CASE, exaEdit command

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CASE [?|U|M|L] | [?|I|S] CA

The command CASE has two different uses. First the use of CASE with the parameters U, M, and L.

Normally exaEdit uses the letters you typed in the way they are: small letters remain small, capital letters remain capitals. This corresponds to the default setting

case m

case l

(m = `mixed', l = `lower').

Contrasting, if you change the setting in exaEdit with

case u

(u = `upper')

all the small letters you entered will be translated to capital letters (a to z, no German umlauts).

Any line you `touch' by changing a character is transformed from small to capital letters. As long as U is in effect, a U in the status line will indicate this.

Now for CASE with the parameters I and S. The command

case i

causes the commands CHANGE, SSPLIT, and all the commands of the LOCATE family to act as if they had been called with the parameter I. So the commands will work case insensitive (i.e. they will not distinguish between upper case characters and lower case characters). The command

case s

restores the default performance of the mentioned commands, which is to work case sensitive.

case ?

displays the current setting of both switches in the output of one message of each of the following two message pairs:

Mixed (lower): without translation to capital letters Upper: with translation to capital letters (no German umlauts)

Case-sensitive Case-insensitive

When the command CASE is given without any parameters at all, the default values of both switches are restored: case m and case s are in effect.

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