PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

TEDIT Commands

Introduction to TEDIT

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TEDIT Commands There are four types of TEDIT commands:

command

command + required information

text command + text item

text item + text command

Some commands work on their own; some require additional information;

and some require a text item or text command to define their action.

Table 1-1 shows the different forms and examples of the four types of

commands.

Table 1-1. Types of TEDIT Commands

Form Examples Comments

text command + text item

text item + text command

DELETE REGION

UPPERCASE WORD

REGION DELETE

WORD UPPERCASE

Text commands specify an

action that TEDIT performs

on a portion of the text called

a text item. Each text

command requires a text

item.

command UNDO

TAB

These commands are just

entered with no additional

information.

command + required

information

MARKPOSITION 2

SEARCH search-text

These commands require

information that you either

supply on the command line

or that you enter alone and

wait for TEDIT to ask for the

information.