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Editing Blocks

exaEdit knows of three commands (CCOPY, CMOVE, CDELETE) which can copy, move, or delete columns (CCOPY = column copy).

Since these commands can be used on the same columns in several consecutive lines, it is possible to copy, move or delete `rectangles' of characters in a workfile with a single command. If, for example, you have the workfile:

you can use the command to make it look like this: The meaning of the command is: From the first to the last line of the workfile, copy the columns 1 to 7 to the columns 9 and following of the lines 400 and following.

You can find details on the three commands at their descriptions in section The Commands in Detail.


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