[Coco] scred wasRe: problems creating

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 23 January 2010, Tim Fadden wrote:
>On 1/23/2010 10:12 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
[...]
>>
>> With either file in place as termset in /dd/sys, I am still getting the
>> dreaded error 216, pathname not found.
>> {t2|08}/DD/NITROS9/6309L2/MODULES/RBF/SD2.1:scred -tANSI dsave.out
>> Error #216 - Path Name Not Found
>
>The only conditions where I could get a 216 error is when as in the line
>above
>
>1. scred is not in your cmds dir

It wasn't :(

>2. dsave.out does not exist in you current directory
>
>also, you must use an "=" sign as shown below.
>
>{t2|08}/DD/NITROS9/6309L2/MODULES/RBF/SD2.1:scred -t=ANSI dsave.out
>
>You missed the "=" above.

Yes, I saw that later.  Duh

>Also dsave.out must exist.  If you want to create a new file,
>
>do a scred -t=ANSI     with no file name.
>
>from the>  prompt enter       ne filename.txt
>
>that will create the "NEw" file filename.txt and put you into edit mode.
>
>
>scred -h will show the usage.
>
>if you don't get any output form the -h, then scred is not in your cmds
> dir.
>
>pxd will show which directory is your cmds dir.
>
>dir -x will give you all the commands in your cmds dir.  Look for scred
> there.
>
>Here are some of the available commands  If you would like a pdf of the
> scred docs for a complete list, let me know  and I can email them to you
> SCRED COMMANDS
>
>
>
>^ means CTRL
>
>Cursor Movement Controls
>j - cursor left
>i - cursor up
>u - scroll up
>b - insert char
>l - cursor right
>, - cursor down
>m - scroll down
>h - word left
>o - page up
>k - beg/end line
>; - word right
>. - page down
>x - xchange char
>
>Edit Buffer Controls
>^A - delete word left
>^Z - delete line left
>^P - join lines
>^D - delete word right
>^C - delete line right
>^B - split lines
>^F - abort changes
>^X - delete whole line
>LF - split line/insert
>
>Cut / Paste  Functions
>s - mark/unmark line
>p - paste cut buffer
>e - erase cut buffer
>c - cut marked lines
>n - nondestructive cut
>w - write cut buffer
>a - append marked lines
>v - nondestr. append to a disk file to the cut buffer
>
>>  Prompt Command Mode
>
>ab           abort edit do no saves to original file and close it. stays in
> scred I use this if I screw up something and want to start over and keep
> my original file.
>ed           enter edit mode
>ex           writes changes to file and exits scred
>mo           saves buffer and opens more from file (used with files larger
> than edit buffer) ne filename  creates new file
>
>many more but  these will get you by.
>
>P.S. sorry if you already know this stuff, but I have no way of knowing,
> and put as much in as time allowed.
>
>Tim
>
Thank you Tim.

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