33
            Backspace                       Backspace...........32
            Backtab                         Shift Tab...........33
            Backup Path                     not assigned........33
            Borders on/off                  not assigned........33
            Box style 1 - single            Alt_1...............33
            Box style 2 - double            Alt_2...............33
            Box style 3 - two down          Alt_3...............33
            Box style 4 - two across        Alt_4...............33
            Box style 5 - thick line        Alt_5...............33
            Box style 6 - +-++++-+          Alt_6...............33
            Box style 7 - +=+==+=+          Alt_7...............33
            Box style 8 - ++++++++          Alt_8...............33
            Box style 9 - ********          Alt_9...............33
            Block Undo                      Alt_0...............34
            Calculator                      ^C..................34
            Calculator Result               Alt_=...............34
            Case Sensitivity (Toggle)       ^F5.................34
            Center Text in Block            ^Ac.................35
            Character Down                  dn-arrow............35
            Character Left                  <-..................35
            Character Right                 ->..................35
            Character Up                    up-arrow............35
            Close Window                    Alt_K.............. 35
            Command                         Alt_C.............. 35
            Copy Marked Block               Gray Plus.......... 36
            Cut                             Gray Minus......... 36
            Date                            ^D_d............... 36
            Delete Block                    Del................ 36
            Delete Character                Del................ 37
            Delete Line                     F4................. 37
            Delete to end of line           ^F4................ 38
            Delete Previous Word            ^Backspace......... 38
            Delete Word                     ^T................. 38
            Display Lines (EGA/VGA)         ^Vx................ 38
            DOS Shell                       Alt_D.............. 38
            DOS Window                      F11................ 38
            Draw single line                Alt_1.............. 38
            Draw double line                Alt_2.............. 38
            Double Space Block              ^Kn................ 39
            Duplicate Line                  ^Qu................ 39
            Edit File in new window         Alt_E.............. 39

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                                            (Key)            (page)

            Enter (Return)                  Enter.............. 39
            Exit Immediately                ^Ql................ 40
            Exit with Save                  Alt_X.............. 40
            File Beginning                  ^PgUp.............. 41
            File name to cursor             Alt_-.............. 41
            Page Top                        ^Home.............. 41
            Find                            Alt_F.............. 41
            Find Regular Expression         Alt Shift F........ 41
            Find Next                       F5................. 41
            Find Previous                   F6................. 41
            Goto Line/Tag                   F9................. 41
            Graphics Mode (Toggle)          Alt_G.............. 42
            Help (Index)                    F1................. 42
            Hex Mode (Toggle)               Alt_H.............. 42
            Include File                    Alt_I.............. 43
            Ins/Rpl on Startup              not assigned....... 44
            Insert Blank Line               ^N................. 44
            Insert Deleted Line             F3................. 44
            Insert Deleted Line Segment     ^F3................ 44
            Insert Deleted Word             #Ins............... 44
            Join Line                       ^Qj................ 44
            Jump next Window                F2................. 44
            Jump to File in list            Alt_J.............. 44
            Left Align in Block             ^Al................ 45
            Line Beginning                  Home............... 45
            Line End                        End................ 45
            Line Length                     not assigned....... 45
            Lower Case a Block              ^Kl................ 46
            Macros on\off                   ^\................. 46
            Macro undefine                  ^_................. 46
            Mark Block                      Alt_B.............. 46
            Mark Lines                      Alt_L.............. 46
            Mark Stream                     ^Kk................ 46
            Mark Row and Col 1 & 2          ^F8................ 47
            Match Braces                    F10................ 47
            Menu                            Alt Spacebar....... 48
            Menu on/off                     not assigned....... 48
            Merge File                      Alt_M.............. 48
            Move Block                      ^Km................ 48
            Move Window                     ^F10............... 48
            New File                        Alt_N.............. 49
            Next Character Literally        ^^................. 49
            Next Word                       ^->................ 50
            Open File in this window        Alt_O.............. 50
            Open Line                       Alt Num Enter...... 50
            Open Window                     Alt_W.............. 51
            Page Bottom                     ^End............... 51
            Page Down                       PgDn............... 51

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                                            (Key)            (page)

            Page Top                        ^Home.............. 51
            Page Up                         PgUp............... 51
            Paragraph Down                  #PgDn.............. 51
            Paragraph Up                    #PgUp.............. 51
            Paragraph Format                not assigned....... 52
            Paste                           Gray Plus.......... 52
            Previous Position               F8................. 52
            Print Block                     Alt_P.............. 52
            Print File                      Alt_P.............. 52
            Quick Save and Exit             Alt_Q.............. 53
            Record Keystrokes               ^F1................ 53
            Repeat Character                ^R................. 54
            Restore Block                   #Gray Plus......... 55
            Restore Line                    ESC................ 55
            Replace Regular Expression      Alt Shift R........ 55
            Replace String                  Alt_R.............. 55
            Return Word Count               ^Qn................ 56
            Right Align in Block            ^Ar................ 56
            Row to center                   ^5................. 56
            Row to bottom                   ^down.............. 56
            Row to top                      ^up................ 56
            Ruler - Horizontal              ^Vh................ 57
            Ruler - Vertical                ^Vv................ 57
            Save File As                    Alt_S.............. 57
            Save Options                    ^F2................ 57
            Scroll Down                     #dn-arrow.......... 58
            Scroll Up                       #up-arrow.......... 58
            Scroll Window Left              #<-................ 58
            Scroll Window Right             #->................ 58
            Set Tabs                        ^F7................ 58
            Shift Text                      F7................. 59
            Single Space in block           ^Kd................ 59
            Size Window                     ^F10............... 60
            Sort Lines                      ^S................. 60
            Tab Right                       TAB................ 60
            Tab Left                        Shift TAB.......... 60
            Tag Line                        Alt_T.............. 61
            Tile Windows                    Alt_Y.............. 61
            Time                            ^D_t............... 61
            Insert mode (Toggle)            Ins................ 61
            Undelete Line                   F3................. 61
            Unix Line endings               ^Vu................ 61
            Unmark Block                    Alt_U.............. 61
            Upper Case a Block              ^Ku................ 61
            View File Read Only             Alt_V.............. 62
            Word Processing on/off          ^F6 or F12......... 62
            Write Block                     ^Kw................ 62
            Zoom Windows                    Alt_Z.............. 62

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          ͸
          ** About pE **
          ;

                     ***  pE - The Perfect Editor  ***

          pE is a text editor, designed to facilitate the building
          and writing of many types of documents. It is also
          designed to allow very easy form construction using the
          line drawing characters available in the ASCII character
          set of the PC.  Documentation of today's modern windowed
          programs begins during the definition of what windows
          will look like and how users will interact with them.

          Using pE, you can more easily document images of screens,
          menus, memory areas, and tables of all kinds.

          pE's documentation, or word processing mode, allows it to
          work like a word processor.  i.e. margins may be set,
          words wrap at margin boundaries and text is automatically
          formatted per a preset paragraph format.  Of course, the
          paragraph format is user selectable and can be
          temporarily overridden to format a paragraph differently
          for emphasis.  In this mode, deleting characters causes
          the text on successive lines to 'close' the gap and
          inserting text creates new lines if necessary to keep the
          preset paragraph style.

          The normal editing environment is referred to as the
          Text mode.  The word processing mode is referred to as
          the Word mode.

          Because pE is a full-screen editor, you can edit any
          part of the screen, even if there is no text there.
          Keying a non blank character anywhere on the screen will
          automatically insert any needed blanks in front of the
          cursor.

          You can tell what mode the Editor is in by looking at the
          'status line'.  The status line is the very last line on
          the screen.

          In the center of the status line, (col. 39-44), there are
          either blanks or symbols:

                meaning          symbol
                -------          ------

             1. Modified         * = File changed
             2. Word/Text        W = Word (see word processing)
             3. Insert/Replace   I = Insert, R = Replace
             4. Caps Lock        (up-arrow) = Caps Lock ON
             5. Num Lock         # = Num Lock ON
             6. Scroll Lock      s = Scroll Lock ON

          If the start up mode is Insert, depressing Ins will put
          pE into Replace mode, and display an R in col. 40.

          Ins toggles pE between Insert and Replace mode.  ^F6 or
          F12 toggles pE between Word and Text mode.

          In insert mode, pE's cursor is normally shaped _.

          In replace mode, it is normally .  This is user
          selectable under Menu Options - Insert/Replace.

          Insert:
                    Characters are inserted at the cursor

                    Backspace deletes the character left of the
                     cursor

                    Enter splits the line at the cursor

                    Tab inserts spaces to the next tab stop

          Replace:

                    Characters replace the character at the
                     cursor

                    Backspace replaces the character left of
                     the cursor with a space

                    Enter moves cursor to the start of the next
                     line

                    Tab moves cursor to the next tab stop


          The ESC key is used to cancel or end a command.  While
          editing, it will restore the line to what it looked like
          before you began editing that line, as long as the cursor is
          in that line.

          When in the Help menu or one of its sub-menus, Shift ESC will
          escape out of the menu system back to editing the file.
          Otherwise Shift Esc inserts the escape character (decimal 27)
          into the buffer.

          When prompts within pE require a single letter as a
          response, for example:

              Close? (n/y):     or     All? (y/n):

          the possible choices are given in the parenthesis.  The
          first of the choices is the default when ENTER is pressed.
          ESC is also always acceptable as a response and means you
          wish to cancel the proposed action.

          With a mouse, the mouse cursor will highlight the default
          response so that a click left will select the default.
          Moving the mouse to any other letter in the selection
          list and clicking left, selects that option.  Clicking
          right with the mouse is interpreted as ESC.

          ͸
          ** Block Commands **
          ;

          There are three kinds of blocks in pE.  Line blocks (Alt_L),
          Column blocks (Alt_B), and Stream Blocks (^kk).

          Line Blocks encompass the whole line, both the visible and
          invisible (off the screen) portion.

          Column Blocks are rectangular areas of the screen (and file)
          and are automatically filled with blanks if no other
          characters are present.

          Stream Blocks are used to cut, move, paste and delete
          sentences.  They mark from one character in the file to
          another character, irrespective of line endings.

          Begin and end marking a block with the same character.

          With a mouse, click left and drag to mark lines, click right
          and drag to mark a block, and click left twice without
          moving, to unmark a block.  Clicking left and dragging while
          holding the Ctrl key down will create a stream block.

          Alt_L - mark a block of lines
          Alt_B - mark a rectangular block of columns
          ^kk   - mark a stream of characters.

          Gray(-) - cut, i.e.  from text buffer to scrap
          Gray(+) - paste, from scrap to cursor location
          Del     - delete from text buffer to delete buffer.
                    Text may be restored from delete buffer with ^Del
                    or Shift Del.

          Shift Gray(-) - delete block from text buffer to PB$$$$.PED
          Shift Gray(+) - restore contents of PB$$$$.PED to text
                          buffer.

          With the mouse, the symbols (-) and (+) in the border
          mean cut and paste.  The Edit menu may also be used.
          Alt_U or double left click - un marks the block.

          Copy      Mark the block, position to where you want the
                    copy, and press Gray (+) on the numeric key pad.
                    May be repeated as long as block is marked.

          Cut       Mark the block, press Gray(-).

          Delete    Mark the block, press Del.

          Paste     Position and press Gray(+).  Inserts line blocks
                    above cursor and rectangular blocks horizontally.

          Move      Mark the block, press ^Km.

          Shift     Mark the block using Alt_B, press F7.
                    Move block using arrows,paste with Gray(+).

          Align     Mark a rectangular block, press ^A and c,r,or l.

          Case      Mark a rectangular block, press ^K and u or l.

          Double    Mark a block, press ^Kn.  Inserts a blank line in
                    between every other line.  If no block is marked,
                    from the cursor to the end of the file is double
                    spaced.

          Single    Mark a block, press ^Kd.  Deletes all blank lines.
                    As in "Double" above, if no block is marked...

          Print     Mark a block, press Alt_P.

          Replace   Alt_R will replace the search text only in marked
                    block.

          Write     Mark a block, press ^Kw.

          Restore   ^Qb inserts the last block written to PB$$$$.PED,
                    like Shift Grey(+).


