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- Ed (1.3, 2.x, 3.x located in C:)
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-
- SYNOPSIS
- The Amiga's built in full-screen text editor.
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- Ed is a complete text editor. Due to the huge scope
- of the available commands you should consult your Amiga
- System manual on how to exactly use Ed.
-
- If enough people contact me to include a full
- tutorial in DOSMan, I will write one.
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-
- FORMAT
- 1.3:
- ED FROM (name) [SIZE (numchars)]
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- 2.x/3.x:
- ED [FROM] name] [SIZE numchars] [WITH comfile]
- [TABS interval] [WINDOW device] [WIDTH columns]
- [HEIGHT rows]
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- KEYWORDS
- FROM
- This is the name of the file you wish to edit.
- If the file does not exist, Ed will create it. This keyword
- is optional as long as it is the first arguement in the
- Ed statement.
-
- SIZE
- This sets the size of the buffer which ED uses. If
- this is the second arguement in the command line, then
- the keyword is optional, you only need to type the number.
- SIZE defaults to 40,000 bytes. If your buffer is not big
- enough to hold the file you are editing, then you will
- get a warning message informing you of this from Ed.
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- WITH
- 2.x/3.x Only: This lets you make an Ed command file
- to execute automatically. This is a command file that
- contains a list of extended instructions for Ed that
- will execute when the file is run. This exists in the
- form of a script. See your Amiga's manual on how to set
- up this command script.
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- TABS
- 2.x/3.x Only: This lets you set how many spaces will
- be skipped when you hit the Tab key. The default Tab is
- three spaces.
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- WINDOW, WIDTH, HEIGHT
- 2.x/3.x Only: The combination of these three commands
- would allow you to open Ed on a remote terminal. Window
- lets you specify this device (for example, AUX:). The
- Width and Height lets you set the demensions of the new
- window.
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- 2.x/3.x Only: You can also edit binary files, not just
- plain ASCI text.
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- EXAMPLE
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- 1. To edit a text file called ThisText in the
- Work:TextFiles directory.
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- Ed Work:TextFiles/ThisText
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- 2. To edit a really big file of 75,000 kbytes in the
- Work:TextFiles
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- Ed Work:TextFiles/ReallyBig.txt SIZE 80000
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