Powerful Macro Capability

• record macros "by example" by issuing command keys within the macro dialog
• write macros using Boxer's high-level, C-like macro language
• macro language supports variables, loops, conditionals, boolean logic and an extensive set of arithmetic operators
• over 450 functions for string manipulation, math, date and time, much more
• assign macros to any key assignment, to a toolbar button, or run them from the main menu
• integrated debugger with automatic variable watch, breakpoints, single step, step to cursor

Large file capacity

• edit files up to 2 GB in size
• no theoretical limit on the number of open files
• line lengths to 32K characters
• total editing capacity is limited only by the operating system's virtual memory capabilities

Portable Editing

• install Boxer to a USB memory stick or Secure Digital card
• occupies about 5 MB of space in its full installation
• all configuration files are maintained on the removable medium
• no traces are left after editing files on the host machine

Hex Editing

• edit files containing null characters in a special hex editing mode
• hex file sizes up to almost 500 MB are supported
• enter new data as two-digit hex codes, or enter ASCII characters directly
• customized Find and Replace dialog provide special hex-related functions

Unicode Editing

• edit UTF-8, UTF-16 little endian, or UTF-16 big endian Unicode files
• convert ASCII files to Unicode, and Unicode files to ASCII
• Unicode characters are mapped onto current code page
• files containing characters from multiple code pages cannot be edited

Color syntax highlighting

• displays source code for programming languages using user-defined colors
• built-in support for all popular languages (see list)
• reserved words and syntax are user-definable so that exotic languages can be supported
• user-definable foreground and background colors for all syntax elements
• select regular/bold/underline/italics font styles for any syntax element
• up to 5000 reserved words, in five distinct color classes
• distinct highlighting colors for end-of-line and block comments
• several pre-defined color schemes are supplied
• simple .INI storage format makes it easy to share syntax info with others
• Syntax Highlight As command allows .TMP, .BAK and similar files to be colorized

Color syntax printing and monochrome syntax printing

• print source code in color and/or with regular/bold/underline/italic styles
• colors/styles used for printing can be defined separately from those used on-screen

Color and monochrome syntax print preview

• on-screen, WYSIWYG preview of print job with syntax coloration applied

Multi-level undo and redo

• undo up to 64K of changes in each open file
• optionally undo passive cursor motion
• Undo All, Redo All and Clear Undo commands
• option to permit undo after file save

Column block selections

• select and manipulate text in rectangles
• Power Columns editing mode applies all edits made to each line within the selection

Auto-Complete

• a fast, powerful, highly customizable system for completing words and phrases as you type
• Complete partially typed words by selecting from an optional pop-up list of suggestions, or by pressing a user-defined trigger key
• Optional hot numbers is pop-up list allow for single key selection
• Suggested completion phrases are drawn from four sources:
• User-defined phrases
• Existing text in the current document
• The reserved word list for the current file type
• An external, user-editable dictionary of 37,000 English words
• User-defined phrases can be set to trigger automatically, when a delimiter is typed, or only when the trigger key is pressed
• Expansion codes can be placed in user-defined phrases that will expand to various date/time strings, or to file/directory strings, at the time of insertion
• Auto-Complete works intelligently on both ordinary text and program code, due in part to user-editable delimiter lists that control how words/phrases are harvested from the surrounding text
• Extensive options provide control over how words are harvested from the current document, how many should appear in the pop-up list, where/when/whether the list should appear, and
  much, much more

Keystroke Recording

• on-the-fly keystroke recording allows repetitive operations to be automated
• pause during recording to perform other tasks, resume when needed
• save and load key recordings from disk

Project file support

• instantly create a project file for the set of currently opened files
• project files records windows sizes, cursor positions, bookmarks, tabs stops, word wrap, etc.
• easily add the current file to an existing project
• save and load project files from disk
• use the "exec:" directive to include non-text files in the project, allowing their parent application to open them

