Rockwell Automation 8520-GUM 9/Series CNC Grinder Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set User Manual

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Editing Programs On Line

Chapter 5

5-12

Erasing An Entire Block

From the edit menu, move the cursor until it is located on any
character that is in the block you want to delete.

Press the

{BLOCK DELETE}

softkey. The control erases the selected

block including the end of block character.

DIGITZ

MODIFY

INSERT

BLOCK

DELETE

BLOCK

TRUNC

DELETE

CH/WRD

EXIT

EDITOR

STRING

RENUM

PRGRAM

MERGE

PRGRAM

QUICK

VIEW

CHAR/

WORD

(softkey level 3)

Example 5.8

Erasing An Entire Block

Program Block

(Program Display Area)

Enter

(Input Area)

Notes

X93M01Z10;

Position the cursor any where in the block

X93M01Z10;

Press the {BLOCK DELETE} softkey.

Result -- -- the block is completely deleted

Important: If the block consist of more than one line on the CRT, the
control deletes the entire block, not just the line that contains the cursor.

Erasing A Character Still In The Input Area

The control can also erase characters in the input area (lines 1-2 on the
screen) before being sent to the program display area. Delete the character
to the left of the cursor on the input line by pressing the

[DEL]

key. The

control inserts a new character to the left of the cursor automatically when
you press any character key. You can move the cursor on the input line by
holding down the

[SHIFT]

key and pressing the left and right cursor keys.