LI-COR LI-6400, Manual

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Standard Tools
Standard Edit
Using the LI-6400 5-13
Standard Edit
The Standard Line Editor, described above, is the tool for editing a single line.
This is actually a special case of a more general tool, Standard Edit, which is
a multiple line text editor. One typically uses Standard Edit for editing files,
such as customizing an AutoProgram (if youÕre clever), or massaging a data
file (if youÕre too clever). For whatever purpose, Standard Edit can be access-
ed in several ways:
¥ From the LPL Copyright Screen
As described in Editing a File on page 5-21.
¥
From the Filer
As described in Viewing and Editing a FileÕs Contents on page 10-13.
¥ From OPENÕs Utility Menu
Select
ÒNew File (Editor)Ó
entry in the Utility Menu of
OPEN
. You are given
an empty buffer to type into, and can name it and store it on exit from the ed-
itor.
When the editor runs, the name of the file is displayed on the top line of the
display (Figure 5-11).
Function Key Definitions
In Standard Edit, there are four levels of function keys defined, even though
no function key labels normally appear on the display. Key labels only appear
after the
labels key is pressed, and disappear after any other key is pressed.
The reason for this behavior is to maximize the view area of the edit window,
and not lose a line to key labels.
Figure 5-11. Standard Edit shows the file name on the top line (
NONAME
for
new files).
Function keys donÕt
appear unless you
press
labels first.
0 NONAME
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