          A marked block limits the action of the following keys:

          Alt_A - align text
          Alt_P - print
          Alt_R - replace
          Gray(-) - cut
          Gray(+) - paste
          Del     - delete

          ^Ac r or l - align within block, center, right or left
          ^Ku or l - case, upper and lower

          ^Kn - double space lines within block
          ^Kd - single space lines within block
          ^Kw - write block to filename.
          ^Km - move block (cut from mark, paste to cursor)

          ͸
          ** Cursor Movement **
          ;

          ^ = Control Key also
          # = Shift Key also

           To move    Use     Or     To Move        Use      Or
          Ŀ
          Up          up-arrow     Scroll Up       #up-arrow  
          Down        dn-arrow     Scroll Down     #dn-arrow  
          Left        <-           Scroll Left     #<-        
          Right       ->           Scroll Right    #->        
          Line Start  Home         Line End+1      End        
          Left Edge   #Home  ^W    Right Edge      #End    ^E 
          Next Word   ^->          Prev Word       ^<-        
          Next Tab    Tab    ^I    Prev Tab        #Tab       
          Next Para   #PgDn  ^Qz   Prev Paragraph  #PgUp   ^Qw
          Page Up     PgUp         Begin of file   ^PgUp      
          Page Down   PgDn         End of file     ^PgDn      
          Top of page     ^Home    Bottom of page  ^End       
          

          The arrows move the cursor in the direction indicated.  The
          arrow keys with the shift key depressed cause the cursor to
          remain still while the data scrolls in the opposite
          direction.

          The left and right arrow keys with the control key
          depressed are previous word, next word, respectively.

          PgUp and PgDn cause the next screen of data to appear in
          the up or down direction.

          #PgUp (^Qw) and #PgDn (^Qz) move cursor to previous or
          next paragraph.

          ^PgUp and ^PgDn move the cursor to the beginning and end
          (first page and last page) of file.

          Home moves the cursor to the first non blank character
          in the line.  If already there, the cursor moves to the
          left edge of the window.  Shift Home moves to left edge.

          ^Home goes to row 1, first non_blank character of line.

          End moves the cursor past the last character in the
          line.  If there, the cursor moves to the right edge of
          the window.  Shift End moves to right edge.

          ^End causes the cursor to move past the last character
          in the bottom row (bottom right of screen).

          Enter (^M) - (REPLACE mode)
                  moves the cursor down one row to the first
                  non blank character or the current left margin.

          Enter (^M) - (INSERT mode)
                  moves the characters to the right of the
                  cursor down to the next line.

          Scroll Lock locks the cursor such that the arrow keys
          cause the data to move rather than the cursor.

          ͸
          ** Deleting Text **
          ;

          Single Character. - Del on Numeric Keypad.

          The current character (the one over the cursor) is deleted
          with Del on the numeric keypad.  Any text to the right of
          the cursor will move left one character.  The cursor will
          not move.  If there are no characters to the right of the
          cursor and the editor is in insert mode, the next line is
          joined to the current line.

          Previous Character. - Backspace (-)

          The Backspace key (-) or ^H will delete the character to
          the left of the cursor.  If the cursor is at column one, and
          the editor is in insert mode, pressing backspace will delete
          the previous newline and in effect join the current line to
          the previous line.  In replace mode, the character to the
          left of the cursor is replaced with a blank and characters
          will not shift left, only the cursor will move.

          Next Word. - ^T or Shift Del.

          If the cursor is on a blank, then it and all blanks to the
          next non-blank are deleted from the buffer.  If on a
          non-blank, then it and all characters including blanks are
          deleted until the next 'word'.  Text is moved to the left
          irrespective of Insert/Replace.  Shift Ins or ^Qt undelete
          the last deleted word.

          Previous Word. - ^Backspace.

          ^Backspace deletes to the left one 'word'.  All characters
          back to the beginning of the previous word are deleted.
          Text moves to the left to follow the cursor.  Text to the
          left of the left edge (off the screen) is not deleted.

          Single Line. - F4 or ^Y.

          All lines below move up one line.  The line deleted can be
          restored with F3 or ^U.

          Block of Lines. - Shift Gray(-), on the Numeric Keypad.

          A marked block is deleted with Shift Gray(-).  The
          deleted text is written to PB$$$$.PED from which it can
          be recovered with Shift Gray(+) or ^Qb.  Note that the
          contents of that file are overwritten each time a block
          delete occurs, so only the last delete is reversible.

          To the End of Line. - ^F4 or ^Qy.

          ^F4 or ^Qy will delete all characters from the cursor to
          the end of the current line.  They can be restored
          anywhere in the buffer with ^F3 or ^Qi.

          To the End of File.

          Mark using Alt_L.  Type ^PgDn to advance to the end of
          the file.  Press Shift Gray(-).

          File.

          Files can be deleted in two ways.  Use Alt_D to 'shell'
          out to DOS and then Del or Erase filename.  Return with
          EXIT.  The second way is to call the 'file chooser' with
          an Alt_E (edit), Alt_O (open), Alt_V (view), or Alt_M
          (merge).  Any file can be deleted using F4 from the file
          chooser.  If you then press ESC you can cancel the file
          chooser and return to where you were.

          ͸
          ** File Commands **
          ;

          New File. - Alt_N.

          New creates a new file in the current window.

          At the prompt:

               New File:

          Enter a new file name.  If the file name you enter would
          overwrite an existing file, you are warned accordingly.

          Open. - Alt_O.

          Open is used to open a file in the current window.  If
          the file currently in the window has been changed you
          are prompted:

               [filename] Modified.  Save? (y/n):

          Otherwise, the file chooser pops up for you to select
          a file to open.

          Edit. - Alt_E.

          Edit will first open a new window and then call Open for
          you.

          To switch between the two windows use F2 or Alt_J.

          Merge. - Alt_M.

          Copies a file into a text buffer,  into the line above the
          current cursor row.

          Include. - Alt_I.

          Examines the line the cursor is in for a file
          specification.  If one is found (between any set of
          delimiters [('"{}"')], then the file spec is used to
          first look in the current directory for file, then in
          the path specified by the "INCLUDE" environment
          variable, and finally in the path specified in the
          "PATH" environment variable. If the file is found it is
          read in to a new window for editing (if not already
          loaded).  The file spec may have a line number following
          (blank separated).  The file will be positioned to that
          line (or line 1).

          Save - ^Ks

          Save unconditionally writes the contents of the window to the
          file name specified as the title of the window.  No prompts,
          it just saves.

          Save As. - Alt_S.

          Save As provides an opportunity to change the name of the
          file before writing it out.  The current filename is provided
          at the prompt:

               Save File:[filename]

          The filename can be edited to be any legal DOS file
          specification.  After the file is written, the window
          is left open for further editing of the file.

          Print. - Alt_P.

          Prints either the entire contents of the file in the
          window or the contents of the marked block, if a block is
          marked.

          View. - Alt_V.

          Opens a file for viewing in a read only window.  Lines
          may be copied out of that window into any other window.
          No changes are allowed.

          DOS Shell. - Alt_D.

          Exits pE temporarily.  Loads a copy of COMMAND.COM.
          To return to pE type EXIT at DOS's command prompt.

          EXit. - Alt_X.

          Will advise of modified files allowing you to save or
          not.  If no files were modified, then an immediate exit
          occurs with all windows closed.

          Exit Immediately. - ^Ql.  ABANDONS ALL CHANGES.

          This command will abandon all changes and exit.
          NO WARNING IS GIVEN IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY CHANGES MADE!

          ͸
          ** Graphic Key Mappings **
          ;

          When Alt_G is pressed, the keyboard is mapped:

                      q w e    r t y    u i o    p [ ]
                                          

                      a s d    f g h    j k l    ; ' +
                                          

                      z x c    v b n    m , .    / - \
                                          

                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0
                                          

          All other characters are as usual.

          To return to normal mode, press Alt_G again.

          ͸
          ** Automatic Boxes **
          ;

          Boxes can be drawn by marking a block with Alt_B and then
          typing one of the following keys:

            Alt_1      Alt_2      Alt_3      Alt_4      Alt_5

            Ŀ      ͻ      ķ      ͸      
                                                   
                  ͼ      Ľ      ;      

            Alt_6      Alt_7      Alt_8      Alt_9      Alt_0

            +---+      +===+      +++++      *****      Undoes
            +   +      +   +      +   +      *   *     last box
            +---+      +===+      +++++      *****      command

          Alt_1 or 2 will draw lines with correct connectors at
          junctions.  Either mark row or column with Alt_B or place
          cursor on top or left edge of a box.

          ͸
          ** Redefining Box Styles **
          ;

          Pressing Alt Cntrl 6 through Alt Cntrl 9 allows you to
          redefine box styles 6 through 9.  Subsequently saving options
          will save the new box styles.  Box styles 1 through 5 cannot
          be redefined.

          Box characters are stored in an array of characters 8
          bytes long.  The positions in the array correspond to:


          offset 0 = upper left corner    4 = right side
                 1 = top row              5 = lower left corner
                 2 = upper right corner   6 = bottom row
                 3 = left side            7 = bottom right corner


          When you press Alt Cntrl 6 the prompt is:

           Box Style #6:+-++++-+              +----+
                                              +    +
          this produces a box looking like    +----+

          changing it this way:

           Box Style #6:-|+-              ----
                                              |    +
          would produce a box looking like    ----

          ͸
          ** Autodraw **
          ;

          This feature is very useful for connecting boxes.

          Pressing Alt_3 or Alt_4 when no box is marked turns autodraw
          on and off.  Autodraw assigns the single line character set
          (with Alt_3) to the cursor keys.  Alt_4 assigns the double
          line set.  As you move the cursor a line is drawn.  When the
          line crosses any of the line drawing characters, the correct
          connector will be drawn.  Reversing direction will replace
          the character just drawn with a space.  When a corner is
          turned, the correct corner character is used.

          ͸
          ** Hexadecimal Editing **
          ;

          Editing in Hex mode is accomplished by keying Alt_H after
          starting pE or by using the command line switch /h.

          If a file is determined to not be a text file, pE will inform
          you and provide an opportunity to switch to hex mode.  The
          prompt:

              Restart in Hex Mode, or continue in ASCII? (H/A):

          If you press an A (ASCII) then the file is read with blanks
          replacing nulls (ASCII 0).  No other translation occurs
          except that lines are wrapped at column 77.  It is NOT
          advisable to edit a file in this form, unless you have a very
          clear idea of what you want as a result.

          In hex mode, you may edit either the hex numbers or the ASCII
          characters.  pE will automatically make the appropriate
          adjustments.  To get from one portion of the display to the
          other use TAB and BACKTAB.

          You may not add or delete data to a hexadecimal edit.
          The editing mode is set (locked) into replace mode.  It
          is possible to edit in Hex in one window and ASCII in
          another.

          The hex edit window may not be sized or moved.
          Tiling is disabled while any window contains a hex edit.

          ͸
          ** Key Mappings **
          ;

          Alternate Keys

          Alt_A - Align Paragraph     Alt_N - Name File
          Alt_B - Block Mark (cols)   Alt_O - Open File
          Alt_C - Command             Alt_P - Print File
          Alt_D - Shell to DOS        Alt_Q - Quick exit
          Alt_E - Edit File           Alt_R - Replace String
          Alt_F - Find String         Alt_S - Save File As
          Alt_G - Graphics Toggle     Alt_T - Tag Line
          Alt_H - Hex Mode Toggle     Alt_U - Unmark Block
          Alt_I - Include File        Alt_V - View File Read Only
          Alt_J - Jump to File        Alt_W - Open Window
          Alt_K - Close Window        Alt_X - Exit
          Alt_L - Line Mark           Alt_Y - Tile Windows
          Alt_M - Merge File          Alt_Z - Zoom Windows

          Alt + spacebar - MENU
          Alt_1 - Alt_9 - draw boxes when block is marked.
          Alt Shift 6 - Alt Shift 9 redefine those box styles.
          Alt_1, Alt_2 - draw single, double lines in boxes.
          Alt_3, Alt_4 - turns cursor into autodraw single, double.
          Alt Shift A - aligns paragraph with confirm.
          Alt Shift F - defines a regular expression
          Alt Shift R - Uses regular expression for replace string

          Numeric Key Pad   # = shift

           Home  - Line Beginning     End  - Line End
          #Home  - Left Edge         #End  - Right Edge
          ^Home  - Page Top          ^End  - Page Bottom
           up    - Character Up       PgUp - Page Up
          #up    - Scroll Up         #PgUp - Paragraph Up
           dn    - Character Down    ^PgUp - File Beginning
          #dn    - Scroll Down        PgDn - Page Down
           <-    - Character Left    #PgDn - Paragraph Down
          #<-    - Scroll Left       ^PgDn - File End
          ^<-    - Previous Word      Ins  - Toggle Insert Mode
           ->    - Character Right   #Ins  - Insert Deleted Word
          #->    - Scroll Right       Del  - Delete Character
          ^->    - Next Word         #Del  - Delete Word
          (minus)- Cut               (plus)- Paste, Copy
          #(minus) Del               #(plus) Restore Delete

          Function Keys

          F1  - Help                ^F1  - Begin/End Macro define
          F2  - Jump next Window    ^F2  - Save Options
          F3  - Insert Deleted Line ^F3  - Insert Deleted Segment
          F4  - Delete Line         ^F4  - Delete to end of Line
          F5  - Find Next           ^F5  - Toggle case sensitivity
          F6  - Find Previous       ^F6  - Set Word Process
          F7  - Shift Text          ^F7  - Set Tab options
          F8  - Goto prev row/col   ^F8  - Mark row/col 1 & 2
          F9  - Goto Line/Tag       ^F9  - Size Window
          F10 - Match Braces        ^F10 - Move Window
          F11 - Dos Window
          F12 - Set Word Process

          Shift and Alternate F1 - F10 are not defined.

