The Editor; Introduction; Selecting Ed; File Handling - Husky MP2500 Manual

12. The Editor

This chapter describes ED, the MP2500 text editor which is resident on your
MP2500.
Note: To use many editor facilities, you need access to the Ctrl key. This
key is available in the developer (default) keyboard mode, but not
the user keyboard mode. To toggle keyboard modes, hold down
both S keys and press the key immediately above E (. in the
standard English layout).

12.1 Introduction

ED is quick and easy to use, providing a wide range of screen-editing
functions. You can use ED to write, alter or examine standard ASCII text
files, such as CONFIG.SYS and batch files, and GWBASIC programs that
have been saved in ASCII form (i.e. by using the command SAVE
"name", A).

12.2 Selecting ED

To use the editor, select MS-DOS command mode and type:
ED [filename] [options] E
Where filename is the name of the file to edit or create (see section 12.3)
and options can be used to change behaviour of the editor (see section
12.4). For example:
ED C:\DATA\MYFILE.TXT /KEY /60 E

12.3 File handling

If you specify a filename in the ED command, and the file exists already, it
will be loaded into memory for you to edit. If the filename includes a DOS
drive or pathname, this drive or directory will also be used as the default
drive and directory for all file operations within ED.
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