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G L O S S A R Y
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The following symbols are used throughout:
$ ALTmode or ESCape key
<space> Space bar
<RUB> Rubout key
<TAB> Tab key
<CR> Carriage return key
<LF> Line feed key
<string> Search string
<file> Legal file specification
<range> Legal line specification:
n Line n
n/p Line n of page p
n:m Range of lines n through m
n!m Range of m lines beginning at line n
Special symbols for line specification:
. Current line
^ First line of current page
* Last line of current page
/. Current page
/^ First page of file
/* Last page of file
BF Beginning of file (^/^)
:EF End of file (*/*)
EF Entire file (^/^:*/*)
# First line of last range specification
% Last line of last insert command
line or page specifiers may be combined with + and -
signs such as 2500:*-1 or .+5/.-2
Special pattern matching characters for F and S input strings
control C128 ^E equiv meaning
char char char
^T '/ ^EC match any character
^X '9 ^EA match any alphanumeric (A-Z,a-z,0-9)
^A '! ^EL match any letter (A-Z, a-z)
^F '& ^EVU match any upper case letter (A-Z)
^W '2 ^EVL match any lower case letter (a-z)
^P '+ ^ED match any digit (0-9)
| ': ^ES match a separator
^\ '< ^E<space> match a space or tab
^[ '> ^EZ match end of line
^Y '6 ^EB match beginning of line
^E '% ^EN not the following character
^N ') ^E* zero or more of the next character
^V '1 ^E+ one or more of the next character
^^ '7 ^EQ quote the next character literally
and on S output strings:
^B '" ^EX next match string from input side
^O '* ^EM n-th match string from input side
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C O M M A N D S
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ALTER A<range> Alter <range>
CASE VL<range> Make all letters in <range> lowercase
VU<range> Make all letters in <range> uppercase
VV<range> Invert case of all letters in <range>
COPY Cn,<range> Copy <range> to follow line n
Cn=<file>,<range> Copy <range> from <file> to follow
line n in this file
Cn=<file> Enter search mode on <file>
CCn,<range> Copy <range> from co-edit file to
follow line n in this file
COEDIT CX:<file> Suspend edit on current file and
enter co-edit mode on <file>; type
any exit class commands to return to
normal edit
CX Toggle between the two co-edit files
DELETE D<range> Delete <range>. Option ,Y to suppress
massive delete confirmation
EXIT Exyz Exit and update the file
Exyz:<file> Exit and write updated file to <file>
ExyzR:<file> Exit and start editing <file>
Where x can be omitted or is one of:
S Unsequence the file
X Same sequencing as input file
Where y can be omitted or is one of:
B Do not create any backup files
O Create .Q?? and .OLD files
Where z can be omitted or is one or both of:
D Delete input file if read-only mode
or if different than output file
Q Abort and do not update output file
EXTEND X<range> Alter <range> by placing cursor at end
of lines and enter insert mode.
Option ,S suppresses printing of lines
FIND F<string>$<range>,O Find first occurrence of <string>
in range
If <string> is omitted, <string> from last Find command
used. If <range> is omitted, the first occurrence
following the current line is found.
Options (,O) may be specified; multiple options are
separated by commas. The following options may be
specified in any order:
A Enter alter mode on the line where "<string>"
was found, with the cursor positioned just
before "<string>"
D Delete the line where "<string>" was found
E Require exact case match for search strings
N Print only the line number for the found lines
S Silence; do not print the found lines
T Give a total of lines found
- Find not; find any line not containing
"<string>"
n Find the first n occurrances of "<string>"
instead of only the first
* Find all occurrances of "<string>"
(like ,100000)
GO Gxyz Exit, update file and run program as
specified by RUN parameter
(default = SYS:COMPIL)
Gxyz:<file> Same as Gxyz but write output file to
<file>
Options are the same as the Exit command above
HELP H Obtain general help message
H,c Obtain information about command c
H/s Obtain information about switch or parameter s
INDIRECT @<file>,n Excute SOS commands from <file>
An option ,n may be specified to repeat the command
file n times (default=1), or ,* may be specified to
repeat the command file until some command contained
in it fails.
