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Introduction and Tutorial
AEDIT -86 User's Guide
1-2
This manual makes
no
references to any particular operating system; the appendixes
give operating-system dependent information.
1.2.1 Activating
the
Editor
Specific invocation commands are given
in
the appendixes.
In general, AEDIT-86 is activated
by
typing the following:
':'EDIT
<RETURN>
The editor displays the following prompt
at
the bottom
of
the screen:
- ? ? - system-id A E D I T V
x.y
Cop y
rig
h t yyyy I n
tel
Cor
p .
Again
Block
Calc
Delete
Execute
Find
-find
--more--
The question marks
(-??-)
in
front of the system-id indicate
that
AEDIT-86
is
"waiting" for your input. When AEDIT-86
is
"busy," the question marks are replaced
by two exclamation points (-!!-). system-id
is
a string identifying the operating system,
x.y
is the
AEDIT
-86 version number, and yyyy
is
the copyright year(s). The vertical
bar
(I) (initially in the upper left corner
of
the screen) marks the end
of
the file
(EOF).
Because the new file
you
just created has
no
text, the vertical
bar
appears at
the top left corner of the display area. As you type text into the file, the vertical bar
moves and continues to mark the end of the
file.
The cursor initially covers the
EOF
marker. (The term cursor refers to the position indicator. The way
in
which the cursor
is
displayed-solid,
non-blinking block, underline,
etc.-is
terminal dependent.)
When first invoked, AEDIT-86
is
at main command level waiting for your input. The
menu prompt line offers a selection
of
main commands or modes
(XCHANGE
and
INSERT
are considered modes). When invoked, several main commands offer
subcommands. You must be at main command
level
to execute commands, except
when using cursor movement commands and the delete keys. AEDIT-86 does not
return automatically to main command level after executing some commands (e.g.,
FIND).
To return to the main command level
or
to exit
INSERT
or
XCHANGE
modes, press
(ESC).
Throughout the manual,' main commands and modes are written in uppercase to
distinguish them from subcommands, which are written
in
upper jlowercase; e.g.,
QUIT
Exit. Function keys are enclosed
in
angle brackets; e.g.,
(ESC),
(HEX).
To
specify a menu selection (i.e., command or mode), press the initial letter
of
the
s~lectio~{e.g.,
B for BLOCK).
The word --more-- on the prompt line indicates that there are more commands or
modes. Press (
TAB)
to display the next line of prompts. Pressing (
TAB)
to
display additional prompts
is
a cyclic operation (Le., after the last prompt line
is
displayed, the first
is
redisplayed).
1.2.2
Entering, Changing, and Deleting
Text
Before typing text into the file, you must press I to enter
INSERT
mode.
The
word
[insert]
is
displayed at the bottom of the screen, indicating that you are
in
INSERT
mode. Type a word but misspell it.
To
correct the error, press
(RUBOUT).
Each
time you press <
RUBOUT),
the cursor backs up one column and erases the
character. When the erroneous character(s)
is
erased, type the correct character(s).