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SOS.DOC - changes from SOS V23(220) to SOS V23E(77)
This is an attempt to describe and compare the two existing versions of
SOS. However, this is not a complete document describing both editors
in detail; its goal is to explain the important differences and
enhancements of the new SOS.
CHAPTER 1
INCOMPATIBILITIES WITH THE OLD SOS
1.1 ASSUMED DOT ON FIND AND SUBSTITUTE COMMANDS
Before, a null range specifier (just a CR after the ESC), on the F and S
commands would start with the current line, and continue to the end of
file to the first occurrence of the string. (e.g., start with .:EF).
The new SOS starts with the following line (e.g., .+1:EF). So, if you
have printed line 100 and you give the command SA$B$ under the new SOS
it will not make the change starting with line 100. In order to specify
that you want the current line you must specify "." at the end of your F
and S commands.
1.2 INSERT N LINES SYNTAX
The syntax for inserting n lines starting at line m has changed from
Im;!n to Im!n (the semicolon is now illegal).
1.3 IMPLIED DOT AS A PAGE SPECIFIER
The implied dot as a page specifier has been removed. However, the
implied dot as a line specifier still exists. Thus P/ is illegal and
P/. must be used instead.
1.4 ESCAPE AS A COMMAND
In display mode <ESC> no longer jumps up a line to save space on display
terminals. This was thought to be confusing, as what appeared to be
contiguous lines would be in reverse order.
INCOMPATIBILITIES WITH THE OLD SOS Page 1-2
1.5 DISPLAY MODE
The new SOS tries to do fancy things with display terminals. In order
to take advantage of this feature, your terminal type must be set
correctly, or the display will not correctly reflect the state of the
line. Your terminal type can be set by the command ".TERMINAL xxx", or
by putting LOGIN/TERMINAL:TYPE:xxx in SWITCH.INI or by putting TYPE:xxx
in SYS:TTY.INI. XXX is the terminal type (VT05, VT52, VT100, LA36,
LA120, etc.). To read the terminal type, type ".INITIA TTY" and read
the output under TYPE:. In addition, all terminal name specific
switches such as /VT52 /VT05 etc have been removed. SOS now reads your
terminal type as set by the monitor, and does the display processing as
best it can for the terminal type it thinks you are on.
1.6 SWITCH.INI
A great many extensions have been added to SWITCH.INI. Note now,
SWITCH.INI is looked for under your logged in PPN, even if you have
pivoted into another area or changed your default path into an SFD.
Also, the /CORE:N switch has been removed, /WINDOW:N is nearly the same.
1.7 SPECIAL MATCH CHARACTERS
The special match characters available with the FIND and SEARCH commands
have been expanded. A complete list of the special match characters
appear below. Note that the C128 representation of some of these
special match characters has been removed. It is hoped that these are
more consistent and easily remembered. They are all entered as a
control-E followed by a character, as described below:
^E equiv meaning
char
^EC match any character
^EA match any alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9)
^EL match any letter (A-Z, a-z)
^EVU match any upper case letter (A-Z)
^EVL match any lower case letter (a-z)
^ED match any digit (0-9)
^ES match a separator
^E<space> match a space or tab
^EZ match end of line
^EB match beginning of line
^EN not the following character
^E* zero or more of the following character
^E+ one or more of the following character
^EQ quote the next character literally
and on s output strings:
INCOMPATIBILITIES WITH THE OLD SOS Page 1-3
^EX next match string from input side
^EnM n-th match string from input side
^EnVU Upper case equivalent n-th match string from input side
^EnVL Lower case equivalent n-th match string from input side
1.8 CONTROL-C DIALOG
The options in the ^C dialog message now require that the action
character be typed, and followed with a carriage return. To allow
automatic exit without the dialog mode, use the switch /CCEXIT, which
will allow you to ^C.
1.9 EXIT AND DELETE
The ED exit option is now illegal, unless the file you are editing is in
readonly mode. A confirmation to delete the file will be required,
unless /DELETE is set.
1.10 EXACT CASE ON ALTER COMMANDS
The alter commands to search for a character or string require exact
case match by default. This may be overridden by the switch /NOAEXACT.
Note that Find and Substitute strings still do not require exact case
match.
1.11 R SOS- CONSTRUCTION
Before, given the construction ".R SOS-" SOS would prompt for a new file
name, and "R SOS" would use the name of the previous file, if any. Now,
either mode will use the name of the previous file. However, the
construction ".R SOS-file" will still edit "file", and is equivalent to
the prefered syntax of simply ".SOS file".
CHAPTER 2
NEW FEATURES OF SOS
2.1 FANCY ALTER MODE
On display terminals (ADDS, INFOTON, REGENT 100, VT52 and VT05, VT100) a
fancy alter mode is available. This mode updates the line being altered
continuously as characters are added, deleted or searched for. Also,
many new character, word, and line altering commands have been added.
For more information on these, refer to the SOS manual.
2.2 PARAMETERS AND SWITCH.INI
A large number of parameters controlling the edit can be set
interactively, or in SWITCH.INI under SOS. Again, please refer to the
SOS manual for more information.