          Control Keys

          ^A - Align text             ^N - Insert new line
          ^B - (filled happy)         ^O - (sunburst char)
          ^C - Calculator             ^P - (right arrow point)
          ^D - Date (^dd) Time (^dt)  ^Q - Miscellaneous
          ^E - East edge of screen    ^R - Repeat Character
          ^F - (club)                 ^S - Sort according to block
          ^G - (delete char)          ^T - Delete Word
          ^H - Backspace (BS)         ^U - Undelete Line
          ^I - Tab Right              ^V - Rulers v & h, Ascii chart
          ^J - (new line)             ^W - West edge
          ^K - Block                  ^X - up-arrow
          ^L - (top of form)          ^Y - Delete Line
          ^M - ENTER                  ^Z - (end_of_file)

          ^Ac - Center Text in Block  ^^ followed by any control
          ^Al - Left Align in Block      character inserts that
          ^Ar - Right Align in Block     control character.

          ^Kd - Delete Blank Lines    ^Vv - Vertical Ruler
          ^Kn - Insert Blank Lines    ^Vh - Horizontal Ruler
          ^Kl - Block To Lower Case   ^Vu - Toggle Unix
          ^Ku - Block To Upper Case   ^Va - Ascii Chart
          ^Km - Move Marked Block     ^Vx - Toggle Display lines
          ^Kk - Mark Stream Block
          ^Ks - Save current file

          ^Qb - Restore Block         ^Qw - Paragraph Up
          ^Qi - Insert Del Line       ^Qx - Page Bottom
          ^Qj - Join Line             ^Qy - Delete to end of line
          ^Qn - Return Word Count     ^Qz - Paragraph Down
          ^Qt - Insert Deleted Word   ^Ql - Exit Immediately - NO SAVE
          ^Qu - Duplicate Line        ^BS - Delete Previous word

          ͸
          ** Macros **
          ;

          Macros are multiple keystrokes represented by one key.

          The process of creating a Macro is called 'recording'.
          To begin (and end) recording use ^F1.

          As you type, the keystrokes appear in a special window.
          The only editing available while recording is Control
          Backspace.  This will allow you to delete the last
          character typed.  Macros are restricted to 255
          keystrokes.  When you have finished recording, type ^F1.

          pE will prompt:

           Press the key you wish to assign this macro or ESC to
           cancel.

          Type the key you wish to assign to this macro (or ESC).

          Any macro currently in effect is saved when options are
          saved.  ^F2 saves all user selectable options in a file
          called ENV.PED.  Whenever pE is started in the same
          directory, any saved macros will be available.  Macros
          are executed by keying the assigned key.  Macros may call
          other macros, - even themselves!  To 'kill' a macro that
          is in a loop, use ESC.

          Macros may be deactivated (turned off) temporarily by
          pressing ^\ (control back slash).  Pressing ^\ a second
          time reactivates them.

          When a macro is executed in a loop, each line is processed
          from the current cursor location until either an error occurs
          or the last line is reached or the end of a block is reached.

          ͸
          ** Options **
          ;

          Saving Options.

          ^F2 - saves all settings and recorded macros to ENV.PED,
          either in the local (current) directory or the 'master'
          directory.

          Recording Macros.

          ^F1 - see Help subject Macros.  Macros are sequences of
          keystrokes represented by one key.  ^F1 is used both to
          start and end the recording process.

          Setting Margins.

          ^F6 - Both Right and Left Margins may be set.  Word wrap
          occurs at the right margin.  The default (and maximum)
          value of right margin is 1023.  The left margin normally
          "floats", i.e. assumes the value of the preceding line.
          This effect is obtained with a left margin of 0, the
          default.  You may set the left margin to any value
          greater than 1 and less than the right edge of the
          screen.  Setting the left margin causes the cursor to
          return to that column on ENTER.

          Setting Tabs.

          ^F7 - Sets Tab stops, Detab Increment and whether tabs
          replace blanks on output.  The row in which the cursor
          resides is replaced with a line of ....T....T.  The t's
          represent tab stops.  You may edit this line using
          normal editing commands.  The only character affecting
          tab stops are t's (or T's).  All other characters are
          ignored.  You may cancel, (ESC) without changes, or
          ENTER to preserve changes.

          If ENTER is pressed, the next prompt will ask what the
          Detab Increment should be.  The default is 8.  The only
          reason to change this value is to cause a lessor or
          greater expansion of tabs into blanks on input.  Most
          word processors and text editors use 8 spaces per tab on
          output and input.

          The final prompt in setting tabs:  "Do you want blanks
          replaced with tab characters on output?"  requires a yes
          or no with the default being yes.  If you intend to use
          a file output from pE, as input into a program that
          cannot deal with tabs, choose No, else choose Yes.
          Choosing No means blanks will NOT be replaced with tabs
          in the output file, making your output file slightly
          larger.

          Borders On or Off.

          Turns borders on or off.  If you're using a mouse and
          you turn borders off, the rightmost edge of your window
          becomes the scroll region.  The cut, paste, zoom and
          horizontal scroll arrows are invisible and consequently
          useless.  Borders off provides 2 more columns and 1 more
          row.  Border are also very useful when editing multiple
          window on one screen in monochrome.

          Menu On or Off.

          Turns menu display on or off.  Menus are always
          available by either pressing alt space or by clicking
          right in the first row of the screen.  Turning menus off
          provides one extra line in the window.

          Setting Colors.

          A window appears with all possible colors displayable in text
          mode.  Within this window, smaller windows appear which act
          as examples of the curent color choice.  The Tab key (or
          mouse left click) is used to select what item is being
          changed.  When all windows appear as you wish pressing enter
          returns to the text window.  You must save options to make
          the color change permanent.

          Setting Backup Path.

          When a file is saved to an existing filename, pE will
          save the contents of the preexisting file to the
          directory specified in Backup Path.  If the value of
          Backup path is Null, then this action is suppressed.  No
          change is made to the filename.

          Setting Insert/Replace on Startup.

          (See About pE for discussion of insert vs replace).
          This option sets the 'mode' in which pE will operate
          most of the time.  Selecting I (for insert) will mean
          that when pE becomes active, Insert mode will be the
          operating mode.  The cursor will be thin and pressing
          the Ins key will place the editor in Replace mode.
          Selecting an R (for replace) means that Replace mode
          will be the operating mode and pressing Ins will cause
          pE to go into Insert mode.

          Setting Paragraph Style.

          Paragraph style refers to how you wish the alignment of
          paragraphs to proceed.  In order to align (or justify) a
          paragraph, we need to know where you would like the left
          margin, the right margin, how many columns to indent the
          first line and what type of justification you desire.
          This option allows you to set each of these variables.
          The margin referred to in paragraph style can be
          different than the left and right margin assigned under
          Option menu item Margins.  - see topic Word Processing
          for additional information.

          Setting Display Lines.

          This menu item is suppressed for systems without an EGA
          or VGA Adapter.  Selecting this option will cause pE
          to select 43 lines(EGA) or 50 lines(VGA) when initiated.
          If DOS is currently in 43/50 line mode, pE will
          operate in that mode without changing anything.  While
          pE will change modes to 43/50 lines if needed, it

          will NOT change modes to 25 lines if DOS is in 43/50
          line mode.

          Setting Maximum Line Length.

          The default maximum line length accommodated by pE is 511
          characters.   If you wish, you may set the line length to
          a value less than this, or greater up to a max of 1023.  The
          advantage of setting the line length is that once set, pE
          will not allow characters to be entered past that point.
          Also, pressing end will go to the end of the line or the
          maximum line length, whichever is shorter.

          ͸
          ** Scrolling **
          ;

          Scrolling enables the movement of data into and out of one of
          pE'S windows.  By this means, all of the document being
          edited can be seen and acted upon.

          Scrolling occurs automatically when the cursor is located in
          the top row and an up arrow is pressed or in the bottom row
          and a down arrow is pressed.  Similarly if the cursor is in
          column 80 (or the last physical column) of the window, and a
          cursor right is pressed, data is scrolled to the left.  If
          the cursor is in column 1 (or the left most edge of the
          window) and a cursor left is pressed, data is scrolled to the
          right.  The above can be depicted graphically by:

                               Text above
                              ͻ
                                  up   
                              <-     ->
                                  dn   
                              ͼ
                               Text below

          Pressing an up arrow would cause "Text above"  to appear
          in the window...etc.

          Scrolling can also be accomplished by first pressing
          'Scroll Lock' and then pressing an arrow key.  Pressing
          'Scroll Lock' again 'releases' the cursor.

          Holding the shift key down while pressing the arrow keys
          on the numeric keypad, causes the data to scroll in the
          opposite direction to the arrow depressed.

          For mouse lovers, the upper right hand corner and lower
          left hand corner have scroll 'gadgets' (if there is a
          border).  Clicking left on the symbol causes data to
          scroll up/left for the left button and down/right for the
          right button.

          ͸
          ** Finding and Replacing Text **
          ;

          Finding Text - see also ** Regular Expressions **

          Search (or Find) is accomplished by keying Alt_F.  The
          prompt:

           Find String:

          appears on the status line.  Key in the text you wish to
          search for.

          If you end with an ENTER or down_arrow, pE will begin
          the search from the current cursor position and proceed
          to the end of the file.  If a string matching the 'find
          string' is found, it is highlighted and the screen is
          repainted with the string found being near the middle
          row of the screen.  The screen is only repainted when
          the found string is off the current page.  To find the
          next occurrence press F5 to continue the 'downward'
          search or F6 to reverse direction.

          If, when you key in the find string, you finish with an
          up_arrow, the direction of search is set to backward and
          the scan proceeds towards the 'top' of the file.  If the
          string is not found, a message appears in the middle of
          the screen informing you that the search string was not
          found.

          Text can be searched for either by ignoring case or by
          being case specific.  Which of these will pertain is
          determined by pressing ^F5.  pE defaults to case
          insensitive searches.  To locate a case specific string
          press ^F5.  This key acts as a toggle (on/off) so
          pressing it once more causes the case insensitivity to
          return.

          Matching Braces, Parends, Brackets.

          pE has the ability to search for matching braces,
          parends or brackets '{([])}'.  Place the cursor on any of
          those characters and press F10.  If the character is an
          opening one, then the search is forward through the
          file.  When a match is found, it is highlighted and the
          file is positioned to display the character, if
          necessary.  If the character is a closing one, the
          search direction is toward the beginning of the file.
          If no match is found, a message is written to the status
          line so indicating.  If the cursor is not on a brace,
          parend or bracket when F10 is pressed, a message window
          pops up.

          Replacing Text.

          Summary. - (For you impatient types)

          Press Alt_R and key in the string to search for
          (string1), ENTER, the string to replace it with
          (string2), and whether or not to replace all occurrences
          or not.  UNDO a block replace with Alt_0 and cancel the
          operation with ESCAPE.

          Detail.

          Keying Alt_R (Replace) causes

           Replace "

          to appear on the status line.  Key in the text to search
          for, followed by ENTER.  The closing quote followed by
          the word 'With' and a quote will appear immediately
          following the replace string.

           Replace "string1" With "

          Enter the text you wish substituted for the search
          string, again follow with ENTER.  The prompt: 'All?
          (y/n):' asks if you wish to change all occurrences, or
          to be selective.

           Replace "string1" With "string2" All?

          Answering y (yes) to All?  will replace all occurrences
          of string1 with string2.  String2 may be NULL, in which
          case string1 is deleted wherever found.

          Answering n (no) scans forward looking for the next
          occurrence of string1.  Upon finding it, pE
          highlights the string and asks:

           O.K.?  (y/n/all):

          'Y' replaces the string and restarts the scan,
          'N' continues to the next occurrence, and
          'A' replaces the current, and all subsequent,
          occurrences.

          At any time you may press ESC to cancel this command.

          Note that string1 is searched for according to the
          current case sensitivity setting (default is OFF).

          The scope of the command is from the current cursor
          location to the bottom of the file, unless a block is
          marked.

          A marked block (either type), limits the search and
          replace operation to the block.

          A block search and replace may be undone with Alt_0
          (zero).

          ͸
          ** Regular Expressions **
          ;

          pE also has the ability to search and replace using
          "Regular Expressions".

          To enable regular expressions use Alt Shift F or R.
          Pressing Alt Shift F or R a second time returns you to
          normal (non-regular expression) search and replace.

