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Count.
Count is significant only for
(UP)
and
(DOWN)
<
HOME)
s,
where
it multiplies the distance moved.
Related Commands. <
LEFT),
<
RIGHT),
<
UP),
<
DOWN)
3.2
CARRIAGE
RETURN
Command
The
<
RETURN)
key moves the cursor to the beginning
of
the next line. Special
cases
of
<
RETUR
N)
are-
•
If
the
cursor
is
on the last line
of
the
file, <
RETURN)
moves the cursor to the
end
of
the file.
•
If
the
auto indent option
(SET
Indent)
is
on, <
RETURN)
moves the cursor
to
the
first nonblank
character
of the next line.
•
If
the
cursor
is
on
the
last line
of
text
on
the screen, the screen scrolls up one
line.
Count.
This command accepts any count where count multiplies the distance moved.
If
count
is
/ or
greater
than
the number of lines
that
exist
in
the file from the current
cursor position to the end
of
the file, the cursor jumps to the end
of
the file.
Related Commands.
SET
Indent
3.3
< CTRL-C) Function Key
<
CTRL-C)
serves as a soft command abort. A
(CTRL-C)
is recognized as soon
as it
is
typed, even if a command
is
in
progress. Therefore,
(CTRL-C)
may be
used
to
terminate a time-consuming command while
it
is
executing, e.g., a long
FIND
or
repeated long macros. The termination
is
carried out
at
the first opportunity
that
allows termination without affecting
AEDIT-86's
integrity. <
CTRL-C)
does not
abort
the
execution
of
an
I/O
related command. This option
is
the only way to abort
an infinite loop
in
macro execution gracefully.
3.4
TAB Function Key
Pressing the
TAB
key causes the next prompt line to
be
displayed. The prompt line
display is cyclic
(i.e., after the last prompt line
is
displayed, the first
is
redisplayed).
3.5
Delete Function Keys
(
RUBOUT)
is
a specifically labeled key.
The
other delete function keys are
configurable: delete
character
<
DELCH
),
delete left <
DELL),
delete right
<
DELR
) , and delete line
(DELLI).
3.5.1 < RUBOUT)
The
RUBOUT
key deletes the preceding character.
If
a line feed
is
deleted, the
preceding carriage return
is
deleted also.
There
is
no recovery from this deletion.
Count.
(RUBOUT)
ignores count.
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