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- TED (ver 1.2) 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.
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- Format: TED [filespec]
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Pressing F8 deletes to the end of a line; F9
- deletes the entire line. F10 restores the
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- 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.
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- 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.
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