FSeditor

fseditor.js is a Full Screen Editor (FSE) written by Deuce in JavaScript¹⁾ for the Synchronet Terminal Server.

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

fseditor.js is normally installed into the Synchronet exec directory.

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

Name                            FSEditor.js v1.73            
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 SBBSecho.

The key bindings for using fseditor.js are:

In edit mode, the following CTRL keys function:

I am not completely opposed to changing some keybindings. However, the current ones fall into three catagories:

1. “Keepers” ones that I like and would need a very good reason to change.
2. “Lukewarm” ones I understand but don't particularily like very much.
3. “Changers” ones I would change in a heartbeat if I had an alternative.

The breakdown is as follows:

• Keepers: ABCEFGHIJLMRWZ
• Lukewarm: KOPVY
• Changers: QU

The reason O and P are in lukewarm instead of changers is that PgUp/PgDn should be both close together and enterable with one hand in my opinion.

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.

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