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Using Text Editors
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3 Click once on the word Accessories.
4 Click once on the program that you want to open (NotePad is suggested).
For help, select Help from the Menu bar at the top of NotePad’s window.
FRED
The screen editor FRED (FRamos EDitor) is for editing files. This chapter
shows you how to use the editor FRED to create and modify files. You can use
the editor to create a file, save it, and recall it later to modify.
Note that FRED is a disk command, so a copy of it must be in the search path.
(For information on the search path, see
“Making Your Own Commands” on
page 173 .)
You can use FRED to modify a file that was downloaded or was created by
redirecting output of commands, or with the RECORD command.
The Editor’s Modes
The editor has three modes: insert mode, edit mode, and command mode. When
you use the editor you will mostly use insert mode.
• In insert mode the editor accepts regular characters as text. Text that is
inserted on a line pushes characters on the right side of the cursor to the
right.
• In edit mode the editor accepts regular characters as commands. There are
some special characters-control characters and the arrow keys-that are
accepted as commands in both insert and edit modes.
• When you enter command mode a prompt (#) appears on the last line of the
screen, and the cursor moves to the last line of the screen. In command
mode the editor accepts commands of one or more letters. You must press
ENTER after you type command-mode commands. Some command-mode
commands require additional information, which they prompt for.
How to Change Editor Modes
When you first invoke the editor (by typing FRED filename), it is in edit mode.
From edit mode you can enter insert mode or command mode. To enter insert
mode from command mode or edit mode, type ^N. (Remember, the ^ character
means you are to hold down the CONTROL key while you type N.)
To enter edit mode from command mode or insert mode, type ^E. To enter
command mode from insert mode or edit mode, type ^C.