Gasboy CFN III Mgnr's Mnl V3.4 - Manual (Page 182)

Using Text Editors
Page 166 MDE-4315 CFN Series CFN III Manager’s Manual for Windows NT · August 2004
The screen in the figure above indicates that the editor is in edit mode. The
editor always starts out in edit mode.
How to Enter Text
You must be in insert mode to enter text. If you are not in insert mode, type ^N
to get into insert mode. When you are in insert mode, the word edit on the status
line changes to insert.
Once in insert mode, you can start typing text.
How to Correct Text as You Type It
When you are entering text in insert mode or entering a command in command
mode, you can use DEL to delete the last character you typed and ^X to delete
the current line.
Command Case
Commands in edit mode and command mode may be typed in UPPER or lower
case.
The Work Buffer
The editor does all its work in the work buffer. (The work buffer is not
something you can see; it is part of the Site Controller’s memory.)
When you invoke the editor to edit a previously created file, it reads the file
from the disk into the work buffer. As you edit the file, the editor makes the
changes to the copy of the file in the work buffer. It does not change the disk file
until you write the contents of the work buffer to the disk.
You usually write the contents of the work buffer to the disk-with the SAVE or
RESAVE command-at the end of your editing session. When you create a new
file, the editor does not actually create the file on disk until you give the file a
name and write the contents of the work buffer to the disk.
How to Name Files
When you create a new file you must name it before you can save it.
Filenames can be up to 8 characters long, plus an extension (the characters that
follow the period) of up to three characters: filename.ext. See the beginning of
“CFN3 File System” on page 151 for restrictions on the characters that can be
used in filenames.
To name a file:
• Make sure you are in command mode. If you are not in command mode,