AEDIT Text File Editor

User's Guide

Version 1A0

INTRODUCTION
COMMAND LINE
EDITOR SCREEN FORMAT
EDITOR KEYS AND FUNCTIONS
EDITOR ALT-X MENU
HISTORY
QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS?

INTRODUCTION

AEDIT is a stand alone version of the built in AHCDEMO and NVMETEST editor. See the EDIT* commands in AHCDEMO and NVMETEST. NOTE: AEDIT version 1A0 comes with ATADEMO 12A2 after May 2016. However, the editor built into ATADEMO does not support many of the features found in this version of AEDIT or in the AHCDEMO or NVMETEST built in editors.

AEDIT may be used to edit any plain text file.

The editor inforces the basic file formatting rules required in ATADEMO, AHCDEMO and NVMETEST script files. Those rules are:

File lines are limited to 249 characters (plus an LF).
TAB or CR characters are converted to a space character.
Characters between 20H (space) and 7EH (~) are allowed. Characters outside this range are converted to a '?' character.

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COMMAND LINE


   AEDIT
   AEDIT fileName

Without the fileName option the editor opens the file 'default.dsf'.

To create a new file start AEDIT with (or without) a file name, edit/create the file's text and then use the ALT-X memu to specify the new file's name (or use the default file name of 'default.dsf').

To edit an existing file specify the file name, edit the file and then use the ALT-X menu to save the changed file using the same file name or a different file name.

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EDITOR SCREEN FORMAT

The top line of the screen shows the following information:

FL - number of free lines in the buffer. If FL reaches zero the ALT-X menu will appear - save the file and restart the editor to continue editing.
NL - number of lines in the file.
CL - current line (the line the cursor is on).
CC - current column the cursor is in.

The bottom line of the screen shows the following information and/or error messages:

FN - the current file name.
SS - the current search string.

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EDITOR KEYS AND FUNCTIONS

AEDIT is a full screen editor. Characters typed are normally placed into the current line at the current cursor position. Only the keys 20H (space) to 7EH (~) are allowed.

The following keys invoke editor functions:

ALT-A

A a line following the current cursor position.

ALT-C

Copy the marked lines after the current cursor position. Use ALT-L to mark lines.

ALT-D

Delete the line at the current cursor position.

ALT-E

Move the cursor to the end of the file.

ALT-F

Enter a search string and find the next occurance of the string.

ALT-G

Find the next occurance of the search string.

ALT-H

Display ALT key help.

ALT-K

Delete the marked block of lines. Use ALT-L to mark lines.

ALT-L

Mark lines. Move the cursor to the first line to be marked and press ALT-L. If marking more than one line, move the cursor up or down to the last line to be marked and press ALT-L again. Then use the ALT-C, ALT-K or ALT=M keys to copy, delete or move the marked block of line(s). Also see ALT-U.

ALT-M

Move the marked block of lines after the current cursor position.

ALT-T

Move the cursor to the top of the file.

ALT-U

Unmark any marked lines.

ALT-X

Exit/quit the editor. Causes the ALT-X menu to be displayed. See below.

CTRL-L

Shift marked line(s) left.

CTRL-R

Shift marked line(s) right.

Move the cursor left and delete a character.

CTRL-END

Delete all characters to the right of the cursor position.

DEL

Delete the character at the cursor position.

DOWN

Move the cursor down one line.

END

Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

ENTER

Move the cursor to the left side of the next line.

ESC

Undo any changes to the current line since the cursor arrived on the line.

HOME

Move the cursor to the left side of the current line.

INS

Toggle replace/inser mode.

LEFT

Move the cursor left.

PGDN

Move the cursor down 1/2 of the screen size.

PGUP

Move the cursor up 1/2 of the screen size.

RIGHT

Move the cursor right.

Move the cursor up one line.

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EDITOR ALT-X MENU

The ALT-X key (or running out of free memory) will cause the ALT-X menu to be displayed. Use this menu to:

Enter a new file name (ALT-N).
Quit without saving (ALT-Q).
Return to editing (ALT-R).
Save the file (ALT-S).

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HISTORY

Version 1A0

New version of AEDIT with new features that match the AHCDEMO 3A3e and NVMETEST 1B1e built in editors. New features include help (ALT-H), shift text lefr ot right (CTRL-L and CTRL-R), and other minor features.

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QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS?

Technical support can be found at:


   http://www.ata-atapi.com/techsupp.html

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