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BASIC COMMANDS TEXT REGISTER COMMANDS A Append text from input file RA Auto-execute text register B Go to beginning of text RC Copy text to text register C Change edit position RD Dump register D Delete characters RE Empty text register F Find string RF Select file using Point&Shoot G Get (copy) text within file RG Get (insert) register H Help RI Insert into text register I Insert text RJ Jump to macro register K Kill text RL Load register from disk L Line change RM Match register/edit buffer M Macro execution RP Print text register N Next string (search) RPOP Pop text registers S Search and Replace RPUSH Push text registers T Type text RPROT Write-protect registers U Display unused/used memory RQ Query for input line V Enter Visual mode RR Register to register copy W Write text to output file RS Save register to disk Z Go to end of text RT Type (display) register RU Display size of registers R* Comment line RX Load and execute register Type letter(s) for desired command or <Enter> for next screen: EXTENDED COMMANDS EA Save file and edit again EU Change drive/directory EB Edit new file (with backup) EV VEDIT version number EC Change disks EW Open write (output) file ED Display disk directory EX Finish edit session, exit EE Enter edit buffer EY Finish edit session, remain EF Finish (close file) EZ Quit edit session, remain EG Insert (get) text file EH Query extra help file JUMP COMMANDS EI Insert special character JL Exit loop EJ Set (jump) edit pointer JM Exit macro (return) EK Erase (kill) file JN Start next iteration EL Display enumerated lines JO Abort to Command Mode prompt EM Match text at edit pointer JP Jump to specified label EN Need room, squeeze buffer EO Set/Display edit options PRINT COMMANDS EP Set/display edit parameters PE Eject page EQ Quit edit session, leave PF Flush print job (network) ER Open read (input) file PP Set/display print parameters ES Set/display edit switches PR Print text ET Set/display tab positions Type letter(s) for desired command or <Enter> for next screen: MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS YA Alert - sound tone YUD Undo (insert) last deletion YB Write block to disk YUE Undo last edit operation YC Set block-column override YUR Reset Undo stacks YD Dump ASCII char to console YV Execute Visual Mode functions YF Format paragraph YZ Delay YG Search matching parentheses YI Insert (reroute) console text OPERATING SYSTEM COMMANDS YKL Load keyboard layout from disk OC Execute DOS command/program YKS Save keyboard layout to disk OD Display date YML Set left margin OH Harware access commands YMR Set right margin OS Shell (enter) DOS YMS Set (Visual) scroll amount OT Display time YOD Route console text to DOS YOF Route console text to file YP Route console text to printer YR Route console text to T-Reg. YS Strip high bits from text YT Type text string Type letter(s) for desired command or <Enter> for next screen: WINDOW COMMANDS YEA Set window attribute(s) YWA Attach window to edit buffer YEB Type blanks (spaces) YWB Create window at bottom YEC Clear window YWD Delete a window YEH Position cursor horizontally YWI Initialize/remove windows YEL Erase end-of-line in window YWL Create window at left YEM Change screen size (mode) YWR Create window at right YEN Type new-lines (blank lines) YWS Switch to another window YES Erase end-of-screen in window YWT Create window at top YET Tab-out to specified column YWZ Zoom current window YEV Position cursor vertically Type letter(s) for desired command or <Enter> for next screen: NUMERIC REGISTER COMMANDS XA Add to numeric register XBB Set/clear block-begin marker XBE Set/clear block-end marker XF Read function key XI Insert numeric value into text XK Read any key XM Set/clear a text marker XPOP Pop numeric registers XPUSH Push numeric registers XQ Query and input numeric value XS Set numeric register XT Type numeric register Type letter(s) for desired command or <Enter> for next screen: HELP IS AVAILABLE ON THESE TOPICS: Command Modifiers: _ Global file operations @ Explicit text delimiter, block-column modifier : Suppress error message, suppress <CR><LF> $ and \ Override search mode [ENTER CTRL] (<CTRL-Q>) Enter Control characters. [CANCEL] (<CTRL-C>) Cancel operation / macro. . Internal Values ; Shorthand for ".erJL" " ASCII constant specifier ^ Control character specifier Type character(s) for Topic or <Enter> for next screen: GENERAL INFORMATION KEYBOARD CONTROL GENERIC/INDIRECT <CTRL-Q> Literal Character | Search pattern code <CTRL-C> BREAK out |R Variable filename specifier #x Num. reg. 'x' has buffer name <ESC> Terminate string/command #x Num. reg. 'x' has window name ESC ESC Begin processing commands <CR> Begin processing commands COMMAND MODIFIERS NUMERIC SPECIFIERS _ Global file operations # Maximum number 8,388,607 @ Explicit text delimiter " ASCII constant specifier : Suppress error message ^ Control character specifier : Suppress <CR><LF> Q Numeric register - Backwards, opp., diminished . Internal read-only values + Augmented command (e.g. +RL) HELP AIDS MISCELLANEOUS ?? Display last executed commands ; Shorthand for ".erJL" ? Enter trace mode , Separates second parameter ! Label/comment delimiter Press <Enter> to continue: GENERAL INFORMATION NUMERIC OPERATORS LOGICAL OPERATORS + Addition & AND - Subtraction | ^ OR * Multiplication ~ NOT / Division % Remainder of division & Bitwise AND ^ Bitwise OR ' Bitwise complement RELATIONAL OPERATORS OPERATOR PRECEDENCE = == Equal to ' Complement <> Not equal to * / % Mult., Div., Remainder < Less than + - Addition, subtraction <= Less than or equal to < > = etc. Relationals > Greater than ~ NOT >= Greater than or equal to & AND (Bitwise & Logical) ^ | OR (Bitwise & Logical) Press <Enter> to return to Command Mode: \A\ \W\ nA Append 'n' lines from the input file to the edit buffer. 0A Append lines until edit buffer is nearly full. -nA Read back 'n' lines from the output file. -0A Read back lines until the edit buffer is nearly full. nW Write 'n' lines to the disk from the beginning of the edit buffer and delete them from the buffer. 