About Editors
There are three editors that can be used at runtime: the default editor, a system editor, or a user-named editor.
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- The default editor provides standard editing
features, including search/replace and cut, copy, and paste. The default editor
is built into every form and is automatically available from every text item.
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- A user-named editor has the same text editing functionality as the default
editor, but, because it is a named object, you can specify editor attributes
such as window display size, position, and title. Also, a user-named editor
can be displayed programmatically with the Built-in procedure SHOW_EDITOR,
independent of any particular text item.
By default, operators can invoke an editor by navigating to a text
item and pressing [Edit] or by choosing Edit | Edit
on the default menu. An editor can also be displayed programmatically by executing
the EDIT_TEXTITEM Built-in
procedure when the cursor is in a text item.
Related topics
Using the default editor
Using a user-named editor