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Sinclair QL User Manual

Sinclair QL
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of fhe found text
If
this
is
the occurrence you want
you
can leave the command by
pressing ENTER.
However,
once
you
have given the search command some text
to
look
for,
you
can use
it
again
to
find the next occurrence of that text Instead
of
pressing ENTER, fust press
the C
key.
If
you
do
this Quill continues
to
search from the current cursor position until
It
finds the next occurrence
of
the given text
You
can repeat this
as
many times as you
like,
finding successive occurrences. Press ENTER
to
leave the command when you
have found the occurrence
you
want
If,
at
any
stage,
Quill does not find another occurrence of the
text
in
your document
it
tells
you
so
and
waits
for
you
to
press the space bar and will then return
to
the main
display.
REPLACE
The replace command
is
similar
to
the search command, but also gives you the ability
to
replace some or
all
of the occurrences that are found. The command
IS
In
the second
command menu,
so
you
select
it
by pressing
F3,
0 and then
R.
You
are asked
to
type
In
the
text
to
be found. When you press ENTER
at
the end of
the
text,
Quill immediately finds the first occurrence and asks you
to
type
in
the
replacement
text
(don't forget
to
press ENTER at the end) ,
QUill
then asks
if
you
want
to
replace the found text Press the R
key
to
replace the text
- if
you
press the N
key
the text
is
not replaced.
In
either case Quill then continues
the
search
for
the next occurrence and
offers
you
the same choice
of
keeping
or
replacing
the found text This continues until no further occurrences are found, or until
you
press
ENTER.
If,
at
any
stage,
Quill does not find another occurrence of the
text
in
your document
it
tells you so and waits
for
you
to
press the space bar and will then return
to
the main
display.
You
can use the command
to
make multiple replacements, insertions or deletions
as
illustrated
in
the following examples:
To
replace occurrences of 'river'
by
'stream:
give 'river'
as
the text
to
be found and
'stream' as the replacement text
To
Insert br stream: give 'river' as the
text
to
be found and 'river or stream'
as
the
replacement text
To
delete 'river: give 'river'
as
the text
to
be found and give no replacement
text
Uust
press
R).
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Sinclair QL Specifications

General IconGeneral
ProcessorMotorola 68008
Clock Speed7.5 MHz
RAM128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
ROM48 KB
Operating SystemSinclair QDOS
Release Year1984
StorageMicrodrive tape loop
Graphics256x256 pixels, 8 colors
PortsRS-232, ROM cartridge
SoundBeeper (internal speaker)

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