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MicroEMACS Full Screen Text Editor Reference Manual Version 3.11 October 29, 1991 (C)Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by Daniel M. Lawrence Reference Manual (C)opyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by Brian Straight and Daniel M. Lawrence All Rights Reserved (C)Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by Daniel M. Lawrence MicroEMACS 3.11 can be copied and distributed freely for any non-commercial purposes. Commercial users may use MicroEMACS 3.11 inhouse. Shareware distributors may redistribute MicroEMACS 3.11 for media costs only. MicroEMACS 3.11 can only be incorporated into commercial software or resold with the permission of the current author. Introduction MicroEMACS is a tool for creating and changing documents, programs, and other text files. It is both relatively easy for the novice to use, but also very powerful in the hands of an expert. MicroEMACS can be extensively customized for the needs of the individual user. MicroEMACS allows several files to be edited at the same time. The screen can be split into different windows and screens, and text may be moved freely from one window on any screen to the next. Depending on the type of file being edited, MicroEMACS can change how it behaves to make editing simple. Editing standard text files, program files and word processing documents are all possible at the same time. There are extensive capabilities to make word processing and editing easier. These include commands for string searching and replacing, paragraph reformatting and deleting, automatic word wrapping, word move and deletes, easy case controlling, and automatic word counts. For complex and repetitive editing tasks editing macroes can be written. These macroes allow the user a great degree of flexibility in determining how MicroEMACS behaves. Also, any and all the commands can be used by any keystroke by changing, or rebinding, what commands various keys invoke. Special features are also available to perform a diverse set of operations such as file encryption, automatic backup file generation, entabbing and detabbing lines, executing operating system commands and filtering of text through other programs (like SORT to allow sorting text). History EMACS was originally a text editor written by Richard Stallman at MIT in the early 1970s for Digital Equipment computers. Various versions, rewrites and clones have made an appearance since. This version of MicroEMACS is derived from code written by Dave G. Conroy in 1985. Later modifications were performed by Steve Wilhite and George Jones. In December of 1985 Daniel Lawrence picked up the then current source (version 2.0) and made extensive modifications and additions to it over the course of the next six years. Updates and support for the current version are still available. Commercial support and usage and resale licences are also available. The current program author can be contacted by writing to: …