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TED.COM (v1.2) Tom Kihlken
Command PC Magazine Vol 7, No 19
Copyright 1988-90 Ziff Communications Company
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Purpose: A small, full-screen editor for line-
oriented files of up to 64K in length that
supports scrolling, cut, copy, paste, and
printing operations, and permits entry of
all members of the IBM character set.
Format: TED [filespec]
Remarks: TED will open and read a file whose name
(and path, if required) are supplied ini-
tially. If no filespec is provided it will
open a new file and prompt for a filename
when the Save and Exit command (F7) is
given. The original of a modified file is
saved with a .BAK extension. The Abort com-
mand (F1), when verified, abandons any
modifications and leaves the original file
intact.
Text is entered in insert mode by default;
pressing the Insert key toggles to over-
strike mode. The Tab key adds a tab to the
file and moves the display to the next
column evenly divisible by eight. Any
character in the IBM set can be entered by
pressing and holding down the Alt key,
typing its ASCII value on the numeric
keypad, then releasing the Alt key.
Tabs and carriage returns are shown on
screen, but their display can easily be sup-
pressed by modifying the source program.
Lines may be of any length, and each must be
terminated by pressing Enter. Lines longer
than the screen width display a diamond in
the rightmost column. Offscreen characters
(up to 248 columns) may be viewed by using
the Ctrl-<arrow> keys. Lines may be broken
by pressing Enter at any point, and may be
conflated by pressing Delete at the line
end.
A block of text is defined by toggling on
the Mark command (F4) and moving the cursor
with the arrow keys. The Marked area is
shown in inverse video. Pressing F3 prints
the blocked text; F5 (Cut) removes it to a
buffer from which it can be Pasted (F6) at
any point where the cursor is located. The
paste buffer remains intact until another
section is marked and cut.
Pressing F8 deletes to the end of a line; F9
deletes the entire line. F10 restores the
most recent deletion of F8 or F9. The Undo
command (F2) restores letters deleted by the
Delete and/or Backspace key if the cursor
has not been moved and other editing opera-
tions have not been attempted.
TED configures itself to the display in use
and supports EGA and VGA text modes other
than the standard 80 columns by 25 rows.
The Home and End keys move the cursor to the
beginning and end of the current screen
line. PgUp and PgDn scroll the file by the
number of rows displayed, minus 5. Ctrl-
PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn move to the top and bot-
tom of the file.