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AEDIT -86 User's Guide
Introduction
aad Tutorial
The
line you
just
typed
may
be deleted character-by-character with
the
<
RUBOUT)
key
or
in
its.entirety
with
the
key configured
to
<
DELLI
),
delete line (usually
configured
to
(CTRL-Z».
Delete the line.
The
file
is
now empty, and
the
EOF
marker
is
back
in
the
upper
left-hand corner
of
the screen.
The
cursor, however,
remains in
the
same
position on
tbe
screen until the next command is given.
Now type
the
following sentence.
Enter
the text exactly as
shown-several
words
are
deliberately misspelled.
The
first word
in
the
sentence, levell,
is
misspelled. To correct this error, use the
cursor
control keys
to
position the cursor
"over"
the erroneous
I.
The
cursor
is
moved
by
the
cursor control keys (arrows), in the direction indicated by the arrow. (There-
fore, press the up arrow (
<
UP
) ) twice to move the cursor to the first line. Then
press the left arrow
<
LEFT)
followed by <
HOME)
-the
<
HOME)
key
is
used in conjunction with
the
cursor control keys for fast cursor
movement-to
move
the cursor
to
the first position
in
the line. Now press the right arrow <
RIGHT)
nine times
to
position the cursor ··on" the first
I.)
Then press the key configured to
<
DELCH
) , delete
character
(usually configured to <
CTRL-F)
) to delete the
extra
I.
The
s in Pascal has been omitted.
To
correct this error, position the cursor on the c
in Pascal
and
type
s.
Text
automatically moves to the right as the s is inserted.
Press
<
ESC)
to
leave
INSERT
mode and return to main command level.
The
word
model
is
misspelled
modal.
To
correct
the
error,
type
X
to
enter
XCHANGE
mode.
The word [exchange]
is
displayed
at
the bottom of the screen, indicating
that
you are
in
XCHANGE
mode. Position the cursor ··over" the a and type
e.
Press <
ESC)
to leave
XCHANGE
mode and return to main command level.
You have learned how to insert text, exchange text,
and
delete individual characters.
Now type
the
following sentence exactly as shown. First, type I. Then, position the
cursor below the lines you
just
typed. Move the cursor to
the
end
of
the line using
the right arrow key (
<
RIGHT)
) followed by <
HOME),
then press <
DOWN)
twice
and
<
RETURN)
once.
The
cursor
is
now positioned
at
the end
of
the file
and
at
the beginning
of
an empty line. Type the following lines exactly as shown:
-_S
".g"-:evf.
la~guages
are
eas.er
and
faster
to
(RETURN)
.
'e
:ha~
.=,,-:e~el
,a~gJajes
5.~ce
Dre
:es5
leS5
<RET"RN)
-"-5.at.:-
5~e~
15
reql...red
-ro'"
co~ce;:t
to
code.(RETJRN)
Press <
ESC)
to leave
INSERT
mode and return to main command level.
Note
that
the
word less
is
typed twice.
To
correct this
error
position the cursor on
the
I
of
the second less. Because it appears at the end
of
the line, it may be deleted
with
<
DELR
) . Press
the
key configured to <
DELR
) , delete right (usually confi-
gured
to
<
CTRL-A
)
).
The
<
DELR)
command deletes all text to the right
of
the
cursor.
Suppose you wish to delete
the
phrase
from
concept to code from the text, leaving
the period at
the
end
of
the sentence.
To
do this, you must ··block" (i.e., delimit) this
section from
the
rest
of
the text using the
BLOCK
command followed
by
the Delete
subcommand.
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