WELCOME TO THE PLASMA EDITOR! ============================= FIRST THINGS FIRST: TO NAVIGATE, USE THE ARROW KEYS. ON THE APPLE ][: CTRL-K = UP CTRL-J = DOWN. TO JUMP AROUND THE TEXT FILE USE: CTRL-W = JUMP UP CTRL-Z = JUMP DOWN CTRL-A = JUMP LEFT CTRL-S = JUMP RIGHT CTRL-Q = JUMP BEGINNING CTRL-E = JUMP END THE 'ESCAPE' KEY WILL PUT YOU IN COMMAND MODE. FROM THERE YOU CAN EXIT BY ENTERING 'Q' AND 'RETURN'. YOU CAN ALSO RETURN TO THE EDITOR BY JUST PRESSING 'RETURN'. ------- THE PLASMA EDITOR IS A SIMPLE TEXT EDITOR FOR ENTERING AND MANIPULATING TEXT AND SOURCE CODE FILES. THE EDITOR ONLY SUPPORTS 40 COLUMN TEXT ALTHOUGH LINES CAN BE UP TO 79 CHARACTERS LONG. THE SCREEN WILL SCROLL HORIZONTALLY AS THE CURSOR MOVES. THERE IS 16K OF MEMORY FOR THE TEXT BUFFER. IT HAS TWO MODES, COMMAND AND EDIT. EDIT COMMANDS: LEFT ARROW = MOVE CHAR LEFT RIGHT ARROW = MOVE CHAR RIGHT UP ARROW = MOVE LINE UP DOWN ARROW = MOVE LINE DOWN CTRL-K = MOVE LINE UP CTRL-J = MOVE LINE DOWN CTRL-A = JUMP LEFT CTRL-S = JUMP RIGHT CTRL-W = JUMP UP CTRL-Z = JUMP DOWN CTRL-Q = JUMP BEGIN CTRL-E = JUMP END CTRL-D = DELETE CHAR CTRL-B = BEGIN SELECTION CTRL-C = COPY SELECTION INTO CLIPBOARD CTRL-X = CUT SELECTION INTO CLIPBOARD CTRL-V = PASTE CLIPBOARD CTRL-O = OPEN NEW LINE CTRL-F = OPEN A FOLLOWING NEW LINE CTRL-T = JOIN LINES CTRL-Y = TOGGLE INSERT/OVERWRITE TAB/CTRL-I = INSERT SPACES TO NEXT TAB = INDENT SELECTION IF INSERT MODE = UNDENT SELECTION IF OVERWITE MODE ESCAPE = SWITCH TO COMMAND MODE DELETE = DELETE CHAR LEFT APPLE ][ FEATURES: ------------------ SHIFT-M = ] CTRL-N = [ SHIFT-CTRL-N = ~ CTRL-P = \ SHIFT-CTRL-P = | CTRL-G = _ CTRL-L = SHIFT LOCK SHIFT-LEFT ARROW = DELETE (SHIFT-MOD) WITH THE SHIFT-KEY MOD ON AN APPLE ][, UPPER AND LOWER CASE ENTRY WORKS AS EXPECTED. ESC T C = FORCE LOWER-CASE CHARS If you have a lower-case character generator installed, you can force lower-case display. Otherwise, upper case will be displayed normally but lower-case will be displayed in inverse. This is the default. Apple //e AND //c FEATURES: --------------------------- The 'SOLID-APPLE' key will modify theese keys: SA-RETURN = OPEN FOLLOWING LINE SA-LEFT ARROW = JUMP LEFT SA-RIGHT ARROW = JUMP RIGHT SA-UP ARROR = JUMP UP SA-DOWN ARROW = JUMP DOWN SA-TAB = DETAB Apple /// FEATURES: ------------------- The 'OPEN-APPLE' key will modify these keys: OA-\ = DELETE CHAR LEFT OA-RETURN = OPEN FOLLOWING LINE OA-LEFT ARROW = JUMP LEFT OA-RIGHT ARROW = JUMP RIGHT OA-UP ARROR = JUMP UP OA-DOWN ARROW = JUMP DOWN OA-TAB = DETAB On the keypad, 'OPEN-APPLE' allows the keys for navigation and misc: OA-4 = MOVE CHAR LEFT OA-6 = MOVE CHAR RIGHT OA-8 = MOVE LINE UP OA-2 = MOVE LINE DOWN OA-9 = JUMP UP OA-3 = JUMP DOWN OA-7 = JUMP BEGIN OA-1 = JUMP END OA-5 = DELETE CHAR OA-- = CUT SELECTION INTO CLIPBOARD OA-0 = PASTE CLIPBOARD OA-ENTER = OPEN FOLLOWING LINE OA-. = TOGGLE INSERT/OVERWRITE COMMAND MODE: [OPTIONAL PARAMETER] Q = QUIT R = READ FILE W [FILENAME] = WRITE FILE (OPTIONAL FILENAME) A [FILENAME] = APPEND FILE C [PREFIX] = CATALOG FILES P = SET PREFIX H [SLOT] = HARDCOPY TO DEVICE IN SLOT (DEFAULT 1) N = CLEAR TEXT IN MEMORY T G = TOGGLE GUTTER VIEW T C = TOGGLE LOWER-CASE SUPPORT (APPLE ][) G = GO TO LINE # F [STRING] = FIND STRING E = EDIT MODE 'RETURN' = EDIT MODE