EASYEDIT II

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EASYEDIT II - Shareware text editor for MS-DOS

 Author:    Alan Sharkey
 Download:  ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/editor/easy452.zip
 Family:    MsDosEditors
 License:   Shareware
 Availability: yes
 Platform:  MSDOS

Features

Editing: - Full customisable mouse support (Microsoft mouse compatible); - Read in Read-only files.; - Works on most networks - tested in Digital Equipment's PCSA; - environment and Novell Netware.; - Will lock files in a network or multi-tasking environment.; - Pulldown, popup user replaceable menu system.; - Built in spell checker with over 80,000 words.;
Windows: - Can edit up to 6 files at once or the same file 6 times.; - Specify wild cards as a filename and search for the correct file.; - Cut and paste between windows or within windows.; - Zoom or shrink windows.
Printing: - Print files from within EasyEdit? and continue editing (background printing).; - Use print enhancements such as bold, superscript etc; - Customisable printer definition tables, character translation tables and font file tables.; - Print to a file or any DOS device (LPT1-3, COM1-2).; - Print to a network printer.; - Automatic or manual pagination commands; - Headers and footers with page numbering and date/time stamping.; - Window display of print status on demand.; - Print Table of Contents with many formatting options.
On-screen formatting: - Centreing; - Paragraph or block formatting; - Temporary margins; - Right Justification; - Case changes.
Search: - Find text (case sensitive or not); - Find next; - Find and replace; - Find text and then execute a macro. - Search for text before/after/between or at columns
Block: - Mark blocks; - Copy, move, delete blocks.; - Read or write blocks.; - Work in Line mode or Column mode.;
Tabs: - Set tabs to any fixed size; - Set tabs anywhere; - Set 'smart tabs' to match the current line of text; - Turn tab display off; - Expand tabs to spaces on loading or saving; - Turn auto-indent on or off;
Display: - Get 43 line display on EGA systems; - Get 50 line display on VGA systems; - Modify colours of all parts of the display. Save them to a colour-file for later use.; - Line or block cursor (useful for LCD displays).
Margins: - Set left, right, top and bottom margins; - Set page length.; - Data saved with each file (but not IN the file).
Macros: - Load, save or edit macros; - Enter macros as you are typing; - Include macro substitution.
Context sensitive help: - Over 200 pages of help available at the press of a button
Can be used as a TSR - either swapping for maximum free memory, or as resident program for speedy response (registered version only)
Configuration file for editing defaults and mouse commands. Options can be made environment variables
Abbreviations expansion from user configurable files.
Perform DOS commands while still editing.
Edit last file you were editing + go to last edited row and column
Undelete lines or blocks of text
Automatic backups while editing - user configurable
Automatically load and run macros on entry if required.
Uses overlays for maximum free memory
Can import and export binary files for transport via a mail system.
Can find matching 'begin/end' or other programming pairs.
Can swap out to your favourite compiler and return displaying any error lines.
Keyboard: - Has 'Wordstar' like commands built in as default.; - Has predefined usage of function keys.; - All function, control and Alt keys fully customisable using the keyboard installation program. Can utilise the extra features of an Enhanced keyboard.