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6.4 Basic Editing Commands CP/M 3 User's Guide
A further abbreviation of this command is to enter no number at all. In response
to a carriage return without a preceding command, ED assumes a n command of 1
and moves the CP down to the next line and prints it, as follows
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"I find ecstasy in living -
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Also, a minus sign, -, without a number moves the CP back one line.
6.4.2 Displaying Memory Buffer Contents
ED does not display the contents of the memory buffer until you specify which
part of the text you want to see. The T command displays text without moving the
CP.
The T (Type) Command
The T command types a specified number of lines from the CP at the screen. The
T command takes the forms
nT, -nT
where n specifies the number of lines to be displayed. If a negative number is entered,
ED displays n lines before the CP. A positive number displays n lines after the CP. If
no number is specified, ED types from the character pointer to the end of the line.
ton no matter how many lines are typed. For
The CP remains in its original posit'
example, if the character pointer is at the beginning of the memory buffer, and you
instruct ED to type four lines (4T), four lines are displayed at the screen, but the CP
stays at the beginning of line 1.
^Emily Dickinson said,
"I find ecstasy in living -
the mere sense of living
is joy enough."
If the CP is between two characters in the middle of the line, a T command with
no number specified types only the characters between the CP and the end of the
line, but the character pointer stays in the same position, as shown in the following
memory buffer example:
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