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Swap With Previous Location
Purpose
Swaps the cursor with the previous location mark.
Default Syntax
ESC @
Description
This command swaps the cursor with mark 11, the previous location mark.
The previous location mark assists you in viewing text at another
location in the file and then easily returning you to the previous
location to continue editing.
Command Process
HP EDIT automatically sets or resets mark 11 whenever you:
* Scroll to the first line of the file
* Scroll to the last line of the file
* Scroll the text so that the previous location of the cursor no
longer appears on the screen.
Command Applications
You may have finished editing a certain portion of a file and have
already moved the cursor to another location more than one screen from
the edited portion, but did not remember to set a mark to return. You
then decide that you want to return to the last edited portion.
Rather than manually scrolling to the previous location, you could swap
the current cursor position with the previous location mark by executing
this command. After viewing the information, you could return to the
previous location by executing the command again. At this point, the
cursor and mark 11 would be positioned where they were before you
initially executed the command.
This command is useful when you have accidentally moved from the text you
were editing and want to return to the same line you were editing. For
instance, you may have inadvertently executed the Top Of File command.
You could easily return to your previous text editing line by executing
the Swap With Previous Location command.
This command is also useful when you insert several lines in text with
the Join File or Insert All Key Assignments commands and want to move to
the beginning of the joined lines.
Procedure
To swap the cursor with the previous location and then return:
1. Press ESC and the @ key. HP EDIT moves the cursor to its previous
location (mark 11) and sets mark 11 to the previous location of
the cursor.
2. Repeat step 1 to return the cursor and mark 11 to their previous
locations.
Related Commands
Go To Line/Mark
Go To Mark/Column
Set Distance To Mark
Set Distance To Previous Location
Set Mark
Swap Cursor With Mark