prindle@nadc@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (01/29/86)
From: prindle@NADC
I presume anyone who has been using the C128 in CP/M mode has by now found a
suitable substitute for the "ed" editor, or is extremely frustrated. I have
(relatively simply) adapted TVX, a public domain full-screen editor by
Dr. Bruce Wampler from the University of New Mexico, for use on the C128 in
CP/M mode. This is a very nice screen editor (I've included the quick-
reference sheet below). If there is any interest by members of this group,
I will either net-mail the "hex" file and the "reference manual" or, possibly,
accept diskettes by snail mail. The problem with the "hex" file is that one
can only get CP/M files into the C128 by round-about means; one solution is
to download the file to an IBM PC or clone using Kermit, use "Media Master" (or
some such) to copy it to a diskette in Kaypro IV format which the C128 can read
using a 1571 drive. Then the hex file can be made into a .com file with "load",
"hexcom", or "save/sid" utilities. If I do it by disk, you'd get the .com
file, the C source files, and the manual on Kaypro IV format disk. This message
is just a probe to see if anyone is interested. By the way, this version
is configured for the 80 column screen mode (the only sane way to use CP/M)
which I use on a 1702 monitor in monochrome.
Frank Prindle
Prindle@NADC.arpa
...!...!harvard!prindle%nadc.arpa
*** Quick Reference Summary ***
Usage: tvx filename [-b -i -l -o=f -r -s -t -w -# {-z -c=f}]
-[no]b : backup file -[no]i : autoindent
-[no]l : make command log file -t : tty mode
-o=outputfile -r : read only
-s : big save buff -[no]w : word processing mode
-# : set virtual window lines to #
On MS-DOS versions:
-[no]z : use control-z for end of file
-c=configfile -c : use /bin/config.tvx
TVX Commands (n => count allowed)
nA Append lines to save buffer (previous contents retained)
B Buffer beginning - move cursor to top of current buffer
^B File beginning - move cursor to beginning of file
nC Change chars - delete n characters, enter insert mode
nD Down line - move cursor to beginning of next nth line
n^D Down column - move to same column in nth line down.
E Buffer end - move cursor to end of current buffer
n^E Insert repeat buffer n into current text for Editing
nF Find pattern - terminated with Escape - wild cards possible
^F Find across buffs - searches across file buffers
G Get save buffer - insert contents of save buffer into text
^G Unkill last line - get back the last single line killed
nH Half page - move cursor down (+n) or up (-n) half screen
nI Insert (till $) - If n supplied, then single char inserted
J Jump back to line cursor was on before previous command
nK Kill character - deletes starting at char cursor is over
n^K Kill line - deletes n lines
nL Left - move cursor n characters left
M Memory status - show basic status
nN Note current location, up to 9 different places remembered
n^N Reset location - return cursor to location n
nO Open blank line - new line in front of cursor
^O Operating system - allows operating system commands
nP Page - move cursor up (-n) or down (+n) screenfuls
^P Print screen - only on PCs
nR Right - move cursor right n characters
^R Restore edited buffer - Used with ^E command
nS Save n consecutive lines in save buffer - deletes old contents
nT Tidy (fill text) - uses margin set by :w
^T Abort session - edits are lost!
nU Up - move cursor up n lines to line beginning
n^U Up column - retains column
V Verify - repaints the screen
n^W Write buff, get next part of large file, -n writes to cursor
^X Exit, end session - save edits
n^Y Yank to(-n)/from(+n) file - prompt for filename will follow
nBS Delete character before the cursor
n; Find again - re-uses last find pattern
/ Delete "last thing" - following g, s, a, f, ^f commands
= Change "last thing" - like /, but enters insert mode
' Delete to line beginning - deletes before cursor
" Delete to line end - cursor onward to end of line
, Line beginning - move cursor to beginning of line
. Line end - move to end of current line
nTAB Word right - move to begining of word to right
n{ Word left - left a word. n=0 move to beg of current word.
n<>$$ Repeat loop - execute commands between <>'s n times
n& Repeat again - execute current repeat buffer again
n#k Execute repeat buffer k n times
? Help - gives a help screen
@ Invoke cmd file - execute file of TVX commands
* Insert pattern found last - leaves in command mode
$ Escape - end insert, find, repeat
n:p Set parameter p - Possible parameters:
A - Autoindent (1=y,0=n) D - display line
E - Expand tabs to n spaces F - find case (0=exact,1=any)
M - Match wild cards O - set output file name
S - scroll window R - repeat buffer to use
T - tty mode U - define user wild card set
V - virtual window W - autowrap width
Wild card matching - when wild card matching (:M) is enabled (default),
the following wild cards (control characters) are supported
^A - alphanumeric character (a-z,0-9) ^D - a digit (0-9)
^L - any letter (a-z) ^O - Other - not ^A ^P - Punctuation
^X - any single character ^U - a character from user set (:U to set)
Any of the above preceded by ^W matches a "word" of the wild card.
A ^N will match a "word" of characters NOT in the wild card set.