EDIT

Colour TUI code editor with tabs, menus and syntax highlighting.

EDITEDIT

WHAT IT DOES

EDIT opens the colour TUI editor (menu bar, tabs, status). With no file, it uses the current program name if one is set.

EDIT file$ takes a string path, for example "HI.BAS". An unquoted token such as HI.BAS is a ?SYNTAX error.

FEATURES

  • Run

    Run the program you are writing without leaving the editor. When it finishes, press any key and you are back in EDIT.

  • Theme

    You can set EDIT to use a different theme. The choice is kept for the next time you open the editor.

  • Modern editing experience

    Keep several files open in tabs, open another file quickly, and jump through an outline of the SUBs, FUNCTIONs and TYPEs in the current file. Find, replace, undo and redo are included.

  • Jump to break

    Edit, Jump to break controls whether a run BREAK or error moves the cursor to the offending line. It is off by default, so the cursor stays where it was. The error bar still shows the message. The setting persists.

KEYS

  • F1HELP for the word at the cursor. Esc returns to the editor.
  • F2 / Ctrl+SSave.
  • F3Open.
  • F4Open the #include file on this line, or switch to its tab.
  • F9 / Ctrl+RRun. Ctrl+R saves and runs.
  • Alt+XQuit.
  • Ctrl+C / Ctrl+InsCopy.
  • Ctrl+X / Shift+DelCut.
  • Ctrl+V / Shift+Ins / Ctrl+UPaste. Ctrl+K cuts a line.
  • Ctrl+WClose tab.
  • Alt+Left / Alt+RightSwitch tabs. The selection does not wrap.
  • Alt+1 to Alt+9Switch tabs.
  • Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+YUndo and redo, per tab. Typing groups into one step.
  • Shift+ArrowsSelect text. Del erases the selection and does not use the clipboard.
  • Tab / Shift+TabTab inserts 4 spaces. With a selection, Tab indents and Shift+Tab outdents.
  • EnterCopy the line indent.
  • Ctrl+PQuick open. Files under the start folder.
  • Ctrl+OOutline of SUB, FUNCTION and TYPE in the current file. The target line is centred.
  • Ctrl+FFind in file. Enter or F3 finds the next match. Esc leaves the cursor at the match.
  • Ctrl+HFind and replace. Tab switches fields, Enter replaces, Ctrl+Enter replaces all.

EXAMPLES

EDIT "HI.BAS"

HELP EDIT