0W Write out the edit buffer up to the current line. -nW Write last 'n' lines in the edit buffer to the ".$R$" file. This makes more memory space free. -0W Write the current line and the rest of the edit buffer to the ".$R$" file. \B\ \Z\ B Move to the beginning of the edit buffer or file, depending upon the "global file" option (ES 10). :B Move to the beginning of the edit buffer. _B Move to the beginning of the file. Z Move past the last character in the edit buffer or file, depending upon the "global file" option. :Z Move past the last character in the edit buffer. _Z Move past the last character in the file. \C\ \L\ mC Move the edit pointer by 'm' characters. m_C Move the edit pointer, performing file buffering if necessary. mL Move the edit pointer by 'm' lines and leave at the beginning of that line. m_L Move, performing file buffering if needed. 0L Move to the beginning of the current line. m:L Suppresses the error message and command abort in case the command attempts to go past the beginning or end of the text. However the current iteration loop is still terminated and the ".er" error flag is set. \D\ \K\ mD Delete 'm' characters, starting at the edit pointer. m_D Delete 'm' characters, performing file buffering if necessary. p,qD Delete the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q'. The edit pointer is moved to the character following the deleted text. p,q@D Delete a columnar block of text. If "YC" is not set, file positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. If "YC" is set, 'p' and 'q' define the outer limits and "YC" defines the columns of the block. 0,1D Delete the first character in the file. The edit pointer also moves to the beginning of the file. mK Kill 'm' lines of text. m_K Kill 'm' lines, performing file buffering if necessary. 0K Delete characters from beginning of line up to edit position. 0KK Kill (delete) the current line. p,qK Equivalent to "p,qD". \E\ E First letter of extended two letter commands. \F\ nF/string/ Search forwards for the 'n'th occurrence of 'string' and position the edit pointer after it. nF(string) Alternate command form using the special delimiters "(" and ")". nFstring<ESC> Command form when explicit delimiters are globally disabled. n@F/string/ Alternate command form using explicit delimiters, when they are globally disabled. p,qF/string/ Restrict the search within the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q'. p,q@F/string/ Restrict the search within a columnar block of text. File positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. Note that explicit delimiters must be used. F// Search again for the previously used 'string'. (Explicit delimiters must be enabled or use "@F//".) F<ESC><ESC> Search again for the previously used 'string'. -nF/string/ Perform the search in the reverse direction. The edit pointer is positioned at the beginning of 'string'. n:F/string/ Suppresses the error message and command abort in case 'string' is not found. However the current iteration loop is still terminated and the ".er" and ".es" error flags are set. m_F/string/ Search for the 'm'th occurrence of 'string', performing file buffering if necessary. The "_" is only needed when the "global file" option is not set. (If file buffering is performed and there are no more occurrences of 'string', the edit pointer is left at beginning of the buffer for forward searches and at the end of the buffer for reverse searches). \G\ p,qG Copy (get) the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q' to the edit pointer. 'p' and 'q' must be in memory. p,q@G Copy a columnar block of text to the edit pointer. If "YC" is not set, file positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. If "YC" is set, 'p' and 'q' define the outer text limits and "YC" defines the columns of the columnar block. \H\ \EH\ H On-line help for Command Mode commands using the help file "VPHELP.HLP". H text <term> Immediately search help file for "\text\" and display the associated help message. EH <term> On-line help for Command Mode topics using the help file "VPEHELP.HLP". EH text <term> Immediately search help file for "\text\" and display the associated help message. \I\ I/text/ Insert 'text' into the edit buffer and advance the edit pointer past 'text'. Itext<ESC> Command form when explicit delimiters are globally disabled. @I/text/ Alternate command form using use explicit delimiters when they are globally disabled. nI/text/ Insert 'n' copies of 'text' into the edit buffer. -I/text/ Overwrite existing characters with 'text'. \M\ M(r) Execute text register 'r' as a command macro. When finished, continue processing the commands following "M(r)". See also "RJ(r)" and "RX(r)". \N\ mN/string/ Search for the 'm'th occurrence of 'string' and position the edit pointer after it. If 'm' is negative search backwards. NOTE: "N" is the same as "`osF`os", except it does does not use or alter the current search string. Therefore, 'string' must be specified each time; "N//" is INVALID. "N" is intended for use inside macros which perform searching, but should not alter the [FIND] and [REPLACE] strings. \O\ O First letter of two letter DOS commands. \P\ P First letter of two letter printing commands. \Q\ Qx Access the value in numeric register 'x'. Not a command! Q(x) Equivalent. \R\ R First letter of two letter text register commands. \S\ nS/ss/text/ Search for the next occurrence of 'ss', and if found, replace it with 'text'; perform 'n' times. #S/ss/text/ Search for all occurrences of 'ss' and replace with 'text'. p,qS/ss/text/ Restrict the replacement within the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q'. p,q@S/ss/text/ Restrict the replacement within a columnar block of text. File positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. Note that explicit delimiters must be used. nSss<ESC>text<ESC> Command form when explicit delimiters are not used. n_:S/ss/text/ Replace the next 'n' occurrences of 'ss' with 'text', performing file buffering if needed. Suppress error message in case 'ss' is not found 