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			   A Public-Domain Text Editor and Word Processor
	
						For The IBM Personal Computer
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								Version 1.17

	
	
	
									 by



	
							 Thomas N. Thurston


					1111 W. El Camino Real, Suite 109-115
							Sunnyvale, CA  94087














	
	
			

				Copyright 1983, 84, 85 by Thomas N. Thurston.

	
	
							  TABLE OF CONTENTS
        
        
	1.  INTRODUCTION..................................................1-1
	1.1.  Simple, Consistent Command Organization.....................1-1
	1.2.  Extensive Commands..........................................1-2
	1.3.  System Requirements.........................................1-3
	1.4.  Installation................................................1-3
	
	2.  COMMAND OVERVIEW..............................................2-1
	2.1.  Basic Concepts..............................................2-1
	2.2.  How to Start EDIT...........................................2-2
	2.3.  Screen Organization.........................................2-3
	2.4.  Command Basics..............................................2-4
	2.5.  Command Repetition..........................................2-5
	2.6.  Input to Command Prompts....................................2-6
	2.7.  Settings....................................................2-7
	2.8.  Files.......................................................2-8
	
	3.  COMMANDS......................................................3-1
	3.1.  Basic Text Insertion and Deletion...........................3-1
	3.2.  Basic Cursor Movements......................................3-3
	3.3.  Setting Display, Editing, and Formatting Options............3-5
	3.4.  File Selection and/or Exiting EDIT.........................3-12
	3.5.  Miscelleneous Word Processing and Printing.................3-15
	3.6.  Block Commands:  Save, Delete, Get, and Move Text..........3-18
	3.7.  GoTo, Find, and Replace....................................3-19
	3.8.  Miscelleneous Commands:  Help and Macros...................3-21
	
	A.  Appendix A:  Command Summary..................................A-1
        
	B.  Appendix B:  Internal Information.............................B-1
	           Get Settings

Shift-F3 file <enter>	Get settings from file


               