

			THE RAND TEXT EDITOR




Symbols: [xx] brackets indicate options
	 <xx> indicate key
	 (*)  insert figures for hardcopy version


	To use the Rand Text Editor type:

		re [FILENAME] <RET>

	FILENAME identifies the file you wish to view/edit.  If you

	do not provide a FILENAME one of the following will occur:

		1)  A file will be created and named 'first' for
		    you if no file named 'first' already exists;

		2)  If a file named 'first' already exists, 'first'
		    will be displayed.

	FILENAME  may consist of up to 8 alphanumeric characters.

	The beginning 37 lines of the file will be displayed in

	a "window" (the visual display of your file on the screen)

	78 columns wide through which you view and manipulate your

	file. This page is delimited by



	dashed lines on the top, bottom, and right sides.  The left

	boundary is marked by semicolons.  Semicolons mark the beginning

	of the remaining empty lines in the file.  Thus, when entering

	a new file the left boundary will consist entirely of semicolons.

	However, should you enter, for example, text on Lines 1 and 2,

	write the file, and then retrieve the file for editing again

	you will note that Lines 1 and 2 are now preceded by dashes while

	the remaining  empty lines are preceded by semicolons.



	Also displayed in the window along the boundaries are position

	markers ( ) that identify the current line and column position

	of the cursor.	When entering a file, and not specifying the

	line number (option described below) the cursor appears in the

	upper left hand corner, that is Line 1, Column 1.  The position

	markers thus appear on the left and right ends of Line 1, and

	the top and bottom of Column 1 (*).


	Typing

		re FILENAME [n] <RET>

	where n is a line number will cause Line n to be displayed at

	the top of the window.	If n is a string of characters beginning

	with an alpha character, the position markers will identify the

	the line and column of the first character in string n and a

	cursor will appear under this character.  If the character

	string appears within the first 37 lines of text, the line

	at the top of the window will be the first line of the file
							       ----
	and you must follow the line and column markers to locate your

	string.  However, if the string appears in a line after the

	first 37, the first line at the top of the page will be the

	line containing the character string.  Note the column marker

	to locate your string in the first line.