'n' times. \T\ mT Type (display) 'm' lines of text. m_T Type lines, performing file buffering if needed. The edit pointer position is restored following file buffering. p,qT Type the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q'. The edit pointer is moved to file position 'p'. p,q@T Type a columnar block of text. If "YC" is not set, file positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. If "YC" is set, 'p' and 'q' define the outer limits and "YC" defines the columns of the block. \U\ \RU\ U Display # of free bytes in current edit buffer; # bytes used in the edit buffer; total # bytes in all text registers which are not edit buffers. Also displays name of the current edit buffer (except for the main '@' edit buffer). RU After displaying memory usage as in the 'U' command, display the size of each text register. Astericks "*" indicate edit buffers. \V\ V Enter Visual Mode - sets cursor position from current edit pointer. -V Perform only an update of the Visual Mode window. Remains in Command Mode. Primarily used inside macros which need to update a Visual Mode window. The Visual Mode window(s) update automatically while waiting for keyboard characters. \EA\ EA Save the file being edited on disk and allow further editing to continue. Maintains edit position and text markers. :EA Save file, but suppress "Saving..." message. -EA Save file, but leave edit pointer at the beginning of file. Maintains text markers. +EA file Save the current file under the new name 'file' and allow further editing under this new filename. \EB\ EB file <term> Begin editing the file 'file'. If the file does not exist "NEW FILE" is displayed. EB file1 file2 Open 'file1' for reading and 'file2' for writing; read 'file1' into memory. EB <term> Display the current input and output filenames. \EC\ EC Allow user to change disks. Used for write error recovery, or to edit files on other disks. \ED\ ED fspec Display disk directory. Optional drive, path, and wildcard characters "?" and "*" may be specified. nED fspec Display the filenames in 'n' columns instead of 4. -ED fspec Display the filenames in one column and omit the header line. Also omits extra spaces in filenames. -0ED fspec Same as "-ED" except it also omits subdirectory names and other files with attributes. :ED fspec Test for existence of the file 'fspec'. Report result in ".rv": 0 = file doesn't exist; 1 = file exists, n = number of files matched by the wildcard specification. 0:ED fspec Same as ":ED" except it omits subdirectory names and other files with attributes. Note: ".rv" is set by all forms of the "ED" command. YI -ED -YI Insert the disk directory into the edit buffer, one file per line. \EE\ EE(r) Switch to begin editing in buffer 'r', converting text register 'r' into an edit buffer if not one already. EE(#x) Switch to the buffer specified by the ASCII value contained in numeric register 'x'. -EE(r) Do not perform file buffering on current edit buffer before switch to edit buffer 'r'. (See also "EN"). :EE(r) Suppress normally displayed message. \EF\ EF Close the current output file WITHOUT writing additional text. The input file and edit buffer are unaffected. Primarily used after a "W" command. USE WITH CAUTION! INCORRECT USE WILL RESULT IN DELETED FILES! EFY Skip the confirmation prompt. \EG\ \EL\ EG file[line range] Insert the specified line range of 'file' into the edit buffer and advance the edit pointer. If no line range is specified, the entire file is inserted. EL file[line range] Display with line numbers the specified line range of 'file'. If no line range is specified, the entire file is displayed. \EI\ nEI Insert the character with decimal value 'n' into the edit buffer and advance the edit pointer. The value "26" <CTRL-Z> is not allowed. Values of 128 to 255 are allowed. -nEI Overwrite the existing character at the edit pointer; advance the edit pointer. Gives error if at end-of-file. \EJ\ nEJ Jump the edit pointer to the 'n'th position in the file. Range is 0 - 8,388,607. "0EJ" jumps to the beginning of the file. \EK\ EK fspec Erase (kill) the file(s) specified by 'fspec' from the disk. This frees more space on the disk. Optional drive, path, and wildcard characters "?" and "*". Requires confirmation after displaying filenames about to be erased. -EK fspec Erase the specified files, skipping the directory display and confirmation prompt. :EK fspec Suppress error is the file(s) is not found. -:EK fspec Erase the specified files, skipping confirmation and suppressing error if not found. Note: ".rv" is set to the number of files erased. \EM\ nEM/ss/ Compare the text at edit pointer with 'ss'; advance edit pointer if it matches. Must match 'n' times to be successful. 'ss' may contain patern matching codes. .rv .n .er (.es) ------------------------- 0 # 0 Match, '.n' = # edit chars matched 1 - 1 No match - 'ss' lexically less 2 - 1 No match - 'ss' lexically greater 3 - 1 No match - 'ss' contains pattern codes As with the "F" command, ".er" is not set when 'n' is "#" and at least one occurrence of 'ss' is matched. EM/|W/ Spans (skips over) white space. #EM/|A/ One way to move the edit pointer past the end of a word. See also: "RM". \EN\ nEN Free 'n' bytes of memory space in edit buffer, if possible. 0EN Make configured "Free memory after auto-read" free. EN Squeeze edit buffer down to configured "page" size. Note: Primarily for backwards compatibility with macros written for older versions of VEDIT PLUS. \EO\ EO <term> Display current values of all editing options. EO n<term> Store value of parameter 'n' in ".rv". EO n k Change the value of parameter 'n' to 'k' after saving the old value in ".rv". Affects all edit buffers. 