HISTORICAL MANUALS
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
COMPUTING CENTER
XEDIT Reference
VM/SP Release 3
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Fifth Edition, Revision 0 (March 1984)
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XEDIT Reference
CONTENTS
Section 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 2. Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 3. XEDIT Default Filetype Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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XEDIT Reference
Section 1: Introduction
The information in this publication is taken from the UKCC CMS
Reference, and is intended to provide a convenient reference for XEDIT
users. A reference card for XEDIT, VM/SP System Product Editor
Command Language Summary (SX24-5122), is available also.
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Section 2: Reference
Use the XEDIT command to invoke the System Product Editor to create,
examine, and modify CMS disk files. XEDIT can also be used to examine
OS disk data sets and can be used to copy them to CMS disk files.
Once XEDIT has been invoked, the XEDIT environment is entered and
XEDIT subcommands and macros, CP commands, and CMS commands and EXEC's
can be entered. XEDIT is the editor used by the PEEK, NOTE, OSXEDIT,
and RXEDIT commands.
| Return control to the CMS environment with the CANCEL, QUIT, QQUIT,
| FILE, or FFILE subcommands.
This is not a complete description of the facilities available from
XEDIT. Consult the VM/SP System Product Editor Command and Macro
Reference, the VM/SP System Product Editor User's Guide, and the
online HELP command for more information.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| Xedit | [fn [ft [fm]]] [(options... [)]] |
| | |
| | Options: |
| | |
| | [Width n] [NOSCreen] + + |
| | |PROFile macroname| |
| | [NOCLear] |NOPROFile | |
| | + + |
| | | [NOMsg] |
| | |
| | UPDATE Mode Options: |
| | |
| | + + + + + + |
| | |Update | |Seq8 | |Ctl cntrlname| |
| | |NOUpdate| |NOSeq8| |NOCtl | |
| | + + + + + + |
| | |
| | | [Merge] [Incr n] [SIDcode string] [UNtil filetype] |
| | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
where
fn is the filename of the file to be edited or created. If not
specified, it must be provided by the LOAD subcommand in the
XEDIT PROFILE.
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ft is the filetype of the file. If not specified, it must be
provided by the LOAD subcommand in the XEDIT profile.
fm is the filemode of the file. If no filemode is specified,
all accessed disks are searched for an existing file with a
matching name and type. If none is found, a new file is
created using filemode "A1."
Options
Ctl cntrlname
controls the XEDIT multi-level update facility. Use of the
CTL option implies the UPDATE and SEQ8 options. Consult the
description of the CMS UPDATE command in the VM/SP CMS
Command and Macro Reference for details.
Incr n specifies the minimum serial number increment between two
adjacent lines used by XEDIT when assigning numbers to new
lines. The default is one. This option implies the UPDATE
option.
Merge specifies that all the updates made using the control file
and all the changes made while editing will be merged and
written into the most recent update file. This option
implies the UPDATE option.
NOCLear specifies that the screen is not to be cleared by XEDIT.
The screen will be placed in "MORE..." status and any
messages on the screen will still be visible. Either press
CLEAR or wait one minute to clear the screen and begin
normal XEDIT processing. This option is useful only on
3270-type display terminals.
| NOMsg causes XEDIT to start with MSGMODE OFF.
NOPROFil suppresses execution of the profile macro.
NOSCreen forces XEDIT to operate in line (typewriter) mode when used
on a 3270-type terminal.
NOSeq8 If NOSEQ8 is specified, columns 73 through 75 are assumed to
contain a label field, and columns 76 through 80 are assumed
to contain sequence numbers. Specifying NOSEQ8 will force
the UPDATE option and cause XEDIT to operate in update mode.
| NOUpdate disables the XEDIT update facility. This is the default
| unless CTL, NOSEQ8, SIDCODE, SEQ8, or UNTIL are specified.
PROFile macroname
specifies the name of the XEDIT profile. The profile is an
XEDIT macro (filetype must be XEDIT) executed each time the
XEDIT command or subcommand is issued. It can be used to
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tailor the XEDIT environment to your own needs and
preferences. The Usage Notes contain more information about
writing a profile macro. If this option is not specified
the macro name "PROFILE" will be used.
Seq8 if SEQ8 is specified, columns 73 through 80 are assumed to
contain sequence numbers. SEQ8 is the default in update
mode. Specifying SEQ8 also implies the UPDATE option and
will cause XEDIT to operate in update mode.
SIDcode string
specifies an identifier used to mark all new or changed
lines in an update file. The string is placed in columns 64
through 71 (padded on the right with blanks to a length of
eight), overlaying any other data in these columns, unless
column 72 contains a non-blank character. This option
implies the UPDATE option.
| UNtil filetype
| specifies the filetype of the last update to be applied.
| The filetype cannot be that of an UPDATE AUX file. This
| option implies the UPDATE option.
Update enables the XEDIT update facility. XEDIT supports an update
mode which is compatible with all of the features of the CMS
UPDATE command, including multi-level updating. Consult the
VM/SP CMS Command and Macro Reference and the VM/SP System
Product Editor Command and Macro Reference for details.
Width n sets the maximum length used to store one record from the
file. The WIDTH may also be specified with the LOAD
subcommand in an XEDIT profile. If no value is specified,
the default is either the actual record length of the file,
or the default record length for the filetype, whichever is
larger. The WIDTH is used to set the default values for
LRECL and TRUNC. Specifying a width less than the actual
record length of an existing file can cause records to be
truncated.
Display and Typewriter Modes
XEDIT supports all terminal types supported by CMS. When used from a
3270-type display terminal it will operate in DISPLAY mode. On other
types of terminals it will operate in TYPEWRITER (line) mode.
Typewriter mode can be forced on a 3270-type terminal with the
NOSCREEN option or the SET TERMINAL subcommand. This may be desirable
on a remote 3270-type terminal when the line transmission rate is low.
Some XEDIT subcommands will function only in display mode.
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The XEDIT Display Screen Format
When operating in display mode, XEDIT will control the format of the
screen. The display screen will appear as follows:
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| fn ft fm V 80 TRUNC=n SIZE=n LINE=n COLUMN=n ALT=n |<--File Id Line
| |<--Message Line
|===== * * * TOP OF FILE * * * |
|===== |
|===== |
|===== |<--Current Line
| |...+....1....+....2... ... ...6....+....7..> |<--Scale
|===== |
|===== |
|===== * * * END OF FILE * * * |
| |
|===> |<--Command Line
| X E D I T 1 FILE |<--Status Area
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | | |
+---+ +---------------------------------------------+
| |
Prefix Area File Area
The first line of the display is the File Identification Line. It
contains the filename, filetype, and filemode of the file being
edited. The next two items are the record format (V for variable-
length, F for fixed-length, VP for packed variable-length, or FP for
packed fixed-length) and the maximum record length. Following these
are the truncation column (TRUNC), the number of lines in the file
(SIZE), the current line number (LINE), and the column pointer
| (COLUMN). The last item on this line is the alteration count (ALT).
| The count is incremented for each subcommand that causes a change in
the file and for every line that is directly modified. When the
alteration count reaches the SET AUTOSAVE value (if you have set one),
the file is automatically saved. The alteration count is reset to
| zero after an automatic save and by the SAVE subcommand. You may use
| the QUERY ALT subcommand to determine the alteration count at any
time. You cannot type on the File Id Line.
Following the File Id Line is the Message Line. This line is used to
display XEDIT error and informational messages. You can't type on
this line either.
Following the Message Line is the File Area. The lines in this area
are used to display and enter data. You may type directly in this
area to enter new lines or modify existing lines. One line in the
File Area is designated the Current Line. This line appears in the
middle of the screen and will be highlighted to make it easy to find.
Many XEDIT subcommands perform their functions on the current line or
on a group of lines beginning with the current line.
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Each line in the File Area is preceded by a special command area
called the Prefix Area (marked with "====="). The commands entered in
the Prefix Areas are called prefix subcommands and generally operate
on or following the line on which they are entered. Prefix
subcommands can be used to add, delete, duplicate, move, and copy
lines in the file. The SET PREFIX subcommand can be used to move the
Prefix Areas to the right of the screen, or remove them entirely. The
SET NUMBER subcommand can be used to cause line numbers to be
displayed in the Prefix Areas.
The Command Line is actually about one and three-quarters of a line at
the bottom of the screen. XEDIT subcommands and macros, CP commands,
and CMS commands and EXECs can be entered on the Command Line. The
SET CMDLINE subcommand can be used to move the Command Line to the top
of the screen, where it will share the space occupied by the Message
Line.
The Status Area is on the right at the bottom of the screen, following
the Command Line. The Status Area indicates the current operating
mode (XEDIT, COPY/MOVE PENDING, BLOCK INCOMPLETE, INPUT-MODE, UPDATE-
MODE, or MACRO-READ) and the number of files currently being edited.
The SET CMDLINE subcommand can be used to remove the Status Area from
the display.
The Scale Line appears under the current line and indicates the column
numbers, the position of the column pointer (marked "|"), the left and
right zone columns (marked "<" and ">"), and the truncation column
(marked "T"). The Scale Line can be repositioned on the screen (or
removed entirely) with the SET SCALE subcommand.
Keyboard Functions (for 3270 Displays)
CLEAR will clear the screen and cause the display to be rebuilt as
it was after the last time ENTER or a PF key was pressed.
CLEAR also clears the CMS stack.
ERASE INPUT
will erase everything in the input and command areas.
ERASE EOF will erase everything from the cursor to the end of the
line. In power or long input mode ERASE EOF will erase
everything from the cursor to the end of the screen.
