Edit User's Guide and Reference Manual

The ADD Command: Adding Text to Your File
Adding and Displaying Text
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To insert text into an existing file, you can ask EDIT to start adding text at a
particular line number. For example, assume you want to insert lines into
your file and your current file is:
1 Peter, Peter
2 Pumpkin eater
3 Put her in a pumpkin shell
4 And there he kept her very well.
The command:
*ADD 2
2.1 Had a wife
2.2 But couldn't keep her
2.3 //
*
causes EDIT to begin inserting text after line 2. EDIT begins adding new
text at line number 2.1, using a decimal numbering of .1, and continues to
use this numbering increment with each new line you add.
When you finish adding text, tell EDIT you are done by pressing RETURN ,
typing a double slash (//) in the first two columns, then pressing RETURN
again. EDIT returns a prompt and awaits further commands.
EDIT uses numbering increments from .001 to 10 to add lines. Study the
following examples.
*ADD 35 BY 10
35 Tom, Tom,
45 The piper's son
55 //
*
Line number 45 is both
the last line of new text
and the current line.
Starts adding text at
line number 35