1 Cursor type (0 - 4) 2 Cursor blink rate (10 - 255) 3 Cursor positioning mode (0 - 4) 4 Typewriter emulation mode (0 - 2) 5 Expand <TAB> key with spaces (0=NO 1=YES) 6 Auto-Cancel [FIND] and [REPLACE] (0=NO 1=YES) 7 Auto-Cancel Block Markers (0=NO 1=YES) 8 Insert Mode (Visual Mode) (0=NO 1=YES) 9 Block-Columnar Mode (Visual Mode) (0=NO 1=YES) 10 Keyboard Input processing (0 - 7) 11 Screen Output processing (0 - 3) 12 Delay for Command Mode scrolling (0 - 255) 13 Help level (0 - 1) 14 Mouse cursor (0=OFF 1=CORNER 2=CENTER) 15 Keyboard repeat rate (0=Off, 1 - 32) 16 Use V-SWAP when entering DOS (0=NO 1=YES) \EP\ EP <term> Display current values of all parameters. EP n<term> Store value of parameter 'n' in ".rv". EP n k Change the value of parameter 'n' to 'k' after saving the old value in ".rv". Affects all edit buffers. -EP n k Affects only the current edit buffer. :EP n k Affects only the current and subsequently created edit buffers. 1 User configured parameter (0 - 255) 2 Auto-Indent mode (0=NO 1=YES) 3 Indent increment (1 - 20) 4 Lower/upper case conversion (0=NO, Mode 1, 2 or 3) 5 Conditional conversion character (32 - 126) 6 Left margin (0 - 80) 7 Right margin (0=Off, 20 - 255) 8 End of line character (0 - 255) 9 Tab fill character (0 - 255) 10 Horizontal scroll margin (0=Off, 40 - 255) 11 Horizontal scroll increment (1 - 100) 12 File type (0=Binary 1=Text 2=EOF-Mark 3=Padding) 13 Normal End-Of-Line (0=CR+LF 1=LF) \EQ\ \EZ\ EQ Quit (abandon) the file in the current edit buffer. Any changes are lost. If there are any other edit buffers, switch to one of them; otherwise, return to DOS. Requests confirmation if the file has been altered. EQY Skip the confirmation prompt. @EQ Switch to main "@" edit buffer after quitting current buffer. -EQ Same as "EZ" - quit file, but stay in edit buffer. EQA Quit all edit buffers without saving changes. EQAY Skip the confirmation prompt. (BAD HABIT TO GET INTO!!) EZ Quit (abandon) the file in the current edit buffer. Any changes are lost. Stays in the current edit buffer. Requests confirmation if the file has been altered. EZY Skip the confirmation prompt. \ER\ \EW\ ER file Open the file 'file' for input (reading). ER <term> Display the input (read) filename. +ER <term> Display filename and include its drive and/or path. :ER <term> Display, but suppress "INPUT FILE:" header and final <CR><LF>. EW file Open the file 'file' for output (writing). Any existing file by that name will be renamed to have the file extension ".BAK" when the file is saved to disk. EW <term> Display the output (write) filename. +EW <term> Display filename and include its drive and/or path. :EW <term> Display, but suppress "OUTPUT FILE:" header and final <CR><LF>. \ES\ ES <term> Display current values of all switches. ES n<term> Store value of switch 'n' in ".rv". ES n k Change the value of switch 'n' to 'k' after saving the old value in ".rv". Affects all edit buffers. 1 Enable auto-buffering (0=NO 1=FWD 2=FWD & BACK) 2 Retab during block-column insert (0=NO 1=YES) 3 Trim spaces after block-column insert (0=NO 1=YES) 4 Advance cursor past block insert (0=NO 1=YES) 5 Equate UC/LC when searching (0=NO 1=YES) 6 Regular expression search mode (0=NO 1=YES) 7 Undo in Command Mode (0=NO 1=COMMAND 2=MACROS) 8 Suppress error handling (0=NO 1=PARTIAL 2=FULLY) 9 Explicit string delimiters (0=NO 1=YES) 10 Enable global file operations (0=NO 1=YES) 11 Justify paragraphs (0=NO 1=YES 2=UNJUSTIFY) 10 Enable backup files (0=NO 1=YES) \ET\ ET n1,n2,n3 ... Set new tab positions. ET is followed by up to 33 decimal numbers specifying the tab positions. Affects all edit buffers. -ET n1,n2 ... Affects only the current edit buffer. :ET n1,n2 ... Affects only the current and subsequently created edit buffers. ET n When ET is followed by just one 'n', tabs are set to every 'n' positions. ET Display current tab positions. \EU\ EU d:subd Change to drive 'd' and/or subdirectory 'subd'. EU <term> Display current drive/subdirectory. :EU <term> Display, but suppress header and final <CR><LF>. \EV\ EV Display the VEDIT version number. \EX\ \EY\ EX Exit edit buffer after saving entire file being edited on disk. If there are any other edit buffers, switch to one of them; otherwise, return to DOS. @EX Same as "EX", but always switches to the main edit buffer "@". :EX Suppress normally displayed message. -EX Same as "EY" - save file, but stay in edit buffer. EXA Exit all edit buffers, saving edit changes for all output files that are open. EY Save the entire file being edited on disk and remain in the current edit buffer. You can edit another file with the "EB" command. :EY Suppress normally displayed message. Note: Only altered files are rewritten to disk. \J\ \JL\ \JM\ \JN\ \JO\ \JP\ Jump Commands: cJL If 'c' is TRUE, exit the current REPEAT-UNTIL loop. cJM If 'c' is TRUE, exit the currently executing macro. cJN If 'c' is TRUE, start next iteration of current loop. cJO If 'c' is TRUE, abort any macro and return to the Command Mode prompt or to an "auto-executing" macro. (See "RA" command). +JO Abort any macro and return to Visual Mode unless there is an "auto-executing" macro. cJP/label/ If 'c' is TRUE, jump to !label!. cJPlabel<ESC> Alternate form when explicit delimiters are not enabled. Note: If no 'c' is specified, the Jump is taken unconditionally. \OC\ \OS\ OCcommand<term> Execute the specified DOS command or program. Returns to VEDIT after command/program is done. If V-SWAP is installed in memory and {CONFIG, File Handling, Use V-SWAP when entering DOS} is set, VEDIT will be swapped out of memory. ".rc" will be set to the return code (errorlevel) from the DOS program. OC|Rr<term> Execute the DOS command in text register 'r'. -OCcommand Suppress the "Press any key to continue" prompt upon returning to VEDIT. @OC/command/ "@" modifier MUST be present to use explicit delimiters. OS Temporarily enter DOS. Return to VEDIT with the DOS command "EXIT". @OS/prompt/ Enter DOS using the specified DOS prompt. @OS/$p$g$g/ Example. -OS Enter DOS using the existing DOS prompt. Note: Don't use the command "DOS" to enter DOS, the "D" deletes a character. \OD\ \OT\ OD Display the current system date. :OD Suppress the final <CR><LF>. YI OD -YI Insert the date into the text. OT Display the current system time. :OT Suppress the final <CR><LF>. +OT Display system time with 1/18 second resolution. \OH\ Note: these hardware access commands require a preceding "+" as a safety precaution. +nOHI Input a 16 bit Word from I/O port 'n'. The value is placed in the internal value ".rv". +n@OHI Input an 8 bit Byte from I/O port 'n'. The value is placed in ".rv". +n,kOHO Output the 16 bit value 'k' to I/O port 'n'. +n,k@OHO Output the 8 bit value 'k' to I/O port 'n'. +n,kOHR Read a 16 bit Word from memory location "n:k", e.g. 