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WhatisEditPlus?<Prev|Next>

EditPlusisatexteditor,HTMLeditor,PHPeditorandJavaeditorforWindows.WhileitcanserveasagoodNotepadreplacement,italsooffersmanypowerfulfeaturesforWebpageauthorsandprogrammers.SyntaxhighlightingforHTML,PHP,Java,C/C++,CSS,ASP,Perl,JavaScriptandVBScript.Also,itcanbeextendedforotherprogramminglanguagesbasedoncustomsyntaxfiles.

SeamlessWebbrowserforpreviewingHTMLpages,andFTPcommandsforuploadinglocalfilestoFTPserver.

OtherfeaturesincludeHTMLtoolbar,usertools,linenumber,ruler,URLhighlighting,autocompletion,cliptext,columnselection,powerfulsearchandreplace,multipleundo/redo,spellchecker,customizablekeyboardshortcuts,andmore.

Seealso:SyntaxhighlightingInternetfeaturesHTMLToolbarDocumentTabsUsertoolsAutocompletionCliptextwindowDocumenttemplateOtherfeatures

What'sNew<Prev|Next>

Version4.3<Features>*UpdatesEmmetintegration.*FTPSnowsupportsTLS1.1andTLS1.2.*HTTPproxyoptionnowallowsusernameandpassword.*Allowsdifferentdefaultencodingforeachfiletype.*'Browser'->'Zoom'menucommandadded.*'Edit'->'Others'->'ExtendNumberSelection'menuoptionadded.*'RecordKeystroke'nowrecords'Window'->'Next'/'Previous'/'LastVisited'commands.*AllowsFindNext/PreviousshortcutkeysfromFinddialogbox.

<Bugfixes>*Savingremotefilecouldfailwithouterrormessageinsomecases.*'Uploadtoatempfilethenrename'ftpoptioncouldbreaksymboliclink.*Openingremotefilefromcommandlinecouldcauseprogramcrash.*FixesapossibleerrorwhenusingFTPproxyserver.*-tcommandlineoptiondidn'tworkwithremotefiles.*'Autosaveas*.tmpfile'couldoverwriteuntitledfiles.*FixesaPerlautocompletionissue.*Fixesincorrectleftmarginwhenprinting.*Fixesinaccuratewordwrapinprintandprintpreviewmode.*Fixesanissuewhere'LogFileWatch'sometimescouldn'tdetectchanges.*Fixesanissuewhererestoringsplitwindowstatesometimeswouldn'tworkcorrectly.*Fixesanissuewhere$(CurSel)argumentmacrocouldn'thandlemulti-linetext.*Fixespossibleprogramcrashwithfilesinright-to-leftlanguages.

Version4.2

<Features>*Selectingnumberbydoubleclicknowincludescommasanddots.*'HTMLEntitytoAnsi'commandsnowsupportsentitynumbers.*'InsertasNew'commandforCliptextWindow.*Increasesnumberofcolumnmarkersto20.

<Bugfixes>*aes128-ctrencryptiondidn'tworkonWindows7andXP.*Revives'View'->'CursorIndicator'menuoption.*'Reloadunsavedbuffers'optiondidn'tworkcorrecltywithremotefiles.*DeletingopenfilesfromExplorercouldcauseprogramcrash.*ReplaceAllinselectioncouldcauseprogramcrash.*EditPluscontextmenufromExplorercouldn'thandlemultiplefilesinsomecases.*Spellcheckercouldshowinaccurateerrormessage.*FixesPerlsyntaxhighlightingforarrayindexsymbol.*Korean3Beolsikkeyboardinputoncolumnselectiondidn'tworkcorrectlyinsomecases.

Version4.1

<Features>*sftpsupportsaes128-ctrencryption.*FTPsupportsHTTPproxyoption.*FTPsupportsSOCKS5proxywithusername/password.*Supports'JSONBeautifier'command('Edit'->'Utilities').*Supports'HTMLTidy'command('Edit'->'Utilities').*Supports'URLEncode/Decode'command('Edit'->'Convert').*Supports'DeleteUnmarkedLines'menucommand('Edit'->'Delete').*Improved'InvalidCR/LF,NULL'option('Preferences'->'File').*Autosaveoptionnowsaveslistofworkingfilestoo.*IncreasesmaxnumberofFTPgroupto20.

<Bugfixes>*sftpcouldfailtoconnectwithDiffie-HellmanGroupExchange.*FTPScouldproduce'Socketisnotreadyforuse'errormessage.*FixesSOCKS5proxyoptionfortheFTPfeature.*'UsePageant'optionshowedunnecessarypasswordprompt.*'UsePageant'optiondidn'tworkcorrectlywithsomeservers.*FixestouchscreenscrollonSurfacePro4.*UTF-8filewith4byteUnicodecouldn'tbedetectedcorrectly.*Internalbrowserdidn'tshowcorrectlyinHiDPIdisplays.*'SpecialCharacter'onHTMLtoolbardidn'tworkcorrectlyonHiDPIdisplay.*Fixeswrongmouseselectionwhencolumnselectbykeyboard.

*'Cachedirectorycontent'FTPoptioncouldcausememoryleak.*VerylonglineintheOutputWindowcouldcauseprogramcrash.*Printpreviewcauseprogramcrashwhenswitchingdocuments.*FixesPerlquotationsyntaxcoloringissue.*Fixes'ModifycliptextItem'dialogboxredrawissuewhenresizing.*FixesaHangulinputmethodissue.*'Window'->'Arrange'commandcouldswitchcurrentlyactiveMDIchildwindow.*Cursorcoulddisappearwhenswitchingkeyboard.*Cursorcouldshowincorrectlywhenmovinglinesup/down.*FixeshelpfileindexinKoreanversion.*Finddialogboxcouldn'tupdatemultilineinputboxwithselectedtext.*'StripHTMLTags'commandcouldn'tconvertHTMLentitynumbers.*Undoinglinecommentcouldcausewrongcursorposition.*'SyncDirectory'optioncouldshowhiddendirectorywindowunexpectedly.*Tabkeyonselectedtextdidn'tworkcorrectly.*'IgnoreAll'inthespellcheckerdidn'tworkcorrectlyinsomecases.*FunctionListdidn'tupdatewhenfileisreloaded.*'Wholewordonly'optionintheFinddialogboxdidn'tpreservebetweensessions.*'More'buttonontheFinddialogboxnowpreservescurrentsearchstring.

Version4.0

<Features>*Supportskeyboardinputoncolumnselection.*'Reloadunsavedbuffers'option('Preferences'->'General').*'AutoIndentonPaste'menuoption('Edit'->'Clipboard').*Base64Encode/Decodecommands('Edit'->'Convert').*'Insertspacesinsteadoftab'optionallowsdifferentnumberofspaces.*AllowsdoubleclickonFontsdialogbox.

<Bugfixes>*Programcouldcrashwhenloadingfileinright-to-leftlanguage.*'Anadditionalfilename'optionforSettings&syntaxdidn'twork.*URLhighlightingcouldn'thandlemultipleURLsinsingleline.*Printcommandshowedtabsinwrongsizes.*Draganddropcliptextitemdidn'tworkcorrectly.*Fixesscreenupdateissuewhenchangingfont.

*JoinLinenowdoesn'taddextraspacesattheendofline.*CustomiconforUserToolbardidn'tshowcorrectlyinHighDPIscreens.*Preventskeyboardcolumnselectionbeingchangedbymovingmousepointer.*Cliptextwindowcouldn'tloadctlfilesinUnixformat.*FixesdocumenttabissueonWindows10preview.

EditPlusVersion4LicenseAgreement<Prev|Next>

NOWARRANTYEDITPLUSISSOLD"ASIS"ANDWITHOUTANYWARRANTYASTOMERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSEORANYOTHERWARRANTIESEITHEREXPRESSEDORIMPLIED.THEAUTHORWILLNOTBELIABLEFORDATALOSS,DAMAGES,LOSSOFPROFITSORANYOTHERKINDOFLOSSWHILEUSINGORMISUSINGTHISSOFTWARE.

EvaluationandPurchase

EditPlusisnotfreesoftware.Youmayusethissoftwareforevaluationpurposeswithoutchargeforaperiodof30days.Ifyouusethissoftwareafterthe30dayevaluationperiod,youmustbuythelicense.

Distributionoftheevaluationversion

Youmaycopytheevaluationversionofthissoftwareanddocumentationasyouwish,andgiveexactcopiesoftheoriginalevaluationversiontoanyone,anddistributetheevaluationversionofthesoftwareanddocumentationinitsunmodifiedformviaelectronicmeans.Butyoushouldnotchargeorrequestingdonationsforanysuchcopieshowevermadeandfromdistributingthesoftwareand/ordocumentationwithotherproductswithouttheauthor'swrittenpermission.

Licensedcopy

OnelicensedcopyofEditPlusmayeitherbeusedbyasinglepersonwhousesthesoftwarepersonallyononeormorecomputers,orinstalledonasingleworkstationusednon-simultaneouslybymultiplepeople,butnotboth.YoumayaccessthelicensedcopyofEditPlusthroughanetwork,providedthatyouhaveobtainedindividuallicensesforthesoftwarecoveringallworkstationsthatwillaccessthesoftwarethroughthenetwork.

FeedbackandSupport<Prev|Next>

HomepageIfyouwanttogetthelatestinformationaboutEditPlus,pleasevisitEditPlusHomepageontheweb.YoucanalsodownloadlatestversionofEditPlusatthehomepage.http://www.editplus.com

FeedbackPleasesendanybugreport,suggestion,questionandcommenttotheauthoratfollowingaddress.support@editplus.com

KnownbugsandworkaroundsPleasevisitourhomepagetoseeknownbugsandworkarounds.http://www.editplus.com/trouble.html

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SyntaxHighlighting<Prev|Next>

EditPlussupportspowerfulandcustomizablesyntaxhighlightingforHTML,CSS,PHP,ASP,Perl,C/C++,Java,JavaScriptandVBScriptbydefault.Also,youcancreateyourownsyntaxfiletosupportotherprogramminglanguages.

Inordertoaddyourownsyntaxtype,youmustcreateasyntaxfileandadditonSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Syntaxfileisaplaintextfilewhichhas".STX"extensionandshouldbewritteninpredefinedformat.Theformatisverysimple.Thefastestwayistolookintothesample.STXfilesuchasJS.STXforJavaScriptfiles(*.JS).

HeaderInformation

#TITLE=C/C++#DELIMITER=,()}[]-+*%/="'~!&|\<>?:;.#QUOTATION1='#QUOTATION2="#CONTINUE_QUOTE=n#CHECK_CLOSINGQUOTE=#LINECOMMENT=//#LINECOMMENT2=#COMMENTON=/*#COMMENTOFF=*/#COMMENTON2=#COMMENTOFF2=#NESTED_COMMENT=#ESCAPE=\#CASE=y#PREFIX1=#PREFIX2=#PREFIX3=#PREFIX4=#PREFIX5=#SUFFIX1=#SUFFIX2=#SUFFIX3=

#SUFFIX4=#SUFFIX5=#HTML_EMBEDDED=#SCRIPT_BEGIN=#SCRIPT_END=#HEREDOC=#AUTOCASE=#AUTOCOMPLETE_QUOTE=#NUMBER_PATTERN=cpp#SPECIAL_STX=cpp

Allstatementsmustbeprefixedwith'#'sign.

#TITLEThetitleofsyntaxfile.Itshouldbelocatedatthefirstlineofthefile.Otherwise,EditPluscannotloadit.

#DELIMITERSpecifydelimitersforparsingkeywords.Youdon'tneedtospecifythespacecharacterandthetabcharacterhere,sincethosearetreatedasdelimiterbydefault.

#QUOTATION1Specifyquotationmark.Enteronlyonecharacter.#QUOTATION2Specifyalternatequotationmark.Enteronlyonecharacter.#CONTINUE_QUOTEThisoptionallowsun-terminatedquotationtobecontinuedtonextline.'y'foryesand'n'forno.'n'isdefaultvalue.

#CHECK_CLOSINGQUOTE'y'toallowhighlightingonlywhentheclosingquotationmarkexists.#LINECOMMENTSpecifyastringwhichturnsonlinecomment.Ifyouprefix^!tothelinecommentstring,itworksonlywhenlocatedatthebeginningofline.

#LINECOMMENT2Specifyastringwhichturnsonlinecomment2.Ifyouprefix^!tothelinecommentstring,itworksonlywhenlocatedatthebeginningofline.

#COMMENTONSpecifyastringwhichturnsonblockcomment.#COMMENTOFFSpecifyastringwhichturnsoffblockcomment.

#COMMENTON2Specifyastringwhichturnsonblockcomment2.#COMMENTOFF2Specifyastringwhichturnsoffblockcomment2.#NESTED_COMMENT'y'ifthelanguageallowsnestedblockcomments.#ESCAPESpecifyescapecharacter.Enteronlyonecharacterhere.#CASESpecifycasesensitivity.'y'foryesand'n'forno.Defaultvalueis'n'.#PREFIX1-#PREFIX5Specifykeywordprefixcharacter.Anywordthatfollowstheprefixwillbetreatedasakeyword.

#SUFFIX1-#SUFFIX5Specifykeywordsuffixcharacter.Anywordthatprecedesthesuffixwillbetreatedasakeyword.

#HTML_EMBEDDEDSpecify'y'ifitisHTML-embeddedscriptsuchasPHP.See'PHP.STX'foranexample.

#SCRIPT_BEGINSpecifythestringwhichturnsonHTML-embeddedscript.Validonlyif#HTML_EMBEDDEDis'y'.See'PHP.STX'foranexample.

#SCRIPT_ENDSpecifythestringwhichturnsoffHTML-embeddedscript.Validonlyif#HTML_EMBEDDEDis'y'.See'PHP.STX'foranexample.

#HEREDOCSpecifyastringforheredocinPerlandPHPfiles.Forexample,#HEREDOC=<<EOF.

#AUTOCASESpecify'y'ifyouwouldliketousetheautomatickeywordcasecorrectionfeature.

#AUTOCOMPLETE_QUOTESpecify'y'ifyouwouldliketoallowautocompletioninsidequotes.#NUMBER_PATTERN'cpp'forC/C++numbersyntaxhighlighting,'pas'forPascal,'asm'forAssemblylanguageand'css'forCSSfiles.

#SPECIAL_STX'html'forHTMLsytaxfile,'cpp'forC/C++syntaxfile,and'perl'forPerlsyntaxfile.Leaveblankforallothersyntaxfiles.

Youcanalsoinsertcommentlineinsyntaxfile.Commentlinemustbeginwithsemicolon(;).Ifyouneedtoaddakeywordwhichbeginswithsemicolon,youmustprefixanescapecharacter'^'toit.

Keywordgroups

#KEYWORD=Reservedwordsabstractbooleanbreak

#KEYWORD=Compilerdirectives...

Eachkeywordgroupbeginswith#KEYWORDstatementwithoptionaldescriptionofthegroup.Keywordlistfollowsfromthenextline.Ifyouneedtoinclude'#'signintoakeyword,youmustprefixanescapecharacter'^'toitlikethis:'^#'.Inthiscase,the'#'signshouldnotbeincludedin#DELIMITERstatement.Youcanspecifyupto10keywordgroups.

UserfilesrepositoryEditPluswebsitehasacollectionofuserfiles(stx,ctl,acpfiles)onUserFilespage.Youcansubmityourownsyntaxfileto<[email protected]>ifyouwouldliketoshareyourfilewithotherusers.

http://www.editplus.com/files.html


InternetFeatures<Prev|Next>

EditPlussupportsfollowingInternetfeatures:

SeamlesswebbrowserforpreviewingthecontentofyourHTMLdocumentorJavaappletwithoutleavingtheeditor.BrowserwindowalsohascommonbrowsercommandssoyoucanbrowseInternetwebsitesaswellaslocalHTMLfiles.FTPcommandsforuploadingyourlocalfilestoFTPserverorforeditingremotefilesdirectly.HighlightsURLande-mailaddressesinnormaltextfilesandletsyouactivatethemwithasinglekeystroke(F8)or'Ctrl+double-click'.

BrowserfeaturerequiresIE3orhigherinstalledonyoursystem.

Ifyoudon'thaveIE3orhigheronyoursystem,EditPlusloadssystemdefaultbrowseroruser-definedbrowserasanexternalapplication.YoucanspecifybrowsersettingsinToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Seealso:ViewinBrowsercommand(Viewmenu)FTPUploadcommand(Filemenu)OpenRemotecommand(Filemenu)SaveAsRemotecommand(Filemenu)

HTMLToolbar<Prev|Next>

TheHTMLToolbarallowsyoutoinsertcommonHTMLtagsquicklyandeasily.ItalsosupportsusefultoolssuchasHTMLColorPicker,CharacterPicker,TableGeneratorandObjectPicker.

TheHTMLToolbarisdisplayedacrossthetopofthedocumentwindow.TheHTMLToolbarappearsautomaticallywhenyouopenanHTMLdocumentanddisappearswhenyouclosethedocument.

TheHTMLToolbarisfixedandcannotbemovedonothersideofthewindow.Howeveritcanbeallowedtobewrappedwhenthereisnotenoughspacetoshowallthebuttons.SeetheToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox

TohideordisplaytheHTMLToolbar,chooseHTMLToolbarfromtheViewmenu.

YoucancustomizeHTMLToolbarinToolbarpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Button Operation

Loadstheactivedocumentintothewebbrowser.

Setstheselectedtextbold(toggle).

Setstheselectedtextitalic(toggle).

Setstheselectedtextunderlined(toggle).

Setsthefontoftheselectedtext.

Insertsacolorcode.ThiscommandpresentstheHTMLColorPicker.

InsertsaNonBreakingSpace.

InsertsaBreaktag.

InsertsaParagraphtag.

SetstheselectedtextHeading.

InsertsanImage.

InsertsanAnchor.

InsertsaHorizontalRuler.

InsertsaComment.

Insertsaspecialcharacter.ThiscommandpresentstheCharacterPicker.

InsertsaTable.ThiscommandpresentstheTableGenerator.

Centerstheselectedtext(toggle).

SetstheselectedtextBlockQuotation(toggle).

SetstheselectedtextPreformatted(toggle).

InsertsaList.

InsertsaScript.

InsertsanApplet.

InsertsanObject.ThiscommandpresentsObjectPicker.

InsertsaForm.

InsertsaFormControl.

InsertanImageMap.

InsertaFrame.

InsertaStyle.

InsertaDivtag.

InsertaSpantag.

DocumentTabs<Prev|Next>

TheDocumentTabsisdisplayedacrossthebottomofthedocumentwindow.TheDocumentTabsoffersquickmouseaccesstoalldocumentwindowscurrentlyloaded.MuchfasterthanselectingonWindowmenuorpressingCtrl+Tabkeymultipletimes.

TohideordisplaytheDocumentTabs,chooseDocumentTabsfromtheViewmenu.

TochangethelocationoftheDocumentTabs,rightclicktheDocumentTabsandchoose'Location'commandonthepopupmenu.

TheFoldericonisforProjectmenu.Usingprojectmenu,youcanorganizefrequently-useddocumentsintocategoriesandloadthembyasinglemouseclick.SeeProjectMenuformoredetailaboutProjectmanagementfeature.

UserTools<Prev|Next>

EditPlussupportsuser-definedtools,helpfilesandkeystrokerecordingfiles.

YoucancustomizetoolitemsonUserToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.Thereare10usertoolgroupsandyoucanaddupto20user-definedtoolsineachgroup.User-definedtoolsallowsprograms,helpfilesandkeystrokerecordingfiles.UsertoolswillbeshownatthebottomofToolsmenu.AlsoyoucanaccessthemthroughUserToolbar.

TheoutputoftoolexecutioncanbecapturedintheOutputWindow,sothatyoucandouble-clicktheerrorlinetoautomaticallyloadthefileandlocatethecursortothatline.

Youcanalsocheck'Runastextfilter'option.Ifthisoptionisturnedon,selectedtextorentiredocumentwillbepassedtothetoolthrough'StandardInput'.Thenthetextwillbereplacedbytheoutputpassedfromthetoolthrough'StandardOutput'.

Ifyouexecutehelpfile,EditPlussearchescurrentwordinthekeywordlistofthehelpfileandshowstherelatedtopic.

Autocompletion<Prev|Next>

Autocompletionisatime-savingfeaturewhichchangesashortabbreviationintoacompletestring.ItsupportsPerlandC/C++bydefault.Forexample,ifyoutype"if"andpressspacekey,itwillexpandtothefollowingstring.

if()}

Incasethisfeaturebecomesannoying,youcansuppressthisfeaturetemporarilybyholdingdownShiftkeyorWindowkeywhenyoupresstheSpacekey.

Inordertouseautocompletionfeatureforotherfiletypes,youshouldwriteautocompletionfileandspecifyitspathintheSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Autocompletionfileisaplaintextfilewhichhas".ACP"extensionandshouldbewritteninpredefinedsyntax.Thesyntaxisverysimple.Thefastestwayistolookintothesample.ACPfilethatcomeswithEditPlus.

HeaderInformation

#TITLE=C/C++#CASE=y

Eachstatementshouldbeprefixedwith'#'sign.1.#TITLE-Thetitleofautocompletionfile.2.#CASE-Specifycasesensitivity.'y'foryesand'n'forno.Defaultvalueis'n'.

Youcanalsoinsertcommentlineintheautocompletionfile.Commentlinebeginswithsemicolon(;).Ifyouneedtospecifyatextclipwhichbeginswithsemicolon,youshouldprefixanescapecharacter'^'toit.

Textclips

#T=if

if(^!)}

TheformatofthetextclipissameasthatofCliptextlibrary.Eachtextclipbeginswithtitleintheformof"#T=title".Titleistheabbreviationthatyouwanttoexpand.Textbodycomesnext.YoucandefineoptionalHotSpotusing"^!"."^"isusedasescapecharacter.Ifyouwanttoinsert"^"itselfinthetextbody,youshouldenterthecharactertwicelikethis:"^^".Whenyouinsertthe"#"inthetextbody,youalsohavetoprefixanescapecharactertoitlikethis:"^#".Thetextbodycanhavemultiplelines.Anoptional'#'signcanbeplacedinthelineafterthelastlinetoindicatestheendofthetextclip.Pleasenotethatdelimitersarenotallowedinthetitle(#T=).

