Quick Contents Chapter 1. Introduction and Tutorial Chapter 2. The Editor Basics Chapter 3. Editing Commands Chapter 4. AEDIT Invocation Chapter 5. Macro Commands Chapter 6. AEDIT Variables Chapter 7. Calc Command Chapter 8. Advanced AEDIT Usage Chapter 9. Configuration Commands Appendix A. AEDIT Command Summary Appendix B. AEDIT Error Messages Appendix C. Summary of AEDIT Variables Appendix D. Configuring AEDIT for Other Terminals Appendix E. ASCII Codes Index AEDIT Text Editor iii Notational Conventions This manual uses the following conventions: • Computer input and output appear in this font. • Command names appear in this font. ✏ Note Notes indicate important information. iv Contents 1 Introduction and Tutorial AEDIT Tutorial ............................................................................................... 2 Activating the Editor ................................................................................ 2 Entering, Changing, and Deleting Text .................................................... 3 Copying Text............................................................................................ 5 Using the Other Command....................................................................... 5 Exiting the Editor ..................................................................................... 6 2 The Editor Basics Keyboard ......................................................................................................... 8 AEDIT Display Format ................................................................................... 9 Prompt Line..................................................................................................... 10 Menu Prompt............................................................................................ 10 Line-edited Prompt................................................................................... 12 Message Line................................................................................................... 12 Beep Warning.................................................................................................. 13 Lines and Line Terminators............................................................................. 13 Printing and Nonprinting Characters ............................................................... 13 Tags ................................................................................................................. 13 Repeat Function (Count).................................................................................. 14 Buffers............................................................................................................. 14 3 Editing Commands Delete Commands and Function Keys............................................................. 15 Rubout ...................................................................................................... 15 Delete Character or Delch ........................................................................ 15 Delete Left or Dell.................................................................................... 15 Delete Right or Delr ................................................................................. 17 Delete Line or Delli.................................................................................. 17 Undo Command............................................................................................... 18 Insert Mode...................................................................................................... 19 Xchange Mode................................................................................................. 20 Find Command ................................................................................................ 21 AEDIT Text Editor Contents 5 -Find Command............................................................................................... 22 Replace Command .......................................................................................... 23 ?Replace Command......................................................................................... 24 Tag Command................................................................................................. 25 Jump Command............................................................................................... 26 Block Command.............................................................................................. 27 Block Buffer............................................................................................. 27 Delete Command............................................................................................. 29 Get Command ................................................................................................. 30 View Command............................................................................................... 31 Other Command .............................................................................................. 32 Again Command.............................................................................................. 33 Set Command .................................................................................................. 34 Hex Command................................................................................................. 43 Quit Command ................................................................................................ 45 Paragraph Command ....................................................................................... 48 Window Command.......................................................................................... 49 Kill_wnd Command ........................................................................................ 50 !system Command........................................................................................... 51 Calc Command................................................................................................ 52 Execute Command .......................................................................................... 53 Macro Command............................................................................................. 54 4 AEDIT Invocation Invocation........................................................................................................ 55 Invocation Line Examples............................................................................... 56 Invocation Controls ......................................................................................... 57 Forwardonly ............................................................................................. 59 Viewonly.................................................................................................. 60 Recover .................................................................................................... 61 Macro ....................................................................................................... 62 Macrosize................................................................................................. 63 Batch ........................................................................................................ 64 Examples........................................................................................... 65 Default Macro File .......................................................................................... 66 Work File......................................................................................................... 66 iRMX-specific Information............................................................................. 66 5 Macro Commands Macro Command............................................................................................. 68 Deleting Macros .............................................................................................. 72 vi Contents Macros and AEDIT Variables ......................................................................... 72 Macro Modes................................................................................................... 73 Execute Command........................................................................................... 74 Single-character Macros.................................................................................. 75 Macro Files...................................................................................................... 76 Macro Execution After a Failure ..................................................................... 78 Screen Display During Macro Execution ........................................................ 80 Text .......................................................................................................... 80 Message.................................................................................................... 80 Prompt...................................................................................................... 81 Window .................................................................................................... 81 Macro Examples.............................................................................................. 82 6 AEDIT Variables Global Variables.............................................................................................. 86 Global Numeric Variables........................................................................ 86 Global String Variables ...........................................................................