                    Alan's Editor Function Keys Help Screen
 
Function keys are located on the left of the keyboard. This is a brief 
description of their meaning.  Please consult the manual for more detailed
information. 

Esc- End: Ends Alan's Editor.
F1-Save : Lets you save the current working file for future use. 
F2-Get: Allows you to get a file from disk.
F3-Top: Moves to the top of the workspace. (May not be top of file)
F4-Bottom: Scrolls to the last line of a buffer (may not be bottom of file)
F5-Delete: Allows you to delete a number of lines below the cursor position.
F6-Insert: Allows you to insert 1 to 10 blank lines. 
F7-Help: Help screens, change disks, directory options.
F8-Clear: Clears workspace (Does not clear copy buffer). 
F9-Mark: Used to mark blocks for copy (See chapter 2). 
F10-Copy: Used in conjuction with 9-Mark to copy text.  See also Ctrl-C. 
 
CTRL-F3 - Top of file
CTRL-F4 - Bottom of file

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                        Control Commands (CTRL)
          
          
Control commands are issued by pressing the CTRL key like a shift key, and 
then simultaneously pressing a single command key such as a D, W or F. Below 
is a list of the available control commands: 

CTRL C - Is similar to the F10 function key. However, instead of first 
inserting blank lines before making a copy, CTRL C will place the copied text 
in the position specified by the cursor, directly over any text that may 
happen to exist there. 

CTRL D - Deletes all characters on the current line which are to the right of 
the cursor. If the cursor is in column one, the entire line will be deleted, 
and any text below that line will be moved up on the screen. 

CTRL F - This command "fills" the text from the current line to the next
blank line which starts with a dot "." Each line is filled with as many words 
as will fit while observing the current line length specifications. 

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CTRL K - The horizontal highlighted bar at the bottom of the screen which
initially displays copyright information. Successively pressing CTRL K will 
display the function key commands, CTRL commands, and tab settings. 

CTRL L - This command may be used to reset the line length specifications 
within AE. After pressing CTRL L, you will be prompted to enter the new line 
length. 

                   
CTRL P - Places text on the current line in centered position with respect to 
the line length specifications. 

CTRL R - This command allows you to replace text on the screen. After 
pressing CTRL R, you will notice a request at the bottom of the screen which 
says "Old/New". Enter the string of characters to be replaced , followed by a 
"/", and the new string of characters.

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CTRL S - Will search for a specified text. You will be prompted to enter the
text to be located. Each time this text is matched, it will be highlighted on 
the screen. The search is conducted from the beginning of the current 
workspace to the end of the current workspace.

CTRL T - Allows you to reset the tab settings by entering up to 20 column 
numbers at which you wish the tabs to be set. These column numbers should be 
entered from smallest to largest, should be separated by semicolons, and none 
should exceed the line length. 

CTRL W - Deletes text from the position of the cursor to the next blank. This 
is usually used to delete a word. 

CTRL X - Splits a line at the position of the cursor, and places the text to 
the right of the cursor on the next line. This should be used for inserts of 
more than several characters.

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                          SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
                               BY ACTION

          Cursor Movement 
          
          Arrows    - move cursor in direction indicated
          Home key  - move cursor to upper left of screen
          End key   - move cursor to end of current line
          (Tab)     - move cursor to next tab stop
          
          
          Delete
          
          Del key - delete character
          CTRL W  - delete word
          CTRL D  - delete to end of line (Also CTRL-END)
          F5      - delete line(s)
          <--     - destructive backspace
          
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                          SUMMARY OF COMMANDS  
                               BY ACTION       

          Insert
          
          Ins key - insert character(s)
          F6      - insert line(s)
          
          
          Screen Formatting
          
          CTRL F - fill text
          CTRL L - set line length
          CTRL P - place text in center of screen
          CTRL T - set tab stops

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                          SUMMARY OF COMMANDS  
                               BY ACTION       
          
          Movement within document
          
          F3   - move to top of buffer
          F4   - move to bottom buffer
          CTRL-F3 - move to top of document
          CTRL-F4 - move to bottom of document
          PgDn - page down 11 lines
          PgUp - page up 11 lines

          
          Search and Replace
          
          CTRL S - search for text string - global to end
          CTRL R - replace text string - can be global to end

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                          SUMMARY OF COMMANDS  
                               BY ACTION       

          Block copying
          
          F9     - mark text to be placed in rectangular copy buffer
          F10    - copy rectangular block - non destructive
          CTRL C - copy rectangular block - destructive
          

          Others
          
          F1 - save current working document
          F2 - get document from disk for editing
          CTRL K - change help key at bottom of screen
          CTRL X - split line
          F7     - help
          F8     - clear workspace
          Esc key- end Alan's Editor

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                                LIMITATIONS TO AE
          
          1. Maximum length of any line is 79 characters. Files read 
          into AE whose lines are longer than 79 characters in length 
          may be truncated. 
          
          2. Maximum length of file is limited only by disk space. 
          However, AE requires that there be sufficient space for 
          buffering. Allow three times the file length of disk space
          to avoid disk full errors. 
          

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                        CREATING THE INITIALIZATION FILE

The file AE.INI is used to specify the default settings. Each indication
should be on one line, making the file a total of five lines long. For 
example, to set up the following settings:

          Default disk :C
          Line length  :60
          Tab setting  :at columns 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40
          Text colors  :White on Black
          Highlight    :Bright White on Black

          -----------------------------
          |C                          |<--- this is the contents of the
          |60                         |     file named AE.INI.
          |5;10;20;30;40              |     (no borders)
          |7,0                        |
          |15,0                       |
          -----------------------------
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          |7,0                        |
          |15,0                       |
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