Miscellaneous Commands

Many miscellaneous editor commands are available as follows:

:CH

Display the current control characters. All control characters as currently defined are displayed on the bottom line of the screen.

Increase the pointed line number by 1, wrapping at the bottom line. Functionally equivalent to one depression of the F1 key.

Decrease the pointed line number by 1, wrapping at the top line. Functionally equivalent to one depression of the F2 key.

:+{n}

Increase the pointed line number by {n}, wrapping at the bottom line. Functionally equivalent to n depressions of the F1 key.

:-{n}

Decrease the pointed line number by {n}, wrapping at the top line. Functionally equivalent to n depressions of the F2 key.

:P{n}

Change the pointed line number to {n}.

:{x}?

Display the help screen for the command specified, where {x} is the first letter of any available command. This works with all available commands except the user defined macros.

Display all help screens. All help screens except the user defined macros are displayed.

Repeat the last command executed.

:K{n}

Change the repeat rate of the keyboard. This command is only available under MS-DOS. The valid values of n are 0 to 31 where 0 is a fast repeat rate and 31 is a slow repeat rate. The default value is 12 when the editor is invoked. If the value is changed, it is reset to 12 when the editor is terminated.