Ctags Function Indexing

• displays function prototype information for the text at the mouse cursor
• navigate among indexed functions from a pop-up function list
• use Previous/Next function commands to navigate through a file
• use the Declaration command to jump to the declaration for the identifier at the cursor
• use the Reference command to return the location where the Declaration command was issued
• interfaces to Exuberant Ctags, a popular function indexing tool for PCs
• more than 30 languages are supported, including: C, C++, C#, Java, Javascript, HTML, ASP, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Lisp, Eiffel, Assembler, Fortran, Cobol and others

FTP Support

• open, edit and save files hosted on remote sites
• maintain login ID/password pairs for multiple sites
• open FTP files from command line, recent files list, project files, text beneath cursor
• Power Copy function quickly saves all open files to a remote site
• remove functions include: delete file/dir, rename file/dir, make dir, directory navigation

Visual Wrap (aka wordwrap or wrap to window)

• optional display mode wraps long lines to fit within window width, or user-defined margin
• paragraph numbers are displayed in left margin, and on status bar
• Harden Line Enders command can be used to make formatting permanent

XML Formatting

• apply intelligent formatting to XML files
• user-defined indentation level, tabs/spaces, tag splitting controls
• user-defined inline tags provides extra formatting control
• formatting statistics data helps user locate unmated/mismatched tags
• unformat command can be used to remove formatting, make a "flat" file

Edit Fixed-Length Record Files

• edit files containing fixed-length records but no newlines
• File Open dialog has option to impose record length on file as it is read
• -F Command line option flag (example: -F512) is also available to set record length
• File Properties dialog has option to remove line enders when saving the file

Integrated spell checker

• optional Active Spelling feature checks spelling as you type
• add user-defined words to a custom dictionary
• spell check the current word, selection, cursor-to-bottom, top-to-bottom, all open files, or all files in the active project
• change, change all, ignore, ignore all and add options
• confirmation dialog is moved intelligently so you don't have to play cat-and-mouse
• options to ignore uppercase words and/or email addresses and URLs
• 143,000+ American English dictionary supplied
• additional languages available: British, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Syntax spelling

• spell check program source code:
• options available to ignore all text except comments and/or string constants
• option to ignore text within HTML tags

Syntax searching

• allows a text search to match a specified syntax element
• example: find if only as a reserved word
• example: find Press only within a string
• example: find note only within a comment

Reconfigurable keyboard

• select from one of many pre-defined layouts, or create a new one
• multiple shift states are supported
• redundant assignments are permitted for a single command
• in-software dialog makes configuration easy: select from an available keys list, or press the desired sequence

Reconfigurable Toolbar

• choose which commands appear on the toolbar, and in what order
• user-defined icons may be added
• use the "new row" element to create a multi-row toolbar
• option to display a user-configurable text label below each button
• option to display the toolbar bar as a floating window
• insert half space, full space, and divider elements as desired
• option to display button icons in double-size mode
• option to auto-format buttons when floating toolbar is resized
• option to choose the font used for button label text
• tear-off toolbar to engage floating mode; drag to a window edge to re-dock

Custom File Open Dialog

• resize the dialog to any size
• filename expansion: press Tab to complete a partial filename
• preview a file in a pop-up window without opening it
• recently used favorite directories list
• file mask permits directory contents to be filtered

Custom File Picker Window

• File Picker window can remain open as you work
• manually dockable to sit alongside Boxer
• double-click to select a file for editing
• recently used favorite directories list
• file mask permits directory contents to be filtered

Split windows

• split windows provide a second view into a single file
• horizontal and vertical splits are supported
• inactive split window always reflects changes made in the active split
• resize split size at any time by dragging on splitter bar
• split window configuration is restored when resuming an edit session

Text Highlighting

• designate a list of words or text strings for highlighting
• useful for emphasizing table headings, section titles, etc.
• highlighting strings are saved from session to session
• disable text highlighting from the View menu without deleting the highlight strings

