HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 297)

EDIT VS Function Key Summary
Page Mode Editing
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SF8 (COPY AND
SAVE BLOCK)
The SF8 function key copies the default block or a defined block from the
screen and saves it in the 24-line buffer stack. (Default and defined blocks
are defined earlier in the “Editing With the Numbered Function Keys”
discussion and explained in the SF9 function key description.) The copied
block stays unchanged on the screen. The block remains in the stack until
one of the following occurs:
You press the F7 (RETRIEVE) function key to remove the line from the
stack and insert it back into the text.
The buffer stack contains more than 24 lines. EDIT VS deletes the oldest
line from the stack.
You exit the EDIT program.
You can only define a block within a screen; therefore, the most text you can
copy and save at a time is the 24 lines of one screen.
To copy and save a block:
1. Move the cursor to the beginning of the block you want to copy and
press
SF9 (DEFINE BLOCK).
2. Move the cursor to the end of the block you want to copy, then press SF8
(COPY AND SAVE BLOCK).
SF9 (DEFINE BLOCK) The SF9 function key defines the first character of a block of text.
To define a block, you must press two function keys:
Position the cursor at the first character of the block and press the SF9
(DEFINE BLOCK) function key.
Move the cursor to the last character of the block and press the SF6
(DELETE BLOCK), SF8 (COPY BLOCK), or SF5 (INSERT BLOCK)
function key. If you do not press one of these three block function keys
immediately after pressing
SF9 , EDIT VS cancels the define block
function.
See the SF6 and SF8 function key descriptions for more details on deleting
or copying a block.