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- LORE ("Line ORiented Editor")
- -----------------------------
- Text entry in the line editor can be as simple as the average line editor:
- enter text continuously, hit return only at the end of paragraphs, and use
- backspace to erase & correct errors. Words will automatically be wrapped
- to the next line if the line nears your screen's width, so you need not hit
- return anywhere except the ends of paragraphs. (If you hit return at the
- end of each line, the message may not be formatted correctly for someone
- with a different screen width from yours.)
-
- However, this editor also allows full usage of Falcon's fairly versatile
- prompt-editing commands. Available are: (NOTE: "^X" would mean Ctrl-X)
-
- Simple VT100 Local Function
- ------- -------- -------- --------
- ^S Left Left Move left one character on the line if possible
- ^D Right Right Move right one character on the line if possible
- ^A SH-Left SH-Left Move left one word on the line if possible
- ^F SH-Right SH-Right Move right one word on the line if possible
- ^Q Home Home Move to start of line
- ^I = Tab,End Tab,End Move to end of line
- ^W Up Up Move to previous line in message if available *
- ^Z Down Down Move to next line in message if available *
- ^H = BackSp. BackSp. Delete character behind cursor **
- (127) = Del Del Delete character under cursor
- ^Y Erase to end of line
- ^X,^C Erase entire line
-
- * These are normally line-history-retrieval commands.
- ** Using backspace at the start of a line moves to the end of the previous
- line, and if that line was the end of a paragraph, deletes the paragraph
- break.
-
-
- When you are finished entering text, or you want to do something like
- listing the message, you can either hit return on a blank line, or use
- ESC-ESC if that would be inconvenient (ie. editing the middle of a
- paragraph). That will take you to the Edit Menu (where you should be right
- now), which has its own help text and therefore won't be discussed here.
- However, I will note that using I)nsert Text to move the cursor to a
- certain line may put you on the line before it if that line wraps. It
- makes sense if you think about it.
-
- Use "<space><return>" if you want to enter an actual blank line into
- your message.
-
- About entering text in the middle of the message: If you have moved the
- cursor into the middle of your message, remember that you are _inserting_
- the text, not overwriting. So you can add a paragraph to the middle of
- a message or text to the middle of a paragraph.
-
- Finally, you might note that the line number is followed by either a ":" or
- a ">". If it's followed by a ">", this is the start of a new paragraph
- (ie. you hit return on the last line), and if it's a ":", then this is a
- continuation of the previous line. Simple, huh?
-
- Note that if you are logged off for some reason, the message will be saved
- with a note to that effect at the bottom.
-