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'''TEXT_EDITOR TEXTEDITOR WORDWRAP WORD_WRAP FORMATTING WRITE'''
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The text editor is what you use to write room/mob/obj/extra descriptions,

mudmails, and even boards. It allows you more commands than the typical entry.

To learn the commands while using the text editor, type /h. It will tell you

what all the / commands do. Always use /fi to format, indent, and word wrap.

It looks much better to see writing that is formatted than one that runs all

over the place wrapping around etc. Just simply type /fi on a new line and hit

enter. Before you save type /l to list the buffer and see for yourself how it

looks. Fix as needed.

When entering the text editor for the first time make sure to use /c to clear

the current contents. Indent and format all descriptions by typing /fi (format

with indent) in the text editor.  This includes all forms of OLC, mudmails,

boards, and anywhere else you use the text editor. This will indent the line

by 3 spaces and wrap your text at less than 80 characters so telnet users can

read it.


Editor command formats: /<letter>


{c0/a         -  aborts editor

{c0/c         -  clears buffer

{c0/d#        -  deletes a line #

{c0/e# <text> -  changes the line at # with <text>

{c0/f         -  formats text. 

{c0/fi        -  indented formatting of text (highly recommended for all desc's)

{c0/h         -  list text editor commands

{c0/i# <text> -  inserts <text> before line #

{c0/l         -  lists buffer

{c0/n         -  lists buffer with line numbers

{c0/r 'a' 'b' -  replace 1st occurance of text <a> in buffer with text

{c0/ra 'a' 'b'-  replace all occurances of text <a> within buffer with text

usage: /ra 'pattern' 'replacement'

{c0/s         -  saves text



NOTE: /f and /fi in trigedit will autoindent your trigger.

Commands such as /r, /n, /e#, /i#, /d# are invaluable and will make your job

much easier. For example lets say you mistype "the" with "teh" in a 10 line

description. Instead of /c (clearing) the text you can /r 'teh' 'the' or if it

was on line 5 you can type /e5 <line with teh spelled correctly> or /d5. Learn

all these options.