K-MAN HELP


TEMPLATES

To design a template:

    DESIGN name TO templname.TPL
To view a template as a text file:
    TEXT templname.ext
      or, in DOS
    EDIT templname.ext


OOPS! TEXT COMMANDS

A. TEXT COMMANDS WITHIN THE EDITOR

KEY(S) to Press RESULT

CTRL T Deletes a line.
CTRL Y Restores a line.
CTRL T Copies one line multiple times
CTRL Y To restore.
Continue pressing CTRL Y until you have copied
it the number of times you needed.
CTRL P Splits line at the cursor.
CTRL O Joins split lines back together at the cursor position.
CTRL Q Insert line above current line.
END Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
HOME Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.

B. TEXT COMMANDS USING THE TEXT COMMAND PROMPT

WORD(s) to type RESULT
ESCAPE Gets you command prompt.
STOP Quits the text editor and saves the changes.
QUIT Quits the text editor and prompts you to save the changes or not.
BYE Quits and does not save the changes.
SEARCH Allows you to search the document for a string of text or a character, (ie. Tab character).
Type in search and press Enter
    It will prompt you for a search pattern.
Type in the word and press Enter
    It will find the first occurrence and prompt you to continue the search.
To find all Tab characters --
    Type in search, press the Tab and Enter key for the search pattern.
MODIFY Allows you to search the document for a string of text or a character, and replace them (ie. Tab character).
Type in search and press Enter.
    It will prompt you for a search pattern.
Type in the word and press Enter.
    It will prompt you for a replacement pattern.
Type in the replacement.
    It will find the first occurrence and give you a prompt.
It will ask if you want automatic replacement.
    Press Y to replace all occurrences.
    Press N to have it prompt you for each replacement.
    Press Q to quit the modify.
With the search command you can search for special characters.
Example:
COMMAND: MODIFY
Search pattern: Tab and Enter
Replacement pattern: (8 spaces) and Enter

COPY/MOVE - BLOCK COMMANDS YOU CAN COPY/MOVE SECTIONS OF TEXT BY BLOCKING IT; THEN COPYING/MOVING IT.

To block a section of text.
1. Using a MOUSE:
    Position your cursor on the first character.
    Press your left mouse button, drag the highlighted section down to the end portion.
    Click with your left mouse button again.
    You should have a portion of the text highlighted.
2. Using COMMANDS:
    Position your cursor on the first character.
    Press Escape to get a command line, type in: beg block press Enter.
    Using your arrow keys highlight the portion you want to copy. at the end, press Escape to get a command line, type in end block.
You should have a portion of the text highlighted.
Copy the blocked section.
Position your cursor where you want to copy the text.
Press Escape to get a command line, type in:
Copy block
Press Enter.
It should copy the text, you can repeat this as many times
as you need to as long as the text is still highlighted or blocked.
MOVING THE BLOCKED SECTION.
Position your cursor where you want to move the text.
Press Escape to get a command line, type in:
Move block
Press Enter.
It should move the text, you can repeat this as many
times as you need to as long as the text is still
highlighted or blocked.

UNBLOCK UNBLOCKS HIGHLIGHTED TEXT.

WRITE Writes the text document to a file.
Example WRITE "A:\COMPHIST.REF"
    Writes the reference sheet to the a drive.
INSERT Inserts a document into the current document.
Useful when you want to merge two files together.
    Position your cursor where it should be inserted.
    At the command line type in: INSERT "FILENAME.EXT".



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