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1. Y T Y i L ET i i pours tipi dt Pe ee ee a oe ee ee L 01 spell workspace 05 spell version no pic s9 4 com 05 filler pic s9 4 com occurs 570 ti spell status area 05S spell cond word pic s9 4 comp 88 spell stat ok value zero 86 spell found value Q of gt L Line 1 Col 7 Ruler with a COBOL source file Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 25 e Tab stop marker 26 e A Sampling of Features Displaying and Hiding the Ruler Bar Before you can set tab stops or guide lines you have to show the ruler bar You can do this by selecting Ruler from the View menu To hide the ruler bar simply repeat this step Tab Stops on the Client The tab stop marker appears in a button above the ruler When tabs are set they appear on the ruler bar as small arrowheads pointing downward By default Qedit sets tab stops at every four columns fj Vancouver MPE ROUTINES PUB DEMO of x iv E 1 10 20 30 40 Pri Per VL ii Vii Vii lis Pi ii Vl i iYiii Vii A ii Fi lt lt ROUTINES QLIB DEV NOTES FIX NEXT LINE SCONTROL NOLIST SCONTROL LIST M SCONTROL NOLIST SCONTROL SUBPROGRAM MAIN ROUTINES ERRORS 5 BEGIN lt lt QOLIB SUBROUTINES gt Pe Line 7 Col 9 Purpose This source file contains some of th Default tab stops Setting Tab Stops Before you can set a tab stop the ruler bar must be visible To add new tab stops drag the marker to a position on the r
2. 3000 host However some companies have installed network security devices Connecting to a Host e 9 10 e Connecting to a Host such as firewalls to restrict access even further Depending on the installation these devices might prevent Qedit from communicating to the server using the default MPE connection protocol Qedit offers an alternate connection sheme that should solve this problem while satisfying the customer s security needs For these connections you have to enable Use firewall protocol Remember that this protocol requires additional installation on the host For details refer to the MPE Host Connections section of the Qedit for Window User Manual Defining an HP UX Host Connection If you select the UNIX option your HP 9000 host must run the HP UX operating system a flavor of UNIX Connection List x Connection Name o Host name oO O O Type fni Character Set HP Romans Default colors Default bal Login T Login at startup Password T Prompt Initial Directory Add Remove Help Cancel Connection List dialog box for UNIX hosts e Login This is a user name It determines your home directory and which files you have permission to browse and edit on the host system Remember that both UNIX user names and passwords are case sensitive e Password You can enter only one password because Qedit does not support multi level passwords e Initial Directory This defines the home
3. Copy to local clipboard option of the Copy Special dialog box Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 29 Shortcut CTRL A Shortcut CTRL C Ep Toolbar Source and target files on the same connection Source and target files on different systems Shortcut CTRL V Toolbar l Shortcut CTRL X Toolbar X Shortcut CTRL V Toolbar Le 30 e A Sampling of Features Copying Text If you want to copy some text you can easily store it on the Clipboard To copy text to the Clipboard 1 Select a contiguous block of text by highlighting it This could be as small as one character or as large as the entire file For example use the Select All command of the Edit menu to select the entire file 2 Select the Edit menu and click Copy to copy the selected text to the Clipboard The previous contents of the Clipboard are replaced with your new selection The text in your document is still selected Pasting Text If you cut copy and paste in the same host document or another host document open on the same connection Qedit issues a special command to the server to have the Paste operation done on the host The only lines transferred to Qedit on the PC are the updated lines visible on the screen If you are working with lines of the same length there is no problem If you are copying lines that might exceed the record length of the target file Qedit then has to make some decisions Because local fi
4. Language Reference Manual for details Scripts can be executed from commands on the Script menu The Robelle submenu of the Script menu contains Robelle supplied scripts From there you can e sort selected lines e list all lines containing a particular string regular expression or pattern in the current file e list all lines containing a search string in the current file and any referenced files Include Use or COBOL Copylib e easily compile source files on MPE hosts directly from Qedit for Windows If needed scripts can be written to add other submenus and commands Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Qedit Scripting Language e 51 Index dollar sign metacharacter 40 left parenthese metacharacter 40 right parenthese metacharacter 41 asterisk metacharacter 40 dot metacharacter 40 question mark metacharacter 40 eft square bracket metacharacter 40 right square bracket metacharacter 40 circumflex character class negation 40 circumflex metacharacter 40 plus sign metacharacter 40 A Auto indent 27 B Backspace key 31 C Cancel button 6 Character set 8 Clipboard 29 COBOL 25 Cobol Copylib 51 Collapsing views 38 Color connection default 9 defaults hierarchy 24 schemes 22 Column delete 33 insert 34 shift 35 Compile 51 Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Connection 2 7 MPE 9 UNIX 10 using 16 Connection List dialog 8 Connection template 9 Cont
5. You can get the deleted text back with the Paste command in the Edit menu Merging Two Lines Remember that if you delete the end of a line and remove the NEWLINE character you will merge two lines into one If the new line exceeds the file s maximum line length which is determined by the Language option you will get an error message that says The resulting line would be too long If you need to remove the NEWLINE character you will have to break one or both lines into shorter lines before you will be allowed to merge the pieces together Working With Rectangular Selections You can select text in specific columns instead of complete lines These selections basically work the same However there are some differences specific to rectangular selections Rectangular Selections If you want to work on text in specific columns on multiple lines you create something called rectangular selection Simply hold the CTRL key while clicking and dragging the mouse The selection is then limited to the leftmost and rightmost columns in the selection as shown here Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features 31 32 e A Sampling of Features fj Vancouver MPE COBOL4 PUB DEMO of x 01 spell status area 05 spell cond word pic s9 4 comp 88 spell stat ok value zeros L 68 spell found value 0 88 spell not found value 1 88 spell bad word len value 2 88 spell bad line len value 3 88 spell iptek tti s val
6. new name Qedit will save this file in the current directory If you want to save the file in a different directory enter a path to another directory including the new file name Host Save As x Connection Name Yancouver UX Current directory users demo File name profile x I Overwrite if file already exists I Save as Qedit workfile wie _ Host Save As dialog box 6 Click Save to finish saving the copied file If you have trained your fingers to use shortcut keys e g CTRL S you won t have to worry about wiping out the existing version of a file because you work with a copy of it You can also make a copy of a host file by using the Select All Copy and Paste commands of the Edit menu The Save as method is more productive because you only need a single command that uses less resources on the client and the server However the Save As method only works with locals files or files on the same host Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Printing Files Print a host file on any printer configured on the host connection or on a local printer You can choose from a variety of print options to customize your printout Qedit can access local and remote equipment so you can print a hard copy of a file on the printer attached to your PC or you can send the file to a printer configured on the host Printing on a Local Printer To print on a local printer Options in the Print on Host 1 Select the Print comma
7. open a file in the list select the Recent files command in the File menu Qedit presents the list of most recently used files as a submenu View Options Script Help New I 20 20 20 e iol eel sal zp Open gt aCe emi aee Yancouver UX home demo profile asanes 2 Vancouver MPE COBOL4 PUB DEMO 3 C Windows Readme txt Bieconneci List of most recently accessed files Opening a Host File To open an existing file on a host server Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Creating amp Saving Your First File e 15 Shortcut CTRL SHIFT O Toolbar 16 e Creating amp Saving Your First File Select the File menu point to Host and then click Open When the Open Host File dialog box appears it provides the following options to either search for a file or to open it Connection Select a connection from the Connection list Open Host File Open Host File dialog box File name Enter the file name or choose a file from the field s history list Qedit does not keep track of the connection associated with a file name in this history list If the file you want is not in your home directory on HP UX or logon group on MPE you can type the path to the file in the File name text box Directory If all this typing is too much trouble or you can t remember the spelling of the directory or file there is another way to find a file Just click the Directory button This will give you a list of files i
