Qedit`s Forgotten Commands
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1. This tutorial focuses on some of Qedit s many small features rather than For Techies on a single big block of functionality It s broken down into three main areas Line mode commands also applicable on the homeline in full screen mode text formatting or word processing commands and full screen mode tricks and techniques This session is an opportunity for experienced users to share tips and techniques so please feel free to contribute Your ideas will make it interactive interesting and more valuable References Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Qedit commands m Can be abbreviated to the shortest number of unique letters m Shortcuts back one line last line A FINDUP x ly x xy first line Y re arm Control Y trap 5 45 previous external file CO compile CM external program calculator ZZ marked range Help turn memory lock On Off m Function keys in Line mode Qedit commands can be reduced to the minimum number of characters For Techies that uniquely identify them In addition you can use a number of other shortcuts that save typing This slide contains a table of shortcut keys To view them on line type helpq shortcuts or hq s Other shortcuts include the Qedit function keys that operate in Line mode as well as in Visual mode For example F5 and F6 page through a file backward and forward respectively and F3 F4 perform string se2. 14 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Saving useful commands in a command file m Qedit can execute UDCs and command files m Creating a command file V7 1 Send commands to a temporary file listredo 35 42 unn out testcmd 2 Insert in front of Qedit commands command files can include MPE commands 3 Save file on Hppath m SET UDC in Qedit set ude myudc specific UDC file 15 Editing tasks are by nature repetitive Since Qedit s goal is to simplify a For Techies programmer s work Qedit offers an easy way to automate repetitive tasks with the Redo stack You can echo useful commands to a disc file and build a command file that can later repeat the same task Listredo with the Unn option lists the commands as unnumbered lines and with the Out Testcmd option sends the output to a temporary disc file called Testcmd Once they are in a file you can insert in front of Qedit commands and save them as a command file which you can invoke later Set UDC enables MPE iX UDCs within your Qedit session Qedit can also execute UDCs without setting them at the operating system level While you are in Qedit set ude myudc allows you to use the UDCs in the Myudc file without affecting other users This enables you to use References Qedit commands prefaced with a within your UDCs 15 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgo
3. nth occurrence of the string from the beginning of the file If you skip to a new position in a file and realize that it s not where you want to be you can return to your previous position without knowing its line number Simply enter and press F7 16 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Copy with multiple paste in Visual mode m Mark block to be copied CC CC m Paste block in first location A copies text to Hold0 file m AO adds from Holdo file thereafter 17 One often requested Qedit enhancement for Visual mode involves For Techies multiple cut and paste operations within the same file An implicit Hold is currently available with the Add operations that specify a line range Copying or moving lines in Visual mode constitutes such an Add and enables you to repeatedly add the same block of text from the temporary Hold0 file AO and BO in the cut paste columns indicate the position After or Before that you can insert text from the Hold file References 17 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Typical Qeditmgr file set modify qzmodify set zip set visual update on set extprog MPEX PUB VESOFT set udc myudc udc myacct set justify margin 70 setjcw rlabeldefault 6 file phd phd dict mis file cogeditr qedit pub robelle set ynone on reply Y or N to yes no questions set vis widen 80 s
4. of the Hold0 file Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc For Techies References Qedit s Forgotten Commands Strings and patterns m Strings can be used in many ways Global string changes CHA bug undocumented feature ALL Moving within files FIND feature Last string specified becomes default FIND FINDUP Qualifying a line range delete superfluous Combine strings into one command change bug undocumented feature unexplained Only change lines that contain unexplained 7 Strings play a variety of roles in Qedit They can be delimited by quotes For Techies or by any of the following special characters l vertical bar tilde underscore exclamation mark pound sign greater than sign ampersand colon v HI Most Qedit commands accept a string as a line range qualifier in which case the commands apply only to lines that contain the string This includes the Change command which can have three types of strings change from string change to string and line range string References Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Qualifying strings Qualify non matches with NOMATCH option m Patterns as strings you can use and as pattern characters delete pattern blank lines Strings within windows find font 1 5 m Exclude embedded strings list Frank smart ign