'n' is the segment and 'k' is the segment address. The value is placed in ".rv". +n,k@OHR Read an 8 bit Byte from memory location "n:k". The value is placed in ".rv". ...more... +n,kOHS Set the 16 bit memory location "n:k" from the contents of numeric register 20. +n,k@OHS Set the 8 bit memory location "n:k" from the contents of numeric register 20. +n,kOHC Performs a "CALL" to memory location "n:k". +nOHV Performs an "INT" to interrupt vector 'n'. OHC and OHV use numeric registers 20 thru 29 for passing the register values: AX = Q20 SI = Q24 DS = Q27 BX = Q21 DI = Q25 ES = Q28 CX = Q22 BP = Q26 Flags = Q29 DX = Q23 \PE\ PE Page eject - advance printer to next page. Uses Form-Feed character if selected by "PP 6 1". -PE Reset only the internal line counter used for printing. This command may be needed after a user performs a manual form-feed on the printer. PF Flush print job on network. Performs a page eject and forces text to print on a network printer. \PP\ PP <term> Display current values of all print parameters. PP n<term> Store value of parameter 'n' in ".rv". PP n k Change the value of parameter 'n' to 'k' after saving the old value in ".rv". 1 Paper length (lines) (5 - 100) 2 Top margin (0 - 60) 3 Bottom margin (0 - 60) 4 Left margin (0 - 80) 5 Line spacing (1 - 4) 6 Enable Form-Feed (0=NO 1=YES) 7 Printer (0=PRN 1=LPT1... 4=COM1) \PR\ mPR Print the specified 'm' lines of text. Tabs are expanded to spaces. Other control characters are sent verbatim to the printer - without expansion. m_PR Print lines, performing file buffering if needed. Edit pointer position is restored following file buffering. p,qPR Print the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q'. Moves the edit pointer to file position 'p'. YP mT Similar to "mPR", but control characters are expanded, e.g.<CTRL-L> is printed as ^L. \R*\ R* Treat following text on line as a comment. \RA\ +RA(r) Auto-execute text register 'r' in place of the "COMMAND:" prompt. 'r' cannot be "0". RA <term> Disable auto-execution. Or use "RA0" or "RA(0)". \RC\ mRC(r) Copy 'm' lines from the edit buffer into text register 'r'. mRC(+r) Append 'm' lines to any existing contents in register 'r'. mRC(-r) Insert 'm' lines at the beginning of register 'r'. p,qRC(r) Copy the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q' into register 'r'. Moves the edit pointer to file position 'p'. mRCr Alternate form not using the optional "(" and ")". p,q@RC(r) Copy the columnar block of text into register 'r'. If "YC" is not set, file positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. If "YC" is set, 'p' and 'q' define the outer text limits and "YC" defines the columns of the columnar block. n@RC(r) When "YC" is set, equivalent to "p,q@RC" where the edit pointer defines 'p' and the beginning of the following 'n'th line defines 'q'. When "YC" is not set, the edit pointer defines the left column. All text on the following 'n' lines, beginning with the left column is copied to the register. The right edge of the copy is ragged (no padding). -n@RC(r) Equivalent to "p,q@RC" where the edit pointer defines 'q' and the beginning of the previous 'n'th line defines \RD\ \RT\ RD(r) Dump the contents of text register 'r' to the console. Control characters are not expanded. YO RD(r) Dump the contents of text register 'r' directly to DOS. (Might be used to program function keys using ANSI escape sequences.) YP RD(r) Dump the contents of text register 'r' directly to the printer. (Might be used to set up printer fonts.) RT(r) Type (display) contents of register 'r'. Control characters are expanded. An embedded <CTRL-S> "stop character" causes a pause - press any key to continue. p,qRT(r) Types the block of characters between positions 'p' and 'q' in text register 'r'. Permits performing substring operations with text registers; using text registers as fixed length string arrays and much more. Can be used in conjunction with the "YI" command to insert a substring of a text register. \RE\ RE(r) Empty text register 'r'. +RE(r) Empty text register 'r', even if it is currently executing as a macro. \RF\ RF(r) filespec Selects a filename using Point & Shoot. 'filespec' is the initial "filter". When selected, the complete drive, directory and filename is placed into register 'r'. \RG\ RG(r) Get (insert) contents of register 'r' into the edit buffer. Advances edit pointer only if "ES 4 1" is set. @RG(r) Perform columnar block insertion of register 'r'. No justification is performed on the right edge if 'r' contains ragged lines. \RI\ RI(r)/text/ Insert 'text' into text register 'r'. RI(r)text<ESC> Alternate form when explicit delimiters are not used. RI(+r)/text/ Append 'text' to any existing contents of register 'r'. RI(-r)/text/ Insert 'text' at the beginning of register 'r'. \RJ\ RJ(r) Jump to macro register 'r' without "returning" to the current macro after 'r' is done executing. Don't follow "RJ" with other commands - they won't be executed. \RL\ \RS\ RL(r) file Load text register 'r' from file 'file'. RL(+r) file Append 'file' to any existing contents of register 'r'. +RL(r) file Perform extended search for 'file'. RS(r) file Save contents of register 'r' in file 'file'. -RS(r) file Skip confirmation prompt when 'file' already exists. \RM\ RM(r) Compare contents of text register 'r' with text at edit pointer. Move the edit pointers over as many characters as matched. Return # characters matched in ".n" and the match result in ".rv": {0,1,2} for {=,<,>}. This is a character by character comparison. "ES 5" controls whether upper/lower case letters are equated. _RM(r) Perform file buffering, if necessary, to complete match. Often used when 'r' is also an edit buffer. See also: "EM". \RP\ RP(r) Print contents of register 'r'. Tab characters are expanded to spaces, other control characters are sent verbatim. NOTE: The "(" and ")" are required to prevent confusion with the "RPOP" and "RPUSH" commands. YP RD(r) Print contents of register 'r'. No character are expanded - all characters are sent verbatim. (Might be used to setup printer fonts.) YP RT(r) Similar to "RP(r)", but control characters are expanded, e.g. <CTRL-L> is printed as ^L. \RPOP\ \RPUSH\ \RPROT\ RPUSH(r,s) Push (save) text registers 'r' through 's' onto the text register stack and erase (clear) the registers. This first-in last-out stack has a maximum depth of 100. Allows use of "local registers" which do not affect use of the same text registers in other parts of a macro. RPOP(r,s) Pop (restore) text registers 'r' through 's' from the register stack. User must ensure that registers are pushed and popped in the correct order. nRPROT(r,s) Set write-protection of registers 'r' through 's' to 'n'. 