Appendix 9


VIEW commands

Command screen commands

Most commands may be abbreviated to their first few characters. Where

applicable, the minimum abbreviation is given in brackets after each command

name.

Commands marked ||„ apply to facilities for which detailed descriptions are

outside the scope of this guide. Full details may be found in the VIEW User

Guide.

Note that operating system and filing system commands can be issued from the

VIEW command screen.

CHANGE (C) Find all occurrences of one target string and
change it for another. For example:
CHANGE WATER WINE
CLEAR (CL) Remove all markers from the text.
COUNT (CO) Count the number of words in memory or between
markers (if specified).
EDIT (E) || Start editing a file which is too large to fit into
available memory-
FINISH (F) ||„ Finish an EDIT session.
FIELD n (FI) || Assign the tab function to the key with ASCII
value n. (Default setting FIELD 9.)
FOLD || Turn the facility to ignore case on and off with
SEARCH, CHANGE and REPLACE. With no
parameters, FOLD tells you the current status.
FORMAT (FOR) Format the whole document in memory.
LOAD (L) Load the specified file into memory replacing what
was there previously. For example:
LOAD RESIGN
MICROSPACE (MI) || Enable microspacing.
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