5. Qedit s Forgotten Commands Qedit s Forgotten Commands A Robelle Tutorial By Hans Hendriks August 1996 robelle Copyright 1996 Robelle Solutions Technology Inc 1 The Qedit full screen editor for MPE and HP UX has been in constant For Techies development for many years Every new version contains many new features so it isn t surprising that many experienced users are often unaware of better and easier ways to do common tasks This tutorial will show you some of the commands and features that make Qedit more than just another text editor My name is Hans Hendriks I ve been a technical support consultant at Robelle since 1993 Before joining Robelle I worked for many years as a Cognos and Robelle distributor and have been a Qedit user since 1987 Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Toll free 1 888 762 3553 Suite 201 15399 102A Avenue Telephone 604 582 1700 References Surrey B C Canada V3R 7K1 Fax 604 582 1799 For further information E mail support robelle com on topics covered in WWW http www robelle com this tutorial please consult the Qedit User Manual Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands What s Inside Page m Line or command mode functions 3 m Working with files 5 m Hold files Qedit s clipboard 6 Strings and patterns 7 Formatting text 10 m Column editing 13 m Revising and repeating commands 14 m Full screen editing 16 m Customizing Qeditmgr 18
6. arches Use in column 1 to turn memory lock On and to turn memory lock Off References Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Configuring shortcut characters m SET ZIP J is default Zip list Represents first last and all lines left and right indentation m An optional sixth character indicates auto modify set zip m Use Z to save entire commands Z list 5 5 maximum 80 characters m Configure preferences in Qeditmgr file You can change the defaults of the shortcut characters by setting Zip For Techies set zip default Zip list The position of these characters represents the following arguments first line last line all lines left indentation used with AddJ right indentation used with AddJ You can specify an optional sixth character that represents auto modify A command or input line that ends with the auto modify character is redisplayed for editing before it is executed Z can save and execute commands that are up to 80 characters long including several commands separated by semicolons If you pass References parameters when you use Z they are appended to its value For an example of a Qeditmgr file see You can customize your Qedit environment by adding the Set commands page 18 to your Qeditmegr file Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Opening and
7. ares Reflection for DOS version 4 0 or higher you can enable Reflection word wrap in Visual mode with Set Visual Wordwrap On By default the Add command inserts lines after the current line You can use Set Addcurrent Off to change this default so that new lines are added to the end of the file 10 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Justifying within margins m SET JUSTIFY MARGIN 70 m SET JUSTIFY STOP START justify left justify right 20 40 justify centre 1 3 justify format justify both 5 50 m ADDJ 10 Automatically indents new lines Adjust indentation with and You can use the Justify command to center lines left justify or right justify text or fill text into margins The Justify command is unusual in that you specify a single line number to indicate the beginning of the line range The range either ends at the end of the paragraph or at the justification stop indicated by the Set Justify Start Stop characters By default a blank line indicates the end of paragraph You can justify the margins in just two simple steps 1 Specify margins for justification 2 Enter one of these commands justify centre centre each line justify left remove leading spaces justify right straight right margin justify format fill lines ragged right margin justify both fill lines both margins straight For hanging indents use the Withindent keywo
8. closing files m NEW OPEN TEXT commands a Closes current file moves new file in for editing a OPEN opens previous file O toggles back to current file m Qedit version 4 4 a Remembers last 10 files e g O 8 a OPEN filename DEFER for unchanged modify date m SET WORK LABELS ON or TEXT SUBFILE LABELS Allows editing of labelled files e g PowerHouse subfiles KEEP preserves file code and labels Qedit edits one file at a time It also keeps track of up to 10 previously For Techies opened files 1 2 etc and the last external file referenced It is easy to toggle between the current and the previous files with o o 5 etc It is also easy to list and add lines from external files by using the shortcut list template doc add 20 1 10 When you open a file Qedit assumes that you want to make changes so it opens the file with write access This immediately updates the file s modified date You can override this by specifying Defer when opening the file open rdfile defer or Open Sdfile Browse When you make a change to the file Add Modify or Delete Qedit reopens the file with write access You can control the default open mode with References set open defer ON OFF While Qedit always tries to remember the characteristics of files opened with the Text command it ignores file labels by default You can override this default by either specifying labels in your Tex
