Kedit is a clone of XEDIT, the good old IBM mainframe editor,
for DOS and OS/2 text mode (no GUI). The Windows versions KeditW
are integrated into the Windows GUI, so some things are different. Almost all
macros are tested with Kedit 5.00p4 for DOS and OS/2. Some
macros should also work with KeditW 1.0 (but I didn't test it
unless especially noted in the macro header). THE is another XEDIT clone for
many systems (incl. Linux with Regina), and some macros might even work with
THE or XEDIT. Please note that I never considered EBCDIC.
XEDIT, Kedit, and THE all use REXX as macro language.
Kedit supports its own subset KEXX and some native REXX
interpreters. Most of my macros are based on KEXX. If REXX is required
there should be an info in the macro header. Some external tools are
used, for DOS this is (optionally) setlines,
for OS/2 you may need clipbrd.exe in
clipbrd.kex,
netscdde.exe (optionally) and
netscape.exe in
netscape.kex,
some OS/2 system tools like mode.exe in
mode.kex or
setlines.kex,
etc. as stated in the macro header.
All kml files are Kedit Macro Libraries,
plain text like kex files.
Let's hope that my server and your browser handle these files as
plain text. If this doesn't work copy the files to your disk (try
Shift Enter on the desired link).
Short descriptions of most macros are simply copied from
khelp.kex.
Entries marked by 
use eight-bit characters (codepage 437 or 850). Entries marked by * (asterisk)
are used explicitly as macro or synonym replacing a Kedit command.
A-X.kml (example Kedit Macro Library redefining Alt-X) 
ANSIFY translate ISO Latin 1 to Codepage 437 (or 850)
BASE Insert <base href="URL" /> in local XHTML copy 
BOX draw BOXes (9 styles, use keypad or box block)
BROWSE document browser (temporary wrap long lines)
BROWSE.cmd (simple OS/2 REXX script using BROWSE.KEX)
CDD CHD + CHDR like 4DOS CDD supporting *.DIR items
CDEFG show biggest files (top 1000) in DIR.DIR file
CHANGES CHANGE all occurences on line, not only first
CHCP Optionally set and get process codepage (OS/2)
CLIPBRD OS/2 WPS clipbrd.exe interface using GET & PUT
COLOR * INITIAL.KEX calls COLOR by 'macro' monitor.1()
COLOR2 Old (1995-2005) colour scheme for younger eyes
COUNTS COUNT string in BLOCK / ALL lines ignoring CASE 
DOS.kml INITIAL.KEX loads Kedit Macro Library DOS.KML
EIS edit OEIS sequence in local EIS??.TXT copies
ENV like DOS SET, but modifying Kedit's environment
EURO check char.s not contained in ASCII 32..126 & 9
EXTRACT * EXTRTEST clone, supports = and abbreviations
FEATURES Kedit 5.00 (D3/P3) bug list and workarounds
FILES Kedit FIDO FILES.BBS (add orphans to FILES.BBS)
GERMAN defines GERMAN.KML after INITIAL.KML (KEYB GR)
GERMAN.kml (dito used Kedit Macro Library)
HEXA hex. editor (like HEXE but using current MODE)
HEXE hex. editor (show and maybe even patch binary)
HEXE.cmd (simple OS/2 REXX script using HEXE.KEX)
HTM edit *.htm or *.html in homepage directory
HREF convert URL (focus word) to dummy XHTML link
INITIAL * PROFILE.KEX calls 'macro initial' if INITIAL()
INITIAL.kml (dito used Kedit Macro Library)
KC KCOMPARE clone (resetting special keys at exit)
KEX Kedit macro using MACROPATH (or its definition)
KEYCODES Kedit key decoder (showing name and definition)
KEYDIFF determine all reDEFINEd (non-default) keys
KHELP * KHELP.KEX allows normal 'command khelp khelp'
KHELP.pro (example KHELP.PROfile mentioned elsewhere)
KTAGS XTAGS clone (supporting TABs and Unix tags)
LESSMORE used as synonym for LESS TAG and MORE TAG error
LOCUS locate target in any currently edited file
LONGEST locate and tag longest line(s) in edited file
MBOXREF replace In-Reply-To: by References: in mbox
MODE OS/2: 'DOSQ MODE x,y' plus 'PSCREEN y x PRESET'
MONO INITIAL.KEX calls MONO by 'macro' monitor.1()
MUSTARD RFC 2119 keywords (MAY, MUST, SHOULD, etc.)
