Commodore PC - Special Editing Functions; The MS-DOS editing keys

128 MS-DOS User's Reference
Using the special
editing keys with
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Special Editing Keys
To edit your text files you can also use the special editing keys
and template introduced in Chapter 5, "ms-dos Function and
Editing Keys."
The following table summarizes the commands, codes, and func
tions of the special editing keys. Descriptions of these special edit
ing keys follow the table:
Key What it does
Fl
F2
F3
DEL
F4
ESC
INS
F5
Copies one character from the template to the
new line.
Copies all characters from the template to the
new line, up to the character specified.
Copies all remaining characters in the template
to the screen.
Does not copy (skips over) a character.
Does not copy (skips over) the characters in the
template, up to the character specified.
Clears the current input and leaves the template
unchanged.
Enters/exits insert mode.
Makes the new line the new template.
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