Introduction to StrongED - The main window

Having installed StrongED and run it, it will add its Fist icon to the iconbar. A Select click on this fist will open a Basemode window as the diagram.

The ToolBar

The icons, and their actions, are defined in the ModeFile for the mode in use. The icons defined in BaseMode are present on the Toolbar in every mode.

Provided that interactive Help is active, the help given on any Toolbar Icon will be similar to that listed here!

Help

This icon interacts with StrongHelp so StrongHelp needs to be accessible.

Select	Help on current Mode
Ctrl Select	Help on BaseMode
Ctrl Shift Select	Help on StrongED
Adjust	Information on the character under the caret
Ctrl Adjust	Information on the word under the caret
Ctrl Shift Adjust	Information on the file being edited

LoW/File History

Select opens a List of open Windows (LoW)

Adjust opens the File History Window as shown right. A click on the icon to the right in this window will show a list of files that have been recently closed. Click on one and its path will be placed in the window so it can be loaded with the Load button

Spell

Select opens a List of words in the current file which are not in its dictionary. These words are also coloured in the appropriate way and a click on a word in the list will take the caret to that word in the text.

Adjust tests the word under the caret and opens the spelling window. If the word under the caret is not recognised then a list of possible alternatives is given. A click on one of these will substitute it for the mis-spelt word.

Choices

Select toggles open or closed the Global Choices Dialogue box

Adjust toggles open or closed the current Mode's Choices Dialogue box

Save

Select opens the Save box.

Adjust, if the file has a valid path, saves the file without asking.

Ctrl Select opens the Export Dialogue box.

Undo/Redo

Select undoes the last edit operation.

Adjust redoes the last item to be undone.

Speak

Select opens the Speak dialogue box. For Speech to work Jonathan Duddington's Speak must be installed.

Refresh

Select opens the Refresh dialogue box which shows how the copy being edited differs from the copy saved. If both are unchanged they will be green. If either file has been changed it will be shown in red.

Adjust will refresh the file - even if it has been edited.

Scripts

Select opens the Scripts directory (pointed to by StrongED$ScriptsDir) which will be either !StrongED.Defaults.Tools.!ScriptSED.Scripts or !StrED_cfg.UserPrefs.Tools.!ScriptsSED.Scripts.

Drag a script to here and the script will be applied to the window contents, provided StrongED can determine the Script type.

CtrlDrag a script here to apply it to the text and the result will be displayed in a new window.

CtrlShiftDrag a script here to apply it to all texts, the results will replace the current texts.

Space for other modes

This is unpopulated in BaseMode. Other modes will add their icons in this space.

The Information Bar

Caret

This shows information relating to the position of the caret in the text or the character at the caret position.

Select click cycles through the display

• Position of the caret as an offset in bytes from the start of the text.
• Position of the caret as x,y or y,x where x is the byte number in the line and y is the line number. Start line number can be altered in the Mode choices -@gt; Periphery
• ASCII code of character at caret in hexadecimal and decimal.

Adjust cycles through the above on reverse order

Insert/Overtype

Select and Adjust toggles between Insert < > Overwrite modes.

The same action is performed by the Insert key.

Tab

This shows the current action of the Tab key.

Select and Adjust cycle through the three modes:

• TrueTab inserts the Tab character hex 09. However how it displays in the text will depend on how the Tabs are set in the Mode Choices.
• Nearest inserts spaces to align with the line above or below.
• Tabstops inserts spaces to align with the Tabstops definition in the ModeFile.

Block

This shows whether or not a block is marked

• - No block is marked
• B Block is marked in this text
• b Block is marked in another text
• F Free Block is marked in this text
• f Free Block is marked in another text

Select to go to the start of the Block

Adjust to go to the end of the Block

Menu to open the Block's Process Menu

Clipboard

This shows the state of the Global clipboard

• - Clipboard is not in use
• C Clipboard is owned by StrongED and is not empty
• c Clipboard is owned by another application.

Menu opens the Block Clipboard menu

Bookmarks

Four Bookmarks can be set. These four icons control them and show their state

• White = Not set
• Black = Mark is in this text
• Grey = Mark is in another text

Select to go to the mark. A double click will unset the mark.

Adjust to Set <> Unset the mark

Stack

This is not used in BaseMode so will always show zero in that mode. It is used in many other modes that use the GoToFound function.

Mode

This shows the name of the current Mode for this window.

Adjust opens the Modes Menu, to change the mode

Menu opens the main menu of the current mode.

Wrap type

CW or WW for character Wrap or Word Wrap, Click a mouse button to change the type

Wrap width

This shows the current wrapwidth. If autowrap is on, an "a" is appended and if hardwrap is on, the hardwrap width is shown in parenthesis.

Select toggle autowrap on <> off

Adjust toggle hardwrap

Newline

This displays the NewLine type currently used in this text.

Menu opens the Newlines menu for changing the NL type