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THE SVARDOS EDITOR
### WHAT IT IS ###############################################################
The SvarDOS editor (SVED) is designed for basic editing of configuration files
and such. It is NOT meant to be a full-featured text editor. On the pro side,
it has a low memory footprint and is only a couple kilobytes big, which makes
it a good fit for bootdisks and systems with extremely limited resources.
- runs comfortably on a 8086-class PC with 256 KiB of RAM
- auto-detects color and monochrome video modes
- supports unusual text modes like 80x43, 80x50, 132x60, 40x25...
- multilingual UI
- only 6 KiB of disk footprint
- screen estate dedicated to text (no stupid frames, menus and such)
- loads files larger than 64 KiB (limited to available conventional memory)
- no line length limit
- can load up to 10 files simultaneously
- COPY/CUT/PASTE between files
- handles CR/LF and LF line endings and can convert between the two
What SVED does NOT have:
- mouse support
- an integrated file browser
- undo
- search
- ...
### USAGE AND KEY BINDINGS ###################################################
Navigation within the text file is achieved through the usual, standard keys:
- up, down, right and left arrows
- PageUp / PageDown
- Home / End
On top of these, the following key bindings are available:
ESC = access the program's menu
CTRL+RIGHT = jump to next word
CTRL+LEFT = jump to previous word
CTRL+C = copy the current line to clipboard
CTRL+X = cut the current line and move it to clipboard
CTRL+V = paste the clipboard content to current location
SVED can load up to 10 files simultaneously. To switch from one file to
another use the F1..F10 function keys (F1 = file 1, F2 = file 2, etc).
### MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT #####################################################
The LNG file contains non-english strings. It should be placed in the same
directory where the program's executable resides. The UI language is
controlled by the LANG environment variable, for example SET LANG=PL would
make it display polish strings.
Following LANG settings are supported: DE EN FR PL RU TR.
If you rename the SVED.COM executable (for example to EDIT.COM), then you need
to rename the LNG file accordingly (for example to EDIT.LNG).
You can safely delete the LNG file if you are happy with an english-only UI
and wish to free a bit of disk space.
### CHANGELOG ################################################################
2024.0 [22 Feb 2024]
- TAB jumps to nearest 8-chars boundary instead of always inserting 8 blanks
- updated german translations, courtesy of Robert Riebisch
2023.5 [15 Nov 2023]
- modified files can be saved at exit time with the space key
- fix: CTRL+X and CTRL+V were not flagging the file as "modified"
- improved compatibility with DOS 2.x
- removed the Watcom RTL; HUGE thanks to Bernd Boeckmann for WMINCRT
- SVED's disk footprint decreased from 7K to 6K
2023.4 [27 Aug 2023]
- added german translation, credits to Bernd Boeckmann
2023.3 [13 Aug 2023]
- added turkish translation, courtesy of Berki Yenigun
2023.2 [07 Aug 2023]
- added french translations
- fixed saving to new file when filename was passed on command-line
2023.1 [07 Aug 2023]
- fixed onscreen garbage when opening a non-existent file (sved notexist.txt)
- abort with error when an invalid filename is given as argument (sved *)
2023.0 [07 Aug 2023]
- initial release
### LICENSE ##################################################################
The SvarDOS editor (SVED) is released under the terms of the MIT license.
Copyright (C) 2023 Mateusz Viste
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
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