0 - write protection off. 1 - Visual Mode cannot alter registers (nor keystroke macros). Registers can be altered from command macros. 2 - Registers cannot be altered, loaded or emptied. \RQ\ RQ(r)/text/ Query for user input with 'text'. Get keyboard input line including terminating <CR><LF> or <ESC><ESC> and save in text register 'r'. +RQ(r)/text/ As above, but prompt on status line. RQ(+r)/text/ Append input line to any contents of register 'r'. RQ(-r)/text/ Insert input line at beginning of register 'r'. :RQ(r)/text/ Get keyboard input line without the <CR><LF> or <ESC><ESC>. RQrtext<ESC> Alternate form when explicit delimiters are not used AND optional "(" and ")" are not used. (Difficult to read!) \RR\ RR(r,s) Copy the contents of text register 'r' to text register 's'. The "(" and ")" are optional, but greatly improve the readability of the command. RR(r,+s) Append the contents of register 'r' to the end of register 's'. RR(r,-s) Insert the contents of register 'r' at the beginning of register 's'. RR(#x,#y) Copy from the text register specified by the ASCII value in numeric register 'x' to the text register specified by the ASCII value in numeric register 'y'. \RX\ RX(r) file Load 'file' into text register 'r' and execute register 'r' as a command macro. Perform extended search for 'file'. Equivalent to "+RL(r) file M(r)". \XA\ \XS\ nXA(x) Add 'n' to numeric register 'x'. -nXA(x) Subtract 'n' from numeric register 'x'. nXS(x) Set numeric register 'x' to 'n'. Q4XA(7) Add value in numeric register "4" to register "7". NOTE: 'n' may be any numeric expression. Numeric range is -8,388,608 to 8,388,607 \XB\ \XBB\ \XBE\ \XM\ nXBB Set the block-begin marker at position 'n' in the file. (This corresponds to the "1-END" message in Visual Mode.) .pXBB Set the block-begin marker at the current edit position. -XBB Clear the block-begin and block-end markers. nXBE Set the block-end marker at position 'n' in the file. (If the block-begin marker has not yet been set, XBE sets the block-begin marker instead.) -XBE Clear the block-end marker. (Any negative value clears marker.) nXM(m) Set text marker 'm' to position 'n' in the file. -XM(m) Clear text marker 'm'. \XF\ \XK\ XF(x)/text/ Prompt for user input with 'text'. Read and store decoded value of next function key in numeric register 'x'. +XF(x)/text/ As above, but prompt on status line. :XF(x)/text/ Allow [CANCEL] (<CTRL-C>) as valid function key. Otherwise pressing [CANCEL] stops any command macro. XK(x)/text/ Prompt for user input with 'text'. Store value of next keyboard character in numeric register 'x'. +XK(x)/text/ As above, but prompt on status line. XKxtext<ESC> Alternate form when explicit delimiters are not used AND optional "(" and ")" are not used. (Difficult to read!) :XK(x)/text/ Allow [CANCEL] (<CTRL-C>) as valid input character. Otherwise pressing [CANCEL] stops any command macro. \XP\ \XPOP\ \XPUSH\ XPUSH(x,y) Push (save) numeric registers 'x' through 'y' onto the numeric register stack; the registers are not changed. This first-in last-out stack has a maximum depth of 100. Allows use of "local variables" which do not affect use of the same numeric registers in other parts of a macro. XPOP(x,y) Pop (restore) numeric registers 'x' through 'y' from the register stack. User must ensure that registers are pushed and popped in the correct order. \XQ\ XQ(x)/text/ Query for user input with 'text'. Store input number or expression in numeric register 'x'. Input ends in <Enter>. Invalid expression is evaluated as "0". +XQ(x)/text/ As above, but prompt on status line. XQxtext<ESC> Alternate form when explicit delimiters are not used AND optional "(" and ")" are not used. (Difficult to read!) \XT\ \XI\ XT(x) Type numeric register 'x' in decimal followed by <CR><LF>. Numbers in the range 0 < n < 65535 are right justified in field of 5 columns. Numbers in the range 65536 < n < 8,388607 use field of 7 columns. Negative numbers use fields one column larger (6 or 8). -XT(x) Number is displayed left justified. :XT(x) Suppress the <CR><LF> following the number. XI(x) Insert the ASCII value of numeric register 'x' into the text at the edit pointer. (Same as "YI XT(x) -YI".) \YA\ YA Alert - sound a tone by sending a <CTRL-G> to DOS. n,kYA Create a sound (tone) of frequency 'n' hertz and duration 'k' milliseconds. \YB\ p,qYB file Write the block of text between file positions 'p' and 'q' to the file 'file'. The edit pointer is moved to file position 'p'. Requires confirmation if the file already exists. -p,qYB file Skip confirmation prompt when 'file' already exists. p,q@YB file Write a columnar block of text. If "YC" is not set, file positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. If "YC" is set, 'p' and 'q' define the outer limits and "YC" defines the columns of the block. \YC\ n,kYC Set column override to columns 'n' and 'k' for the "@D", "@F", "@G", "@K", "@S", "@T", "@RC" and "@YB" commands. If "YC" is not set, then in a command such as "p,q@RC", file positions 'p' and 'q' define the "corners" of the columnar block. If "YC" is set, 'p' and 'q' define the outer limits and "YC" defines the columns of the block. 