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PREFACE
This manual provides instructions for using the AEDIT-86 interactive text editor.
AEDIT-86
can be run within several environments including Series
Ill,
Series IV,
and
iRMX
operating system. Basic knowledge of your system
(ISIS
and
RUN,
iNDX
or
iRMX),
is
assumed. Specific information on running AEDfT-86 on different
systems is given in
the
appendixes.
This manual
is
for both
new
users and those who are already familiar with microcom-
puters
and text editors.
The
manual
is
organized
in
two parts as follows:
Part
I provides the basic information a user needs to use the
AEDIT
-86 text editor.
It
includes a tutorial, edit command descriptions, and a description
of
the AEDIT-86
invocation.
•
Chapter
1,
"Introduction and Tutorial," defines the hardware and software
necessary
to
run AEDIT-86, describes invoking and leaving the editor, and
provides a brief tutorial session.
•
Chapter
2,
"The
Editor Basics," describes concepts essential to using
AEDIT
-86
and
provides an in-depth description
of
the AEDIT-86 display.
•
Chapter
3, "Editing Commands," describes editing commands. Commands are
ordered in the chapter by subjects and without forward references (as much as
possible). AEDIT-86 commands not mentioned
in
this chapter are described
in
Part
II.
•
Chapter
4,
"AEDIT-86
Invocation," describes the invocation command syntax
and
the invocation controls.
Part
II lists more advanced uses of AEDIT-86 and describes the AEDIT-86 string.
numeric, local, and global variables, the macro-related
commands-Macro
and
Execute,
and
the
CALC
command.
•
Chapter
5,
"Macro
Commands," describes commands
that
allow you to create
and
use macros.
•
Chapter
6,
"AEDIT-86
Variables," describes the local and global AEDIT-86
variables you can access.
•
Chapter
7,
"CALC
Command," describes the
CALC
command and illustrates it
with examples. Arithmetic and logical operations are supported.
•
Chapter
8, "Advanced AEDIT-86 Usage," demonstrates the open-ended approach
of
AEDIT-86. Macros
that
enable advanced functions like word processing are
described in this chapter. The macro file
USEFUL.MAC,
that
is
supplied with
AEDIT
-86,
is
listed and discussed.
•
Chapter
9, "Configuration Commands," describes and lists the configuration
commands required to create an
AEDIT
-86 configuration file.
• Appendix A,
"AEDIT-86
Command
Summary:'
lists AEDIT-86 commands and
command formats, and provides a brief explanation
of
each command.
• Appendix
B,
"AEDIT-86
Error Messages," lists AEDIT-86 invocation, editing,
CALC,
and macro error messages, their probable causes and how they affect the
system.
• . Appendix C, "Using
AEDIT
-86 on the Series
III,"
describes the system-
dependent usage of AEDIT-86 on a Series
Ill.
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