Starting EDT

[EOB]

You are in full screen mode by default. This means that you can use the keyboard arrows to move from one line to the other and change text. In addition you are in insert mode, that is, as you type the new text is inserted at the cursor instead of overwriting the text that was already there. Depending on the machine you are using, you can use the Backspace or the Delete key to delete left.

Exiting and saving your work

If you do not want to save your work, but instead exit without saving, type quit and press return/enter at the * prompt.

Pressing Ctrl - Z puts you into line edit mode. To return to keypad, or "full-screen" mode, type C and press return/enter.

To re-enter the editor and change the file, type edit fname.ext and press return/enter. Where fname.ext is the name you gave to the file.

The EDT keypad

• Deleting a line

  To delete a line place the cursor at the beginning of the line, and use one of the following commands (one or both should work):

  • F4 - deletes the current line.
  • Ctrl U (press the Control and U at the same time) - deletes the line above it.

• Moving the cursor

  • Use the arrows to move the cursor left, right, up and down.
  • Use Ctrl H (press the Control and H at the same time): to move to the beginning of the line.

• Other

  Some of these commands may not work depending of the machine you are using.
  • F2 - help
  • F1 - gold key (use help above to see the use of this key)
  • F1 7 - (press the F1 key and the number 7 in the numeric keypad): Command key. If it works a command: will be displayed. To know more about it, type help after the command: (of course, if it is displayed).

• Keyboard map on the PC

                         Location of the EDT Function Keys
                                  Telnet on a PC
                                         
              Figure below shows the top row of a PC's Function keys
  
  +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |+--------+            +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
  ||        |            | F1     | | F2     | | F3     | | F4     | | F5     |
  ||        |            |        | |        | | Fnd Nxt| |  Del L | |        |
  ||   Esc  |            |  Gold  | |  Help  | |        | |        | |        |
  ||        |            |        | |        | |  Find  | |  Und L | |        |
  |+--------+            +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
  |
  
  
                    Figure below shows the PC's Numeric Keypad
  
                                                                                |
                                                                                |
   +--------+ +--------+ +--------+  +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+|
   |        | |        | |        |  |        | |        | |        | | -      ||
   |        | |        | |        |  |        | |        | |        | |  Del W ||
   |        | |        | |        |  |        | |        | |        | |        ||
   |        | |        | |        |  |        | |        | |        | |  Und W ||
   +--------+ +--------+ +--------+  +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+|
   +--------+ +--------+ +--------+  +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+|
   |        | |        | |        |  | 7      | | 8      | | 9      | | +      ||
   |        | |        | |        |  |  Page  | |  Sect  | | Append | |        ||
   |        | |        | |        |  |        | |        | |        | |        ||
   |        | |        | |        |  | Command| |  Fill  | | Replace| |  Del C ||
   +--------+ +--------+ +--------+  +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ |        ||
                                     +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ |        ||
                                     | 4      | | 5      | | 6      | |  Und C ||
                                     | Advance| | Backup | |   Cut  | |        ||
                                     |        | |        | |        | |        ||
                                     | Bottom | |   Top  | |  Paste | |        ||
                                     +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+|
              +--------+             +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+|
              |        |             | 1      | | 2      | | 3      | | Enter  ||
              |   ^    |             |  Word  | |  Eol   | |  Char  | |        ||
              |   |    |             |        | |        | |        | |        ||
              |        |             | Ch Case| | Del Eol| | Specins| |  Enter ||
              +--------+             +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ |        ||
   +--------+ +--------+ +--------+  +-------------------+ +--------+ |        ||
   |        | |        | |        |  | 0                 | | .      | |  Subs  ||
   |        | |   |    | |        |  |       Line        | | Select | |        ||
   |   <--  | |   v    | |  -->   |  |                   | |        | |        ||
   |        | |        | |        |  |     O Line        | | Reset  | |        ||
   +--------+ +--------+ +--------+  +-------------------+ +--------+ +--------+|
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  This page is maintained by Al Bento who can be reached at abento@ubmail.ubalt.edu. This page was last updated on February 12, 1996. Although we will attempt to keep this information accurate, we can not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.