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- The tty editor is a line editor which lets you edit messages for posting on
- message bases, as mail or as feedback. Once you are in the editor, simply
- start typing your message in. There is no need to hit [RETURN] after every
- line because the editor's word wrap feature will terminate the current line
- with a "soft" carriage. Letting the editor terminate lines for you insures
- that your message will be formatted correctly for someone whose terminal has
- a different number of columns per line.
-
- When typing your message, you can use the BACKSPACE key to delete over any
- mistakes. The CTRL-X combination will cause the entire current line to be
- deleted. Additionally, when you are re-editing a line of text, CTRL-Y will
- cause the current editing line to be replaced by the old line's text.
-
- The remaining features of the editor are accessed as commands which are
- preceeded by the slash(/) or backslash(\). For example: enterring /S will
- save the message. Either lower case or upper case can be used, and only
- the first letter you supply is considered.
-
- Line Editor Commands
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- /S Save the message
- /Q or /A Abort the message
- /R Redo the message
- /G # Go to the specified line
- /B Go to the beginning
- /E Go to the end
- /C Current line number
- /L #-# List message (w/ line #)
- /P #-# Print messgage (no line #)
- /I Toggle insert mode
- /D #-# Delete specified lines
-
- /H Display this help file
- /? Displays brief menu
-
-
- Choosing /S will save your message and get you out of the editor.
-
- If you want to abort the message and exit the editor, choose /A or /Q.
-
- The /R command will clear out the editor's buffer and let you restart editing
- your message.
-
- To find out what line you are currently editing, use the /C option.
-
- /L will list out your message with line numbers. Choosing /L by itself
- will list the entire message. Optionally, you can specify a range of line
- numbers to display, such as: /L 5-20 which will list lines 5 through 20.
-
- /P is the same as /L except that no line numbers are displayed.
-
- /D will delete specified lines of text. /D by itself will delete either the
- current line or, if at the end of the message, the previous line. /D #, where
- # is the line number to delete will delete the specified line. /D A-B, where
- A is the first line number to be deleted and B is the last, will delete the
- specified range of lines.
-
- If you wish to edit a previously enterred line, you must "go" to it via the
- /G command. First determine the line's number. Then, /G # , where # is the
- line number will go to that line. You will see something like:
-
- Editing line 4
- This is a mistake
-
- Under "This is a mistake" you will be able to enter the new text for the line.
- If you press CTRL-Y, "This is a mistake" will appear as your input, replacing
- whatever was there before. You terminate the line with a RETURN, or if you
- wish to place a "soft" carriage, CTRL-Q may be used. In addition, word wrap
- will cause you to go to the next line. You will continue to descend through
- the lines until you enter Insert Mode or arrive at the end.
-
- Insert mode is toggled on and off via the /I command. If you are in insert
- mode and go to a previous line, you will begin to insert text until you
- shut insert mode off by enterring /I again.
-
- In addition to the standard /G command, you can move to the very beginning
- of the message through the /B command or to the very end via the /E command.
-