ENTER causes XEDIT to read the screen and analyze its contents.
PA1 will transfer control to CP and clear the screen. A CP READ
status will be displayed. Enter BEGIN to return to XEDIT.
PA2 will have the effect of setting nulls on for the line that
contains the cursor. This allows insert mode (see INS MODE
below) to be used on the line.
Cursor Movement
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keys are available to move the cursor forward, backward, up,
and down on the screen. A cluster of four keys marked with
arrows are used to move the cursor one space at a time. The
New Line key (marked <- is used to move the cursor to the
beginning of the next line. Tabbing between input and
command areas can be done with the forward and backward tab
keys (marked ->| and |<-).
PFnn will cause the information associated with the Program
Function key pressed to be processed. This data is stacked
and may contain commands or data or some combination. The
data associated with each PF key may be set with the SET PFn
subcommand. The current settings may be displayed with the
QUERY PF subcommand. Initially, the PF keys have the
following assignments:
| PF1 BEFORE HELP MENU PF7 BEFORE BACKWARD
| PF2 BEFORE SOS LINEADD PF8 BEFORE FORWARD
| PF3 BEFORE QUIT PF9 ONLY =
| PF4 BEFORE TABKEY PF10 BEFORE RGTLEFT
| PF5 BEFORE SCHANGE 6 PF11 BEFORE SPLTJOIN
| PF6 ONLY ? PF12 BEFORE CURSOR HOME
INS MODE places the terminal in insert mode. This causes typed
characters to be inserted at the cursor position and shifts
other characters on the line to the right. To use insert
mode on a data line requires that SET NULLS ON be in effect,
or that PA2 be pressed while the cursor is on the line. To
leave insert mode, press RESET. You should not use INS MODE
while in long input mode.
DEL will delete the character at the cursor position and shift
any following characters to the left. You should not use
DEL while in long input mode.
RESET will reset insert mode and error conditions. You should not
use this key to reset an "INPUT INHIBITED" condition caused
by slow system response time. This can confuse XEDIT and
may cause loss of data.
FIELD MARK
will enter a unique character (hexadecimal 1E, an EBCDIC
Record Separator). A FIELD MARK will appear on most screens
as either ";" or a right-arrow. FIELD MARK is entered as a
shifted PA2.
DUP will enter a unique character (hexadecimal 1C, an EBCDIC
Field Separator) and physically move the cursor to the start
of the next field (usually the start of the next line or
Prefix Area). On most terminals the DUP character will be
displayed as either "*" or "/" until the field is rewritten.
DUP is entered as a shifted PA1.
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XEDIT Subcommands
XEDIT has two types of subcommands: subcommands entered on the Command
Line and those entered in Prefix Areas. Those entered on the command
line are generally called subcommands, while those entered in Prefix
Areas are known as prefix subcommands. The Command Line may also be
| used to enter XEDIT macros, CP commands, and CMS commands and EXEC's.
| XEDIT macros are REXX or EXEC 2 files with a filetype of "XEDIT."
| These can be used to combine XEDIT subcommands and macros, CP
commands, CMS commands and EXEC's, and EXEC functions to create new
functions. Macros are executed by entering their name on the Command
Line just like a subcommand.
Commands on the Command Line may be preceded by the character "&" in
column one; this will cause XEDIT to leave the string on the screen.
The command, or commands, may then be repeated by simply pressing the
ENTER key. Multiple subcommands may be entered on the Command Line by
separating them with a line end character. The default line end
character is a pound sign (#). If any error occurs when processing a
command, the command will be left on the Command Line for correction.
Prefix subcommands generally correspond to similar subcommands that
would be entered on the Command Line. While subcommands generally
operate on or following the current line, prefix subcommands usually
operate on or following the line on which they are entered. Prefix
subcommand arguments may either precede or follow the subcommand in
| the Prefix Area. Prefix subcommands also can be executed with the
| LPREFIX subcommand.
When the ENTER key or a PF key is pressed, XEDIT will read and process
the screen. Processing proceeds in the following order:
1. Record any changes made in the data display area.
2. Process any prefix commands.
3. Process any commands from a Program Function key.
4. Process any commands found on the command line.
If a PF key is set to a special PF key function (like TABKEY),
pressing the PF key will not cause commands on the screen to be
processed. When all processing is complete, the file will be written
to disk if the number of lines altered, added, or deleted since the
last SAVE has reached or exceeded the SET AUTOSAVE threshold (see
Usage Note 2). The new screen is then displayed.
XEDIT commands make use of several important concepts. Most important
is the concept of the current line. Many subcommands operate either
on or beginning on the current line, and several subcommands exist to
make some specified line the current line. In display mode the
current line is highlighted and appears in the center of the display;
on other kinds of terminals the current line is generally the line
most recently typed.
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Another important concept is that of targets. A target is used to
identify a particular line to XEDIT. Targets may be absolute line
numbers (in the form ":n"), relative line numbers (either "n", "+n",
or "-n"), names (".name" assigned with the SET POINT subcommand or the
"." prefix subcommand), or string expressions. A string expression is
from one to four character strings delimited by any non-blank
character that does not appear in the string. The string expression
may be preceded with a "+" or "-" to indicate the search direction (a
"+" is assumed). As many as four separate delimited strings
(separated with vertical bars) may be included in the expression.
This will match a line containing any one of the strings. Each string
may also be preceded with a "¬" to locate a line that does not contain
the string. String expressions may also make use of several SET
subcommand options. SET ARBCHAR allows a string of unknown characters
to be specified. SET CASE specifies whether or not the difference
between upper and lowercase is significant. SET HEX ON allows the
characters to be specified as hexadecimal values. SET SPAN can be
used to allow targets to span multiple lines in the file. SET
VARBLANK specifies whether or not the number of blanks between words
is significant. Targets are used as arguments by some subcommands
(particularly LOCATE), as subcommand prefixes, or may be entered alone
to make the line specified by the target the current line.
XEDIT also makes use of a column pointer and column targets, which are
similar in some respects to the current line and targets. Column
pointer movement is controlled and used by a set of special column-
oriented subcommands (CLOCATE, CINSERT, CDELETE, etc.). In display
mode the current line and column pointer is indicated in the header
line and the scale line. On other types of terminals the column
pointer position is marked by underscoring. Column-targets may be
absolute or relative column numbers, or string expressions. Use -* to
refer to the left zone column and * or +* to refer to the right zone
column.
The following describes the XEDIT subcommands and supplied macros.
Default parameter values are listed immediately following the general
form.
&[command]
causes the specified command to be retained in the input
area on a 3270-type terminal. The command may be repeated
by pressing ENTER.
= [command]
repeats the execution of the last command entered for this
file, or executes a specified command and then repeats the
last command. The = buffer may be changed with the SET =
subcommand.
? displays the last command entered for this file. Repeated
execution of the ? subcommand displays previous commands. ?
cannot be used from a macro, and cannot have a synonym.
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Add [n] adds lines after the current line. The number of lines
added is specified by "n." The default is one line. ADD is
allowed only in display mode.
ALL target
displays the target lines and excludes all others. ALL is a
macro.
ALter char1 char2 [target|1 [n|1|* [p|1]]]
changes a single character to another character. The
characters can be specified as two hexadecimal digits. The
remaining arguments correspond to those of the CHANGE
subcommand. ALTER is a macro.
BAckward [n]
scrolls backward (toward the top of the file) the indicated
number of screens. The default is one screen.
Bottom makes the last data line of the file or range the new
current line.
BURN erases the current file from disk and issues a QUIT
subcommand. If you are using RXEDIT to edit a reader spool
file the spool file is purged. This will completely destroy
the file you are editing. BURN is a macro.
CANCEL immediately terminates XEDIT. It is equivalent to entering
QUIT for each file being edited. CANCEL is a macro.
CAPPEND [text]
appends the specified text to the end of the current line.
The column pointer is moved to the first appended character,
or the first trailing blank if no text is given. CAPPEND is
a macro.
CDELETE [column target|1]
deletes characters from the current line, beginning at the
column pointer and deleting up to the column target. SET
STREAM ON (the initial setting) allows text on multiple
lines to be deleted.
CFIRST moves the column pointer to the beginning of the ZONE.
Change /string1 [/string2/ [target|1 [n|1|* [f|1]]]]
replaces occurrences of "string1" with "string2." The
delimiter (/) may be any non-blank character that does not
appear in the strings. If "string2" is omitted, a null
string is used. The target specifies the number of lines to
be searched. Lines are searched beginning with the current
line and ending before the target line. The value "n" is
the number of occurrences of "string1" that may be changed
on each line, and "f" is the relative number of the first
occurrence on each line to be changed. The search for
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string1 is limited by the current ZONE columns, but the
| change may affect data from the left ZONE column to the
| TRUNC column. SET SPILL controls what happens to characters
| pushed past the TRUNC column. SET STAY controls current
line positioning after multiple line changes. SET VERIFY ON
causes all changed lines to be displayed. The strings may
make use of the ARBCHAR. SPAN and VARBLANK settings are
ignored.
CINSERT text
inserts text immediately before the column pointer in the
current line.
CLAST moves the column pointer to the end of the ZONE.
CLocate column-target
makes the column specified by the column target the column
pointer value. Searching begins at the column pointer
position in the current line. If SET STREAM ON (the initial
setting) is in effect searching continues beyond the current
line.
CMS [text]
will pass "text" to CMS as a command. If "text" is not
specified CMS subset mode is entered. Use the RETURN
command to return to XEDIT.
CMSG [text]
puts a message on the command line of a 3270-type terminal.