9. et visual above 10 below 10 18 You can customize your Qedit environment according to your own For Techies tastes Whenever you run Qedit it automatically executes any commands in the Qeditmgr Pub Sys and Qeditmgr Pub Robelle files If you run Qedit with the following Parm settings it will execute these additional Qeditmegr files Parm 1 Qeditmgr Pub Logon Parm 2 Qeditmegr Yourgrp Logon Parm 3 both files See Chapter 5 Running Qedit in the Qedit User Manual for a detailed explanation Thank you for attending our Qedit tutorial If you have any questions or need help please call us at our toll free number 1 800 561 8311 7 a m to 4 p m Pacific time Monday to Friday Pager service available for after hours emergencies References 18 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc
10. h by adding behind the word You can print the Spell User Manual with the following command References run printdoc pub robelle info spell doc robelle For more information on configuring the Spell dictionaries and calling the Spell intrinsics from your applications see the Spell User Manual 12 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Replace command enables column editing m Displays current line prompts for replacement replace 10 20 m Overlays from Hold file replace hold 10 20 m Only replaces text in current window Change 40 lines to 20 two column lines hold 21 40 delete 21 40 set left 30 replace hold 1 20 set left 13 Replace is an innocuous looking command At first glance it doesn t For Techies seem to do much more than the Add command except overwrite an existing line and pass the line number to the newly entered text However if you combine this with the fact that you can only overwrite text in the current window it becomes apparent how the Replace command can enable column editing within Qedit In this example lines 21 to 40 are first saved in the Hold file and deleted from the current file The editing window is then changed to start at column 30 so that the Replace command will only overwrite the text in columns 31 onwards By setting the left margin back to column 1 default you would be able to see that the leftmost columns rema
11. in untouched and the rightmost columns contain the newly pasted text References 13 Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Redoing commands m LISTREDO shows command history Remembers last 1 000 commands Shows last 20 commands LISTREDO PURGE shows all PURGE commands m REDO allows changes before executing command m DO repeats command without changes m MPEX style shorthand to commands a LISTREDO en REDO re T DO 14 Qedit remembers your commands during each session By default it For Techies stores up to 1 000 commands but you can increase this number by setting Qedit also accepts a file equation prior to running Qedit e g File Qedredo Disc 5000 MPEX style shorthand characters for the Listredo Redo Listredo Shows your previous 20 commands and Do commands Listredo Displays all the commands that you entered in the current Qedit session Listredo string Lists all the commands in the Redo stack that begin with the string pattern Do Re executes the specified line without first allowing you to modify it Do string Re executes the last command that begins with the string pattern Redo Displays the specified line from the Redo stack lets you edit References the command before re executing it Alternatively you can use Qedit s Before B command instead of Redo BJ performs the same operation as Listredo and BQ is equivalent to Do
12. ores Frankenstein By default Qedit searches for matches to a string If you specify For Techies nomatch it reverses the logic and returns lines that do not match Likewise you can restrict string searches to particular columns e g 10 40 or ignore the case of the string Upshift option If the string represents a pattern you can specify any of these valid pattern characters anything including nothing single numeric digit single alphanumeric digit sa zero Or more spaces Qedit ignores strings embedded within larger words when you use the Smart option References Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Editing files containing escape sequences m Working with non printing characters set decimal on list 7 list lines with bell cha 27 all change to escape m ESCOFF CMD command file set decimal on eq 27 all set decimal off m What if file already contains carets Qedit can edit non printing characters by working with their decimal For Techies values With Set Decimal On any number prefaced with an apostrophe C is interpreted as the character s decimal value When you edit files with escape sequences it is often useful to change the escape characters to some readable character so that you can edit the text that follows The Escoff command file in this slide changes escape decimal 27 to Make sure the file does not alread
