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EDT is one of the few editors on TOPS-20 that will work intuitively for most PC users. It it a typical screen editor and the cursor movement keys will work as expected. However, it also has a line editing mode and this is the default mode initially. One feature of the vt100 terminal that EDT expects to work is the " | EDT is one of the few editors on TOPS-20 that will work intuitively for most PC users. It it a typical screen editor and the cursor movement keys will work as expected. However, it also has a line editing mode and this is the default mode initially. One feature of the vt100 terminal that EDT expects to work is the " | ||
- | However, it has to be entered into the file using an editor! Some options are to use another editor (for example emacs). Or, create it using EDT itself (just be sure you are using xterm initially...) and use the CHANGE command to get into screen mode. Finally, how to get out of EDT. While in screen mode, press CONTROL-Z. This will give a prompt. You can either QUIT to lose changes or SAVE to save changes. | + | However, it has to be entered into the file using an editor! Some options are to use another editor (for example emacs). Or, create it using EDT itself (just be sure you are using xterm initially...) and use the CHANGE command to get into screen mode. Finally, how to get out of EDT. While in screen mode, press CONTROL-Z. This will give a prompt. You can either QUIT to lose changes or EXIT to save changes |