Word processing

This topic is a general overview of three line commands for word or text processing: TF (text flow), TS (text split), and TE (text entry). The editor also provides three corresponding edit macro commands: TFLOW, TSPLIT, and TENTER. For the sake of simplicity, only the line commands are referred to. However, the descriptions apply to the macro commands, as well.

TF, TS, and TE assume that the data is grouped in paragraphs. A paragraph is a group of lines that begin in the same column. The first line of a paragraph is excluded from the grouping. The editor interprets any indentation or blank line as representing a new paragraph. It also recognizes word processor control words that are used by the Document Composition Facility as the beginning of a paragraph. These control words begin with a period, a colon, or an ampersand.

If you use text line commands frequently, you can assign both the TS and TF commands to function keys. Use KEYS to reassign the keys. For example:

F10 ===> :TS
F11 ===> :TF

Now you can split text by moving the cursor to the desired split point within a line and pressing F10. Having typed the new material, press F11 to restructure the text from the line containing the cursor to the end of the paragraph.