When I first started to use my PTDOS EDIT feature I had
great difficulty in remembering the commands. I found that a
good way of remembering them was to write them into a file
and then to use that file as the file that I would call when I
was using the EDIT program.

     If the information that is typed below were typed into a
file named EDT then a PTDOS command    EDIT EDT, LETTER1   would
call up the file EDT, on which you could write your letter. When
the letter is finished a control F would write the newly created
file to the disk under the name LETTER1. (A control V followed
by an ST would be used to erase the EDT information from the
letter.)

     I have reproduced the information below for anyone who
would like to use my version and thereby save the time of going
through the manual digging out what to include.


THE FOLLOWING ARE EDIT COMMANDS...

B insert line (above cursor)
C scroll file down 16 lines
E moves file up one line
F exit editor with file update
H delete character underneath
I or LOAD to continue search
O initiate string search
P delete the line containing the cursor
Q home cursor to line 7
T toggle insert mode  on/off
U execute TAB or BLOCK MOVE
V set TAB/BLOCK/NULL/LL/FL/ST/EN/PATTERN
X moves file down one line
Y repeat next command "N" times      (/Y(character)1 = release)
BLOCK MOVE  /V  BMOV           /U     INSERT  F  L  I     /U
ESCAPE abort editor/no file up-date
PATTERN REPLACEMENT    /V  PA RS     or   /V  PA R
RETURN prepare to insert a new line below the current cursor pos
TAB    control V, TS, return, TAB Key to set/unset TAB  <cr>
IF = Insert File, control V, IF, types in as if control T

0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmno

     The last line above is used to give a quick reference as to
where the tab positions for the control U tabs are to be found.
The new file is written just above this line so that the tab
positions will remain on the screen until erased with a control
P.
     I found that it is convenient to rename some of the more
used PTDOS commands with the first letter of the command. This
speeds up the use of PTDOS. I renamed EDIT to E; FILES to F;
REATR to R; GET to G; KILL to K; etc.  (I even named BASIC  P
so that I could quickly press  P return to load the basic.)
(I named a BASIC with matrix capabilities @ but hardly ever use
it, liking the fast loading of the shorter version)
                                                   M. Richardson
DONE