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author | Joe Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2015-08-11 16:51:37 -0400 |
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committer | Joe Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2015-08-11 16:51:37 -0400 |
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diff --git a/pkg/language/doc/edit.hlp b/pkg/language/doc/edit.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..93a588e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/language/doc/edit.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.help edit Apr87 language +.ih +NAME +edit -- edit a text file +.ih +USAGE +edit files [files...] +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls files +The file or files to be edited. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +The \fIedit\fR task invokes a host system editor to edit the named file or +files. The editor to be used is determined by the value of the CL environment +variable \fIeditor\fR. Filename mapping is applied to the \fIfiles\fR +argument strings to convert virtual filenames into host system filenames. +File templates are not supported, unless the host system editor supports them. + +The EDT, EMACS, and VI editors are currently supported. Each editor interface +is controlled by an \fIedcap\fR table file in the logical directory "dev$"; +these files are also used by the \fIehistory\fR and \fIeparam\fR screen +editors. For example, the file "dev$edt.ed" is required to run the EDT +editor. The EDITOR_CMD field of the \fIedcap\fR file defines the command +to be send to the host system to run the editor; this is not necessarily the +same as the name of the editor. Support for additional editors is easily added +by adding new \fIedcap\fR files. +.ih +EXAMPLES +1. Edit the login.cl file. + + cl> edit home$login.cl + +2. Edit the file "temp" in the current directory. + + cl> edit temp + +3. On a UNIX system, edit all the ".x" files in the current directory. +Filename templates cannot be used with the editor unless the editor itself, +or the host system, expands the filename template. + + cl> edit *.x +.ih +BUGS +The EOF control character is set in the edcap file for the editor language in +use, e.g., "dev$vi.ed" for the VI editor. The value in this file may differ +from that used on the local system; if this is the case, the system installer +should edit the file and change the value of the parameter EXIT_UPDATE. + +The control sequences for the keyboard arrow keys are also defined in the +".ed" edcap file; TERMCAP should be used instead. +.ih +SEE ALSO +ehistory, eparam |