#T=ifif(^!)}#




CliptextWindow<Prev|Next>

Thecliptextwindowiscollectionoftextclipsforquickandeasyaccess.Cliptextwindowislocatedattheleftsideofthescreen.TodisplayorhidetheCliptextwindow,usetheCliptextWindowcommandontheViewmenu.

EditPlusofferssomesamplecliptextlibrariessuchasHTML3.2andHTML4.0tagcollections.Youcaneasilyeditthecontentofthesamplelibraries.Andyoucanalsocreateyourowncliptextlibrary.

InsertingcliptextitemintothedocumentDouble-clicktheiteminthelistbox,andthetextwillbeinsertedintotheactivedocument.Ordraganddroptheitemintothedocument.SeeInsertcommandfordetails.AddcliptextitemClickrightmousebuttononthelistbox.ThenchooseAddcommandatthepopupmenu.Orselectthetextinthedocument,draganddroptheselectedtextintothelistbox.ThiscommandpresentsAddcliptextItemdialogbox.RemovecliptextitemClickrightmousebuttononthelistbox.ThenchooseRemovecommandatthepopupmenu.EditcliptextitemClickrightmousebuttononthelistbox.ThenchooseEditcommandatthepopupmenu.ThiscommandpresentsEditcliptextItemdialogbox.MovecliptextitemDraganddropthecliptextitemtothedesiredpositioninthelistbox.Itemscannotbemovedifthecliptextlibraryissorted.SeeSortCliptextcommand.DirecteditingthecliptextfileClickrightmousebuttononthecombobox.ThenchooseEditcommandatthepopupmenu.Thecliptextlibraryfile(whichhas".CTL"extension)willbeloadedintotheeditor.Cliptextlibraryfileshouldbewritteninpredefinedsyntax.SeeEditCliptextLibrarycommandfordetailaboutthesyntaxofcliptextlibraries.

Seealso:EditCliptextLibraryCliptextlistboxpopupmenuCliptextcomboboxpopupmenu

DocumentTemplate<Prev|Next>

Documenttemplateoffersaquickstartwhenyoucreateanewdocument.

EditPlusofferssimpledocumenttemplatesforHTML,C/C++,PerlandJava.YoucancustomizeitasyouneedonTemplatespageofthePreferencesdialogbox.Documenttemplateisaplaintextfile.YoucandefineoptionalHotSpotusing"^!".HotSpotwillbethecursorlocationwhenthetemplateisinsertedintothedocument.

Youcanaddupto20user-defineddocumenttemplatefiles.DocumenttemplateswillbedisplayedonFile|Newmenu.

OtherFeatures<Prev|Next>

ColumnselectionYoucanselecttextbycolumnusingAlt+mousedrag.Thisfeatureisnotavailableinword-wrapmode.

MultiplesettingsYoucanaddorremovefiletypesandspecifydifferentoptionsforeachfiletypes.Forexample,youcansetword-wrapfeatureoffinaplaintextfileandturnitonautomaticallywhenyouloadanHTMLdocument.YoucanspecifymultiplesettingsinSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

EditlargefilesUnlikeWindows'built-inNotepad,itcanhandlelargetextfiles.Thefilesizeisonlylimitedbytheamountoffreesystemmemory.

Powerfulundo/redoEditPlusallowsmultipleundo/redo,soyoucansafelycancelanytypingerror.WordwrapWord-wrapfeaturehelpstoeditlonglinesmoreconveniently.Youcanturnon/offword-wrapfeaturethroughWordWrapcommandonDocumentmenu.

LinenumberLinenumberscanimprovereadabilityofHTMLdocumentsandprogramsourcecodes.YoucanshoworhidelinenumberthroughLineNumbercommandonViewmenu.

RulerRulerimprovesreadabilityandhelpsyoufindthecursorlocationquickly.YoucanshoworhiderulerthroughRulercommandofViewmenu.

'Draganddrop'editingEditPlussupportsOLE'draganddrop'editingwhichismoreefficientthanclipboardcommands.YoucanalsodraganddroptextbetweenCliptextwindowandthedocument.

PowerfulsearchandreplaceEditPlussupportspowerfulsearchandreplacecommandwhichcanhandleRegularExpressions.EditPlusalsosupportsFindinFilescommandsoyoucansearchtextinmultiplefiles.Youcanalsosetmarkersataspecificlineandgotothemarkerquicklyfromanypartofthedocument.SeeSearchmenucommandsformoredetails.

SpellcheckerEditPlussupportsspellcheckersoyoucancorrecttypingerrorsinyourdocumenteasily.Currently,onlyEnglishdictionaryissupported.

SplitterwindowEditPlusallowsusertodividethedocumentwindowintoseveralpanesandeditdifferentpartofthefileconcurrently.Todividecurrentdocument,runSplitcommandonWindowmenu.

KeystrokerecordingYoucanrecordkeystrokesandplaybackitlater.UseRecordKeystrokescommandonToolsmenu.

CustomizablehotkeysYoucancustomizehotkeysofallcommandsofEditPlus.SeeKeyboardpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

MonitorclipboardThisoptioncanspeeduprepeatedcut-and-pasteoperations.Anytextthatiscopiedorcuttoclipboardwillautomaticallybeappendedtocurrentdocument.SeeMonitorClipboardcommand.

ColumnMarkerColumnmarkerisaverticallinewhichindicatesspecificcolumnlocation.Columnmarkercanbeusefulforcolumn-orientedprogramminglanguagessuchasCOBOLorFORTRAN.SeeColumnMarkercommand.

Filemenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheFilemenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

New Createsanewdocument.New>NormalText Createsanewnormaldocument.New>HTML CreatesanewHTMLdocument.New>BrowserWindow CreatesanewBrowserwindow.New>ConfigureTemplates Addsorremovesdocumenttemplates.New>DocumentTemplate Createsanewdocumentusingdocumenttemplate.Open Opensanexistingdocument.Close Closesanopeneddocument.CloseAll Closesalldocumentwindows.Save Savesanopeneddocumentusingthesamefilename.SaveAll Savesalldocuments.SaveAs Savesanopeneddocumenttoaspecifiedfilename.Print Printsadocument.PrintPreview Displaysthedocumentonthescreenasitwouldappearprinted.PrintOthers>PrintSetup Selectsaprinterandprinterconnection.PrintOthers>PrintDirect Printstheactivedocumentdirectly.PrintOthers>PrintAll Printsallopendocuments.FTP>FTPUpload UploadsfiletoFTPserver.FTP>UploadAll UploadsallopenfilestoFTPserver.FTP>OpenRemote OpensanexistingdocumentfromFTPserver.FTP>SaveAsRemote SavestheactivedocumentasaremoteFTPfile.FTP>FTPSettings SetstheFTPaccountinformation.FTP>Disconnect ClosesallFTPconnections.Git/SVN>Update RunsSVNUpdateoncurrentfile.Git/SVN>Commit RunsSVNCommitoncurrentfile.Git/SVN>ShowLog RunsSVNLogoncurrentfile.Git/SVN>Diff RunsSVNDiffoncurrentfilewithpreviousversion.Git/SVN>Checkout RunsSVNCheckoutoncurrentdirectory.Git/SVN>CompareFiles Comparesopenfiles.Git/SVN>UpdateDir RunsSVNUpdateoncurrentfiledirectory.Git/SVN>CommitDir RunsSVNCommitoncurrentfiledirectory.Git/SVN>ShowLogDir RunsSVNLogoncurrentfiledirectory.Git/SVN>UseTortoiseGit UsesTortoiseGitforversioncontrolcommands.Git/SVN>UseTortoiseSVN UsesTortoiseSVNforversioncontrolcommands.Others>OpenHeader OpenstheheaderfileoftheC/C++file.Others>GotoFile Opensselectionorjumpstoafileusingoutputwindowpattern.Others>CloseOthers Closesallopendocumentsexceptthecurrentone.Others>Rename Renamescurrentfile.

Others>SaveCopyAs Copiescurrentfileasanewname.Others>CopyName Copiescurrentfilepathtotheclipboard.Others>SendMail Sendsthedocumentthroughe-mail.Others>LockFiles Protectsopenfilesfrommodifiedbyotherapplications.Others>ReloadAll Reloadsallopendocumentsfromthedisk.Others>ExportWorkspace SavescurrentworkspaceasanINIfile.Others>ImportWorkspace LoadsaworkspaceINIfileandimportstocurrentworkspace.Others>ExitwithoutWorkspace Quitstheapplicationwithoutsavingworkspace.Others>DeleteFile Deletestheactivedocumentfile.Others>Properties Displaysthefile'sproperties.RecentFiles Openslastdocumentsyouclosed.ClearRecentFilesList ClearstheRecentFileslistitems.MoreRecentFiles Showslistofmorerecentfiles.Save&Exit Savesalldocumentsandquitstheapplication.Exit ExitsEditPlus.

Editmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheEditmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Undo Reversepreviouseditingoperation.Redo Reversepreviousundooperation.Cut Deletestextfromthedocumentandmovesittotheclipboard.Copy Copiestextfromthedocumenttotheclipboard.Paste Pastestextfromtheclipboardintothedocument.Delete>Delete Deletestheselection.Delete>DeleteWord Deletescurrentword.Delete>DeleteLine Deletescurrentline.Delete>DeletetoEndofWord Deletestotheendofcurrentword.Delete>DeletetoEndofLine Deletestotheendofcurrentline.Delete>DeleteWordBack Deletesonewordback.Delete>DeleteMarkedLines Deletesallthemarkedlines.Delete>DeleteUnmarkedLines Deletesalltheunmarkedlines.Delete>DeleteDuplicatedLines Deletesduplicatedlinesfromcurrentdocument.Delete>DeleteBlankLines Deletesblanklinesfromcurrentdocument.Select>SelectWord Selectscurrentword.Select>SelectLine Selectscurrentline.Select>SelectAll Selectstheentiredocument.Select>ColumnSelect Startsthecolumnselection.Select>Begin/EndSelection Beginsorendsselection.Select>Begin/EndColumn Beginsorendscolumnselection.Clipboard>CutAppend Cutstheselectionandappendstotheclipboard.Clipboard>CopyAppend Copiestheselectionandappendstotheclipboard.Clipboard>CutMarkedLinese Cutsallmarkedlinesandputsthemontheclipboard.Clipboard>CopyMarkedLines Copiesallthemarkedlinesandputsthemontheclipboard.Clipboard>PasteasColumn Pastestextfromtheclipboardintothedocumentcolumnarly.Clipboard>CopyasHTML CopiestheselectiontotheclipboardasHTMLtext.Clipboard>CopyURL CopiescurrentURLtotheclipboard.Clipboard>UndoAll Undoesallthelastactions.Clipboard>RedoAll Redoesallthepreviouslyundoneactions.Clipboard>CopyonMouseSelect Copiestheselectionmadebymouse.Clipboard>PasteonRightClick Pasteswhenclickingrightmousebutton.Clipboard>FixedColumnPaste Retainscursorpositiononcolumnpaste.Clipboard>CopyonSelectionOnly Enablescopyonlywhenthereisselectedtext.Clipboard>AutoIndentonPaste Autoindentstextwhenpastingfromclipboard.Format>TrimTrailingSpaces Trimstrailingwhitespaces.Format>TabstoSpaces Convertstabstospaces.Format>SpacestoTabs Convertsspacestotabs.

Format>LeadingSpacestoTabs Convertsleadingspacestotabs.Format>RemoveLeadingSpaces Removesleadingwhitespaces.Format>JoinLines Joinsselectedlines.Format>SplitLines Splitsselectedwrappedlines.Format>Reformat Reformatsparagraphtotheformatcolumnnumber.Format>IncreaseIndent Increasestheindentationofcurrentlineorselectedblock.Format>DecreaseIndent Decreasestheindentationofcurrentlineorselectedblock.Format>LineComment Insertscommentsignatthebeginningofline.Format>LineCommentIndent Insertscommentsignbeforethefirstnon-spacecharacter.Format>LineUncomment Removescommentsignatthebeginningofline.Format>FillSelection Fillstheselectionwithspecifiedstring.Format>AlignLeft Alignsthecurrentlineorselectedtexttotheleftborder.Format>AlignCenter Centersthecurrentlineorselectedtext.

Format>AlignRight Alignsthecurrentlineorselectedtexttotheformatcolumnnumber.

Convert>UpperCase Changestheselectedtexttouppercase.Convert>LowerCase Changestheselectedtexttolowercase.Convert>InvertCase Invertsthecaseoftheselectedtext.Convert>Capitalize Capitalizestheselectedtext.Convert>Base64Encode EncodesselectedtextinBase64.Convert>Base64Decode DecodesselectedtextinBase64.Convert>URLEncode EncodesselectedtextinURLencoding.Convert>URLDecode DecodesselectedtextinURLencoding.

Suggest>SuggestfromDocument Replacescurrentpartialwordwithanexpandedwordfoundincurrentdocument.

Suggest>SuggestfromAllOpenFiles Replacescurrentpartialwordwithanexpandedwordfoundinallopenfiles.

Suggest>SuggestfromCliptext Replacescurrentwordwiththecorrespondingcliptext.

Suggest>SuggestFromTagFile Replacescurrentwordwithanexpandedwordfoundinthetagsfile.

Insert>InsertFile Insertsfileintocursorpositionofcurrentdocument.Insert>PageBreak Insertsapagebreak.Insert>Date Insertscurrentdate.Insert>DateLong Insertscurrentdateinlongformat.Insert>Time Insertscurrenttime.Insert>TimeLong Insertscurrenttimewithseconds.Insert>CustomizeDate/Time Customizesdate/timeformat.Utilities>StripHTMLTags StripsHTMLtagsincurrentdocumentorselection.Utilities>AnsitoHTMLEntity ConvertsumlautoraccentedcharacterstoHTMLentities.Utilities>HTMLEntitytoAnsi ConvertsHTMLentitiestoumlautoraccentedcharacters.Utilities>HTMLTidy(HTML) RunsHTMLTidytofixHTMLcode.Utilities>HTMLTidy(XML) RunsHTMLTidytofixXMLcode.Utilities>JSONBeautifier IndentsJSONcodetomakeiteasiertoread.

Others>Transpose Transposescharacterseithersideofcursor.Others>DuplicateLine Duplicatescurrentline.Others>DuplicateChar Copiesacharacterfrompreviousline.Others>DuplicateSel Duplicatescurrentselection.Others>SetMarkerDupLines Searchesduplicatedlinesandsetsmarkersonthem.Others>MoveUp Movesuptheselectedlines.Others>MoveDown Movesdowntheselectedlines.Others>CharCode Displayscurrentcharactercodevalue.Others>LockInsertMode LockstheinputmodeasInsert.Others>AllowDrag&Drop Allowsdrag&droptextinthedocumentwindow.Others>EnableQuickInsert Adjustscursorlocationforquickinsert.Others>ExtendNumberSelection Allowscommasanddotsinnumberselection.CharacterCount Countsthenumberofcharactersinthedocumentorselection.AllowVirtualSpace Thisoptionallowsthecursorpositionbeyondtheendofline.HexViewer DisplaycurrentfileinHexViewer.

Viewmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheViewmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Toolbars/Views>Toolbar Showsorhidesthetoolbar.Toolbars/Views>UserToolbar Showsorhidestheusertoolbar.Toolbars/Views>HTMLToolbar ShowsorhidestheHTMLtoolbar.Toolbars/Views>BrowserToolbar ShowsorhidestheBrowsertoolbar.Toolbars/Views>StatusBar Showsorhidesthestatusbar.Toolbars/Views>CliptextWindow ShowsorhidestheCliptextwindow.Toolbars/Views>OutputWindow Showsorhidestheoutputwindow.Toolbars/Views>DirectoryWindow ShowsorhidestheDirectoryWindow.Toolbars/Views>DocumentTabs ShowsorhidestheDocumentTabs.Toolbars/Views>FunctionList ShowsorhidestheFunctionList.Toolbars/Views>GotoSidePanel SwitchesthefocusbetweentheSidePanelandthedocument.

Toolbars/Views>GotoOutputWindow Switchesthefocusbetweentheoutputwindowandthedocument.

Toolbars/Views>GotoDriveList ShowsthelistofdiskdrivesandFTPservers.Toolbars/Views>GotoCustomFilter SpecifiescustomfilefilterforDirectoryWindow.ScreenFont Selectsthescreenfont.ScreenFont>LargerFontSize Selectslargerfontsize.ScreenFont>SmallerFontSize Selectssmallerfontsize.ScreenFont>ZoomwithCtrl+Wheel AllowschangingfontsizewithCtrl+MouseWheel.ScreenFont>SetFont Configuresfontsettings.

PrinterFont>MirrorScreenFont Makeprinterfontfollowscreenfontregardlessoftheprinterfontsettings.

PrinterFont>SetPrinterFont Setstheprinterfont.URLHighlighting HighlightsURLsande-mailaddresses.SyntaxHighlighting Enablesthesyntaxhighlighting.WordHighlighting Highlightsalloccurrencesofselectedword.BraceHighlighting Highlightsmatchingbraces.CursorIndicator Showsorhidescursorindicators.Ruler Showsorhidestheruler.LineNumber Showsorhidesthelinenumber.IndentGuide Showsorhidestheindentguide.WhiteSpaces>Tabs Showsorhidestabmarks.WhiteSpaces>Spaces Showsorhidesspacemarks.WhiteSpaces>LineBreak Showsorhideslinebreakmarks.WhiteSpaces>All Showsorhidesallwhitespaces.CodeFolding>UseCodeFolding Turnsonoroffthecodefoldingfeature.CodeFolding>Collapse Collapsesthecurrentpartofthecode.CodeFolding>Expand Expandscurrentfoldedline.

CodeFolding>ToggleFolding Togglesthefoldingstateofcurrentline.CodeFolding>CollapseOneLevel Collapsestheentirecodeonelevel.CodeFolding>ExpandOneLevel Expandstheentirecodeonelevel.CodeFolding>CollapseAll Collapsesallindentedtext.CodeFolding>ExpandAll Expandsallfoldedtext.FullScreen Togglesthefullscreenmodeonandoff.ViewinBrowser>Browser1 Loadstheactivedocumentintothewebbrowser1.ViewinBrowser>Browser2 Loadstheactivedocumentintothewebbrowser2.ViewinBrowser>Browser3 Loadstheactivedocumentintothewebbrowser3.ViewinBrowser>Browser4 Loadstheactivedocumentintothewebbrowser4.

Searchmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheSearchmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Find Findsthespecifiedtext.Replace Replacesspecifictextwithdifferenttext.FindNext Findsthenextmatchingtext.FindPrevious Findsthepreviousmatchingtext.FindNextWord Findsthenextoccurrenceoftheselectedtext.FindPreviousWord Findsthepreviousoccurrenceoftheselectedtext.FindinFiles Searchesforastringinmultiplefiles.SearchWeb Searchescurrenttextinthewebbrowser.GoTo>GotoLine/Offset Goestospecifiedline/offsetintheactivedocument.GoTo>GotoColumn Goestospecifiedcolumnincurrentline.GoTo>GotoURL GoestothehighlightedURL.GoTo>EnableGoBack/Forward TurnsonGoBack/Forwardcommands.GoTo>GoBack Goesbackonestep.GoTo>GoForward Goesforwardonestep.Markers>ToggleMarker Setandclearmarkeratcurrentline.Markers>ClearAllMarker Clearsallmarkerfromtheactivedocument.Markers>InvertMarkers Invertsallmarkersincurrentdocument.Markers>NextMarker Goestonextmarkerposition.Markers>PreviousMarker Goestopreviousmarkerposition.Markers>MarkerList Showsthelistofmarkerssetincurrentdocument.MatchBrace Searchedforamatchingbrace.SelectBrace Searchesforamatchingbraceandselectthetext.MatchTag SearchesforamatchingHTMLtag.SelectTag Searchesforamatchingtagandselectstheincludedtext.Ctags>GotoDefinition Goestothedefinitionofcurrentfunctionorvariablename.Ctags>RunCtags Runsthectagsprogram.Ctags>ConfigureTagFiles Setsthectagstagfilesandcategories.Ctags>SelectTagCategory Selectscurrentctagstagcategory.FunctionList>GotoFunctionList MovesthefocustotheFunctionList.FunctionList>NextFunction Goestothenextfunction.FunctionList>PrevFunction Goestothepreviousfunction.

Documentmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheDocumentmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Word-wrap Togglesthewordwrapfeatureoftheactivedocument.AutoIndent Togglestheauto-indentfeatureoftheactivedocument.

AutoCompletion Togglestheautocompletionfeatureoftheactivedocument.

Word-warpOptions Setsthewordwrapoptions.Tab/Indent Setsthetabandindentoptions.FunctionPattern Setsthefunctionpatternoption.ColumnMarker>SetColumnMarker Setscolumnmarkers.ColumnMarker>ShowColumnMarker Showsorhidesthecolumnmarkers.ColumnMarker>NextColumnMarker Goestothenextcolumnmarkerposition.ColumnMarker>PrevColumnMarker Goestothepreviouscolumnmarkerposition.FileFormat(CR/LF)>ChangeFileFormat Setsthefileformatoftheactivedocument.FileFormat(CR/LF)>FileFormatMultiple Setsthefileformatofoneormoredocuments.FileType>ChangeFileType Changesfiletypeofcurrentdocument.FileType>RefreshSTX/ACP Refreshessyntaxfileandautocompletionfile.FileEncoding>ConvertEncoding Convertsencodingofcurrentdocument.FileEncoding>ConvertEncodingMultiple Convertsencodingofmultipledocuments.MonitorClipboard Monitorsandinsertthechangedcontentsofclipboard.LogFileWatch Monitorsandreloadsfilechangesautomatically.SetRead-Only Setscurrentdocumentread-only.Reload Reloadscurrentdocumentfromthediskfile.

ReloadAs Reloadscurrentdocumentfromthediskfileusingdifferentencoding.

PermanentSettings Setspermanentsettings.

Browsermenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheBrowsermenuisonlyavailablewiththeseamlessbrowserwindow.YouneedIE3orhigherinstalledonthesystemtouseseamlessbrowserwindowfeature.TheBrowsermenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Favorites Displaysthecontentsofyourfavoritesfolder.EditSource EditsthesourceofcurrentHTMLpage.GoBack Goesbackonestep.GoForward Goesforwardonestep.Refresh Refreshescontentofcurrentpage.Stop Stopsloadingcurrentpage.Zoom Setsthezoomlevel.Home Opensthestartpage.Search Searchestheinternet.Option Setsthebrowseroptions.

Projectmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheProjectmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

SelectProject Selectcurrentproject.ManageProject>AddtoProject Addcurrentdocumenttoproject.ManageProject>RemovefromProject Removecurrentdocumentfromproject.ManageProject>AddAlltoProject Addallopendocumentstocurrentproject.ManageProject>LoadProject Loadallfilesofcurrentproject.ManageProject>CloseProject Closesallfilesofcurrentproject.ManageProject>NextProject Selectsthenextproject.ManageProject>PrevProject Selectsthepreviousproject.ManageProject>ProjectINIFile Selectsaninifiletostoretheprojects.ManageProject>INIFileDescription ChangesthedescriptiontextforcurrentprojectINIfile.EditProjects Configuresprojectsettings.ProjectFile Loadsafilefromcurrentproject.

Toolsmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheToolsmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Preferences Setspreferences.SetDirectories Setsthedirectorytostoretheconfigurationfiles).SpellCheck Checksspellingincurrentdocument.Sort Sortsthedocumentortheselectedtext.Sum CalculatessumofselectednumbersTexttoSpeech>Start/EndSpeech StartsorendsTexttoSpeechonselectedtext.TexttoSpeech>Pause/Resume PausesorresumestheTexttoSpeech.Record>RecordKeystrokes Startsandstopsthekeystrokerecording.Record>ExportRecording Savesrecordedkeystrokesintoexternalfile.Record>ImportRecording Loadssavedkeystrokerecordingfile.Record>PlaybackMultiple Playsbacktherecordedkeystrokesmultipletimes.Record>PlaybackRecording Playsbacktherecordedkeystrokes.ConfigureUserTools Addsorremovesusertools.UserToolGroups SelectsUserToolGroup.UserToolGroups>EnableAutoRunGroups TurnsontheAutoRunusertoolgroups.UserTools Runsusertools.

Windowmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheWindowmenuoffersthefollowingcommands,whichallowsyoutoarrangemultipleviewsofmultipledocumentsintheapplicationwindow:

Next Switchestothenextdocumentwindow.Previous Switchestothepreviousdocumentwindow.LastVisited Switchestothelastvisiteddocumentwindow.Arrange>Cascade Arrangeswindowsinanoverlappedfashion.Arrange>TileHorizontally Arrangeswindowsasnon-overlappingtileshorizontally.Arrange>TileVertically Arrangeswindowsasnon-overlappingtilesvertically.Arrange>ArrangeIcons Arrangesiconsatthebottomofthewindow.Arrange>MinimizeAll Minimizesalldocumentwindows.Arrange>RestoreAll Restoresallminimizeddocumentwindows.Splitter>Split Splitstheactivewindowintopanes.Splitter>NextPane Switchestothenextwindowpane.Splitter>PreviousPane Switchestothepreviouswindowpane.Others>AlwaysonTop MakestheEditPluswindowstayontop.Others>MinimizeasTrayIcon Minimizesastrayiconinsteadoftaskbarbutton.Others>Transparent MakestheEditPluswindowtransparent.Others>SaveWindowWidth Savescurrentwindowwidth.Others>Stretch Stretchescurrentwindowvertically.Others>ScrollSync Enablessynchronizedscroll.Others>NextDocumentRow GoestonextrowintheDocumentTabs.Others>PrevDocumentRow GoestopreviousrowintheDocumentTabs.CloseAll Closesalldocumentwindows.Window1,2,... Goestospecifiedwindow.WindowList Showslistofalldocumentwindows.

Helpmenucommands<Prev|Next>

TheHelpmenuoffersthefollowingcommands,whichprovideyouassistancewiththisapplication:

HelpTopics Offersyouanindextotopicsonwhichyoucangethelp.ContextHelp Displayshelponclickedonbuttons,menusandwindows.KeyboardMap Showsthekeyboardmap.FeedbackandSupport Displayinformationaboutfeedbackandsupport.

CliptextListBoxPopupMenu<Prev|Next>

Cliptextlistboxpopupmenuoffersfollowingcommands:

Insert Insertstheselectedcliptextitemintotheactivedocument.InsertasNew Insertsselectedcliptextitemintonewdocument.Edit Editstheselectedcliptextitem.ThiscommandpresentsEditCliptextItemdialogbox.Add Addanewcliptextitem.ThiscommandpresentsAddCliptextItemdialogbox.Remove Removestheselectedcliptextitem.Sort Togglesthesortmodeofcurrentcliptextlibrary.Reload Reloadscurrentcliptextlibraryfromthefile.Float MakestheDirectoryWindowafloatingwindow.Hide Hidesthecliptextwindow.Location SetstheDocumentTabs,SidePaneloptions.

CliptextComboBoxPopupMenu<Prev|Next>

Cliptextcomboboxpopupmenuoffersfollowingcommands:

Refresh Refreshesthelistofcliptextlibraries.New Createsanewcliptextlibrary.ThiscommandpresentsNewCliptextLibrarydialogbox.Directory Specifiesthedirectoryforthecliptextlibraries.Edit Loadscurrentcliptextlibraryintotheeditor.Save Savescurrentcliptextlibrarytothefile.Rename Renamescurrentcliptextlibrary.Delete Deletescurrentcliptextlibrary.Float MakestheDirectoryWindowafloatingwindow.Hide Hidesthecliptextwindow.Location SetstheDocumentTabs,SidePaneloptions.

DirectoryWindowPopupMenu<Prev|Next>

DirectoryWindowpopupmenuoffersfollowingcommands:

Open Openstheselectedfiles.OpenAs Openstheselectedfileswithencodingoption.ShellOpen Runstheselectedfilesoropensthemwiththesystemdefaultprogram.ShellMenu Showsshellcontextmenuoftheselecteditem.ViewinBrowser LoadsthefileintheDirectoryWindowintothewebbrowser.InsertAsTag InsertsthefilelocationasHTMLtag.AddtoProject Addscurrentfileordirectorytocurrentproject.Upload Uploadstheselectedfiles.Refresh Refreshesthecontentofthedirectorywindow.Properties Displaysthefile'spropertiesintheDirectoryWindow.ShowMappedDriveNames Displaysmappeddrivenames.ShowCurrentFolderOnly Showcurrentfolderpathonly(oldstyle).LocateFile ShowstheactivedocumentintheDirectoryWindow.SyncDirectory Syncsdirectorywindowtocurrentdocument.ChangeDirectory ChangescurrentdirectoryoftheDirectoryWindow.FindinDirectory Searchesforastringinselecteddirectory.FileNameSearch Searchesafilenameincurrentdirectorystructure.Create CreatesanewfileordirectoryontheDirectoryWindow.Rename Changesthenameofselectedfileordirectory.CopytoLocal Copiestheselecteditemtothelocalfolderyouchoose.Delete Deletesselectedfilesordirectories.Float MakestheDirectoryWindowafloatingwindow.Hide HidestheSidePanel.Location SetstheDocumentTabs,SidePaneloptions.RecentDirectories Goestolastdirectoryyouworkedin.

OutputwindowPopupMenu<Prev|Next>

Outputwindowpopupmenuhasfollowingcommands:

OpenAll OpensallthefileswhicharedisplayedintheOutputWindow.OpenNext Opensnextmatchingfile.OpenPrev Openspreviousmatchingfile.Clear Clearsthecontentoftheoutputwindow.Stop Breakstheoperationofcurrenttool.TabSize SetsthetabsizeoftheOutputWindow.KeyboardInput Acceptskeyboardinput.CopyLine Copiescurrentlinetoclipboard.CopyAll Copiesalloutputcontenttoclipboard.Paste InsertsClipboardcontentsintoOutputWindow.RemoveLine RemovescurrentlinefromtheOutputWindow.Float MakestheOutputWindowafloatingwindow.Hide Hidestheoutputwindow.

CommandlineoptionsandDDEcommands<Prev

Commandlineoptions-c Createnewinstance.-cursorline:column Locatecursorat"line"and"column".-ddirectory Startupdirectory.-e LoadafileintoanexistinginstanceofEditPlus.-idirectory INIfiledirectory.-m Runminimized.-n Createsanewdocument.-p Printsafile.-piproject_ini Specifiesdifferentprojectconfigurationfileinsteadofproject_u.ini.-prproject Selectsaproject.-r Opensafileasread-only.-sdirectory Syntaxdirectory.-selbegin:end Selectstextfrom"begin"positionto"end"position.

-tFileType Setthefiletype."FileType"mustbeoneofthedescriptionsoffiletypesonSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

-u DonotaddthefilenametotheRecentFileslist.-w Donotloadsavedworkspace.-wddirectory Directorytosavetheworkspace.

DDEcommands[activate] ActivatesEditPlus.[cursor("line:column")] Locatecursorat"line"and"column".[open("file")] Opensafile.[open_nomru("file")] OpensafilewithoutaddingthefilenametotheRecentFileslist.[open_read("file")] Opensafileasread-only.[print("file")] Printsafile.[type("FileType")] Setsthefiletype.See"-t"commandlineoption.

[sel("begin:end")] Selectstextfrom"begin"positionto"end"position.See"-sel"commandlineoption.

DDEService:editplus.exeDDETopic:system

NospacesallowedinDDEcommands.

EditPlusOnlineManualNext>

OverviewWhatisEditPlus?What'snewLicenseagreementFeedbackandsupportFeaturesSyntaxhighlightingInternetfeaturesHTMLToolbarDocumentTabsUsertoolsAutocompletionCliptextwindowDocumenttemplateOtherfeaturesCommandsFilemenuEditmenuViewmenuSearchmenuDocumentmenuBrowsermenuProjectmenuToolsmenuWindowmenuHelpmenuDirectorywindowpopupmenuCliptextlistboxpopupmenuCliptextcomboboxpopupmenuOutputwindowpopupmenuOtherreferencesCommandlineoptions

Settings&Syntaxpage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Youcanspecifydifferentsettingstoeachdifferentfiletype.Followingoptionsareavailable.

FiletypesThiswindowdisplaysavailablefiletypes.Choosefiletypewhichyouwanttosetoptionsfor.YoucanaddorremovefiletypesusingAdd/Removebuttons.AddPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoaddanewfiletype.Youcanregisterupto30filetypes.RemovePressthisbuttonifyouwanttoremovecurrentfiletype.Youcannotremovethedefaultfiletypes.Up/DownMovesselectedfiletypeupordown.DescriptionSpecifythedescriptionforcurrentfiletype.FileextensionsSpecifyfileextensionsforcurrentfiletype.Youmustseparateeachextensionbysemicolon(;).Forexample,HTMLfiletypehasfollowingextensions-html;htm;asp;shtmlWordwrapSetthewordwrapoptions.ThisbuttonpresentsWordWrapOptionsdialogbox.Tab/IndentSetthetabandindentoptions.ThisbuttonpresentsTabandIndentdialogbox.ColMarkersSpecifycolumnmarkersforcurrentfiletype.ThisbuttonpresentsSetColumnMarkerdialogbox.FuncPatternSpecifythefunctionpatternregularexpressiontouseintheFunctionListcommand.ThisbuttonpresentsFunctionPatterndialogbox.SyntaxfileSpecifythepathofsyntaxfileforcurrentfiletype.Tosetthesyntaxhighlightingcolors,clickSyntaxColorstab.SeeSyntaxhighlightingformoreinformationaboutthesyntaxfile.AutocompletionfileSpecifythepathofautocompletionfileforcurrentfiletype.SeeAuto

completionformoreinformationabouttheautocompletionfile.Addto'CommonFiles'AddtheselectedfiletypetoCommonFilesfilter.AssociateinExplorerCheckthisoptiontoassociatecurrentfiletypeinExplorer.Youcanopentheassociatedfilesbydouble-clickingitinExplorer.ShowHTMLtoolbarCheckthisoptiontodisplayHTMLtoolbarwithcurrentfiletype.TrimtrailingspacesonsaveCheckthisoptiontotrimtrailingspacesautomaticallywhenyousavefileofcurrentfiletype.SyntaxColorstabPressthistabtosetthesyntaxhighlightingcolorsforcurrentfiletype.

Toolspage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanspecifyToolssettings.

WebserverrootdirectoryIfyouhaveawebserverinstalledonyoursystem,youcanenterfullpathoftheWWWrootdirectoryhere.Whenrunning'ViewinBrowser'commandwiththelocalfileonthisdirectory,EditPluswillchangetheaddressto"http://localhost/"form.WebserverIPorhostnameIfyourwebservercannotberepresentedby"localhost",youcanenteranoptionalIPaddressorhostnameinthisfield.SelectbrowserSpecifythebrowsertypefortheNewBrowserWindowcommandandViewinBrowsercommand.BrowserlocationEnterfullpathofthebrowserthatyouwanttouseforanexternalbrowser.Selectbrowser2SpecifythebrowsertypefortheViewinBrowser2command.EnablevisualstylefortoolbarsWhenthisoptionischecked,Toolbars,StatusBarandtheDocumentTabsaredisplayedwithcurrentvisualstyle.ThisoptionworksonWindowsXPandlateronly.AlternatetoolbarbuttonborderWhenthisoptionischecked,toolbarbuttonsonWindows7useslightlydifferentvisualstyleforthebuttonborders.EnlargetoolbarbuttonsCheckthisoptiontoshowlargertoolbarbuttons.Allowdouble-clickontheStatusBarWhenthisoptionischecked,youcandouble-clickontheStatusBarindicatortoruntherelatedmenucommand.Allowdouble-columntoolbarWhenthisoptionischecked,thestandardtoolbarshowstwocolumnswhenitisdockedvertically.Thispreventsthetoolbarfrombeingclippedwhentheheightofthetoolbarisbiggerthanthesizeofscreen.UsetemporaryfileinbrowserpreviewWhenthisoptionischecked,ViewinBrowsercommandusestemporaryfiletopreviewtheHTMLdocument.

UsesystemdefaultbrowserwithGotoURLCheckthisoptiontoopensystemdefaultbrowserratherthantheseamlessbrowser,whenyourunthe'GotoURLcommand'.Runphp.exeonbrowserpreviewCheckthisoptiontoautomaticallyrunphp.exeandcreateatemporaryoutputfilewhenyouusetheViewinBrowsercommandwithphpfiles.

ViewinBrowsercommand1(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoviewcurrentdocumentinbrowser1window.IfyouchecktheseamlessbrowseroptioninToolssetting,thedocumentwillbeshownintheseamlessbrowserwindow.Otherwisethedocumentwillbeshownonexternalbrowser.Youcanusetemporaryfileinsteadofsavingcurrentdocument.SeeToolspageofthePreferencesdialogboxfordetails.

ShortcutsHTMLToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+B

FTPUploadcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtouploadfiletoFTPserver.ThiscommandpresentsFTPUploaddialogbox.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+S

OpenRemotecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoopenfilefromFTPserverandedititdirectly.ThiscommandpresentsOpenRemoteFiledialogbox.

Ifyourun'Save'commandwithremotefile,thechangewillbesaveddirectlytothefileontheFTPserver

SaveAsRemotecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosavecurrentdocumenttoFTPserverandedititdirectly.ThiscommandpresentsSaveAsRemoteFiledialogbox.

Ifyourun'Save'commandwithremotefile,thechangewillbesaveddirectlytothefileontheFTPserver

HTMLToolbarcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayandhidetheHTMLToolbar,whichincludesbuttonsforcommonHTMLtags.TheHTMLToolbarappearsautomaticallywhenyouopenanHTMLdocumentanddisappearswhenyouclosethedocument.AcheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhentheHTMLToolbarisdisplayed.

SeeHTMLToolbarforhelponusingtheHTMLtoolbar.

Boldcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsBoldHTMLtag.

<B></B>

ShortcutsHTMLToolbar:

Toolbarpage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcancustomizetoolbarbuttons.

CommandsThislistboxlistsbuttonswhichcanbeinsertedintoaspecifictoolbar.Selectbuttonthatyouwanttomove,thenpressrightarrowbuttonorjustdrag-n-dropit.ToolbarThislistboxlistsbuttonswhichcurrenttoolbarhas.Selectbuttonthatyouwanttomove,thenpressleftarrowbuttonorjustdrag-n-dropit.Add(rightarrowbutton)Addselectedbuttonintothecurrenttoolbar.Remove(leftarrowbutton)Removeselectedbuttonfromcurrenttoolbar.MoveUpUsethiscommandifyouwanttomoveselectedbuttonupwithincurrenttoolbar.MoveDownUsethiscommandifyouwanttomoveselectedbuttondownwithincurrenttoolbar.ResetDefaultThiscommandresetsallbuttonsettingstodefaultfactoryvalues.

Italiccommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsItalicHTMLtag.

<I></I>


Underlinecommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsUnderlineHTMLtag.

<U></U>


Fontcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsFontHTMLtag.

<FONTSIZE=""></FONT>


HTMLColorPicker(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

TheHTMLColorPickerhelpsyoutoinsertHTMLcolorcodeintotheHTMLdocumentveryeasily.ItshowsNetscape's216colorswhichyoucanchoosewithamouseclick.Ifyouwanttoinsertothercolor,clickMorebuttonandChooseColordialogboxwillbeshown.


NonBreakingSpacecommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsNonBreakingSpaceHTMLtag.


Breakcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsBreakHTMLtag.

<BR>


Paragraphcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsParagraphHTMLtag.

<P>


Headingcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

ThiscommandpresentsHeadingpopupmenu.Heading1-6tagsareavailableonHeadingpopupmenu.


Imagecommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsImageHTMLtag.ThiscommandpresentsSelectFiledialogboxtoselectimagefile.Ifyouwanttoinserttheimagetagdirectlywithoutthedialogbox,holddownShiftkeywhenrunningthiscommand.

<IMGSRC=""ALT="">


Anchorcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsAnchorHTMLtag.

<AHREF=""></A>


HorizontalRulercommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsHorizontalRulerHTMLtag.

<HR>


Commentcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsCommentHTMLtag.

CharacterPicker(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

TheCharacterPickerhelpsyoutoinsertHTMLspecialcharactersintoHTMLdocumentveryeasily.Ifyouclickonacharacter,thecorrespondingcharactercodewillbeinsertedintotheactivedocument.


TableGenerator(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

TheTableGeneratorhelpsyoutoinserttabletagintotheHTMLdocumentveryeasily.Pressleftmousebuttononatablecellanddragtothedesiredsizethenreleasethemousebutton.


Centercommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsCenterHTMLtag.

<CENTER></CENTER>


BlockQuotationcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsBlockQuotationHTMLtag.

<BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>


Preformatcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsPreformatHTMLtag.

<PRE></PRE>


Listcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

ThiscommandpresentsListtagpopupmenu.Unorderedlist,OrderedlistandDefinitionlistareavailableonListtagpopupmenu.


Scriptcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsScriptHTMLtag.

<SCRIPTLANGUAGE="JavaScript"></SCRIPT>

Appletcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsAppletHTMLtag.

<APPLETCODE=""WIDTH=""HEIGHT=""></APPLET>


ObjectPicker(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

TheObjectPickerhelpsyoutoinsertobjecttagintotheHTMLdocumentveryeasily.ItlistsalltheActiveXobjectwhichisavailableonthesystem.Double-clicktheitemwhichyouwanttoinsertintothedocument.


Formcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsFormHTMLtag.

<FORMMETHOD=POSTACTION="">

</FORM>


FormControlcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

ThiscommandpresentsFormControlpopupmenu.TextBox,ListBox,RadioButton,CheckBox,TextArea,ResetButton,SubmitButton,PasswordButton,HiddenFieldandImageareavailableonFormControlpopupmenu.


ImageMapcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsImageMapHTMLtag.

<MAPNAME=""><AREASHAPE=""HREF=""COORDS=""ALT=""></MAP>


Framecommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsFrameHTMLtag.

<FRAMESETROWS=","COLS=","><FRAMENAME=""SRC=""SCROLLING=""><FRAMENAME=""SRC=""SCROLLING=""></FRAMESET>


Stylecommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsStyleHTMLtag.

<STYLETYPE="text/css"TITLE="">

</STYLE>


Divcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsDivHTMLtag.

<DIVID=""CLASS="">

</DIV>


Spancommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsSpanHTMLtag.

<SPANCLASS=""></SPAN>


DocumentTabscommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayandhidetheDocumentTabs,whichoffersquickaccesstoallopendocuments.SwitchingbetweendocumentsismucheasierwithclickingDocumentTabsthanpressingCtrl+Tabkeymultipletimes.AcheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhentheDocumentTabsisdisplayed.

TochangethelocationoftheDocumentTabs,rightclicktheDocumentTabsandchoose'Options'commandonthepopupmenu.

SeeDocumentTabsforhelponusingtheDocumentTabs.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Alt+Shift+3

FunctionListcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoshoworhidetheFunctionList.

ShortcutsKeys:Shift+F11

UserToolspage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanconfigureusertools.Usertoolisuser-definedapplicationorHelpfilethatEditPluswilllaunchandoptionallycapturetheoutput.

