Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 205

The Line Editor (Edlin) 133 |
— F4
(^ Purpose:
Skips multiple characters in the template up to the specified
^^ character.
Comments:
^^ When you press the F4 key, edlin skips over all characters up to
• ' a given character in the template. Edlin does not copy or display
any of the characters up to and including the given character. Of
course, if the template does not contain that character, edlin does
f0***) not skip any characters.
Note that the action of the F4 key is similar to that of the F2 key,
except F4 skips over characters in the template instead of copying
fl them to the current line.
Example:
f) As an example of how to use the F4 key with edlin, type the
following line:
/0mm\ 1:*Sharpe Office Supplies.
2: *_
.—^ Remember that at the beginning of the editing session, the cursor
' ' (shown by the underline) is at the beginning of the line. When
you press the F4 key followed by the letter c, edlin skips over all
^^^^ the characters in the template up to the c in the word Office:
F4 C
2:*_
The cursor does not move as edlin changes the template. To see
how much of the line has been skipped over, press the F3 key to
>—*. copy the template. This action displays the rest of the line and
• ' moves the cursor to the end of the line:
F3
/*"v\ 2:*ce Supplies._