From a desktop

When stedi is used from a desktop, one may just double-click on its icon when its services are needed. It will then start and prompt the user by means of a file selector. If the user would like to edit an already existing file, he may select this file using this file selector. Its rules are usually explained in the manual of the computer or the windowing system. If a new file is to be made one may either type its name in the name field, followed by a <Return> or a click in the box marked OK, or just press a <Return>. In either case stedi will greet the user with the message `New File', as it was unable to find an already existing file with the name specified (or lack thereof).

Now it is possible to edit one or more files and then exit stedi again. One may also run external programs such as compilations from stedi making it unnecessary to continue to exit and re-enter the editor. This is explained in the chapter on executing external program p. .