GroupsandtoolitemsSelectusertoolgroupinthecombobox.Thereare10usertoolgroupsandyoucanaddupto20usertoolsineachgroup.Thelistboxdisplaysthemenutextofusertoolsincurrentgroup,whichwillbeshownonToolsmenu.YoucanalsoaddusertooltotheAutoRunToolGroupswhichrunsautomaticallywhendocumentsareopenorsaved.Autoruntoolgroupsarenotaccessiblefromthemenu.AutoruntoolgroupGroupNamePressthisbuttontochangethenameofcurrentgroup.AddPressthisbuttontoaddanewprogram,helpfile(*.hlp),HTMLhelpfile(*.chm)orkeystrokerecordingfile.Youcanaddupto20toolsineachgroup.RemovePressthisbuttontoremovecurrenttool.UpMovesuptheselectedtool.DownMovesdowntheselectedtool.IconSetsacustomtoolbaricon.MenutextEnterthetextofthetoolwhichwillbedisplayedonthemenuitem.CommandEnterthefullnameofanexecutablefile,ahelpfileorakeystrokerecordingfile.ArgumentEntertheargumentthatyouwanttopasstothetool.Thisoptionisnotavailablewhencurrenttoolisahelpfileorakeystrokerecordingfile.YoucanalsoinsertArgumentMacrosinthisfield.InitialdirectoryEntertheinitialdirectorywherethetoolshouldbeexecuted.Thiscommandisnotavailablewhencurrenttoolisahelpfileorakeystrokerecordingfile.Action:Captureoutput

Capturetheoutputofthetool.Thisoptionisonlyapplicabletoconsoleapplication.Ifyoucheckthisoption,theoutputofthetoolwillbecapturedintheoutputwindow.Thisfeatureisusefulwhenyouwanttocaptureerrormessagesofacompiler.SeeOutputWindowfordetails.NOTE:OutputWindowdoesnotallowkeyboardinput.Ifthetoolacceptskeyboardinput,youmustturnoffthisoption.Action:RunastextfilterIfthisoptionisturnedon,selectedtextorentiredocumentwillbepassedtothetoolthrough'StandardInput'andwillreceivetheoutputpassedfromthetoolthrough'StandardOutput'.Youcanselectthewayhowtousetheoutputfromthetextfilter.'Replace'replacestheselectedtextortheentiredocumentwiththeoutput.'Insert'insertstheoutputintocurrentcursorpositionofthedocument.'OutputWindow'displaystheoutputtotheOutputWindow.'CopyResult'copiestheoutputtotheClipboard.Textfiltermustbeaconsoleapplicationwhichreadstextfrom'StandardInput'andwritestheoutputtextto'StandardOutput'.Action:RunHiddenWhenthisoptionischecked,thetoolrunssilentlyanddoesnotdisplaytheapplicationwindow.Action:ClosewindowwhenexitWhenthisoptionischecked,thetoolwillbeclosedafteritfinisheditsoperation.Thisoptionisonlyapplicabletoconsoleapplications.ThisoptionisnotavailableifyoucheckedCaptureOutputoption.OutputPatternSpecifytheoutputpatternforthetagjumpintheoutputwindow.ThisbuttonpresentsOutputPatterndialogbox.SaveYoucanusethisoptiontosaveallopenfilesorjustcurrentlyfilebeforerunningtheusertool.

OutputWindow<Prev|Next>

Theoutputwindowislocatedatthebottomofthescreenanddisplaysthecapturedoutputofusertools.Todisplayorhidetheoutputwindow,usetheOutputWindowcommandontheViewmenu.

IfyouaddaJavacompilertotheUserToolspageofthePreferencesdialogboxandcheckthe"captureoutput"option,theJavacompilererrorswillbedisplayedintheoutputwindow.Ifyoudouble-clickonthespecificerrorline,EditPlusautomaticallyloadstherelatedfileandlocatesthecursortothatline.

Tochangethedefaultoutputpatternforthetagjump,press'OutputPattern'buttononUserToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

TheoutputwindowisalsousedinFindinFilescommand.Thefindresultwillbedisplayedintheoutputwindow,soyoucandouble-clickthespecificlinetoloadthefileandlocatethecursortothatline.

Seealso:Outputwindowpopupmenu

CliptextWindowcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodisplayandhidethecliptextwindow.Cliptextwindowallowsyoutohandlefrequently-usedtextclipsveryconveniently.AcheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhenthecliptextWindowisdisplayed.

SeeCliptextWindowforhelponusingthecliptextwindow.


Insertcommand(CliptextListBoxpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertcurrentcliptextitemintotheactivedocument.Youcanalsodraganddropthecliptextitemtothedocumenttogetthesameresult.

CliptextcandefineHotSpot(using"^!").HotSpotwillbethecursorlocationwhenthecliptextisinsertedintothedocument.Ifthereisanyselectedtextinthedocument,cliptextwithHotspotwillbewrappedbothsideoftheselection.

Forexample,iffollowingcliptext<TITLE>^!<TITLE>isinsertedintofollowingselectedtextDocumentTitletheresultis<TITLE>DocumentTitle<TITLE>

Edit/AddCliptextItemdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcaneditthetitleandthetextbodyofcurrentcliptextitem.Thisdialogboxisalsousedwhenyouaddnewcliptextitem.

TitleEnterthetitleofthecliptextitem.TextbodyEnterthetextbodyofthecliptextitem."^"isregardedasescapecharacterwhichisusedtodefineHotSpot.Ifyouwanttoenter"^"itself,youshouldenterittwicelike"^^".YoucandefineHotSpotusing"^!".HotSpotwillbethecursorlocationwhenthecliptextisinsertedintothedocument.SeeInsertcommandformoredetails.

Sortcommand(CliptextListBoxpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtotogglethesortmodeofcurrentcliptextlibrary.Acheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhencliptextlibraryisinsortmode.Cliptextitemscannotbemovedinsortedlibrary.

Editcommand(CliptextComboBoxpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoloadthecurrentcliptextlibraryfile(whichhas".CTL"extension)intotheeditorandedititdirectly.Thecliptextlibraryfileshouldbewritteninpredefinedsyntax.Thesyntaxisverysimple.ThefastestwayistolookintothesamplecliptextlibrarythatcomeswithEditPlus.

HeaderInformation

#TITLE=HTML3.2#INFOEditPlusCliptextLibraryv1.0WrittenbyES-Computing.#SORT=y

Eachstatementshouldbeprefixedwith'#'sign.1.#TITLE-Thetitleofcliptextlibrary.Thisshouldbelocatedatthefirstlineofthefile.Otherwise,EditPluscannotloadit.

2.#INFO-Informationaboutthecliptextlibrarysuchasauthor,date,etc.Thisinformationcanhavemultiplelines.

3.#SORT-Whetherthecliptextlibraryshouldbesortedornotinthelistbox.'y'foryesand'n'forno.

Textclips

#T=BODY<BODY>^!</BODY>

Eachtextclipsbeginswithtitleinformationoftheform"#T=title",followedbytextbody.Thetextbodycanhavemultiplelines.

YoucandefineoptionalHotSpotusing"^!"."^"isusedasescapecharacter.Ifyouwanttoinsert"^"itselfinthetextbody,youshouldenterthecharactertwicelike"^^".Whenyouinsertthe"#"inthetextbody,Youalsohavetoprefixtheescapecharactertoitlike"^#".

Anoptional'#'canbeplacedinthelineafterthelastlinetoindicatestheendofthetextclip.

#T=BODY<BODY>^!</BODY>#

Thetitle-onlytextclipsarealsosupported.Thetitleitselfwillbeinsertedintothedocument.Forexample,

#T=font-family:

Theaboveitemhasonlytitleandnottextbody,so"font-family:"willbeinsertedintothedocument.

"^@"insertscurrentdate."^%"insertsahexcode.Forexample,"^%41"insertsletter'A'.




Templatespage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanspecifydocumenttemplateswhichisshownonFile|Newmenu.SeeDocumentTemplateformoredetailaboutdocumenttemplate.

TemplatesThisboxlistsregistereddocumenttemplates.AddAddanewdocumenttemplate.RemoveRemovestheselecteddocumenttemplate.ResetDefaultPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoresetallthesettingstodefaultvalues.UpMovesuptheselecteddocumenttemplate.DownMovesdowntheselecteddocumenttemplate.MenutextSpecifiesthedescriptionoftheselecteddocumenttemplatewhichwillbeshownonthemenuitem.FilepathSpecifiesthepathoftemplatefile.OpenLoadcurrenttemplatefileintotheeditor.

TitleBar<Prev|Next>

Thetitlebarislocatedalongthetopofawindow.Itcontainsthenameoftheapplicationanddocument.

Tomovethewindow,dragthetitlebar.Note:Youcanalsomovedialogboxesbydraggingtheirtitlebars.

Atitlebarmaycontainthefollowingelements:ApplicationControl-menubuttonDocumentControl-menubuttonMaximizebuttonMinimizebuttonClosebuttonNameoftheapplicationNameofthedocumentRestorebutton

WordWrapcommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoturnonorofftheword-wrapfeatureofcurrentdocument.Word-wrapfeaturehelpstoeditlonglinesmoreconveniently.

ThissettingwillnotbesavedtotheINIfile.YoucanspecifypermanentvalueonSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+Shift+W

LineNumbercommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoshoworhidethelinenumber.LinenumbercanincreasereadabilityinprogramsourcesorHTMLdocuments.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+Shift+L

Rulercommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoshoworhidetheruleratthetopoftheactivedocument.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+R

RegularExpression<Prev|Next>

Regularexpressionisasearchstringthatcontainsnormaltextplusspecialcharacterswhichindicateextendedsearchingoptions.Regularexpressionallowsmoresophisticatedsearchandreplace.

Forexample,youcanfindanydigitbyusingregularexpression"[0-9]".SimilarlyyoucanfindanymatchingcharacterthatisNOTdigitbyusingregularexpression"[^0-9]".

EditPlussupportsfollowingregularexpressionsinFind,ReplaceandFindinFilescommand.

Expression Description\t Tabcharacter.\n Newline.. Matchesanycharacter.

| Eitherexpressiononitsleftandrightsidematchesthetargetstring.Forexample,"a|b"matches"a"and"b".

[] Anyoftheenclosedcharactersmaymatchthetargetcharacter.Forexample,"[ab]"matches"a"and"b"."[0-9]"matchesanydigit.

[^] Noneoftheenclosedcharactersmaymatchthetargetcharacter.Forexample,"[^ab]"matchesallcharacterEXCEPT"a"and"b"."[^0-9]"matchesanynon-digitcharacter.

* Charactertotheleftofasteriskintheexpressionshouldmatch0ormoretimes.Forexample"be*"matches"b","be"and"bee".

+ Charactertotheleftofplussignintheexpressionshouldmatch1ormoretimes.Forexample"be+"matches"be"and"bee"butnot"b".

? Charactertotheleftofquestionmarkintheexpressionshouldmatch0or1time.Forexample"be?"matches"b"and"be"butnot"bee".

^ Expressiontotherightof^matchesonlywhenitisatthebeginningofline.Forexample"^A"matchesan"A"thatisonlyatthebeginningofline.

$ Expressiontotheleftof$matchesonlywhenitisattheendofline.Forexample"e$"matchesan"e"thatisonlyattheendofline.

() Affectsevaluationorderofexpressionandalsousedfortaggedexpression.\ Escapecharacter.Ifyouwanttousecharacter"\"itself,youshoulduse"\\".

Thetaggedexpressionisenclosedby().Taggedexpressionscanbereferencedby\0,\1,\2,\3,etc.Youcanalsouse$insteadof\sign(e.g.$1,$2,$3...).\0indicatesataggedexpressionrepresentingtheentiresubstringthatwasmatched.\1indicatesthefirsttaggedexpression,\2isthesecond,etc.Seefollowingexamples.

OriginalSearchReplaceResultabc(ab)(c)\0-\1-\2abc-ab-cabca(b)(c)\0-\1-\2abc-b-cabc(a)b(c)\0-\1-\2abc-a-c

FindinFilescommand(SearchMenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchspecifictextinmultiplefiles.ThiscommandpresentsFindinFilesdialogbox.

ShortcutsToolbar:

Splitcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosplittheactivewindowintopanes.Youmaythenusethemouseorthekeyboardarrowstomovethesplitterbars.Whenyouarefinished,pressthemousebuttonorentertoleavethesplitterbarsintheirnewlocation.Pressingescapekeepsthesplitterbarsintheiroriginallocation.

RecordKeystrokescommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtobeginorstoprecordingthekeystrokes.RecordedkeystrokescanbeplayedbackusingPlaybackRecordingcommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Q

Keyboardpage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcancustomizekeyboardshortcuts.

TypesThiswindowdisplaysavailablecommandcategories.CommandsThiswindowdisplaysavailablecommandsincurrentcategory.ResetAllPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoresetallthekeyboardshortcutstodefaultvalues.SaveAsPressthisbuttonifyouwanttosavecurrentkeyboardshortcutstoanexternalfile.Youcanloadthefileandrestorethekeyboardshortcutslater.LoadPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoloadasavedkeyboardshortcutfile.PressnewshortcutPresskeythatyouwanttoassigntocurrentcommand.CurrentkeysThiswindowdisplaysshortcutsthatisappliedtocurrentcommand.AssignPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoassignshortcutyoupressedtocurrentcommand.Multipleshortcutscanbeassignedtoonecommand.RemovePressthisbuttonifyouwanttoremoveselectedshortcutfromcurrentcommand.DefaultPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoassigndefaultshortcutkeytocurrentcommand.

MonitorClipboardcommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtomonitorchangesofclipboardandinsertthechangedcontentintotheendofcurrentdocument.Thiscommandcanbeusedforabbreviationofcut-and-pasteoperation.Anytextwhichiscopiedorcuttotheclipboardwillbeinsertedintothecurrentdocument.Acheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhenthisoptionisactive.

ShowColumnMarkercommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoshoworhidethecolumnmarkers.Columnmarkerisaverticallinewhichindicatesspecificcolumnlocation.ColumnmarkercanbeusefulforcolumnorientedprogramminglanguagessuchasCOBOLorFORTRAN.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+M

NoHelpAvailable<Prev|Next>

Nohelpisavailableforthismessagebox.

Newcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocreateanewdocumentonEditPlus.Chooseappropriatedocumenttypeonthepopupmenu.YoucanmodifythelistoftemplatesthroughConfigureTemplatescommand.

ShortcutsToolbar:

NewNormalTextcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocreateanewnormaldocumentinEditPlus.

YoucanopenanexistingdocumentwiththeOpencommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+N

NewHTMLcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocreateanewHTMLdocumentinEditPlus.

YoucanopenanexistingHTMLdocumentwiththeOpencommand.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+Shift+N

NewBrowsercommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocreateanewbrowserwindowinEditPlus.

IfyouchooseseamlessbrowserwindowoptioninToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox,newseamlessbrowserwindowwillbecreated.Otherwise,EditPluslaunchesanewexternalbrowser.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+B

ConfigureTemplatescommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoadd/remove/modifythedocumenttemplates.Documenttemplateisusedforquickstartofnewdocument.SeeDocumentTemplateformoreinformation.ThiscommandpresentsTemplatespageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

DocumentTemplatecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocreateanewdocumentusingdocumenttemplate.Youcanadd/orremovethesemenuitemsinTemplatespageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Opencommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoopenanexistingdocumentinanewwindow.

EditPlusdisplaystheFileOpendialogboxsoyoucanchoosedocumentstoedit.Youcanopenmultipledocumentsatonce.UsetheWindowmenuorDocumentTabstoswitchamongthemultipleopendocuments.SeeWindow1,2,...commandandDocumentTabs.

YoucancreatenewdocumentswiththeNewcommand.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+O

Closecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocloseallwindowscontainingtheactivedocument.

EditPlussuggeststhatyousavechangestoyourdocumentbeforeyoucloseit.Ifyoucloseadocumentwithoutsaving,youloseallchangesmadesincethelasttimeyousavedit.Beforeclosinganuntitleddocument,EditPlusdisplaystheSaveAsdialogboxandsuggeststhatyounameandsavethedocument.

YoucanalsocloseadocumentbyusingtheCloseicononthedocument'swindow.

CloseAllcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoclosealldocumentwindows.

Savecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosavetheactivedocumenttoitscurrentnameanddirectory.

Whenyousaveadocumentforthefirsttime,EditPlusdisplaystheSaveAsdialogboxsoyoucannameyourdocument.Ifyouwanttochangethenameanddirectoryofanexistingdocumentbeforeyousaveit,choosetheSaveAscommand.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+S

SaveAllcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosaveallopendocumentstotheircurrentnameanddirectory.

ThiscommanddoesnotdisplaytheSaveAsdialogboxforunnameddocuments.

ShortcutsToolbar:

SaveAscommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosaveandnametheactivedocument.EditPlusdisplaystheSaveAsdialogboxsoyoucannameyourdocument.

Tosaveadocumentwithitsexistingnameanddirectory,usetheSavecommand.

Printcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoprintadocument.ThiscommandpresentsaPrintdialogbox,whereyoumayspecifytherangeofpagestobeprinted,thenumberofcopies,thedestinationprinter,andotherprintersetupoptions.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+P

PrintPreviewcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodisplaytheactivedocumentasitwouldappearwhenprinted.Whenyouchoosethiscommand,thedocumentwindowwillbereplacedwithaprintpreviewwindowinwhichoneortwopageswillbedisplayedintheirprintedformat.ThePrintPreviewtoolbaroffersyouoptionstovieweitheroneortwopagesatatime;movebackandforththroughthedocument;zoominandoutofpages;andinitiateaprintjob.

ShortcutsToolbar:

PrintSetupcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtospecifyvariousprintingoptionsandselectaprinterandaprinterconnection.ThiscommandpresentsPrintpageofthePreferencesdialogbox,whereyouspecifythesettings.

PrintDirectcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoprintadocumentdirectly.UnlikePrintcommand,thiscommanddoesnotpresentPrintdialogbox.

PrintAllcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoprintallopendocuments.Thiscommandisusefulwhenyouwanttoprintmanydocumentsatoncewithoutanyintervention.

UploadAllcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtouploadallopenfilestoFTPserver.ThiscommandpresentsUploadMultipledialogboxandaddsallopenfilestothelist.

FTPSettingscommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosettheFTPaccountinformation.ThiscommandpresentsFTPAccountsdialogbox.

Disconnectcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocloseallactiveFTPconnections.

Updatecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNUpdateoncurrentfile.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

Commitcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNCommitoncurrentfile.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

ShowLogcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNLogoncurrentfile.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

Diffcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNDiffoncurrentfilewithpreviousversion.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

Checkoutcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNCheckoutoncurrentdirectory.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

CompareFilescommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocomparetwoopenfiles.ThiscommandpresentsWindowListdialogboxwhereyoucanselecttwofilesfromthelist.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

UpdateDircommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNUpdateoncurrentfiledirectory.Ifthereisnotopenfile,thisfunctionusescurrentdirectoryontheDirectoryWindow.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

CommitDircommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNCommitoncurrentfiledirectory.Ifthereisnoopenfile,thisfunctionusescurrentdirectoryontheDirectoryWindow.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

ShowLogDircommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunSVNLogoncurrentfiledirectory.Ifthereisnoopenfile,thisfunctionusescurrentdirectoryontheDirectoryWindow.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

UseTortoiseGitcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

TurnonthisoptiontouseTortoiseGitfortheversioncontrolcommands.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseGitinstalledonyourcomputer.

UseTortoiseSVNcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

TurnonthisoptiontouseTortoiseSVNfortheversioncontrolcommands.Tousethisfunction,youshouldhaveTortoiseSVNinstalledonyourcomputer.

OpenHeadercommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

ThiscommandloadstheheaderfileoftheactivedocumentifitisC/C++file.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+H

GotoFilecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Thiscommandloadsthefileofwhichtheselectedtextisthepathname.

Ifthereisnoselection,thiscommandjumpstoafileandlocatethecursortoproperline.Itsearchescurrentlineusingoutputwindowpattern.

c:\autoexec.bat(5,10)

Runthiscommandataboveline.Thefile"c:\autoexec.bat"willbeopenedandcursorwillbelocatedatline5,column10.

ShortcutsKeys:F7Mouse:Alt+Double-click

CloseOtherscommand(Filepopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocloseallopendocumentsexceptthecurrentone.

RenameFilecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtochangethenameofcurrentfileordirectory.

SaveCopyAscommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopycurrentfileasanewname.

CopyNamecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopycurrentfilepathtotheclipboard.

SendMailcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosendcurrentdocumentthroughe-mail.ThiscommandrequiresMAPIcompatiblee-mailsoftware.

LockFilescommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoprotectopenfilesfrommodifiedbyotherapplications.

NOTE:Thiscommanddoesnotworkonremotefiles.

ReloadAllcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreloadallopendocumentsfromthedisk.Thiscommanddiscardsallunsavedchangesandclearstheundo/redobuffer.

ExportWorkspacecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosavecurrentworkspaceasanINIfile.YoucanlaterreadfromtheINIfileandrestoretheworkspaceusingtheImportWorkspacecommand.

ImportWorkspacecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoloadaworkspaceINIfileandimportstocurrentworkspace.TheINIfilemusthavebeensavedusingtheExportWorkspacecommand.

ExitwithoutWorkspacecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoQuittheapplicationwithoutsavingworkspace.

DeleteFilecommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletecurrentfilesordirectories.

Propertiescommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodisplaysthefile'sproperties.

RecentFilescommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethenumbersandfilenameslistedontheFile|RecentFilesmenutoopenlastdocumentsyouclosed.Choosethenumberthatcorrespondswiththedocumentyouwanttoopen.

ClearRecentFilesListcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocleartheRecentFileslistitems.

MoreRecentFilescommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

Thiscommandshowsanextendedlistofupto50recentfiles.

Save&Exitcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosavealldocumentsandendyourEditPlussession.

Exitcommand(Filemenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoendyourEditPlussession.YoucanalsousetheClosecommandontheapplicationControlmenu.EditPluspromptsyoutosavedocumentswithunsavedchanges.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Alt+F4

Undocommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreversethelasteditingaction,ifpossible.Thenameofthecommandchanges,dependingonwhatthelastactionwas.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnoeditingactiondone.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+ZorAlt-BACKSPACE

Redocommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreversethelastundoaction,ifpossible.Thenameofthecommandchanges,dependingonwhatthelastundoactionwas.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnoundoactiondone.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+Y

Cutcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoremovecurrentlyselectedtextfromthedocumentandputitontheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnotextcurrentlyselected.

Cuttingtexttotheclipboardreplacesthecontentspreviouslystoredthere.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+X

Copycommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopyselectedtextontotheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnotextcurrentlyselected.