INSERT I Insert following current line using increment
specified by INCREMENT parameter
In Insert following line n using increment
specified by INCREMENT parameter
In,i Insert following line n using increment i
and reset INCREMENT parameter to i
In;i Insert folloing line n using increment i
In!m Insert following line n with increment to
allow insertion of m lines
I/n Insert on new page following page n
JOIN Jn Join line n+1 to the end of line n
JUSTIFY JC<range> Center each line in <range>
JL<range> Left justify each line in <range>
JR<range> Right justify each line in <range>
JW<range> Fully left justify <range>
JU<range> Fully left and right justify <range>
LIST L<range> Write <range> to LPT: Option ,S to
suppress line numbers
NUMBER N Renumber entire file with increment specified
by INCREMENT parameter
Ni Renumber entire file with increment i
NPi Renumber entire file with increment i
continously across page boundaries
NPi,<range> Renumber <range> with increment i
continously across page boundaries
NAn,i Open hole of n lines at current position and
renumber rest of page with increment i
OUTPUT O:<file>,<range> Output <range> to <file>
O:<file> Output entire file to <file>
Options:
,S Suppress line numbers to <file>
,D Supersede <file> if it exists
,A Append output to <file> if it exists
PAGES Mn Insert page mark before line n
K/p Remove page mark before page p
I/p Insert on new page following page p
POSITION B Goto beginning of file
BP Goto beginning of current page
n Goto line n of current page
n/p Goto line n of page p
PRINT P<range> Print <range>
P Print next PLINES parameter lines
<LF> Print next line
$ or <ESC> Print previous line
The following options may be specified
,E Eject to bottom of page when done
,N Pring page numbers at bottom of page
,S Suppress line numbers
,F Combine S, E, and W options
,W Wait at bottom of each page for:
<CR> Continue
G Continue and suppress wait
Q Quit and return to command mode
REPLACE R<range> Delete <range> and start inserting lines
at first line deleted using increment as
specified by INCREMENT parameter
R<range>,i Same as R<range> but use increment i and
reset increment parameter to i
R<range>;i Same as R<range> but use increment i
Option ,Y suppresses massive delete confirmation
SUBSTITUTE S<oldstring>$<newstring>$<range>,O
Substitute <newstring> for all occurrences of
<oldstring> in <range>.
If <range> is omitted, only first occurrence
following current line is substituted.
If <strings> are omitted, then use <strings>
from previous Substitute command.
Options ,O may be included;
Multiple options may be specified by separating
them with commas. The following options may be
given:
D Enter decide mode on the subtituted lines.
Responses are:
<space> Substitute and continue
<CR> Same as <space>
<RUB> Don't substitute but continue
A Enter alter mode on this line
G Substitute, and leave decide mode
E Don't substitute; return to
command mode
Q Same as E
E Require exact case match on search strings
L Print only the line number of the substituted line
N Do not print the substituted line
U Print the substituted line without line numbers
T Give a total count of lines substituted at the end.
n Substitute the first n occurrences of "<oldstring>"
TRANSFER Tn,<range> Move <range> to follow line n
CTn,<range> Move <range> from co-edit file to
follow line n in this file
UPDATE Wxy Update file without exiting editor
Wxy:<file> Write updated file to <file>
Options x and y are the same as E command
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A L T E R M O D E
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Most alter mode commands can be preceeded by a signed integer
to modify its function. In general, an integer means the
"next <integer> occurrences" and a negative number means to
preform the operation in the reverse direction. For example:
-W Skip backwards one word
-3D Delete the preceeding three characters
2Fabc$ Find the second occurrence of string <abc>
MOVE CURSOR
<space> Advance one character
<RUB> Back up one character
<TAB> Move to end of line
W Skip one word
Sx Move to first occurrence of character x
F<string>$ Move to beginning of first occurrence of
<string>
G<string>$ Move to end of first occurrence of <string>
PRINT LINES
P Print rest of line, reposition to current position
L Print rest of line, reposition to beginning of line
^R Reprint line up to current position
INSERT TEXT
I Insert at current position, end with $ or <CR>
T Move to end of line and do "I"
B Insert a blank at the current position
Ox Insert character x literally at current position
+ Insert preceeding character at current position
'x Insert a control-x at the current position
DELETE TEXT
D Delete next character
Z Delete next word
: Delete to end of line
Kx Delete to first occurrence of x
Y<string> Delete first occurrence of <string>
REPLACE TEXT
Cx Change next character to x
R Delete next character, enter insert mode
X Delete next word, enter insert mode
H Delete to end of line, enter insert mode
M<string> Delete first occurrence of <string>, enter