          Regular expressions allow you to search for non explicit
          patterns.  Because the search is more complex,  it takes
          somewhat longer so the normally regular expressions are
          off.  You can tell by the string Find REG EXP: or Replace
          REG EXP when you invoke find or replace.

          A regular expression can match many different strings at
          the same time.  Example: a[123] would match the letter a
          followed by a 1, 2 or 3 i.e. a1, a2, a3.

          Regular expressions have their own syntax.  Special
          characters include:

          \   -  Backslash quotes the next character. \$ matches a
                 dollar sign.  \\ matches a backslash.

          ^   -  Circumflex at the beginning of an expression
                 matches the beginning of the line.

          $   -  Dollar sign matches the end of a line, including a
                 new line character.

          *   -  Matches zero or more of any character.

          ?   -  Matches one of any character. (a?e is matched by
                 are, ate, abe, ace...

          :a  -  Matches any of a class a = alphabetic (a-zA-Z)
          :d  -  decimal digits (0-9)
          :n  -  alphanumeric (a-zA-Z0-9)
          :w  -  white space, blanks, tabs, and control characters

          @   -  Matches zero or more occurrences of the preceding
                 expression.

          +   -  Matches one or more occurances of preceding
                 expression.

          -   -  Optionally matches the preceding expression.

          []  -  A string enclosed in square brackets matches any
          [~] -  character in the string, but no others.  If the
                 first character is a ~, the expression matches any
                 character NOT in the string.  A range may be
                 specified by two characters separated by '-'.
                 Note that [a-z] matches any alphabetic but [z-a]
                 never matches.

          .d -  Dot followed by a '+' or '-' 1 to 9 causes the
                 cursor to be positioned to that offset from the
                 start of the found string.

          .c     Dot followed by a character causes cursor to be
                 positioned to that character after the start of
                 pattern.  If the character is not found, the
                 cursor is positioned to the beginning character of
                 the pattern.

          .      Dot by itself means position to the end of the
                 pattern.

                 With respect to the dot operator note that each
                 successive Find or replace adds(subtracts) one to
                 the current cursor location.  It is possible to
                 continuously find the same pattern if you have
                 applied an opposite displacement.

                 NOTE that the dot operator is ignored on replace
                 operations.

                 All other characters are taken as is.

                 Examples:

                 Find REG EXP:hello

                   Will find the string hello (only).  Much faster
                   to use just 'Find'

                 Find REG EXP:\.$

                   Will find period (.) only at end of lines.

                 Find REG EXP:^$

                   Will find only blank lines.  (lines that start
                   and end on the same character).

                 Find REG EXP:^[a-z]+:w@*([~;]@)[~;]@$

                   Will find function declarations in the 'C'
                   language.

                   Interpret as follows:

                       Find any alphabetic character (one or
                       more occurances at the beginning of a
                       line (^[a-z]+) followed by

                       Zero or more occurrences of white
                       space (:w@) followed by

                       Any number of any characters (*)
                       followed by

                       Left parend (() followed by

                       Zero or more occurrences of any character
                       but a semicolon ([~;]@) followed by

                       Right parend ()) followed by

                       Zero or more occurrences of any character
                       but a semicolon ([~;]@) followed by

                       End of line ($).

          ͸
          ** Tabs **
          ;

          Tab and Shift Tab.

          The effect of pressing tab depends on pE's cursor
          mode.

          In Insert mode, spaces are inserted to the next tab
          stop.  Backtab removes spaces back to the previous tab
          stop.

          In replace mode, tab advances the cursor to the next
          'tab stop', backtab moves the cursor to the previous
          'tab stop'.

          If a block is marked, and at least part of it is
          visible, the action of the tab and backtab key is
          applied to each line in the block.

          A very handy way to shift the block one tab stop in
          either direction is to mark the block, press Home (to
          move cursor to first non blank character) and press tab
          (or backtab).

          Setting Tabs.

          ^F7 - Sets Tab stops, Detab Increment and whether tabs
          replace blanks on output.  The row in which the cursor
          resides is replaced with a line of ....T....T.  The t's
          represent tab stops.  You may edit this line using
          normal editing commands.  The only character affecting
          tab stops are t's (or T's).  All other characters are
          ignored.  You may cancel, (ESC) without changes, or
          ENTER to preserve changes.

          If ENTER is pressed, the next prompt will ask what the
          Detab Increment should be.  The default is 8.  The only
          reason to change this value is to cause a lessor or
          greater expansion of tabs into blanks on input.  Most
          word processors and text editors use 8 spaces per tab on
          output and input.

          The final prompt in setting tabs:  "Do you want blanks
          replaced with tab characters on output?"  requires a yes
          or no with the default being yes.  If you intend to use
          a file output from pE, as input into a program that
          cannot deal with tabs, choose No, else choose Yes.
          Choosing No means blanks will NOT be replaced with tabs
          in the output file, making your output file slightly
          larger.

          Saving Tab Settings.

          Tab stops, detab increment, and tabs for blanks are saved as
          part of ENV.PED when ^F2 (save options) is pressed.

          ͸
          ** Viewport **
          ;

          Viewports (Windows)

          Windows are areas of the screen through which data are viewed
          and edited.  Windows may have borders, or they may not.
          Windows can each have a unique color (on a color monitor) or
          shade (in monochrome).  Windows may be opened, closed, moved,
          sized, tiled, zoomed and 'jumped to'.  Windows may occupy the
          entire screen (except for the 'status line') or any part of
          the screen.  A window's smallest number of columns depends on
          its title (name) in that it cannot be sized smaller in the x
          dimension than the number of characters in its title + 4.
          It's smallest dimension in the y direction is 6 rows.  In pE,
          windows may overlap one another, or be 'tiled'.  Up to 20
          windows may be open simultaneously.

          With Mouse.

          If a mouse is being used, it is recommended that borders be
          left on, as there are useful 'gadgets' contained in the
          border which disappear if borders are removed.  These gadgets
          include horizontal and vertical scroll characters, a 'thumb'
          for positioning in the file, cut, paste and zoom characters,
          re-size (lower right corner), close (upper left corner), and
          move (title bar).

          Active Window.

          A window is said to be active when the cursor is visible
          within it, and when any keyboard activity affects that
          window.  Active windows have a double line border, if any,
          and the window title (name) is in reverse video to the border
          color.  Inactive windows have a single line border, with the
          window's title the same color as the border.

          DOS Window.

          A special window, called the DOS window, always contains the
          appearance of the screen prior to invoking pE, or after
          exiting the DOS command from within pE.  The data in this
          window may be edited, written to disk or be used to cut and
          paste into any other window.  After a compile, it is very
          useful to cause this window to appear and to reference it
          while you correct any syntax errors in another window.

          Window Name.

          The name of a Window reflects it's contents.  The name
          NO_NAME is given whenever the user has not explicitly
          put anything in the window or given the window a name
          through the New File (Alt_N) command.  The name of a
          window is displayed in the center or the top row.

          Open Window.

          Alt_W opens a new window.  It's name is NO_NAME and it
          is always opened to the maximum size available.  It's
          number is one greater than the window in which the
          command was issued.  Up to 20 windows may be opened
          simultaneously.

          Close Window.

          Alt_K closes a window.  If any changes have been made to
          the window's contents, the user is warned.  If the window
          closed is the last window, pE asks if you wish to exit to
          DOS.  If a window is empty, read_only, or contains data not
          changed, it is closed immediately, and focus shifts to the
          window opened before it.

          Jump to Window.

          F2 is the jump key.  It causes pE to 'jump' to the
          next window in succession each time it is pressed.  If
          there are no more windows, pressing F2 has no effect.

          Pressing Alt_J presents a menu of all windows, for you to
          select which window you wish to 'go' to.  This menu
          operates as all pE menus, i.e.  the highlight is moved
          with either the arrow keys, HOME, END or by pressing an
          alphabetic key.  ENTER then confirms your selection.
          When using a mouse, moving the mouse onto an inactive
          window and clicking left will in effect 'jump' to that
          window.  A window must have some portion of itself in
          view for this to work.

          Tile Windows.

          Alt_Y will arrange any (and all) open windows such that
          they occupy equal portions of the screen.  The screen is
          evenly divided so that up to 4 windows can be viewed
          simultaneously.  If there are more than 4 windows, the
          rest are overlaid.  With 2 or 3 windows, repeated
          presses of Alt_Y will arrange the windows first
          horizontally and then vertically.  If there is only one
          window, Alt_Y has no effect.

          Zooming Windows.

          Zooming refers to expanding (or contracting) a window
          between two different sizes.  Alt_Z will accomplish this
          change in size.  In order for a window to respond to
          zooming it must have an alternative size.  This can be
          accomplished either by sizing the window, or by tiling.

          Sizing Windows.

          This is easiest with the mouse.  Click left on the bottom
          right hand corner of the border and while holding the
          left mouse button down, move the mouse to where you wish
          the new bottom right hand corner to be.

          ^F9 followed by the use of the arrow keys accomplishes
          exactly the same thing.  When you're using the keyboard
          you must end the size operation with ESC.  With the
          mouse, releasing the left mouse button ends the size.

          Moving Windows.

          A window can only be moved if it is smaller than the
          full screen.

          With the mouse, grab the title bar by pressing
          with the left mouse button and, keeping it depressed,
          move where you wish the position to be.

          ^F10 followed by the use of the arrow keys also will
          move the window.  You must end a move with either ESC or
          by releasing the mouse button.

          Ruler Windows.

          Two special windows, called the rulers, can overlay the
          active window and be moved about by the same mechanism
          described under moving windows above.

          ^Vv puts a vertical ruler on the screen at the cursor
          location.  It can be moved to any part of the screen
          using either the arrow keys or the mouse.  It will stay
          on the screen until either ESC is pressed or the left
          mouse button is released.

          ^Vh places a horizontal ruler on the screen in a
          similar fashion.  These windows can actually be moved
          off the screen and will wrap around to provide the most
          use.

          ͸
          ** Word Processing **
          ;

          Word Processing mode is selected using ^F6 or F12.  When
          active, Word mode is signified by the presence of a W in
          the status line (col 40).  If options are saved while
          Word mode is active, pE will save that status and will
          always start in Word Mode.  You may want to do that in a
          separate 'documentation' directory.

          pE Word Mode.

                Left margin, right margin and paragraph indent
                 level may all be set.
                 See MENU, OPTIONS, Paragraph style.

                Word wrap occurs at the right margin setting.

                Automatic reformatting is done as you type.

                Inserting characters causes text to 'flow' onto
                 the next line.

                Deleting characters causes text to 'flow' back
                 from the next line.

                Reformat may be forced at any time by pressing
                 Alt_A or Alt Shift A.

                Most useful when your typing or editing free
                 flowing text.

          pE Text Mode.

                Word wrap will occur when maximum line length
                 is less than the width of the screen.

                No Automatic reformatting is done when delete or
                 backspace are used.  Reformatting may be
                 accomplished manually by pressing Alt_A or Alt
                 Shift A.

                Left margin 'floats'.  It assumes the value of the
                 offset of the first non blank character of the
                 preceding line, (or zero).

                When the cursor is in the last column of a window,
                 the screen will shift allowing lines to be typed
                 out to the maximum line length.  (default is 511).

                Most useful when entering code, tables or text
                 which must be formatted uniquely.

          ͸
          ** Command Line Switches **
          ;

          Usage: s [switches] [filespec] [lineno]

                  /h       - display in Hexadecimal Format.

                  /s       - slow screen write (stops snow).
                  /c       - inverse of /s.

                  /u       - unix format on output (lf only).

                  /z       - end output file with control_z.

                  /fn      - sound frequency in cycles/sec.
                  /dn      - duration of beep in milliseconds.

                  /bn      - background character

                  /rn      - number of ranks

                  /k       - full block (inverse) as cursor

                  /n       - leave numlock and capslock set

                  /pn      - pass n records before starting to load

                  filespec - fully qualified filename (*.*).

                  lineno   - a line number to position to on open

                  /vn      - scroll speed delay (n) default is [/v20]

          Command line switches may be upper or lower case.

          They may be preceded by / or -.

          All switches must be presented before a filespec.

          Filespec must be before a line number, if present.

          Switches /fn /dn /s and /c are saved in ENV.PED if
          options are saved.

          /h.

          H for Hexadecimal.  Using this switch will cause pE to
          read and format the filespec for a hexadecimal edit.

          /s. /c.

          S for Snow.  If you have one of the early style CGA's and
          the screen is 'snowy', use this flag. (once is enough)

          C clears the snow flag.  This would be used once you changed
          your adapter or if you made a mistake and used /s.  (again,
          once is enough)

          Both /S and /C force a save of your options.  It is suggested
          that these options be used in the pE directory, when you
          first install pE, or when your equipment changes.

