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85 NAME="REDBOOT-EDITING-COMMANDS">RedBoot Editing Commands</H1
88 uses the following line editing commands.
96 >In this description, <SPAN
99 > means the character formed
100 by typing the letter “A” while holding down the control key.</P
117 erases the character to the left of the cursor.</P
125 moves the cursor (insertion point) to the beginning of the line.</P
133 erases all characters on the line from the cursor to the end.</P
141 positions the cursor to the end of the line.</P
149 erases the character under the cursor.</P
157 moves the cursor one character to the right.</P
165 moves the cursor one character to the left.</P
173 replaces the current line by a previous line from the history buffer.
174 A small number of lines
175 can be kept as history. Using ^P (and ^N), the current line can be replaced
176 by any one of the previously typed lines.</P
184 replaces the current line by the next line from the history buffer. </P
189 >In the case of the <B
193 command, additional editing commands are possible.
194 As data are entered for this command, the current/previous value
195 will be displayed and the cursor placed at the end of that data.
196 The user may use the editing keys (above) to move around in the data
197 to modify it as appropriate.
198 Additionally, when certain
199 characters are entered at the end of the current value,
200 i.e. entered separately, certain behavior is elicited.</P
207 >^ (caret) switch to editing the previous item in the
211 > list. If fconfig edits item A, followed by item B,
212 pressing ^ when changing item B, allows you to change item A. This is similar
214 Note: ^P and ^N do not have the same meaning while editing
218 > data and should not be used.</P
222 >. (period) stop editing any further items. This does not change
231 for this item unchanged. Currently it is not possible to step through the
232 value for the start-up script; it must always be retyped.</P
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