CMSG is intended for use in macros.
COMMAND [text]
executes "text" as an XEDIT subcommand, without checking for
synonyms or macros. If "text" is not an XEDIT subcommand,
and SET IMPCMSCP is ON, it is passed to CMS or CP as a
command. The & and ? subcommands cannot be used.
COMPRESS [target|1]
replaces blank (or FILLER) characters immediately preceding
the current tab columns with a single tab character. The
SET TABS and EXPAND subcommands are used to align the
compressed text to new columns.
COpy target1 target2
copies one or more lines, beginning with the current line
and ending before the "target1" line, to the "target2" line.
The last line copied becomes the current line.
COUnt /string[/target|1]
counts the occurrences of "string," beginning with the
current line and ending before the target. The count is the
number of strings that would be affected by a CHANGE
subcommand specifying the same string.
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COVerlay text
overlays the current line (starting at the column pointer)
with the non-blank characters in "text." Use underscores in
"text" to force blanks on the current line.
CP [text] passes "text" to the Control Program (CP) as a command. If
"text" is not specified, control transfers to CP mode; use
the BEGIN command to return to XEDIT.
CReplace text
replaces the characters in the current line (starting at the
column pointer) with the "text." This is similar to
COVERLAY, except blanks and underscores have no special
significance.
| CURsor CMdline [column|1] [Priority n]
| Column [Priority n]
| File line [column] [Priority n]
| Home [Priority n]
| Screen line [column] [Priority n]
| moves the cursor to the specified column on the command
| line, the current line and column pointer position, a file
| line, switches between a screen line and the command line,
| or moves to a screen line. It also assigns a priority to
| the new position. This subcommand is allowed only in
display mode.
DBLANK removes all of the blank lines from a file. DBLANK is a
macro.
DELete [target|1]
deletes one or more lines, beginning with the current line
and ending before the target.
Down [n|1|*]
advances the current line "n" lines toward the end of the
file.
DUPlicat [n|1 [target|1]]
duplicates one or more lines, beginning with the current
line and ending before the target, "n" times.
EMSG [code] [text]
displays an error message. Refer to the description of the
CMSEMSG command elsewhere in this manual for a description
of the optional message identifier code. If the code is not
supplied, or if the severity is E, S, or T, the alarm will
be sounded. EMSG is intended for use in macros.
EXPAND [target|1]
replaces tab characters in the specified lines with blanks
(or the SET FILLER character) to align to the current tab
columns. EXPAND can be used in conjunction with COMPRESS
and SET TABS to realign tables and other text.
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EXPLAIN displays the HELP information for the most recently issued
XEDIT error message. For EXPLAIN to work properly, CP SET
EMSG must be ON before the error occurs. This can be done
automatically with a CP SET EMSG ON command in your PROFILE
EXEC or XEDIT PROFILE. EXPLAIN is a macro.
| EXTract /operand[/operands...
| returns information to an EXEC or XEDIT macro by setting
| variables in the EXEC or macro. EXTRACT can obtain
| information not obtainable with TRANSFER. Refer to the
| XEDIT Reference or online HELP for more information.
| FFile is a synonym for COMMAND FILE. See FILE and PFILE for more
| information.
FILE [fn [ft [fm]]]
= = =
puts the current file into a CMS disk file and removes it
from the set of files being edited. If only one file was
being edited XEDIT terminates. Optionally, a fileid may be
specified to override the current fileid. An "=" may be
used in place of "fn", "ft", or "fm" to specify that the
| current setting for this identifier is to be used. A FILE
| issued from a macro when only one file is being edited is
| not executed until the macro ends. FILE cannot be used from
| a prefix macro. By default, FILE is a synonym of PFILE.
Find text searches forward from the line following the current line
for a line beginning with "text." Columns containing blanks
in "text" are not checked; columns containing underscores
are matched for blanks. The search starts at the first tab
position in each line. The first line containing "text"
becomes the current line. SET WRAP controls wraparound from
the bottom of the file.
FINDUp text
FUp is similar to FIND, but searches up (toward the top of the
file), rather than down.
FLOW [target|2 [l|1 [r|70]]]
reformats lines beginning with the current line and ending
before the target. The lines are concatenated and then
broken at word boundaries to fit within the specified left
and right column margins. FLOW is a macro that uses SCRIPT
to format the text, and SCRIPT control words in the text are
processed (.AD, .CO, .FO, .JU, .LL, and .NF should not be
used).
FOrward [n|1|*]
scrolls toward the end of the file the specified number of
screens. FORWARD is allowed only in display mode.
GET [fn|= [ft|= [fm|*|=] [f|1 [n|*]]]]
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inserts lines after the current line. The lines come from
the PUT/PUTD buffer, or a specified CMS file. When a CMS
fileid is specified, "f" (the first record to be read) and
"n" (the number of records to be read) may also be
specified. The new records are truncated or filled to the
required record length. Packed files are not unpacked.
HELP [MENU|topic]
displays information about XEDIT subcommands and macros.
The "topic" may not use abbreviations. MENU displays a list
of all XEDIT subcommands and macros. The "topic" can also
be anything accepted by the CMS HELP command.
HEXTYPE [target|1]
displays lines beginning with the current line and ending
before the target in both hexadecimal and character form.
HEXTYPE is a macro.
INLong enters long input mode. In this mode you can enter data
lines as wide as the display screen (or to the current
truncation column, whichever is shorter). Each line on the
screen is entered into the file as a data line. Pressing
the ENTER key causes the lines to be entered and a new input
screen to be displayed. Pressing the ENTER key with no new
data on the screen terminates input mode. The last line
entered becomes the current line. The current line and the
SCALE and TABLINE indicators are displayed at the top of the
screen in protected form. The remaining lines on the screen
can be used for input. Each input line contains the current
SET MASK data (initially all blank). VERIFY is forced to
begin with column one and end at the truncation column or
the end of the screen line. The normal operation of the
Program Function (PF) keys and PA2 key are suspended; these
keys are ignored with the exception of PF keys set to
TABKEY, SOS TABF, or SOS TABB. The multiple tab features of
SOS TABF and TABB are not supported. Tabbing beyond the
last tab column moves the cursor to the first tab column of
the next line. Backward tabbing will not move to the left
of the first tab column. The LINEND character is treated as
a normal data character. XEDIT SET CASE and CMS SET INPUT
translations are made. Use the insert (INS MODE) and delete
(DEL) keys with care; the entire screen is one long field
and inserting or deleting characters causes the input data
to become aligned to other than the normal line boundaries.
INLONG is allowed only in display mode.
Input [text]
enters new lines into a file after the current line. If
"text" is specified, one line containing "text" is inserted;
otherwise, XEDIT enters input mode and new lines may be
| entered. Only data typed within the VERIFY columns is
| accepted. In display mode, press ENTER once for a new input
screen, twice to return to edit mode. In typewriter mode,
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enter an empty line to return to edit mode. The last line
entered becomes the current line.
| Join [ALigned] [Column|CURSOR]
| [ALigned] [column|/string/]...
joins two or more lines, beginning with the current line,
into one new line, and deletes the original lines from the
| file. ALIGNED attempts to correct for leading blanks on the
| lines being joined. If no operand is specified the current
| line and the following line are joined following the last
non-blank on the current line. COLUMN can be specified to
join two lines at the column pointer position. Column
numbers will append additional lines at the specified
columns. "String" will append the specified string to the
current line and then append a line. CURSOR is used to join
the line containing the cursor and the following line (for
display mode only). The new line will be truncated to fit
| within the current record length. JOIN is a macro. See
| also SPLTJOIN.
JUSTIFY [target|* [l|1 [r|70]]]
reformats lines beginning with the current line and ending
before the target. The lines are concatenated, broken at
word boundaries, and aligned to the left and right column
margins. JUSTIFY is a macro that uses SCRIPT to format the
text, and SCRIPT control words in the text are be processed
(although .AD and .LL should not be used).
LEft [n|1]
changes the columns displayed so that data to the left of
the first column on the screen is visible. The data appears
| to move to the right. See also RGTLEFT.
LOAD [fn [ft [fm]]] [(options... [)]]
is used from a profile macro to load the file into storage
for editing. The format of the LOAD subcommand is the same
as that of the XEDIT command. All XEDIT parameters and
options may be specified, although options specified on the
XEDIT command will override those specified on the LOAD
subcommand. If used, LOAD must be the first XEDIT
subcommand in the XEDIT profile. The WIDTH option of the
LOAD subcommand is overridden if it would cause truncation
of existing file lines. The default SET LRECL, SET TRUNC,
and SET ZONE values are assigned when LOAD is executed.
[Locate] target [subcommand]
searches the file, starting after the current line, for the
specified target. The first line containing the target
becomes the new current line. A subcommand may be specified
to be executed after positioning at the new current line.
SET STAY and SET WRAP control the operation of LOCATE.
LOWercas [target|1]
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converts uppercase letters to lowercase, beginning with the
current line and ending before the target line.
| LPrefix text
| executes "text" as a prefix subcommand on the current line.
| This can be used in display or typewriter mode.
MACRO [text]
executes "text" as an XEDIT macro, without checking for
synonyms or subcommands.
| MErge target1 target2 [column|1]
| overlays the second group of lines with data from the first
| group and then deletes the first group. The first group of
| lines contains the lines from the current line and ending
| before "target1." The second group begins with "target2."
| The data from the first group can be shifted with the
| "column" parameter. MERGE treats underscores as ordinary
| data characters.
MODify keyword
displays a subcommand and its current setting on the command
line where it can be modified (if desired) and entered.
