CH | responsibility for the use or | ADVANCE | TURN | | reliablility of this software on any | CHAR |CUT OFF| | equipment. ------------------------------- A L T E R N A T E K E Y P A D C O M M A N D S ----------------- ----------- --------------- ADVANCE The advance key will move the cursor through the text in a forward direction. The advance key also sets a forward direction flag for commands that are not direction dependent IE:the word key on the alternate keypad. BACKUP The backup key will move the cursor through the text in a backward direction. The backup key also sets a backward direction flag for commands that are not direction dependent IE:the line key on the alternate keypad. LINE The line key will move the cursor through the text 1 line at a time in either a forward or reverse direction. To advance on a line by line basis type the following: ADVANCE, LINE, LINE, LINE etc.. To backup on a line by line basis type the following: BACKUP, LINE, LINE, LINE, etc.. CHANGE CASE The change case command converts lower case characters to upper case Alternate key pad layout E D I T V e r s i o n 3 . 0 ------- ------------- ----- ------------------------------- | GOLD |ADV/BAK|DELETE |DELETE | Virtual text editor for DECmates | KEY | PAGE | WORD | CHAR | using OS/78 V4.0 or later. ------------------------------- |DELETE |ADV/BAK|ADV TO | CUT | A note from the author. | LINE | TAB | EOL | TEXT | ------------------------------- The information in this text file |ADV/BAK|ADV/BAK|DELETE | PASTE | is subject to change without notice | WORD | PARA. |TO EOL | TEXT | and should not be construed as a ------------------------------- commitment by the author. |BACKUP |ADV/BAK|CHANGE | | | CHAR. | LINE | CASE | CONT | The author also assumes no -----------------------| SR ADVANCE, TAB, TAB, TAB etc.. To backup on a tab by tab basis type the following: BACKUP, TAB, TAB, TAB etc.. ADVANCE TO END OF LINE This command will move the cursor to the end of the current line. GOLD KEY The gold key commands are listed further in this document. PAGE The page key will advance or backup through the text on a page by page basis. A page is defined as a FF character. To advance on a page by page basis type the following: ADVANCE, PAGE, PAGE, PAGE, etc.. To backup on a page by page basis type the following: BACKUP, PAGE, PAGE, PAGE, etc.. DELETE WORD The delete word key will remove all the characters in a word from the cursor to the right of the current word. DELETE CHARACTER The, and upper case characters to lower case. This command sets the forward direction flag therefore operates only in a forward direction. WORD The word key will advance or backup through the text one word at a time. To advance on a word by word basis type the following: ADVANCE, WORD, WORD, WORD etc.. To backup on a word by word basis type the following: BACKUP, WORD, WORD, WORD etc.. PARAGRAPH The paragraph key will advance or backup through the text one paragraph at a time. A paragraph is defined as CR,CR. To advance on a paragraph by paragraph basis type the following: ADVANCE, PARA, PARA, PARA etc.. To backup on a paragraph by paragraph basis type the following: BACKUP, PARA, PARA, PARA etc.. DELETE TO END OF LINE This command will delete all the characters from the cursor position up to but not including the CR. DELETE LINE This command will delete all the characters from the cursor position up to and including the CR. TAB The tab key will advance or backup through the text one tab at a time. To advance on a tab by tab basis type the following: e cut buffer before picking up the new line. CONTINUE SEARCH Continue looking for the text defined in the search buffer. If the search buffer contains nothing, no search is performed. G O L D K E Y C O M M A N D S ------- ----- --------------- GOLD A Append This command will allow more text to be appended to the cut buffer after a PASTE has been executed. This assumes that the cut buffer is not full. GOLD B Go to bottom of file This command set the backward direction flag. GOLD C Cancel GOLD command Use to deactivate GOLD key when accidently pressed. GOLD E Exit file and return to monitor Save the text in the output buffer (what you can't see off the top of the screen) and return to the mon delete character key will remove the character at the cursor position. CUT The cut key picks up the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line including the CR and stores it in the cut buffer. You may pickup more text by pressing CUT again. When the cut buffer is full, or you have reached the end of the file the editor will beep, at which time you must press the TURN CUT OFF key to clear the error contition. If you press the cut key again the cut buffer is purged and the new text is stored. You may advance or backup over text and continue cutting additional text. If the PASTE, TURN CUT OFF, keys are pressed the next cut operation will purge the cut buffer then pick up the new text. You may cut a maximum of 4000 characters. PASTE The paste key copies the contents of the cut buffer into the file starting at the current cursor position. Additional copies of the cut buffer can be inserted into the file by pressing the paste key again. The paste key also activates the TURN CUT OFF key (see below). TURN CUT OFF This key causes the next CUT operation to purge th GOLD ' Define replace string ( input terminated by ESC key ) To define the text to replace type "GOLD '". The bottom line on your screen will display "Replace: ". Type in the text you wish to replace (maximum number of characters is 64) this includes CR, TAB, and FF characters. When you are done press the next command key you wish to execute, or ESC ESC to enter titor. That means any text on the screen to the end of the original file will be discarded. GOLD F Close file and return to monitor Copy the remaining portion of the file to the output buffer, close the file and return to the system. GOLD G Global search and replace The search and replace buffer must be defined before executing this command. If the replace buffer contains a null This command becomes a global search and delete. GOLD N Insert page marker ( FF CR LF ) GOLD O Open line GOLD P Advance 55 lines GOLD R Refresh screen If for some reason the text on the screen becomes corrupt, this command will refresh the screen with the current contents of the edit buffer. GOLD T Go to top of file This command sets the forward direction flag. GOLD V Display version The version is shown on line 24 of the screen. The program will pause, clear the line, and return to the editor. GOLD , Define search string ( input terminated by ESC key ) To define the text to search for type "GOLD ,". The bottom line on your screen will display "Search for: ". Type in the text you wish to search for (maximum number of characters is 64) including CR, TAB, and FF characters. When you are done press the next command key you wish to execute, or ESC ESC to enter the search string and return to the editor. GOLD . Continue search Continue looking for the text defined in the search buffer. If the search buffer contains nothing, no search is performed. l display an error message and terminate the edit session. This includes the overflowing of the temporary file. It is wise to verify that you have enough room on your disk before editing or creating a file. However the editor will verify that there is at least enough room to edit a file. That means if the file being edited is 25 blocks the editor will require at least 25 bhe search string and return to the editor. GOLD / Search and replace This command will advance through the file looking for the text defined in the search buffer. When a match is found this text is removed and the text in the replace buffer is inserted in its place. M O R E C O M M A N D S ------- --------------- ARROW KEYS Arrow keys perform arrow functions This command also sets the direction flag. Down and Right arrow keys set the forward direction flag. Up and Left arrow keys set the backward direction flag. BACKSPACE Backup to beginning of line Place the cursor at the beginning of the line. DELETE Rub character out Remove one character to the left of the cursor. LF Rub word out Remove one word at a time to the left of the cursor. ^A Terminate the current operation and return to the editor. The I/O handlers will steal the ^A character so it may be necessary to type ^A more than once. ^C Terminate edit session and return to the monitor. The file is left in its original state. CREATE dev:file.ex Creates a new file. If the file exists, create will call up that file as if the EDIT command was executed. EDIT dev:file.tx Edits an existing file. R EDIT *dev:newfil.ex