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- - DOSEDIT.DOC - 4/12/84 -
-
- DOSEDIT is a simple editor for DOS commands. It can be used with DOS
- 1.1 and DOS 2.x. DOSEDIT uses a special set of the keys on the IBM PC
- keyboard to allow you to edit the DOS command you are entering or one
- of the previous commands that you have entered. It keeps a command
- stack of the last 256 characters of commands that you have entered and
- you can scroll back and forth through this stack. It also allows you
- to edit the current command being displayed. NOTE: 1 or 2 character
- commands are not saved.
-
- UP arrow Scrolls backward through the command stack.
- DOWN arrow Scrolls forward through the command stack.
- ESC Clears the command line.
- LEFT arrow Moves the cursor left one position.
- RIGHT arrow Moves the cursor right one position.
- HOME Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
- END Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
- INS Toggles the insert function.
- DEL Deletes the character under the cursor.
- CTRL-left arrow Moves the cursor left a word at a time.
- CTRL-right arrow Moves the cursor right a word at a time.
- CTRL-HOME Erases from the beginning of the line to the cursor.
- CTRL-END Erases from the cursor to the end of the line.
- CTRL-PGUP Erases the command stack.
- CTRL-PGDN Erases the displayed entry from the command stack.
- BACKSPACE Remains unchanged.
- CTRL-Z Puts in an End-of-File (1AH - replaces the F6 key).
-
- The function keys F1-F6 no longer have assigned functions.
-
- Tutorial:
-
- After power on, or <Alt><Ctrl><Del>, from the DOS prompt, enter
- DOSEDIT (One time). No message will be returned, only the DOS prompt.
- To experiment with DOSEDIT, from the DOS prompt enter:
-
- A> ECHO ONE
- A> ECHO TWO
- A> ECHO THREE
-
- Now use the up arrow key to see the last command (ECHO THREE). Again
- use the up arrow key to see the preceding command (ECHO TWO). Now
- press enter to execute that command. Then press the down arrow key to
- see the following command (ECHO THREE). Press either the up or down
- arrow key several times to see how the commands wrap around. Use the
- Esc key to clear the command line. Enter new commands and use the
- control keys defined above to become familiar with all the functions.
-
- This program was found on the San Jose IBM Employee PC Club Bulletin
- Board. This documentation was written by Brad Kidder, San Jose.
- As a programmer, I have found this program to be one of the most
- valuable programs that I have in my library.
- er, San Jose.
- As a programmer, I have