@Tile Selection
$Tile Selection

Tile selection is a very powerful tool
offered by KevEdit. Once a set of tiles
has been selected, it can be copied,
pasted into, or filled in various ways.

!selecting;Selecting Tiles
!copy;Copy and Paste
!fill;Filling
!randfill;Random Filling
!gradtool;Gradient Tool

:selecting;Selecting Tiles

Selecting tiles is easy. To quickly select
a block of tiles, hold down SHIFT while
moving the cursor with the arrow keys.
Release shift, move the cursor, and repeat
to add another block to the selection.

To flood select a group of similar tiles,
press lowercase 'x'. To select all tiles
on the current board which are similar to
the tile under the cursor, press
SHIFT+'X'.

The current selection can be reset by
pressing ESCAPE.

:copy;Copy and Paste

To copy the selected area, press CTRL-C.
You may then press CTRL-V to paste the
copied tiles. Use the arrow keys to move
the copied tiles to where you want
them, then press SPACEBAR or ENTER. To
cancel pasting, press ESCAPE.

To cut a selected area, press CTRL-X.
This will copy the selected area and then
fill it with the currently selected
pattern.

If an area is selected when you paste a
group of tiles, then only the selected
area will be affected. This can be very
useful, especially when combined with the
gradient tool.

:fill;Filling

Once an area has been selected, it can be
filled with the current pattern by
pressing lowercase 'f'.

If an area is not selected, pressing 'f'
will floodfill around the cursor. This is
equivalent to pressing 'x' then 'f'.

:randfill;Random Filling

Pressing SHIFT+'F' will fill the
selected area with tiles chosen at random
from the pattern buffer. If the backbuffer
is selected, tiles will be randomly chosen
from there. If the standard patterns are
selected, a mix of the current foreground
and background colours will be used.

If no tiles are selected, a random
floodfill will occur.

BEWARE: once an area is filled with
random tiles, it is difficult to undo.
Save beforehand if possible. An undo
feature is in the works, but don't get
your hopes up too high.

In a random flood fill, all tiles used are
given equal probability. To increase the
occurrence of a certain kind of tile, put
more than one copy in the backbuffer.

!-kbackbuf;See Backbuffer Documentation

:gradtool;Gradient Tool

One of the most versatile drawing tools
offered by KevEdit, the Gradient tool
allows a custom or built-in gradient to be
drawn in various ways.

Press 'g' to activate the Gradient Tool
and follow the provided instructions.

If an area is not selected, you will be
able to select one block or flooded
region. This will be depreciated in future
releases.

If the pattern selector is above the
standard patterns (left of the
backbuffer), then the gradient tool will
use the current colour settings to create
a gradient of walls fading from the
foreground colour to the background
colour.

If the pattern selector is above the
backbuffer, the patterns in the backbuffer
will be used by the gradient tool.

!-kbackbuf;See Backbuffer Documentation