perm filename EDITOR[3,2]1 blob
sn#000072 filedate 1972-06-11 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
00050 Our principal text editor is described in SAILON-50.
00100 SUPPOSE YOU WANT TO CREATE A FILE (A PROGRAM OR A
00200 WRITEUP OR WHATEVER). THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT: HIT CALL, THEN
00300 TYPE "CREATE FFFFFF.EEE" WHERE FFFFFF.EEE IS THE NAME YOU WANT
00400 THE FILE TO BE CALLED. WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER 00100, YOU MAY
00500 START TYPING WHATEVER IS TO GO IN THAT FILE. WHEN YOU HAVE
00600 BEEN TYPING FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WANT TO BE SURE YOU DON'T
00700 LOSE WHAT HAS BEEN TYPED, OR YOU ARE FINISHED AND WANT TO SAVE
00800 WHAT YOU HAVE, THEN TYPE (CARRIAGE-RETURN) FOLLOWED BY
00900 (ALTMODE), THEN TYPE ONE OF THE COMMANDS BELOW:
01000 SUPPOSE YOU HAVE A TEXT FILE, AND YOU WANT TO CHANGE
01100 SOMETHING. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT: HIT CALL AND TYPE "ED
01200 FFFFFF.EEE". WHEN YOU SEE AN ASTERISK AT THE LEFT OF THE
01300 LINE THEN YOU MAY TYPE AN EDITOR COMMAND.
01400 THE BASIC COMMANDS TO GET STARTED ARE:
01700 P<CARRIAGE RETURN>= TYPE THE NEXT 15 LINES,
01800 I.<CARRIAGE RETURN>=INSERT A NEW LINE AFTER THIS LINE,
01900 D.<CARRIAGE RETURN>=DELETE THIS LINE,
02000 W<CARRIAGE RETURN>=SAVE THE WORLD (REALLY MAKE ALL THE
02100 CHANGES SO FAR INDICATED SO THAT IF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM
02200 CRASHES THEN AT LEAST WHAT'S DONE SO FAR WON'T BE LOST).
02300 THE REST OF THE COMMANDS CAN BE FOUND IN THE SOS
02400 MANUAL (WHICH IS BOUND WITH THE OTHER MANUALS)