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or too close to right or right > 80).


NOTE: You can return to the menu at any time by pressing the STOP key. Also,
pressing CTRL H (while in edit mode) will return a help screen to assist
those who don't like to memorize control and function keys.


The screen will clear and (if you used the default margin values) you will
see bars at the left and right sides of your screen. These are the margin
markers, and at the bottom of the screen will be a status line. You will not
be able to type into the margin markers, as they are there to help you format
your text and let you know where your lines start and end. All screen lines
will be combined in pairs as 80 column lines, which will leave you with 12
lines on the screen at a time. You can identify which page, line and column
the cursor is on by reading the status line at the bottom of the screen. The
status line also tells you which mode you are in (40 or 80 column). Default
mode is 80 column. 40 column mode can be invoked with CTRL X, for those who
prefer to work with 40 column text (best for creating source code files or
creating messages in 40 column format (non-standard text files).

Type a line of text. At the end of the line, press RETURN to get to the next
line, or just keep on typing. Words will not be broken at the right margin
marker, because of the editor's automatic PARSING feature. If the last letter
on a line is not a space, the editor will move the entire word to the next
line for you. There are some safety features built into this routine, too. If
there is text on the next line, parsing will not take place. This allows you
to edit a previous line without accidentally dumping text on the next one.
Also, parsing will not operate on words longer than 10 characters. That was
done to allow the use of long strings of dashes for borders, etc. Parsing is
there to allow you to type without having to watch the screen. Be wary of
shifted spaces...the editor treats them as characters (not spaces), and they
can cause unexpected results, especially if they are on the next line...the
editor will not parse, thinking there is text there. This can be used to
FORCE a word to stay on the previous line, should you want it to.

CURSOR KEYS

Cursor right and left work as you would expect them to. Cursor up and down
are a bit different. They move the cursor 2 screen lines at a time (which is
really ONE 80 column line). The insert and delete keys will work as expected,
but only on the current line. When holding the delete key down, the cursor
will make it's way only as far as the left margin. If you want to delete part
of the previous line, move the cursor there with a cursor left, and then
continue deleting. The insert key will push all text from the cursor position
on towards the right margin. Text pushed into the right margin cannot be
recovered. The home key works normally, but screen clear is not supported.

SCROLLING THE SCREEN AND THE TEXT BUFFER

Attempting to move the cursor past the bottom of the screen will cause the
screen to scroll forward. Reverse scrolling will happen at the top of the
screen. When you move the cursor to the end of available memory, forward
movement will stop. The same is true for reverse movement at the screen's
top.

THE CTRL KEYS

CTRL D will delete the current line and draw all forward lines in to close
the gap. CTRL I will open up a blank line, pushing all lines forward from the
current line on. Holding CTRL d or CTRL i will allow you to quickly delete or
insert large portions of text. Even faster inserts and deletes are possible
with the next set of keys (BLOCK CTRL KEYS).

THE BLOCK CTRL KEYS

These keys call routines which operate on a BLOCK of text (a block being one
or more full lines of text). The first time a BLOCK CTRL key is pressed, the
start of the block is defined and stored (it will be the line the cursor is
on), and the cursor fast-flashes to let you know you have invoked a BLOCK
function. The second time you press the BLOCK CTRL key, you should have
already moved the cursor to the line you wish to designate as the last line
in the block. That line will be defined as the end of the block, and the
function will then be executed.


NOTE: If you accidentally invoke a block function (the cursor will fast-flash
when one is started), you can cancel it by pressing the STOP key. This will
take you to the menu (where all editing functions are cancelled), and from
there you can return to edit mode by pressing RETURN (selection 3 will be
under the cursor).

CTRL A (align a block)

This command will "repack" a block of text between the margin markers. I
frequently use it to convert 40-column text captured by my terminal's buffer
to 80 columns for printing. Blank lines are preserved, but all extra spaces
between words are eliminated (repacks with one space between words). If extra
spaces between words are desired, use shifted spaces (they're treated like a
character by the alignment routine). Here's an alignment demo:


This is the first line.
This is the second line.
This is the third line.


Now here are the same 3 lines repacked with CTRL A:

or too close to right or right > 80).