8. option If you have selected some text the Selection only option is enabled If the Fill with spaces option is disabled Qedit removes the text in the specified columns Text to the right of the To column is then shifted left to fill the vacant columns If Fill with spaces is enabled Qedit removes the text in these columns and puts spaces in their place This preserves the text alignment to the right of the columns Inserting Text in Columns If you want to insert at a certain column position use the Insert command of the Column submenu Insert Column x Text New Text At column E Selection only Entire file Help Cancel Insert Column dialog box Type in the text you want to insert in the Text text box Enter the column where you want the text to appear in the At column text box The specified string is inserted Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Shortcut ALT E O S Shortcut ALT T L Shortcut ALT T R and text to the right of the column is shifted If there is not enough room on the line to accommodate the new string an error is reported and the operation is stopped If you do not have an active selection the modification is going to be applied to the whole file as indicated by the Entire file option If you have selected some text the Selection only option is enabled Shifting Text in Columns If you want to shift text left or right use the Shift command of the Column submenu A shift
9. selected text because that is the current position of the cursor Multiple Ways to Select Text Qedit for Windows gives you numerous ways to select text You can use your mouse to select characters words paragraphs or complete sections You can also use the Find operation or the SHIFT key in combination with cursor movement keys to make your selection Qedit s flexibility lets you choose the method that serves you best Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Selecting with the Mouse A common method to highlight text is to use the mouse As in many other applications this method is a standard feature of Windows Just click and drag to select text For faster selection you can e click twice double click to select a word e click three times triple click to select a complete line e click in the left margin right pointing arrow to select a complete line Selecting with the Shift Key You can also select text without moving your hands from the keyboard use the SHIFT key in combination with cursor movement keys When you use the SHIFT key the text is selected as the cursor moves Some of the most useful combinations are SHIFT HOME to highlight to the start of the current line SHIFT END to highlight to the end of the current line and HOME SHIFT END to highlight the current line If you use the cursor movement keys to move away from the selected text the selection is canceled You can also use the ESCAPE key to cancel the curr
10. separated by one character ab c ac or abc only ab c ac abc abbc and so on ab c abc abbc but not ac abc 13579 abc followed by one odd digit Ignore case Matches the string regardless of case in the file Smart search whole words Search for whole words and ignore embedded words such as cell in excellent The Smart search also depends on the Qedit Language setting For example in COBOL a word can contain a hyphen character so word does not match word option Range You can limit the search to a specific section of the file the starting point of the search as well as the direction of the search Search in columns You can limit the search to specific columns The search finds only strings that are completely within the specified columns A Sampling of Features 41 Copying Files Copying files is easy with Qedit for Windows You can copy files across platforms with a simple copy and paste procedure For files on the same platform you can also use the Save As command Copying Files Across Platforms with Copy and Paste With a simple Copy and Paste operation you can copy a local file or a host file to another local file or host file 1 Shortcut CTRL A 2 Shortcut CTRL C 3 4 Shortcut CTRL V 5 Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Open the file you want to copy from Select the text you want to copy If you want to copy everything you can use the Select all command of the Edit menu Copy the select
11. the application workspace and fits as many windows as possible in the available height Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide ROUTINES AUB DEMO TE ROUTINES OLID DEY HOTES FIX NEXT LINE CONTROL NOLIST SCONTROL CONTROL NOLIST SCONTROL SUB PROGRAM HAIN ROUTINES ERRORS BEGIN T OLIH SUEROUTIHE E galli SPELLCONFIG nsing sp ll vorkapate Fpill madal ap ll statas art Spell hyphen a7 L cimny arg if eot spell start ok then parcicrm 96 zpell sccer Horizontally tiled windows with two documents If you prefer to see the windows side by side use ALT W V The application workspace will now look something like this It uses the full height of the application workspace Qedit tries to fit as many windows as possible in the width available EA MIPE OOO Ee Edt Iet bek Yow aie Help WE DEMO E ROUTINES OLIT FIX NEXT LINE o CONTROL NOLIST SCONTROL SUB PROGE BEGIN lt lt GLIH SUBROUTINES Purpose This agl availat compils q Tnetall irestorl Dog S46 COR COPYCOL copy Contenta naar MPE I call FELLIN ES wing if not spell scat ok then performs S8 spell erecoe Gell SPELLEHD uning Spe tf not epell setet ok then perfore 38 apell ercoc call SFELLFIND Vertically tiled windows with two documents Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 37 You can switch betwe
12. the two panes Each pane has its own set of scroll bars If you have enough room you can split panes into more panes You can drag the split bar to adjust the size of each window If you want to quickly split a window or a pane in half double click on the split box Collapsing Multiple Views into One To collapse two views of a file into one drag the yellow split bar to the edge of the window and release it Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide 38 e A Sampling of Features Searching Shortcut CTRL F Toolbar B mlaja Find Previous is on the left and Find Next is on the right R Vancouver MPE COBOL4 PUB DEMO Iof x 01 spell workspace 05 spell version no 7 Pane 05 filler spell status area Split bar move to spell hyphen and call SPELLCONFIG using adjustment indicator Line 16 Col 20 Pane Adjusting the pane size using the split bar Qedit gives you immediate search results even with enormous host files This is because Qedit actually performs host file searches on the server not the client When Qedit finds a string match it downloads only the portions of the file that contain the match That s why Qedit is so fast Qedit also provides you with numerous search criteria embedded words highlighted words pattern matching as well as a partial file search Finding Consecutive Occurrences of a String To search for a text string 1 Select the Find command in the Edit menu 2
13. used for most types of text files 3 Click the New button Qedit will first create a connection to that host if you do not already have one If you have configured this connection to prompt for a password Qedit displays a dialog box with the Login or Hello string the Host name and the number of text boxes required to enter all the passwords you requested Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Creating amp Saving Your First File e 13 Enter all the passwords and click OK Enter Passwords Password prompting dialog box 4 Once you have entered the passwords you will see a series of progress messages After Qedit for Windows has established the connection it creates a new file in your login directory Until this file is given a permanent name you will see the connection name followed by Untitled 1 in the window title bar 5 Now you can start entering text into your new file Saving a New Host File Once you have created a new host file you can save it 1 Select the Save As command of the File menu 2 When the Host Save As dialog box appears enter the file name Qedit saves this file in the current directory If you want to save the file in a different directory enter a path to another directory including the new file name Host Save As fprofie o C x Host Save As dialog box If the new file name already exists Qedit asks if you want to overwrite the existing file with the new one Check whether you are really
14. your host system and edit files You can create as many connections as you need Remember each connection is associated with a specific user login so you might need several connections to a single host if you need to log in as different users Your login will determine which files you can access Defining an MPE Host Connection To select the MPE option in the Connection List dialog box your HP 3000 host must run the MPE iX operating system with the Qedit server software installed Qedit for Windows does not support Classic HP 3000s that run MPE V MPE connections must include the following information Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Hello Enter your normal hello command into the Hello text box but do not include the word hello Each new session on MPE has its own hello string which can contain up to four elements with the following syntax Session User Account Group Session and group names are optional Session and Group Passwords Each element name can have a different password for login information giving each hello string up to four passwords Session User Account and Group For example these are valid commands RALPH PURCH ENTRY ORDENTRY CLERK DISTRIB MANAGER PAYABLES Note that the Session password is only used with third party security packages such as VESOFT s Security 3000 Use firewall protocol In most situations you do not have to do anything special to connect to an HP
15. 9 PM 25 8 1997 R 25 8 1997 3 29 23 PM 25 8 1997 3 29 23 PM 27 8 1997 10 56 45 AM profile bkup 25 8 1997 3 29 23 PM sh_history 25 9 1997 6 57 32 PM Print Refresh Help Close Directory dialog box The Directory Listing The first entry in a directory listing is always two dots which is the parent directory of your current working directory Directories parent or subdirectories within the listing appear in color The listing includes all files even those starting with a dot these files are usually hidden in UNIX If you want to make sure you have the latest information in the directory listing click the Refresh button This forces the server to discard the current list and bring in the latest set of files Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Creating amp Saving Your First File e 17 Order Selection button Changing Directories Qedit displays directories parent or subdirectory in color If you select a directory within the current working directory it becomes the new current working directory You can look for a file by continuing to move to other directories in which you have read access If you know the exact location of a directory you don t have to go through other directories to get to it Just use the absolute e g users demo or relative e g demo syntax of the path name in the File name text box and select the Directory button Sorting the Directory Listing You can sort the list
