T24 JED Editor Navigation and Quick Reference

JED Editor is Terminal based Text Editor tool. Can be mainly used to Edit files, T24 Database Records and Write T24 Info Basic Programs

Creation of Record or File Using JED

Syntax:

JED <Table Name> <Record ID>
JED <Folder Name> <File Name>
JED <File Name>

-R argument will open the record in Read Only mode. Which will be very useful white you just want to view record from Database Tables.

Example: JED -R F.SPF SYSTEM

There are two types of editor commands available in JED.

1. On the Command Line
2. On the Text Line

<Esc> Key Toggles between the Command Line and the Text Line.

Command Line – Commands

Command	Purpose
EX or EXIT or Ctrl X	Exit the File\Record without Saving
EXK	Exit from a group of files\records (eg: select list)
FI	Save the Current Record\File and Exit
FS	Save the changes to the Current Record\File
1	Move the Cursor to Line 1
999	Move the Cursor to Line 999, if line not exist it moves to Last Line
DE	Deletes Current Line
DE3	Deletes Next 3 Lines
R/Old/New	Replace first occurrence of Old to New on the Current Line
R/old/new/3	Changes first 3 occurrences of “old” to “new” on current line
RU/old/new Changes	all occurrences of “old” to “new” on current line
R3/old/new	Changes first occurrence “old” to “new” on next 3 lines
RU3/old/new	Changes all occurrences of “old” to “new” on next 3 lines
L chars	Locate chars
Ln chars	Restricts the locate to the next n lines
Cntrl n	Repeats the locate
!command	Executes jBASE command within editor
BI	Format BASIC code
CA	Copies block after current line
CB	Copies block before current line
MA	Moves block after current line
MB	Move block before current line
DB	Deletes block
CA<n>	Copy marked block after current line <n> times
CB<n>	Copy marked block before current line <n> times

Text Line – Commands

Arrow keys, page up & page down keys Can be used to move around within the text.

Command	Purpose
Ctrl A	Move to start of current line
Ctrl E	Move to end of current line
Ctrl W	Delete word
Ctrl K	Deletes to the end of line or join.
Ctrl D	Delete current line
Ctrl L	Insert line below current line
Ctrl N	Locate next occurrence
Ctrl O	Toggles between Insert and Overwrite modes
Ctrl R	Re-display screen
Ctrl T	Copy the character from the corresponding cursor position on the line above
Ctrl V	Format\Indent BASIC code
Ctrl G	Position on text line and use Ctrl G for start of block, end of block, or to remove block
Ctrl X	Exit the File\Record
<ENTER>	New line / breaks current line