Chapter 36
The Text Editor
Describes how to create text items and how to use text inserters.
- Overview
- Text Editor Features
- Opening the Text Editor
- Setting the Minimum Width of the Editing Area
- Entering Text
- Entering Text Within the Text Editor
- Entering Text by Selecting Visible Text
- Entering a Class Name
- Controlling the Number of Classes that G2 Displays
- Undoing and Redoing the Last Edit
- Controlling the Number of Edits You Can Undo
- Correcting Errors in the Editor
- Ending the Editing Session
- Using the Search Facility
- Searching for Text
- Using the Scrollable Text Editor
- Using the Clipboard and Scrapbookt
- Interacting with the Scrapbook Directly
- Controlling the Amount of Text in the Scrapbook
- Performing Other Edit Operations
- Cutting/Pasting Between G2 and Other Applications
- Using the Clipboard for Text Exchange
- Text Source
- Displaying Unicode Characters
- Dragging Text Between G2 and Other Applications
- Transferring Text From G2
- Transferring OLE Text into G2
- Dragging and Dropping G2 Items
- Using Unicode and Special Characters
- Entering Unicode Character Codes
- Entering Special Characters
- Keystroke Commands
- Displaying Help
- Moving the Cursor
- Deleting Text
- Inserting Tabs and Line Breaks
- Controlling Tab Settings
- Controlling the Editing Session
- Inserting Prompts by using the Keyboard
- Text Editor Buttons
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