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- In order to make the text changes permanent, you must save them to a file.
- If you do not save them, the changes will "disappear" when you leave
- Origami. As you make changes, i.e., corrections, deletions, insertions,
- etc., they are actually written to a "scratch" copy of the file and the
- changes to this file will not affect the "master" copy of the file until a
- file save is specified. This allows you to decide if changes made to the
- file should be made permanent or discarded. Note that a file fold will be
- automatically saved, if you exit it.
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- Remember: The file name appears on the mode line.
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- =* Origami 1.5.10 (Emacs,None) == search =================================
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- The commands for reading and saving files are unlike the other commands
- you have learned so far in that they consist of two characters - a C-X
- followed by another character which specifies the file command to be
- executed.
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- To read a file, type C-X C-R. Origami will then prompt you from the
- communication line for the name of the file. In response to the prompt,
- type the file name followed by a <Return> to indicate the file name has
- been entered. This command will tell Origami to go find this file and
- load it. Its contents will then be displayed on the screen and you will
- be able to edit the file's contents.
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- To save any changes made to the file, type C-X C-S. This tells Origami to
- create a new version of the file which includes the changes you have made.
- When the save is complete, a message will appear in the communication
- line.
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- If you edit a file and at some point decide to quit (i.e., C-X C-C) without
- saving the changes, Origami will remind you that changes have been made to
- the file and ask you if you really want to quit. Enter "N" to return to
- Origami or "Y" to exit Origami without saving the changes.
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- To create a file, just edit it "as if" it already existed. Then start
- typing in the text. When you ask to "save" the file, Origami will really
- create the file with the text that you have entered. From then on, you
- can consider yourself to be editing an existing file.
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- It is not easy for you to test editing a file and continue with the
- tutorial. But you can always come back into the tutorial by starting it
- over and skipping forward. So, when you feel ready, you should try
- editing a file named "foo", putting some text in it, and saving it; then
- exit Origami and look at the file to be sure that it worked. If you have
- the possibility, just a second terminal or window.
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