Intel manual AEDIT-86 Users Guide

AEDIT-86 User's Guide Introduction aad Tutorial

The line you just typed may be deleted character-by-character with the <RUBOUT) key or in its.entirety with the key configured to <DELLI ), delete line (usually configured to (CTRL-Z». Delete the line. The file is now empty, and the EOF marker is back in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. The cursor, however, remains in the same position on tbe screen until the next command is given.

Now type the following sentence. Enter the text exactly as shown-several words are deliberately misspelled.

The first word in the sentence, levell, is misspelled. To correct this error, use the cursor control keys to position the cursor "over" the erroneous I. The cursor is moved by the cursor control keys (arrows), in the direction indicated by the arrow. (There- fore, press the up arrow ( < UP ) ) twice to move the cursor to the first line. Then press the left arrow <LEFT) followed by <HOME) -the <HOME) key is used in conjunction with the cursor control keys for fast cursor movement-to move the cursor to the first position in the line. Now press the right arrow <RIGHT) nine times to position the cursor ··on" the first I.) Then press the key configured to <DELCH ) , delete character (usually configured to <CTRL-F) ) to delete the extra I.

The s in Pascal has been omitted. To correct this error, position the cursor on the c in Pascal and type s. Text automatically moves to the right as the s is inserted.

Press <ESC) to leave INSERT mode and return to main command level.

The word model is misspelled modal. To correct the error, type X to enter XCHANGE mode.

The word [exchange] is displayed at the bottom of the screen, indicating that you are in XCHANGE mode. Position the cursor ··over" the a and type e.

Press <ESC) to leave XCHANGE mode and return to main command level.

You have learned how to insert text, exchange text, and delete individual characters. Now type the following sentence exactly as shown. First, type I. Then, position the cursor below the lines you just typed. Move the cursor to the end of the line using the right arrow key ( <RIGHT) ) followed by <HOME), then press <DOWN) twice and <RETURN) once. The cursor is now positioned at the end of the file and at the beginning of an empty line. Type the following lines exactly as shown:

-_S " . g" - :evf .la~guages are eas.er and faster to (RETURN)

. 'e :ha~ .=,,-:e~el ,a~gJajes 5.~ce Dre :es5 leS5 <RET"RN)

- " - 5 . at . : - 5~e~ 15 reql...red -ro'" co~ce;:t to code.(RETJRN)

Press <ESC) to leave INSERT mode and return to main command level.

Note that the word less is typed twice. To correct this error position the cursor on the I of the second less. Because it appears at the end of the line, it may be deleted with <DELR ) . Press the key configured to <DELR ) , delete right (usually confi- gured to <CTRL-A ) ). The <DELR) command deletes all text to the right of the cursor.

Suppose you wish to delete the phrase from concept to code from the text, leaving the period at the end of the sentence. To do this, you must ··block" (i.e., delimit) this section from the rest of the text using the BLOCK command followed by the Delete subcommand.

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