Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 208

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136 MS-DOS User's Reference
If you press the return key after entering insert mode, edlin does
not copy the remainder of the template and ends the current line
after the inserted text:
,
;
1:
Sharpe
Office
Supplies.
2:*Sharpe
Automat ic
3:*_
.
\^J
To exit insert mode and enter replace mode, simply press the ins
key again. Now all the characters you type will replace characters
t
\
in the template.
^^^
For a further example of how to use the ins key, type the follow
ing line:
\^J
1:*Sharpe
Office
Supplies.
2: *
Once again, remember that at the beginning of the editing session,
the cursor (shown by the underline) is at the beginning of the
line. Now type the following sequence of keys and words (the
K^J
results are shown below each key sequence):
F2
C
,
.
2:*Sharpe Offi_
^^
ins
c i a 1
2:*Sharpe Official^
{^J
ins
Sharpeware.
2:*Sharpe
Official
Sharpeware._
,
i
Notice that you inserted cial and replaced ce Supplies with
Sharpeware.
.
The template now contains Sharpe Official Sharpeware.
^~^
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