MODIFY is allowed only in display mode. Refer to the XEDIT
Reference or online HELP for a list of valid keywords.
MOVE target1 target2
moves one or more lines, beginning with the current line and
ending before the "target1" line, to the "target2" line.
The original lines are deleted. The last line moved becomes
the current line.
MSG [text]
displays a message. MSG is intended for use in macros.
Next [n] is the same as the DOWN subcommand.
NFind text
searches forward from the line following the current line
for a line not beginning with "text". Columns containing
blanks in "text" are not checked; columns containing
underscores are matched for blanks. Searching begins at the
first tab position in each line. The first line not
containing "text" becomes the current line. SET WRAP
controls wraparound from the bottom of the file.
NFINDUp text
NFUp is similar to NFIND, but searching is up (toward the top of
the file), rather than down.
Overlay text
overlays the current line with "text." Blanks in the text
do not change existing characters, and underscores in the
text cause blanks to be placed in the current line.
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PARSE column keyword ...
is a macro used for parameter processing in macros. Refer
to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details.
| PFILE [fn [ft [fm]]]
| = = =
| saves the current file in a CMS disk file and removes it
| from the ring of files being edited. XEDIT ends if this was
| the last file in the ring. If you changed the identifier of
| the file, and a with the new name already exists, you will
| be prompted to enter FFILE to overwrite the file on disk.
| By default, FILE is a synonym of PFILE.
POWerinp enters "power input" mode. The entire display screen is
treated as one line, and text may be entered without regard
to physical line boundaries on the screen. Pressing ENTER
once causes a new input screen to be displayed, twice
returns to edit mode. When input mode ends lines entered
are broken to fit within the current truncation setting, and
words broken over line boundaries are reassembled. Use the
LINEND character to force data to the beginning of a line.
The last line entered becomes the current line. POWERINP is
allowed only in display mode.
PQUIT [n] terminates editing of the current file and returns control
to CMS if there is only one file being edited. If the file
has been altered you will be prompted to enter QQUIT. The
optional argument is a return code for use with macros. By
default, QUIT is a synonym of PQUIT.
| PSAVE [fn [ft [fm]]]
| = = =
| saves the current file in a CMS disk file. If you changed
| the identifier of the file, and a with the new name already
| exists, you will be prompted to enter SSAVE to overwrite the
| file on disk. By default, SAVE is a synonym of PSAVE.
| PREServe saves the current settings of several XEDIT SET subcommand
| variables for later restoration with the RESTORE command.
| The current line pointer, column pointer, and some SET
| values are not saved. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or
| online HELP for more information.
| PURge macroname
purges the current copy of the named macro from storage.
PUT [target|1 [fn|= [ft|= [fm|=]]]]
saves records beginning with the current line and ending
before the target line. If no fileid is specified the lines
are placed in a special buffer for later use by the GET
| subcommand. (The buffer is cleared by each PUT and PUTD).
| If a CMS fileid is specified, a CMS disk file will be
created. If the file already exists, the lines will be
added to the end. The target line becomes the current line.
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PUTD [target|1 [fn|= [ft|= [fm|=]]]]
is similar to PUT, except the specified lines are deleted
from the current file.
QQUIT [n] terminates editing of the current file and ends XEDIT if
only one file is being edited. The optional argument is a
| return code for use with macros. By default, QQUIT is a
| synonym for COMMAND QUIT, and QUIT is a synonym for PQUIT.
Query keyword
| displays the current value of the specified XEDIT setting.
| Use EXTRACT (or TRANSFER) to obtain these values in an EXEC
| or macro. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for a
| list of keywords.
QUIT [n] terminates editing of the current file and ends XEDIT if
there is only one file being edited. The optional argument
| is a return code for use with macros. By default, QUIT is a
| synonym for COMMAND PQUIT, and QQUIT is a synonym for
COMMAND QUIT. PQUIT also clears the stack.
RBLANK target
changes all multiple blanks to single blanks, beginning with
the current line and ending before the target.
| Cmdline
| READ All [Number] [Tag|Notag]
| Nochange [Number]
stacks the specified information. CMDLINE (the default)
stacks the command input area. ALL stacks all changed lines
on the screen, followed by the CMDLINE. NOCHANGE is similar
to ALL, but the changes on the screen are not made to the
file. The NUMBER operand causes stacked lines to be
prefixed with their file line number. Specifying TAG causes
| each line to include additional information. READ is
| intended for use in macros. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or
| online HELP for more information.
| RECover [n|1|*]
recovers lines deleted by DELETE, MERGE, or PUTD. The
recovered lines are inserted before the current line. All
deleted lines (within the limits of available storage) are
saved in one buffer and are moved from this buffer by the
| RECOVER subcommand. RECOVER usually can't be used in UPDATE
| mode.
| REFRESH updates the display. It can be used from a macro to update
| the display without ending the macro or waiting for input.
| REFRESH is allowed only in display mode.
RENum [start|10 [incr]]
renumbers the lines in files with a filetype of BASIC,
COBOL, FREEFORT, VSBASIC, or WBASIC. The default increment
is the value of the starting number.
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REPEat [target|1]
will advance the current line and repeat the last command.
REPEAT is equivalent to entering =UP or =DOWN until the
| target is reached, or a non-zero return code occurs.
Replace [text]
replaces the current line with "text," or deletes the
current line and enters input mode.
RESet removes all pending prefix subcommands.
RESTore restores the settings saved by the PRESERVE subcommand.
| RGTLEFT [n]
| changes the view columns to display data currently not
| visible on the screen. You can specify the number of
| columns to move. SET VERSHIFT controls the direction of the
| shift. RGTLEFT is a macro and is allowed only in display
| mode.
RIght [n] changes the columns displayed so that data to the right of
the last column on the screen is visible. The data will
| appear to move to the left. See also RGTLEFT.
RINPUT id1 id2 [(options...]
uses the CMS command INPUT to read a reader spool file into
the file being edited. The parameters and options are the
same as those of the CMS command INPUT. Except for the file
destination options (APPEND, DISK, DSTACK, REPLACE, SELECT,
and XEDIT), any INPUT option may be specified. The NOHOLD
option is ignored and the spool file is be retained in your
reader. RINPUT inserts the file after the current line (or
at the end of the file if the current line is the EOF
| indicator). The current line does not change and the
| alteration count is incremented by one. RINPUT is a macro.
SAVE [fn [ft [fm]]]
= = =
| saves the current file in a CMS disk file. By default, SAVE
| is a synonym of PSAVE.
SCHANGE [pfkey]
locates and selectively changes occurrences of a specified
string. SCHANGE can only be used in display mode and only
from a Program Function key. To use SCHANGE, place a CHANGE
or CLOCATE subcommand in the command area and press the
SCHANGE PF key instead of ENTER. The cursor is placed under
the specified string (if found). Pressing the PF key again
will move the cursor to the next occurrence of the string.
Pressing the key indicated by "pfkey" on the SCHANGE command
will execute the CHANGE subcommand. Searching begins with
| the current line and column pointer. If you press the
| SCHANGE PF key without a CHANGE subcommand on the command
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| line the subcommand in the LASTLORC buffer is used. SCHANGE
| is a macro.
SET keyword [operands...]
| is used to control an assortment of XEDIT options. The
| various settings can be examined with the QUERY, EXTRACT,
| and TRANSFER subcommands. The SET subcommand name is only
required with the SET =, SET ALT, SET MACRO, and SET MSGLINE
subcommands.
SET = text
sets the command reuse (=) buffer. This is intended for use
in macros.
| SET ALT n [m]
| sets the alteration count to the specified value. The first
| value is the number of alterations since the last autosave,
| the second value is the number since the last SAVE.
[SET] APL ON|OFF
controls support for the 3270 APL character set. The
initial setting is determined by the CP TERMINAL APL
command.
[SET] ARBchar ON [char]
OFF
defines a character to represent an arbitrary character in a
target. The initial setting is ARBCHAR OFF $.
[SET] AUtosave n [fm|A]
OFF
causes a SAVE subcommand to be issued automatically when "n"
lines have been added, changed, or deleted. A filemode may
be specified. The file is written to a special CMS disk
| file named "rrrnnnnn AUTOSAVE fm." The SAVE and FILE
| subcommands erase the autosave file; QUIT does not. See the
Usage Notes for more information on AUTOSAVE. The initial
setting is AUTOSAVE OFF.
[SET] CASE Uppercase [Respect|Ignore]
Mixed [Respect|Ignore]
determines how alphabetic characters are treated when
entered as data and when used in targets. UPPERCASE causes
all data to be translated to uppercase when entered; MIXED
bypasses this translation. Data is always displayed with
mixed case. RESPECT causes the case of alphabetic
characters to be significant during target searches; IGNORE
causes the difference to be ignored ("a" matches both "a"
and "A"). The default is CASE MIXED RESPECT for LISTING,
MEMO, and SCRIPT files; CASE UPPER RESPECT for all other
filetypes.
| [SET] CMDline On|OFf|Top|Bottom
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sets the location of the command line in display mode.
CMDLINE TOP causes the command line and default message line
to share the same space, and messages must be cleared before
| you can enter commands. CMDLINE OFF removes the command
| line. The status are is not displayed with CMDLINE OFF,
| BOTTOM, or TOP. The initial setting is CMDLINE ON.
| [SET] COLOR field [color] [exthi] [High|Nohigh]
| controls color and highlighting used for some areas of the
| screen. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for
| details.
