¥ pTextTool by PaulComputing This dialog allows you to perform text related tasks. This is a pToolSet module. Please see the manual for details. ¥ Please note that all command letters are case sensitive. ¥ Each command item can be activated either by pressing it or by entering the first letter of its label [see the end for exceptions]. ¥ Navigational Help ¥ Use the space, delete [backspace], tab, arrow, and page up/down keys to navigate the command lists and to switch between them. The "ABC" and "123" SilkScreen buttons scroll the list up/down ¥ Navigational Help in the "Chars" list ¥ h = the beginning [home] of the list e = the end of the list down arrow, v, x, l, c, t = forward by 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, or 200 up arrow, V, X, L, C, T = backward by 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, or 200 ¥ General Help ¥ The ENTER key activates the currently selected command in the current command list. You can cancel pTextTool by tapping on the screen outside the dialog or by entering "." [period]. Smart selection means that trailing white spaces are included in the selection. A "screen line" is a line what you see on the screen whereas a "line" must end with a ENTER character [unless it is at the very end of your text]. Paragraphs are separated by at least two ENTER characters plus possibly any number of white spaces between them. If there is a current text selection, then the selection process extends the selection both to the left and to the right according to the chosen command. If the current cursor or the endpoints of the current text selection are in a gap between words, then "select current words" selects both words. A similar rule applies to sentences and paragraphs. If there is a current text selection, then the jumping process takes the selection into consideration. All copying and cutting operations automatically extend the ClipBoard from the built in 1,000 characters to 32,767 [32K] characters. If your cursor is at the beginning or in the middle of a word and there is no current text selection, then the "Title Case selection" command upper cases the first letter of the current word without changing the current position of the cursor. When in "verbose mode", you get some visual feedback regarding certain operations. When in "expert mode", pTextTool becomes invisible although it functions exactly as if it were visible. If there are 3 seconds of inactivity while in "expert mode", then you will automatically get back to "normal mode". When in "continue mode", pTextTool automatically restarts after every text related operation unless you choose "cancel" or turn "continue mode" off. When in "pEditTool mode", pTextTool starts up in pEditTool. You can get the version number and the compilation time'n'date of this pTextTool by entering "V". Almost all operations will center the selected text or the cursor on the screen unless they are already visible. This is called "smart contexting". All settings are remembered and restored at subsequent startups [see the end for exceptions]. The "append current selection" option appends [as opposed to "copies"] the selected text to the ClipBoard. The "cut too" option both copies to the ClipBoard and deletes [cuts] the selected text. If the "copy current selection" command is picked, then the selected text is not "cut too" even if that push button is highlighted. In order to use the "enter magiPad" command, you need to have pedit and LapTopHack installed and activated. ¥ Exceptions ¥ P = pAsciiTool Note that "cut too" is considered a "dangerous" option so that it is neither keyboard selectable nor is it saved.