Commodore C-NET 128 v7.0 User Manual page 70

personal statement, up to 30 lines of text may be entered.
news files and entry files, 100 lines may be used.
and message subboards, the maximum number of lines is set according to the
amount of free disk and file space.
When a user runs out of time while in the editor system, he is not logged
off of the system.
until the user has not typed a key for the amount of time specified by his
access group's idle time.
The editor system works by 'dot commands'.
user must hit a period (.) at the first column of any line.
be further prompted with ">>" after which he may type a command letter, hit
backspace, or another period to put a period at the first column.
example, '.' followed by '>' will allow a user to change the right hand
margin for text manipulation and shaping functions.
16.1 SAVING/LOADING TEXT IN THE EDITOR
.S is used to save all text.
.A is used to exit the editor as if it were never entered, without
saving anything.
is no text to save, or hanging
aborting.
.N may be used to start over.
entered.
The following functions are only accessible by system operators.
.G To read any C-NET compatible file into the editor, '.G' (get) may be
used. Follow the command with a filename.
8. Follow the
specification if necessary.
.P is used to put the text from the editor into a sequential file.
Alternate device
filename with a plus sign (+)
16.2 SEEING WHAT HAS BEEN ENTERED
.R is used to read the text.
a formatted
.L is used to list the text.
entered, except that it
reverse video left arrow at the end
paragraph.
.M is used exactly like read, except text is put through C-NET's Message
Command interpreter (MCI) described in chapter 14.
Not specifying a range for .R, .L, or .M will cause all of text to be
displayed.
16.3 MANIPULATING TEXT
.D is used to delete lines from text.
'.D' to delete
.E is used to edit lines of text.
'.E' to edit the last
The system waits until the message is finished, or
Attempting to save (.S) from the editor when there
filename with a comma, then an alternate unit
specification may be used as with '.G'.
Read will print text as it will appear as
message (see section 15.6).
List prints lines exactly as they were
will print line numbers before each line and a
the last line of text.
line of text.
To access as editor command, a
up on the system, is the same as
This will erase all text that was
The default drive unit is
to append an existing file.
if that line marks the end of a
Not specifying a range will cause
Not specifying a range will cause
As a line is edited, the original
For feedback,
For the electronic mail
He will then
For
Precede the