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1. Once started,
%edit
1. Once started, the editor
sets aside a workspace called
the buffer inside the computer.
2. All text entered at the
terminal is placed into the
buffer.
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permanently saved on the disk
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in a file
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via a write command.
text
:write
|text|
4. Then when you quit,
:quit
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the buffer disappears, but
the text is saved in the file.
5. Later, when you restart
the editor
%edit
the editor, the text from the
disk file is placed into the
buffer.
text
text
6. All changes to the text
occur in the buffer.
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7. Then the modified text is
saved in the disk file.
TEXT
:quit
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8. At some later time you may
have the text in the disk
file printed on the printer
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with a print command.
print
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