[SET] COLPtr ON|OFF
controls marking the column pointer position in typewriter
mode. The column pointer position is marked with an
underscore, and requires that the terminal have a backspace-
and-overstrike capability. The initial setting is COLPTR
ON.
[SET] CTLCHAR OFF
char Escape
| char OFF
| char [Protect] [color] [exthi] [High|Nohigh|Invisible]
| char [Noprotect] [color] [exthi] [High|Nohigh|Invisible]
defines screen formatting control characters for display
mode. The SET RESERVE subcommand can be used to display
data on the screen using these characters. CTLCHAR is
intended to be used in macros. Refer to the XEDIT Reference
or online HELP for details.
| [SET] CURLine ON [M] [n|+n|-n|]
| specifies the line on a display screen where the current
| line will appear. The current line is highlighted. M
| refers to the middle of the screen; CURLINE ON M is the
| initial setting. CURLINE is allowed only in display mode.
| [SET] DISPlay n [m|*]
| specifies the selection levels of lines to be displayed.
| SET DISPLAY is used in conjunction with SET SELECT, SCOPE,
| and SHADOW. DISPLAY 0 0 is the initial setting. Refer to
| the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details.
| [SET] ENTer [BEFORE|AFTER|ONLY|IGNORE]|[string|NULLKEY|COPYKEY|TABKEY]
| defines the function of the ENTER key. ENTER IGNORE COMMAND
| CURSOR CMDLINE 1 PRIORITY 30 is the initial setting. Refer
| to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details.
[SET] ESCape ON [char]
OFF
defines the input-mode subcommand escape character.
Preceding a line with the escape character in column one
while in input mode will cause the line to be treated as a
command rather than data. This function is not provided in
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| display mode. The initial setting is ESCAPE ON + for BATCH,
| JCL, and JOB files, and ESCAPE ON / for other filetypes.
[SET] FILler [char]
defines the character used to expand tab characters. The
initial value is a blank.
[SET] FMode fm
FName fn
FType ft
changes the current fileid. The new fileid is used by the
SAVE and FILE subcommands. A copy of the file already on
disk with the old name is not affected. No warning is given
if a file with the new fileid already exists on disk.
| [SET] FULLread [ON|OFF]
| controls the way nulls are treated on a 3270-type display
| screen. Do not use FULLREAD ON when using the 3270
| Simulator (S3270). FULLREAD OFF is the initial setting.
| Refer to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details.
[SET] HEX ON|OFF
specifies whether subcommand string operands and targets can
be specified in hexadecimal notation. XEDIT will convert
the hexadecimal notation to the equivalent EBCDIC
characters. The initial setting is HEX OFF.
[SET] IMage ON|OFF|Canon
specifies how backspace and tab characters are handled when
entered. IMAGE ON causes backspaces to be interpreted as
corrections (deleting the preceding character from the line)
and tabs to be expanded with the FILLER character. IMAGE
OFF causes both characters to be treated as normal data
characters. IMAGE CANON causes tabs to be unchanged, but
sequences using backspaces will be sorted into canonical
order (the characters in collating sequence separated by
single backspaces). The IMAGE setting affects the operation
of FIND (and FINDUP, NFIND, and NFINDUP), input mode,
OVERLAY, and targets. Use the SET TABS subcommand when
IMAGE ON is in effect to set the columns used for tab
| expansion. The initial setting is IMAGE CANON for SCRIPT
| files, and IMAGE ON for most other filetypes.
[SET] IMPcmscp ON|OFF
controls how entries not recognized as XEDIT subcommands are
handled. IMPCMSCP ON causes unrecognized entries to be
passed to CMS and CP as commands. IMPCMSCP OFF inhibits
this action. The initial setting is IMPCMSCP ON.
| [SET] LASTLorc text
| sets the LASTLORC (Last Locate or Change) buffer. The
| buffer is set by each CHANGE, LOCATE, CLOCATE, and FIND-type
| command. The initial setting is a null string. LASTLORC is
| intended to be used in macros.
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[SET] LINENd ON [char]
OFF
defines a logical line end character. The line end
character can be used to separate multiple subcommands
entered on one line, and to mark new lines when entering
data. The initial setting is LINEND ON #.
[SET] LRecl n
changes the current logical record (line) length. The value
cannot exceed the WIDTH option value. For files with
variable-length records, the LRECL is the maximum line
length. For files with fixed-length records, the LRECL is
the length of all lines. Setting an LRECL value less than
the current value may cause the settings of TRUNC and ZONE
to be reduced and can cause truncation of existing data.
The initial setting depends on the filetype.
SET MACRO ON|OFF
controls the search order for macros and subcommands. MACRO
ON causes macros to be searched for first. MACRO OFF causes
subcommands to be searched for first. The initial setting
is SET MACRO OFF.
[SET] MASK Immed [text]
Define
Modify
sets the initial contents of new lines added to the file.
MASK IMMED sets the mask to the specified text. MASK DEFINE
displays a scale in the command line on which the mask is
entered. MASK MODIFY writes the current mask into the
command line to be modified. The initial setting is a blank
line. DEFINE and MODIFY can be used only in display mode.
| SET MSGLine ON [M[+n|-n]|[+n|-n] [m|1] [Overlay]
| OFF
| defines the location of the message line. The second value
| (m) defines the number of lines used for messages. If
| OVERLAY is specified the message lines are used for data
| until needed for a message. SET MSGLINE ON 2 2 is the
| initial setting.
[SET] MSGMode ON [Short|Long]
OFF
controls the display of XEDIT messages. MSGMODE ON SHORT
suppresses informational (I) and warning (W) messages, and
shortens error (E) messages to the not-sign (¬). MSGMODE ON
LONG displays all of every message. MSGMODE OFF suppresses
the display of all messages. The initial setting is MSGMODE
ON LONG. The CP command SET EMSG controls the format of the
message when MSGMODE ON LONG is in effect.
[SET] NONDisp [char]
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specifies the character to be used to represent characters
that cannot be displayed in display mode. Avoid using the
character insert (INS MODE) and delete (DEL) functions of a
3270-type terminal on lines containing non-displayable
characters, since XEDIT will not always be able to determine
| the correct positions of the characters. NONDISP " is the
| initial setting.
[SET] NULls ON|OFF
controls how trailing blanks are represented on a 3270-type
screen. NULLS ON causes the blanks at the end of lines to
be represented as nulls, thus allowing the use of the
character insert function (INS MODE) of the terminal. NULLS
OFF fills lines with blanks, which disables the insert
| function. The PA2 key (or any key set to NULLKEY) sets
NULLS ON for the line containing the cursor. The initial
setting is NULLS OFF.
[SET] NUMber ON|OFF
controls the display of file line numbers in the prefix
area. NUMBER ON causes the prefix area to contain a five-
digit file line number. NUMBER OFF causes five equal signs
| to be displayed (unless the prefix area has been set to
| NULLS). The initial setting is NUMBER OFF.
| [SET] PAn [BEFORE|AFTER|ONLY|IGNORE]|[string|NULLKEY|COPYKEY|TABKEY]
| defines the function of a PA (Program Attention) key. PA1
| BEFORE COMMAND CP, PA2 BEFORE NULLKEY, and PA3 ONLY ? are
| the initial settings. The setting of the CP break key
| overrides the XEDIT PA settings. Refer to the TERMINAL
| command for details about the break key. Refer to the XEDIT
| Reference or online HELP for more about SET PAn.
[SET] PACK ON|OFF
specifies how the file is written to disk. PACK ON causes
the file to be written in packed format. Packed format is
also used by the CMS commands PACK and UNPACK. PACK OFF
causes the file to be written in normal format. PACK OFF is
the initial setting. Refer to the Usage Notes for more
information.
| [SET] PENDing [ON|BLOCK|ERROR] string
| OFF
| controls the execution of prefix macros and the status
| display. PENDING is intended to be used from macros. Refer
| to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details.
| [SET] PFn [BEFORE|AFTER|ONLY|IGNORE]|[string|NULLKEY|COPYKEY|TABKEY]
| defines the function of a PF (Program Function) key. The
| initial settings are listed under Keyboard Functions. Refer
| to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details.
[SET] Point .name [OFF]
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assigns a name to the current line. This name can then be
used as a target to refer to this line, even if its position
in the file changes. The name must be in the form of a
period followed by from one to eight characters. The OFF
operand removes the name. You must remove a name before it
can be assigned to a new line.
| [SET] PREfix ON [Left|Right]
Nulls [Left|Right]
OFF
Synonym new old
controls the position of the prefix areas, and defines
synonyms for prefix subcommands. PREFIX ON LEFT displays
the prefix areas on the left side of the screen, PREFIX ON
| RIGHT on the right side. PREFIX NULLS fills the prefix
| areas with nulls. PREFIX OFF removes the prefix areas.
PREFIX SYNONYM is used to define synonyms for existing
prefix subcommands. Prefix subcommand names can be up to
five characters (numbers cannot be used). The initial
| setting is PREFIX ON LEFT.
[SET] RANge target1 target2
defines limits for movement within the file. The top range
(target1) acts as the new top-of-file, the bottom range
(target2) as the end-of-file. Only the SAVE and FILE
subcommands can act outside of the defined range. The
initial range is the entire file, which is equivalent to
RANGE :1 *.
[SET] RECFm V|VP|F|FP
changes the record format of the file. "V" indicates
variable-length records, "VP" indicates packed variable-
length records, "F" indicates fixed-length records, and "FP"
indicates packed fixed-length records. Trailing blanks are
discarded when variable-length records are written to disk,
which saves a great deal of disk space for most files.
