Starting with Multiple File Names

You may want to edit several files at a time (or one after the other). Point makes this easy by allowing you to put up to 20 file names on the command line invoking Point. For example:

     pt chap1.doc chap2.doc appendix.doc

will start Point with three windows.

You can also use the DOS file name wildcard characters on the command line. For example, you could start Point with:

     pt chap?.doc app*.doc toc.doc

This allows you to specify at one time all the files you want to edit, without having to remember them for later loading of windows. The usual mode of operation is to edit the top window and bottom it when you are finished. This will bring up the file in the next window. Continue until all the files have been edited, and then quit and save all the files.



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