The Text Editor

The text editor is a basic utility in which you can enter and edit text for 
several commands. The maximum size of text allowed is 800 characters, or one
window. The keys used in the text editor are:

[Enter]        Accepts the entry and closes the text  editor.

[Backspace]    Erases the character to the left of the  cursor.

[Delete]       Erases the character to the right of the  cursor.

[Up arrow]     Moves the cursor to the end of the previous  line.

[Down arrow]   Moves the cursor to the start of the next  line.

[Right arrow]  Moves the cursor one character to the right.

[Left arrow]   Moves the cursor one character to the left.

[Clr/Home]     The first press moves the cursor to the start  of the line. 
               The second press moves the  cursor to the top of the window.

[Shift -       The first press moves the cursor to the end  of the line. 
Clr/Home]      The second press moves the  cursor to the bottom of the window.

[Return]       Inserts a carriage return, ends the line and  moves the 
               cursor to the start of the line below.

[Undo]         Cancel the editing session and returns to the  drawing session.

[Help]         Displays help and information about the text  editor.

[Esc]          This key has no function in the text editor.

%%XXX          This allows you to use special characters which cannot be 
               typed directly in through the keyboard.  Type "%%" followed by
               the three digit character number of the special character.  
               The character number must be padded with zeros and have a 
               value between 1 and 255.  For example; the third character of
               a font is inserted by typing "%%134" while in the text editor.
               The following special characters used in dimensioning can be 
               entered using a short hand form :

               diameter sign       %%c
               degree sign         %%d
               plus or minus sign  %%p
               
               For more information and a list of special characters 
               see Appendix H.