Setting RECFM VP or FP will also set PACK ON. The initial
value of RECFM depends on the filetype. Refer to the Usage
Notes for more information about packed files.
| [SET] REMote [ON|OFF]
| controls data transmission to a terminal in display mode.
| REMOTE ON reduces the amount of data transmitted, but
| increases the overhead. Initially, REMOTE ON is set for
| remote terminals, REMOTE OFF for locally attached terminals.
[SET] RESERved [M][+|-]n [color] [exthi] [High|Nohigh] [text]
Off
reserves the specified line on the screen in display mode.
XEDIT will not use reserved lines. The OFF operand returns
the line to XEDIT for its use. Use SET CTLCHAR to define
attribute characters for use on reserved lines. RESERVE is
intended for use in macros, and is allowed only in display
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mode. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for
details.
| [SET] SCALe ON [n]|[M][+n|-n]
OFF
controls the display of a scale line in display mode. SCALE
ON places the scale under a specified line or the current
| line. SCALE OFF suppresses the scale display. SCALE ON M+1
| is the initial setting. SCALE is allowed only in display
mode
| [SET] SCReen n [Horizontal|Vertical]
| Size s [s...]
| Width w [w...]
| Define ...
defines the logical screens displayed on the physical
screen. The first form divides the physical screen into "n"
| logical screens of equal size. The screen can be divided
| horizontally or vertically. The screen can be divided into
| unequal parts, and with both horizontal and vertical
| divisions. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or online HELP for
details. The initial setting is one logical screen using
the entire physical screen. SCREEN is allowed only in
display mode.
| [SET] SELect [+|-] [target]
| sets the selection level for the specified lines. SET
| SELECT is used in conjunction with SET DISPLAY, SCOPE, and
| SHADOW. SELECT 0 is the initial setting. Refer to the
| XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details.
[SET] SERial ON [incr|10 [start|10]]
ALL [incr|1000 [start|1000]]
string [incr|10 [start|10]]
OFF
puts sequence numbers in the last columns of each line in
the current file when the file is written to disk with SAVE
or FILE. Only files with fixed-length records can be
serialized. SERIAL ON uses the first three characters of
the filename and five digits to create the serial numbers,
SERIAL ALL uses eight digits, and SERIAL string uses the
string as a prefix and as many digits as will fit in an
eight-character field. The initial setting depends on the
filetype.
| [SET] SHADow [ON|OFF]
| controls the display of shadow lines to indicate lines
| excluded from display. SHADOW ON is the initial setting.
| [SET] SIDcode [string]
| sets the string placed in columns 64 through 71 of update
| lines. The initial setting is blanks unless overridden by
| the SIDCODE option of the XEDIT command.
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[SET] SPAN ON [Blank|Noblank [n|*]]
OFF
specifies the number of lines which a string may span and
still match a string target. SPAN OFF requires that a
string be contained within one line. SPAN ON defines the
number of lines that may be concatenated for searching
purposes. The BLANK operand will cause a blank to be
inserted between lines for search purposes. NOBLANK will
concatenate lines with no intervening blank. The initial
setting is SPAN OFF BLANK 2.
| [SET] SPILL [ON|OFF|WORD]
| controls what happens to characters that would be truncated
| as the result of a CHANGE, CINSERT, SHIFT, and other
| subcommands. ON creates a new line containing spilled
| characters, OFF discards spilled characters, and WORD breaks
| spilled characters at a word boundary (blank). The initial
| setting depends on the filetype.
[SET] STAY ON|OFF
specifies how the current line will be set after a failed
target search or FIND-type subcommand. ON leaves the
current line position unaffected, and OFF causes the top or
end of the file or range to become the current line. The
initial setting is STAY OFF.
[SET] STReam ON|OFF
controls string column target searching. STREAM ON allows
multiple lines to be searched, beginning with the current
line and column pointer. OFF restricts the search to the
current line. The initial setting is STREAM ON.
[SET] SYNonym ON
| OFF
| [LINEND char] syn [n] cmd
| [LINEND char] syn [n [form...] cmd [parms...]]
both controls searching for subcommand synonyms and defines
synonyms. SYNONYM OFF disables synonyms. Refer to the
XEDIT Reference or online HELP for details. The initial
setting is SYNONYM ON.
| [SET] TABLine ON [n]|[M][+n|-n]
OFF
controls the display of a tab ruler in display mode. ON
| places the ruler under a specified line or the current line.
| OFF suppresses the line. TABLINE OFF -3 is the initial
setting. TABLINE is allowed only in display mode
[SET] TABS n [n...]
defines logical tab columns. IMAGE ON must be set for tabs
in the input data to be expanded in the file. The TABKEY PF
key function is also controlled by the tab settings. As
many as 28 tab stops may be specified. The FIND subcommands
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are affected by the first tab column. The initial setting
depends on the filetype.
[SET] TERMinal Typewriter
Display
controls the mode in which XEDIT will operate. DISPLAY is
the full-screen mode used by default with 3270-type
terminals. TYPEWRITER is the line mode used on other types
| of terminals. DISPLAY is allowed only on 3270-type
| terminals.
[SET] TEXT ON|OFF
controls support for the 3270 TEXT character set. The
initial setting is determined by the CP TERMINAL TEXT
command.
[SET] TOFEOF ON|OFF
controls the display of the top and end of file and range
indicators. ON displays the indicators, OFF suppresses the
display. The initial setting is TOFEOF ON.
| [SET] TRANSLat char1 char2 [char1 char2...]
| OFF
| defines an uppercase/lowercase pair of characters. This
| subcommand is provided to support non-English language
| keyboards. The initial setting defines uppercase/lowercase
| pairs of English letters.
[SET] TRUNC n|*
| sets the truncation column. Data entered (or already
| existing) beyond the truncation column will be spilled (see
| SET SPILL). The setting may not exceed the record length
(LRECL). The initial setting is based on the filetype.
[SET] VARblank ON|OFF
specifies whether or not the number of blanks between words
is significant in string target searches. ON ignores the
number of blanks between words, OFF requires that the number
of blanks between words match. The initial setting depends
on the filetype.
[SET] Verify [ON|OFF] [[Hex] start end] ...
controls the display of lines changed by subcommands, and
the manner in which data is displayed in display mode. The
ON and OFF operands control the display of changed lines.
ON displays them, OFF does not. HEX causes all data to be
displayed in hexadecimal rather than the normal graphic
character form. "Start" and "end" are starting and ending
columns that define an area to be displayed. Multiple pairs
of column numbers, optionally preceded by HEX, may be
specified. The same area may be displayed more than once,
and in both graphic and hexadecimal form. The initial
VERIFY settings depend on the terminal type and the
filetype.
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[SET] WRap ON|OFF
controls wraparound during target searches. ON causes
searching to wrap around when the top or end of the file or
range is encountered, and stop at the line preceding the
current line (and in some cases the column pointer). OFF
suppresses wraparound. The initial setting is WRAP OFF.
[SET] Zone start end|*
specifies the starting and ending zone columns. Target
searching and column pointer movement is confined to within
the zone. The end column may not exceed the truncation
| column. The initial setting is from the first tab to the
| truncation column.
SHift Left|Right [cols [target]]
shifts data in the current zone either left or right the
number of columns specified by "cols." Lines are shifted
beginning with the current line and ending before the
| target. Data shifted past the left zone is lost. Data
| shifted past the right zone is spilled (see SET SPILL).
SORT target [A|D] start end ...
sorts lines beginning with the current line and ending
before the target in either ascending (A) or descending (D)
order, based on the contents of the fields described by the
starting and ending column pairs. The total length of the
sort fields cannot exceed 255 characters. If CASE is set to
IGNORE, sorting is alphabetic, with the difference between
uppercase and lowercase letters ignored. Changes made with
| the SORT subcommand are not retained in update mode. SORT
| operates outside of the current SCOPE. SORT is a macro.
SOS operands
provides screen operation simulation that can be used from a
macro or PF key. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or online
HELP for details.
SPELL [word]
checks the spelling of a word. If no word is specified on
the command line, the word beginning at the cursor position
| is used (in display mode). SPELL displays a list of
| alternative spellings. SPELL is a macro and uses the
SPELLCHK command.
SPELLFIX checks the spelling in the current file. The file is first
saved on disk (using SAVE) and then each error detected is
indicated for correction. The SPELLFIX subcommand operates
in the same manner as the CMS command SPELLFIX. SPELLFIX is
a macro, and is allowed only in display mode
SPlit [ALigned] Column
CURSOR
col
[Before|After] /string/
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splits a line into two or more lines. COLUMN splits the
current line at the column pointer position. CURSOR splits
the line containing the cursor at the cursor position (only
valid in display mode). The "col" form specifies a column
number at which to split the current line. The /string/
| form splits the current line either BEFORE or AFTER the
| string. ALIGNED causes created lines to have the same
| number of leading blanks as the original line. See also
| SPLTJOIN. SPLIT is a macro.
| SPLTJOIN splits a line or joins two lines, based on the cursor
| position. SPLTJOIN is a macro
| SSave is a synonym for COMMAND SAVE. See SAVE and PSAVE for more
| information.
STack target [start [length]]
stacks lines beginning with the current line and ending
before the target in first in, first out (FIFO) order. The
starting column and length of the data from each line to be
stacked may be specified. The maximum length is 256
characters. STACK is intended for use in macros.
STATus [filename]
displays some SET subcommand settings, or creates a macro
named "filename" that will contain the SET subcommands and
| their values. Not all settings are included.
TOP makes a null line preceding the first data line in the file
(or range) the current line. TOP does not alter the column
pointer position.