          /u.

          U is for UNIX.  The MS_DOS line ending convention is a CRLF
          sequence (hex 0D0A).  UNIX uses a LINE FEED (hex 0A).  pE
          doesn't care which way lines end.  Most other editors and
          word processors on MS_DOS machines care very much.  If your
          PC is networked to a UNIX machine and you need to read a UNIX
          (ASCII) file, go right ahead.  If you need to write it back,
          use this switch.

          /z.

          Z  is for ^z. (control z).  Early versions of MS_DOS relied
          on ^z to end a text file.  If you wish to write a file which
          can be read on pre DOS 2.0 version machines, then use /z.

          /fn and /dn.

          F is for Frequency and D is for Duration.

          There are a few places in pE that beep.  Pressing an
          undefined key is one of them.  If you don't care for the
          sound of the default beep (f = 262, d = 30), change ahead.
          Note that setting a duration of 0 will totally silence pE.

          /bn

          B is for background character.  The 'n' is a decimal ASCII
          value for the character you wish to fill the background in.
          The default is ASCII 176 ''; other choices might be ASCII
          177 '' or 178 '' or 32 (space).

          /rn

          R is for rank (column).  The 'n' is the number of columns you
          want displayed in the file chooser.  The default is 3 and the
          range of values is 1 to 5.

          /vn

          V is for Video scroll.  For those who really want a smooth
          scroll with the mouse, the n can be varied.  As n decreases,
          scrolling speed increases.  The default of 20 works well on
          PARADISE cards, other adapters may need different values for
          a smooth mouse scroll.

          ͸
          ** Modifying Key Assignments **
          ;

          Amongst the files installed in sub-directory pE are two
          files, KEY.PED and KEY.TXT.  The file KEY.PED is a binary
          version of KEY.TXT.  It is also the virtual keyboard
          definition table.  pE cannot run without it.

          In order to effect key assignment changes, the following
          procedure should be followed:

           a.  Make a backup of key.ped.
           b.  Make a backup of key.txt.
           c.  Make whatever changes you wish to key.txt.
           d.  Run the program PK.EXE.

                 pk [\path]
                   Path is the subdirectory where key.ped will
                   be placed. The default is the current directory.

           e.  Test your changes by executing pE.

          KEY.TXT is an ASCII file interpreted by PK.EXE:

           1. A ; (semi-colon) starts a comment.  Comments and blank
              lines are skipped.

           2. Any single character, except space, tab and ;, stands
              for itself.

           3. The names in column one are read in to represent
              key names, interpreted below:

                     f1 - means function key F1
                    ^f1 - means control key and F1 depressed
                    #f1 - means shift key and F1 depressed
                    @f1 - means alt key and F1

           4. The names in column two are function names.  Case is not
              important, but spelling IS.

           5. Multiple keystrokes can be assigned a given function.
               ex: ^k_m   means control k followed by m

           6. A function may have more than one key sequence
              assigned, but any given key sequence may not refer to
              more than one function.

          pE is normally supplied with a standard key.txt as well as a
          Wordstar compatible key definition file (ws.txt and ws.ped).
          In order to use them, rename ws.txt to key.txt and ws.ped to
          key.ped (saving the original key.txt and key.ped (if you
          want).

                          ͸
                          ** Command Reference **
                          ;

          
          Abandon Action                               ESC

          Cancel a proposed command with ESC.  Any changes made to
          an edit line prior to a shift of focus from that line
          are undone when ESC is pressed.  The cursor is restored
          to the position it had prior to that edit step being
          performed.

          This command will also terminate an errant macro.

          When editing text, pressing shift ESC is a handy way to
          insert an actual ESCAPE character into the buffer.  It
          is a single key short cut instead of pressing ^^
          followed by ^[.  Escape characters (decimal 27) are used
          by printers to cause some action (like turn on bold,
          etc),

          
          ASCII Chart                                  ^Va

          This command provides a window containing all 256 ASCII
          characters defined for the IBM PC.  As the window is sized,
          the chart reorganizes itself to conform to the window size
          (as much as possible) so as to eliminate or minimize
          scrolling.  Moving the cursor (either by key or mouse) to any
          character, displays the character and its value in decimal
          and Hex in the lower left corner of the screen.  This chart
          is in a normal pE window so it may be sized, moved, overlayed
          or tiled.

          
          Align Paragraph                              Alt_A
          Align Paragraph (prompt)                     Alt shift A

          When pressed, align paragraph will reformat a paragraph
          dependant on the current paragraph format style.  If
          word processing is turned on, automatic reformatting
          occurs continuously.

          When the control key is pressed along with Alt and A, the
          current paragraph parameters are presented to the user
          on the status line.  By pressing y (for yes) the
          reformat is done using those parameters;  by pressing C
          (change), the existing parameters can be temporarily
          overridden for this reformat only.  This is handy when
          you wish to indent some paragraph for emphasis and to
          return to the original settings.

          Align Paragraph is block sensitive.  If a block is
          defined, its action is local to the block.  If the block
          type is RECT (rectangular) then the left and right
          margin is taken from the outline of the block.  This
          only affects the paragraphs located in the defined block

          
          Autodraw single on/off                       Alt_3
          Autodraw double on/off                       Alt_4

          Autodraw turns your cursor keys into line drawing keys.
          As indicated Alt 3 will allow a single line to be drawn
          while Alt 4 causes a double line to be drawn.  As you
          change direction the correct corner characters are
          joined to the line and as you cross any of the line
          drawing characters the correct intersections are used.
          Alt 3 and 4 are toggles.

          NOTE: A block must not be currently defined to use this
          feature.  i.e. must not be highlighted.

          
          Auto Tab                                     not assigned

          Auto tab automatically tabs one tab stop any time an open
          brace is the last character before an enter is pressed.

               The effect is as follows {
                   we start here next
                   and continue
               }   (pressed shift tab here)
               else
               { (pressed enter here)
                   we go to here
                   and continue

          Nothing in particular happens with the close brace.

          This effect can be turned on or off by choosing from the
          OPTION menu, Auto_Tab.

          
          Backspace                                    Backspace

          In Insert mode, the backspace key causes all characters
          on the line to the right to shift one position left.  If
          the cursor is in column one (and the screen is not
          shifted), backspace will 'backspace' up to the previous
          line, effectively joining the current line to the line
          above.

          In Replace mode, backspace replaces the character to the
          left of the cursor with a space.

          
          Backtab                                      Shift Tab

          In Insert mode, backtab will remove spaces back to the
          previous tab position.  It will never delete non spaces,
          however.

          In Replace mode it positions the cursor to the previous
          tab stop.

          When a block is marked in the current window, and any
          part of it is visible,  backtab will position all lines
          within that block back one tab stop.  Very handy for
          moving a 'block' one tab stop backward.

          
          Backup Path                                  not assigned

          Backup path refers to the path used to backup files when
          saving.  The normal action of pE is to never overwrite
          an existing file with its changed counterpart.  Instead
          the existing file is moved to the location specified in
          backup path.  The backup path is set from menu option
          OPTION, backup.

          If made null, (no backup path), then no backup is done.

          NOTE that sometimes you wish you hadn't changed a thing
          AFTER you already saved the changes.  With backup, its a
          very simple matter to restore the file the way it was.

          
          Borders on/off                               not assigned

          Borders may be turned off by selecting this option from
          the menu OPTION borders.

          NOTE - it is not a good idea to turn borders off if
          you're using a mouse.  The gadgets (scroll, zoom, cut and
          paste disappear.

          
          Box style 1 - single                         Alt_1
          Box style 2 - double                         Alt_2
          Box style 3 - two down                       Alt_3
          Box style 4 - two across                     Alt_4
          Box style 5 - thick line                     Alt_5
          Box style 6 - +-++++-+                       Alt_6
          Box style 7 - +=+==+=+                       Alt_7
          Box style 8 - ++++++++                       Alt_8
          Box style 9 - ********                       Alt_9

          Once a block of type RECT (columns) is defined, any of
          these box styles may be chosen to draw the box.  Holding

          the control key while pressing Alt 6 - 9 allows you to
          redefine the ascii box characters, so that any style box
          may be drawn.

          The sequence of characters in the line drawing set is:

          left corner, top, right corner, left side, right side,
          bottom left, bottom, bottom right.

                     -|!=* would produce a box like:

                                    ---
                                    |   !
                                    |   !
                                    ===*

                kind of ugly, but we hope it makes the point.

          
          Block Undo                                   Alt_0

          Marking a group of lines with either kind of block mark
          allows you to subsequently use Alt 0 (zero) to undo any
          block action, including replace all.  This can be very
          comforting if you're about to replace all using a regular
          expression.  It is also very useful in undrawing lines or
          boxes.

          
          Calculator                                   ^C
          Calculator Result                            Alt_=

          The calculator pE provides is a full capability
          calculator.  It provides multi precision, floating point
          as well as integer arithmetic in hex, decimal, binary or
          octal.  It has a memory function, can be moved around the
          screen and does date arithmetic.  Its result register is
          manifested in Alt = so the result of a computation can be
          pasted into your current text.  Try it, you'll like it.


          
          Case Sensitivity (Toggle)                    ^F5

          Normally case sensitivity is not desirable in a search.
          Sometimes it is.  When it is push ^F5 and your search
          string will be match exactly as you type them.

          Pressing it twice gets you back to where you started.

          
          Center Text in Block                         ^Ac

          In word processing mode, this command will center a
          paragraph between the left and right margins.  If a block
          is marked, then all the lines in the block will be
          centered.

          In text mode only the current line is centered unless a
          block is marked, in which case all the lines in the block
          are centered.  Centering is done between the left and
          right edge of the window, irrespective of any margins.

          This command is meant to be invoked AFTER you've typed
          the text, not as you type.

          
          Character Down                               dn-arrow
          Character Left                               <-
          Character Right                              ->
          Character Up                                 up-arrow

          The arrow keys work pretty much the way you'd hope.  The
          cursor moves in the direction specified.

          If the shift key is also depressed, then the data scrolls
          on the screen instead of the cursor moving.

          This also is the case if scroll lock is engaged.

          Note that the shift action described only works with the
          arrow keys on the numeric keypad, not the extra arrow
          keys found on 101 key keyboards.

          
          Close Window                                 Alt_K

          Close window is used to close a window you are no longer
          interested in.  If the window is the only one open, pE
          exits to DOS.  If pE senses a change in the contents of
          the window without a save, it warns you by asking if it
          should discard changes to the contents.

          
          Command                                      Alt_C

          The Command key will produce a menu of all commands pE
          currently knows about with their current key assignments.
          Any command can be executed by simply selecting and pressing
          ENTER or clicking the left mouse button.  Note that a
          significant amount of memory (4K or so) is needed to hold
          all the names and once invoked, the memory is NOT returned.
          This may or may not be a problem.

          
          Copy Marked Block                            Gray Plus

          A marked block may be copied without effect on the paste
          buffer by positioning the cursor where you wish to copy
          and pressing the paste key.  Copies will continue to be
          made as long as the block continues to be marked.

          The marked block may be in a different window.

          Clicking both mouse buttons is a short cut for paste.

          
          Cut                                          Gray Minus

          The process of removing text from the buffer and
          inserting it into what is known as the paste (scrap)
          buffer is known as a cut.  It is very easy to do.

          Mark a section of your file with either Alt L (lines) or Alt
          B (column Block) or ^Kk (stream block). In using the mouse
          press the left button and holding it drag the mouse to the
          end of the lines you wish to mark lines.  The same action
          with the Ctrl key depressed marks a stream block.  Doing the
          same with the right mouse button marks a column block.
          Letting up on the mouse button ends the mark.  Similarly
          pressing either Alt L, B or ^Kk again ends the mark.

          Once marked, pressing the gray (-) on the numeric keypad
          will effect the cut.  The text is removed from the main
          buffer and goes into an invisible buffer known as the
          scrap.  To remove it from the scrap use the Paste key,
          gray (+) on the numeric keypad.

          If a block is not marked and cut is pressed, the
          line in which the cursor resides is cut to the paste
          buffer.  It can immediately be pasted back with paste,
          and thereafter can be repeatedly pasted anywhere you
          choose until you cut something else.

          
          Date                                         ^Dd

          The current date is pasted into the text buffer at the
          cursor.  See Time.

          
          Delete Block                                 Del and #-

          A separate buffer is used when block deletes occur.  The
          contents of this delete buffer may be pasted into the main
          text buffer with a shift or control del (delete key).
          This "block delete" buffer is overwritten each time a
          block delete occurs.

          Text may be cut and pasted by marking a block and using
          the cut key, followed by the paste key.  Text marked is
          deleted by using the del key.  It may be restored anytime
          before the next block delete by pressing shift or control
          del.  There is no interaction between the "scrap", "block
          delete", "line delete" and "line segment" buffers.  All
          are independent of each other.