16. PE or UNIX and define your host login and password s Each host type has a different set of labels for defining the login and passwords For details see Defining an MPE Host Connection and Defining an HP UX below The default character set is HP Roman 8 You can select a different character set from the Character set list box This should be required only if you are using Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide 9 HP s Native Language Support subsystem and a 7 bit national characters replacement set All new connections are created with the Qedit default color scheme as indicated by the word Default in the Default Colors list box You can select a different color scheme off the list Any file opened or created on that connection will use the selected color scheme unless you have selected a different scheme for individual files Enter the Login or Hello string See host specific information below When the Add button appears enter your password If your system requires one or more passwords enter each into the appropriate text box Passwords are saved in the connection template file If you prefer to be prompted for a password you can choose the Prompt option The corresponding text box becomes unavailable and Qedit will prompt you for a password every time it tries to establish this connection Click Add to create the connection and to save it in your connection list Now you can use this saved connection to access
17. Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide By Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Copyright 1996 2001 Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners Updated Tuesday July 17 2001 Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Suite 201 15399 102A Avenue Surrey BC Canada V3R 7K1 Toll free 1 888 robelle Tel 604 582 1700 Fax 604 582 1799 E mail support robelle com Web www robelle com Contents Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Welcome to Qedit for Windows i ii e Welcome to Qedit for Windows Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Welcome to Qedit for Windows Welcome to Qedit for Windows the Microsoft Windows editor that edits local and server files both large and small Use Qedit for Windows to edit files on your local PC network computers that are available from Microsoft Windows and files on your HP UX or MPE servers Throughout this manual the terms HP 3000 and MPE will be used interchangeably to identify an MPE host Likewise the terms UNIX HP 9000 and HP UX will be used to identify a UNIX host The Ultimate Editing Tool Qedit for Windows is your ultimate editing tool Now you can get the editing functions you need in one easy to use package Qedit s efficient use of resources lets you edit both local and host files with li
18. When the Find String dialog box appears type your search string in the Search for text box 3 Click Search to perform the search operation If Qedit finds a match it highlights the first occurrence of the string and displays the page around it To repeat the same search for the next occurrence of the string use the Find Again command in the Edit menu or use the CRTL G shortcut To find the next occurrence use the Find Next tool To find the previous occurrence use the Find Previous command of the Edit menu use the Find previous tool or type the CTRL R shortcut Except for the Entire file option Qedit saves the terms of a search from one search operation to the next Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features 39 40 e A Sampling of Features Duh fo Fa en fe j Options F gran caig T Machopin M Pepis unon l rns pachaka wi Range E Fion curent iocaion C Ente fie 7 Seah ohani tho Search Reverse DortSesch dearth Formed Hee Cancel Find String dialog box Search for Qedit saves the last 15 strings you have searched for in the Search for list box If you want to use a string you have used earlier select it from the list Match pattern Matches patterns of characters instead of specific characters For example bob green matches any occurrence of the string bob anywhere in a line followed by zero or more intervening characters and then the string green Th
19. ck Start Guide Selected scheme Colors in selected scheme Cri Cusimmizatiat Aerio Hane Desert Morrie Ll Irea Engst mabe Uirae f Mehod Sk Guides Elsie Eytan ahaai Pane boni Splitter bes Tag i T Color scheme list Color Customization dialog box To select a color scheme simply click on it in the color scheme list The colors defined for it are displayed in the color boxes in the first column Each color scheme includes these elements e Normal text characters making up the actual text of the file and COBOL tags e Background workspace background Characters in the foreground can be Normal text Invisible marker and Guides e Invisible marker markers displayed when the Show invisible option of the View menu is enabled e Guides once set guidelines are always visible in the document window Guidelines can be set when the Ruler bar is displayed or from the Guides page of the Properties dialog box e Pane border panes appear when using the split view feature This color is used to delimit the panes e Splitter box small box at top of the vertical scroll bar or on the left of the horizontal scroll bar The box is used to create split views e Tag background area where COBOL tags are displayed The tag values are displayed using the Normal text color e Margin background area off to the right when the text can not fill the width of the document
20. d proxy server This is often used in corporate intranets to give people access to the Internet without exposing their actual IP address If you want to use Qedit to access corporate servers from home or remote offices you might have to reconfigure your firewall software or router The connection to the HP UX server occurs on port 7395 and to the Remote Process Management RPM listener on HP 3000 on port 1542 If you use an Internet Service Provider ISP you might be assigned a random IP address when you connect from home You have to make sure you can connect using all possible IP addresses 2 e Welcome to Qedit for Windows Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Getting Started Installing Qedit for Windows You should have received installation instructions for the client and server programs with the media CD ROM DDS etc The installation process has been streamlined and requires minimum intervention on your part Read the instructions carefully before you start the installation Trial Users with a Production Copy of Qedit If you are running a trial version of Qedit for Windows and you already have an existing copy of Qedit for MPE you will have to change the MPE Server Name to the trial location of the Qedit for Windows server You will have received a message during the MPE server installation if this is necessary To configure the MPE server on the host 1 Select Server from the Options menu 2 When the Configure Serve
21. directory for the user name specified in Login Qedit uses the user ID to log on but changes to the specified directory cd as soon as the connection is established Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Qedit performs a cd command relative to the root directory not to the user s home directory For example if you want to automatically go to users demo public_html you must enter either users demo public_html explicit or users demo public_html implicit Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Connecting to a Host e 11 Creating amp Saving Your First File Creating and Saving Files You can create a new file on an MPE or HP UX host or on your PC In Windows terminology creating a file from scratch is called the New operation while Open usually refers to an existing file Creating a New Host File Shortcut CTRL SHIFT N To create a new file on a host system gl 1 Select the File menu point to Host and click New Toolbar 2 When the following dialog box appears define the file s characteristics New Host File x Connection Vancouver Ux x Create produx Record length 256 Language Data X Pascab Powerhouse wo New Host File dialog box e First select a Connection which is a host system and specific login name and security e Next you can specify a Language and a maximum Record length for your file In this example the defaults of Data and 256 are used These settings can be
22. e pattern match control characters are the same as those used in the standard host based Qedit not the General Expression match of UNIX The following characters can be used for other specific pattern searches at sign matches zero or more characters of any type number sign matches exactly one numeric character 0 9 question mark matches exactly one alphabetic character a z A Z tilde matches zero or more space characters amp ampersand matches the next character use amp to look for an circumflex and exclamation point are reserved use amp and amp to match them Regular expression Regular expressions uses powerful syntax allowing precise definition of the string you are searching for Regular expressions have been around for a long time and are now available on almost any platform The following is a summary of the metacharacters used For complete information refer to the Qedit for Windows manual Start of line anchor End of line anchor Matches any character Optional character Matches zero or more of the preceding character Matches one or more of the preceding character Start a character class End a character class If 1st character in character class negates class Subpattern start H ee 2 Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Subpattern end Examples Aabc abc at the start of a line abc abc at the end of a line abc xyz abc and xyz