Multiple clipboards

• 8 private clipboards are available, in addition to the Windows clipboard
• the active clipboard can be set with a single keystroke
• the content of clipboards are visible in pop-up windows within the main menu
• any clipboard can be edited in a conventional editing window
• the content of private clipboards is saved from session to session
• use the Clipboard Previous and Clipboard Next commands to move among clipboards

Paste As

• paste text from the clipboard in formats other than simple text
• companion clipboard viewer shows all data on the clipboard in multiple formats

File tab interface

• click a file tab to switch to another open file
• drag and drop file tabs to arrange files more as you wish
• options to sort file tabs by file name, extension or by order of use
• locate file tabs at top or bottom of screen, or disable altogether
• modified files are marked on the tabs for easy identification

Templates

• define frequently used text blocks for quick insertion
• define programming constructs with desired text cursor placement
• simple .INI storage format makes it easy to share templates with others

Find Mate

• locate mating parenthetical characters, with consideration to nesting
• locate mating HTML tags such as <center> and </center>
• locate mating begin/end, if/endif, while/endwhile and other common pairs
• mating pairs are user-definable
• extend a text selection to the mating character

Find Text in Disk Files

• full support for Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)
• search across one drive or all drives
• search subdirectories, or restrict search by file attributes
• wildcard file patterns can be used
• regular expression search strings can be used
• match case
• match whole words
• match at start/end of line
• results are displayed with matching string highlighted
• options are available to control reporting format
• double click on a matched line to load that file for editing, at the matched line
• results list can be left active for opening additional files

Hex Viewer Mode

• load a binary file into a read-only hexadecimal view window
• -or- toggle an editable file into a read-only hexadecimal view window
• content is shown with two-byte hex codes and ASCII equivalents
• syntax coloration is used for enhanced readability
• view hex files up to 480 MB in size

Quote and Reformat

• reformat a paragraph and apply quote markers, as are used in email replies
• intelligent reformatting prevents scrambling existing quote markers
• multi-level quoting is supported
• quoting string is user-definable
• quote and reformat a selected range of paragraphs

Select without Shift

• provides a hands-off method of selecting text
• shift key need not be held down in order to maintain the selection
• extend the selection with any cursor movement commands

User Tools

• user-defined external programs which can be run from within Boxer
• user-defined web-based tools
• defined tools become integral to the main menu
• pass various information about the current file using pre-defined sequences:
•   filename, line number, column number, selected text, word under the cursor
• as many as 24 user tools can be defined

User Lists

• user-defined pop-up reference lists
• browse the list, or select an item for insertion into the text
• sample lists supplied: HTML tags, Internet country codes, two-letter state codes, etc.
• stay-on-top option

Bookmarks

• manage and navigate among bookmarks using lines using the Bookmark Manager dialog
• optional on-screen line markers at left edge of window
• line and column position is recorded
• previous, next and clear bookmark commands
• option to delete bookmarked lines
• bookmarks are restored when resuming an edit session

Find duplicate lines

• locates lines in the current file which have duplicates
• results are placed in a new, untitled file

Find unique lines

• locates lines in the current file which have no duplicates
• results are placed in a new, untitled file

Find distinct lines

• builds a list of all distinct lines in the current file (includes lines which have duplicates)
• results are placed in a new, untitled file

Find differing lines

• compare two or more similar files in adjacent windows and jump to the next differing line
• useful for locating differences in two or more versions of the same file
• option to ignore leading/trailing spaces

Auto Tag Close for HTML/XML

• Optionally have Boxer insert the closing mate to any opening tag you type
• Cursor is placed between the tags awaiting further input

Auto-Close Parenthetical Characters

• Optionally have Boxer insert the closing mate to any parenthetical character you type
• Cursor is placed between the characters awaiting further input
• Parenthetical character list is user-configurable