13. rd Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc In this example the left margin is straight and the right margin is ragged 11 For Techies Typically you would configure your justification defaults by means of an appropriate Set Justify command in your Qeditmegr file References 11 Qedit s Forgotten Commands Spelling Check functions m SPELL 10 20 checks spelling in line range m SPELLJ highlights errors prompts for modification m WORD looks up individual words WORD right wroung david found right not found wroung wrong case david Partial word search WORD quicks matches quicksand quicksilver etc m Soundex search WORD quick matches quack quake quiche etc 42 Since 1991 Robelle has provided Spell as a free bonus program to its For Techies customers You can invoke it from within Qedit via the Spell and Word commands The Spell command checks a rangelist of lines for spelling errors against the main auxiliary and user dictionaries and reports words that are not found or that have the incorrect case The SpellJ command displays the offending line and highlights the error so that you can modify it You can select the American or British spelling when installing the main dictionary There are two ways you can look up individual words with the Word command You can either use a partial key search by adding to the end of the word or a sound alike searc
14. t command or changing the default with Set Work Labels On If Labels becomes the default Qedit copies the labels from the Text file and saves them when you use the Keep command This default enables you to edit labelled files such as PowerHouse subfiles Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands The Hold files Qedit s clipboard m HOLD 20 30 copies lines to Hold file HOLDJ 20 30 appends lines onto Hold file m ADD includes an implied Hold HoldO is a temporary file a Applies only when ADD contains line range add 45 52 add templt 1 10 m Hold and Hold files can be explicitly referenced add HOLD Qedit makes it easy to move and copy text within and between files It provides two easy ways to repeatedly use the same text You can explicitly copy text to the Hold file by way of the Hold command For example you may have a template of a coding procedure that you want to repeatedly insert and edit while developing a program You can put the template into the Hold file and copy it when required Whenever you add a range of lines to a file Qedit first copies the lines to the Hold0 file Then it counts the lines to determine the required line number increment for the file If you need to repeatedly add the same lines you can reference this Hold file directly For example add 27 hold0 Remember that the next Add operation with a line range will overwrite the contents
15. tten Commands Full screen editing For fast text entry delete template line end entry with in columns one and two E gt string F7 finds next occurrence of string gt string 12 F7 finds 12th occurrence from start of file gt string 12 F7 finds string after line 12 Use F3 for FINDUP F4 for FIND m F7 returns to recent screen m F7 refreshes current screen m F7 reset cut paste operation 16 When Qedit is updating a screen of data in Visual mode it reads the For Techies screen memory until it finds a in the leftmost two columns Anything after is ignored Since Qedit cannot determine what is valid edited text without the it cannot update the changes to the file The absence of explains the No at the end so no update error message that you may have seen You can actually use this feature to help you add text to the end of a file Instead of inserting several blank lines filling them and then updating them you can just delete Qedit s template line type in the required text and enter a in the leftmost columns of the line following the text If you enter a string in quotations at the homeline and press F7 Qedit goes to the next line that contains the string If you enter a number after the string Qedit starts searching for the string from the specified line References number A string followed by and a number n tells Qedit to start searching for the
16. y contain caret characters How would you enhance this command file to check for pre existing carets HINT Qedit sets the Qeditcount JCW to the number of lines processed by the last command This JCW is only set by commands that can print a total List Delete Add Change Append Justify Keep Proc and Text References Qedit is a trademark of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Qedit s Forgotten Commands Formatting with Qedit m Rapid fire text entry with SET WRAPAROUND ON a Line wrap at word boundaries Control C to start new paragraph a to end text entry Word wrap in Visual mode with R1DOS version 4 0 or higher set vis wordwrap ADD defaults to end of file set addcurrent off 10 Qedit was primarily developed as a home base for programmers Since For Techies programmers also have to do documentation Qedit includes some text formatting functions Set Wraparound On makes line overflow in the Add command more friendly by splitting long lines between words Use Control C to start a new paragraph and Control C twice to put a blank line between paragraphs To complete an Add operation use a double slash By default Set Wraparound On allows you to enter up to 256 characters before pressing Return You can increase this limit by specifying an alternate number as long as it does not exceed 5 000 e g Set Wraparound 1000 Note that this word wrap feature only works in Line mode If you have Heleie
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