NBSP convert blanks in marked block to XHTML  
NETSCAPE view focus URL with NETSCAPE or NETSCDDE.exe 
NMK edit redirected output of NMAKE /f xyz.NMK xyz
OUTBOX.cmd (OS/2 script: edit last Outbox message with XC)
PROFILE * KHELP.KEX allows normal 'command khelp profile'
QX simplified XQ.KEX integrating RELOAD.KEX
REXX edit OS/2 script or copy REXXTRAP.CMD stuff
REXXTRAP update REXXTRAP.CMD functions in *.CMD scripts
RING * DIR currently edited files TAGging modified
RW force write access on edited read-only file
RXHELP REXX context help (OS/2, MDOS, PC DOS 7, PREXX)
RXLYNX view focus URL or current file with RXLYNX.CMD
SETLINES switch PSCREEN rows and columns
STATUS * mini status: only relevant non-default settings
SUBJECT encode CP 850 Subject: header as base-64 UTF-8
TIME * show elapsed time for specified command
TRACE * DEBUG manager (keys, debugging, RXTRACE, etc.)
TRASH Netscape mailbox directory TREE (excl. *.snm)
TREE corrected sample supporting long and HPFS id.s
TV remove base64 TV (= MZ) binaries from mbox file
UNBLANK get rid of blank lines with even line numbers
UNESCAPE experimental: JavaScript decryption
UNIX raw text mode based on EOLIN LF etc. settings
UTF hex. UTF-32 or UTF-16 to hex. UTF-8 and UTF-16
WINDOWS KeditW: could be called by 'macro' monitor.1()
X.cmd (simple OS/2 REXX script: KEDIT command)
XC edit file executing specified initial command
XC.cmd (shell script: edit stdout & stderr of command)
XDIR MANYFILE clone (corrected)
XDROP.cmd (simple OS/2 REXX script: KEDIT drag & drop)
XEDIT.cmd (simple OS/2 REXX script: KEDIT association)
XHTML Convert plain text (code page 850) to XHTML 1.0
XTREE DIR all subdirecories TAGging empty directories
X-WIKI Profile for text/x-wiki translates UTF-8 to NCR
X-WIKI.cmd (simple OS/2 REXX script using X-WIKI.KEX)
XX XEDIT file with name completion (DIR ambiguous)
XX.cmd (simple OS/2 REXX script using XX.KEX)
ZIP edit preselected files (e.g. here: ZIP manuals)
The following macros are contained in
initial.kml
and also covered by khelp.kex:
COLORS translate color setting to corresponding number
DAY display date + weekday, any arg.: input as line
DOSX edit redirected standard output of OS command
LASTMSG * like QUERY LASTMSG, but in DIALOG (word wrap)
NAME change filename and rename a corresponding file
NEMO start an OS/2 Norton clone in directory of file
SAY * display persistent result of REXX expression
WO locate word in any edited file (uses LOCUS.kex)
XFN xedit "=:=\fn.=" in the path of the actual file
XFT xedit "=:=\=.ft" in the path of the actual file
XID xedit "=:=\id" in the path of the actual file
Sorry, I still hadn't the time to write more about this Kedit
macro collection. Please
tell me 
if you're using this stuff, so that I can add a more reasonable version
management than "Check the timestamps in my kex
source directory"... ;-)
For xhtml.kex
see also the example (xhtml.kex
applied on itself). There are already separate manuals for
ktags.kex
(contained in ktags.zip, 40 KB)
and kc.kex
(contained in kc.zip, 50 KB).
For more details about REXXTRAP.cmd
see the separate REXXTRAP manual with short entries for
REXX.kex and
REXXTRAP.kex, i.e. Kedit macros REXX and REXXTRAP.
In features.kex I've
collected many Kedit 5.0 features, bugs, and workarounds over
the years. Some problems are apparently fixed in KeditW 1.0
and moved to the end of features.kex, but generally I didn't test
KeditW.
If you have Kedit 5.0 get and install
the last update P4 for OS/2 or D4 for DOS.
In features.kex
you'll find instructions how to patch the binaries of
this version. The patches enable support for key 150 C-STAR,
55 A-STAR, and 114 S-STAR. The latter is the traditional name
for AT-keyboard layouts with 84 keys, you have to press
Ctrl+PrtSc
on modern keyboards with 101 or more keys for S-STAR instead of
Shift+Star. Probably Mansfield forgot these
keys, because both the shifted and the unshifted Star of the
numeric keypad simply result in *.
Another patch proposed
in features.kex
fixes a problem of the built-in
KEXX-function delimit(). Under certain circumstances this function
would use *, =, ?, or
~ as delimiter, but these characters don't work as delimiter
for some kinds of locate-targets. The proposed patches work also with
Kedit 5.0 P3 and Kedit 5.0 D3, but an upgrade
to version P4 or D4 fails with manually
patched binaries.
Last update: 4 Nov 2007 18:00 by F.Ellermann
Introduction