                     XED EDITOR
                     ---------- 

There are three modes of XED operation. Each of these is a XED command.
     TYPE mode     Only the text of the file appears on the screen.
     EDIT mode     A five character control area appears on each line.
     DRAW mode     The graphical character set is enabled.
 

                       Special Key Usage                                    
                       -----------------
 ____                                    ____
|Ctrl| "A" INSERT a blank line at       |Ctrl| "D" DELETE line at current
|____|     current cursor position.     |____|     cursor position.
 
 ____
|F6  |     RECALL last line in command
|____|     box to re-appear.
 ____                                    ____
|F7  |     Move backwards one full      |F8  |     Move forwards one full
|____|     screen.                      |____|     screen.
 ____                                    ____
|F9  |     Move BACKWARDS one line      |F10 |     Move FORWARDS one line
|____|     at a time.                   |____|     at a time.
 ____                                    ____
|HOME|     Move CURSOR to TOP line      |END |     DELETE from CURSOR to
|____|     at first column.             |____|     END of current line.

INSERT CHARACTER
The regular keyboard control for inserting characters at a given position
is the "Ins" key.  To turn off inserting depress the "Ins" again.

DELETE CHARACTER
The regular keyboard control for deleting characters at a given position
is the "Del" key.


                   Immediate Prefix Area Operations
                   --------------------------------
==/==  Becomes current line   ==DD=  Delete block
==D==  Delete line            ==MM=  Move block
==In=  Insert  n  lines       ==SP=  Split line (at cursor)
==M==  Move Signal            =="n=  Duplicate n times
==C==  Copy Signal
==F==  Move or copy Following
==P==  Move or copy Prior

                   Command Lines Operations
                   ------------------------
GET      fileid         Get a file
Locate   /string/       Locate a string  ,search forwards
Next     n              Forward n lines
Up       n              Backwards n lines
Change   /old/new/ n m  Change old to new  n times on m lines (or * *)
-        /string/       Backward search
JOin     cursor         Join from cursor to line above
TOP                     Go to top of file
BOTtom                  Go to bottom of file
SAVE     fileid         Save file as  fileid and continue
FILE     fileid         Save file as fileid and end session
Add      n              Add n lines after current line
Case     m/u/           Mixed upper/lower case, upper case
Insert   string         Insert line after current line
Quit                    Quit if no changes
QQ                      Quit if changes
XED      fileid         Edit another file


COMMAND REPEAT
Any command which is preceeded by a "&" remains in the command box
is not erased when the ENTER key is depressed.
