Juniper Systems Allegro DOS Manual - Manual (Page 74)

74 Allegro DOS Owner’s Manual
Text Editor
There is a full screen text editor available that runs on the Allegro.
The text editor allows you to create and edit text fi les up to 64 K in
size. It is useful for editing the AUTOEXEC.BAT and the CONFIG.
SYS fi les.
Starting a New Text File
Press F10 Util from FileScout to bring up the Utilities menu.
Select 2 Editor to execute the Text Editor program.
Enter a name for the new fi le on the second status line after the word
File: and press ENTER.
A blank page appears on the screen. You can now create a new fi le
using the editing rules described later in this chapter.
Blank Screen
Accessing an Existing File
To access an existing fi le, select the desired fi le from the FileScout
directory then press F2. This keystroke executes the Text Editor and
opens the fi le that is highlighted.
Editing a Document
Cursor Movement
The circular key is used along with the BLUE and GOLD shift keys
to move the cursor around the document.
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