20. Overview Editors

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

The 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 EdDestroy..

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

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.

	Create and Destroy
EdCreate	EdCreate creates a new editor.
SynEdCreate	SynEdCreate creates a new editor to edit UniScript files.
EdDestroy	EdDestroy destroys the given editor and frees any memory that the editor occupies.

	Set
EdClear	EdClear deletes the current selection in the editor.
EdCopy	EdCopy copies the current editor selection into the Clipboard.
EdCut	EdCut deletes the current editor selection and copies the deleted text to the clipboard.
EdEmptyUndoBuffer	EdEmptyUndoBuffer clears the editor undo flag.
EdGotoPos	EdGotoPos sets the cursor to the given position
EdLimitText	EdLimitText limits the length of the text the user may enter into an editor.
EdLineScroll	EdLineScroll scrolls the text in an editor.
EdPaste	EdPaste inserts the data from the clipboard into the editor at the current cursor position.
EdPrint	The EdPrint function prints a document to the printer.
EdReplaceSel	EdReplaceSel replaces the current selection with the specified text.
EdSave	EdSave saves the editor text to disk.
EdSaveModified	EdSaveModified saves the text of the editor if the modification flag is set.
EdSetModify	EdSetModify sets or clears the modification flag of the editor.
EdSetPathName	EdSetPathName sets the file name.
EdSetReadOnly	EdSetReadOnly sets the read-only flag.
EdSetTabStops	EdSetTabStops sets the tab stops in the editor.
EdSetText	EdSetText replaces the text of the editor.
EdShow	EdShow shows or hides a editor window.
EdUndo	EdUndo reverses the last editor operation.
SynEdFind	SynEdFind
SynEdFindText	SynEdFindText
SynEdFoldAll	SynEdFoldAll
SynEdSetMarginType	SynEdSetMarginType
SynEdToggleFolding	SynEdToggleFolding

	Get
EdCanPaste	EdCanPaste checks if the objects in the clipboard have a format that is supported by UniPlot editor.
EdCanUndo	EdCanUndo checks if the last editor operation can be undone.
EdGetCurrentPos	EdGetCurrentPos returns the cursor position in characters from the beginning of the file.
EdGetCursorPos	EdGetCursorPos returns the cursor position in column/row coordinates.
EdGetLine	EdGetLine retrieves a line of text from an editor.
EdGetLineCount	EdGetLineCount returns the number of lines in an editor.
EdGetLineFromPos	EdGetLineFromPos returns the line number for the given position.
EdGetLineLen	EdGetLineLen retrieves the length of a line in an editor.
EdGetModify	EdGetModify determines if the contents of a editor window has been modified.
EdGetPathName	EdGetPathName returns the editor file name.
EdGetPosFromLine	EdGetPosFromLine returns the position of the given line. The position is the number of characters from the beginning of the file.
EdGetSel	EdGetSel returns the start and end position of the selection.
EdGetSelectedText	EdGetSelectedText retrieves the selected text of an editor.
EdGetText	EdGetText copies the text from the given editor into a string variable.
EdGetWnd	EdGetWnd returns the window handle
EdIsReadOnly	EdIsReadOnly checks if the read-only flag is set.
SynEdGetMarginType	SynEdGetMarginType

See also

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