PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

CHARACTER
TEDIT Topics
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2. To copy the character on which the cursor is positioned into the
scratchpad, enter:
Command: COPY CHARACTER
3. To switch two characters to the left of the cursor, you can use multiple
commands. Assume you have just typed “Teh” for “The” and the
cursor is on the space after the “h.” (The cursor position is very
important for this example to work properly.) To change the “Teh” to
“The,” you can type this list of commands on the command line or
assign these commands to a function key.
Command: EMPTY; CHARACTER; BACKWARD; MOVE; BACKW; RETRIEVE; 2 FORWARD; CA
EMPTY is a shortened version for EMPTYSCRATCHPAD, BACKW is
the shortened version for BACKWARD, and CA is the shortened
version for CANCEL. EMPTY is used at the beginning to delete any
text that is in the scratchpad. CANCEL is used at the end to cancel any
persistent text command or text item that might persist on the status
line.