Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 214

Chapter 9/ Editing Files
Example 1: Copy Char
(G)
Using the Copy Char function,
G,
copy characters from the tem-
plate to the new line.
1. Press
G
once. The screen looks like this:
1 :*This is a sample file
1 :*T_
2. Press
G
three times. The screen looks like this:
1
:*This is a sample file
1:
*Thi s_
Each time you press
G,
EDLIN copies another character
from the template to the new line.
3.
To continue to the next example, type I
CTRL
I
[n
This exits
the insert mode, voids any changes you have made to the
line, and returns the EDLIN prompt
(*).
Example 2: Copy to Char
«(ill)
Using the Copy to char function,
(ill,
copy all characters from
the template, up to-but not including-the specified character.
1. At the EDLIN prompt, type
2
I
ENTER
I.
The screen looks like
this:
2:*The editing keys are easy to use
2:*_
2. Type ill]
a .
The screen looks like this:
2:* The editing keys are easy to use
2:* The editing keys_
3. Now copy the rest of the template, using the Copy All func-
tion,
[TI].
The screen looks like this:
2:*The editing keys are easy to use
2:*The editing keys are easy to use
4. Type
I
CTRL
I
@] to continue to the next example.
Note: If the template does not contain the specified
character, nothing is copied.
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