apple-pascal-1.3-manual

If you follow the filename with just a RETURN, rather than marker namesenclosed in brackets, the entire file will be copied into your current file.If you want to copy from the beginning of the file to a marker, enter thespecification in the form [,marker]; and if you want to copy from a marker tothe end of the file, use the form [marker,] where the comma signifies thebeginning or end points of the file.You can cancel the Copy operation by pressing ESC at any time before youpress the final RETURN.If you have not placed the markers that you thought you had, you see thefollowing message:ERROR: Marker not there. Please press to continue.Pressing the SPACE bar returns you to the Edit command level.On the completion of the Copy command, after text has been copied fromthe specified file, the Editor places the cursor on the first character of thetext that you copied.If your present file cannot contain all the additional text that you areattempting to copy into it, the Editor copies in as much of the additional textas it can. Then it gives this message:ERROR: Buffer overflow. Please press to continue.When you press the SPACE bar, the copy is complete, and your file nowcontains as much of the additional text as the Editor could fit into your file.Remember that none of the target file's Environment information is broughtover with the copied text.ExampleSuppose the disk named MYDISK: contains a file namedSUPERMART.TEXT, which has two markers placed in its text: ALPHA andBET A. Further suppose that you are now in the Editor, editing a file, andyou wish to insert the text of SUPERMART.TEXT, bounded by markersALPHA and BET A, at the current cursor position.To enter Copy mode from the Editor command line, type c and then type Fto select copying from a File portion. This prompt appears:>Copy: From what file[marker,marker]?The Editor CommandsII-105