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-86
User's
Guide
Editing Commands
deleted, moved,
or
copied.
The
Buffer
subcommand
copies
the
delimited section to
the
Block buffer.
The
Delete
subcommand
deletes the delimited section
and
places it
in
the
Block buffer.
The
Put
subcommand
copies
the
section
to
an external file.
The
commands
(-
)FIN
D,
JUMP,
and
the
cursor
movement
commands
<
LEFT)
,
<
RIGHT),
<
UP).
<
DO\VN
),
<
HOME).
and <
RETURN)
work the same
as at main
command
le\
t:1.
Text
saved in
the
Block
buffer
(or
in
an external file) can be retrieved with the
GET
command.
The
GET
command
copies the contents
of
the Block buffer
(or
external
file)
at
the
current
cursor
position
in
your file.
Pressing <
lSC)
returns
the
editor
to
main
command
level with
the
cursor left
in
its
current
position.
Pressing <
CTR
L-C)
returns
the editor to main
command
level with the
cursor
at
its original position at the beginning
of
the delimited section.
3. 16. 1
Block
Buffer
The
Block
buffer
is
the
buffer associated with
the
BLOCK
and
DELETE
(and
GET)
commands.
It
has
a fixed
maximum
size
of
2 Kbytes.
If
the section to be copied to
the
Block
buffer
is
over 2 Kbytes, the
remainder
is
written to a
temporary
work file.
The
contents
of
the
buffer
remain unchanged until you execute
another
BLOCK
or
DELETE
command.
when a new section
of
text
is
written to the buffer, overwriting
the
old contents.
3.16.2
Description
To
delimit a section
of
text. move
the
cursor
to
the first
character
of
the section.
Press B
or
D;
the
@ sign serves as
the
delimiter
and
replaces
the
character
marking
one endpoint
of
the
block. Endpoints can be set
in
either
order; this example sets the
beginning endpoint first.
Press
B
(or
D);
AEDIT-86
prompts-
Buffer
Delete
r i n d
-
fin
d
Jump
Put
Move
the
cursor
to
the
character
immediately
after
the block to be delimited.
The
character
under
the
first @ sign
is
included
in
the
block, but
the
character
under
the
second
@"
is
not.
Now
specify one
of
the
subcommands
by pressing
the
initial letter
of
that
subcom-
mand.
Count.
The
BLOCK
command
ignores count.
Related
Command.
GET
Buffer
To
execute
the
Buffer
subcommand,
press
B.
It copies text to the Block buffer.
The
@ signs
are
removed:
the
delimited section
of
text is copied
to
the
Block buffer.
The
delimited section
of
text
is
not affected.
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