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PC-CAI Alan's Editor Help Menu
@1,Function Keys
@2,Control Commands
@5,Summary of Commands by Action
@9,Limitations
##1
Function Keys
Function keys are located on the left of the keyboard. This is a brief
description of their meaning.
Esc- End: Ends Editor.
F1-Save : Lets you save the current working file for future use.
F2-Get: Allows you to get a file from disk.
F3-Top: Moves to the top of the file
F4-Bottom: Jumps to the last line of the file
F5-Delete: Allows you to delete a number of lines below the cursor position.
F6-Insert: Allows you to insert 1 to 10 blank lines.
F7-Help: Help screens, change disks, directory options.
F8-Clear: Clears workspace (Does not clear copy buffer).
F9-Mark: Used to mark blocks for copy.
F10-Copy: Used in conjuction with 9-Mark to copy text. See also Ctrl-C.
##2
Control Commands (CTRL)
Control commands are issued by pressing the CTRL key like a shift key, and
then simultaneously pressing a single command key such as a D, W or F. Below
is a list of the available control commands:
CTRL C - Is similar to the F10 function key. However, instead of first
inserting blank lines before making a copy, CTRL C will place the copied text
in the position specified by the cursor, directly over any text that may
happen to exist there.
CTRL D - Deletes all characters on the current line which are to the right of
the cursor. If the cursor is in column one, the entire line will be deleted,
and any text below that line will be moved up on the screen. SEE CTRL-Y
CTRL F - This command "fills" the text from the current line to the next
blank line which starts with a dot "." Each line is filled with as many words
as will fit while observing the current line length specifications.
CTRL-G - Begin the PC-CAI program currently in memory.
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##3
CTRL K - The horizontal highlighted bar at the bottom of the screen which
initially displays copyright information. Successively pressing CTRL K will
display the function key commands, CTRL commands, and tab settings.
CTRL L - This command may be used to reset the line length specifications
within EDIT. After pressing CTRL L, you will be prompted to enter the new
line length.
CTRL P - Places text on the current line in centered position with respect to
the line length specifications.
CTRL R - This command allows you to replace text on the screen. After
pressing CTRL R, you will notice a request at the bottom of the screen which
says "Old/New". Enter the string of characters to be replaced , followed by a
"/", and the new string of characters.
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##4
CTRL S - Will search for a specified text. You will be prompted to enter the
text to be located. Each time this text is matched, it will be highlighted on
the screen. The search is conducted from the beginning of the current
workspace to the end of the current workspace.
CTRL T - Allows you to reset the tab settings by entering up to 20 column
numbers at which you wish the tabs to be set. These column numbers should be
entered from smallest to largest, should be separated by semicolons, and none
should exceed the line length.
CTRL W - Deletes text from the position of the cursor to the next blank. This
is usually used to delete a word.
CTRL-Y - Deletes the line where is cursor is.
CTRL X - Splits a line at the position of the cursor, and places the text to
the right of the cursor on the next line. This should be used for inserts of
more than several characters.
##5
SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
BY ACTION
To Begin a CAI program - CTRL-G (go)
Cursor Movement
Arrows - move cursor in direction indicated
Home key - move cursor to upper left of screen
End key - move cursor to end of current line
(Tab) - move cursor to next tab stop
Delete
Del key - delete character
CTRL W - delete word
CTRL D - delete to end of line (Also CTRL-Y)
CTRL-Y - deletes a line
F5 - delete line(s)
<-- - destructive backspace
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##6
SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
BY ACTION
Insert
Ins key - insert character(s)
F6 - insert line(s)
Screen Formatting
CTRL F - fill text
CTRL L - set line length
CTRL P - place text in center of screen
CTRL T - set tab stops
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##7
SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
BY ACTION
Movement within document
F3 - move to top of file
F4 - move to bottom file
PgDn - page down 11 lines
PgUp - page up 11 lines
Search and Replace
CTRL S - search for text string - global to end
CTRL R - replace text string - can be global to end
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##8
SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
BY ACTION
Block copying
F9 - mark text to be placed in rectangular copy buffer
F10 - copy rectangular block - non destructive
CTRL C - copy rectangular block - destructive
Others
F1 - save current working document
F2 - get document from disk for editing
CTRL K - change help key at bottom of screen
CTRL X - split line
F7 - help
F8 - clear workspace
Esc key- end Editor
##9
LIMITATIONS TO PC-CAI EDIT
1. Maximum length of any line is 79 characters. Files read
into EDIT whose lines are longer than 79 characters in
length may be truncated.
2. Maximum length of file is about 64,000 characters.
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