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HELP VED Andrew Law, April, 1987
Updated A.Sloman Oct 1990

This help file describes some of the files relating to POPLOG's
screen editor - VED. It assumes some knowledge of how to use the VED
editor.

CONTENTS - (Use <ENTER> g to access required sections)

-- Introductions
-- General Facilities
-- Wordprocessing and text formatting
-- Programming in VED
-- Running shell or DCL from a VED window
-- VED input/output
-- Information about files
-- Altering VED's behaviour for different kinds of files
-- Making VED emulate EMACS
-- Customising VED
-- Terminal setups for different terminals
-- Information on key-bindings and terminals
-- Interacting with VED under program control
-- Graphics facilities in VED
-- Using VED with mail and net news
-- Associated Documentation

-- Introductions ------------------------------------------------------
There are various introductions to VED available.

The printed Poplog User Guide. (You may also have access to a printed
VED user guide, though it is likely to be out of date.)

Others:

HELP * VED, - this file
TEACH * TEACH - getting started using VED to read teach files.
TEACH * VED, * MOREVED - introductions

DOC * VEDMANUAL, * VEDUSERGUIDE
- more detailed overviews. (May be in need of revision)

REF * VEDCOMMS
Information about VED ENTER commands
REF * VEDPROCS
Information about other VED procedures
REF * VEDVARS
Information about VED global variables

HELP * XVED
Information on the X windows orientated editor XVed.

-- General Facilities -------------------------------------------------

HELP *VEDCOMMANDS, REF *VEDCOMMS
Using ENTER commands
HELP *MARK
Marking text for functions to be performed on sections of it
HELP *WINDOWS, *WINDOW, *BUFFERS, *VEDFILESELECT, *VED_GO *SWITCHWINDOW
Editing more than one file, switching between files
TEACH *MOREVED, HELP *VEDSEARCH, *SUBSTITUTE, *VED_SS, *VED_WW
Search, substitution and deletion of text
HELP * ENTER_G
Searching for section headings, creating VED files with headings and
tables of contents in the format of this file.
HELP * STANDARDS
Advice on producing online documentation and libraries.
HELP *YANK
Retrieving text deleted using ENTER d
HELP *DIFF, *CDIFF
Comparing two files for differences
HELP *WORDCOUNT, *COUNTITEM, *WC, *VEDWORDCOUNT_TEXT
Counting the items in the text
HELP * COPY, *YANK, *INOROUT
Moving text from one file to another
HELP * SWL, * SWR
Swap word left or right
HELP * VED_PRINT
Printing current file on printer
HELP * VEDBLOCKS
Facilities for manipulating rectangular blocks of text in VED
HELP * PIPEUTILS (Unix only)
Facilities for spawning sub-shells and getting output into
a VED file.

-- Wordprocessing and text formatting ---------------------------------

HELP *FORMAT, *PAGE
Formatting facilities available in VED
REF * VEDCOMMS/Justification
Including ved_j, ved_jj, ved_jp, ved_jjp, ved_fp, ved_gobble
ved_fill, ved_centre, ved_right, ved_ljmr, ved_bl, etc.
HELP * STANDARDS
Advice on producing online documentation and libraries.

-- Programming in VED -------------------------------------------------

HELP *LISPVED, *VEDPOP

HELP * LMR
Compiling marked ranges
HELP *LCP
Loading current procedure
HELP *IM *VEDCOMMS/ved_im
Immediate compilation mode in (for POP-11, PROLOG and LISP)

-- Running shell or DCL from a VED window -----------------------------

HELP *IMCSH, *IMSH, * VED_CSHFILE (Unix only)
HELP *IMDCL (VMS only),

-- VED input/output ---------------------------------------------------

HELP *VEDINPUT, *VEDOUTASCII, *VEDINASCII, *VEDOUT
IO procedures used by VED
HELP * VEDSCREENCONTROL
Terminal control procedure
HELP *VEDIOCONTROL (Unix only)
Changing IO behaviour in VED
HELP *IC, *VED_CC
Inserting or examining control characters etc. into the VED buffer

See also relevant sections in HELP *IO, REF * CHARIO, REF * SYSIO

-- Information about files --------------------------------------------

HELP * VEDSYSFILE
Accessing documentation files
HELP * VEDGETSYSFILE, * VEDGETSYSFILEPDR
Browsing files and cross referencing using <ESC> h.

-- Altering VED's behaviour for different kinds of files --------------

HELP * VEDNONBREAKFILES
Preventing automatic line breaks in certain types of files.
HELP * VEDVEDDEFAULTS
Setting VED's defaults before each file is first created.
HELP * VEDFILETYPES
Tailoring VED to different sorts of files, on the basis of the file
(path) name.
HELP * VEDINITIALISE
Tailoring VED to a particular file's contents.
REF * VEDINITFILE
Tailoring VED's behaviour whenever a file is put on screen.