23. e command you want to execute in the Command text box The command output is displayed in the result window Executing Multiple Commands If you wish to execute a series of command type them in a new document window and use the Run as host command command on the Script menu In the following example Qedit would execute the Showme Build and Run commands on the MPE host The host command dialog box is automatically opened in order to display the results Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Executing Host Commands e 49 atream jobl clerk payal uild extfile rec al Eun auprtecl pub robal ER r antfile Run as host command on Script menu Run as host command is also available on the shortcut menu right click Run file as host command Run file as host command on the shortcut menu 50 e Executing Host Commands Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Qedit Scripting Language What is the Qedit Scripting Language Qedit comes with its own scripting language It allows Robelle and Qedit users to e automate repetitive file manipulation tasks e perform complex file edits under program control e automate Qedit s file handling e add new commands to Qedit e customize Qedit for your environment Robelle distributes useful scripts to perform common editing tasks that are not implemented directly in Qedit Customers can write their own scripts to address their particular needs Refer to the Qedit Scripting
24. ect the Edit menu and click Paste Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Deleting Text The BACKSPACE key does not have any effect in overwrite mode The cursor just moves to the left There are several ways to delete text in Qedit for Windows If you select text before deleting it see Selecting Text for more information 1 The first and most obvious way to delete text is by pressing the DELETE key This deletes the single character that is immediately to right of the cursor which might be a space character or a TAB character An interesting case is when you go to the end of a line and press DELETE You remove the NEWLINE character between this line and the next effectively appending the next line to the current line 2 If you are in insert mode you can press the BACKSPACE key This key deletes the character before the cursor position effectively moving you back one character and removing it at the same time If you use the HOME and BACKSPACE keys you remove the NEWLINE character and append the current line to the previous line 3 You can highlight some text any sequence of contiguous characters including NEWLINE characters and then press the DELETE or BACKSPACE key The highlighted characters are deleted and the remaining line fragments to the left and right are combined 4 You can also highlight some text and then press the Cut command of the Edit menu This deletes the highlighted text and writes it to the Clipboard
25. ed text to the Clipboard using the Copy command of the Edit menu Create or open the target file you want to copy into Paste the contents of the Clipboard by using the Paste command of the Edit menu As Qedit pastes it displays the Paste progress dialog box if you are copying across platforms Pasting 13993 lines from Vancouver MPE to Untitled1 Paste progress dialog box Copying Files e 43 Copying a Host File to the Same Host with Save As 44 e Copying Files There are times when you want to modify a file but you don t want to lose the last version of the file To copy a host file to the same host is a two part process first open a copy of the file then save it with a new file name You can also use this process to rename a host file To copy a host file to the same host 1 Select the File menu point to Open and click Host When the Open Host File dialog box appears select the file that you want to copy 2 Enable the Open a copy option to open a copy of the file you select The Open a copy option is available in both the Open Host File and Directory dialog boxes If you select multiple files in the Directory dialog box the Open a Copy option will apply to all of them 3 Click Open to open a copy of the file Qedit will open the copy and you can edit it without modifying the last version of the file 4 Select the Save As command in the File menu 5 When the Host Save As dialog box appears give the file a
26. en documents quickly by just moving your mouse to another document Multiple Views The split box appears as a red tab at the top of vertical scroll bars and on the left of horizontal scroll bars Split bars are displayed as yellow lines between two panes Shortcut double click on the split bar Splitting a Document into Independent Views You can look at two different sections of the same file by using the split view feature of Qedit If you put your mouse on the split box the pointer changes to a dark bar with an arrow When you drag the split bar in the direction indicated by the arrow you will see two dotted lines dividing your document into two parts fej Vancouver MPE COBOL4 PUB DEMO ME Split box spell workspace 05 spell version no 05 filler Split bar spell status area 05 spell cond word 68 spell stat ok 66 spell found 66 spell not found 686 spell bad word len w a Line 16 Col 20 Split box Splitting a window using the split bar If Qedit cannot split a window at the location you select the split bar becomes a dotted line You can split the screen only when the split bar becomes a solid line Be careful when you move a split bar because if it changes to a dotted line it will be removed i e you will not have a split view anymore When you release the mouse button if your window is big enough to split Qedit will split it into two windows that scroll independently A split bar will delimit
27. ent selection Using these keys is good practice because it prevents you from accidentally deleting the selection especially if you are not going to use a selected string after a Find operation Selecting with a Find Operation Just as in other Windows editors Qedit also highlights text when it performs a successful Find operation This not only makes it easy to see where the text was found but it makes it easy to change or delete the selected text Perhaps too easy If you type a character or press the DELETE or BACKSPACE key after a successful Find operation you can accidentally delete or modify the selected text Copying Moving and Pasting Text The Clipboard The Clipboard is a conceptual entity that can be used for temporary storage a place where you can save lines of text a picture or some sound then use it again later Just as in other Windows program you cannot append to Qedit s Clipboard That means the contents of the Clipboard are erased as soon you copy something new to it You can use the Clipboard to copy text to a Qedit document or to another application The Clipboard is closed when you shut down your system You can cut or copy to and paste from the Clipboard If you have already used Cut Copy or Paste in Notepad or Microsoft Word you will not have any trouble with the Qedit Clipboard It works mostly the same way If you are copying a large number of lines from a host file to a local file you may need to use the
28. es along the bar Just as in other applications it allows you to scroll up and down in a file The distance you move in a file depends on how you use the scroll bar or how far you move the scroll box If you click a scroll arrow you will move one line at a time If you drag the scroll box you can move multiple pages If you click the scroll bar itself between the scroll box and either of the arrows you move up or down by one page The status bar always indicates the relative line number of your current position If your file is wider than your document window you can scroll left or right by using the horizontal scroll bar located at the bottom of the window It works the same way as the vertical scroll bar except it moves left and right Using Cursor Movement Keys Another way to move through a file is to use cursor movement keys Your PC keyboard has the following eight cursor movement keys To move Press this key one line up f one line down J one character left one character right gt beginning of the line Home end of the line End one page up less one line Page Up one page down less one line Page Down Key Combinations Qedit provides key combinations for moving faster within a document You typically hold down the CTRL key while using the basic cursor movement keys To Move Use Up in a file in the same line and column line by line CTRL T Down in a file in the same line and column line by CTRL J line T
29. es where you can never see the left and right margins together on the screen You can easily do that with Qedit s split view feature Consistent Interface on All Platforms The user interface of Qedit for Windows looks much like the standard Windows editors such as Microsoft Notepad Microsoft WordPad and Microsoft Word This makes the interface the same for all files you edit and reduces training costs As much as possible a local file looks and acts like an MPE file which looks and acts like a UNIX file There are however a couple of areas where the flavor of host based Qedit slips into Qedit for Windows System Requirements Hardware and Software Requirements Qedit for Windows runs on Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows NT Qedit for Windows requires a minimum of 4 MB of memory and approximately 3 MB of disk space In addition you must have Qedit server software installed on your HP UX or MPE servers This software communicates with the Qedit for Windows client that runs on your local PC to provide fast service for all of your editing needs Network Requirements To edit HP UX or MPE server files you must have a TCP IP connection configured in Microsoft Windows Qedit requires a Winsock 1 1 compliant TCP IP stack If you use a Web browser e g Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer you already have TCP IP installed and configured Qedit requires a true TCP IP connection Qedit does not support the SOCKS standar