HTML Color Chart

• select colors from a 16-million color palette
• auto-insert the associated HTML code into the edited file

Long filenames

• use filenames up to 255 characters in length, with embedded spaces

Email and URL addresses

• displayed in user-definable color and font style
• double click to launch the email client, or Internet browser

Open file in browser

• display an edited HTML file in your Internet browser
• provides effective WYSIWYG editing of HTML files
• permissible file extensions are user-definable

Open header file

• locate and open the associated header file for the current file
• example: when editing main.cpp, main.hpp would be opened, and vice-versa
• mating header file extension pairs are user-definable

Open system files

• open various system files with a single command:
•   autoexec.bat, config.sys, system.ini, win.ini, config.nt, autoexec.nt

Open filename at cursor

• open a file for editing whose name appears within the edited text

Open program at cursor

• open a program, file or folder at the text cursor with its associated application

Modification detection

• automatically detects when an edited file has been modified by another program
• option is provided to reload the modified file to get latest changes
• Modification detection can be disabled

Intellimouse support

• Support for Microsoft's Intellimouse: scroll text by rolling the mouse thumbwheel

Find Text

• full support for Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)
• incremental search option: search occurs as you type
• search current file, or all edited files
• search forward or backward
• match case
• match whole words
• match at start/end of line
• option to extend text selection to the match found
• option to control where match is displayed on-screen
• strings are saved in a sortable history list
• option to select matched text

Find Fast

• fast, one-key searching for the word beneath the text cursor

Search and Replace

• full support for Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)
• replace in current file, or all edited files
• confirm each replacement, or replace all
• replace string can contain elements of matched search string
• match case
• match whole words
• match at start/end of line
• replace strings are saved in a sortable history list

Replace Line Enders

• full support for Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)
• use search and replace string that contain line enders
• replace in current file, or all edited files
• replace string can contain elements of matched search string
• match case
• match whole words
• match at start/end of line
• replace strings are saved in a sortable history list

Extensive command set for operating on selected text

• cut, copy, append, cut-append, save, print, delete
• fill with text string
• auto-number lines, with a wide range of control options
• invert lines
• line spacing: singe-, double- or triple-spacing
• sort lines, with a wide range of control options
• strip HTML tags
• strip leading spaces, strip trailing spaces
• arithmetic total/average/statistics
• uppercase, lowercase, title case, invert case, capitalize words, capitalize sentences
• count characters, words, lines
• indent with Space or Tab, user-defined string, unindent
• comment / uncomment
• convert ANSI to OEM, OEM to ANSI
• convert Tabs to Spaces, Spaces to Tabs
• reformat selected paragraphs
• unformat a paragraph, making it into a single long line of text
• align left/center/right/smooth
• search or search and replace within selected lines
• check spelling within selected lines

Windows error chart

• displays error codes in decimal and hex, and with textual explanations
• search the chart by value or for a text string
• stay-on-top option

Pop-up calendar

• permits insertion of date strings into the edited file
• long and short date format options
• option to designate the starting weekday of the calendar
• stay-on-top option

Pop-up programmer's calculator

• supports hex, decimal, octal and binary
• supports AND, OR, XOR, NOT, shift left and shift right
• 1K, 16K, pi and e constant functions
• trigonometric and scientific functions
• memory functions
• value at cursor is placed in the display automatically
• values can be pasted to/from the clipboard
• pop-up help hints
• stay-on-top option

Fast Frame

• automatically frame a column-selected region with a selected frame style
• supports ASCII/OEM frame drawing characters, and simple symbol drawing characters

Online Help

• clearly written, comprehensive documentation
• includes popups and embedded graphics to help convey ideas
• hyperlinks are used liberally for easier navigation
• browse menus and press F1 to get help on any command
• Help On arrow gives help for the next item pointed to
• define external help files to get context-sensitive help for the word at the cursor

