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Lars Brinkhoff edited this page Oct 30, 2023 · 2 revisions

Basic editing with IMEDIT

IMEDIT is a page oriented editor for Imlacs, simliar to TECO. You edit one page at a time, and when done advance to the next page in the file. If you are familiar with TECO, you may see that many commands have a similar counterpart in IMEDIT.

  • arrow keys - move cursor
  • XMIT - terminate argument to a command
  • ^C - list commands
  • ^U - list directory
  • ^R - read file
  • ^O - specify output file
  • ^D - delete file
  • ^K - kill imedit
  • ^Y - get text from input file
  • ^P - go to next page
  • ^E - copy rest of input to output file
  • ^F - close output file
  • DEL - delete character to the right
  • Shift DEL - delete character to the left
  • PAGE XMIT - store page in output file
  • Control 0 - clear screen and text
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