Full Screen Editor - Synchronet

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====== FSeditor ======

''fseditor.js'' is a Full Screen Editor (FSE) written by [[person:Deuce]] in JavaScript((the first of its kind)) for the Synchronet [[server:Terminal]] Server.

===== Download =====

The newest version of fseditor can always be download from:
[[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/exec/fseditor.js]]

===== Installation =====
''fseditor.js'' is normally installed into the Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory.

===== Configure =====

To add ''fseditor.js'' to your FSE list, use the following settings in [[util:SCFG]]->External Programs->External Editors:

  Name                            FSEditor.js
  Internal Code                   FSEDITOR                     
  Command Line                    ?fseditor %f                 
  Access Requirements             ANSI                         
  Intercept I/O                   No                           
  Native Executable               No                           
  Use Shell to Execute            No                           
  Word Wrap Quoted Text           No                           
  Automatically Quoted Text       All                          
  Editor Information Files        WWIV EDITOR.INF/RESULT.ED    
  Expand Line Feeds to CRLF       No                           
  Strip FidoNet Kludge Lines      No                           
  BBS Drop File Type              None                         

Note: as of v1.75, FSeditor saves auto-wrapped lines with a so-called "soft linebreak", identified with a sole line-feed (ASCII 0x0A) character in the file (contrasted with "hard linebreak" identified by a CRLF pair).

If posting on FidoNet networks, you may want to set ''Expand Line Feeds to CRLF'' to ''Yes'' so that the soft linebreaks are actually stored as hard linebreaks (CRLF) in the Sychronet message base and FidoNet nodes which do not auto-wrap long lines can view your message as you intended when exported via [[util:SBBSecho]].
===== Key Bindings =====

The key bindings for using ''fseditor.js'' are:

==== Edit Mode ====

In edit mode, the following CTRL keys function:
^CTRL-Key  ^Action^
|A   |Colour/Attribute|
|B   |Home cursor (Beginning of line)|
|C   |Center line in message|
|E   |End of line|
|F   |Right one character|
|G   |Enter Graphic Char|
|H   |Backspace|
|I   |Tab|
|J   |Down one line|
|K   |List keybindings|
|L   |Insert line|
|M   |Carriage Return|
|N   |Page Down|
|P   |Page Up|
|T   |Change the title|
|Q   |Quick abort|
|R   |Redraw screen|
|U   |Quote|
|V   |Toggle insert mode|
|W   |Delete word backwards|
|Y   |Delete Line|
|Z   |Save and exit|
|]   |Move left|
|%%^%%   |Move up|
|_   |Quick abort (Same as Xoff CTRL-Q)|


==== Quote Mode ====

^Key    ^Action^
|CTRL-B |Home (Top of document)|
|CTRL-E |End of document|
|CTRL-J |Down one line|
|CTRL-K |List keybindings|
|CTRL-N |Page Down|
|CTRL-P |Page Up|
|CTRL-Q |Quick abort... FLOW CONTROL CHAR!!!|
|CTRL-R |Redraw screen|
|CTRL-%%^%% |Up one line|
|CTRL-_ |Quick abort (Same as CTRL-Q)|
|SPACE  |Toggle sepection of current line|
|ENTER  |Pastes selected lines into message|
|A      |Select All|
|B      |Enter block mode|
|N      |Unselect all ("Select None")|


==== A few notes on keybindings ====
I am not completely opposed to changing some keybindings.  However, the current
ones fall into three catagories:
  - "Keepers" ones that I like and would need a very good reason to change.
  - "Lukewarm" ones I understand but don't particularily like very much.
  - "Changers" ones I would change in a heartbeat if I had an alternative.

The breakdown is as follows:
  * Keepers:  ''ABCEFGHIJLMRWZ''
  * Lukewarm: ''KVY''
  * Changers: ''QUPN''

The following CTRL keys are currently unused: ''DNPSTX\''

CTRL-Q and CTRL-S I do *not* want to use without alternates as they are the
Xon/Xoff chars used in flow control and are sometimes impossible to send from
a terminal.

I am open to suggestions.


===== See Also =====
  * [[:person:Deuce]]
  * [[:howto:editor:|How To Install Message Editors]]
  * [[:module:|Modules]]

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