Screen display

• The following features are all optionally displayable:
• user-configurable toolbar with pop-up tool tips, dockable to any window edge
• icons within the main menus, for faster recognition of commands
• file tab interface, with current filename in boldface
• visible spaces display mode
• highlighting of current line
• on-screen line numbering; margin expands and contracts for efficiency
• on-screen bookmark markers
• on-screen ruler for measuring columns
• on-screen right margin column warning rule
• display of horizontal and vertical scroll bars
• display of status bar

Fixed or Variable Width Tabs

• user-defined default tab size
• -or- user-defined variable width tab stops
• 'Intelli-Tabs' feature auto-computes optimum tab stop values by studying tabular data
• Designate an alternative tab character (such as ',') to enhance viewing of data files
• hard tabs (Tab key inserts character value 9)
• soft tabs (Tab key inserts spaces)
• smart tabs (Tab key inserts spaces; uses indent level above)

Shaded Tab Zones

• Adjacent tab zones are colored using a different background color
• Enhances display of files containing tabular data

Word Processing

• run-time word wrap wraps words to the next line while typing
• justification styles: left/center/right/smooth
• paragraph reformat applies justification style to existing paragraphs
• text width determines the wrap column for word wrap and reformat
• align text commands apply left/center/right/smooth formatting without altering line enders

Multiple-Monitor Friendly

• Dialogs popup centered over the application, not centered on the screen
• Standard dialogs are coerced to display over the application, not centered on the screen
• Many dialogs remember their last position from session to session
• Dialogs guard against a remembered position becoming off-screen due to monitor changes

Text Obfuscation

• ROT5, ROT13, ROT18 and ROT47 obfuscation commands are provided
• provides simple but effective text obfuscation for low-security needs
• applying the obfuscation a second time returns the text to its original form

Find a Disk File

• search across one or all drives for a disk file
• wildcard patterns can be used
• search subdirectories, or restrict search by file attributes
• select one or more files for editing from the results list
• results list can be left active for opening additional files

File locking

• option to prevent other programs from reading and/or writing files which are loaded

File insert

• import the content of a named file at the cursor location

File reload

• reload the current file from disk
• used to recover from editing mistakes of a grand scale

Scroll up/down

• scroll the editing window while retaining the current cursor line

Multiple instance prevention

• additional files named on a command line will be added to an existing edit session
• saves resources and prevents confusion which can result from multiple instances
• option to allow multiple instance, if desired

Find and Count

• report the number of occurrences of a text string
• full support for Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)
• search current file, or all edited files
• match case
• match whole words
• match at start/end of line

Command line parameters

• files can be named on a command line for editing
• wildcard file patterns can be used to match a class of files
• option flags are available that facilitate integration with other programs

Page Setup

• provides control over the format of the printed page
• define header and footer strings with left/center/right components
• use pre-defined substitution sequences to insert time, date, filename, etc.
• set page margins using various units: inches, millimeters, points, characters, printer pixels
• set line spacing: single, double, triple
• option to number lines at left margin
• option to wrap/truncate overflow lines

Line Drawing

• drawing lines and boxes using ASCII/OEM frame drawing characters, or symbol drawing
• draw with user-defined symbols

Value at cursor

• reports the value of the character at the cursor in decimal, hex, octal and binary
• remains on-screen to report values as the cursor moves through the file

File formats

• read files in PC/Unix/Macintosh format transparently, without user interaction
• save files according to the current setting: PC/Unix/Macintosh

Session resumption

• restores the previous edit session when no new files are named for editing
• windows sizes, positions and splits are restored
• cursor lines and columns are restored
• text selections, if any, are also restored
• edit mode, word wrap setting and tab size is restored
• session resumption can be disabled

Command multiplier

• process the next command key or character pressed by a user-defined value

Replace last command

• repeat the last command with a single keystroke, no matter its location in the menu

Auto indent

• assume the level of indent on the line above, when Enter is pressed
• auto indent can be disabled