Copyingtexttotheclipboardreplacesthecontentspreviouslystoredthere.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+C

Pastecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertacopyoftheclipboardcontentsattheinsertionpoint.Thiscommandisunavailableiftheclipboardisempty.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+V

Deletecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletecurrentselectionoftheactivedocument.Ifthereisnoselection,thiscommanddeletesthecharacteratcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Del

DeleteWordcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletethewordatcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Del

DeleteLinecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletethelineatcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+Del

DeletetoEndofWordcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletetotheendofcurrentword.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Del

DeletetoEndofLinecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletetotheendofcurrentline.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+Del

DeleteWordBackcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeleteonewordback.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Backspace

DeleteMarkedLinesecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeleteallthemarkedlines.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnomarkedline.

DeleteUnmarkedLinescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletealltheunmarkedlines.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnomarkedline.

DeleteDuplicatedLinescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletesduplicatedlinesfromcurrentdocument.

DeleteBlankLinescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodeletealltheblanklinesfromcurrentdocument.

SelectWordcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselectthewordatcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+W

SelectLinecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselectthelineatcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+R

SelectAllcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselecttheentiredocument.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+A

ColumnSelectioncommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtostartcolumnselection.MovemouseorusearrowkeytoselectandthenclickmousebuttonorpressEnter.

YoucanalsouseAlt+mousedragtostartcolumnselection.

NOTE:Youcannotusethiscommandifwordwrapoptionisturnedon.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+CMouse:Alt+drag

Begin/EndSelection(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtobeginorendselection.Thiscommandisusefulwhenselectionareaisspreadoveralargefile.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+B

Begin/EndColumn(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtobeginorendcolumnselection.Thiscommandisusefulwhenselectionareaisspreadoveralargefile.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+E

CutAppendcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocutandappendselectedtextontotheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnodatacurrentlyselected.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+C

CopyAppendcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopyandappendselectedtextontotheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnodatacurrentlyselected.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+X

CutMarkedLinesecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocutallmarkedlinesandputthemontheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnomarkedline.

CopyMarkedLinesecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopyallthemarkedlinesandputthemontheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnomarkedline.

PasteasColumncommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtopastetextfromtheclipboardintothedocumentcolumnarly.Thiscommandhassaameresultasyoucopyandpastecolumnselection.

NOTE:Youcannotusethiscommandifwordwrapoptionisturnedon.

CopyasHTMLcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocopytheselectiontotheclipboardasHTMLtext.Ifthecurrentdocumenthasanassociatedsyntaxfile,thiscommandpreservesthesyntaxhighlightingintheHTMLcode.

CopyURLcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocopycurrentURLtotheclipboard.

UndoAll(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoundoallthelastactionsintheundobuffer.

RedoAll(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoredoallthepreviouslyundoneactionsintheredobuffer.

CopyonMouseSelectcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Turnonthisoptionifyouwanttoautomaticallycopytoclipboardwhenyoumakeselectionbymouse.

PasteonRightClickcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Turnonthisoptionifyouwanttoautomaticallypastefromclipboardwhenyouclickrightmousebutton.

FixedColumnPastecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Turnonthisoptionifyouwanttoretaincursorpositionwhenyoupastefromcolumnselection.

CopyonSelectionOnlycommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Turnonthisoptionifyouwanttoenablecopycommandonlywhenthereisselectedtext.Ifthisoptionisoffandthereisnoselectedtext,copyandcutcommandworksoncurrentlineinsteadofselectedtext.

AutoIndentonPastecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Turnonthisoptionifyouwanttoautoindenttextwhenpastingfromclipboard.

TrimTrailingSpacescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoremovetrailingspacesofeachline.

TabstoSpacescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconverttabstospacesinselectedtextorentiredocument.

SpacestoTabscommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconvertspacestotabsinselectedtextorentiredocument.

LeadingPlacestoTabscommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconvertleadingspacestotabsinselectedtextorentiredocument.Thiscommandconvertsspacesonlyatthebeginningofline.

RemoveLeadingSpacescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoremoveleadingwhitespacesfromeachline.

JoinLinescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtojoinselectedlinesintoonelongline.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandsjoinscurrentandnextline.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+J

SplitLinescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosplitselectedwrappedlines.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandssplitscurrentwrappedline.

Thiscommandisavailableonlywhencurrentdocumentisinword-wrapmode.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+K

Reformatcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtojoinalllinesintheparagraphandreformatthetexttotheformatcolumnnumber,ortothewindowborderifwordwrapmodeisturnedon.YoucanspecifyformatcolumnnumberwiththeWordWrapOptionscommandonDocumentmenu.Thedefaultvalueis80.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+R

IncreaseIndentcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoincreasetheindentationoftheselectedtext.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandincreasestheindentationofthecurrentline.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+I

DecreaseIndentcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodecreasetheindentationoftheselectedtext.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommanddecreasestheindentationofcurrentline.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+I

LineCommentcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertlinecommentsignatthebeginningofline.

LineCommentIndentcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertlinecommentsignbeforethefirstnon-spacecharacterofline.

LineUncommentcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoremovelinecommentsignatthebeginningofline.

FillSelectioncommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtofilltheselectionwithaspecificcharacterorstring.ThiscommandpresentstheFillSelectiondialogbox.

AlignLeftcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoaligncurrentlineorselectedtexttotheleftborder.

Thiscommandisnotavailableifcurrentdocumentisinword-wrapmode.

AlignCentercommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocentercurrentlineorselectedtextbetweentheleftedgeandtheformatcolumnnumber.YoucanspecifyformatcolumnnumberthroughTab/IndentcommandonDocumentmenu.Thedefaultvalueis80.


AlignRightcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoalignthecurrentlineorselectedtexttotheformatcolumnnumber.YoucanspecifyformatcolumnnumberthroughTab/IndentcommandonDocumentmenu.Thedefaultvalueis80.


UpperCasecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconverttheselectedtexttouppercase.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandconvertsthecharacteratcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+U

LowerCasecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconverttheselectedtexttolowercase.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandconvertsthecharacteratcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+L

InvertCasecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconvertthecaseofselectedtexttooppositecase.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandconvertsthecharacteratcurrentcursorposition.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+K

Capitalizecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocapitalizestheselectedtext.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnoselectedtext.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+U

Base64Encodecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoencodeselectedtextinBase64.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandconvertsentiredocument.

Base64Decodecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodecodesselectedtextinBase64.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandconvertsentiredocument.

URLEncodecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoencodeselectedtextinURLencoding.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandconvertsentiredocument.

URLDecodecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodecodeselectedtextinURLencoding.Ifthereisnoselectedtext,thiscommandconvertsentiredocument.

SearchDocumentcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreplacecurrentpartialwordwithanexpandedwordfoundincurrentdocument.Thiscommandsearchescurrentdocumentforwordswhichbeginwiththecurrentword,insertsthefoundwordintotheactivedocument,orpresentsapop-uplistiftherearemorethanonematchingwords.

Forexample,type"str"andrunthiscommand,youcanchoosefrom"strcpy","strcat","strlen",etc.

ShortcutsKeys:F2

SearchAllOpenFilescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreplacecurrentpartialwordwithanexpandedwordfoundinallopenfiles.Thiscommandsearchesallopenfilesforwordswhichbeginwithcurrentword,insertsthefoundwordintotheactivedocument,orpresentsapop-uplistiftherearemorethanonematchingwords.


ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+F2

SearchCliptextcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoexpandcurrentwordintothecorrespondingcliptextitem.Thiscommandsearchestheactivecliptextlibraryforthecurrentword,andinsertsthematchingcliptextitemintotheactivedocument,orpresentsapop-uplistiftherearemorethanonematchingcliptextitems.



SuggestFromTagFilecommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreplacecurrentpartialwordwithanexpandedwordfoundinthetagsfile.Ifmorethanonematchingwordsarefound,itpresentsalistboxthatshowsthecandidates.YoucansetthetagfilestosearchusingtheConfigureTagFilescommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+F2

InsertFilecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertcontentofafileintocursorpositionofcurrentdocument.ThiscommandpresentsFileOpendialogboxtochoosewhichfiletoinsert.

PageBreakcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertapagebreak(ASCII12).

Datecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertcurrentdateinshortformatintotheactivedocument.Ifyouwantthelongformat,useInsertDateinLongFormatcommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+D

DateLongcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertcurrentdateinlongformatintotheactivedocument.Ifyouwanttheshortformat,useInsertDatecommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+D

Timecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertcurrenttimeintotheactivedocument.Thetimeformatdoesnotincludeseconds.Ifyouwanttoincludethesecondsinthetimeformat,useInsertTimewithSecondscommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+M

TimeLongcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinsertcurrenttimeintotheactivedocument.Thetimeformatincludesseconds.Ifyoudon'twanttoincludethesecondsinthetimeformat,useInsertTimecommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+M

CustomizeDate/Timecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocustomizedate/timeformatwhichisusedbyDate/Timecommands.ThiscommandpresentsCustomizeDate/Timedialogbox.

StripHTMLTagscommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtostripallHTMLtagsfromcurrentdocumentorselection.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+P

AnsitoHTMLEntitycommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconverthigh-ASCIIspecialcharactersandEuropeancharacterssuchasumlautsoraccentsintoHTMLentities.

HTMLEntitytoAnsicommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoconvertHTMLentitiestohigh-ASCIIspecialcharactersandEuropeancharacterssuchasumlautsoraccents.

HTMLTidy(HTML)command(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunHTMLTidytofixHTMLcode.

HTMLTidy(XML)command(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtorunHTMLTidytofixXMLcode.

JSONBeautifiercommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoindentJSONcodetomakeiteasiertoread.

Transposecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtotransposecharacterseithersideofthecursor.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+T

DuplicateLinecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoduplicatecurrentline.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+J

DuplicateCharcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopyacharacterfrompreviousline.Itcopiesfromthesamecolumnnumberascurrentcursorlocation.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+-

DuplicateSelcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoduplicatecurrentselection.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+=

SetMarkerDupLinescommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchduplicatedlinesandsetmarkersonthoselines.YoucanuseDeleteMarkedLinestoremovethemlater.

MoveUpCommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtomoveuptheselectedlines.Thiscommandusescurrentlineifthereisnoselection.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+Up

MoveDownCommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtomovedowntheselectedlines.Thiscommandusescurrentlineifthereisnoselection.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+Down

CharCodecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodisplaythecharactercodeatcurrentcursorpositioninhexadecimalvalue.ItdisplaysbothUnicodevalueandtheoriginalencodedvalue.

LockInsertModecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

CheckthisoptiontolocktheinputmodeasInsert.ThisoptionpreventsfromswitchingtoOverwritemodebyaccidentallypressingtheInsertkey.

AllowDrag&Dropcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Checkthisoptiontoallowthedraganddropeditingoftextinthedocumentwindow.

EnableQuickInsertcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Checkthisoptiontoallowadjustingthecursorlocationforquickinsertonmultiplelines.Whenyoumovecursorup/downtoinserttextonmultiplelines,itautomaticallyrestoresthepreviousinsertionpointinthenextline.

ExtendNumberSelectioncommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Checkthisoptiontoallowcommasanddotswhenselectingnumberswithdoubleclick.

CharacterCountcommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocountthenumberofcharactersinthedocumentorselection.

AllowVirtualSpacecommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

Checkthisoptiontoallowcursorpositionbeyondtheendofline.Ifyouenteranycharacterwhenthecursorislocatedbeyondtheendofline,appropriatenumberoftabsandspaceswillautomaticallybeinserted.

HexViewercommand(Editmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplaycurrentfileinHexViewer.

Toolbarcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayandhidetheToolbar,whichincludesbuttonsforsomeofthemostcommoncommandsonEditPlus,suchasFileOpen.AcheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhentheToolbarisdisplayed.

SeeToolbarforhelponusingthetoolbar.

UserToolbarcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayandhidetheUserToolbar,whichincludesbuttonsforusertoolsandtemplates.AcheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhentheUserToolbarisdisplayed.

BrowserToolbarcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayandhidetheBrowserToolbar,whichincludesbuttonsforsomeofthemostcommonbrowsercommandsonEditPlus.AcheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhentheBrowserToolbarisdisplayed.

SeeBrowserToolbarforhelponusingtheBrowsertoolbar.

StatusBarcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayandhidetheStatusBar,whichdescribestheactiontobeexecutedbytheselectedmenuitemordepressedtoolbarbutton,andkeyboardlatchstate.AcheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhentheStatusBarisdisplayed.

SeeStatusBarforhelponusingthestatusbar.

OutputWindowcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayandhidetheOutputwindow,whichdisplaystheoutputofusertools.

SeeOutputWindowformorehelponOutputwindow.


DirectoryWindowcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoshoworhidethedirectorywindow.

SeeDirectoryWindowformorehelponDirectoryWindow.


GotoSidePanelcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandwhenyouwanttomovethekeyboardinputfocustotheSidePanel,ortothedocumentwindowfromtheSidePanel.


GotoOutputWindowcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandwhenyouwanttomovethekeyboardinputfocustotheoutputwindow,ortothedocumentwindowfromtheoutputwindow.


GotoDriveListcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoshowthelistofdiskdrivesandFTPserversontheDirectoryWindow.


GotoCustomFiltercommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtospecifycustomfilefilterforDirectoryWindow.


ScreenFontcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandwhenyouwanttoselectthescreenfont.Chooseappropriatefontonthepopupmenu.Ifyouwanttochangecurrentfontsetting,useSetFontcommand.

ShortcutsToolbar:

LargerFontSizecommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandwhenyouwanttoincreasethesizeofcurrentscreenfont.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+Num+Mouse:Alt+Shift+WheelUp

SmallerFontSizecommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandwhenyouwanttodecreasethesizeofcurrentscreenfont.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+Num-Mouse:Alt+Shift+WheelDown

ZoomwithCtrl+Wheelcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandwhenyouwanttoenableordisablezoomingwithCtrl+MouseWheel.

SetFontcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttosetthefontofdocument.ThiscommandpresentsFontpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

MirrorScreenFontcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandwhenyouwanttousesameprinterfontasscreenfont.Ifyouchangescreenfont,printerfontwillalsobechangedautomatically.

SetPrinterFontcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandwhenyouwanttosettheprinterfont.ThiscommandpresentsFontpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

URLhighlightingcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandifyouwanttohighlightInternetURLsande-mailaddresses.Thiscommandisnotavailableinsyntaxhighlighteddocument.YoucangotothehighlightedURLusingGotoURLcommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+U

Syntaxhighlightingcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoenablethesyntaxhighlightingfeature.YoucansetthesyntaxhighlightingoptionsonSettings&syntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+S

Seealso:SyntaxHighlighting

WordHighlightingcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Turnonthisoptiontohighlightalloccurrencesofselectedwordincurrentdocument.

BraceHighlightingcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Turnonthisoptiontohighlightmatchingbracesatcurrentcursorlocation.

CursorIndicatorcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoshoworhidethecursorindicatorintherulerandlinenumberarea.Thiscommandisusefulforhighresolutionvideomode.Thecursorlocationismucheasiertofind.YoucanchangethecoloroftheindicatoronColorspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+C

IndentGuide(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandifyouwanttoshoworhidetheIndentGuide.

Tabscommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoshoworhideinvisibletabcharacters.Ifyouwanttoshowlinebreakmarks,useLineBreakscommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+I

Spacescommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoshoworhideinvisiblespaces.ThisoptionisusefulwhenyouturnonAllowVirtualSpaceoption.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+K

LineBreakcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoshoworhideinvisiblelinebreak(paragraph)marks.Ifyouwanttoshowspacesandtabcharacters,useTabsandSpacescommands.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+L

AllWhiteSpacescommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoshoworhideallwhitespaces(tabs,spacesandlinebreaks)withasinglecommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+Shift+O

UseCodeFoldingcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoturnsonoroffthecodefoldingfeature.

Thisfeaturefollowsthecodehierarchybasedonlineindentation.Themoreleadingspacesalinehas,thefurtherdownitisinthehierarchy.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+F

Collapsecommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocollapsethecurrentpartofthecodeaccordingtothehierarchyoflineindentation.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Num-

Expandcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoexpandcurrentfoldedlineaccordingtothehierarchyoflineindentation.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Num+

ToggleFoldingcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtotogglethefoldingstateofcurrentline.Ifthecurrentlineisincollapsedstate,itrunstheexpandcommand.Onthecontrary,ifthecurrentlineisinexpandedstate,itrunsthecollapsecommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Num*

CollapseOneLevelcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocollapsetheentirecodeonelevelaccordingtothehierarchyoflineindentation.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+Num-

ExpandOneLevelcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoexpandtheentirecodeonelevelaccordingtothehierarchyoflineindentation.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+Num+

CollapseAllcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocollapseallindentedtextaccordingtothehierarchyoflineindentation.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Alt+Num-

ExpandAllcommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoexpandallfoldedtextaccordingtothehierarchyoflineindentation.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Alt+Num+

FullScreencommand(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttochangefullscreenmodeonandoff.Infullscreenmode,thedocumentwindowcoverstheentirescreensoyouhavemorespacetoviewthecontentofthedocument.


ViewinBrowser2command(Viewmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandifyouwanttoviewcurrentdocumentinbrowser2window.IfyouchecktheseamlessbrowseroptioninToolssetting,thedocumentwillbeshownintheseamlessbrowserwindow.Otherwisethedocumentwillbeshownonexternalbrowser.Youcanusetemporaryfileinsteadofsavingcurrentdocument.SeeToolspageofthePreferencesdialogboxfordetails.

Findcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchspecifictextincurrentdocument.ThiscommandpresentsFinddialogbox.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+F

Replacecommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchspecifictextincurrentdocumentandreplaceitwithdifferenttext.ThiscommandpresentsReplacedialogbox.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+H

FindNextcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchfornextmatchingword.

ShortcutsKeys:F3

FindPreviouscommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchforpreviousmatchingword.


FindNextWordcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchthenextoccurrenceoftheselectedtext.Thiscommandusescurrentwordifthereisnoselection.


FindPreviousWordcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchthepreviousoccurrenceoftheselectedtext.Thiscommandusescurrentwordifthereisnoselection.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+F3

SearchWebcommand(SearchMenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchcurrentlyselectedwordinthewebbrowser.Thiscommandpresentsinternalwebbrowserorsystemdefaultwebbrowserdependingonyoursettings.


GoToLine/Offsetcommand(SearchMenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtogotospecificlineinthetextdocumentoranoffsetintheHexViewer.ThiscommandpresentsGoToLinedialogbox.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keyboard:Ctrl+G

GoToColumncommand(SearchMenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtogotospecificcolumnincurrentline.ThiscommandpresentsGoToColumndialogbox.

ShortcutsKeyboard:Ctrl+Shift+G

GotoURLcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtogotoahighlightedURLorextractedURLfromcurrentcursorposition.IftheURLiswebsiteaddress,EditPlusopensinternalbrowserwindowbydefault.Ifyouwanttorunsystemdefaultbrowser,youcanset'UsesystemdefaultbrowserwithGotoURL'optioninToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

ShortcutsKeys:F8Mouse:Ctrl+Double-click

EnableGoBack/Forwardcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoturnontheGoBack/GoForwardcommand.

GoBackcommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Inthebrowserwindow,usethiscommandtogobackonesteptolastvisitedwebpage.Intheeditingwindow,thiscommandmovesthecursorbackwardonesteptolastlocation.

ShortcutsBrowserToolbar:Keys:Alt+,

GoForwardcommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Inthebrowserwindow,usethiscommandtogoforwardonesteptolastvisitedwebpage.Intheeditingwindow,thiscommandmovesthecursorforwardonesteptolastlocation.

ShortcutsBrowserToolbar:Keys:Alt+.

ToggleMarkercommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoset/clearamarkeratcurrentline.YoucansearchforthemarkerpositionusingNextMarkerandPreviousMarkercommands.

ShortcutsKeys:F9

ClearAllMarkercommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoclearallthemarkerscurrentlyset.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereifnomarkerincurrentdocument.


InvertMarkercommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoinvert(toggle)markersonallthelinesofcurrentdocument.

NextMarkercommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchfornextmarkerposition.Youcanset/clearmarkerusingToggleMarkercommand.

ShortcutsKeys:F4

PreviousMarkercommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchforpreviousmarkerposition.Youcanset/clearmarkerusingToggleMarkercommand.


MarkerListcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoshowthelistofallmarkerssetincurrentdocument.


MatchBracecommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchformatchingbraceforcurrentcharacter.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+]

SelectBracecommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchforamatchingbraceandselectthetextbetweenthematchingbraces.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+]

MatchTagcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosearchforamatchingHTMLtag.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+[

SelectTagcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosearchforamatchingHTMLtagandselectsthetextbetweenthematchingtags.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+[

GotoDefinitioncommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchthetagfilesandgotothedefinitionofcurrentfunctionorvariablename.YoucansetthetagfilestosearchusingtheConfigureTagFilescommand.


RunCtagscommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtorunthectagsprogramandcreate/refreshthetagfile.YoucanconfigurethectagscommandlineusingtheConfigureTagFilesmenucommand.

ConfigureTagFilescommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconfigurethetagfilesandcategories.ThiscommandpresentstheConfigureTagFilesdialogbox.

SelectTagCategorycommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselectcurrentctagstagcategory.YoucanconfigurectagstagcategoriesusingtheConfigureTagFilesmenucommand.

GotoFunctionListcommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtomovethekeybaordfocustotheFunctionList.


NextFunctioncommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtogotothenextfunction.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+F11Mouse:Alt+Ctrl+WheelDown

PrevFunctioncommand(Searchmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtogotothepreviousfunction.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt++Shift+F11Mouse:Alt+Ctrl+WheelUp

AutoIndentcommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoturnonorofftheauto-indentfeatureofcurrentdocument.Whenthisfeatureisturnedon,anewlinewillbeautomaticallyindentedsameaspreviousline.


ShortcutsToolbar:

AutoCompletioncommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoturnonorofftheautocompletionfeatureofcurrentdocument.SeeAutoCompletionformoredetails.


WordWrapOptionscommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetthewordwrapoptions.ThiscommandpresentsWordWrapOptionsdialogbox.

ThesettingswillnotbesavedtotheINIfile.YoucanspecifypermanentvaluesonSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Tab/Indentcommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetthetabandindentoptions.ThiscommandpresentsTabandIndentdialogbox.


FunctionPatterncommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosetthefunctionpatternregularexpressiontouseintheFunctionListcommand.ThiscommandpresentsFunctionPatterndialogbox.


SetColumnMarkercommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetcolumnmarkers.YoucanturncolumnmarkersonoroffusingShowColumnMarkercommand.ThiscommanddisplaysSetColumnMarkerdialogbox.


NextColumnMarkercommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtomovethecursortothenextcolumnmarkerposition.YoucansetcolumnmarkerusingSetColumnMarkercommand.

PrevColumnMarkercommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtomovethecursortothepreviouscolumnmarkerposition.YoucansetcolumnmarkerusingSetColumnMarkercommand.

FileFormat(CR/LF)(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetthefileformat(CR/LF)oftheactivedocument.YoucansetPCorUNIX/Macfileformatforthedocument.

FileFormatMultiple(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetthefileformat(CR/LF)ofoneormoredocuments.Thiscommandpresentsopenfilelistsothatyoucanselectoneormoredocuments.ThenyoucansetPCorUNIX/Macfileformatforthosedocuments.

ChangeFileTypecommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtochangefiletypeofcurrentdocument.

RefreshSTX/ACPcommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtorefreshsyntaxfileandautocompletionfileforcurrentdocument.AftereditingSTXorACPfileforcurrentdocumentdirectly,youshouldrunthiscommandtomakethechangetakeeffect.

ConvertEncoding(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconvertencodingofcurrentdocument.ThiscommandpresentsConvertEncodingdialogbox.

FileEncodingMultiple(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoconvertencodingofmultipledocuments.Thiscommandpresentsopenfilelistsothatyoucanselectoneormoredocuments.ThenitpresentstheConvertEncodingdialogbox.

LogFileWatchcommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtomonitorandreloadfilechangesautomatically.DuetotheOScachemechanism,notificationscanbedelayeduntilthecacheissufficientlyflushed.

SetRead-Onlycommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetcurrentfileread-only.Youcannotsaveread-onlydocument.Ifyouwanttoprotectread-onlyfilesfromediting,checktheoptioninFilepageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Reloadcommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreloadcurrentdocumentfromthediskfile.Thiscommanddiscardsallunsavedchangesandclearstheundo/redobuffer.

ReloadAscommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoreloadcurrentdocumentfromthediskfileusingdifferentencoding.Thiscommanddiscardsallunsavedchangesandclearstheundo/redobuffer.ThiscommandpresentsEncodingdialogbox.

PermanentSettingscommand(Documentmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetpermanentsettings.AlloptionsonDocumentmenuareonlyvalidincurrentdocumentandwillnotbesavedtotheINIfile.YoucansetpermanentsettingsonPreferencesdialogbox.ThiscommandinvokesSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Favorites(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

EditPlusallowsaccesstofavoritesfolderofIE.Selectinternetsitethatyouwanttovisit.

EditfavoritesThiscommandopensfavoritesfolderwhereyoucaneditpropertiesoffavorites.FavoriteslistSelectwebsitewhichyouwanttovisit.Popupmenurepresentssub-folderofthemainfavoritesfolder.

ShortcutsBrowserToolbar:

EditSourcecommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoloadsoractivatesthesourceofcurrentwebpage.EditPluscurrentlyonlysupportslocalfilesandcannoteditthepageontheremoteURL.

ShortcutsBrowserToolbar:Keys:Ctrl+E

Refreshcommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtorefreshcontentofcurrentpage.ThiscommandcanalsobecalledfromtheSidePaneltorefreshthecontentofthatwindow.


Stopcommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtostoploadingcurrentpage.


Zoomcommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoSetsthezoomlevelofbrowserwindow.


Homecommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoopenthestartpage.


Searchcommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchtheinternet.


Optioncommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtospecifyinternetpreferences.ThiscommandpresentsInternetOptiondialogbox.

EditPlusHomePagecommand(Browsermenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtovisittheEditPlusHomePage.


SelectProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselectspecificprojectandmakeitanactiveproject.Youcanadd/removeprojectontheProjectdialogbox.

AddtoProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoaddcurrentdocumentintotheproject.Youcanalsoadd/removefilesontheProjectdialogbox.

RemovefromProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoremovecurrentdocumentfromtheproject.Youcanalsoadd/removefilesontheProjectdialogbox.

AddAlltoProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoaddallopendocumentsintotheproject.Youcanalsoadd/removefilesontheProjectdialogbox.

LoadProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoloadallfilesofcurrentproject.YoucanconfigureprojectsettingsontheProjectdialogbox.

CloseProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocloseallfilesofcurrentproject.

NextProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselectsthenextprojectintheprojectlist.

PrevProjectcommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselectsthepreviousprojectintheprojectlist.

ProjectINIFilecommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoselectsanINIfiletostoretheprojects.Bydefault,allprojectsarestoredinproject_u.inifileintheINIfiledirectory.YoucanoverridethedefaultINIfilenamewiththiscommandandselectorswitchtoadifferentINIfile.

INIFileDescriptioncommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtochangethedescriptiontextforcurrentprojectINIfile.

EditProjectscommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoconfigureprojectsettingsonProjectdialogbox.

ProjectFilecommand(Projectmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoloadthespecifiedfileofcurrentproject.ProjectcanbeconfiguredontheProjectdialogbox.

SetDirectoriescommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosetthedirectorytostorethesettingfiles(*.ini)andthedirectoryforsyntax,autocompletion,cliptext,templatefiles.ThiscommandpresentsSetDirectoriesdialogbox

Preferencescommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandifyouwanttosettheoptionsavailableinEditPlus.EditPlusdoesnotuseconfusingmulti-rowtabbedpropertysheet,butofferspreferencesdialogboxwhichconsistsofseveralpages.Categoriesareshowninthetreecontrol.Youcanselectthedesireditemtodisplaythecorrespondingpage.

GeneralSpecifygeneraloptions.FontsSpecifyfontsforeditwindow,cliptextwindowandoutputwindow.ColorsSpecifycolorsforeditwindow,linenumberandoutputwindow.PrintSpecifyprintoptionssuchasmargin,header/footerandprinterproperties.FileSpecifyfileoptions.Settings&SyntaxSpecifysettingsandsyntaxhighlightingforeachfiletypes.EditPlussupportsmultiplesettings,soyoucanspecifydifferentsettingsforeachdifferentfiletypes.

TemplatesCustomizefiletemplates.TemplateswillbeshowninFile|Newcommand.ToolsSpecifytooloptions.UsertoolsCustomizeuser-tools.KeyboardCustomizekeyboardshortcuts.SpellcheckerSpecifyspellcheckeroptions.ToolbarCustomizetoolbarbuttons.LayoutSpecifytheDocumentTabs,SidePaneloptions.

ShortcutsToolbar:

SpellCheckcommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocheckspellincurrentdocument.ThiscommandpresentsSpellCheckerdialogbox.

ShortcutsToolbar:

Sortcommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosortthedocumentortheselectedtext.Iftheselectionisacolumnselection,theselectedtextisusedasthesortkey.

Sumcommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocalculatesumofselectednumbers.Thiscommanddisplayssumofallnumbersincludedinselectedtext.','signsbetweennumbercharacterswillbeignored.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnotextcurrentlyselected.

Start/EndSpeechcommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtostartorendTexttoSpeechonselectedtext.Youshouldfirstmakeaselectionbeforeyourunthiscommand.ThisfeatureusesSpeechengineofyouroperatingsystem.LanguagesotherthanEnglishmightnotbesupported.

Pause/Resumecommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtopauseorresumethecurrentlyrunningTexttoSpeechaudio.

ExportRecordingcommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosavetherecordedkeystrokesintoexternalfile.ThiscommandpresentsFileSaveAsdialogboxtospecifythefilename.Keystrokerecordingfileshave*.macextension.SavedkeystrokerecordingfilecanbeloadedusingImportRecordingcommand.Also,youcanspecifykeystrokerecordingfileonUsertoolspageonPreferencesdialogboxsothatyoucanaccessitthroughToolsmenuorthroughUserToolbar.

ImportRecordingcommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoloadsavedkeystrokerecordingfile.ThiscommandpresentsFileOpendialogboxtospecifythefilename.Keystrokerecordingfileshave*.macextension.YoucansaverecordedkeystrokeintokeystrokerecordingfileusingExportRecordingcommand.

PlaybackMultiplecommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoplaybacktherecordedkeystrokesmultipletimes.Thiscommandpresentsinputdialogboxtospecifytherepeattime.KeystrokescanberecordedusingRecordKeystrokecommand.

PlaybackRecordingcommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoplaybacktherecordedkeystrokes.KeystrokescanberecordedusingRecordKeystrokecommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Alt+1-Alt+0

ConfigureUserToolscommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoadd/remove/modifytheusertools.Usertoolisuser-definedapplicationthatEditPluslaunchesandoptionallycapturestheoutput.ThiscommandpresentsUserToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

UserToolGroupscommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoselectusertoolgroup.Thereare10usertoolgroupsavailableandyoucanaddupto20usertoolsineachgroup.YoucanconfigureusertoolsgroupsandusertoolsonUserToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

EnableAutoRunGroupscommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

CheckthisoptiontoturnontheAutoRunusertoolgroups.

RunUserToolscommand(Toolsmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtorunthespecifiedusertool.UsertoolscanbeconfiguredinUserToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+0-Ctrl+9

Layoutpage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansettheoptionsfortheDocumentTabs,Directory/CliptextWindow.Followingoptionsareavailable.SidePanel:LocationChooseadesiredlocationoftheSidePanel.DocumentTabs:LocationChooseadesiredlocationoftheDocumentTabs.NumberofrowsSpecifythemaximumandminimumnumberofrowsofthedocumentbuttons.ButtonsizeSpecifytheminimumandmaximumwidthofthedocumentbuttoninnumberofcharacters.Youcanenterfrom5to50.DefaultSizeResetthebuttonsizebacktodefaultvalues.DifferentcolorforactivebuttontextIfyoucheckthisoption,theactivebuttontextisdisplayedinadifferentcolor.Itmakestheactivebuttonmoredistinguishable.Min.linenumberdigitsSpecifyminimumspaceforthenumberofdigitsfordisplayingthelinenumber.ShowfullpathinthetitlebarIfyouturnonthisoption,thetitlebardisplaysthefullpathnameofcurrentfile.Otherwise,itdisplaysfilenameonly.ShowfilesizeontheStatusBarIfyouturnonthisoption,theStatusBardisplaysthefilesizeofcurrentdocument.

Nextcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoactivatesthenextdocumentwindow.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Tab

Previouscommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoactivatesthepreviousdocumentwindow.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+Tab

LastVisitedcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoactivatesthemostrecentlyvisitedwindow.

ShortcutsKeys:F12

Cascadecommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoarrangemultipleopenedwindowsinanoverlappedfashion.

TileHorizontalcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoverticallyarrangemultipleopenedwindowsinanon-overlappedfashion.

TileVerticalcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoarrangemultipleopenedwindowssidebyside.

ArrangeIconscommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoarrangetheiconsforminimizedwindowsatthebottomofthemainwindow.Ifthereisanopendocumentwindowatthebottomofthemainwindow,thensomeoralloftheiconsmaynotbevisiblebecausetheywillbeunderneaththisdocumentwindow.

MinimizeAllcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtominimizealldocumentwindows.

RestoreAllcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtorestoreallminimizeddocumentwindows.

NextPanecommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoswitchtothenextwindowpane.

ShortcutsKeys:F6

PrevPanecommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoswitchtothepreviouswindowpane.


AlwaysonTopcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtomaketheEditPluswindowstayontopofotherapplicationwindows.

MinimizeasTrayIconcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoshowEditPlusastrayiconinsteadofthetaskbarbuttonwhenminimized.YoucanclickthetryicontorestoretheEditPluswindow.

Transparentcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtomaketheEditPluswindowabout25%transparent.

SaveWindowWidthcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosavecurrentdocumentwindowwidthandapplythisvaluetonewdocumentwindows.

Stretchcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtostretchthetopandbottomofcurrentwindowsothatthewindowcanfilltheworkspacevertically.

ScrollSynccommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoenablesynchronizedscroll.Whenthisfeatureisturnedon,scrollinginonedocumentwindowhassameeffectinalltheotherwindowstoo.

Nextcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoactivatesthenextdocumentwindow.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Tab

Previouscommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoactivatesthepreviousdocumentwindow.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Window1,2,...command(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

EditPlusdisplaysalistofcurrentlyopendocumentwindowsatthebottomoftheWindowmenu.Acheckmarkappearsinfrontofthedocumentnameoftheactivewindow.Chooseadocumentfromthislisttomakeitswindowactive.

WindowListcommand(Windowmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoshowthelistofalldocumentwindowinWindowListdialogbox.

ShortcutsKeys:F11

WindowListdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,allopendocumentwindowsarelistedinthelistboxsothatyoucanswitchormanagethemeasily.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingWindowListcommand.

ListBoxYoucanseeallopendocumentsinthislistbox.Chooseanyfileusingarrowkeyandenterordouble-clicktoswitchtothefile.YoucanchoosemultiplefilesusingShiftorCtrlkey.ActivateActivatestheselectedfile.OKActivatestheselectedfileandclosesthedialogbox.SaveSavestheselectedfile(s).CloseWindow(s)Closestheselectedfile(s).TileHorizontallyArrangesselectedfilesasnon-overlappinghorizontaltilesandminimizestherest.TileVerticallyArrangesselectedfilesasnon-overlappingverticaltilesandminimizestherest.Up/DownMovesselecteddocumentupordown.YoucanusethiscommandwhenyouwanttochangetheorderofthedocumentsontheDocumentTabs.UploadUploadstheselectedfile(s)toFTPserver.ThiscommandpresentsUploadMultipledialogbox.SortSortsthefilelistandre-orderthedocumentwindowsalphabetically.

HelpTopicscommand(Helpmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplaytheopeningscreenofHelp.Fromtheopeningscreen,youcanjumptostep-by-stepinstructionsforusingEditPlusandvarioustypesofreferenceinformation.

OnceyouopenHelp,youcanclicktheContentsbuttonwheneveryouwanttoreturntotheopeningscreen.

ContextHelpcommand(Helpmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsetheContextHelpcommandtoobtainhelponsomeportionofEditPlus.WhenyouchoosetheToolbar'sContextHelpbutton,themousepointerwillchangetoanarrowandquestionmark.ThenclicksomewhereintheEditPluswindow,suchasanotherToolbarbutton.TheHelptopicwillbeshownfortheitemyouclicked.

ShortcutsToolbar:Keys:Shift+F1

KeyboardMapcommand(Helpmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoseethekeyboardshortcutscurrentlyassigned.YoucanmodifythedefaultkeyboardshortcutsonKeyboardpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

InsertasNewcommand(CliptextListBoxpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocreateanewdocumentandinsertselectedcliptextitemthere.

Editcommand(CliptextListBoxpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoeditcurrentcliptextitem.ThiscommandpresentsEditCliptextItemdialogbox.YoucandefineHotSpotinthecliptextusing"^!".HotSpotwillbethecursorlocationwhenthecliptextisinsertedintothedocument.SeeInsertCliptextItemcommandfordetailsaboutHotSpot.

Addcommand(CliptextListBoxpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoaddanewcliptextitem.ThiscommandpresentsAddCliptextItemdialogbox.YoucandefineHotSpotinthecliptextusing"^!".HotSpotwillbethecursorlocationwhenthecliptextisinsertedintothedocument.SeeInsertCliptextItemcommandfordetailsaboutHotSpot.

Floatcommand(SidePanelpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

CheckthismenuoptiontomaketheDirectoryWindowafloatingwindow.

Hidecommand(SidePanelpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtohidetheSidePanel.YoucanshowwindowbackusingCliptextWindowcommandorDirectoryWindowcommandonViewmenu.

LayoutOptionscommand(SidePanelpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosettheoptionsfortheDocumentTabs,Directory/CliptextWindow.ThiscommandpresentsLayoutpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Createcommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtocreateanewfileordirectoryontheDirectoryWindow.

NewCliptextLibrarydialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcancreatenewcliptextlibraryfile.

FilenameEnterthefilenameofthecliptextlibrary.EditPlusautomaticallyappends".CTL"extensiontothefile,sodonotincludetheextensionmanually.TitleEnterthetitleofthecliptextlibrary.Thistitlewillappearinthecomboboxofthecliptextwindow.SortSpecifywhetherthecliptextlibraryshouldbesortedornot.Ifyoucheckthisoption,thelistofcliptextitemswillbeshownsortedinthelistboxofthecliptextwindow.

Savecommand(CliptextComboBoxpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosavecurrentcliptextlibrarytothefile.

DirectoryWindow<Prev|Next>

Directorywindowdisplaysfilesonthecurrentlyavailablediskdrives.

Selectafileanddoubleclickittoopenthefile.Toopenmultiplefilesatonce,useShiftorCtrlkeytoselectmultiplefilesandpressrightmousebuttonandchoose'Open'command.Todisplayorhidethedirectorywindow,usetheDirectoryWindowcommandontheViewmenu.

Seealso:Directorywindowpopupmenu

Opencommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoopenoneormorefilesthatareselectedontheDirectoryWindow.YoucanselectmultiplefilesbyholdingdownShiftorCtrlkey.

OpenAscommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoopenoneormorefilesthatareselectedontheDirectoryWindowwithencodingoption.ThiscommandpresentsEncodingdialogbox.

ShellOpencommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoopenoneormorefileswithsystemdefaultprogram.Ifthefileisexecutable,itrunsthefile.

ShellMenucommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoshowshellcontextmenuoftheselecteditem.ItisthesamemenuthatyouseewhenyourightclickontheWindowExplorer.

InsertAsTagcommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoinsertthefilelocationasHTMLtagintheactivedocument.ThiscommandusesImageHTMLtagforimagefiles(*.gif,*.jpgor*.png)andAnchorHTMLtagforotherfiles.

Propertiescommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplayPropertiesdialogboxaboutselectedfileordirectory.ontheDirectoryWindow.NOTE:Thiscommandworkswithlocalfilesonly.

ShowMappedDriveNamescommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethisoptiontodisplaynamesofmappeddrives.Ifyouexperienceslowdownontheprogramstartup,youcanturnthisoptionoff.

ShowCurrentFolderOnlycommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

ShowscurrentfolderpathonlyintheDirectoryWindow.Usethisoptionifyouprefertheoldstyledirectorywindow.

LocateFilecommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtodisplaythedirectorycontentoftheactivedocumentontheDirectoryWindow.

SyncDirectorycommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosyncdirectorywindowtocurrentdocument.

ChangeDirectorycommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtochangecurrentdirectoryoftheDirectoryWindow.

FindinDirectorycommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchforastringinselecteddirectory.ThiscommandpresentsFindinFilesdialogboxandputsthecurrentdirectorynameintheFolderinputbox.

FileNameSearchcommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtosearchafilenameincurrentdirectorystructure.ThiscommanddisplaysmatchingfilenamesintheOutputWindow

CopytoLocalcommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopytheselectedremotefileordirectorytoalocalfolderyouchoose.

RecentDirectorycommand(DirectoryWindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethenumbersanddirectorynameslistedontheRecentDirectoriesmenutogotolastdirectoryyouworkedin.Choosethenumberthatcorrespondswiththedirectoryyouwanttogo.

OpenAllcommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoopenallthefileswhicharedisplayedontheOutputWindow.

OpenNextcommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoopennextmatchingfilewhichisdisplayedontheOutputWindow.


OpenPrevcommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoopenpreviousmatchingfilewhichisdisplayedontheOutputWindow.


ClearOutputWindowcommand<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoclearthecontentsoftheoutputwindow.OutputwindowdisplaysoutputofusertoolsorresultofFindinFilescommand.

StopToolOperationcommand<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtostopthetoolwhichiscurrentlyrunning.Thiscommandisonlyapplicabletoconsolemodeapplications.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+Break

TabSizecommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtosetthetabsizeoftheOutputWindow.

KeyboardInputcommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoacceptkeyboardinputforcurrentlyrunningusertoolontheOutputWindow.

CopyLinecommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopycurrentlineofoutputwindowtoclipboard.

CopyAllcommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtocopyallcontentofoutputwindowtoclipboard.

Pastecommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoinsertClipboardcontentsintotheOutputWindow.

Floatcommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

CheckthismenuoptiontomaketheOutputWindowafloatingwindow.

Hidecommand(Outputwindowpopupmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtohidetheoutputwindow.Toshowbackthehiddenwindow,useOutputWindowcommandonViewmenu.

BackupOptionsdialogbox<Prev|Next>

ThisdialogboxappearswhenyoupresstheBackupoptionsbuttononFilepageofthePreferencesdialogbox.Inthisdialogbox,youcansetmorebackupoptions.

BackupdirectorySpecifythedirectorywhereyouwanttosavebackupfiles.Ifthisfieldisblank,backupfileswillbesavedtothesamedirectorywiththeoriginalfiles.BackupfileextensionSpecifydesiredbackupfileextension.Leaveblankifyouwanttousethedefaultvalue(bak).CreatebackupfileofremotefileinbackupdirectoryCheckthisoptiontocreatebackupfilewhensavingremotefiles.Thebackupfileissavedinbackupdirectory.Ifthebackupdirectoryisnotspecifiedornotpresent,thebackupfilewillnotbecreated.IncludedirectorynameCheckthisoptiontocreatebackupfileinasubdirectorynamedaftertheoriginaldirectory.KeepdirectorystructureCheckthisoptiontocreatebackupwithexactlysamedirectorystructureunderthebackupdirectory.IncludedateandtimeCheckthisoptiontoadddateandtimetothebackupfilename.IncludeuseraccountnameCheckthisoptiontoadduseraccountnametothebackupfilename.

