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Editing Text and Page Properties

The Edit menu provides all the functionality of an editor. You can cut, copy and paste text, and also search the text for a field. What's more, you can even undo and redo your actions for many levels!

Undo/Redo

To undo the previous action, click on the Undo button, or on Edit > Undo. GINF supports multiple undos.
To redo the previous action, click on the Redo button, or on Edit > Redo. Again, GINF supports multiple redos.

Cutting Text

Select the text to be cut by dragging the mouse, and click on the Cut button, or on Edit > Cut. The marked text will be cut and placed in the clipboard.

Copying Text

Select the text to be copied by dragging the mouse, and click on the Copy button, or on Edit > Copy. The marked text will be copied onto the clipboard.

Pasting Text

Move the cursor to the desired location, and click on the Pate button, or on Edit > Paste. The contents of the clipboard will be pasted.

Searching and Replacing Text

Under GINF, you can search for a text with a variety of options. Click on the Search button, or on Edit > Find. You will be presented with a dialogue-box. Enter your search phrase and click on Find to search with the default options. Here is a screenshot of the dialogue-box:
Search dialogue-box

You can also specify the following options for searching:

Click on Next and Prev buttons to quickly reverse the direction of searching, or Close when you are finished.

Similarly, click on Edit > Replace to invoke a dialogue-box. Here, enter the search term and the replacement term. Click on Find to search for the term, and then click Replace to replace the term with the given text. You can also click on Replace All to replace all occurrences without confirmation. Clicking Close will return you to GINF.

Modifying Page Properties

Click on Edit > Properties to modify the properties of the HTML page under editing. A dialogue-box will appear in which you can specify the changes. A screenshot is given below:
Page properties dialogue box
In this dialogue box, you can:
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