30. ghtning speed even over a network or the Internet You can seamlessly span multiple platforms concurrently and use keystroke shortcuts and toolbar buttons to quickly maneuver through your files In the familiar environment of Microsoft Windows Qedit s ultimate advantage is that by using it to its full potential it helps you reach yours Multi File Access Simultaneously Qedit for Windows allows you to have multiple MPE HP UX and local files open at the same time You can work on all these platforms seamlessly cutting and pasting information between any number of files Speed Speed and More Speed Do you work over a slow modem Is your local area network clogged with Web traffic Don t worry about Qedit for Windows it makes minimal demands on your network Qedit does not download the entire file to your PC only the portions you are working on Fully Integrated with Windows Qedit for Windows is a true Windows product that lets you copy and paste information to and from other Windows applications Open a host file select a portion of it and paste it into Microsoft Word Start Word select some text and paste it into a Qedit for Windows host file Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Welcome to Qedit for Windows e 1 Multiple Independent Views How many times have you wished you could look at your variable declarations while working on some new code in the middle of the program How about working on a file with very wide lin
31. hen you start Qedit you will see the following application window 4 e Getting Started Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Application Application Application Control icon Title bar Menu bar 4 ec lt Lintithad c Be Edi Ted Merk Wew Scnpt Gntons Window Heip al jzj osje Sa aa e RI Application Tool bar Application Workspace Poa heip pes FIL HUH E Application Status bar Qedit application window The Qedit for Windows application windows looks and works like a standard Windows application Application Menu Bar All Qedit commands are accessible through the menu bar Commands are grouped according to their functionality For example all commands dealing with files such as opening and saving are grouped under the File menu To access a menu simply click on it and select the appropriate command from the drop down list Menus and commands are also available directly from the keyboard using mnemonics and shortcut keys Command Mnemonics Mnemonics are the underlined characters appearing on the menus and commands You can invoke a command by holding down the ALT key and pressing the underlined character For example to save your changes you can do 1 ALT F to display the File menu 2 ALT S to execute the Save command You can keep the ALT key down throughout the whole operation This means you could have done ALT F S and get the same result Shortcut Keys A lot of comma
32. ialog box appears you can specify the print options for the local printer These settings control the print options only for the local printer 46 e Printing Files Wrap long lines This option is enabled by default If lines are too wide to fit on the page Qedit puts as much as it can on the printed line and then wraps the remaining text on the next line Qedit wraps at word boundaries If you disable this option Qedit fills the line and truncates the text at the next character even if it in the middle of a word Print line numbers This option will include line numbers on the printed page Note that these are really records numbers a sequential number that represents a line relative to the beginning of the file Use host line numbers If you asked to get line numbers and you are dealing with a host file you can ask for the actual line numbers and not the sequential record numbers NOTE This function is not available at the moment Print page headings By default Qedit prints a one line header with the file name and the page number If you do not want the page header simply disable this option Lines per page You can specify the number of lines per page in this text box Qedit adjusts the font size so there is enough room for the requested number of lines The more Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide lines per page you request the smaller your font size Note that this setting als
33. iles among disparate systems we have sacrificed fancy typefaces Qedit does allow you to choose the font size and style in which it displays directory listings These font attributes can be customized by each user Changing the Document Font Qedit uses the font you have set as a default for document windows Because it mostly works with data and program source files in which field position within a record is important Qedit only displays fixed pitch monospaced fonts This way you know the column position on the screen is really the physical position in the record To change the font in a document 1 Select the File menu point to Properties and click Options 2 When the File Options dialog box appears click Set font 3 When the Font dialog box appears select the Font the Font style and the Size from the list boxes If you want to apply a font size that is not available in the list you can type a custom size in the text box Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 21 Lourer T Courier New DigitMed DigitS mall DigtalFont Fixedsys T Lucida Console Font selection dialog box Colors Qedit allows you to define color schemes to be used in document windows It offers a number of predefined schemes including one for Qedit defaults You can select the color scheme to be used as the overall default from the General page of the Preferences dialog box 22 e A Sampling of Features Qedit for Windows Qui
34. in the directory you think you are before clicking OK The ESCAPE key or the Cancel button are always a safer choice 14 e Creating amp Saving Your First File Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide 3 Click Save to finish saving the file Once a file has been saved you can close it by simply selecting the Close command in the File menu Creating a New Local File Shortcut CTRL N Creating a new local file on your PC is very similar to creating a new host file Just O select the Local submenu on the New command in the File menu Toolbar Qedit for Windows creates a new document window on your PC with these defaults Data as the Language and a maximum Record length of 8 172 characters The new window will be called Untitled1 To rename the file use the Save AS command of the File menu after you have entered something in the file Opening a File You can open an existing file by selecting its name from the list of most recently accessed files or by using the Open command in the File menu If tal do not know the exact name or location of a file see Host Directories on page Opening MRU Most Recently Used Files Qedit maintains a list of the 20 most recently used files local and host This list is accessible via the Recent files command of the File menu Local file names are fully qualified including the letter of the drive Host file names are also fully qualified including the connection name on which they were opened To
35. ing of Features Qedit for Windows has a number of practical text formatting features that are useful in a programming environment These features include various tools and methods for aligning text as well as selecting fonts for documents and directories Browse slowly through any page of a document or quickly find an exact string by applying precise and flexible search criteria And if you need to compare different sections of the same document you can even get multiple views of a file Scrolling Through a File You can scroll through a file either horizontally or vertically There are two basic ways to scroll by using the scroll bar or by using cursor movement keys Each document window has both a horizontal and vertical scroll bar fj Vancouver MPE COBOL4 PUB DEMO Miele mre to spell hyphen SPELLCONFIG using spell workspace spell model spell status area spell hyphen Scroll box spell dummy arg t spell stat ok then erform 95 spell error Scroll arrow Vertical scroll bar SPELLEND using spell workspace spell model spell status area spell dummy arg b i Line 40 Col 7 Horizontal Scroll arrow Scroll box scroll bar Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 19 20 e A Sampling of Features Using the Scroll Bars The vertical scroll bar is located on the right side of a document window A scroll bar consists of scroll arrows at either end of the bar and the scroll box that mov
36. les MPE host files and UNIX host files work differently the result of a paste might be different MPE host files and to some degree UNIX files typically have a maximum record length as defined in the File options dialog box If you are copying lines between two 2 files on the same connection the operation is done by the server Because the server knows the characteristics of the source and target files it can fold lines before inserting them in the target file Folding means Qedit puts as many characters as it can on a line and moves the rest to a separate line In all other cases Qedit truncates lines that are too long If this happens Qedit displays a warning message To paste text in a file 1 Position the insertion point where you want to paste 2 Select Paste from the Edit menu to insert the contents of the Clipboard to the file Moving Text The process of moving text consists of two parts First you must remove the text from its original position then you have to paste it to a new location To move text 1 Select the block of text you want to move by highlighting it 2 Select the Edit menu and click Cut to put the selected text on the Clipboard The previous contents of the Clipboard are replaced with your new selection The text in your document is still selected 3 Position the insertion point where you want to insert the text This could be in the same file another file in Qedit or even another application Sel