          Ŀ    ͻ
          Marked block> Scrap       Using the cut (-) key.
                                       Paste using paste (+) key.
              ͼ
                          Ŀ
                   > pb$$$$.ped  Using shift cut. (#-)
                                        Restore with shift paste.
                           
                
          ͻ
          Block Delete Using the del key
                       Paste contents with
          ͼ Shift or Ctrl del


          Lines deleted with F4 or ^Y (delete line) can be restored
          with F3 or ^U.

          Line segments deleted with ^F4 or ^Qy can be restored with ^F3
          or ^Qi.

          Subsequent deletes will overwrite the contents of the
          delete buffer.

          
          Delete Character                             Del

          Delete character is accomplished by pressing the key
          marked Del on the numeric keypad.  The character above
          the cursor is deleted and all characters to the right
          are moved left one position.  Pressing delete in the
          empty space beyond the end of a line while in insert
          mode causes the line below to be joined to the current
          line at the point where the cursor is.  In replace mode,
          pressing the delete key past the end of line has no
          effect.

          
          Delete Line                                  F4

          Delete line deletes the current line into a line buffer,
          independent of the scrap.  It may be restored from this
          buffer by pressing F3 (undelete line).  ^Y is also
          assigned to delete line as a convenience for those of you
          coming from control character oriented editors and word
          processors.

          
          Delete to end of line                        ^F4 and ^Qy

          All characters from the cursor to the end of the line are
          removed and placed in the deleted line buffer.  They are
          restored with ^F3 (undelete line segment).

          
          Delete Word                                  +Del
          Delete Previous Word                         ^Backspace

          What delete word deletes is dependant on what character
          the cursor is under.  If blank, it and all blanks to the
          first non-blank are deleted.  If non-blank the 'word' is
          deleted including all blanks after it to the first
          non-blank.  A word is defined as non-blank characters
          separated by blanks or punctuation.  The line is adjusted
          to reflect the deletion, the cursor is positioned to
          where the word began.  ^T may also be used to delete a
          word.  To restore a deleted word use either shift Ins or
          ^QT.

          
          Display Lines (EGA/VGA)                      ^Vx

          EGA and VGA monitors have the ability to display 43 and
          50 lines respectively.  By selecting this option, pE will
          automatically place your monitor into that mode, if its
          not already there.  Upon exiting, pE will restore the
          mode it found prior to its execution.

          
          DOS Shell                                    Alt_D
          DOS Window                                   F11

          Pressing Alt D causes pE to load a copy of COMMAND.COM
          and transfer control to it.  Return to pE by typing EXIT
          followed by ENTER.

          pE stays loaded and it is possible that you may not have
          sufficient memory left to either load COMMAND.COM or to
          execute another program.  It will help to close any
          unneeded windows prior to issuing the Alt D.

          
          Draw single line                             Alt_1
          Draw double line                             Alt_2

          This command is a variation of drawing a box.  Mark using
          Alt B or the right mouse button and press Alt 1 for a
          single line or Alt 2 for a double line.  Note that the
          marked area should be either a single row or single
          column, otherwise you will get a box, not a line.

          Once a box is drawn, to draw lines within the box, place
          the cursor either on the top or left edge and press Alt
          1 or 2.  A line will be drawn down to the bottom edge
          (if the cursor was placed on the top) or to the right
          edge (if the cursor was on the left).  Any lines crossed
          will be interconnected correctly with the appropriate
          box drawing characters.

          
          Double Space Block                           ^Kn

          Caution - if a block isn't marked, all lines from the
          cursor to the end of the file will have a blank line
          inserted between them.

          To double space any area of the file, line mark the area
          and press ^Kn.

          
          Duplicate Line                               ^Qu

          ^Qu will replicate all characters from the character
          above the cursor to the end of the line.  In insert mode
          a new line is created with the cursor positioned on that
          line in the same column
                  the same column - like this.  In replace mode,
                  -
          characters in the line immediately below are replaced
          with the characters in the current line.

          
          Edit File in new window                      Alt_E

          Pressing Alt E will cause a new window to be created,
          followed by the file chooser window.  Selecting a file
          will then load that file into the new window with control
          transferring into that window.  Pressing ESC will return
          to the original window from the file chooser.  The exact
          same effect can be achieved by pressing Alt W (open
          window) followed by Alt O (open file).

          
          ENTER (Return)                               Enter

          Pressing ENTER is a lot like pressing a carriage return
          in the good old days when typing devices had carriage
          returns.  pE attempts to do something intelligent with
          the cursor in all cases.

          In text mode the cursor will move to the column
          immediately under the first non-blank character on the
          preceding line.  The effect is to follow any indentation
          established from the preceding line.  An exception to
          this is when the next line is not blank.  The cursor

          assumes since the next line is indented for a purpose, it
          will follow that indentation as opposed to the prior
          lines indent.  It may or may not be what you want.  We
          have found more often than not that it is what we want.

          There is a very simple way to get what you want.  If the
          next line is blank, the cursor position is always
          determined by the preceding line.

          Pressing ENTER in the middle of a line while in insert
          mode splits the line at that point.  All characters
          from the cursor to the end of the line are brought down
          to the next line.

          Pressing ENTER in replace mode causes the cursor to move
          to either the first non blank character of the next line
          or to the column immediately under the first non blank
          character of the current line.

          When auto_tab mode is in effect the cursor will
          automatically indent one tab stop after an open brace
          character is typed ({).

          Try it, its easier to see than to describe.

          
          Exit Immediately                             ^Ql

          Sometimes you just want to quit - get out, not save
          anything, just get out.  No prompts, warnings etc, just
          exit to DOS.

          This is the command that does the above.  ^Ql (leave).

          It won't save any changes, or warn you, it just exits.

          
          Exit with Save                               Alt_X

          This is the usual way to exit.  If you've made changes
          and not saved them, we advise you of that.  Otherwise we
          exit.

          The message is:

               C:\SUB\FILENAME Modified. Save? (y,n):

          pressing an ENTER or y will save the file.  Pressing n
          will exit without saving and pressing ESC will cancel the
          EXIT entirely.

          
          File Beginning                               ^PgUp

          To position the cursor on the first line of the file and
          to display the first page, press ^PgUp.

          
          File name to cursor                          Alt_-

          Alt - will cause the current filename (only) to print at
          the cursor location.  Its quite handy in macros to be
          able to pass a variable file name to DOS.

          
          Page Top                                     ^Home

          Page Top will position the cursor to row 1, column 1 of
          the screen.

          
          Find                                         Alt_F
          Find Regular Expression                      Alt Shift F
          Find Next                                    F5
          Find Previous                                F6

          Find or Search enables you to find a given character or
          string anywhere in your file.  To inform pE what string
          or pattern you wish to search for, press either Alt F to
          find a simple string or Alt shift F to find a pattern
          (known as a regular expression).  If you press find
          next without having specified what to find, you will also
          be prompted for the find string.

           Find String:    or  Find REG EXP:   appears on the
                                               status line.

          Type either a simple character string or a regular
          expression (see page ###).  End your entry with ENTER or
          cursor down to scan forward through the file, end with
          cursor up to scan backward.

          
          Goto Line/Tag                                F9

          Goto line/tag allows you to jump to a sequential line
          number or 'tag' which you have used to mark a location in
          a buffer.  Tags span windows and are unique across the
          entire editing environment.  Setting a tag of A in window
          one allows you to return to that exact row and column
          from any other window or file.

          Most often, compilers will provide the sequential line
          number of an error.  Press F9, enter the line number, and
          you're there.

          
          Graphics Mode (Toggle)                       Alt_G

          The graphics mode toggle (Alt G) turns the keyboard into
          the line drawing character set of the PC.  Each of the
          nine keys forming a box starting with Q W E and going
          down represent the four corners and the connection
          characters associated with drawing a particular kind of
          box:
                     q w e    r t y    u i o    p [ ]
                                         

                     a s d    f g h    j k l    ; ' +
                                         

                     z x c    v b n    m , .    / - \
                                         

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0

                                         

          This legend is reproduced across the bottom two rows of
          the screen when Alt G is pressed.  Pressing or clicking
          any of the specified keys produces the corresponding
          character on the screen.  This is very hand for making
          minor repairs of diagrams or to creates non symmetrical
          special effects.

          You do NOT have to be in graphics mode to draw boxes or
          lines.

          
          Help (Index)                                 F1

          The help index is a pop up menu allowing you to choose
          which of 17 topics you would like help on.  As with all
          pE menus, pressing the highlighted letter moves the bar
          to that choice, pressing enter selects the choice
          currently highlighted and pressing ESC cancels the
          command.

          Pressing help when help is up on the screen produces a
          pop up labeled "Menu Help"

          
          Hex Mode (Toggle)                            Alt_H

          Hex Mode displays the familiar side by side display of a
          hex dump.  You may edit any kind of file in hexadecimal
          by altering either a hex digit or its ascii equivalent.
          Note that you cannot insert or delete from a file being
          edited in HEX however.

          pE goes into Replace mode while editing in Hex and will
          not allow you to size or move a Hex window.

          
          Include File                                 Alt_I

          Examines the line the cursor is in for a file
          specification.  If one is found (between any set of
          delimiters [('"{}"')], then the file referenced by the
          specification is retrieved and placed into a window for
          editing, if not already loaded.  If the specification is
          the file name only, pE will search according to the
          following sequence.  The file is looked for first in
          the current directory, then in the path specified by the
          "INCLUDE" environment variable, and finally in the path
          specified in the "PATH" environment variable. If the
          file is not found a suitable message is presented.  The
          file spec may have a line number following (blank
          separated).  The file will be positioned to that line
          (or line 1).

          This feature allows you to keep track of all the files
          associated with a large system easily.  You can keep a
          file list of all the files you are interested in and
          their locations anywhere on your disk.  Point to the
          file name (using cursor or mouse) and press Alt I, and
          the file will be found and presented for your view or
          edit.

          A good way to document your programs is to include a
          reference to where a function may be located as a comment
          on the same line as the declaration.  Then if there's any
          question about what that function does, or just how the
          arguments look, you can press Alt I to view it in another
          window.

          A way to search for a file that you know is in your path,
          somewhere, from within pE, is to type it on a line, like

               <jabber.txt> and then to press Alt I

          the cursor does not need to be inside the < > unless
          there are more than one file references on a line.

          if its anywhere on your hard drive, in any subdirectory
          in your path statement, pE will load it and jump to that
          window.

          
          Ins/Rpl on Startup                           not assigned

          Some people like to be in insert mode most of the time
          and some people like chocolate.  Whichever you prefer can
          be established as the default through OPTION menu item
          Insert/Replace.

          
          Insert Blank Line                            ^N

          To insert a blank line in front (or above) the line you
          are currently on, press ^N.  The line you are on and all
          lines below will scroll down leaving the cursor
          positioned on a blank line.

          
          Insert Deleted Line                          F3
          Insert Deleted Line Segment                  ^F3
          Insert Deleted Word                          +Ins  ^Qt

          This group of commands can be very handy in replicating
          pieces of text without affecting the paste buffer.
          Sometimes you want to repeat only a phrase or line or
          word.  By deleting and then immediately undeleting you
          capture that phrase, word, or line.  Then it is available
          to you to insert anywhere over and over again.

          Note that F4 deletes a line and
                   ^F4 deletes to the end of line and
                   ^T or +Del deletes a word.

          
          Join Line                                    ^Qj

          Join line causes the next line to be appended to the
          current line without moving the cursor from the column it
          is in.  It works the same way in insert as well as
          replace mode and is the only way to join two lines
          together (with a single keystroke) in replace mode.

          
          Jump next Window                             F2
          Jump to File in list                         Alt_J

          Pressing F2 causes pE to 'jump' to the next window in
          sequence.  That is, if you're currently in window 3,
          pressing F2 will move you to window 4.  If there is only
          one window, there will obviously be no effect.

          When there are many windows open simultaneously, you
          usually want to go to a specific window, as opposed to
          the next window.  Alt J provides this capability.

          Alt J presents a list of all open windows in a pop up
          menu enabling you to select which window you want.
          Select by highlighting your choice and pressing enter.
          If you changed your mind, you may press ESCAPE.

          
          Left Align in Block                           ^Al

          If no block is defined, this command will cause the line
          in which the cursor is found to begin at column one.  It
          left flushes the line.  In Word Mode the entire paragraph
          is left flushed.

          If a block is marked then all lines in the block are left
          flushed.  'Left' is column one if a line mark and the
          starting column of a block otherwise.

          Note that each line is treated separately, there is no
          movement of data from one line to another, irrespective
          of word or text mode.

          
          Line Beginning                               Home
          Line End                                     End

          To move the cursor to the first character in the line,
          you press HOME.

