Basic Editing Techniques

Cyno's Editor is written to take advantage of Java's cross-platform capability. With this feature in mind, Cyno's Editor may operate differently on distinct operating systems. Fortunately, many operating systems follow the standard 'Common User-Interface' (CUI) published by IBM.

Key Functions

The following keys are generally standard in editor and word processors. And they work with OS/2 and Windows. However, your system may be different.

Arrow keys	Moves the caret in the corrisponding direction.
CONTROL-LEFT	Moves to the beginning of previous word.
CONTROL-RIGHT	Moves to the beginning of the next word.
SHIFT-LEFT	Mark/unmark previous character. May be used in combination with the CONTROL key.
SHIFT-RIGHT	Mark/unmark next character. May be used in combination with the CONTROL key.
SHIFT-UP	Mark/unmark previous line.
SHIFT-DOWN	Mark/unmark next line.
Home	Moves to beginning of theline.
End	Moves to end of the line.
Page Up	Previous page full of text.
Page Down	Next page full of text.

Cut, Copy, and Paste

Cyno's Editor takes advantage of the native OS cut, copy, and paste operations. For example, on OS/2 and Windows NT/95/98, the short-cut keys for cut, copy, and paste are SHIFT-DEL, CONTROL-INS, and SHIFT-INS, respectively. Therefore, you can mark your text, cut, copy, and paste, as you would normally perform, using these short-cut keys.

With Cyno's Editor 4.0, the keys for cut, copy, and paste, are CONTROL-X, CONTROL-C, and CONTROL-V, respectively.

In Windows NT/95/98 you may also click the right button on the text component, a pop-up menu with editing control is displayed. The pop-up menu includes the following operations: Undo, cut, copy, paste, delete, and select all. The pop-up menu works extremely well. And it is so easy to access.