TED Command Tom Kihlken 1988 No. 19 (Utilities) Purpose: A small, full-screen editor for line-oriented files of up to 64K in length that supports scrolling, cut, copy, paste, and printing operations, and permits entry of all members of the IBM character set. Format: TED [filespec] Remarks: TED will open and read a file whose name (and path, if required) are supplied initially. If no filespec is provided it will open a new file and prompt for a filename when the Save and Exit command (F7) is given. The original of a modified file is saved with a .BAK extension. The Abort command (F1), when verified, abandons any modifications and leaves the original file intact. Lines may be of any length, and each must be terminated by pressing Enter. Lines longer than the screen width display a diamond in the rightmost column. Offscreen characters (up to 248 columns) may be viewed by using the Ctrl- keys. Lines may be broken by pressing Enter at any point, and may be conflated by pressing Delete at the line end. A block of text is defined by toggling on the Mark command (F4) and moving the cursor with the arrow keys. The Marked area is shown in inverse video. Pressing F3 prints the blocked text; F5 (Cut) removes it to a buffer from which it can be Pasted (F6) at any point where the cursor is located. The paste buffer remains intact until another section is marked and cut. Pressing F8 deletes to the end of a line; F9 deletes the entire line. F10 restores the most recent deletion of F8 or F9. The Undo command (F2) restores letters deleted by the Delete (but not by the Backspace) key if the cursor has not been moved. The Home and End keys move the cursor to the beginning and end of the current screen line; the Tab key moves to the next column evenly divisible by eight. Text is entered in Insert mode by default; pressing the Insert key toggles to overstrike mode. TED configures itself to the display in use and supports EGA and VGA text modes other than the standard 80 columns by 25 rows. PgUp and PgDn scroll the file by the number of rows displayed, minus 5. Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn move to the top and bottom of the file. Any character in the IBM set can be entered by pressing the Alt key, typing its ASCII value on the numeric keypad, then releasing the Alt key.