37. ment Status Bar The document status bar which appears at the bottom of a document window is a dynamic area with a number of indicators and values It changes with almost every action you perform on the document workspace Typically the status bar displays the document type the access mode a Cancel button and the current cursor position Access mode G EA Line 1 Col Cancel button Cursor position Document window status bar Document type 6 e Getting Started Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Connecting to a Host A Connection is Qedit s Roadway A connection is the roadway on which the client that runs on the PC uses to communicate with the server Think of it as Qedit for Windows logging in on your behalf in order to access your files A connection consists of a host computer and a user login A connection has to be established between the client and the server before you can access a file or directory Qedit keeps the connection open until you close it or exit from Qedit for Windows Creating a Connection You must create a connection before you can access your host files The following steps describe the general procedures for creating a connection For more host specific information see Defining an MPE Host Connection and Defining an HP X Host Connection on page To create a connection 1 Select the Connections command of the Options menu Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Connecting to a Hos
38. n not be shifted further Qedit simply does not do any shifting For example if you keep using Shift left you would ultimately get all the lines left justified in column 1 Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 35 For a faster way to perform the same operation simply select the lines you want to shift and e Use the TAB key to shift to the right e Use SHIFT TAB to shift to the left Removing or Inserting Tab Characters In files you can visually align text using spaces or tab characters Spaces on the screen are stored in as many characters in the file If you type in 5 spaces there will 5 bytes stored in the file Tab characters however take up only one byte in the file no matter how it appears on the screen Using a mix of spaces and tab characters can be deceiving The size of a file changes depending on which one you use Since these are different characters programs that read the file must be able to handle both If you need to use either formats you might have to replace one with the other This can be very tedious Qedit has the ability to do the replacement with a single command from the Text menu If you have a file containing tab characters and you want to use spaces instead use the Detab command Qedit preserves the visual alignment but physically removes all the tab characters and replaces them with the appropriate number of spaces The opposite is also true You can use the Entab command to co
39. n the current directory and access to other directories on the host If you find the file through the Directory dialog box you can open it from there See the next section for a description of the Directory dialog box Click the Open button to open the file on the host Qedit will use your existing connection if you have one Otherwise it will establish a new connection Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Host Directories You may not always know the exact name of a file or the directory in which it is located That s when Qedit s Directory function is quite handy You can use it in the following circumstances e you don t know the exact name of a file e you don t know the directory in which a file resides e you want to open multiple files at once e you want browse the contents of a directory Accessing Host Directories To access a host directory 1 On the File menu point to Open and then click Host 2 When the Open Host File dialog box appears click Directory 3 A Directory dialog box will appear with a list of files and subdirectories in the current working directory or group This dialog box also includes text boxes File name and Wildcard for searching a file and buttons to perform further operations Directory for Vancouver UX View File name cshre Open T Read only I Open a copy Wildcard Directory fusers demo File Type Last Modified 23 9 1997 12 28 30 PM 25 9 1997 5 28 4
40. nd in the File menu dialog box are only available with version 4 6 54 or later of the server Print L hx m Printer Name Status Type Where Comment HP DeskJet 680C Series Printer Default printer Ready HP DeskJet 680C Series Printer LETI Properties r Print range All Pages Selection fron ia Copies h Number of copies fi Sl el fo F eae Cancel Windows Print dialog box 2 When the Print dialog box appears specify the pages you want to print By default Qedit presumes you want to print the whole file If you have selected some text the Selection option is enabled automatically 3 If you want to send the file to another printer select it from the Name list 4 Select any other options you want to use Number of copies or Properties 5 Click OK to print the file Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Printing Files e 45 Print Options on a Local Printer The Page Setup command is You can send a local or host file to any printer available from Windows The print also accessible by clicking options can be specified in the Page Setup command of the File menu and holding the Print button I wrap long lines Margins Tl Print line numbers fos J Weehost line nunbers fos fos IV Print page headings Lines per page amp 0 Inches Centimeters Help Cancel Page Setup dialog box When the Page Setup d
41. nds are also available using shortcut keys These shortcut keys are displayed to the right of the command description Shortcut keys can be e a function key F1 to F12 on most keyboards e a letter combined with the CTRL key Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Getting Started e 5 e a function key combined with the CTRL key For example CTRL S does a Save command F11 saves the current cursor position and CTRL F11 exchanges the current cursor position with the last saved position Toolbar Buttons The application toolbar contains the following groups of buttons Their functions are similar to many Windows applications The only unfamiliar items may be the three buttons for host files The first allows you to manage your host connections The next two are similar to the New Open local file buttons but they refer to files on the host Local files Print Cut and paste Search A L a pela aja 20 20 20 ee lo eala T undo Redo Toolbar buttons and groups Save Host files Application Status Bar The status bar at the bottom of the application displays various indicators On the left side of the status bar informative messages are displayed as you use certain functions For example if you use the Create local file button on the toolbar a short message appears on the status bar explaining what you are about to do Create a new local file CAP NUM SCRL OVR 4 Status bar while using the Create local file button Docu
42. nguage Support 9 New Host File dialog 13 NLS 9 O Open host file 15 selection 28 Open Host File dialog 16 P Page setup 46 Page size 46 Password 9 prompting 13 Port MPE 2 UNIX 2 Print line numbers 46 lines per page 46 local printer 45 margins 47 page headings 46 page setup 46 wrap lines 46 Q Qedit Scripting Language 51 Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide R Rectangle copy 32 cut 32 deleting 33 inserting 33 pasting 32 Rectangular selection 31 Regular expression 40 Requirements hardware 2 Software 2 RPM 2 Ruler 25 S Save file 14 Scripts 51 Scroll 20 bar 28 Search caseless 41 Copylib 51 Include 51 Use 51 Search in columns 41 Search range 41 Search text 39 Search words 41 Security 3000 9 Select All text 30 43 44 Selecting rectangle 31 Server name 3 Session 9 Shift column 35 Shift text 35 Shortcut keys 5 Sort lines 51 Split views 38 Status bar application 6 document 6 Switching file 36 T Tab compress 36 expand 36 stop 26 Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Tab stop deleting 26 moving 26 setting 26 TCP IP 2 Text copying 30 deleting 31 merging lines 31 moving 30 pasting 30 search 39 selecting 27 shift 35 Tile horizontal 36 vertical 37 Toolbar 6 Trial server 3 U UNIX 1 10 UNIX connection 10 Use files 51 V Views collapsing 38 split 38 W Wildcard search 18 Window main 4 Index e 55
43. nu Working With Columns and Tabs Shortcut ALT E O D Qedit provides a number of commands to easily deal with text in specific columns Some of the commands are in the Column submenu of the Edit menu while others are in the Text menu The Find and Replace dialog boxes also have features that helps you deal with columnar data Throughout these menus column numbers are relative to the Language of the file For most files the first column is 1 For some languages such as COBOL the first column is 7 Values in text boxes must entered accordingly For example if you want to delete the first 2 columns of a COBX file you have to enter 7 and 8 as column values Deleting Text in Columns If you want to remove or replace text between 2 columns use the Delete command of the Edit menu Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features 33 Shortcut ALT E O I 34 e A Sampling of Features Delete Columns x From To 23 20 Selection only Entire file I Fill with spaces Hep _ Cancel Delete Columns dialog box Enter the starting column number in the From text box If you do not specify a column number in the To text box Qedit assumes you only want to work on one column If you want to remove more than one column simply enter the column number of the last column in the To text box If you do not have an active selection the modification is applied to the whole file as indicated by the Entire file
