			EDI ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURE
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DESCRIPTION
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The following is a description of a procedure to enhance the use of EDI
as a software development tool.

This procedure has the advantage, over direct invocation,
that it will accept, as part of the invoking string and in addition
to the name of the file to be edited, the word "keep" and a number
to be used as a keep count for purging the file after editing.

	EG: EDI [FILENAME.EXT [KEEP N]]
	(Where EDI:==@SYSCMD:EDI)

The filename and the keep count are stored in the global
symbols OLD_SPEC and KEEP_VERSIONS respectively.  This means
that on subsequent invocations of EDI the filename and the
keep count need be specified only if a change is desired.
Further, if it is desired to default to a particular filename
or keep count then these globals can be defined in the login
procedure.

by using this file and TECO.COM, TECO and EDI may be used
interchangably with the same conditions prevailing.

RESPONSIBLE PERSON
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Mr. H. E. Chadwick
Department 22810
Western Electric Co., Inc.
6200 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43213
	614-868-2093

DATE
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12 November 1979

REVISION LEVEL
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0

FILES REQUIRED
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EDI.COM

COMPILATION PROCEDURE
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NONE

LINKING PROCEDURE
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NONE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
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In order for the described procedure to work, the following must be true:

	The RSX11M editor (EDI) must be in [SYSEXE]

	The file SYSLOGIN.COM should contain the line:
		"EDI:==@SYSCMD:EDI"
		(where SYSCMD is the location of EDI.COM)

Invoke as described above.
