Editor vkNotepad version 0.9.8

The program's menu shows only nonstandard functions, namely:

File/Open - reading the text from a chosen file. Instead the editor can take the name of file from the command line and can be run by clikking the file.

File/Save - save current text into the current file.

File/Save as - save current text into the new file.

File/Encoding - choose one of the eight encoding kinds as a current encoding for saving the text in the file. There are next kinds: (AW,AD,AK) Ansi files with various kind of russian symbols coding, UB,UL - unikode coding with big,little byte first. FJ,FG,FN - UTF coding eith Java marker, general marker or without a marker.

File/Line ending - choose one of the three line ending symbol for saving the new text in the file Java (LR), Windows (CR,LR), Apple (CR).

File/reOpen as - make an attempt to open the file with chosen coding without markers (AD,AK,FN).

File/Exit - quit the editor with saving the new contents and parameters. If saving the text and parameters is not necessary, close the window by icon in the top-right corner.

Edit/Find - finding a selected word from the cursor position to the down.

Edit/Find Next - finding once again a selected previously word.

Edit/Info - info on parameters of the text and the editor

Edit/Input by code - input the unicode symbols by their indexes.

Edit/Input Date - input current Date and Time.

Edit/Input HTML Tag - input HTML Tag that is convenient for the internet writers. It opens new window with HTML Tags, each on separate line. It is necessary to put cursor on the chosen tag and close window by cross icon or [Esc] key. The chosen tag will appear at the cursor position. The list of tags can be modified and saved by menu item [Update]

Edit/Go to line - put a cursor position at the beginning of the chosen line.

Format/Change Font - choosing a font name, a kind and a size of the font. Kind means 0 - normal, 1 - bold, 2 - italic. There are two ways for changing font. First one is inputing text, second one is choosing from a list. However the list can by modified and saved by menu item [Update].

Format/Wrap lines - starts a work with breaking the lines if a line length is larger than the width of the windows. Next call cancels this work

Format/Set Tab - change the tab symbol effect (number of blank symbols).

Format/Set Margin - change the margins between text and boundaries of the window.

Format/Set Colors - change colors for the text, the background, the cursor, and the selected text and it's background. Each color is determined by three integer numbers from 0 to 255 which define red, green and blue components.

Format/Update - allows user to update the lists of fonts or html tags. Then they will be saved for the following working with the editor.

Show/Brackets - makes selection of text between matched brackets. If the text contains brackets of kind ")" or "]" or "}" then one may put cursor in front of the brackets and press the key F11. The all text at the left up to matched opening bracket will be selected. The operation is useful for programmers.

Show/Figure - The figure as a picture will be shown automatically if the text contains colomns of number. First column must be argument, other columns - various functions.

Show/Figure settings - the user may change the parameters of the figure.

Show/Slide show - The pictures will be shown. To view the pictures the text must contain the names of the (jpg or png, or gif) files in some lines. Such lines have to start with the symbol (#) in the first position, before the name, the name of file is followed by the symbol (|), all subsequent symbols in the line will be ingored. So the name is between (#) and (|). The name must be a full URL and can show both internet and local computer. The URL of local file must be as "File:C:/a/b/filename" i.e. (/) instead of (\). URL of internet is usual "http://a/a/filename". A special case - if the first symbol of the file is ($) then the other text points on the file in the folder [resources] inside the current folder. For example, the line #$mypic.jpg| points on the file mypic.jpg and a location of this file is specified above.

Show/Image - This operation allows one to verify the text reprezentation of the picture. The editor can open the files of kind jpg, png, gif and can make a coding of these files by text in special quasi-hexagonal system: one byte by two bytes using symbols from 48 to 63. This text can be copied to other programs by means of text buffer. This operation just take the text and show the picture using the same algorithm of decoding which will be used by other programs. If making picture is impossible the program show Error message.

Show/Snapshot - This operation allows one to select the image from the part of screen and save it in the file of kind jpg or png. It works like this. You open the editor and then move the editor window down so that it is seen by only upper title line. Then you work with other programs and get the picture on the screen. You activate the editor by means of icon in the status line, press hot keys [Ctrl]+[P] and the screen picture will be shown in the separate window of name "Capture". You select the region by means of mouse like this: move the mouse to the left-bottom corner of the region, press the left button, move the mouse to the right-top corner and release the left button. Then the selected picture will be in the new window. Click on the window opens a file manager, you choose the file and the picture will be saved in the file with your name. There is another possibility. You choose coordinates of the left bottom corner of the region by means of cursor coordinates in the status line of the window, then precc the key [C]. In a new windows you input these x,y coordinates with the width and the height of the region. The region will be selected. The later is the same.

Besides the editor allows one to select the part of the text by mouse or Shift and Arrows. The selected text can be saved in the buffer ([Ctrl]+[C]) or cutted ([Ctrl]+[X]). In any time the text from the buffer can be placed on the cursor position[(Ctrl]+[V]). All the text can be selected by ([Ctrl]+[A]). The Undo operation can be performed with [Ctrl]+[Z], whereas Redu operation - with [Ctrl+Y]. Also one can use [Home], [End], [Pade up], [Page down]. The text from file will be written to the same, new text will be written to the file newtext.txt. If saving a text is not necessary, close a window by plus sign at right top corner.