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The File menu

The File menu

The File menu contains facilities for reading and writing texts or binaries from/to files or networks, and for opening and closing windows.

ENTRIES IN THE FILE MENU

Open text..., Ctrl O
Open the file selector to select one or more text files for editing.
Open next, Ctrl N
Open the next file from the input queue.
New untitled text, Shift Ctrl N
Open a new, untitled text window in `default' editing mode.

Open binary, Shift Ctrl O
Open the file selector to select a file opened in binary editing mode.
Open location, Ctrl L
Open a local or remote file into a browser window. Instead of the file selector, a box pops up in which you type a full file name or WWW-style resource locator (URL). All file types accepted by the file selector and browser are accepted. Remote files will be loaded using auxiliary programs such as lynx and rcp.

Reload..., Alt R
Reload a text or a browser page. When reloading a text, a panel will pop up giving you the choice between the original file, its last written backup or the last written carbon copy.
Insert..., Ctrl Insert
Select a file to be inserted (as in Paste (Edit menu, Alt V)) into the text window.

Save, Alt S
Save the contents of an editor window back to the original file. This menu entry will be enabled regardless of whether the text has been modified, but the entry adds `needed' or `not needed' depending on whether modifications where made to the file since it was last read from or written to a file.
Save as..., Alt Shift S
Select a new file to save contents of current editor window to. (Changing the file name associated to the window, i.e. in the title bar, is optional).
Save all texts, Alt Shift Y
Save all open (editable) text windows that have a valid file name, i.e., are not `untitled'.
Save selection, Alt Shift Z
Save the selected text.

Close window, Ctrl W
Close a window. Not to be confused with, and often to be preferred to, the Quit option below.
Quit, Shift Ctrl Q
Leave Edith Pro. All Edith windows on the current display will be closed, and unless you answer any resulting pop-up panel question with Cancel, the Edith Pro server will exit. Note that once you tell Edith to stop asking for a confirmation at exit, the confirmation box will not appear again, unless you switch it on again in the interface options panel.

It is tempting, but not rewarding, to use Quit too often. Usually, it is sufficient to just Close a text window.


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