-- Making VED emulate EMACS -------------------------------------------

HELP * VEDEMACS
Partial EMACS emulation in VED

-- Customising VED ----------------------------------------------------
(See also next section)
HELP * INITIAL * INITIAL.EX
Tailoring POPLOG and VED. The second file has some examples supplied
by users
HELP * VEDSET
Tailoring VED to a particular screen or keyboard
HELP * DM, * DK, * VEDSETKEY, * VEDMACROS
Defining new key sequences and VED <ENTER> commands.
HELP * VEDPROCS
Procedures available in VED for defining user extensions
REF * VEDVARS
Variables used by VED, including user-assignable variables that
control VED's behaviour (see section on Altering VED's behaviour
for different kinds of files, above).
HELP * VEDEXPAND
A VED command line abbreviation facility
HELP * VEDINDENTSTEP
Defining the tab step in VED
HELP * TABIFY
Converting spaces in a VED file to tabs
HELP * VEDNOTABS, * VEDHARDTABS, * VEDREADINTABS
Determining whether VED should keep tabs in files or simply use
spaces
REF * VEDTERMINALS, HELP * VEDTERMINALSELECT
How VED interrogates terminal on startup
HELP *VEDVERSIONS
Altering the number of versions of files saved on disk

The next section includes information on VED libraries that customise
VED key bindings for particular terminals. The following section
lists facilities for tailoring the mappings from keys to VED
functions.

-- Terminal setups for different terminals ----------------------------

Other help files on specific terminals are available:
HELP * AUTOV55 for automatic recognition of a Visual 55
HELP * TVI for TELEVIDEO model 920C with VT-52 equivalence.
HELP * V55 for Visual 55
HELP * V550 for Visual 550
HELP * VEDCIFER for CIFER model 2634 (supercedes * CIFER)
HELP * VEDSUN for SUN monitor emulating a VDU
HELP * VEDWINSUN extends SUN facilities in a Shelltool window
HELP * VEDWYSE for WYSE emulating Televideo 925
HELP * VT220KEYS for Falco 5220, Televideo 9220, DEC VT220
HELP * VT52 for a 'dumb' VT52 type VDU
HELP * VT100 for a VT100 type terminal

Others:
HELP *MOREVT100 *SETV55KEYS *BBCVT100 BBCVT100KEYS *CIFERKEYS *NCDKEYS
*OLDVEDSUN *SETV55KEYS *V200 *V500 *V55KEYS *ANSIKEYS *VEDATARI
*VEDATARIKEYS *VEDKEY5 *VEDSUN *VEDWINSUN *VEDWYSE
*VT100KEYS *VT101KEYS

-- Information on key-bindings and terminals --------------------------
HELP * VEDKEYS
General information on key sequences
HELP * VEDSET
Information on setting up new key bindings
HELP * VEDSETKEY
Changing individual key bindings
HELP *LOGICAL_KEYS
Logical names for VED key sequences
HELP *VED_HKEY,
Procedures associated with VED keys
HELP *DK
Redefining key sequences
HELP *VEDTERMINALSELECT
Program control over terminal selection
HELP * VEDEMACS
Describes how to get Emacs-style key bindings set up.
HELP * VEDOLDKEYS
Describes the VED default settings prior to Poplog Version 14, and
how to set them.

See Also REF * VEDTERMINALS, HELP * TERMINAL
Give information about VED initialisation processes and automatic
terminal setup.

-- Interacting with VED under program control -------------------------

HELP * VEDPROCS
Procedures available for driving VED
HELP * VEDDO
A procedure for executing VED command strings
HELP * VEDOPEN
Creating a new ved buffer under program control
HELP * VEDPOPEXIT
Leaving POP/VED
HELP * VEDPOPREADY
Handling interrupt breaks in VED

-- Graphics facilities in VED -----------------------------------------

HELP *SHOWTREE
Printing structures into a VED buffer with graphics
HELP *SEETREE
Interface to SHOWTREE
HELP *SHOWTREE, *VTURTLE
Graphics libraries using character displays
HELP * DRAWLINE, *RUBOUT
Drawing horizontal and vertical lines in VED buffer.
REF *VEDPROCS/Graphics *VEDCOMMS/Attributes
Graphics characters in Ved files

-- Using VED with mail and net news -----------------------------------

HELP * SEND , * VED_SEND
Sending mail from inside a VED file (Sussex local files)
HELP * VED_MAIL (Unix only)
Reading Unix mail into VED
HELP * VED_MDIR (Unix only)
Build an index or directory for a Unix mail file
HELP * VED_REPLY (Unix only)
Reply to unix mail in VED buffer
HELP * VED_NET
Reading Unix net news bulletins in VED
HELP * VED_POSTNEWS
Posting or replying to Unix net news bulletins from VED

-- Associated Documentation -------------------------------------------

HELP *INDEX
A list of HELP files
HELP * DOCUMENTATION
Information about reading/creating online documentation in Poplog
HELP * HELPFILES
Information on HELP files in POPLOG
REF * REFFILES
Information on REF files available

DOC *VEDUSERGUIDE, *VEDMANUAL (out of date, but may still be useful)
General overviews of VED.

