Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 207

The Une Editor (Edlin) 135
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INS ins
• ^ Purpose:
Enters insert mode or replace mode.
») Comments:
When you start edlin, you are automatically in replace mode.
/■■v The first time you press the ins key, edlin enters insert mode. In
insert mode the cursor in the template does not move, but in the
current line it moves as you insert each character. When you fin-
^. ish inserting characters and press the ins key again, edlin reenters
( ^ replace mode with the cursor at the same character in the tem
plate as when you entered insert mode.
^. In insert mode, edlin puts characters that you type at the key-
f ' board into the template and in front of the cursor on the current
line.
^-v In replace mode, edlin replaces characters in the template and on
f ' the current line with characters that you type at the keyboard.
Examples:
■ ' As an example of how to use the ins key with edlin, type the
following line:
(~*\ 1:*Sharpe Office Supplies.
2: *_
^—"N^ Remember that at the beginning of the editing session, the cursor
(shown by the underline) is at the beginning of the line. First,
press the F2 and O keys:
O F2 0
2:*Sharpe
(] Second, press the ins key and type the word Automatic followed
by a space:
/*-v INS Automatic
< ] 2:*Sharpe Automatic
>*-v If you now press the F3 key, edlin copies the rest of the template
' ' to the line:
F3
(***) 2:*Sharpe Automatic Office Supplies...