STARTING EDMACS

     MU [44,12]EDMACS filnam.ext
   or
     MU [44,12]EDMACS outname=inname

   These commands will  start up to edit
   a file.  If it does not exist,  a new
   one will  be created.   If the second
   form  is used,   outname  will be the
   result file,  and  EDMACS  will  take
   its input from inname.               
                                        
CHANGING FILES WITHIN  EDMACS

     C-X C-V                            
                                        
   This command will offer to  save  the
   file currently being edited.   Answer
   Yes or No.  You will then be asked to
   name  another file to edit.  Type its
   name, a return, and begin editing it.
                                        
LEAVING EDMACS                          
                                        
     C-X C-Z                           
 
   Exit and Save. Edmacs will ask you to
   confirm with 'Yes' before exiting.   

     ESC -1 C-X C-Z                    
   With a negative argument, Edmacs will
   exit without saving.                 
                                        
INSERTION                               
                                        
   Start typing immediately. There is no
   insert command.  Whatever you type is
   inserted.  While the RETURN  key will
   move you to the start of a fresh line
   line,  the  LINEFEED  key will indent
   the new line to match the indentation
   present on the last non blank line.  
                                        
OVERPRINT  The only "special MODE"      
                                        
   Causes  what  you  type   to  replace
   what is under the  cursor instead  of
   shoving it to the right as usual.  To
   exit Overprint Mode, use C-X Q.      

SEARCHING                               
                                        
   The  command  C-Z  prompts  you for a
   string to search for.   Type in  what
   you want to find,  then  type  ESCAPE
   twice.  If the search fails, the bell
   will sound.   ESC -Z  will repeat the
   search,  and C-R  will do a search in
   the reverse direction.               




            SAMPLE EXECUTION
   +---------------------------------+ 
   | _                               | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   +---------------------------------+ 

  Typed: Hi!                           
   +---------------------------------+ 
   | Hi!_                            | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   +---------------------------------+ 
                                     
  Typed:  My name is Tommy Totoh 
   +---------------------------------+ 
   | Hi! My name is Tommy Totoh_     | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   +---------------------------------+ 

  Typed: C-B                           
   +---------------------------------+ 
   | Hi! My name is Tommy Totoh^H_      | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   |                                 | 
   +---------------------------------+

  Typed: Rubout Rubout                 
   +---------------------------------+
   | Hi! My name is Tommy toh^H_        | 
   |                                 |   
   |                                 |   
   |                                 |   
   +---------------------------------+ 
                                       
  Typed: ot
   +---------------------------------+
   | Hi! My name is Tommy Tooth^H_      |   
   |                                 |   
   |                                 |   
   |                                 |   
   +---------------------------------+   
                                       
  Typed: ESC-B ESC-B                       
   +---------------------------------+   
   | Hi! My name is T^H_ommy Tooth      |   
   |                                 |    
   |                                 |    
   |                                 |    
   +---------------------------------+
                                       
  Typed: <RETURN>                        
   +---------------------------------+
   | Hi! My name is                  |    
   | T^H_ommy Tooth                     |   
   |                                 |    
   |                                 |  
   +---------------------------------+



When you start out for the first time
the screen is blank  as is the one at
left.   When  you start typing,  what
you type appears on the screen as you
are typing it.  See what happens when
we type the word "Hi!"


OK,  we've typed "Hi!".

The  screen  now  contains  the  word
"Hi!".

If we type  some more,  we should see
more appear on the screen.  Let's see
what happens.

Well it looks  like  it still  works.
What we have typed  has  appeared  on
the screen.
Oops!  Looks like  we have typed  the
word  "Tooth" wrong.   Let's  see how
we fix it.

We need to  go backwards.   Press the
control key and "B" together  for the
control command "backwards".   Now we
are immediately following the mistake
and we can rub out the two characters
that we typed wrong.

OK,  we've pressed rubout twice.
See how the two characters  vanished?

Now  we are ready to  put the letters
"ot" in there.

All we need to do is to type them.


Well, that looks ok.   Say,  would'nt
it be nice if the name were on a line
all by itself?  I think so!
To do this,  we  want to  go back two
words.  (To the beginning of the name
Tommy).

To do this, we press the  ESCAPE key,
release it, and then press "B".  This
is called "ESCAPE backwards" and just
as  we  used  "control backwards"  to
move back a letter,  we use ESC-B for
moving back by a word.  Here,  we had
to do this  twice  since we needed to
go back by two words.

Finally,  we type a  carriage  return
which moves the rest of the line down
to the beginning of the next line.