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exaEdit Functions

As explained in section The Keyboard, there are several key functions that may be linked to F keys (by means of PFK). Originally, all these functions existed as real keys on some keyboards but not on every keyboard. So, the wish for substitution developed. However, in some cases the correlation with real keys is not obvious any more and, therefore, these functions are called

In the following table you find a description of the exaEdit functions. In the column `name' is the form you need to apply together with the command PFK. In the column `key', there are the keys which normally should have corresponding functions. If there are F keys in this column, they are the allocations which exaEdit makes at the beginning of every new exaEdit session.

namekeyfunction
'del'DELdelete character at the place of the cursor
'ins'INSinsert mode on or off
'+page'F8, PgDn down arrow whole page forward
'-page'F7, PgUp up arrow whole page backward
'+half'F11half a page forward
'-half'F10half a page backward
'cleft' left arrow cursor to the left
'cright' right arrow cursor to the right
'cup' up arrow cursor upward
'cdown' down arrow cursor downward
'pos1'Pos1, Homerestore picture after the last return

The command

shows a short help message in the usual format, allowing you to find a exaEdit function without consulting the user's manual.
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