2.3 DISPLAY TERMINALS
SOS handles rubouts, ^H, ^U, ^R correctly on all display terminals by
overprinting or deleting characters to produce an error free line. The
following is a list of SOS supported terminals: ADDS, INFOTON, REGENT
100, VT52, and VT05. To set SOS to work with one of these terminals,
use the set parameter command (i.e., _DISPLAY) or include the switch
/DISPLAY in the SOS line in SWITCH.INI. (note that this parameter is
set by default)
2.4 IMPROVED SPEED
SOS is considerably faster than the older SOS in file I/O. This makes a
significant difference when working with larger files or when exiting
the editor. Some of the parameters that can control SOS speed are
/WINDOW/BUFFER/WRATIO/WMAXIMUM/WMINIMUM.
NEW FEATURES OF SOS Page 2-2
2.5 HELP COMMAND
The help command has an important extension. H,C will type out
information about the C command, H/S will type out information on
switch/parameter S.
2.6 BUG FIXES
SOS fixes a lot of bugs with the current SOS.
2.7 P COMMAND
The P command (print PLINE lines) now does not cross page boundaries.
2.8 CO-EDIT CAPABILITY
SOS has the capability to edit two files simultaneously. The user can
switch between files with the CX command, copy lines from one file to
the other with the CC command, or transfer lines from one file to the
other with the CT command.
2.9 FILE NAMES AND EXITING
Upon leaving the editor (with E or G commands) the user has the option
of changing the filename. By appending the string ":file" to the exit
command, the updated file is written to <file> instead of the original
file name at the start of the edit.
In addition, appending a "R:file" to the exit command, will cause SOS to
exit the first file, and begin editing the second file. This is useful
as all of the parameters of the first edit (search strings, switch
settings, etc.) are retained.
A new command O:file,range will write out <range> to a new file called
<file> with the option of superseding or appending to the output file.
2.9.1 Expanded Find And Substitute Options
Options (including the repeat count) may now be specified in any order,
separated by commas, following the FIND or SUBSTITUTE command.
The following FIND options are available:
A ALTER the found lines
D DELETE the found lines
NEW FEATURES OF SOS Page 2-3
N ONLY print out line numbers of specified lines
- find lines not containing specified find strings
* INFINITE repeat (like ,10000)
The following SUBSTITUTE options are available:
D enter DECIDE mode on substitute confirm
S SILENCE, do not print out specified lines at all
The following options are available to both the FIND and SUBSTITUTE
commands:
E require EXACT case match of strings
T give a TOTAL lines summary at the end
U print specified lines UNSEQUENCED
2.9.2 Indirect Command File Repeat
Previously, the only way to repeat a sequence of commands in a command
was to repeat the commands N times in the command file, or to nest the
command file to call itself. The first method was impractical in the
general case, and the second incurs a lot of monitor and disk overhead,
reading the command file for each time it is repeated. To avoid these
problems, a comma followed by a number may be specified at the end of
the indirect command file specification which is the number of times to
repeat the command file. Or, optionally the number can be "*" to repeat
the command file indefinitely (until some command in it fails). It
should be noted that under this command file repeat there is a
restriction that the command file fit in 1 disk block (128 words or 640
characters).
CHAPTER 3
COMPATIBILITY MODE (/OLDCOMMAND)
3.1 SETTING AND CLEARING
By default, SOS is in compatibility (/OLDCOMMAND) mode. This may be
overridden by the /NEWCOMMAND switch placed in SWITCH.INI or as a
switch/settable parameter in SOS command mode. /OLDCOMMAND mode makes
SOS work like the old SOS as much as possible.
3.2 DESCRIPTION
The following is a list of changes that are enabled when compatibility
mode (/OLDCOMMAND) is set:
1. /QZBAK is the default. This writes *.Q?? and *.Z?? backup
files.
2. /EXPERT defaults /NOINFORM, /NOVICE defaults /INFORM.
3. Exit options S and B mean unsequence and nobackup respectively.
4. N is treated like NF (renumber file) instead of renumbering the
current page only.
5. The default STEP and START are 100, and not 10.
6. In alter mode V means invert case of word, # means invert case
to end of line, and X means replace current word, T means
extend the line.
CHAPTER 4
BUILDING AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
4.1 BUILDING FROM SOURCES
SOS.CTL will rebuild the entire product from sources, including the
production of .LST files. It also uses RUNOFF to create various .DOC,
.MAN, and .HLP files. Note that ENDECR.MAC is not provided with SOS -
it is part of BACKUP too, and it may be necessary to copy this file from
the BACKUP sources in order to rebuild.
In addition, we have provided SOSGLB.MIC which can be used to create
both .MAP and .GLB files. This is not normally called from SOS.CTL, but
by changing the !.DO SOSGLB to .DO SOSGLB (remove the "!" in SOS.CTL),
one can get these produced as a part of the full rebuild process. Note
that both of these control files use SOSLOD.CCL.
4.2 INSTALLATION
There are five files which should be installed. SOS.EXE belongs on SYS:
(or NEW:), SOS.HLP belongs on HLP:, and there are three files (SOS.DOC,
SOS.MAN, and SOS23.MAN) which belong on DOC:. Also, you may wish to put
SOSREF.MEM (a brief reference manual) and SOSMCR.DOC (a guide to using
the new SOS MACRO facility) on DOC:.