TRAnsfer keyword...
| is used within a macro to stack the values of specified
| XEDIT variables. EXTRACT should be used instead of TRANSFER
| for new applications. Refer to the XEDIT Reference or
| online HELP for details.
Type [target|1]
displays data lines beginning with the current line and
ending before the target line. The format of the data is
determined by the SET VERIFY subcommand. The last line
| displayed becomes the current line. Typed output is limited
| to 160 columns.
Up [n|*|1]
advances the current line "n" lines toward the top of the
file.
UPPercas [target|1]
converts lowercase to uppercase beginning with the current
line and ending before the target line. The last line
converted becomes the current line.
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Xedit [fn|= [ft|= [fm|=]]] [(options...[)]]
begins editing for another file, or resumes editing a file
already in storage. If a fileid is specified, a file not
being edited is added to a ring of files in storage. In any
case, editing switches to the new file. If no fileid is
specified on the XEDIT subcommand, the next file in the ring
is edited. The FILE and QUIT subcommands remove the current
file from the ring and editing resumes with the preceding
file (if any). The SET SCREEN subcommand can be used on a
3270-type terminal to allow several files to be viewed
simultaneously on the screen, or to view several parts of a
single file. The options are the same as those of the XEDIT
CMS command. Care must be taken when using this subcommand,
because issuing the CMS XEDIT command causes XEDIT to be
entered recursively and create a new file ring. The number
of files currently being edited is displayed in the status
area in display mode, or may be obtained with the QUERY
NBFILE subcommand.
| Prefix Subcommands and Macros (For Display Mode Only)
| [n]< or <[n] or [n]<< or <<[n]
| shifts the data on the indicated lines left one or more
| columns.
| [n]> or >[n] or [n]>> or >>[n]
| shifts the data on the indicated lines right one or more
| columns.
[n]/ or /[n]
marks the line to become the next current line. The column
pointer may be set by specifying "n".
[n]" or "[n] or [n]"" or ""[n]
marks a line or block of lines to be duplicated. Specifying
"n" will cause the lines to be duplicated "n" times. "" is
used to mark the first and last lines of a block of lines to
be duplicated.
.name assigns a name to a line. The name can later be used as a
target. This function is identical to the SET POINT
subcommand, except that the name is limited to four
characters and replaces an existing name.
[n]A or A[n]
marks the line after which one or more new lines are to be
added.
[n]C or C[n] or CC
marks one or more lines to be copied. Specifying "n" will
cause "n" lines to be copied. CC is used to mark the first
and last lines of a block of lines to be copied. The
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destination line is marked with the F (following) or P
(preceding) prefix subcommand.
[n]D or D[n] or DD
marks one or more lines to be deleted. Specifying "n" will
cause "n" lines to be deleted. DD is used to mark the first
and last lines of a block of lines to be deleted.
| E extends a logical line by one additional screen line. You
| cannot extend a line on a vertically-split screen.
Extension is limited by the SET VERIFY subcommand.
F marks the destination for a copy or move prefix subcommand.
The new lines follow the line marked.
[n]I or I[n]
inserts new lines into the file. The I prefix subcommand
has the same function as the A prefix subcommand.
[n]M or M[n] or MM
marks one or more lines to be moved. Specifying "n" will
cause "n" lines to be moved. MM is used to mark the first
and last lines of a block of lines to be moved. The
destination line is marked with the F (following) or P
(preceding) prefix subcommand. The original lines are
deleted.
P marks the destination for a copy or move prefix subcommand.
The new lines precede the line marked.
| [n]S or S[n]
| (show) causes the specified lines to be displayed after
| having been excluded by the X prefix macro, ALL macro, SET
| DISPLAY subcommand, or SET SELECT subcommand. The S prefix
| macro can only be used in the prefix area of a shadow line.
SCALE causes the scale line to be displayed on the marked line.
TABL causes the tab line to be displayed on the marked line.
| [n]X or X[n] or XX
| excludes the indicated lines from the display and the scope
| of editing subcommands.
The XEDIT Profile
When the XEDIT command (or subcommand) is executed, it will cause an
XEDIT macro named "PROFILE" to be executed (if one exists). You may
supply an alternate name for the profile with the XEDIT option
| PROFILE. The filetype must always be "XEDIT" (this is true of all
| XEDIT macros). The profile macro may contain REXX or EXEC 2
statements, CP commands, CMS commands and EXECs, and XEDIT subcommands
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and macros. These statements and commands can be used to tailor the
XEDIT environment to your requirements. For example, Program Function
keys can be defined, the screen layout altered, the file format set,
and so on.
The arguments passed to the profile macro are the arguments that were
specified on the XEDIT command or subcommand. Additional operands
(including the fileid) and options may be specified by the profile
with the LOAD subcommand. The LOAD subcommand must be the first XEDIT
subcommand issued by the profile.
The following example demonstrates what sort of things might be placed
in a "PROFILE XEDIT:"
| /* Sample XEDIT Profile */
| address command "MAKEBUF"
| /* Default filetype will be SCRIPT */
| arg fn ft fm . "(" options
| if ft="" then ft = "SCRIPT"
| /* Load the file (and exit in case of error) */
| address xedit
| "COMMAND LOAD" fn ft fm
| if rc¬=0 then exit rc
| /* Common Setup */
| "COMMAND SET AUTOSAVE 25"
| "COMMAND SET CASE MIXED IGNORE"
| "COMMAND SET ESCAPE OFF"
| "COMMAND SET IMAGE ON"
| "COMMAND SET RECFM V"
| "COMMAND SET SPAN ON BLANK 2"
| "COMMAND SET STAY ON"
| "COMMAND SET VARBLANK ON"
| "COMMAND SET VERIFY OFF 1 *"
| "COMMAND SET WRAP ON"
| /* Determine what sort of terminal we are using.
| If it's not a 3270, exit now. */
| "COMMAND EXTRACT/TERMINAL/"
| if terminal.1¬="DISPLAY" then exit
| /* Additional setup for 3270-type terminals. */
| "COMMAND SET CURLINE ON 2"
| "COMMAND SET MSGLINE ON 2 15 OVERLAY"
| "COMMAND SET PF1 SPELL"
| "COMMAND SET PF4 SPLTJOIN"
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| "COMMAND SET PF10 ?"
| "COMMAND SET PF11 SOS TABB"
| "COMMAND SET PF12 TABKEY"
| "COMMAND SET NULLS ON"
| "COMMAND SET NUMBER ON"
| "COMMAND SET PREFIX ON RIGHT"
| "COMMAND SET SCALE OFF"
This file is available as "SAMPLE XEDIT Y2" for use as a base for your
own profile.
Usage Notes
1. The XEDIT SET AUTOSAVE subcommand provides an automatic
checkpoint to ease recovery in case of system failure during an
edit session. The facility is enabled with the XEDIT "SET
AUTOSAVE n" command. The value "n" specifies how often a
checkpoint should be taken. When the specified number of lines
have been added, changed, or deleted, a SAVE subcommand will be
| issued to write the AUTOSAVE file. AUTOSAVE files are named
| "rrrnnnnn AUTOSAVE," where "rrr" is the number of times XEDIT was
| called recursively and "nnnnn" is the current AUTOSAVE number.
| These numbers begin with 100001 and are incremented when multiple
files are edited, or if an AUTOSAVE file already exists on your
disk. The AUTOSAVE files are automatically erased when you issue
a FILE or SAVE subcommand, but not if you QUIT, so you may want
to eliminate these files with the CMS command ERASE.
If the system should fail during a session, the most recent copy
| of the file being edited will be the file named "rrrnnnnn
| AUTOSAVE". You may edit this file to determine if it contains
information that you want; if it does, you can replace the older
version of the file with the AUTOSAVE file by erasing the
original file and renaming the AUTOSAVE file. This can also be
used to recover from erroneous global changes made to a file.
Immediately QUIT, erase the original file, and rename the
AUTOSAVE file.
Most users will find that setting AUTOSAVE to 20 or 30 will
provide sufficient protection against loss of data. This can be
done automatically at the beginning of each session in an XEDIT
profile.
2. XEDIT can directly manipulate files that are in packed format.
Packed files are kept on disk in a special compressed format that
generally requires much less disk space than files in normal
format. Files may be converted to this format with the CMS PACK
command, or with XEDIT by specifying SET PACK ON or SET RECFM VP
or FP. Files can be restored to normal format with the CMS
UNPACK command, or with XEDIT by specifying SET PACK OFF or SET
RECFM V or F. Packed files cannot be processed by most CMS
commands (like SCRIPT, PRINT, SUBMIT, etc.). Only XEDIT should
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be used to modify a packed file. Modifying a packed file
improperly will make it impossible to unpack the file or recover
the data. Refer to the description of the CMS PACK command for
more information.
3. Remember that a 3270-type terminal is a buffered device; data is
only read after ENTER or a PF key is pressed. This allows a
great deal of data to be entered or changed on a screen without
any interaction with the computing system, which is especially
desirable during periods of heavy system load. However, since
data is not read until one of these keys is pressed, pressing the
CLEAR or ERASE INPUT keys will destroy any new data on the
screen.
4. Since XEDIT controls a 3270-type terminal's screen and PF keys
while it is operating, normal system messages cannot be
displayed. When the system has a message waiting to display on
your terminal, it will wait until an interrupt-producing key
(such as ENTER) is pressed to display the message. After you
have read the message, press the CLEAR key once to return to
XEDIT. Pressing any other key or pressing CLEAR more than once
may cause data on the screen to be lost. Warning messages from
the system operator will cause the screen to be cleared
immediately.
| 5. Refer to the Appendix "XEDIT Default Filetype Attributes" for the
| default values of RECFM, WIDTH, LRECL, TRUNC, SPILL, CASE,
| SERIAL, and TABS.
