A very basic text editor which stores its preferences in the file S:ED-STARTUP. Delete this file to get many more options such as a search option and more.

Common commands

Press ESC then the letter to activate their function.

T - Top of file

B - Bottom of file

BS - Block Start

BE - Block End

IB - Insert Block

DB - Delete Block

CS - move Cursor to Start of line

CE - move Cursor to End of line

WB - Write Block to new file

IF - Insert a different File into this file

F - finds keyword (case-sensitive)

D - Delete line

Q - Quit Ed without saving

X - save file

SA - save without exiting (Refresh the file) If you want to MOVE the block, make sure you Delete Block RIGHT after you've Inserted Block. You can also scroll the text with the ctrl-U and ctrl-D commands.

Tip

ED only just gives you 76 characters across, to get an extra one (may be useful for something) put a character in "front" on the cursor before you get to the end of the line. That'll shift the margin out rather than giving you a "carriage return", so you can type in the 77th character, then delete the extra character.

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