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OS/2 EPM (Enhanced Editor) 08/16/92
If you have any additions, changes, comments, or suggestions, please send
them via CompuServe mail to Robert Simpson, CompuServe ID 71520,737.
EPM (Enhanced Editor) Tasks:
These keys are documented in C:\OS2\APPS\EPMHELP.QHL.
Tab Insert spaces up to next tab location
F1 Help
F2 Save and continue
F3 Quit without saving changes
F4 Save changes and quit
F5 or Ctrl+O Open another file
F6 Show draw options
F7 Change filename
F9 or Alt+backspace Undo changes to current line
PageUp Scroll up one page
PageDown Scroll down one page
Shift+F1 Scroll left (doesn't work for me)
Shift+F2 Scroll right
Shift+F3 Scroll up
Shift+F4 Scroll down
Shift+F5 Scroll current line to center of screen
Shift+Tab Move cursor back to previous tab location
Ctrl+F1 Change word to all upper case
Ctrl+F2 Change word to all lower case
Ctrl+F3 Change marked text to all upper case
Ctrl+F4 Change marked text to all lower case
Ctrl+F5 Move cursor to first character of current word
Ctrl+F6 Move cursor to last character of current word
Ctrl+F7 Shift marked text to right
(doesn't work for me)
Ctrl+F8 Shift marked text to left
(doesn't work for me)
Alt+F1 Insert box drawing characters
(then use cut/copy and paste)
Alt+E Move cursor to end of marked area
Alt+F Fill marked area with specified character
Alt+J Join following line with current line
Alt+L Mark the current line
Alt+N Insert file name
Alt+P Reformat paragraph
Alt+S Split line at cursor
Alt+U Unmark marked block
Alt+W Mark word
Alt+Y Move cursor to beginning of marked area
Alt+-(twice) Briefly circle cursor location
Alt+= or Alt+0 Execute EPM commands on current line
Ctrl+B Display list of bookmarks
Ctrl+C Change next
Ctrl+D Delete word
Ctrl+E or Ctrl+Del[ete] Delete to end of line
Ctrl+F Find next
Ctrl+I Enter EPM command
Ctrl+K Repeat current line
Ctrl+L Copy current line to EPM command line
Ctrl+M Insert blank line following current line
Ctrl+Q Switch between ALL result file and original
searched file
(Enter "ALL /string/" at the EPM command
prompt to create the ALL result file.)
Ctrl+R Begin or end recording of keys
Ctrl+S Search
Ctrl+T Play back recorded keys
Ctrl+X Expand abbreviation to full command syntax
(for languages supporting syntax expansion)
Ctrl+Y Use Style (to change the color or font of
the marked text)
Ctrl+2 Insert NULL (x'00') character into text
Ctrl+6 Insert "*" (x'AA') character into text
Ctrl+9 Insert "{" (x'7B') character into text
Ctrl+0 Insert "}" (x'7D') character into text
Ctrl+backspace Delete current line
Ctrl+Tab Insert a tab character into text
when Options/Preferences/Advanced_marking is NOT checked:
Del[ete] or Alt+D Delete marked block
Alt+T Center text within margins
Alt+Z Mark character at cursor
Mouse actions:
Button 1 click Move cursor to location of mouse pointer
and unmark text
Button 1 double click Mark word
Button 1 drag Mark characters
Button 2 + Ctrl drag Mark lines or copy text in marked area
when Options/Preferences/Advanced_marking is checked:
Del[ete] Delete character at cursor
Shift+Del[ete] Delete marked block
Alt+A Move marked text to cursor location,
blanking marked area
Alt+B ... Alt+B Mark a block of text
Alt+C Copy marked text to cursor location,
inserting before text at cursor.
Alt+M Move marked text to cursor location,
deleting marked area
Alt+O Copy marked text to cursor location,
overlaying text at cursor.
Alt+R Reformat marked text
Alt+T Center text within marked block
Alt+Z Expand/contract marked area to character
at cursor
Mouse actions:
Button 1 click Move cursor to location of mouse pointer
Button 1 double click Unmark marked area
Button 1 drag Mark block
Button 1 + Ctrl drag Mark characters
Button 2 double click Mark word
Button 2 drag Mark lines or move text in marked area
Button 2 + Ctrl drag Copy text in marked area
when Options/Preferences/Stream_editing is NOT checked:
Enter or Alt+Enter Insert a new line at the cursor location
or Ctrl+Enter
when Options/Preferences/Stream_editing is checked:
The action of the following keys may be changed on the
Options/Preferences/Settings/Keys page of the notebook.
The default actions are listed below.
Enter or Alt+Enter Insert a new line following the current line
Ctrl+Enter Move cursor to beginning of next line
when Options/Preferences/Ring_enabled is checked:
F8 Add another file to the current window's ring
F11 or Ctrl+P Show previous file in ring
F12 or Ctrl+N Show next file in ring
Alt+1 Add file specified on current line of text to
Ctrl+G List files in ring
Cursor movement keys:
Ctrl+PageUp Move cursor to beginning of first line in window
Ctrl+PageDown Move cursor to beginning of last line in window
The Shift keys can be used with any of the following keys to mark
the text while the cursor is being moved.
up arrow Move cursor up one line
down arrow Move cursor down one line
left arrow Move cursor left one character (or from
beginning of line to end of previous line if
Options/Preferences/Stream_editing is checked.)
right arrow Move cursor right one character (or from
end of line to beginning of next line if
Options/Preferences/Stream_editing is checked.)
Home Move cursor to beginning of current line
End Move cursor to end of current line
Ctrl+Home Move cursor to beginning of file
Ctrl+End Move cursor to end of file
When Options/Preferences/Advanced_marking is NOT checked, the Shift
keys may be used with any of the following keys to mark the text
while the cursor is being moved.
Ctrl+left arrow Move cursor back to first character of a word
Ctrl+right arrow Move cursor to first character of next word