Intel AEDIT-86 manual HEX Function Key, Description

AEDIT-86 User's Guide Editing Commands

Count. The <UNDO) command ignores count.

Related Commands. <DELL), <DELR ), <DELLI)

3.7 <HEX) Function Key

The <HEX) prefix (usual1y configured to <CTRL-H » is used to insert a character into the text as its ASCII value. This feature is useful in the following cases:

•When the character to be inserted has no key; e.g., a character with a hexadeci- mal value over 7FH.

•When the character to be inserted has a special function in the current mode, e.g., if you want to insert the <ESC) character into your text.

To insert a character using <HEX) , you should type <HEX), then two digits that are interpreted as the ASCII value of the character. <HEX) is unseen and not inserted; however, it directs the treatment of the next two characters. For example, if, in INSERT mode, you type < HEX) SA, the letter Z will be inserted at the cursor position.

<HEX) can be activated under INSERT, XCHANGE, and line-edited prompts. It cannot be activated at main command level.

3.8 INSERT Mode

INSERT mode allows you to enter text. To enter INSERT, press I. To exit INSERT mode and return to main command level, press <ESC) .

3.8.1 Description

Press I; AEDIT-86 prompts-

[insert]

The prompt [insert] is displayed whenever AEDIT-86 is in INSERT mode. Move the cursor to any location in the text and begin typing; the characters are inserted into the text.

<ESC) causes the editor to leave INSERT mode and return to main command level.

The cursor movement commands ( <LEFT), <RIGHT), <UP), <DOWN) , or < HOME) ), the delete keys ( < RUBOUT), < DELCH ), < DELLI) ,

<DELL), <DELR ) ), and <UN DO) al1 function the same as they do at main command level.

The cursor movement commands and the delete keys restart INSERT mode at the new location.

<RETURN) inserts a carriage return/line feed pair and moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line.

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