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232 lines
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Calling the editor
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Call ED.COM using
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ED [-m=macfile] [file]
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File is the (optional) name of the file to be edited. If this file is invalid
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or doesn't exist yet, "Disk error" is indicated. If the -m=macfile option is
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specified (macfile is the name of the keyboard macro file), the macro file is
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read on startup.
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On errors the editor expects you to hit the space bar as an acknowledgement.
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Some control characters can modify video attributes (if the editor is installed
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properly for your screen). Insert the chars using the ^P command:
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^B Boldface on
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^U Underline on
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^N Normal (bold and underline off)
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Hard tabs are expanded. As usual, tab positions are at column 9, 17, 25 etc.
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The end of the file is displayed by a gray area.
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Editor commands
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For many commands function keys can also be used.
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^A word left
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^C page down
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^D character right
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^E line up
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^F word right
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^G delete char right
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^H backspace, delete left
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^I tabulator (insert a hard tab)
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^J jump to symbol = search
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Enter word to be searched. The search is case-sensitive.
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Cursor jumps to first instance in text (search next: ^L)
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^K prefix for block, file and assembler commands
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^L repeat previous search (& replace)
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^N insert line break
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^O prefix for macro commands
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^P prefix for entering control chars
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(to enter ^_ type ^_^P^_<Enter>)
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^Q prefix for jump commands
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^R page up
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^S character left
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^T delete word right
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^U cursor line -> middle of the screen
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^V toggle insert / overwrite
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^W scroll up
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^X line down
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^Y delete line
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^Z scroll down
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ESC exit editor - also see file management.
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Block operations
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All block operations are line-oriented, i.e. they always treat entire lines.
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^KA block = all (entire text)
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^KB mark block beg
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^KC copy block
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^KE mark block end
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^KJ append (join) block to file (ignores ^Z)
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^KK mark block end
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^KN block = nothing
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^KR read block
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^KV move block
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^KW write block
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^KY delete block
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Quick jump commands
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^QA Search and replace. Asks for options. Valid options are:
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g = global (start from beginning)
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n = don't prompt for replacement
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u = don't distinguish upper and lower case
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w = search whole words only
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Valid answers to the prompt are:
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y = ok, do replace
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n = don't replace this one
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* = go ahead, don't ask me any more
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Esc = stop it
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^QB jump to block beg
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^QC jump to text end
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^QD jump to line end
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^QE jump to block end
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^QF search (same options as ^QA)
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^QI toggle auto-indent option
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^QK jump to block end
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^QL undo changes in current line
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^QR jump to text beg
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^QS jump to line beg
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^QY delete to end of line
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^QZ delete to beg of line
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File management
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When calling ED from DOS a main file may be specified on the command line which
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is then read into the text buffer.
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Files are written back without query (there is a special command to throw away
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changes made to the file). ED does not make .BAK files (the MS-DOS file system
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is too damn slow).
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The editor can quickly switch between two files: main and include. Both files
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must fit into the text buffer (about 64 K) together.
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Esc Exit ED
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- from main: save main, return to DOS
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- from incl: save incl, return to main
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^KI Back to the previous include file (name displayed in status line)
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^KL Load/change include file
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- from main: load new include file
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- from incl: save incl, load new include file
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^KM Load/change main file
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- from main: save main, load new main file
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- from incl: save incl, back to main
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^KQ Throw away changes (query)
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- from main: don't save main, return to DOS
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- from incl: don't save incl, return to main
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^KS Save current file (manual save)
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Should it be impossible to save a file the usual way (disk full etc.), mark the
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text with ^KA, write it with ^KW to another disk and exit ED with ^KQ. If you
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are prompted for a save filename, but want to throw away the file, enter 'nul'
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as filename. DOS will dutifully write the file to the null device.
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Function keys
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Function keys can be used for some commands:
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up cursor up
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down cursor down
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left cursor left ^left word left
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right cursor right ^right word right
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PgUp page up ^PgUp mark block beg
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PgDn page down ^PgDn mark block end
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Home jump to line beg ^Home jump to text beg
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End jump to line end ^End jump to text end
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Ins toggle insert/overwrite mode
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Del delete char right
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^BS delete to end of line
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ScrLock Lock cursor line. The cursor will always remain in the same line of the
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screen (as far as possible). This is nice for bulk revisions. The
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cursor line can be moved with ^W, ^Z and ^U.
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Keyboard Macros
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The following keys can be programmed with macros of (nearly) any length (all
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together up to 868 bytes, where each keystroke takes 1..2 bytes). Which keys
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can be used may also depend on your keyboard driver.
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F1..F10
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Shift F1..F10
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Ctrl F1..F10
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Alt F1..F10
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Alt A..Z
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Alt 1..9,0,-,= (all keys in the number row)
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^OL Record keyboard macro
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Hit the destination key, then enter the command sequence (which is
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executed as usual, so you have visual feedback). Terminate the sequence
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with ^Break. Mistakes will also be recorded faithfully and cannot be
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edited except by recording the macro again.
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Macros can also be used during recording. Nesting is limited to
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15 levels, everything beyond is ignored. A macro that calls itself
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once will repeat 16 times, if it calls itself twice it will repeat
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2^16 times... Macros may be interrupted by ^Break.
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^_ This suspends macro execution and lets the user enter data (no macros)
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terminated by <Enter>; macro execution will then resume. The user's
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<Enter> is ignored: The macro may edit or extend the entry (e.g. add a
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default extension to a filename).
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^OW Write macros to file
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^OR Read macros from file. This automatically executes the Alt-0 macro,
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making it possible to "chain" macros.
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^OV Update the display. Normally, the display is not updated during macro
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execution (resulting in fast execution of macros). This command can be
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used to show intermediate results.
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Status line
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The editor status is displayed in the top line of the screen:
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^K no 3 main + include filename
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^K Command prefix. Displayed while entering commands such as ^KB.
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n Indicates automatic indentation switched off. Toggle with ^QI.
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o Indicates overwrite mode. Toggle with ^V or INS.
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3 Indicates cursor position in line.
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Editing in the status line is similar to normal editing, but:
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- Trailing spaces are not cut off.
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- ^A jumps to beg of line
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- ^F jumps to end of line
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- Esc breaks the command.
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- When a default is given, if the first key pressed is a char,
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the default is cleared and the char is entered. If the first
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key is an editor command, the default can be edited. To insert
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something at the beginning of the default, first hit the
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cursor left key.
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