FileExtensionsdialogbox<Prev|Next>

ThisdialogboxappearswhenyoupresstheAdvancedbuttonontheSettings&SyntaxpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.Inthisdialogbox,youcansetadditionalfileextensionoptionsforthefiletype.

FileextensionsSpecifyfileextensionsforcurrentfiletype.Youmustseparateeachextensionbysemicolon(;).Forexample,HTMLfiletypehasfollowingextensions-html;htm;asp;shtmlAnadditionalfilenameSpecifyanadditionalfilenameincasethefiletypeisnotbasedonfileextensions.Youcanincludethewildcard*?inthisfilename.FirstlineoffileSpecifythecontentoffirstlineoffileifthefiletypeisbasedonthefirstlineoffile.

WordWrapOptionsdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansetthewordwrapoptions.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingWordWrapOptionscommand.

EnablewordwrapCheckthisoptiontoturnsonthewordwrapfeature.SavewrappedlineswithCR/LFCheckthisoptiontotoaddlinebreakstoallwrappedlineswhenyousavedocument.WordwrapmethodSpecifythewordwrapmethod.Select'Wrapatwindowedge'ifyouwantlonglinestobewrappedatwindowedgeinwordwrapmode.Select'Wrapafterformatcolumnnumber'ifyouwantlonglinestobewrappedafterformatcolumnnumberinwordwrapmode.FormatcolumnnumberSpecifytheformatcolumnnumber.Ifyouselect'WrapatFormatColumnnumber'aswordwrapmethod,longlineswillbewrappedafterthisformatcolumnnumberratherthanatthewindowedge.AlignCenterandAlignRightcommandsalsousethisvaluetocalculatethealignment.Thedefaultvalueis80.

TabandIndentdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansetthetabandindentoptions.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingTab/Indentcommand.

TabsizeSpecifythetabsize.InsertspacesinsteadoftabCheckthisoptiontoinsertspecifiednumberofspacesinsteadofrealtabcharacterwhenyoupressTABkey.EnableautoindentCheckthisoptiontousetheautoindentfeature.AutoindentopenSpecifyanoptionalcharacterwhichincreasestheindent.Ifyoupress'Enter'keyafterthischaracter,Thenextlinewillbeautomaticallyindented.Onlyonecharacterisallowedinthisfield.AutoindentcloseSpecifyanoptionalcharacterwhichdecreasestheindent.Ifyouenterthischaracterinthedocument,thelinewillbeautomaticallyun-indented.Onlyonecharacterisallowedinthisfield.EndofstatementSpecifyanoptionalcharacterwhichindicatestheendofastatement.Ifyoupress'Enter'keybeforethischaracter,thenextlinewillbeautomaticallyindented.Onlyonecharacterisallowedinthisfield.

SetColumnMarkerdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansetcolumnmarkerpositions.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingSetColumnMarkercommand.

Marker1-10Specifycolumnmarkerpositions.ShowmarkersUsethisoptionifyouwouldliketodisplayorhidethecolumnmarkers.

FunctionPatterndialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansetthefunctionpatternregularexpressiontouseintheFunctionListcommand..YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingFunctionPatterncommand.

FunctionpatternregularexpressionSpecifytheregularexpressionfortheFunctionListcommand.DefaultPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoresetthefunctionpatterntothedefaultvalue.PartialdisplaySpecifythisoptionifyouwantonlypartofthelinetobedisplayedontheFunctionListdialogboxinsteadofdisplayingthewholeline.

UploadMultipledialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanspecifymultiplefilesanduploadthemtoFTPserver.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingFTPUploadcommandonFile|FTPmenu.

FilestouploadListoffilestoupload.FTPaccountSelectFTPserverwhereyouwanttouploadthelocalfile.YoucaneditFTPaccountsettingsbypressing'Setting'button.GroupsSelecttheFTPgroupthatcontainsdesiredFTPaccount.SubdirectoryEnterinitialsubdirectorywhereyouwanttouploadthelocalfile.Ifthisfieldisempty,thefilewillbeuploadedtoadefaultFTPdirectory.RestorelastdirectoryCheckthisoptiontorestorethelastsubdirectoryoption.BaselocaldirectoryEnterbaselocaldirectory.Ifthelocalfileisonasubdirectoryofthebaselocaldirectory,itwillbeuploadedtothecorrespondingsubdirectoryoftheremotedirectory.UsebaselocaldirectoryoptionCheckthisoptiontousethebaselocaldirectorysetting.TransfertypeSelect'ASCII'ifthefileisaplaintextfileandselect'Binary'ifitisanimageorabinaryfile.ClosedialogboxaftertransferCheckthisoptionsifyouwanttoclosethedialogboxafterthefiletransfer.UploadPressthisbuttontobeginuploading.AddAddfilestothelist.ThiscommandpresentsSelectFiledialogbox.RemoveRemoveselectedfilesfromthelist.SettingsPressthisbuttontoeditFTPaccountsettings.

AdvancedFTPSettingsdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansetadvancedFTPoptionsforcurrentFTPaccount.Followingoptionsareavailable:

EncryptionSelectencryptionmethod.Supportssftp(3desoraes128-cbc)andFTPS.PortSpecifyportnumberforcurrentaccount.DefaultFTPportCheckthisoptiontousedefaultFTPportforcurrentaccount.UsePageantCheckthisoptiontologinwithprivatekeyfilethroughthePageantSSHauthenticationagentprogram.Try'keyboard-interactive'authenticationCheckthisoptiontotrythekeyboard-interactiveauthenticationbeforepasswordauthenticationincasethesftpserverrequiresthismethod.PassiveFTPmodeCheckthisoptiontousepassiveFTPsemanticsforcurrentaccount.UseUTF-8filenamesCheckthisoptionifcurrentserverusesUTF-8filesnames.UseSTATinsteadofLISTCheckthisoptiontouseSTATcommandinsteadofLISTcommandincaseserverdoesnotallowLIST.DonotfollowsymboliclinksCheckthisoptiontoskipidentifyingthesymboliclinkstoavoidslowdownwhentoomanysymboliclinksarepresent.KeeplocalcopyUsethisoptionifyouwanttokeepalocalcopyofremotefileinaspecifieddirectory.SendPWDaftereachintervalSpecifyintervaltosendPWDperiodicallyforkeepingtheconnectionalive.Enter'0'todisablethisfeature.ServertypeSelectservertypeoftheremotehost.Select'Automatic'todetecttheservertypeautomatically.Thisoptionisnotavailableif'UseWin32InternetFunctions'optionisturnedon.Transfertype

'ASCII'transfertypeautomaticallyconvertsthefileformat(CR/LF)betweendifferentmachineswhile'Binary'typedoesnot.'ASCII'isrecommendedforplaintextfiles.FirewallsettingsSetsthefirewalloptionsifcurrentFTPconnectionrequiresafirewall.

Open/SaveAsRemoteFiledialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanbrowseFTPsiteandopen/savefiledirectlyforremoteediting.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingOpenRemotecommandonFile|FTPmenu.

FilelistThislistboxdisplayslistoffilesoncurrentFTPserver.Youcandoubleclickafiletoopenorsave.Ifyoudoubleclickadirectory,theremoteworkingdirectorywillbesettothatdirectory.GroupsSelecttheFTPgroupthatcontainsdesiredFTPaccount.FTPAccountSelectaFTPaccounttobrowse.ToeditFTPaccountsettings,press'Setting'button.ConnectPressthisbuttontoconnecttoFTPserverandbrowsethesite.SettingPressthisbuttontoeditFTPaccountsettings.FilenameThisfielddisplaysselectedfilename.Youcanalsomanuallytypeafilename.FileoftypeListsthetypesoffilestodisplay.EncodingYoucanselectoneoftheencodingsfromthelist.Anencodingisacodepagebywhichafileisconvertedwhenopeningandsaving.Toaddmoresystemcodepagestothelist,pressthe'...'buttonontherightandtheConfigureEncodingsdialogboxwillbedisplayed.Open/SavePressthisbuttontoopenorsavetheselectedfile.ClosedialogboxaftertransferCheckthisoptionsifyouwanttoclosethedialogboxafterthefiletransfer.

SpellCheckerpage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcansetspellcheckeroptions.

IgnoreURLsandE-mailaddressesCheckthisoptiontoskipURLsandE-mailaddresses.Ignoreall-capswordsCheckthisoptiontoskipwordsthatcontainonlycapitalletters.IgnoremixedcaseCheckthisoptionifyouwanttoskipwordsthatcontainuppercaseletterotherthanthefirstletter.ForexampleScanDisk,WordPad,etc.SkipHTMLtagsCheckthisoptionifyouwanttoskipwordsinsideHTMLtags.ChecktheLatinalphabetonlyCheckthisoptionifyouwanttochecktheLatinalphabet(ISO8859-1)onlyandskipotherlanguages.UsesystemSpellCheckerAPICheckthisoptionifyouwanttousespellcheckingfeatureoftheoperatingsysteminsteadofthebuilt-inspellchecker.ThisoptionworksonWindows8orlaterversionsonly.Language1,2Choosedictionarytousewiththespellchecker.

Heading1command(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsHeading1HTMLtag.

<H1></H1>

UnorderedListcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsUnorderedListHTMLtag.

<UL><LI><LI></UL>

DefinitionListcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsDefinitionListHTMLtag.

<DL><DT><DD></DL>

TextBoxcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsTextBoxHTMLtag.

<INPUTTYPE="text"NAME="">

FormButtoncommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsFormButtonHTMLtag.

<INPUTTYPE="button"VALUE=""ONCLICK="">

ArgumentMacros<Prev|Next>

ThefollowingmacroscanbeusedinArgumentfieldinUserToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Macro Description$(FilePath) Insertsfilenameofcurrentdocumentwithfullpath.$(FileDir) Insertsfullpathofcurrentdocumentwithoutthefilename.$(DirWin) InsertsthedirectorynamedisplayedontheDirectoryWindow.$(FileName) Insertsfilenameofcurrentdocumentwithoutpath.$(FileNameNoExt) Insertsfilenameofcurrentdocumentwithoutpathandextension.$(FileExt) Insertsfileextensionofcurrentdocument.$(FilePathNoDrv) Insertscurrentfilenameandfullpathexceptthedrivename.$(FileDirNoDrv) Insertsfullpathofcurrentdocumentwithoutthefilenameandthedrivename.$(ProjectName) Insertscurrentprojectname.$(AppDir) InsertsthedirectoryofEditPlusapplication.$(CurLine) Insertscurrentlinenumberwherethecursorislocated.$(CurCol) Insertscurrentcolumnindexwherethecursorislocated.$(CurSel) Insertsselectedtext.$(CurWord) Insertscurrentword.$(CurLineText) Insertscurrentlinetext.$(Copy) CopiesselectedtexttotheClipboard.$(Prompt) Displaysdialogboxforenteringcustomargument.$(WindowList) DisplaysWindowListdialogboxandselectdesiredfilename.$(Unicode) UsesUnicodeencodingforstandardinputandoutput.$(UTF8) UsesUTF-8encodingforstandardinputandoutput.$(Ansi) UsessystemdefaultWindowscodepageforstandardinputandoutput.

OutputPatterndialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanspecifyoutputpatternforthetagjumpintheoutputwindow.

UsedefaultoutputpatternCheckthisoptionifyouwanttousethedefaultoutputpattern.DefaultoutputpatternsupportsMicrosoftcompilers,Java/GCC,Perl,Borland(old)andothercompatiblecompileroutputs.RegularexpressionSpecifytheRegularExpressionfortheoutputpattern.Youcanpressthedown-arrowbuttonontherighttoselectfromready-madetemplates.RegularexpressiontagsSelecttaggedexpressionsforfilename,linenumberandcolumnnumber.

StatusBar<Prev|Next>

ThestatusbarisdisplayedatthebottomoftheEditPluswindow.Todisplayorhidethestatusbar,usetheStatusBarcommandontheViewmenu.

Theleftareaofthestatusbardescribesactionsofmenuitemsasyouusethearrowkeystonavigatethroughmenus.Thisareasimilarlyshowsmessagesthatdescribetheactionsoftoolbarbuttonsasyoudepressthem,beforereleasingthem.Ifafterviewingthedescriptionofthetoolbarbuttoncommandyouwishnottoexecutethecommand,thenreleasethemousebuttonwhilethepointerisoffthetoolbarbutton.

Therightareasofthestatusbarindicatesthestatusoftheactivedocumentandtheeditor:

Indicator Description

ln1 Currentlineoftheactivedocument.col1 Currentcolumnoftheactivedocument.1 Totallinesoftheactivedocument.00 Unicodehexvalueofcurrentcharacter.PC Indicatescurrentfileformat.PCorUNIX.

Unicode

Indicatescurrentfileencoding.'ANSI'fornormaltextfiles,'Unicode'/'UBE'/'UTF-8'forUnicode/Unicodebigendian/UTF-8encodings.Forotherencodings,itdisplaysthecodepageidentifiers.Foralistofthecodepageidentifiersandcorrespondinglanguages,pleaseseecodepage.txtfileintheEditPlusdirectory.

INS Indicateswhethercurrentinputmodeisinsertmodeoroverwritemode.READ Indicateswhethertheactivedocumentisread-onlyornot.

Scrollbars<Prev|Next>

Displayedattherightandbottomedgesofthedocumentwindow.Thescrollboxesinsidethescrollbarsindicateyourverticalandhorizontallocationinthedocument.Youcanusethemousetoscrolltootherpartsofthedocument.

Finddialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanfindspecifictextincurrentdocument.Followingoptionsareavailable.FindWhatEntertextthatyouwanttosearchfor.EditPlussupportsregularexpression.Youcanpressdown-arrowbuttonforregularexpressiontemplates.SeeRegularExpressionformoredetails.FindPressthisbuttontofindnextmatchingtextwithcurrentoptions.PreviousPressthisbuttontofindpreviousmatchingtextwithcurrentoptions.SetMarkerPressthisbuttontofindalloccurrencesofthespecifiedtextinthecurrentdocumentandsetmarkerstothem.CasesensitiveCheckthisoptionifyouwantcase-sensitivesearching.WholewordonlyCheckthisoptionifyouwanttosearchwholewordonlyandignoretextwhichisasubstringofanotherword.RegularexpressionCheckthisoptionifyouwanttosearchregularexpression.Regularexpressionallowsmoresophisticatedandpowerfulsearch.SeeRegularExpressionformoredetailaboutregularexpressionsyntax.WrapattheendoffileWhenendoffileisreached,resumesearchfromthestart.CloseiffoundCheckthisoptiontoclosetheFinddialogboxwhenthewordisfound.ContinuetonextfileCheckthisoptiontocontinuetothenextfileattheendofafile.FindasyoutypeCheckthisoptiontotolocatematchesinrealtimeasyoutype.More/LessPressthisbuttontoshowthemulti-lineinputfield.Youcanentermulti-linetextinthisinputbox.PressCtrl+Tabtoenteratabcharacterinthisinputbox.

FindinFilesdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanfindspecifictextinmultiplefiles.Followingoptionsareavailable.

FindWhatEntertextthatyouwanttosearchfor.EditPlussupportsregularexpression.Youcanpressdown-arrowbuttonforregularexpressiontemplates.SeeRegularExpressionformoredetails.FiletypeEnterwildcardpatternofthefilesthatyouwanttofindtextin.Whenyouspecifymorethanonepattern,separateeachonewithsemicolon(;).Forexample,ifyouwanttofindinHTMLfiles,use"*.html;*.htm".ExcludeEntersubstringoffilename(ordirectoryname)thatyouwanttoexcludefromthesearch.Whenyouspecifymorethanonepattern,separateeachonewithsemicolon(;).Forexample,"*.tmp;*.bak".FolderSpecifythefolderwherethesearchingtakesplace.AllopenfilesCheckthisoptiontosearchallopendocumentsinsteadofusingthecontentoftheFileTypeandtheFolderfields.CurrentfileCheckthisoptiontosearchcurrentfileonlyinsteadofusingthecontentoftheFileTypeandFolderfields.CurrentfiledirectoryCheckthisoptiontosearchincurrentfiledirectoryinsteadofusingthecontentoftheFolderfield.CurrentprojectCheckthisoptiontosearchinfilesincurrentprojectinsteadofusingthecontentoftheFileTypeandtheFolderfield.CasesensitiveCheckthisoptionifyouwantcase-sensitivesearching.WholewordonlyCheckthisoptionifyouwanttosearchwholewordonlyandignoretextwhichisasubstringofanotherword.RegularexpressionCheckthisoptionifyouwanttosearchregularexpression.Regularexpression

allowsmoresophisticatedandpowerfulsearch.SeeRegularExpressionformoredetailaboutregularexpressionsyntax.Includesub-foldersSearchalsosub-foldersofthespecifiedfolder.ShowduplicatedlinesCheckthisoptionifyouwanttheoutputwindowtoshowalltheoccurrenceseveniftheyareonasameline.SaveopenfilesCheckthisoptiontoautomaticallysaveallopenfilesbeforesearching.ShowresultinanewdocumentCheckthisoptiontoshowthesearchresultinanewlycreateddocumentwindowinsteadoftheOutputWindow.ItcanavoidslowdownoftheOutputWindowwhenthesearchproducestoomanyresults.FindFindspecifiedtextwithcurrentoptions.More/LessPressthisbuttontoshowthemulti-lineinputfield.Youcanentermulti-linetextinthisinputbox.PressCtrl+Tabtoenteratabcharacterinthisinputbox.

NoHelpAvailable<Prev|Next>

Nohelpisavailableforthisareaofthewindow.

PrintProgressDialog<Prev|Next>

ThePrintingdialogboxisshownduringthetimethatEditPlusissendingoutputtotheprinter.Thepagenumberindicatestheprogressoftheprinting.

Toabortprinting,chooseCancel.

PrintPreviewtoolbar<Prev|Next>

Theprintpreviewtoolbaroffersyouthefollowingoptions:

PrintBringuptheprintdialogbox,tostartaprintjob.NextPagePreviewthenextprintedpage.PrevPagePreviewthepreviousprintedpage.OnePage/TwoPagePreviewoneortwoprintedpagesatatime.ZoomInTakeacloserlookattheprintedpage.ZoomOutTakealargerlookattheprintedpage.CloseReturnfromprintpreviewtotheeditingwindow.

Printpage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanspecifyhowthedocumentshouldbeprinted:

MarginsSetstheprintingmargin.DrawmargininpreviewDisplaysmarginsinpreviewmodeHeaderandfooterSpecifiestheheaderandfootertext.Youcanusetheheader/footermacrosaswellasnormaltext.BeginningpagenumberSpecifiesthebeginningpagenumbertodisplayontheheaderorfooter.DrawseparatinglineDrawslinebetweenthedocumentandtheheader/footer.Ignoreheader/footerIgnoresheader/footersettingsanddoesnotprintthem.DefaultResetsthedefaultvaluesfortheheaderandthefooter.IgnoretextcolorIgnoresallthetextcolorsandprintsonlyinblackandwhite.AlwaysapplywordwrapApplieswordwrapwhenprintingregardlessofcurrentsettings.HidelinenumbersHidelinenumbersevenwhenLineNumberoptionisturnedon.PrinterSetupInvokesthePrintSetupdialogbox.

ConfigureEncodingsdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanaddorremoveencodings.ThelistofencodingscanbeusedontheFileOpendialogboxorOpen/SaveAsRemoteFiledialogbox.

EncodingsDisplayscurrentlistofencodings.Add(leftarrowbutton)Addselectedsystemcodepagetotheencodingslist.Remove(rightarrowbutton)Removeselectedencodingfromthelist.SystemcodepagesDisplaysavailablesystemcodepages.

FTPSettingsdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansetaccountstousewiththeFTPcommands.Followingoptionsareavailable:

FTPGroupsThiscomboboxdisplayslistofFTPgroups.Youcanselectonefromthe10FTPgroupstoaddFTPaccounts.FTPaccountsThislistboxdisplayslistofFTPaccounts.Selectaaccountthatyouwanttoconfigure.AddAddanewaccount.RemoveRemoveselectedaccount.Up/DownMovesselectedaccountupordown.SortSortstheaccountlist.CopyCopiescurrentaccountsettingtootherFTPgroup.MoveCopiescurrentaccountsettingtootherFTPgroup.DescriptionSpecifythedescriptionforcurrentaccount.FTPserverSpecifyFTPservernameforcurrentaccount.UsernameSpecifyusernameforloggingincurrentaccount.PasswordSpecifypasswordforloggingincurrentaccount.SubdirectorySpecifyinitialsubdirectorytoconnect.Ifthisfieldisleftblank,thedefaultFTPdirectorywillbeused.AdvancedOptionsSetstheadvancedFTPoptions.ThisbuttonpresentsAdvancedFTPSettingsdialogbox.Checkfilemodificationwhensaving

Checkthisoptiontodetectmodificationofaremotefilebyotherapplicationwhensavingit.DisconnectautomaticallyCloseconnectionafterFTPoperation.ForcedisplayinghiddenfilesAlwaysshowhiddenfilesonUNIXservers.ThisfeatureusesLIST-laFTPcommand.AllowduplicatedaccountsAllowmultipleaccountswithsameserverandusername.ThisopttionusesFTPpathformatofEditPlusversion2.xx(ftp(account):/directory)insteadofthenewformat(userid@server:/directory).CachedirectorycontentCachedirectorycontenttospeedupthedirectorylisting.Toupdatethecontent,youshouldmanuallyrunrefreshcommand.UploadtoatempfilethenrenameThisoptionallowsuploadingtoatemporaryfilefirstthenrenamethisfiletooriginalfilename.Itmayhelppreventpossibledatalosswhentheuploadprocessisaccidentallyinterrupted.

FillSelectiondialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcansettheoptionsfortheFillSelectioncommand.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingtheFillSelectioncommandonEdit|Formatmenu.

EntercharacterorstringEntercharacterorstringwithwhichyouwanttofilltheselection.InsertSelectthisoptionifyouwanttoinsertthespecifiedstringatthebeginningofeachlineoftheselection.ReplaceSelectthisoptionifyouwanttoreplacetheexistingtextinthecolumnselectionwiththespecifiedstring.Availablewithcolumnselectiononly.RepeatSelectthisoptionifyouwanttorepeatedlyfilltheareaofthecolumnselectionwiththespecifiedstring.Availablewithcolumnselectiononly.