          To move the cursor just past the last character in the
          line, press END.

          If the screen needs to shift to accommodate the above, it
          will.

          If the cursor is already on the first character of the
          line and HOME is pressed, the cursor will proceed to the
          left edge of the screen.

          
          Line Length                                  not assigned

          Line length provides an additional right margin setting.
          Its default setting is the same as the default record
          length of 511 (max is 1023)

          Word wrap occurs at the column whose value is line
          length.  Since the default value is 511, you need not
          fear your text wrapping when you don't want it to.  On
          the other hand if you want word wrap but don't want
          automatic reformatting on each keystroke, then set line

          length to the column you want less than that.  If you
          should type out to column 511, you will wrap text back
          to the current left indent.

          While text will wrap between the line length setting and
          whatever the current left indent is, it will not
          automatically reformat when you delete characters, words
          or lines.  There are times when automatic reformatting
          can be a nuisance.

          The other advantage of setting a line length is when you
          want to be assured that you will not enter data beyond a
          certain column.

          Line length is saved in ENV.PED when options are saved.

          
          Lower Case a Block                           ^Kl

          To cause all the characters in a marked block to become
          lower case, press ^Kl.  Pressing ^Ku will cause all
          marked character to become upper case.

          
          Macros on/off                                ^\
          Macro undefine                               ^_

          Macros on/off allows you to override a macro key
          assignment.  If for some reason you decided to use ^L as
          a macro key and you wanted to temporarily override its
          macro use, by pressing ^\, ^L would print a form feed
          character (female symbol).  Pressing ^\ once more would
          restore ^L's macro function.

          Macro undefine is used to disassociate a macro from a
          key, permanently.  Once you undefine a macro, the only
          way to restore it is to either redefine and respecify the
          key, or to cause it to be respecified by exiting and
          reinitializing pE from an environment file (ENV.PED) that
          contains the saved image of the macro.

          
          Mark Block                                   Alt_B
          Mark Lines                                   Alt_L
          Mark Stream                                  ^Kk

          Mark Block refers to marking a rectangular area of the
          screen sometimes referred to as a column block, block of
          columns or RECT (for rectangle).  The key is Alt B (for
          block).  A block is a rectangle, after all.

          Mark Lines marks one or more lines.  A line is an
          illusionary construct that has all of its characters on a
          single row.  The row can be thought of as beginning in
          column one and extending to column 511.  The only
          exception to this is in word processing mode, in which
          case a line begins at the left margin and goes to the
          right margin (always).

          A Stream block is a stream of characters from one point
          in the file to another point in the file.  Stream blocks
          are useful to cut, delete, and move sentences,

          Cut and Paste know what kind of block is being
          manipulated, so if you cut a block of columns, when you
          paste, you paste a rectangular group of characters into
          your file.  If you're in insert mode, and there is text
          on the lines you are pasting into, that text will move
          over as the inserted text is inserted.

          If on the other hand you are in replace mode, and you
          paste a column block into existing text, you will replace
          the text which is located in any given line with the text
          coming from the paste buffer.

          Line blocks are always pasted as lines, column blocks are
          always pasted as column blocks.  Stream blocks are
          pasted as though the first and last lines were column
          blocks and all the lines between were a line block.  You
          need to experiment a little bit to completely understand
          this concept.

          
          Mark Row and Col 1 & 2                       ^F8

          There are two tags, or bookmarks that don't have letters
          associated with them.  Call them mark 1 and mark 2.
          Which one is which depends on the last one set.  The
          first time you press ^F8, mark one is set, the second
          time you press ^F8, mark two is set, and the next time
          you press ^F8, mark one is reset to the new position.
          Once set these two marks allow you to, with a single
          keystroke (F8) bounce between any two locations in your
          entire editing session, across windows, files, whatever.

          They provide a very easy mechanism to return to where you
          started from after going somewhere else.

          Note that there is a TAG line capability as well,
          providing up to 26 unique locations.  Other editors call
          these 'Bookmarks'

          
          Match Braces                                 F10

          Match braces matches braces {}, parends (()) and brackets
          [].  Admittedly, braces probably are only used in 'C' but
          the other two are used in many other programming
          languages.

          This function will locate the matching brace, parend or
          bracket, if it can.  If it can't it will so inform you.

          Position the cursor under a brace, parend or bracket and
          press F10.  The scan will be forward or backward
          dependent on whether you choose an opening or closing
          symbol.

          
          Menu                                         Alt Spacebar
          Menu on/off                                  not assigned

          Alt spacebar will cause the pull down menu to appear with
          the first letter of each group of functions highlighted.
          Press the highlighted letter or use the cursor keys to
          advance the highlight to the function of choice and
          press ENTER to select.

          An option under OPTIONs is menu on/off.  Menu ON uses the
          top line of the screen to show the menu options.  Menu
          OFF superimposes the menu window onto the top line of the
          screen.

          
          Merge File                                   Alt_M

          Merge File calls the file chooser to allow you to select
          a file.  The file selected is read into the paste buffer
          and can subsequently be pasted into the current window,
          or any window for that matter.

          Put the cursor where you want the file inserted and press
          paste.  Its a good idea to cut a blank line after you
          have merged a sizable file so that the memory used by the
          paste buffer is freed up.

          
          Move Block                                   ^Km

          If you know that you want to move a group of lines from
          one position in a file to another without first cutting
          and then pasting, you can accomplish both in one step
          with the move block command.  The same function can be
          accomplished in two steps as well.

          Mark a block,  move the cursor to where you want the text
          moved, and press ^Km.  If you are in a different window,
          you will be asked if you wish to cut from another page or
          window, answer y for yes.

          
          Move Window                                  ^F10

          Windows can be moved only if they are smaller than the
          full size of the screen.

          To move a window using the keyboard, press ^F10.  Use the
          arrow keys to position the window to where you want it,
          then press ESC to end the move.

          With the mouse 'grab' the top left corner of the window,
          and holding the left button down, move the window to
          where you want it.  Release the mouse button.

          
          New File                                     Alt_N

          The New File command is used to name the contents of a
          window something other than NO_NAME.  It is also possible
          to call the file chooser once you have selected New File.
          Type Alt O (open) to pick a file from the file chooser or
          type the name of a file.

          NOTE:  If you type the name of an existing file using
          this command, and you do not have backup set, you will
          overwrite the existing file with the data you place into
          the buffer.

          If you choose new file in a window that you have
          modified, we ask if you wish to discard the changes you
          have made.

          If you haven't made any changes, the screen is cleared,
          and the name is set to NO_NAME.

          
          Next Character Literally                     ^^

          Quote ^circumflex (^^) is used when you want to insert a
          character that has a command assigned to it.  For
          example, the ^A keystroke normally invokes Align block
          instead of inserting a Ctrl-A character (, ASCII value
          1) into the buffer.  To insert the ASCII value for
          Ctrl-A,

                Press Ctrl-^ then
                Press Ctrl-A

          A list of ASCII values for keys may be found in your DOS
          manual.

          The only exception to the above is in inserting the
          ESCAPE character (<-, ASCII value 27).  Since it is a
          common character for printer escape sequences, we provide
          for its insertion by typing shift ESC while editing.

          
          Next Word                                    ^->

          Advances the cursor to the next 'word' in the buffer,
          spanning lines if necessary.

          A word is defined a succession of non-blank characters,
          letter a-z, A-Z, and numbers 0-9,  excluding all
          punctuation.

          This command will cause pE to scroll if necessary to
          position to the next word.

          
          Open File in this window                     Alt_O

          Calls the file chooser, a point and shoot file selector
          based on the premise that we shouldn't have to know
          exactly how to spell a filename.

          The file chooser also provides for the most common file
          management functions, i.e. delete, rename and change
          directory.

          Once a file has been selected, the file is read into the
          current window.

          Pressing cancel (ESC) at the file chooser, returns
          control to the window with the data present intact.

          If changes have been made and not saved, the message:

           Discard changes to <filename>? (n/y/save):

          is presented.  Default is n(o), so you must type a y(es)
          or s(ave).  If you type yes, than your changes will be
          lost, if you type save, then the changes will be saved
          and then the file chooser will be called.

          
          Open Line                                    Alt Num Enter

          Open Line provides a way for you to cause all the
          character to the right of the cursor to be inserted below
          the current line and for you to continue typing on the
          current line (cursor doesn't move), all with one
          keystroke.  It works the same in insert or replace mode.
          Open Line would be like pressing enter (in insert mode)
          followed by returning the cursor to the column and row
          before the press of enter.

          Again, its one of those that are much easier done, than
          explained.  Try it, you'll like it.

          
          Open Window                                  Alt_W

          Opens a new window, and transfers control to it.

          If the maximum number of windows have already been
          opened, then the message "Sorry - no more Windows" is
          displayed in an error box.

          
          Page Bottom                                  ^End

          Moves the cursor to the last row in the window, column
          one.

          
          Page Down                                    PgDn

          Displays the next n number of lines in the file, where n
          is the number of lines between the top and bottom borders
          of the current window.

          The last page attempts to display a full page, so the
          screen is positioned such that the last line is on the
          bottom row of the screen, if possible.

          
          Page Top                                     ^Home

          Positions the cursor to row 1, column 1 of the current
          window.

          
          Page Up                                      PgUp

          Displays the previous n lines of text from your file in
          the current window, where n is the number of lines
          between the top and bottom of your window.

          
          Paragraph Down                               +PgDn
          Paragraph Up                                 +PgUp

          Positions the cursor to the next/previous paragraph.
          A paragraph is defined as a succession of non blank lines
          followed by a blank line or one whose leftmost character

          is indented from the previous line.
               This is a new paragraph.

               So is this.
               But not this.

          
          Paragraph Format                             not assigned

          Paragraph format refers to the margin and alignment
          settings for word mode.

          The left margin, right margin and indent may be set as
          well as the alignment type of left, right or unjustified.

          Left aligned is when the paragraph is aligned on the left
          but having a ragged right edge.

          Right aligned is when both the left and right edges of a
          paragraph are aligned.  This is also known as justified.

          Unjustified removes extra blanks placed there when a
          paragraph was justified.  It never needs to be selected
          unless you wish to return to a left alignment after a you
          tried a right alignment.

          These parameters are used when word mode is selected to
          align paragraphs and set margins.

          
          Paste                                        Gray Plus

          Paste moves the contents of the 'scrap' into the buffer
          you are currently editing.

          It is important to recognize the difference between
          insert and replace when pasting column blocks.  In insert
          mode, data is inserted at the cursor and any characters
          to the right of the cursor will be displaced to the right
          of the inserted string.  In replace mode, on the other
          hand, any characters in the buffer corresponding to a
          character in the scrap will be overlaid (or replaced).

          Line blocks are inserted vertically above the line in
          which the cursor resides.

          
          Previous Position                            F8

          Previous position refers to the currently set mark 1 and
          mark 2. (see Mark row and col, 1&2).  F8 will position
          the cursor to first Mark 1 and then Mark 2. It provides
          for a single keystroke 'get me back to where I was key'.

          
          Print Block                                  Alt_P
          Print File                                   Alt_P

          If a block is marked, we assume you wish to print only
          the block, else we print the entire contents of the

          current window.  You can always call the print processor
          from outside pE by typing

               pe_print [filetoprint] [outputfile]

           filetoprint - optional filename to print - file chooser
                         will be presented otherwise

           outputfile  - you can direct the output to a file, a
                         good choice if you wish to see the where
                         the page breaks occurred.

          The following commands are effective in the print
          processor:

          ^F2  -   Save print options in [PRTENV.PED]
          F3   -   Reset Output to device.  May be a filespec
          HOME -   First item in print option list
          END  -   Last item in print option list

          To begin printing, type HOME,ENTER

          To change values - type new value followed by ENTER.
          To toggle Headers and Footers, use space bar.

          ESC  -   Cancel Print Request

          The print processor gives you the ability to print your
          text anywhere on the page.  For this reason, left margin
          values are really not important, except for displaying on
          a monitor.  When you go the print a document, you may set
          all of your margins to achieve the desired effect.

          
          Quick Save and Exit                          Alt_Q

          Quick save and Exit is a useful macro which saves the
          existing file to the same name and exits.

          The macro executes exactly as if you were to type:

          Alt S followed by Enter followed by Alt X.

          The macro definition can be viewed by pressing Ctrl F1,
          then Alt Q.

          
          Record Keystrokes                            ^F1

          Up to 255 individual keystrokes can be recorded and
          assigned to a single key.  We call this a 'macro'.  You
          may record any keystroke, including macro keys (whether

          or not they have been assigned).  This means that macros
          may call themselves or other macros.

          Macros are intended to provide an easy way to insert
          repetitive keystrokes into your text, they are also
          intended to provide for the execution of a sequence of pE
          commands.

