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| 1 | <chapter><title>Text Editor</title> | ||
| 2 | <para> | ||
| 3 | The Text Editor is a very basic text editor that can read and save ASCII text files, and is not intended to be a fully | ||
| 4 | featured word processor. It supports basic functions like "Cut and Paste", searching, and word wrap. | ||
| 5 | </para> | ||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | <section><title>Introduction</title> | ||
| 8 | <para> | ||
| 9 | When you start Text Editor, you will see the usual menu bar and tool bar (which provides quick access to functions in | ||
| 10 | the menus), and a main view where you can read and edit text files. In the upper right corner you will see, in addition | ||
| 11 | to the usual "x" to close the window, a button labeled "Ok". The "x" button will close Text Editor without saving (or | ||
| 12 | asking you to save) the file, while the "Ok" button will save the file before closing the application. | ||
| 13 | </para> | ||
| 14 | </section> | ||
| 15 | |||
| 16 | <section><title>Opening Files</title> | ||
| 17 | <para> | ||
| 18 | To open a file, go to File&arrow;Open, or press the Open button on the toolbar (an open folder), and the Open File | ||
| 19 | dialog will appear. The main view you see is a list of all the files and directories in the current directory (usually /). | ||
| 20 | You can change which files are visible with the two pulldown menus on the bottom of the dialog. The menu on the | ||
| 21 | left lets you chose where to look for the files. If it is set to "Documents" you will only see files that are in your | ||
| 22 | documents tab, while if it is set to "Files" you will see all the files and directories on your file system (All Files is | ||
| 23 | like Files except that hidden files are visible). The menu on the right lets you select which types of files to view. | ||
| 24 | "All" will display all the files that are available based on the what you have selected in the left menu, while "Text" | ||
| 25 | will display all files ending in ".txt". The "Name" field lets you enter the name of the file to open in the current | ||
| 26 | directory. When you have selected the file you wish to open, press "Ok" in the upper right hand corner. | ||
| 27 | </para> | ||
| 28 | </section> | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | <section><title>Creating New Files</title> | ||
| 31 | <para> | ||
| 32 | To create a new file, select File&arrow;New, or press the new file button on the toolbar (a blank page). This will | ||
| 33 | ask you to save the current file (if there is one) and then close it, and a blank file should then be available. | ||
| 34 | </para> | ||
| 35 | </section> | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | <section><title>Saving Files</title> | ||
| 38 | <para> | ||
| 39 | Once you are done changing the file, you will want to save it. Youc can do this by going to File&arrow;Save. If the | ||
| 40 | file has already been saved, or you opened it, it will simply be saved over the old version, however if you started | ||
| 41 | with a new file, the Save dialog will open. To avoid saving over a file you have already saved, or that you opened | ||
| 42 | and modified, you can chose File&arrow;Save As instead. | ||
| 43 | </para> | ||
| 44 | <para> | ||
| 45 | The Save dialog looks the same as the Open dialog, with all the fields doing the same thing as before, with the | ||
| 46 | exception of the "Name" field. Unless you want to save over a file, you must enter the name of the new file in this | ||
| 47 | field. Once you have entered the name of the file, move into the directory you want to save it in in the main view | ||
| 48 | and press "Ok" to save it ("x" cancels the save). | ||
| 49 | </para> | ||
| 50 | </section> | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 | <section><title>Cut and Paste</title> | ||
| 53 | <para> | ||
| 54 | For a more detailed description of Cut and Paste in Opie, see <xref linkend=cutpaste>. To cut or copy text | ||
| 55 | to the clipboard, highlight the text and select Edit&arrow;Copy to add it without deleting the original text, or | ||
| 56 | Edit&arrow;Cut to add it to the clipboard and delete the original text. Then move the cursor to where you want to | ||
| 57 | paste the text and chose Edit&arrow;Paste. These three menu items do the same thing as those in the Clipboard | ||
| 58 | Applet (they even use the same clipboard), and can also be access from their respective icons in the toolbar. | ||
| 59 | </para> | ||
| 60 | </section> | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | <section><title>Inserting Date and Time</title> | ||
| 63 | <para> | ||
| 64 | To insert the date and time, chose Edit&arrow;Insert Time and Date. | ||
| 65 | </para> | ||
| 66 | </section> | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | <section><title>Finding Text</title> | ||
| 69 | <para> | ||
| 70 | |||
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| 72 | </chapter> \ No newline at end of file | ||