CustomizeDate/Timedialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcancustomizedate/timeformatwhichisusedbydate/timecommands.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingCustomizeDate/TimecommandonEdit|Insertmenu.

CommandsChoosedate/timecommandwherecurrentdate/timeformatshouldbeapplied.FormatTypeDate/TimeMacrohereorpressdown-arrowbuttontochoosemacro.UsedefaultsystemformatCheckthisoptiontousedefaultsystemdate/timeformat.PreviewThisfieldshowsdate/timestringwhichwillbeinsertedintodocument.

Date/TimeMacros<Prev|Next>

ThefollowingmacroscanbeusedinFormatfieldinCustomizeDate/Timedialogbox.

Macro Description$(d) Dayofmonth.$(dd) Dayofmonthwithleadingzero.$(ddd) Dayofweek.$(dddd) Dayofweekfullname.$(M) Month.$(MM) Monthwithleadingzero.$(MMM) Monthabbreviation.$(MMMM) Monthfullname.$(y) Year.$(yy) Yearwithleadingzero.$(yyyy) Yearfullfourdigits.$(gg) Period/Era.$(h) Hours.$(hh) Hourswithleadingzero.$(H) Hoursin24-hourclock.$(HH) Hoursin24-hourclockwithleadingzero.$(m) Minutes.$(mm) Minuteswithleadingzero.$(s) Seconds.$(ss) Secondswithleadingzero.$(t) Timemarkershort.$(tt) Timemarkerlong.

Date/Timemacrosarecase-sensitive.

Toolbar<Prev|Next>

Toolbars(StandardandUser)aredisplayedacrossthetopoftheapplicationwindow,belowthemenubar.TheToolbarallowsquickmouseaccesstomanytoolsusedinEditPlus.

TheToolbarisdockabletoanysideofthemainwindowandcanbearesizablefloatingwindowtoo.YoucanmovetheToolbarbydraggingthegripperwhichislocatedattheleftortopedgeofthetoolbar.TheToolbarcanbeallowedtoshowdoublecolumnwhendockedvertically.SeetheToolspageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

YoucancustomizeToolbarsinToolbarpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Button Operation

Opensanewdocument.

Opensanexistingdocument.EditPlusdisplaystheOpendialogbox,inwhichyoucanlocateandopenthedesiredfile.Savestheactivedocumentwithitscurrentname.Ifyouhavenotnamedthedocument,EditPlusdisplaystheSaveAsdialogbox.Savesalldocuments.

Displaysthedocumentonthescreenasitwouldappearprinted.

Printstheactivedocument.

Checksspellingintheactivedocument.

CreatesablankHTMLpage.

Removesselecteddatafromthedocumentandstoresitontheclipboard.

Copiestheselectiontotheclipboard.

Insertsthecontentsoftheclipboardattheinsertionpoint.

Deletestheselection.

Reversesthelastediting.

Reversesthelastundoaction.

Findsthespecifiedtext.

Replacesspecifictextwithdifferenttext.

Searchesforastringinmultiplefiles.

Gotospecifiedline/offsetintheactivedocument.

Togglestheword-wrapfeatureoftheactivedocument.

Togglestheauto-indentfeatureofcurrentdocument.

Showsorhidesthelinenumber.

Setsthepreferences.ThiscommandpresentsPreferencesdialogbox.

Showsorhidesthecliptextwindow.

ShowsorhidestheDirectoryWindow.

Showsorhidestheoutputwindow.

ShowsorhidestheDocumentTabs.

TogglesFullScreenmodeonandoff.

Displayshelpforclickedonbuttons,menusandwindows.

Quitstheapplication;promptstosavedocuments.

BrowserToolbar<Prev|Next>

TheBrowserToolbarisdisplayedacrossthetopoftheseamlessbrowserwindow.TheBrowserToolbarallowsquickmouseaccesstoBrowsercommandsavailableinEditPlus.

TheBrowserToolbarisfixedandcannotbedockedonothersideofthewindow.

TohideordisplaytheBrowserToolbar,chooseBrowserToolbarfromtheViewmenu.

Button Operation

EditsthesourceofcurrentHTMLpage.

Goesbackonestep.

Goesforwardonestep.

Refreshescontentofcurrentpage.

Stopsloadingcurrentpage.

Selectsthefontsize.

Opensthestartpage.

SearchestheInternet.

Displaysthecontentsofyourfavoritesfolder.

GoestoEditPlusHomepage.

Fontspage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanspecifyfonts.Followingoptionsareavailable.

AreaChooseareawherecurrentfontsettingshouldbeapplied.Youcanspecifydifferentfontsettingforeacharea.FontsThiswindowdisplaysfontnameswhichisavailableonthesystem.Choosefontnameyouwant.FontstyleThiswindowdisplaysfontstylethatisavailableincurrentfont.SizeChoosethesizeofthefont.LinespaceSpecifylinespace.Theunitispercentageofheightofaline.LanguageChooselanguageofcurrentfont.UsefontlanguageforUnicodeconversionCheckthisoptiontoapplythelanguageofthescreenfontwhenconvertingUnicodefilesintonormalfile.PrinterfontmirrorsscreenfontCheckthisoptiontomakeprinterfontfollowscreenfontregardlessoftheprinterfontsettings.UsesystemfontindialogboxCheckthisoptiontousesystemmenufontindialogboxes.ThismayimprovecompatibilityonforeignlanguageversionofWindows.

Colorspage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanspecifycolors.Followingoptionsareavailable.

AreaChooseareawherecurrentcolorsettingshouldbeapplied.Youcanspecifydifferentcolorsettingforeacharea.ForegroundChoosetextcolorofcurrentarea.Thiscommandpresentscolorpicker.BackgroundChoosebackgroundcolorofcurrentarea.Thiscommandpresentscolorpicker.DefaultCheckthisoptiontousedefaultsystemcolorincurrentarea.ExportPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoexportthecolorsettingstoanexternalfilethatcanbeimportedlater.ImportPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoimportthecolorsettingsfromanexternalfilethatwaspreviouslyexported.ResetDefaultPressthisbuttonifyouwanttoresetallcolorsettingstothedefaultvalue.

Replacedialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanfindspecifictextandreplaceitwithdifferenttextincurrentdocument.Followingoptionsareavailable.

FindWhatEntertextthatyouwanttosearchfor.EditPlussupportsregularexpression.Youcanpressdown-arrowbuttonforregularexpressiontemplates.SeeRegularExpressionformoredetail.ReplaceWithEntertextthatyouwanttoreplacethefoundtextwith.EditPlussupportsregularexpression.Youcanpressdown-arrowbuttonforregularexpressiontemplates.SeeRegularExpressionformoredetail.FindFindspecifiedtextwithcurrentoptions.ReplaceReplacefoundtextwithspecifiedtext.Ifthetextisnotfoundyet,thisissameasFindcommand.ReplaceAllPerformfindandreplaceforthecurrentdocument,allopendocumentsorcurrentselectionwithoutprompts.NOTE:HoldingdownShiftkeywiththeReplaceAllbuttondisablesUndofeature.ListShowthelistofsavedfind&replaceitems.Youcanaddcurrentfind&replaceitemtothelistorloadpreviouslysaveditemstoperformthemagain.CasesensitiveCheckthisoptionifyouwantcase-sensitivesearching.UpwardsearchCheckthisoptionifyouwanttosearchupwardratherthandownward.WholewordonlyCheckthisoptionifyouwanttosearchwholewordonlyandignoretextwhichisasubstringofanotherword.WrapattheendoffileWhenendoffileisreached,resumesearchfromthestart.RegularexpressionCheckthisoptionifyouwanttosearchregularexpression.Regularexpressionallowsmoresophisticatedandpowerfulsearch.SeeRegularExpressionformoredetailaboutregularexpressionsyntax.

ContinuetonextfileCheckthisoptiontocontinuetothenextfileattheendofafile.Support\U\L\ECheckthisoptiontochangecasewith\U\L\Eescapesequences.\Uchangestouppercaseuntil\E,and\Lchangestolowercaseuntil\E.ReplaceallrangeSpecifytherangeofReplaceAllcommand.More/LessPressthisbuttontoshowthemulti-lineinputfield.Youcanentermulti-linetextinthisinputbox.PressCtrl+Tabtoenteratabcharacterinthisinputbox.

ConfigureTagFilesdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanconfigurethectagstagfilesandcategories.YoucaninvokethisdialogboxusingtheConfigureTagFilesmenucommand.

CategoriesThislistboxshowsctagstagcategoriesthatyoucreated.Forexample,youcancreateC/C++andPythonastwoseparatetagcategoriesandthenswitchcurrenttagcategoryusingtheSelectTagCategorymenucommand.AddCategoryCreatesanewctagstagcategory.RemoveRemovesselectedcategory.NOTE:Youcannotremovethedefaultcategory.RenameChangesthenameofselectedcategory.TagfilesThislistboxshowsctagstagfilesincurrentcategory.Tagfilesarenotautomaticallycreated.Theymustbealreadyexistingorcreatedmanually.AddFileAddsctagstagfiletocurrentcategory.Ifithasthefilenameonlyanddoesn'thavethefullpath,EditPlussearchesthefileinthecurrentfiledirectory.RemoveFileRemovesselectedtagfilefromcurrentcategory.CommandThiscomboboxallowsyoutoselectactagscommandlinetousewiththeRunCtagsmenucommand.Toaddnewctagscommandlinetothelist,presstheConfiturebutton.ConfigurePressthisbuttontoaddnewctagscommandline.ThisbuttonpresentsUserToolsdialogbox.AddctagscommandthereandpresstheOKbuttontorefreshthecommandlist.

Encodingdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthisdialogbox,youcanselectoneoftheencodingsfromthelist.Anencodingisasystemcodepagebywhichafileisconvertedwhenopeningandsaving.Toaddmoresystemcodepagestothelist,pressthe'...'buttonontherightandtheConfigureEncodingsdialogboxwillbedisplayed.

Filepage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanspecifyfileoptions.Followingoptionsareavailable.

Auto-saveintervalSpecifytheintervalfortheauto-savingfeature.Ifyouspecifyzero,theauto-savingfeaturewillbedisabled.Autosaveas*.tmpfileCheckthisoptiontoauto-savetoatemporaryfileratherthantotheoriginalfile.Thetemporaryfilehasa*.tmpextensionappendedtotheoriginalfilename.Iftheprogramaccidentallycrashes,youcanrecovertheunsaveddocumentfromthe*.tmpfile.CreatenewfileasSelectfileformat(PCorUNIX/Maclinebreaks).DefaultencodingSelectanencodingtoapplywhenopeningorcreatingfiles.InvalidCR/LF,NULLSelectwhattodoifanyinvalidCR/LFornullcharacterwhenopeningafile.CreatebackupfilewhensavingCheckthisoptiontocreatebackupfilewhensavingdocuments.Thenameofthebackupfilewillbethesameastheoriginaldocumentandhave".bak"extension.BackupoptionsSetsmorebackupoptions.ThisbuttonpresentsBackupOptionsdialogbox.CheckfilemodificationwhensavingCheckthisoptiontodetectfilemodificationbyotherapplicationwhensavingthefile.CheckfilemodificationwhenactivatedCheckthisoptiontoenablecheckingmodificationofopenfilesoutsideEditPlus.Thismighttakesometimeifyoueditfilesonnetworkeddrivewithslowconnection.LockfilewhencheckingmodificationCheckthisoptiontolockfilewhencheckingfilemodification.Thisoptioncanpreventwrongfilemodificationmessagesonsomenetworkdrives.ReloadmodifiedfilesautomaticallyCheckthisoptiontoreloadautomaticallyifthefileismodifiedbyotherapplication.CheckfiledeletionCheckthisoptiontoenablecheckingdeletionofopenfilesoutsideEditPlus.

UseJScriptasdefaultASPlanguageCheckthisoptiontouseJScriptasdefaultASPlanguagewhenitisnotspecifiedwithinthedocument.Ifthisoptionisnotchecked,VBScriptisusedinstead.Protectread-onlyfilesfromeditingCheckthisoptiontoprotectread-onlyfilesfrombeingedited.NoRecentfileslistCheckthisoptiontoturnofftheRecentFilesmenu.DisableSavebuttonwithunmodifieddocumentsCheckthisoptiontodisableSavemenuandtoolbarbuttonifdocumentdoesnotcontainanychanges.

Projectdialogbox<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanaddorremoveprojectsanditselements.

ProjectsThisboxlistsregisteredprojects.AddProjectAddaproject.RemoveRemovestheselectedproject.Youcannotremovethedefaultproject.RenameChangethenameoftheselectedproject.UpMovesuptheselectedproject.Thedefaultprojectcannotbemoved.DownMovesdowntheselectedprojectThedefaultprojectcannotbemoved.AddFileAddaspecificfileintocurrentproject.ThiscommandpresentsFileSelectiondialogbox.AddDirAddadirectoryintocurrentproject.Selectingdirectoryintheprojectmenuopensallthefileslocatedinthatdirectory.Remove(File)Removetheselectedfilefromcurrentproject.Up(File)Movesuptheselectedfile.Down(File)Movesdowntheselectedfile.OpenOpenstheselectedfile.SortSortsthefilelistbynameorder.UsertoolsUsethisoptiontoassociateausertooltotheproject.Whenyouselecttheproject,thisusertoolgroupisalsoselectedautomatically.CtagsUsethisoptiontoassociateactagscategorytotheproject.Whenyouselecttheproject,thisctagscategoryisalsoselectedautomatically.

FTPaccountUsethisoptiontoassociateanFTPaccounttotheproject.WhenyouselecttheprojectthisFTPaccountisalsoselectedautomatically.BasedirectorySetsthebasedirectoryforcurrentproject.Thisvaluecanbeusedasargumentmacro$(ProjectDir)forUserTools.FilespercolumnUsethisoptiontodisplayprojectmenuinmultiplecolumnsifthenumberoffilesexceedsthespecifiedvalue.Thisoptionisusefulwhentherearesomanyfilesinaprojectthatthemenucannotfittotheheightofthescreen.DirectorynameSpecifylevelofdirectoryhierarchytodisplayintheProjectmenu.'Fromlevel1'showsthefullpathname.ShowprojectnameonthetitlebarUsethisoptiontodisplaycurrentprojectnameontheTitleBar.LoadfileswhenprojectisselectedUsethisoptiontoloadallfilesintheprojectwhentheprojectisselectedfromthemenu.

SetDirectoriesdialogbox<Prev|Next>

ThisdialogboxappearswhenyourunSetDirectoriescommandontheToolsmenu.Inthisdialogbox,youcanspecifytheINIfiledirectoryandtheSyntaxdirectory.

INIfiledirectorySpecifythedirectorywheretheprogramstoresthe*.ini(settings)filesandothersettings.SyntaxdirectorySpecifythedirectorywherethesyntaxfiles(*.stx),autocompletionfiles(*.acp),cliptextfiles(*.ctl)andtemplates.

Generalpage(Preferencesdialogbox)<Prev|Next>

Inthispage,youcanspecifygeneraloptionsofEditPlus.Followingoptionsareavailable.

ComboBoxhistorySpecifynumberofcomboboxhistory.EditPlusmaintainshistoryoftextthatyouenteredincombobox.Whenyoutypetextinthecombobox,EditPluswillsearchthelistandhelpyoucompletetheremainingpartofthetext.Ifyouenter0inthisfield,thecomboboxautocompletionfeaturewillnotbeused.WorddelimitersSpecifydelimitersthatareusedtodetermineworkboundaries.Youdon'tneedtospecifythespacecharacterandthetabcharacterhere,sincethosearetreatedasdelimiterbydefault.Thisoptioncanbeoverriddenby#DELIMITERsettinginthesyntaxfile.ReloadworkingfilesonstartupCheckthisoptiontosavethelistofallopenfilesandthecursorpositionsonexit.EditPlusreloadsthesefileswhenitstartsnexttime.ReloadunsavedbuffersCheckthisoptiontosaveunsaveddocumentstotemporaryfileonexitandrestorethemonnextstartup.RestorewindowstateofrecentfilesCheckthisoptiontosave/restorethewindowsize,cursor/markerpositionsandtheencodingofthedocumentfor50recentfiles.AllowmultipleinstancesCheckthisoptiontoallowmultipleinstancesofEditPlustorunatthesametime.UseXHTMLtagsCheckthisoptiontouseXHTMLtagsinsteadofHTMLtagsinthetemplateandtheHTMLtoolbar.CloseHTMLtagautomaticallyCheckthisoptiontoclosebraceautomaticallywhenyoutypeHTMLtags.TurnoffsoundsCheckthisoptiontoturnoffmessagebeepsounds.FileOpendialogrestorespreviousdirectoryCheckthisoptiontorestorepreviousdirectorywhenrunningFileOpendialogbox.HOMEkeygoestofirstnon-spacecharacterCheckthisoptiontomovethecursortothefirstnon-spacecharacterwhen

pressingtheHOMEkey.CreatenewdocumentonstartupCheckthisoptiontocreateanewdocumentonstartupwhenthereisnootheractivedocument.UseEditPlusinInternetExplorerCheckthisoptiontouseEditPluswiththeViewSourcecommandofInternetExplorer.AddEditPlustorightmousebuttonThisoptionregistersashellextensionwhichaddsEditPluscommandtotheContextmenuofthefileinExplorer.

SpellCheckerdialogbox<Prev|Next>

ThisdialogboxappearswhenyourunspellcheckercommandsonToolsmenu.Inthisdialogbox,wordsthatisnotfoundindictionarywillbeshownandsuggestsuserseveralactionsuponthatwords.

NotfoundThisfielddisplaysthewordthatwasnotfoundinthedictionary.ChangetoThisfielddisplaysthewordthatwillreplacethewrongword.Youcanalsoenteranewwordhereifyouwanttochangethesuggestedword.SuggestionsThislistboxshowssuggestedcorrectionsofthewrongword.ChoosethecorrectwordanditwillbeshowninChangeTofield.Ifthereisnopropersuggestion,youcandirectlyeditChangeTofield.ReplaceReplacethewrongwordwiththecontentofChangeTofield.Thiscommandisnotavailableifthereisnosuggestions.ButifyoueditChangeTofield,thiscommandbecomesavailable.ReplaceAllChangesanyfollowingwordwhichissameascurrentone.IgnoreIgnorecurrentword.IgnoreAllIgnorecurrentwordandanyfollowingwordwhichissameascurrentone.AddAddcurrentwordtotheuserdictionary.YoucanspecifylocationofuserdictionaryinSpellCheckerpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.AdduncapAddcurrentwordtotheuserdictionaryandignorescapitalizationoftheword.OptionsThiscommandpresentsSpellCheckerpageofthePreferencesdialogboxwhereyoucanspecifyseveralspell-checkingoptions.

Sortdialogbox<Prev|Next>

ThisdialogboxappearswhenyouchoosesortcommandonToolsmenu.Inthisdialogbox,youcansetvariousoptionsforthesortcommand.

OrderChoosethesortorder.Eitherascendingorderordescendingorder.Startingcolumn#Enteracolumnnumberfromwhichthesortingoperationbegins.Thetextbeforethiscolumnnumberwillbeignoredincomparison.Enteranintegervaluebetween1-2000.CasesensitiveCheckthisoptionforthecase-sensitivecomparison.RemoveduplicatesCheckthisoptiontoremoveanyduplicatedlineafterthesorting.LocalesensitiveCheckthisoptiontosortstringsaccordingtotherulesofthelocaleinsteadofbytecomparisons.NumericsortCheckthisoptiontosortconsideringdigitsinthestringsasnumericalcontentratherthantext.

OrderedListcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsOrderedListHTMLtag.

<OL><LI><LI></OL>

ListBoxcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsListBoxHTMLtag.

<SELECTNAME=""></SELECT>

FormImagecommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsFormImageHTMLtag.

<INPUTTYPE="image"SRC="">

Sizecommand(Systemmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodisplayafour-headedarrowsoyoucansizetheactivewindowwiththearrowkeys.

Afterthepointerchangestothefour-headedarrow:1.PressoneoftheDIRECTIONkeys(left,right,up,ordownarrowkey)tomovethepointertotheborderyouwanttomove.2.PressaDIRECTIONkeytomovetheborder.3.PressENTERwhenthewindowisthesizeyouwant.

Note:Thiscommandisunavailableifyoumaximizethewindow.

ShortcutsMouse:Dragthesizebarsatthecornersoredgesofthewindow.

Restorecommand(Controlmenu)<Prev|Next>

UsethiscommandtoreturntheactivewindowtoitssizeandpositionbeforeyouchosetheMaximizeorMinimizecommand.

Header/FooterMacros<Prev|Next>

ThefollowingmacroscanbeusedinFooterandHeaderfieldinPrintpageofthePreferencesdialogbox.

Macro Description&f Insertscurrentfilename.Thefilenamedoesnotincludepath.&F Insertscurrentfilenamewithfullpath.&p Insertspagenumberofcurrentpage.&P Insertstotalnumberofpagesofcurrentdocument.&d Insertscurrentdate.&t Insertscurrenttime.&s Insertstimestampoffile.&C Alignfollowingtexttocenter.Thisisdefaultvalueifyoudon'tspecifyanyalignoption.&L Alignfollowingtexttoleft.&R Alignfollowingtexttoright.

RadioButtoncommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsRadioButtonHTMLtag.

<INPUTTYPE="radio"NAME="">

HiddenFieldcommand(HTMLToolbar)<Prev|Next>

InsertsHiddenFieldHTMLtag.

<INPUTTYPE="hidden">

Movecommand(Controlmenu)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtodisplayafour-headedarrowsoyoucanmovetheactivewindowordialogboxwiththearrowkeys.

Note:Thiscommandisunavailableifyoumaximizethewindow.

ShortcutsMouse:Dragthetitlebar

Closecommand(Controlmenus)<Prev|Next>

Usethiscommandtoclosetheactivewindowordialogbox.

ClickingthecloseicononthetitlebaristhesameaschoosingtheClosecommand.

ShortcutsKeys:Ctrl+F4closesadocumentwindowAlt+F4closestheEditPluswindowordialogbox

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