          Macro processing is block sensitive.  I.E. if a block is
          defined, the macro will operate only within the block.
          You must however position the cursor to the beginning of
          the block to begin processing.

          Macro processing is also sensitive to the end of the
          file.  If a repetitive macro performs some function on
          each line, it will stop when there are no more lines.

          Macros will also stop when an error causing either the
          message window or error window occurs.

          It is still possible to get a macro into an infinite
          loop.  To break one of these loops, press ESCAPE.  You
          may have to press ESCAPE twice depending on exactly what
          the macro does.

          There are no limits (other than available memory) on the
          number of macros.

          Macros are saved along with all option settings when
          options are saved (^F2).

          Certain tsr's that alter the keyboard typematic rate can
          cause macros that are repeatedly executed by holding down
          a key (counting on the repeating of the key) to not
          function correctly.  You have two choices.  Uninstall the
          tsr's or execute the macro by continuously repressing the
          key assigned.

          The double lines printed above and below the heading were
          done with a macro that inserts one  at a time.  By
          holding the key assigned to that macro, we could control
          exactly how long a double line was inserted.  While there
          are many ways to draw lines in pE, this one is good for
          drawing a variable length line without having to
          prespecify where it goes.

          
          Repeat Character                             ^R

          Pressing ^R asks for a 'Repeat Count ='.  Enter a number
          up to 99,999 and press ENTER.  Enter a character.  The
          character repeats 'count' times.  If the character is a
          macro, the macro will be executed 'count' times.

          
          Restore Block                                +Gray Plus

          Restore block inserts the last DELETED block from file
          PB$$$$.PED in between the current line and the line
          above.

          This function is intended to act as a safety net after a
          large block was deleted (by holding the shift key and
          pressing the keypad minus (-)).  It also is useful in
          providing a different place for text to be 'cut' to and
          pasted from, without affecting the current scrap.

          
          Restore Line                                 ESC

          If you begin making changes to a line and decide you do
          not wish to keep them, press ESC before you exit that
          line; the line will be restored to its state prior the
          changes begun.

          
          Replace Regular Expression                   Alt Shift R
          Replace String                               Alt_R

          Replace string allows you to do global search and replace
          operations.  By holding the shift key while pressing Alt
          R you may use a regular expression on the search side of
          a replace.

          The replace command can be performed globally, restricted
          to a block, or you may chooses to be prompted at each and
          every occurrence of the found string.

          Keying Alt_R (Replace) causes

           Replace "

          to appear on the status line.  Key in the text to search
          for, followed by ENTER.  The closing quote followed by
          the word 'With' and a quote will appear immediately
          following the replace string.

           Replace "string1" With "

          Enter the text you wish substituted for the search
          string, again follow with ENTER.  The prompt: 'All?
          (y/n):' asks if you wish to change all occurrences, or
          to be selective.

           Replace "string1" With "string2" All?

          Answering y (yes) to All?  will replace all occurrences
          of string1 with string2.  String2 may be NULL, in which

          case string1 is deleted wherever found.

          Answering n (no) scans forward looking for the next
          occurrence of string1.  Upon finding it, pE
          highlights the string and asks:

           O.K.?  (y/n/all):

          'Y' replaces the string and restarts the scan,
          'N' continues to the next occurrence, and
          'A' replaces the current, and all subsequent,
          occurrences.

          At any time you may press ESC to cancel this command.

          For an in depth presentation of Regular expressions see
          page ###).

          
          Return Word Count                            ^Qn

          My kids, who use pE to type their term papers, asked me
          for this one.  The count of words is displayed in a
          message pop up.  A word is defined as a succession of non
          blank characters separated by blanks.  This count may
          vary from other word counts because of what other
          processors define a word to be.

          
          Right Align in Block                         ^Ar

          Text is flushed right in the defined block.  It is not
          justified (there is no movement of data across lines).
          Each line is treated as a separate entity and moved to
          the right edge of the block.

          In word processing mode all lines in the paragraph
          defined from the cursor position to the first non blank
          line are moved to the right margin.

          In text mode all lines marked in a block are moved to the
          boundaries of the block.  If a block is not marked then
          the current line is moved to the right window border.

          
          Row to Bottom                                ^down
          Row to Center                                ^5
          Row to Top                                   ^up

          The cursor row moves to the bottom line, Center
          (vertically) line, and upper line repectvilly.

          
          Ruler - Horizontal                           ^Vh
          Ruler - Vertical                             ^Vv

          On occasion, it is useful to be able to count characters
          and lines.  These rules will pop up overtop of your work
          and can be positioned anywhere with the cursor keys.

          Pressing ESC puts them away again.  Note that both the
          vertical and horizontal rules start at 0, not 1.  To
          count the number of characters in a line segment position
          the ruler so that 1 is on the first character and read
          the position of the last character.

          
          Save File                                    ^Ks

          This will save the file to the name used as the window
          title.  No questions, just saves.  Editing continues.

          
          Save File As                                 Alt_S

          Alt S is uses to save the current work to the same or a
          different file name.  Once the save has occurred, editing
          continues.

          The file name displayed in the window border is presented
          as the save file name.  The cursor is positioned after
          the last character of the name.  You may edit the name or
          press ENTER to accept it.

          
          Save Options                                ^F2

          When an editing session begins, pE looks in the current
          directory for a file called ENV.PED.  If it finds the
          file, it uses the values therein to set borders, menus,
          margins, line lengths etc.  It also loads any macros it
          finds along with tab settings and generally all of the
          user definable options.

          If ENV.PED is not found in the current directory, then
          the home directory is searched.  The home directory is
          either the path defined by the PED environment variable
          or the directory in which the pe executable is found.
          (On DOS systems prior to 3.0 you must set PED equal to
          the path where pe.exe is to be found).

          If ENV.PED is still not found, a default ENV.PED is
          created in the current directory.

          When you save options (^F2),  ENV.PED is written to the
          current directory.

          
          Scroll Down                                  +dn-arrow
          Scroll Up                                    +up-arrow
          Scroll Window Left                           +<-
          Scroll Window Right                          +->

          Holding the shift key while pressing any arrow key on the
          numeric keypad will scroll the screen in the arrow
          direction without moving the cursor.

          Exactly the same effect is achieved by pressing Scroll
          Lock except that until Scroll Lock is pressed once more
          the scrolling action will continue each time a cursor
          arrow is pressed.

          
          Set Tabs                                     ^F7

          There are two sets of tab stops in pE.  One for text mode
          and one for word mode.

          In text mode tabs are initialized to every four columns
          starting a 1 and proceeding to column 77.

          In word mode the stops are every 5 columns apart instead
          of every 4.

          When ^F7 is selected, line of T....T....T's appears at
          the current cursor row, overlaying whatever text is there.
          The text is not lost, it will reappear once you have
          finished setting tabs.  To set a tabstop in a particular
          column, advance the cursor to that column and type a T in
          that column.  Remove the T from a column in which you
          don't want a tab stop.  You do not have to replace t's
          with periods (.).  Any character other than T is ignored.
          Lower case is acceptable as well as upper.

          When you have finished, press ENTER to affect the change
          and press ESC to change your mind.

          If you press ENTER, the question:

           Detab increment [8]:

           will appear on the status line.  You may change the
           increment or press ESC.  If you press ENTER one final
           question is presented:

           Do you want blanks replaced with tabs on output? (y/n):

          Pressing ENTER or ESC leaves the current setting alone.

          Detab increment refers to the number of spaces between tab
          characters when a file is detabbed.  Most ASCII text
          processors (including pE) use 8 as their tab increment for
          input or output.

          You have a choice when a file is written to replace any
          blanks with tabs or not.  Using tabs instead of blanks
          provides a saving in the number or characters stored on disk.
          The saving can be substantial in certain kinds of files.

          
          Shift Text                                   F7

          This command allows you to move text or any group of columns
          (including blank space) around the screen with either the
          mouse or the arrow keys.   It provides for those times when
          you wish you could move a block a few positions up, down,
          left or right, without having to cut and paste.

          Mark the block using Alt B or by clicking the right mouse
          button (and dragging).  Extend the block to cover the
          area you wish.  Press F7 (or with the mouse click left
          on the upper left corner of the block).  The block will
          change color, signifying that it is 'loose'.  Move it
          around with the arrow keys or the mouse.  When it is
          where you want it, type paste (grey +) or release the
          mouse.

          It is best to be in replace mode for this operation.
          Unless you with the text to the right of the block to
          move left to the left edge of the block.

          Try this a few times and it will become your favorite
          command.

          There are two restrictions.

           The block may not be larger than the screen in any
           direction.

           The block may not be moved off the screen.

          You can always cut and paste.

          
          Single Space in block                        ^Kd

          To single space a block, mark the block (either kind) and
          press ^Kd.
          If a block is not marked, all blank lines from the cursor
          row through the last line in the file are removed.

          ^Kn double spaces a block.

          
          Size Window                                  ^F9

          Windows may be sized by moving their bottom or right edge
          up or left.

          They may be moved with ^F10.

          
          Sort Lines                                   ^S

          Mark a column block, defining what you wish to use as
          sort keys.  Press ^S.  The lines are sorted in sequence
          by examining the characters in the block.  Very handy for
          lists of all kinds.  Please note that a copy of the
          sorted lines is made first.  This means you can only sort
          using Half the available memory.  This command is
          intended for short lists, etc.  If you need to sort the
          whole file (and it is large) use the DOS sort command or
          PC mag utility SORT.

          
          Tab Right                                    TAB
          Tab Left                                     Shift TAB

          See 'Set Tabs'.

          Tab Right advances the cursor to the next tab stop higher
          than the current cursor position.

               In insert mode it inserts the appropriate number of
               spaces in the line.

               In replace mode it moves the cursor.

          Tab Left or backtab moves the cursor to the left to the
          previous tab stop.

               In insert mode it will remove any blanks between the
               current cursor  location and the previous tab stop.
               It will not remove non blanks.

               In replace mode it moves the cursor.

          When a block is marked and at least partially visible,
          all of the lines participating in the block are shifted
          one tab stop to the right or left.  The entire block is
          shifted, irrespective of where the cursor started out.
          The cursor is positioned on the left most column of the
          group of lines which is non blank.

          This command is very useful to rapidly indent/outdent a
          group of lines.

          
          Tag Line                    (tag)            Alt_T

          Up to 26 'tags' or bookmarks may be placed in the various
          files you are editing.  They correspond to the letters of
          the alphabet and my be jumped to once set with the 'goto'
          command. (F9).

          
          Tile Windows                                 Alt_Y

          Tile windows splits the screen into 2, 3 or 4 panes,
          placing a window into each pane.  When there are only 2
          or 3 windows, Alt Y will alternate between a horizontal
          and vertical placement of the windows.

          If there are more than 4 windows, the most current 4 are
          in the foreground, all others are 'hidden' behind the
          visible windows.

          
          Time                                         ^Dt

          Pastes the time into the current cursor location.  See
          Date ^Dd

          
          Insert mode (Toggle)                         Ins

          Pressing Ins on the numeric keypad toggles pE's
          insert/replace state.  An indicator on the bottom line
          provides an indication of the insert state (or replace
          state).

          
          Undelete Line                                F3 or ^U

          If you inadvertently press F4, you may undelete the
          line with F3.  ^U may also be used.

          
          Unmark Block                                 Alt_U

          Alt U will unmark a marked block.  Double left clicking
          the mouse will also unmark a block (but only if you have
          a mouse).

          
          Upper Case a Block                           ^Ku

          To turn all the letters in a marked block to upper case,
          press ^Ku.  The block must be marked.

          ^Kl will lower case a block.

          
          View File Read Only                          Alt_V

          A file may be placed in a window in a read only status
          with Alt V.  No changes whatever are allowed to the file
          and it cannot be written.  A marked block can, however,
          be written.

          You may mark a block and copy that block to another file
          but you may not cut or paste to the read only file.

          
          Word Processing on/off                       ^F6 or F12

          For folks with the extended keyboard F12 turns word
          processing mode on or off, for the rest of us its ^F6.

          Word mode continuously reformats between the left and
          right margin as you type.

          
          Write Block                                  ^Ks

          Write block allows you to mark part (or all) of a file
          and cause it to be written to the filename of your choice.
          A warning is issued if the file name already exists.

          It is very convenient in splitting a file into pieces.

          
          Unix Line Endings                            ^Vu

          pE has the ability to read (and write back) UNIX ascii
          files.  Read about the switches.  ^Vu acts as a toggle.

          
          Zoom Windows                                 Alt_Z

          If a window is reduced in size from its normal full
          screen size, pressing zoom will cause it to occupy the
          entire screen.  Similarly if an alternate size has been
          defined, pressing zoom will cause the window to assume
          its alternate size.  (see size window).



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