Filter
Top Products
AEDIT -86 User·s Guide
The Editor Basics
If
you want
to
enter
new information. simply type it in. As soon as
any
key is pressed
(except
for
(1...EFT).
<
RIGHT).
<
HOME)
.
or
(ESC»).
the
prompt
line
is
blanked
and
the
nev."
characters
are entered. Press <
ESC)
or <
RETURN)
to
finish
the
command
and
send
the
information.
To
enter
a
character
using its
ASCII
value
in
the
line-edit prompt. simply type
<
HEX)
(usually configured
as
(CTRL-H
) ) followed by t"'O hexadecimal digits.
For
example.
(HEX)
41
enters
an
A. This option allows you
to
enter
control
characters
(e.g
..
<
ESC)
) into the text.
The
Yes/No
Prompt
The
yes/no
prompt
form
is
"prompt?
(y
or
[n]
r'.
where
square
brackets
surround
the
default.
as
in
the
following example:
all
changes
lost?
(y
0 r
[n])
In this case. n
is
the
default: therefore. any response other than y
(or
Y)
is
considered
a negative response.
(In
a
yes/no
prompt
where
.r
is
the default. any response
other
than
n
(or
N)
is
considered a positive response.)
2.5.2
Message Line
The
message line
is
directly above the prompt line.
It
is
used to display
status
messages
or
to indicate
the
command
mode.
The
busy
Jwaiting
indicator
is
displayed on
the
message line.
For
commands
that
take
a relatively long
time
to execute.
the
busy/waiting
indicator tells you
if
AEDIT
-86
is
still processing
the
command,
or
if
it is
ready
to receive new input.
This
indicator
is
a configurable
feature
(described
in
Chapter
9).
The
busy/waiting
indicator
may
be
displayed
as
one
of
the
following:
•
-??-
-indicates
that
the feature
is
on
and
AEDIT-86
expects input.
•
-!!-
-indicates
that
the
feature
is
on
and
AEDIT-86
is executing a
command.
• - indicates
that
the feature has been
turned
off with
an
AEDIT-86
config-
uration
command
or
that
the
feature
is
on. but
the
message line
is
for
the
nonactive window.
If
the
busy/waiting
indicator feature is on, -??-
is
displayed whenever
AEDIT-86
is
waiting
for input.
The
expected input
may
be a command, a
subcommand.
a
yes/no
answer.
an
operand,
etc. Also. whenever
AEDIT-86
is
processing a
command.
-!!-
is
displayed.
If
the
busy/waiting
indicator feature
is
off. ----
is
displayed at all times.
Later
on
in
this
manual
the
busy
/waiting
indicator
is
displayed as four dashes.
If,
for example, you type
JS
for
JUMP
Start,
and
the
indicator
is
on. it
is
changed
to
-!!-
as
soon
as
AEDIT-86
accepts
the
command.
The
-!!- remains until
AEDIT-86
completes
the
command
execution.
The
indicator
is then changed
back
to -
~?-.
Next,
one
of
the
following
status
words
may
be displayed:
•
Macro
•
Other
• View
•
Forward
indicates
that
a
macro
is being defined.
indicates
that
the
OTHER
file
is
being edited.
indicates
that
the
VIEWONL
Y control is in effect.
indicates
that
the
FOR
W
ARDONL
Y control
is
in effect.
This
part
of
the
message line does not change unless
the
OTHER,
MACRO.
or
editing
mode
of
the
file is changed.
Other
messages displayed on
the
message line
are
status
messages,
count
(repeat
function),
and
the
line-edit prompt
••
(HOME)
to
re-edit".
2-5