Go to line

• jump to a specified line number, as might be reported in a compiler error
• move up or down by a specified number of lines
• move to a line that corresponds to a specified percentage of the file
• option to extend the text selection to the new location

Go to column

• jump to a specified column number, as might be reported in a compiler error
• move left or right by a specified number of column
• move to a column that corresponds to a specified percentage of a line length
• option to extend the text selection to the new location

Go to byte offset

• jump to a specified byte offset, supplied in decimal or hexadecimal
• move ahead or back by a specified number of bytes
• move to a position that corresponds to a specified percentage of the file
• option to extend the text selection to the new location

Move by Paragraphs

• Next Paragraph and Previous Paragraph commands appear on the Jump menu

Autosave option

• automatically saves a file after a specified time period has elapsed

Synchronized scrolling

• scroll one or more windows automatically to scan for errors, or for hands-off reading

Drag and drop files

• drag and drop one or more files from Explorer, or other shells, to load the files for editing

Boxer Shorts

• optionally view usage tips upon startup which help make more efficient use of Boxer

Context menu

• access common editing commands from a pop-up context menu available by right-clicking

Screen fonts

• select a screen font from any fixed width font which has been installed

Printer fonts

• select a printer font from any fixed width font which has been installed
• printer font can be set independently of the screen font

Insert symbols

• insert special characters using shortcut keys equated to the characters' values

File properties

• displays information about the disk file associated with the edited file:
•   long and short filenames, create/modify/access times, file size and attributes

ANSI and OEM character charts

• displays visual representations of characters 0 to 255
• insert characters from the chart into the edited file
• decimal, hexadecimal, octal, binary, control-character and mnemonic values shown
• stay-on-top option

Math functions

• perform math on the value beneath the text cursor and insert the result
• increment, decrement, multiply and divide supported

Read-only mode

• edit files in read-only mode to prevent accidental changes

File backups

• user-definable backup file extension
• choose file.bak or file.txt.bak style format
• place all backups in a single directory, or in the file's local directory
• option to disable file backups

Cursor motion option

• Home-Home-Home and End-End-End cursor motion is supported

Word delimiters

• user-definable word delimiters provide control over how various commands treat words

Color Configuration

• all elements of the screen display can be reconfigured by the user
• choose from a palette of 16 million colors when selecting screen colors
• save color schemes in four custom scheme slots

Preferred file extensions

• user definable list which is used when opening files named without an extension

Trailing spaces

• option to remove spaces automatically when loading and/or saving a file
• command to remove trailing spaces from a text selection

Insert date and time

• commands to insert long format, or short format
• format of the string inserted reflects local custom
• also: insert time or date by double clicking in status bar area

Text cursor

• user definable cursor size, cursor shape and flashing speed
• define insert and typeover mode cursors distinctly from one another

Insert by value

• insert character(s) value by specifying their decimal value

Duplicate line

• create a copy of the current line with a single keystroke

Duplicate and Increment line

• create a copy of the current line with a single keystroke, incrementing any values found within by 1

Move Line Up and Move Line Down

• move the line at the cursor with a single command
• faster that using cut and paste
• useful for moving items within an ordered list

Swap words

• swap the word at the cursor with the word to its right

Visible spaces

• optional display mode shows spaces, tabs and newlines as visible characters
• color used to display visible spaces can be set independent of other text
• character values can be defined separately for ANSI and OEM fonts

Text deletion

• delete line, delete to start of line, delete to end of line
• delete lines that begin with, delete lines that end with, delete lines that contain
• delete previous word, delete next word
• delete bookmarked lines
• delete duplicate lines
• delete blank lines
• delete selection, delete next character, delete previous character

Window commands

• pop-up, resizeable Window List shows all open files for easier navigation, saving, closing
• tile down, tile across, cascade, cascade vertical, cascade horizontal
• arrange minimized icons
• window next, window previous, window skip
• minimize all, restore all, maximize all, close all, close all but active