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- *** Quick Reference Summary ***
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- Usage: tvx filename [-b -i -l -o=f -r -s -t -w -# {-z -c=f}]
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- -[no]b : backup file -[no]i : autoindent
- -[no]l : make command log file -t : tty mode
- -o=outputfile -r : read only
- -s : big save buff -[no]w : word processing mode
- -# : set virtual window lines to #
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- On MS-DOS versions:
- -[no]z : use control-z for end of file
- -c=configfile -c : use /bin/config.tvx
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- TVX Commands (n => count allowed)
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- nA Append lines to save buffer (previous contents retained)
- B Buffer beginning - move cursor to top of current buffer
- ^B File beginning - move cursor to beginning of file
- nC Change chars - delete n characters, enter insert mode
- nD Down line - move cursor to beginning of next nth line
- n^D Down column - move to same column in nth line down.
- E Buffer end - move cursor to end of current buffer
- n^E Insert repeat buffer n into current text for Editing
- nF Find pattern - terminated with Escape - wild cards possible
- ^F Find across buffs - searches across file buffers
- G Get save buffer - insert contents of save buffer into text
- ^G Unkill last line - get back the last single line killed
- nH Half page - move cursor down (+n) or up (-n) half screen
- nI Insert (till $) - If n supplied, then single char inserted
- J Jump back to line cursor was on before previous command
- nK Kill character - deletes starting at char cursor is over
- n^K Kill line - deletes n lines
- nL Left - move cursor n characters left
- M Memory status - show basic status
- nN Note current location, up to 9 different places remembered
- n^N Reset location - return cursor to location n
- nO Open blank line - new line in front of cursor
- ^O Operating system - allows operating system commands
- nP Page - move cursor up (-n) or down (+n) screenfuls
- ^P Print screen - only on PCs
- nR Right - move cursor right n characters
- ^R Restore edited buffer - Used with ^E command
- nS Save n consecutive lines in save buffer - deletes old contents
- nT Tidy (fill text) - uses margin set by :w
- ^T Abort session - edits are lost!
- nU Up - move cursor up n lines to line beginning
- n^U Up column - retains column
- V Verify - repaints the screen
- n^W Write buff, get next part of large file, -n writes to cursor
- ^X Exit, end session - save edits
- n^Y Yank to(-n)/from(+n) file - prompt for filename will follow
- nBS Delete character before the cursor
- n; Find again - re-uses last find pattern
- / Delete "last thing" - following g, s, a, f, ^f commands
- = Change "last thing" - like /, but enters insert mode
- ' Delete to line beginning - deletes before cursor
- " Delete to line end - cursor onward to end of line
- , Line beginning - move cursor to beginning of line
- . Line end - move to end of current line
- nTAB Word right - move to begining of word to right
- n{ Word left - left a word. n=0 move to beg of current word.
- n<>$$ Repeat loop - execute commands between <>'s n times
- n& Repeat again - execute current repeat buffer again
- n#k Execute repeat buffer k n times
- ? Help - gives a help screen
- @ Invoke cmd file - execute file of TVX commands
- * Insert pattern found last - leaves in command mode
- $ Escape - end insert, find, repeat
- n:p Set parameter p - Possible parameters:
- A - Autoindent (1=y,0=n) D - display line
- E - Expand tabs to n spaces F - find case (0=exact,1=any)
- M - Match wild cards O - set output file name
- S - scroll window R - repeat buffer to use
- T - tty mode U - define user wild card set
- V - virtual window W - autowrap width
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- Wild card matching - when wild card matching (:M) is enabled (default),
- the following wild cards (control characters) are supported
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- ^A - alphanumeric character (a-z,0-9) ^D - a digit (0-9)
- ^L - any letter (a-z) ^O - Other - not ^A ^P - Punctuation
- ^X - any single character ^U - a character from user set (:U to set)
- Any of the above preceded by ^W matches a "word" of the wild card.
- A ^N will match a "word" of characters NOT in the wild card set.
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