When you enter commands in exaEdit (e. g.
INPUT, FILE,
END, QUIT) or when you give
answers (j, y), small and
capital letters are interchangeable, they are never distinguished by
exaEdit. This is, of course, only true for command names and
operands which have a fixed meaning in exaEdit, whereas operands
chosen by yourself such as file names or character strings are
case-sensitive as a matter of course.
In this manual exaEdit commands are written in the text in upper case so that they are better recognizable as commands. But in the examples, commands are usually written in lower case. On the keyboard, of course, you will only type small letters.
You can abbreviate the very most exaEdit commands to reduce the
amount of typing; for example, you abbreviate
INPUT
with I, FILE with FIL,
END with E and QUIT
with Q. Later there will be
some explanation on the minimal abbreviations that are possible.
This manual always uses the full commands in its texts to make it
easier for you to understand and recall them (it is quite clear what
`END' does; but what does `E'
do ?). In the examples, newly introduced commands are fully written
but later on, when you are supposed to know them, they are often
abbreviated. When you use the editor more intensively, you will
learn the minimal abbreviations by heart - since it will help you to
save a lot of time.