Syntax Summary

There are four environments in TED. Access these environments by issuing the following commands:

Key	Action
PF1, PF13	Displays the meaning of the keys and help information.
PF2	Inserts a line after the cursor.
PF3, PF15	QUITs.
PF4	PAINTs.
PF5	REPEATs last command.
PF6	RECALLs last command.
PF7, PF19	Moves BACKWARD one full screen.
PF8, PF20	Moves FORWARD one full screen.
PF10	Moves to the LEFT one page.
PF11, PF23	Moves to the RIGHT one page.
PF22	Moves LEFT one character.

Command	Action
==/==	Becomes current line.
==DD=	Deletes block. Requires start and end lines.
==D n =	Deletes n lines.
==MM=	Moves block.
==I n =	Inserts n lines.
==CC=	Copies block. Requires start and end lines.
==A n =	Inserts n lines.
==PP=	Puts block into stack. Requires start and end lines.
==" n =	Duplicates n times.
==""=	Duplicates block. Requires start and end lines.
==M n =	Moves n lines.
==SP=	Splits line (at cursor).
==C n =	Copies n lines.
==J==	Joins line (at cursor).
==P n =	Puts n lines into a temporary file.
==PD=	Stores a block of lines in a temporary file and deletes it from a source file.
==PL n	Puts n lines into stack.
==G==	Gets lines from stack.

Command Line Commands

These commands may be executed from the TED command line.

Note that uppercase letters in the following list indicate the shortest acceptable abbreviations.

Any command that is preceded by & remains on the command line and is not erased when the Enter key is pressed.

Command	Action
Add n	Adds n lines after current line.
BAckward n	Moves backward n pages.
Bottom	Goes to bottom of file.
CAse m/u	Displays mixed upper/lowercase, uppercase.
CDel	Deletes line pointed to by cursor.
Change /old/new/ n m	Changes old to new n times on m lines (or * *).
CINS	Inserts line after cursor.
COpy target1 target2	Copies from current line through target1 after target2.
CUrline n	Sets current line to specified line number.
DElete/ target text	Deletes from current line up to the line with target text.
DELete n	Deletes n number of lines.
DOwn n	Moves forward n lines.
DUplicat n	Targets duplicates from current line until target n times.
Edit	Displays mode with five-character prefix area.
FIle ddname(member)	Saves file as member.
FILEName ddname (newmember)	Changes the default member used for FILE and SAVE commands.
FN newfilename	See FILENAME command.
FT newfiletype	See FILETYPE command.
FOrward n	Moves forward n pages.
Get ddname ( member )	Gets a member or gets stack if ddname and member are not specified.
Help	Retrieves the HELP file.
Input string	Inserts line after current line.
Join	Joins line after cursor to cursor position.
LEft n	Moves one full screen to left n columns.
LEFTP	Moves one half screen to left.
Locate/ string /	Locates a string, search forwards.
LOWercas target	Sets print to lowercase from current line to target line.
MOve target1 target2	Moves block from current line to target1, after target2.
MVS command	Issues TSO command.
Next n	Moves forward n lines.
NUmber ON/OFF	Sets up prefix area with numbers.
Overlay string	Overlays string on current line; existing text remains after end of string.
PAINT n	Paints the "nth" CRTFORM.
PFnn string	Sets PF key nn to the specified string.
Put n [ filename ]	Puts n lines to specified file.
PUTD n [ filename ]	See PUT, but lines are deleted.
QQuit	Quits even if changes have been made. Changes are not recorded.
Quit	Quits if no changes have been made. Changes are not recorded.
RECover n	Recovers lines that were just deleted.
Replace string	Writes string on current line instead of existing text.
RESet	Resets to original mode; cancels pending prefix operations.
RIght n	Moves one full screen to the right or n columns.
RIGHTP	Moves half a screen to the right.
RUn parameter	Files and executes FOCEXEC that is being edited along with the specified parameters.
SAve filename	Saves file.
SCale ON/OFF	Displays a scale at the top of the screen.
SPlit	Splits line at cursor position and create a new line.
SPH [ filename ]	Splits screen horizontally.
SPLITH [ filename ]	Splits screen horizontally.
SPLITV [ filename ]	Splits screen vertically.
SPV [ filename ]	Splits screen vertically.
SUBmit	Submits TED image for batch execution.
TED ddname ( member )	Edits another file.
Top	Goes to top of file.
TSO command	Issues TSO command.
TYpe	Sets mode to data display, no prefix area.
Up n	Moves backward n lines.
UPPercas target	Sets print to uppercase from current line to target line.
- / string /	Performs a backward search.
=	Repeats last command.
?	Shows last command.
? n	Shows text of error message number n.
?F filename	Shows fields in file filename.