HELP * NEWS
A summary of recent changes to Poplog, including changes to VED.

--- C.all/help/ved
--- Copyright University of Sussex 1993. All rights reserved. ----------

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 Others:
-HELP * VED, - this file
+ HELP * VED, - this file
-TEACH * TEACH - getting started using VED to read  teach files.
+ TEACH * TEACH - getting started using VED to read  teach files.
-TEACH * VED,  * MOREVED - introductions
+ TEACH * VED,  * MOREVED - introductions
-DOC * VEDMANUAL, * VEDUSERGUIDE
+ DOC * VEDMANUAL, * VEDUSERGUIDE
      - more detailed overviews. (May be in need of revision)
-REF * VEDCOMMS
+ REF * VEDCOMMS
      Information about VED ENTER commands
-REF * VEDPROCS
+ REF * VEDPROCS
      Information about other VED procedures
-REF * VEDVARS
+ REF * VEDVARS
      Information about VED global variables
-HELP * XVED
+ HELP * XVED
      Information on the X windows orientated editor XVed.

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 HELP VED                                         Andrew Law, April, 1987
                                                 Updated A.Sloman Oct 1990
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           CONTENTS - (Use <ENTER> g to access required sections)
   -- Introductions
   -- General Facilities
   -- Wordprocessing and text formatting
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   -- Associated Documentation
--- Introductions ------------------------------------------------------
+== Introductions ----------------------------------------------------==
 There are various introductions to VED available.
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      Information on the X windows orientated editor XVed.
--- General Facilities -------------------------------------------------
+== General Facilities -----------------------------------------------==
 HELP *VEDCOMMANDS, REF *VEDCOMMS
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--- Wordprocessing and text formatting ---------------------------------
+== Wordprocessing and text formatting -------------------------------==
 HELP *FORMAT, *PAGE
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      Advice on producing online documentation and libraries.
--- Programming in VED -------------------------------------------------
+== Programming in VED -----------------------------------------------==
 HELP *LISPVED, *VEDPOP
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      Immediate compilation mode in (for POP-11, PROLOG and LISP)
--- Running shell or DCL from a VED window -----------------------------
+== Running shell or DCL from a VED window ---------------------------==
 HELP *IMCSH, *IMSH, * VED_CSHFILE (Unix only)
 HELP *IMDCL (VMS only),
--- VED input/output ---------------------------------------------------
+== VED input/output -------------------------------------------------==
 HELP *VEDINPUT, *VEDOUTASCII, *VEDINASCII, *VEDOUT
@@ Line 128: / Line 128: @@
 See also relevant sections in HELP *IO, REF * CHARIO, REF * SYSIO
--- Information about files --------------------------------------------
+== Information about files ------------------------------------------==
 HELP * VEDSYSFILE
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      Browsing files and cross referencing using <ESC> h.
--- Altering VED's behaviour for different kinds of files --------------
+== Altering VED's behaviour for different kinds of files ------------==
 HELP * VEDNONBREAKFILES
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      Tailoring VED's behaviour whenever a file is put on screen.
--- Making VED emulate EMACS -------------------------------------------
+== Making VED emulate EMACS -----------------------------------------==
 HELP * VEDEMACS
      Partial EMACS emulation in VED
--- Customising VED ----------------------------------------------------
+== Customising VED --------------------------------------------------==
 (See also next section)
 HELP * INITIAL  * INITIAL.EX
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 functions.
--- Terminal setups for different terminals ----------------------------
+== Terminal setups for different terminals --------------------------==
 Other help files on specific terminals are available:
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--- Information on key-bindings and terminals --------------------------
+== Information on key-bindings and terminals --------------------------
 HELP * VEDKEYS
      General information on key sequences
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      terminal setup.
--- Interacting with VED under program control -------------------------
+== Interacting with VED under program control -------------------------
 HELP * VEDPROCS
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      Handling interrupt breaks in VED
--- Graphics facilities in VED -----------------------------------------
+== Graphics facilities in VED -----------------------------------------
 HELP *SHOWTREE
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      Graphics characters in Ved files
--- Using VED with mail and net news -----------------------------------
+== Using VED with mail and net news -----------------------------------
 HELP * SEND , * VED_SEND
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      Posting or replying to Unix net news bulletins from VED
--- Associated Documentation -------------------------------------------
+== Associated Documentation -------------------------------------------
 HELP *INDEX
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---- C.all/help/ved
+-== C.all/help/ved
---- Copyright University of Sussex 1993. All rights reserved. ----------
+-== Copyright University of Sussex 1993. All rights reserved. ----------