About

Editor.bat is a less functional text editor for windows command prompt

Running

To run the program:

1. be in the same active directory as Editor.bat
2. type the following in command prompt (cmd):

   Editor filename

filename is the name of the file that will be edited.

Limitations

As written in #About above, this is a less functional text editor meaning there are a few limitations on what it can do.

• This software does not show most ! or % characters.
• This software will not show blank lines.
• This software only replaces a whole line at a time.

Using the editor

This information is based on default settings.

Press [q] to scroll up a line.
Press [a] to scroll down a line.
Press [w] to move up a line.
Press [s] to move down a line.
Press [e] to replace a line.
Press [d] to remove a line.
Press [r] to insert a blank line above the current line.
Press [f] to insert a blank line below the current line.
Press [z] to open the save file dialogue.
Press [h] to be disappointed.
Press [x] to quit.

Cool features

You can insert information into the current line. Here's an example of copying line 2 onto line 1:

Move cursor to line 1.
Press [e].
Type "!FILE_2!".
Press enter.

Configuration

You can configure the editor using the variables below:

• INP.YES
• INP.NO
• INP.SC_UP
• INP.SC_DN
• INP.MV_UP
• INP.MV_DN
• INP.RP_LN
• INP.RM_LN
• INP.IN_AB
• INP.IN_BE
• INP.QUIT
• INP.HELP
• INP.SAVE
• INP.SV_AS
• WIN.HEIGHT
• WIN.LINE_NOs

They are all described in the Editor.bat file.