NOTE: You can return to the menu at any time by pressing the STOP key. Also,

pressing CTRL H (while in edit mode) will return a help screen to assist

those who don't like to memorize control and function keys.

The screen will clear and (if you used the default margin values) you will

see bars at the left and right sides of your screen. These are the margin

markers, and at the bottom of the screen will be a status line. You will not

be able to type into the margin markers, as they are there to help you format

your text and let you know where your lines start and end. All screen lines

will be combined in pairs as 80 column lines, which will leave you with 12

lines on the screen at a time. You can identify which page, line and column

the cursor is on by reading the status line at the bottom of the screen. The

status line also tells you which mode you are in (40 or 80 column). Default

mode is 80 column. 40 column mode can be invoked with CTRL X, for those who

prefer to work with 40 column text (best for creating source code files or

creating messages in 40 column format (non-standard text files).

Type a line of text. At the end of the line, press RETURN to get to the next

line, or just keep on typing. Words will not be broken at the right margin

marker, because of the editor's automatic PARSING feature. If the last letter

on a line is not a space, the editor will move the entire word to the next

line for you. There are some safety features built into this routine, too. If

there is text on the next line, parsing will not take place. This allows you

to edit a previous line without accidentally dumping text on the next one.

Also, parsing will not operate on words longer than 10 characters. That was

done to allow the use of long strings of dashes for borders, etc. Parsing is

there to allow you to type without having to watch the screen. Be wary of

shifted spaces...the editor treats them as characters (not spaces), and they

can cause unexpected results, especially if they are on the next line...the

editor will not parse, thinking there is text there. This can be used to

FORCE a word to stay on the previous line, should you want it to.

CURSOR KEYS

Cursor right and left work as you would expect them to. Cursor up and down

are a bit different. They move the cursor 2 screen lines at a time (which is

really ONE 80 column line). The insert and delete keys will work as expected,

but only on the current line. When holding the delete key down, the cursor

will make it's way only as far as the left margin. If you want to delete part

of the previous line, move the cursor there with a cursor left, and then

continue deleting. The insert key will push all text from the cursor position

on towards the right margin. Text pushed into the right margin cannot be

recovered. The home key works normally, but screen clear is not supported.

SCROLLING THE SCREEN AND THE TEXT BUFFER

Attempting to move the cursor past the bottom of the screen will cause the

screen to scroll forward. Reverse scrolling will happen at the top of the

screen. When you move the cursor to the end of available memory, forward

movement will stop. The same is true for reverse movement at the screen's

top.

THE CTRL KEYS

CTRL D will delete the current line and draw all forward lines in to close

the gap. CTRL I will open up a blank line, pushing all lines forward from the

current line on. Holding CTRL d or CTRL i will allow you to quickly delete or

insert large portions of text. Even faster inserts and deletes are possible

with the next set of keys (BLOCK CTRL KEYS).

THE BLOCK CTRL KEYS

These keys call routines which operate on a BLOCK of text (a block being one

or more full lines of text). The first time a BLOCK CTRL key is pressed, the

start of the block is defined and stored (it will be the line the cursor is

on), and the cursor fast-flashes to let you know you have invoked a BLOCK

function. The second time you press the BLOCK CTRL key, you should have

already moved the cursor to the line you wish to designate as the last line

in the block. That line will be defined as the end of the block, and the

function will then be executed.

NOTE: If you accidentally invoke a block function (the cursor will fast-flash

when one is started), you can cancel it by pressing the STOP key. This will

take you to the menu (where all editing functions are cancelled), and from

there you can return to edit mode by pressing RETURN (selection 3 will be

under the cursor).

CTRL A (align a block)

This command will "repack" a block of text between the margin markers. I

frequently use it to convert 40-column text captured by my terminal's buffer

to 80 columns for printing. Blank lines are preserved, but all extra spaces

between words are eliminated (repacks with one space between words). If extra

spaces between words are desired, use shifted spaces (they're treated like a

character by the alignment routine). Here's an alignment demo:

This is the first line.

This is the second line.

This is the third line.

Now here are the same 3 lines repacked with CTRL A: