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At the DOS prompt, type:
CM_EDITR filename [optional switches]
where filename is the name or full specification (path+name) of the
file you wish to edit. Optional switches, which need not be separated
from one another, are V for view-only, no edit; M for monochrome color
set; and L for LCD color set. (Default color set is for CGA/EGA/VGA.)
Thus, to view a file called TEST.ASC in the DOCS directory of you C drive,
using the monochrome color set, with CM_EDITR on the disk in A drive,
enter at the A:\> prompt:
A:\>CM_EDITR C:\DOCS\TEST.ASC VM
Feel free the rename CM_EDITR.COM to CE.COM for brevity.
Begin by viewing any text file.
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Record Delimiters. . .
The default display mode for "record delimiters" [carriage return
(CR), line feed (LF), and the combinations CR+LF and LF+CR] is to show
their color values, which are cued in the legend at the bottom (blue=CR,
green=LF, cyan=CR+LF, magenta=LF+CR). In addition , the end of the file
is denoted with a red End-of-File (EOF) mark. Sometimes it is very useful
to know exactly what delimiter combination your word processors use, so
you can duplicate it when you edit with CE. You can toggle the colored
delimiter symbols off with "
-" and back on with "+". (This is
also covered in a three-page help screen you can get by pressing H.)
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Information Area. . .
The name of the file being viewed is shown in the lower left prompt
area. The lower right prompt area shows the ASCII value of the character
at the cursor (decimal and hex), the position of that character in the
file (starting with 1), the file record the cursor is in, and the
position of the cursor within the record (called "Column", which for a
long record is not necessarily the same as the screen column).
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Cursor Movement. . .
The arrow keys move the cursor one line up or down and one
character left or right. move left or right
one word at a time, and move to the beginning
or end of the line, as in PCWrite.
For lines longer than 80 characters, only the first 80 are shown
on the screen. To see more of the line, put the cursor on the line,
and move right with