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Fletcher/!help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-03 B.adf » StarInfo |
| Filename: | Fletcher/!help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 04B7 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
It's very simple to use really. Just place EE inside your Library structure (if you use a directory structure, then I suggest that 'Prog' or similar would be a good category) and to edit a file type : *EE <file> This will attempt to use whatever editors are currently present to edit the file. If there are no editors capable of editing that type of file the editing session will abort and you will return to the command line. To force a file to be edited in as if it were another type, use : *EE -t <type> <file> where <type> is a three digit hex number. If you wanted (for example) to edit the !Boot.!Boot file on your computer you might use : *EE -t FFF Boot:!Boot One in the editing session, saving or discarding the file will return you to the command line with the file updated or unmodified (respectively). If you run the command from within a TaskWindow the window will remain active, awaiting a key press or the return of the data. You can use R to forcibly return the data (updated) to the task, or A to abort. Escape will also abort the session. Note: It is not dangerous to close the taskwindow, or kill the EETask task that starts as these will be trapped and dealt with accordingly.
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If ther| 00000130 65 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 73 |e are no editors| 00000140 20 63 61 70 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 65 64 69 74 | capable of edit| 00000150 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 79 70 65 20 6f 66 |ing that type of| 00000160 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 68 65 0a 65 64 69 74 69 6e | file the.editin| 00000170 67 20 73 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 |g session will a| 00000180 62 6f 72 74 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c |bort and you wil| 00000190 6c 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |l return to the | 000001a0 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 6c 69 6e 65 2e 20 54 6f |command line. To| 000001b0 20 66 6f 72 63 65 0a 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 6f | force.a file to| 000001c0 20 62 65 20 65 64 69 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 73 | be edited in as| 000001d0 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 77 65 72 65 20 61 6e 6f 74 | if it were anot| 000001e0 68 65 72 20 74 79 70 65 2c 20 75 73 65 20 3a 0a |her type, use :.| 000001f0 20 20 2a 45 45 20 2d 74 20 3c 74 79 70 65 3e 20 | *EE -t <type> | 00000200 3c 66 69 6c 65 3e 0a 0a 77 68 65 72 65 20 3c 74 |<file>..where <t| 00000210 79 70 65 3e 20 69 73 20 61 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 |ype> is a three | 00000220 64 69 67 69 74 20 68 65 78 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |digit hex number| 00000230 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 65 64 20 |. If you wanted | 00000240 28 66 6f 72 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 29 20 74 6f |(for example) to| 00000250 20 65 64 69 74 0a 74 68 65 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 2e | edit.the !Boot.| 00000260 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 79 6f |!Boot file on yo| 00000270 75 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 |ur computer you | 00000280 6d 69 67 68 74 20 75 73 65 20 3a 0a 20 20 2a 45 |might use :. *E| 00000290 45 20 2d 74 20 46 46 46 20 42 6f 6f 74 3a 21 42 |E -t FFF Boot:!B| 000002a0 6f 6f 74 0a 0a 4f 6e 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |oot..One in the | 000002b0 65 64 69 74 69 6e 67 20 73 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 2c |editing session,| 000002c0 20 73 61 76 69 6e 67 20 6f 72 20 64 69 73 63 61 | saving or disca| 000002d0 72 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 |rding the file w| 000002e0 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 74 |ill return you t| 000002f0 6f 0a 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 6c 69 |o.the command li| 00000300 6e 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 |ne with the file| 00000310 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 20 6f 72 20 75 6e 6d 6f | updated or unmo| 00000320 64 69 66 69 65 64 20 28 72 65 73 70 65 63 74 69 |dified (respecti| 00000330 76 65 6c 79 29 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 0a 72 75 |vely). If you.ru| 00000340 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 66 72 |n the command fr| 00000350 6f 6d 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 61 20 54 61 73 6b |om within a Task| 00000360 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |Window the windo| 00000370 77 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 20 61 63 |w will remain ac| 00000380 74 69 76 65 2c 0a 61 77 61 69 74 69 6e 67 20 61 |tive,.awaiting a| 00000390 20 6b 65 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 6f 72 20 74 68 | key press or th| 000003a0 65 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |e return of the | 000003b0 64 61 74 61 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 75 73 |data. You can us| 000003c0 65 20 52 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 72 63 69 62 6c 79 0a |e R to forcibly.| 000003d0 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 20 |return the data | 000003e0 28 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 29 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |(updated) to the| 000003f0 20 74 61 73 6b 2c 20 6f 72 20 41 20 74 6f 20 61 | task, or A to a| 00000400 62 6f 72 74 2e 20 45 73 63 61 70 65 20 77 69 6c |bort. Escape wil| 00000410 6c 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 61 62 6f 72 74 0a 74 68 65 |l also abort.the| 00000420 20 73 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 4e 6f 74 65 3a | session...Note:| 00000430 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 64 61 6e 67 65 | It is not dange| 00000440 72 6f 75 73 20 74 6f 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 20 74 68 |rous to close th| 00000450 65 20 74 61 73 6b 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2c 20 6f 72 |e taskwindow, or| 00000460 20 6b 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 45 45 54 61 73 6b | kill the EETask| 00000470 20 74 61 73 6b 0a 74 68 61 74 20 73 74 61 72 74 | task.that start| 00000480 73 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |s as these will | 00000490 62 65 20 74 72 61 70 70 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 64 |be trapped and d| 000004a0 65 61 6c 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 63 63 6f 72 64 |ealt with accord| 000004b0 69 6e 67 6c 79 2e 0a |ingly..| 000004b7
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