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Using from Command line

Commandline parameters

ME myfile.txt
When starting, myfile.txt gets opened.

If the filename contains spaces, type "file name" or 'file name'.

ME let you set the cursor position from the commandline:

ME myfile.txt;5
filename;paragraph number

ME myfile.txt;5:30
filename;paragraph number:column number

ME filename1.txt filename2.txt filename3.txt

The following parameters are passed to additional instances of ME.EXE.

ME filen*.txt

If only one single file fits the wildcard expression, it gets opened immediately. If more than one file fits the expression, the file-open dialog will be opened and you will see a list of files matching the expression.

ME batch.cmd

Entering a filename ending with .CMD and without backslash will execute the specific file which is part of the first directory in the PATH environment variable. So you can edit valid CMD files from everywhere.

Showing stdin - a substitute for the "MORE" command

dir *.* | ME IN

opens ME in multi-threading mode and reads the stdin. That means "ME IN" is a substitute for "MORE". You can use the editor while the stdin data gets appended to the end of the text (You'll see the vertical scrollbar getting updated continously). If ME has been started in Stdin-Mode, you won't get queried to save the file when leaving ME !

There are three different kinds of stdin functionality:

dir *.* | ME IN
the first page is shown, the cursor rests at the beginning

dir *.* | ME INS
scroll mode. Always shows the last page

dir *.* | ME INP
if one page is full, it is switched to next page without scrolling (like Page Down)

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