Atari XL Personal Computer User Manual


 
The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual
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<CTRL+ESCAPE> Allow subsequent control key to be entered as normal text (same
as pressing <ESCAPE> in the normal Atari screen editor. Also
de-selects a marked block of text.
<SHIFT+ESCAPE> Alternative to <CTRL+ESCAPE>.
<CTRL+W> Turn word-wrap on and off. Saved in config file.
<SHIFT+CTRL+W> Set screen editing width. Using this command, you can select the
display mode (40 or 80 characters), and type the number of
characters per line you want - anything from 5 to 240. If the line
length becomes longer than the physical width of the screen, the
screen will become a horizontal as well as a vertical window onto
your text. Setting the editor line length to the same length as
printed lines means you can set tables out almost exactly as they
will print. You can skip setting the number of columns by just
pressing <Return>, and the value will be set to match the
physical width of the screen. The screen mode is saved in the
config file.
2.3 INSERTING AND DELETING TEXT
The following commands allow simple insertion and deletion of text:
<DELETE> Delete character to left of cursor
<CTRL+INSERT> Insert a space at the cursor
<TAB> Insert spaces to next tab stop (if in Insert Mode)
<CTRL+DELETE> Delete character to right of cursor
<SHIFT+DELETE> Displays the prompt:
Delete Word, Line, Sentence, Paragraph?
Respond by pressing the highlighted letter, or <ESCAPE> to
cancel. Pressing <RETURN> defaults to DELETE LINE.
Deleted text will fill up the paste buffer from the beginning.
Paste the text back into the main buffer with <CTRL+P> or
<SHIFT+INSERT>.
<SHIFT+INSERT> Insert previously deleted text
<CTRL+P> Paste, or insert previously deleted text (same as above)
<CTRL+CLEAR> Erase all text
<SHIFT+CLEAR> Erase all text (same as above)