7,10YC B #[0,#@S/x/y/] This example changes all occurrences of "x" between columns 7 and 9 (inclusive) to "y". \YD\ nYD Dump the character with ASCII value 'n' to the console followed by <CR><LF>. n:YD Suppress the <CR><LF> following the character. .bnYD Display the name of the current edit buffer. ^mYD Send <CR><CR><LF> to the console. This is a convenient way of advancing to the next window line. ^m:YD Send <CR> to the console. This is a convenient way of backing up to the beginning of the current window line. \YEA\ nYEA Set window attribute to 'n'. (1 - 6 is color, 7 is white on black). n,kYEA Set window attribute to 'n' for text characters and to 'k' for characters used to erase window. Note: If you mess up the screen with the wrong attribute values, use 'YWI" to initialize the screen to the Configured values. On the IBM PC, an attribute of 0 (zero) results in "invisible" characters. \YEC\ \YEL\ \YES\ \YEH\ \YEV\ YEC Clear (erase) entire window; home cursor. YEL Erase from cursor to end-of-line in window. YES Erase from cursor to end-of-screen in window. nYEH Position cursor horizontally to window column 'n'. nYEV Position cursor vertically to window line 'n'. \YEB\ \YEN\ \YET\ nYEB Type 'n' blanks (spaces). nYEN Type 'n' newlines. Used to start a new line and type blank lines. nYET Tab-out by typing spaces to column 'n'. If already at or past column 'n', types two (2) spaces. \YEM\ nYEM Change screen mode to 'n' lines (removes windows). +YEM Toggle between 25 line and 43/50 line (EGA/VGA) modes. YEM Resets VEDIT to current screen mode. 43YEM Change to 43 line EGA mode or 50 line VGA mode. \YF\ nYF Format the current paragraph. The current left and right margins are used unless 'n' is specified as the temporary left margin. Justify if justification switch (ES 11 1) is set. After formatting, move the edit pointer to the beginning of the next paragraph. NOTE: If the right margin is not set, or the left-margin > right-margin, the command is ignored and no error given. \YG\ YG If the edit pointer is at one of the group delimiters "{} [] <> ()", find its matching pair; otherwise, search forwards for the next group delimiter. _YG Find (matching) group delimiter, performing file buffering if necessary. \YI\ \YO\ \YOD\ \YOF\ \YP\ \YR\ YI Re-route console output until the next command prompt into the edit buffer and advance the edit pointer. -YI Disable "YI", allowing output to go back to the console. YOD Re-route console output directly to DOS. This bypasses the normal screen/window handler and allows special characters (e.g. ANSI escape sequences) to be sent to DOS. -YOD Disable "YO". YOF file Re-route console output to the file 'file'. -YOF Disable "YOF". YP Re-route console output to the printer. -YP Disable "YP". YR(r) Re-route console output to text register 'r'. -YR Disable "YR". NOTE: The "YI", "YOD", "YOF", "YP" and "YR" commands can be nested, i.e. following "YP ... YI ... -YI" console output is re-routed to the printer. \YK\ \YKL\ \YKS\ YKS file Save current keyboard layout, including any keystroke macros, to the file 'file'. YKL file Load new keyboard layout from the file 'file'. +YKL file Perform extended search for the file. \YML\ \YMR\ \YMS\ nYML Set the left margin (indent position) to 'n'. (This is equivalent to "EP 6 n", but is easier to remember.) nYMR Set the right margin (word wrap column) to 'n'. (This is equivalent to "EP 7 n", but is easier to remember.) nYMS Sets the horizontal scroll amount used in Visual Mode to 'n'. However, Visual Mode will only use this value if the current cursor position can be properly displayed. Note: These margins only affect Visual Mode and the "YF" command. \YS\ mYS Strip the 8th bit from all characters in the specified 'm' lines. Primarily for converting WordStar files to ASCII files. m_YS Strip characters, performing file buffering if needed. Edit pointer position is restored following file buffering. p,qYS Strip the the block of characters between file positions 'p' and 'q'. Moves the edit pointer to file position 'p'. \YT\ YT/text/ Type 'text' on the console. 'text' may be multiple lines long. YTtext<ESC> Alternate form when explicit delimiters are not used. +YT/text/ Type 'text' on the status line. \YV\ YV/vm codes/ Execute the Visual Mode functions 'vm codes' from within Command Mode. 'vm codes' are two letter codes (listed on page 413) enclosed in "\ \". Normal displayable characters can also be included; they are not enclosed in "\ \". YV/\CD\\CD\/ Perform two [CURSOR DOWN] operations. YV/\ME\EC/ Center a line by selecting this function from the menu system. \YWA\ \YWB\ \YWD\ \YWI\ \YWL\ \YWR\ \YWS\ \YWT\ \YWZ\ YWA(w) Attach window 'w' to the current edit buffer. -YWA(w) Detach window 'w' from any edit buffer. YWD Delete current window. YWD(w) Delete window 'w'. YWI Initialize screen - delete all windows, reset attributes. YWS(w) Switch to window 'w'. YWS<term> Switch to window "@". YWS(#x) Switch to the window specified by numeric register 'x'. +YWS(w) Switch to window 'w', and if attached, make it the current edit buffer's "primary" window. (For multiple windows per file). YWS(?) Switch to the status line window. Allows displaying messages on the status line and is more flexible than using "+YT", "+XQ" and "+RQ". You must switch back when done! YWZ Zoom current window to full screen. YWB(w) n Create window 'w' of 'n' lines at bottom. YWL(w) n Create window 'w' of 'n' columns at left. YWR(w) n Create window 'w' of 'n' columns at right. YWT(w) n Create window 'w' of 'n' lines at top. +YWT(w) n Create window 'w' and attach it to the current window. Same for "YWB`os", "YWL" and "YWR". \YZ\ nYZ Delay for 'n' / 10 seconds. (Max = 25.5 seconds.) \[\ \ENTER CTRL]\ \[CANCEL]\ \<CTRL-Q>\ \<CTRL-C>\ <CTRL-Q> Is normally assigned to the [ENTER CTRL] function. [ENTER CTRL] The character, usually a control character, is taken literally and not interpreted. Allows searching and inserting of control characters including line editing characters and <CR>. <CTRL-C> Is normally assigned to the [CANCEL] function. [CANCEL] Abort or cancel key. Will stop an iteration macro or command macro before the