<> A Tutorial By Dawn Martin Let's begin. Files use the following convention: your info file (or finger file) = me.info object description = #xxxx.description Object number would be in place of the 'xxxx' in the above example. Here's the procedure for using notedit to add (or delete) a word, line, or paragraph: 1. To edit a description you need the number of the object (or you can just use 'here.description' if it is a room you are in). Run an audit on yourself (@audit) to get the object or room number you want to edit. Insert the object number in the below example. Then, type: @notedit #objectnumber.description 2. To see what you have in the description already, type: list Be sure to type list after adding or deleting any lines- because all line numbers will change below the addition or subtraction of a line. Note: If you have a lot of lines, you may not be able to see them all at once. You may 'list' lines by typing, to see for for example lines 7 through 15 by typing: list 7-15 3. Enter the new text, starting the text with a single quote. This is similar to sending mail or speaking. Use a quote mark. You may add a blank line by simply typing the quote symbol and pressing return.. or you may add a sentence or a whole paragraph after the quote symbol. For example, in the following line, you would insert a quote mark before the word 'You': "You see a long table scattered with piles of papers and books. 4. After you type the quote symbol and your text, press the enter key. 5. To insert new text into existing text, look at the numbers of the lines where you want to insert. Use the line number exactly where you want to insert the new line. Then, use the following syntax using line number 12 for an example (but be sure to insert a quote mark before the actual text: ins 12 text 6. To delete a line, (for example line 5) type: del 5 6. To delete a series of lines, for example lines 5-17, type: del 5-17 If you make a typo you can easily substitute the correct word or number for the one in error... for example: if in line 10 you meant to type the the word 'snow' but typed the word 'show' by mistake, to correct it you would type: s /show/snow/ 10 7. To see what you have edited thus far (and to see the new line numbers), again type: list 8. You will see the addition of your new text. If you want to add more text, use the same procedure just outlined. 9. When you are finished editing, type (then press ENTER): save 10. Then type (then press ENTER): quit If you don't want to save the edits, then don't type 'save' just type 'quit'. 11. If your want your work to be saved be sure you typed 'save' then quit! Always, at least, 'quit' the editor. Extra Note: If you use Windows (IBM type), you can write text off-line and put it in NotePad. NotePad works because it does not use soft-returns. Make sure (in NotePad) that there are no line returns in the middle of a paragraph. A paragraph will be one long line before you paste it in notedit. (If the text is very long it may wrap itself around but this is not the same as having a return in the text). Then copy & paste just that line of text (however long it is) after the quote (") in notedit. I hope this lesson has been helpful to you. Good luck!