Directional Methods

Search and move direction

A number of useful navigation commands are effected by EVE's move direction. The current direction is displayed at the bottom of the screen (window).

• F11 controls the direction. Pressing this key reverses the direction.
• The direction can be forward or reverse (relative to the cursor position).
• The direction is used by:
  • FIND
  • MOVE BY LINE

MOVE BY LINE

This moves the cursor to the start or end of a line.

1. Press F12

The outcome depends on the move direction:

Forward

Move to end of line.

If the cursor is already at the end of a line, then move to the end of the next line.

Reverse

Move to start of line.

If the cursor is already at the start of a line, then move to the start of the previous line. (Sometimes says ``already at start of line.'')

FIND

This searches through current file for a text string.

1. Press FIND
2. Enter search string
3. Press RETURN

• The cursor goes to the next occurrence of the specified string, in the search direction.

• To locate the next occurrence of the same string press the FIND key twice.

• You will be told if the string cannot be found:
  • If the string is not found in the search direction, but can be found in the other direction:

  • You will be asked if you wish to continue.

  • A reply of Y , for yes, reverses the search direction and locates the string.

Wildcard FIND

GOLD (PF1) ... FIND can be used to perform wildcard searches. Some wildcard characters are:

*	any number of characters
%	a single character

For example, %b* will find any word with the second letter b.

Use the SHOW WILDCARD command to find out more about wildcard characters.

Warning: PF1 is not always defined as GOLD. See page for more information on the gold key.