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AEDIT
-86 User's
Guide
3-14
Delete
To
execute
the
Delete
subcommand,
press D.
It
deletes
the
delimited section from
the
text
and
moves it
to
the
Block buffer.
If
the
deleted text does not fit in
the
portion
of
the
Block
buffer
that
is in memory,
the
menu
prompts-
cannot
5ave
in
memorY--5ave
anyway?
([yl
or
n)
If
n is specified,
the
delimited section
of
text
is deleted,
but
the
Block
buffer
is not
updated.
If
you press
any
other
key,
the
delimited section is written
to
a
temporary
file. Press <
CTRL-C)
to
abort
the
command.
Find
To
execute
the
Find
subcommand,
press F.
It
works the
same
as it does
at
main
command
level.
-find
To
execute
the
-find subcommand, press
the
hyphen (-). It works
the
same as it does
at
main
command
level.
Jump
To
execute
the
Jump
subcommand, press
J.
It
works the
same
as
it does
at
main
command
level.
Put
The
Put
subcommand
allows you
to
copy a section
of
text to a named
output
file.
Press P;
AEDIT-86
prompts-
----
<HOME)
to
re-edit
Out
put
f 1 1 e : filename
The
filename
of
the
previous
command
(if
any)
is
displayed
to
the
right
of
the
colon.
The
delimited section
of
text
may
be copied
to
this file or a different filename
may
be
specified.
The
delimited section is not affected.
If
the
specified file already exists,
the
editor beeps and
the
following prompt is
displayed:
overwrite
exi5ting
file?
(y
or
[n])
If
y is specified,
the
delimited text is written to the named file, overwriting the previous
file.
If
any
other
key is typed,
the
editor
returns
to
the
BLOCK
Put
prompt level.
The
specified file
can
also be written
to
an
output
device (e.g., :Ip:) supported
by
your
system.
3. 17 DELETE Command
To
invoke
the
DELETE
command,
press D.
The
DELETE
command exists
to
enable
deletion
of
a section
of
text
by
typing D
at
both
endpoints.