44. nvert spaces into tab characters Qedit looks at the text and the current tab stops When it detects it can replace one or more spaces by a single tab it does it In this case also Qedit tries to preserve the visual alignment If need be it will combine tab characters and spaces Switching and Tiling Files 36 e A Sampling of Features With access to multiple document windows you can easily switch between different Qedit files For example you can have source code in one window and its data in another Or compare the shell script that is working properly on one host with the same script that is failing on another host Qedit lets you work and maneuver through all your files uninterrupted Compare different parts of the same file by splitting a document window into multiple views see next section And if you want to look at different files side by side simply tile all your open files or only those you need Switching Between Files To switch between files use CTRL TAB Every time you press TAB as you hold the CTRL key you will switch to the next open file Or switch to the file you want by choosing one from the Window menu where all open files are listed in numbered order e g ALT W 1 takes you to the first file Tiling Document Windows Tile two documents horizontally by typing ALT W H This will put currently opened windows one on top of the other You will now see something like the picture below Qedit uses the full width of
45. o affects the number of characters per line If you have numerous lines that wrap you might be able to remove wrapping by increasing the number of lines per page This decreases the font size so that more characters can fit on a line Qedit uses your document font as your print font or the printer driver will use the closest approximation You can change the document font in the File Options dialog box and print again You can also reduce the size of the left and right margins Margins The four text boxes under Margins indicate the amount of space in the margins of the page Each text box represents a side top bottom left and right In the example above the top left and right margins are set to 0 5 inch The bottom margin is set to 0 6 inch Inches and Centimeters These buttons indicate the unit of measure used with the margin settings Printing Files 47 Executing Host Commands Qedit allows you to execute commands on the host as if you were using a terminal or terminal emulator The command is transmitted to the host executed there and results are transmitted back to Qedit for Windows Executing a Single Command If you only need to execute one command at a time select the connection you wish to access off the Host Command command of the File menu This brings up the host command dialog box Vonmouend PE t Command Progress Shep T Host Command dialog box Enter th
46. o the preceding start of word CTRL lt To the next following start of word CTRL gt To the first column of the first line in a file CTRL HOME To the last character in the last line of a file CTRL END One page up in a document window less one line CTRL PAGE UP One page down in a document window less one line CTRL PAGE DOWN Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Fonts NOTE Qedit prints the font defined in the document or the printer driver uses the closest approximation available Function Keys Some functions are also implemented using the function keys F1 to F12 on most keyboards Display on line Help Fl Move the cursor up toward the beginning of a file F2 Find the previous occurrence of a string F3 Find the next occurrence of a string F4 Go to the previous page F5 Go to the next page F6 Mark the current cursor position F11 Return to the last marked position F12 Close the current document window CTRL F4 Switch to the next document window CTRL F6 Exchange the current cursor position with the last CTRL F11 marked position Close the program and all open files ALT F4 Word processing applications such as WordPad and Windows Write can highlight a heading and have multiple fonts in one file Qedit for Windows however cannot apply these attributes to a document because host systems do not usually support them in their text files To make it easy to transfer programming and system f
47. on any of the headings Name File Type Last Modified and Size by clicking on the column heading By default Qedit sorts files in ascending order You can reverse the sort order by clicking the Order Selection button located on the right side of the heading line When the arrow on this button points up the sort order is ascending when the arrow points down the order is descending Searching for a File These are some of the ways you can search for files on host directories e Scroll through the current directory You can use your mouse or cursor movement keys to move through the list of files and subdirectories The highlighted file indicates your current position within the list e You can go to other directories See Changing Directories above e If you know part of the file name enter a wildcard pattern in the Wildcard text box to search through the current directory Be sure to use the appropriate wildcard characters for the connect host e g in UNIX and in MPE Selecting Files Once you have found the files you need they can be opened from the Directory dialog box You can select a file by highlighting it in the listing it then appears in reverse video or by entering its name in the File name text box To highlight a file click on it once to remove the highlight click on it again You can select and open up to ten files at once 18 e Creating amp Saving Your First File Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampl
48. operation always occur at the start of lines i e in column 1 Insert Column x Text At column Right margin E C Selection only Entire file woo cos Shift Columns dialog box Specify the number of columns you want the text shifted by in the Number of columns text box Select Left if you want the text to be shifted in that direction This is similar to deleting a number of spaces from the beginning of a line Select Right to move the text in that direction This is similar to inserting a number of spaces at the beginning of a line If you do not have an active selection the modification is going to be applied to the whole file as indicated by the Entire file option If you have selected some text the Selection only option is enabled Shifting to the Next Tab Stop If you want to quickly align text to the next tab stop you can use the Shift left or Shift right commands on the Text menu You have to set some tab stops in the file to use these commands The shifting is done at the beginning of the line If the Use spaces for tabs file property is enabled Qedit inserts space characters in column 1 If Use spaces for tabs is disabled Qedit inserts a tab character in column 1 If you use Shift left the text is moved to the previous tab stop It can be a different one for each line If you use Shift right the text is moved to the next tab stop Again the tab stop can be different for each line If the text ca
49. r Settings dialog box appears change the MPE Server Name field from the Qedit Pub Robelle default to Qedit Pubtri Robelle HPL Pi Muanber put Contqgend Sarver Semings HPE Sorem Settings ie ETEA D FUB Qidi Group Gedireg ddi Cosneotion Template Carnes DAT Configure Server Settings dialog box Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Getting Started 3 Running Qedit Once Qedit for Windows has been installed you can start it by clicking the appropriate icon in the Robelle program group Expiring Version If you have an evaluation copy of Qedit and the version is about to expire you might see the following Expiry Message dialog box Expiry Message Ea Qedit 32 bit Edition With Scripting 4 9 11 Jul 24 2000 15 11 21 Help This copy of Qedit for Windows will expire in 10 days Expiry dialog box The message describes the version e 16 bit Windows 3 xx or 32 bit edition Windows 95 and NT e the version number and build timestamp e the number of days before it expires At the end of the trial period you will not be able to use Qedit at all Instead you will get the following message indicating the program has expired You can call our office if you think your version should not be expiring Expiry Message Ea Qedit 32 bit Edition With Scripting 4 9 11 Jul 24 2000 15 11 21 This copy of Qedit for Windows has expired Expiry Message dialog box The Application Window W
50. r i e has fewer lines than the source selection extra lines are dropped For example if the source selection had 10 lines and the destination has only 6 the last 4 lines of the clipboard are not pasted Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide If the destination area is longer i e has more lines than the source selection text from the clipboard is repeated For example if the source selection had 5 lines but the destination area has 10 lines the source data is repeated twice If you want to get rid of the duplicated data you can select the undesired text and use the Clear command on the Edit menu This replaces the contents of the selection with spaces If you want to remove the text and shift the remaining text use the DELETE key Inserting a Selection There is currently no direct way of inserting a rectangular selection If you wish to do this you should 1 Select the lines where you want to insert the clipboard 2 Use the Insert command of the Column submenu on the Edit menu to create an empty area Make sure you make it wide enough to accommodate the text you copied to the clipboard 3 Select the newly created area if it s not already 4 Paste the clipboard Deleting or Clearing To remove the content of a rectangular selection use the DELETE key This removes the selection and shifts the rest of each line to the left To clear the content of the selection i e replace it with spaces use the Clear command on the Edit me
51. rol keys 20 Copylib 51 Cursor 38 D Delete column 33 Detab 36 Dialog Connection List 8 Directory 16 Expiry message 4 host directory 17 New Host File 13 Open Host File 16 Directory default HP UX 10 16 initial HP UX 10 wildcard 18 Directory dialog 16 Document font 21 E Entab 36 Execute host commands 49 Expiring version 4 Expiry message dialog 4 F File 44 creating 6 13 15 host 13 15 43 44 local 6 15 43 Most recently used 16 Most Recently Used 15 MRU 16 opening 44 quick open 28 saving 14 switching 36 Find 28 29 Find caseless 41 Find in columns 41 Find range 41 Find text 39 Index e 53 Find words 41 Firewall 2 protocol 9 Font 21 print 47 Function keys 21 G Group 9 16 Guide line 25 deleting 27 moving 27 setting 27 H Hardware and Software Requirements 2 Host command multiple 49 single 49 Host Directory dialog 17 Host file creating 13 local copy 43 opening 15 44 Hostname 8 HP 9000 1 10 Include files 51 Indent 27 Insert column 34 Insertion point 28 IP address 8 K Keyboard 20 Keys control 20 cursor movement 20 function 21 shortcut 5 L Language 13 List occurrences 51 Local file 43 creating 6 15 54 e Index Menu Edit 30 31 43 File 13 15 16 44 Options 7 Window 36 Menu bar 5 Messages 6 Mnemonics 5 Most recent files 15 Mouse click double 38 MPE 1 2 16 MPE connection 9 MPE server name 3 MRU 15 search string 40 N Native La
