The EDITLI.SYS program donated to AMUS allows VUE-like editing to
be used on any line-orented keyboard input on the AMOS/L operating system.
EDITLI.SYS requires a CRT with cursor forward, backward and
clear-to-end-of-line capabilities.
To install it on your system, add the command:
SYSTEM EDITLI.SYS/N
to the system initialization file.
The recognized editing characters are:
^A - back word
^C - Interrupt
^D - Delete character
^F - Insert space
^H - cursor left
^I - insert TAB
^J - terminate input with linefeed
^K - Recall previous line. Works only when entered as the first
character of a line.
^L - Cursor right
^M - terminate input with carraige return.
^N - move cursor to end of line
^Q - toggle insert mode
^R - retype line
^U - move cursor to beginning of line
^V - Delete word
^W - Move cursor forward word
^Y - Delete to end of line
DEL- Delete previous character
Differences to other line editors on the market:
1. There is no provision for disabling the line edit mode.
Since all input characters are available, including
the TAB character, I did not feel this was necessary.
The following are known bugs:
1. The move cursor backward/forward a word do not work exactly the
same as an VUE.
2. The Partial-Input mode (:P) in a command file will not work.
I have never used this, and as far as I know, it is not
documented.
If you feel ambitious enough to try and fix these bugs, go ahead, but
let me know what you did. My address is:
John Waycott
6327 W Laredo St
Chandler AZ 85224
(702) 961-0193
(C) Copyright 1984 John Waycott - All Rights Reserved
This program is protected by copyright. Permission is granted to
freely copy or distribute this program provided that:
