.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: Overview Editors, Editors 

.. _overview-editors:

Overview Editors
================

The editor is a text editor for editing UniScript source code, text and
data files in text format (UTX files).

The :ref:`EdCreate` functions creates a new editor window.
The function returns a handle (a number greater than 0) to the editor. To
destroy the editor window call :ref:`EdDestroy`..

The :ref:`EdSetText` function can be used to insert text via UniScript into the 
editor. :ref:`EdGetText` returns the complete text of an editor.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   hedit = EdCreate();
   EdSetText(hedit, "First text liner\nSecond text line");
   EdPrint(hedit);
   EdDestroy(hedit);

Some features:

* Syntax-Highlighting for UniScript- and XML-files.

* Multistep Undo/Redo.

* Handles big data files (> 100 MB).

* Rectangular selection (hold Alt key and select using the mouse).

* Read and write UNICODE files.

.. us.indexlist CreateandDestroyEdCreateSynEdCreateEdDes,Create and Destroy,EdCreate,EdDestroy,

.. include:: ../ftab/CreateandDestroyEdCreateSynEdCreateEdDes.ftab

.. us.makeindex   EdSet, Set

.. include:: ../ftab/EdSet.ftab

.. us.makeindex   EdGet, Get

.. include:: ../ftab/EdGet.ftab

.. seealso::
   :ref:`functions-by-categories`

:sub:`id-2064106`