52. spell bad word len alue 88 spell bad Line len alue 88 spell no main aux alue 88 spell no user aux alue 5 a Line 6 Col 7 Guide lines in document window Moving or Clearing Guide Lines If you want to move an existing guide line simply drag it to a new position on the ruler bar If you want to remove a guide line drag it off the ruler bar Auto Indent Auto indent is a great feature because it allows you to follow the same indentation from the previous line when you press the RETURN or ENTER key Instead of the cursor going back to the beginning of the line it goes to the column that matches the indentation of the previous line You can use spaces or tabs to increase the indentation If you use tabs you can use SHIFT TAB to decrease the indentation To enable auto indent 1 Select the File menu point to Properties and click Options 2 When the File Options dialog box appears select the Auto indent check box Selecting Text In the context of Qedit the term selecting is synonymous with highlighting If text is highlighted it appears on your screen in inverse video If you don t highlight a string of text in your file the only edit operations that are available to you are to type backspace or delete a single character The key to more powerful functions is text selection Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 27 Shortcut CTRL C or ALT E C Shortcut CTRL X or ALT E T Shor
53. t e 7 8 e Connecting to a Host Connection List x Connection Name OoOo Host name FO Type M Character Set HP Romans P Use firewall protocol Default colors Default ied Hello T Login at startup Session password J Prompt User password Prompt Account password J Prompt Group password J Prompt Help Cancel Hemaye Connection List dialog box for MPE hosts When the Connection List dialog box appears enter a Connection Name Note that this is not the domain name of your host It is just a name for you to identify this host user combination We recommend that you choose something meaningful to you or anybody else who works on your PC For example e the name of your system SYLVIA e the system plus your user name SYLVIA FRED e the function Purchase orders The Connection Name can contain any combination of letters and numbers but some punctuation marks are not valid the colon parentheses and nonprinting characters Enter the Host Name or IP address You will need the name of your host system in Internet format e g nickname domain com or the host s exact IP address e g 128 11 200 77 NOTE Do not enter leading zeros in any part of an IP address A leading zero indicates that the value is specified in octal notation In the example above if you had entered 128 011 200 077 the IP address would have been interpreted as 128 9 200 63 Select the host type M
54. tcut CTRL D or ALT F O Shortcut CTRL H or ALT E F Any selected text automatically becomes the insertion point The cursor is not displayed during selection 28 e A Sampling of Features Here is a partial list of what you can do with the selected text e delete it by pressing the DELETE or BACKSPACE in insert mode key e replace it by typing some new characters e copy it to the Clipboard Toolbar Copy button e cut it from the document and write it to the Clipboard Toolbar Cut button e ifthe selected text is an embedded file name open the file e search for the selected text Toolbar Find button Cursor Position and Appearance During Selection If you select some text the selection replaces the cursor and becomes the current insertion point If you start typing the selected text is replaced with the first character you type If you continue typing the new text either pushes the existing text to the right or overwrites it depending on whether you are in insert or overwrite mode fej Untitled4 of Xx The insertion point is now EE L2 28 40 len13 Selected text is the insertion point If you use the scroll bar to move to another part of the document the selected text continues to stay selected even though it might not be visible on your screen The selection is lost only when you move the cursor to a new location If you forget that you selected text and start typing in another location you will return to the
55. these will be used even if a global default has been set Similarly file colors are always used no matter what has been defined for the corresponding connection host type or globally 24 e A Sampling of Features Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Ruler Bar The ruler bar is a line at the top of a document window that is used to set tabs stops Tab stop tool and guide lines Qedit for Windows can either show or hide the ruler bar When it is enabled the ruler bar as well as the tab stop and guide line markers appear at the top t Guide line tool of the window The ruler bar has marks that indicate column positions It also shows numbers at regular intervals to make it easier to determine the cursor position The rule bar shows all the active tab stops and guide lines For most files the ruler starts in column one 1 fj Vancouver MPE ROUTINES PUB DEMO of x vv vv lt lt ROUTINES QLIB DEV NOTES FIX NEXT LINE SCONTROL NOLIST SCONTROL LIST M SCONTROL NOLIST SCONTROL SUBPROGRAM MAIN ROUTINES ERRORS 5 BEGIN lt lt QLIB SUBROUTINES Purpose This source file contains some of thy 4 a F Line 7 Col 9 Ruler with a text file The ruler adjusts its column numbers according to the type of file you are editing In the following example when Qedit opens a COBOL source file which starts in column seven 7 the first column on the ruler bar is number 7 fj Vancouver MPE COBOL4 PUB DEMO of x 20 30 40 50
56. ue 4 66 spell j teimi a value 5 88 spell Wi value 6 88 spell t value 7 68 spell value 8 88 spell i value 9 88 spell value 10 68 spell gt value 11 88 spell user Jumbo value 12 05 filler pic s9 4 comp AY KX L13 C26 L20 C37 Rectangular selection Rectangular selections can be defined with the mouse only There is no keyboard equivalent Copying and Cutting To copy or cut text from certain columns all you have to do is select the area You can only create rectangular selections with the mouse There is currently no keyboard only function to do the same thing To create a rectangular selection simply hold the CTRL key and click the mouse button as you would for a regular selection Once the text is selected use the Copy or Cut command on the Edit menu to send the selection to the clipboard You can also use the CTRL C and CTRL X shortcut keys Pasting as Replacement To paste the content of a rectangular selection you have to select the area where you want to paste to This area does not have to be exactly the size of the area copied to the clipboard Qedit tries to do its best to fit it in the destination If the destination area is narrower than the source selection wide lines from the clipboard are truncated If the destination area is wider than the source selection text from each source line is pasted on a separate line and Qedit pads the rest with spaces If the destination area is shorte
57. uler Click and hold the marker until the mouse pointer becomes an arrowhead Then drag the tab marker to a position on the ruler bar Tab stops apply to the whole file Moving or Clearing Tab Stops Before you can move or clear a tab stop the ruler bar must be visible To move a tab stop drag the marker to the new position on the ruler bar To remove a tab stop drag it off the ruler bar Guide Lines Guide lines are vertical lines that provide a visual aid for aligning text They do not modify your text but provide you with a constant reference point throughout a file Once you set a guide line in a document it remains on your screen no matter where you are Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide Setting Guide Lines t Before you can set a guide line the ruler bar must be visible To set a new guide line click and hold the Guide marker above the ruler bar until the mouse pointer changes Guide marker to a Guide pointer a square pinhead Then drag this new pointer to a position on the ruler bar and release it The new guide line appears as a thin blue vertical line T from the ruler bar all the way down to the document status bar You can set as many guide lines as you need Guide pointer fej Vancouver MPE COBOL4 PUB DEMO of Xx iv E T 10 20 30 40 Y Y iiti Eaa a ai 01 spell status area 05 pell cond word pic s9 4 88 spell stat ok alue 686 spell found alue y ilis 68 spell not found alue 68
58. window Nothing else should be displayed in that area Qedit for Windows Quick Start Guide A Sampling of Features e 23 e Caret blinking insertion point vertical or horizontal when there is no text selected e Attention highlight brief visual signal to get the user s attention For example the corresponding left parenthesis when typing a right parenthesis To select a new color click on the corresponding color box You will see another dialog box with a color palette Color Basic colors a Em eT E a eT eee EER EEE EEE EEE EEE OT Custom colors ii i i i i i ip Hue E Bed fo ii iy i i i ip ip ae oO Define Custom Ealos gt gt Color Lum 120 Blue 255 Cancel Add to Custom Colors Color palette dialog box Select the color that you want and click OK The color palette shown above could be different on your system because color is based on your current display settings Default Colors Hierarchy Default colors can be set at different levels 1 Global default defined from the General page of the Preferences dialog box 2 Host type defaults defined from the UNIX MPE and Local pages of the Preferences dialog box 3 Connection default defined from the Connection List dialog box 4 File colors defined from the Options page of the Properties dialog box Colors defined at lower levels always override colors defined at previous levels For example if you have defined host type defaults

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