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Chapter Objectives
Entering the Editor
Creating and Editing Messages
This chapter describes how to create, edit, and save messages.
The DL20 can store up to 1022 messages of varying lengths. Each message
consists of:
message number (1 - 1022)
message text
message attributes (control how message displays)
The process of entering and changing messages in the DL20 is called
message editing. You can add or delete characters or words at any point in a
message. If the display is in run mode, you need to press [Esc] three times to
exit run mode and display the EDIT? prompt. To enter edit mode, simply
press [Y] [Return] at the EDIT? prompt. See Figure 4.1.
You will be prompted for a message number:
Enter the message number you want to edit. Most message numbers between
1 and 1022 are valid. Message numbers 255, 256, 511, 512, 767, and 768 are
invalid message numbers.
Note: Messages 1 thru 16 are pre-programmed special messages which you
may want to use. Refer to Chapter 5 for details.
The editor tries to find the selected message. If the message is located, a
portion of it is displayed. You can make changes to an existing message at
any time. Editing an existing message is described later in this chapter.
However, if the message is not located, a new message is created. Before
you can enter the message you must specify its attributes.
Many times when entering new messages into the DL20 you may not be sure
which message numbers are used. The default value for the message number
prompt will always be the last message edited. Press [Return] to select the
default. Typing a [?] now causes the DL20 to search and find the next higher
unused message number. Pressing [Return] again selects that message
number for editing.
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EDIT? Y
MESSAGE NUMBER: 0
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