insert mode
TRANSPOSE CHARACTERS
/ Transpose next two characters
\ Transpose previous two characters
INVERT CASE
^ Invert case of next character
V Invert case of next word
# Invert case to end of line
"x Invert case up to first occurrence of character x
BREAK AND JOIN LINES
J Join next line to this line, position at beginning
joined text
; Break line at current position, position at beginning
of new line generated
END AND RESTART ALTER MODE
<CR> End alter, make changes, print rest of line
<LF> If not in insert mode, same as <CR>, else same as ;
E End alter, make changes, do not print rest of line
N End alter, make changed, print rest of line, alter
next line
Q Abort, end alter, do not make changed
^U Restore line to original state, and continue alter
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P A R A M E T E R S
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Set parameters in one of three ways:
1) In command mode: /PARAMETER or /PARAMETER:VALUE
(backarrow or underscore may be used instead of /)
2) SOS command string switch: .SOS <file>/PARAMETER
3) In SWITCH.INI file: SOS/PARAMETER
Obtain current value of parameter: =PARAMETER
. Print current line/page number (n/a)
ADDS Fancy ADDS terminal display functions
[no]AEXACT Require exact case match on alter search
strings (on)
[no]ALTER Type altmode character while in insert mode
to enter alter mode on current line (off)
[no]BACKSPACE Backspace equals rubout in DPY mode (on)
[no]BAK Create .BAK file when exiting (off)
BASIC Input file is formatted by BASIC (off)
BIGPG Return largest page number in file (n/a)
[no]BUFFER Use increased I/O buffer allocation (off)
C64 Normal treatment of single quote (on)
C128 Special treatment of single quote (off)
CASE Return status of edit/display parameters (off)
[no]CCEXIT Exit to monitor with control-C (off)
CRLF:n Convert first space after column n to CRLF (0)
[no]DECIDE Automatic decide on S command (off)
[no]DELETE Do not ask confirmation on ED command (off)
DSK Print disk resources availiable to user (n/a)
DPY Display terminal special rubout handling (on)
DPYALT Like ALTER except for display terminals
ERROR Print last error message in NOVICE form
[no]EXACT Require exact case match on F and S search
strings (off)
EXPERT Abbreviated error messages, no confirmation
on massive deletes, no lines deleted messages
FILLCLASS:n Set TTY FILL to n (n/a)
INCREMENT Permanent line number increment is n (100)
[no]INFORM Print message when lines deleted (on)
INFOTON Fancy INFOTON terminal display functions
ISAVE:n Update file after insertion of n lines (0)
[no]LC Set TTY lc to input lower case characters
LENGTH:n Number of lines per page for hard copy P
command (55)
LFADDS Compressed output with ADDS terminal
LFINFOTON Compressed output with INFOTON terminal
LFREGENT Compressed output with REGENT 100 terminal
LFVT06 Compressed output with VT05 terminal
LFVT52 Compressed output with VT52 terminal
LMAR:n Column n is left margin for justification (1)
LOCATION Print line/page at beginning of incore
buffer (n/a)
LOWER Model 33 teletype lower case input (off)
M33 Model 33 teletype character translation (off)
M37 Model 37 teletype character translation (off)
MAXLN:n Maximum line number for page is n (99999)
NAME:<File> output file name is <file> (n/a)
NEWCOMMAND Use new defaults and features
NOLF Do not use compressed output with DPY (on)
NOVICE Long error messages, confirmation on massive
deletes, and lines deleted messages
[no]NUMBER Print line numbers while editing (on)
OLD Allow OLD and BAK levels of backup (off)
OLDCOMMAND Use old defaults and features
OPTION:name Select SWITCH.INI option name
PLINES:n Print n lines with P command and no range (16)
PMAR:n Use column n for justification of paragraphs
PROGRAM Set TTY NO LC (n/a)
PROTECT:nnn Protection of output file is <nnn> (n/a)
QZBAK Use .Q?? and .Z?? levels of backup (on)
R Set readonly mode (off)
REGENT Fancy REGENT terminal display functions
RMAR:n Use column n for right margin justification (64)
RUN:<file> Run <file> after G command (SYS:COMPIL)
SAVE:n Update file after every n commands (0)
[no]SEPARATOR Treat % $ . as separators in S, F, and
A commands (off)
SEQUENCE Write output file with line numbers (on)
STANDARD No special CRT display mode (off)
START:n Initial sequencing begins with line n (100)
STEP:n Initial sequencing has increment n (100)
STRING Print strings from last F or S command (n/a)
[no]TELL Print file names on W, E, and G commands (on)
TEXT Set TTY lc to allow input of lower case
characters (off)
UNSEQUENCE Write output file without line numbers (off)
UPPER Disable LOWER parameter (on)
VT05 Fancy VT05 terminal display functions
VT52 Fancy VT52 terminal display functions
WIDTH:n Set TTY WIDTH to n (n/a)
WINDOW:n Size if incore window is n words (n/a)
WMAXIMUN:n Largest incore window is n words (12K)
WMINIMUM:n Smallest incore window is n words (1K)
WRATIO:n Ratio in computing incore window (4)
X Set readonly with no line numbers
XSEQUENCE Write output file with same sequencing as
input file