next command is executed. \_\ _ Precedes commands to indicate a "global" operation in the entire file. It is only needed when the "global file" option (ES 10) is not enabled. "_F" and "_S" perform the search/replace to the end-of-file instead of just the end of the edit buffer. Precedes "B", "K", "L", "T", "Z", "EM", "PR", "RM", "YG", "YS" to indicate a global operation. "_EM" allows a match at the end of the edit buffer to continue. \@\ @ Precedes commands to indicate that explicit delimiters are being used. Only needed when the explicit delimiter option (ES 8) is not enabled. E.g. @F/string/ @I"string" @JP.label. Precedes "D", "G", "K", "T", "RC" and "RG" to select columnar block operations. \:\ : Precedes "F", "L", "N" or "S" to suppress error reporting. (See also switch ES 8). Precedes "ER", "EW", "XT", "YD" to suppress the following <CR><LF>. Precedes "EA", "EX", "EY" to suppress normal "SAVING..." message. Precedes "XF" and "XQ" to suppress [CANCEL] checking. Precedes "B" and "Z" to suppress global option. Precedes "RQ" to prevent <CR><LF> or <ESC><ESC> from being included in the input string being copied into the designated text register. \$\ \\\ "$" and "\" can precede "F", "N", "S" or "EM" to override the current search mode and select pattern matching or regular expressions, respectively. E.g: $F/|U|A/ Search for capitalized word with pattern matching. (Upper case letter followed by any letter.) \F/[A-Z][A-Za-z]/ Equivalent using regular expressions. \|\ \|R\ | "|" is the lead-in character for pattern matching codes usable with the "F", "N", "S" and "EM" commands. E.g. F/|D|D|D|D/ Search for a four (or more) digit number. On-line help for [FIND] lists all of the pattern matching codes. |Rr The form "|Rr" permits using the contents of text register 'r' as part of a string. The following example prompts for a filename and then opens the specified file for editing. :RQ(t)/Enter Filename:/ EB |Rt \;\ ; Shorthand for ".erJL". Used with "ES 8 2" following the "F", "S" and "L" commands. Does not clear the error flag ".er" as "JL" would do. \#\ \"\ \^\ # Represents maximum positive number 8,388,607. Signifies "forever" or "all occurrences of". " Converts the following character into its numeric ASCII value; e.g. "S has a value of 83. ^ Converts the following letter into the numeric ASCII value for the corresponding control character; e.g. ^C has a value of 3. \.\ INTERNAL VALUES .bb Block-begin marker's offset in file. (-1 = not set) .be Block-end marker's offset in file. (-1 = not set) .bn Name of current edit buffer (in ASCII) .bob Beginning-of-buffer flag for edit pointer (0 = No/False) .bof Beginning-of-file flag for edit pointer .bw Edit buffer's primary window (in ASCII) .bx Name of the "next" existing edit buffer (which is not executing) .c ASCII value of character at the edit pointer .cl Left column override set with YC. (0 = not set) .cm Column Mode in Visual Mode (same as EO 9) .cn Column number of character at the edit pointer .cr Right column override set with YC. (0 = not set) .ed Demo version flag. (0 = normal version) .eob End-of-buffer flag for edit pointer (0 = No/False) .eof End-of-file flag for edit pointer .er Error flag. Set by F, L, N, S and EM .es Search error flag. Set/reset by F, N, S, EM, RM .ev Editor version number (Version 3.11 has value 311) .ew Write error flag. Set/reset by last disk write operation Press <Enter> to continue: .fm Number of free memory bytes .fr Find/replace status: 0=Cancelled, 1=[FIND], 2=[REPLACE] .ic Value of configuration task 9.2 - "Look for Help and Macro files on current drive". .if Input file open flag. (0 = file not open) .im Insert Mode in Visual Mode (same as EO 8) .ip Index into pattern set - which item was matched .kc Wait for and get next keyboard char/function-code .kp(m) Previous 'm'th raw keystroke .ks Keyboard status. (1 = char ready) .ln Line number in the file of current character .lo Number of lines written to the output file .ma Mouse active flag. (0 = not active) .ml Left margin (Indent position) .mn Name of currently executing text register (in ASCII) .mr Right margin (word wrap column; same as EP 7) .ms Horizontal scroll amount in Visual Mode .m(m) Position of text marker 'm' in file. (-1 = not set) .n Number of characters matched by F, N, S, EM, RM Press <Enter> to continue: .oa Alter flag. (0 = output file has not been altered) .oe Explicit output file - EB or invoked with two filenames .of Output file open flag (0 = file not open) .os Operating system: 0 = CP/M, 1 = CP/M-86, 2 = MSDOS/PCDOS 3 = FlexOS 4 = XENIX .ov V-SWAP installed flag. (0 = not installed) .p Edit pointer's offset in file (0 = beginning of file) .ra Register set by "RA" to auto-execute (0 = none, ASCII #) .rc Return code from last DOS program run by OC/OS command .rm Absolute value of the remainder from last division .rp(r) "Protection" for register r. Set by RPROT command. .rt(r) "Type" for register r: (.rt(#x) also valid) 0 = unused, 1 = text register, 2 = edit buffer .rv Return value from F, S, ED, EK, EM, EO, EP, ES, PP, RM .sc Screen columns - total columns displayed on screen .sd Screen display type: 0 = CRT, 1 = MM, 2 = IBM Mono, 3 = IBM Color .si IBM PC display type: 0 = None, 1 = Mono, 2 = CGA, 4 = EGA, 5 = VGA .sl Screen lines - total lines displayed on screen .t Next tab position based on ".cn" .u(r) Number of bytes in register 'r'; (.u(#x) also valid) .v Numerical value of expression at edit pointer Press <Enter> to continue: .wa Attribute for displayed text in current window .wc Size of current window in columns .we Attribute for erased parts of current window .wl Size of current window in lines .wm Mode of current window (mask to 7 bits): 0 = Command Mode, n = Visual Mode for edit buffer 'n'; Bit 8 = window clear .wn Name of the current window (in ASCII) .ws(w) Status of window 'w': 0 = does not exist, 1 = exists, n = attached to edit buffer 'n' .wt Total number of windows on the screen .wx Horizontal ("x") cursor position in window .wy Vertical ("y") cursor position in window .wz Window zoomed flag: 0 = none, n = window 'n' is zoomed