6. XEDIT may be used to examine an OS disk data set. The data set
cannot be modified, but it can be saved as a CMS disk file, with
or without modifications. To edit an OS data set you must first
access the OS disk volumes and then define a name to be used by
XEDIT to refer to the file. The following commands could be
used:
OSDISKS
FILEDEF SYSIN DISK filename filetype H DSN data set name (options
XEDIT filename filetype H
The OSXEDIT command simplifies this process.
7. XEDIT has a feature that allows you to create your own XEDIT
subcommands by combining existing commands and subcommands into
XEDIT macros. A macro is a file with a filetype of "XEDIT" and
| is very similar to an EXEC (REXX and EXEC 2 are used by XEDIT to
| process macros). Refer to the VM/SP System Product Editor User's
Guide, the VM/SP System Product Editor Command and Macro
| Reference, the VM/SP System Product Interpreter Reference, and
| the VM/SP EXEC 2 Reference for more information.
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Messages and Return Codes
XEDIT subcommands use the following return codes (to be checked in
XEDIT macros):
0 Normal.
1 Error. Meaning depends on subcommand.
2 Target not found.
3 Operand is valid only in display mode, or other error.
4 Error. Meaning depends on subcommand.
5 Missing or invalid operand.
| 6 Rejected in profile due to LOAD error, or QUIT subcommand
| issued in macro called from last file being edited.
7 Error building update file.
8 Pending or incomplete prefix subcommand.
12 Disk is read-only.
13 Disk is full.
20 Invalid character in fileid.
24 Invalid filemode, or invalid parameter.
28 File not found.
32 Error during update.
36 Disk not accessed.
88 File too large to fit in storage.
100 Error writing file to disk.
104 No storage available.
Details on return codes and messages may be found in the VM/SP System
Product Editor Command and Macro Reference and VM/SP System Messages
and Codes.
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Section 3: XEDIT Default Filetype Attributes
Use the XEDIT profile to alter these settings. Note: The "Format"
column lists the RECFM and WIDTH; the LRECL defaults to the WIDTH.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Filetype|Format|TRUNC|SPILL|CASE|SERIAL|SET TABS Columns |
|--------|------|-----|-----|----|------|----------------------------|
| |$EXEC | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |2 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 |
| |$XEDIT | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |2 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 |
|AMSERV | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |2 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 |
| | | | | | |40 45 50 55 60 |
|ASM3705 | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |1 10 16 30 35 40 45 50 |
| | | | | | |55 60 65 70 |
|ASSEMBLE| F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |1 10 16 30 35 40 45 50 |
| | | | | | |55 60 64 72 |
|BASDATA | F 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see BASIC |
|BASIC | F 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |7 10 15 20 25 30 80 |
| |BATCH | V 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| OFF |see DIRECT |
|CNTRL | F 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |1 5 8 17 27 31 |
|COBOL | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |1 8 12 20 28 36 44 68 |
| | | | | | |72 80 |
|COPY | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |see ASSEMBLE |
|DIRECT | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 |
| | | | | | |40 45 50 55 60 65 70 |
|ESERV | F 80 | 71 | OFF | U R| ON |see AMSERV |
|EXEC | V 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 |
| | | | | | |40 45 50 55 60 65 70 |
|FORTRAN | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |1 7 10 15 20 25 30 80 |
|FREEFORT| V 81 | 81 | OFF | U R| OFF |9 15 18 23 28 33 38 81 |
|JCL | V 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |1 3 12 16 18 72 80 |
|JOB | V 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see JCL |
|LISTING | V 121| 121 | OFF | M R| OFF |1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 |
| | | | | | |40 45 50 55 60 65 70 |
| | | | | | |75 80 85 90 95 100 105 |
| | | | | | |110 115 120 |
|MACLIB | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |see ASSEMBLE |
|MACRO | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |see ASSEMBLE |
| |MEMO | V 80 | 80 | WORD| M R| OFF |see LISTING |
| |MODULE | V 80 | 80 | WORD| M R| OFF |see LISTING |
| |NAMES | V 255| 255 | OFF | M R| OFF |see LISTING |
| |NETLOG | V 255| 255 | OFF | M R| OFF |see LISTING |
| |NOTE | V 132| 132 | WORD| M R| OFF |see LISTING |
| |NOTEBOOK| V 132| 132 | WORD| M R| OFF |see LISTING |
| |PASCAL | V 72 | 72 | OFF | U R| OFF |see DIRECT |
|PLI | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |2 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 |
| | | | | | |31 37 43 49 55 79 80 |
|PLIOPT | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |see PLI |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Filetype|Format|TRUNC|SPILL|CASE|SERIAL|SET TABS Columns |
|--------|------|-----|-----|----|------|----------------------------|
| |SAS | F 80 | 80 | OFF | M R| OFF |see DIRECT |
|SCRIPT | V 80 | 80 | WORD| M R| OFF |see LISTING |
|SYNONYM | F 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see CNTRL |
| |TEXT | F 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see CNTRL |
|UPDATE | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |see ASSEMBLE |
|UPDT | F 80 | 72 | OFF | U R| ON |see ASSEMBLE |
|VSBASIC | F 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see BASIC |
|VSBDATA | V 132| 132 | OFF | U R| OFF |see LISTING |
| |WATFIV | F 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see FORTRAN |
|WBASIC | V 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see BASIC |
|XEDIT | V 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see EXEC |
|other | V 80 | 80 | OFF | U R| OFF |see LISTING |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
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INDEX
-&- CMSG, 11
&, 9 COLOR, 21
COLPTR, 21
-/- column pointer, 9
/, 31 column targets, 9
COMMAND, 11
-?- COMPRESS, 11
?, 9, 31 COPY, 11
COUNT, 11
-=- COVERLAY, 12
=, 9, 20 CP, 12
CREPLACE, 12
-"- CTL, 3
", 31 CTLCHAR, 21
"", 31 CURLINE, 21
current line, 8
-A- cursor, 6, 12
A, 31
ADD, 10 -D-
ALL, 10 D, 32
ALT, 20 DBLANK, 12
ALTER, 10 DD, 32
alteration count, 5 DEL, 7
APL, 20 delete, 7, 12
ARBCHAR, 20 DISPLAY, 21
AUTOSAVE, 20 display mode, 4
DOWN, 12
-B- DUP key, 7
BACKWARD, 10 DUPLICATE, 12
BOTTOM, 10
break key, 24 -E-
BURN, 10 E, 32
editor, 2
-C- EMSG, 12
C, 32 ENTER, 21
CANCEL, 10 ENTER key, 6
CAPPEND, 10 ERASE EOF key, 6
CASE, 20 ERASE INPUT key, 6
CC, 32 ESCAPE, 22
CDELETE, 10 EXPAND, 12
CFIRST, 10 EXPLAIN, 13
CHANGE, 11 EXTRACT, 13
CINSERT, 11
CLAST, 11 -F-
CLEAR key, 6 F, 32
CLOCATE, 11 FFILE, 13
CMDLINE, 21 FIELD MARK key, 7
CMS, 11 field separator, 7
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FILE, 13 MERGE, 16
FILLER, 22 MM, 32
FIND, 13 MODIFY, 16
FINDUP, 13 MOVE, 16
FLOW, 13 MSG, 16
FMODE, 22 MSGLINE, 23
FNAME, 22 MSGMODE, 23
FORWARD, 13
FTYPE, 22 -N-
FULLREAD, 22 new line, 7
FUP, 13 NEXT, 16
NFIND, 16
-G- NFINDUP, 16
GET, 14 NFUP, 16
NONDISP, 24
-H- NOSEQ8, 3
HELP, 14 NOUPDATE, 3
HEX, 22 NULLS, 24
HEXTYPE, 14 NUMBER, 24
highlighting, 21
-O-
-I- OS data sets, 2, 35
I, 32 OSXEDIT, 2
IMAGE, 22 OVERLAY, 16
IMPCMSCP, 22
INLONG, 14 -P-
INPUT, 15 P, 32
INS MODE, 7 PA keys, 24
insert mode, 7 PACK, 24
packed files, 24, 35
-J- PAn, 24
JOIN, 15 PARSE, 17
JUSTIFY, 15 PA1 key, 6
PA2 key, 6
-K- PEEK, 2
keyboard, 6 PENDING, 24
PF, 24
-L- PF keys, 7, 24
LASTLORC, 22 PFILE, 17
LEFT, 15 POINT, 25
line mode, 4 POWERINP, 17
LINEND, 23 PQUIT, 17
LOAD, 15 PREFIX, 25, 31
LOCATE, 15 prefix subcommands, 8, 16
long input, 14 PRESERVE, 17
LOWERCASE, 16 PROFILE, 4
LPREFIX, 16 PROFILE EXEC, 13
LRECL, 23 PROFILE XEDIT, 32
program attention keys, 24
-M- program function keys, 7, 24
M, 32 PSAVE, 17
MACRO, 16, 23, 32 PURGE, 17
macros, 35 PUT, 17
MASK, 23 PUTD, 18
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-Q- STAY, 27
QQUIT, 18 STREAM, 27
QUERY, 18 SYNONYM, 27
QUIT, 18 System Product Editor, 2
S3270, 22
-R-
RANGE, 25 -T-
RBLANK, 18 TABL, 32
READ, 18 TABLINE, 27
recall, 9 TABS, 28
RECFM, 25 targets, 9
record separator, 7 TERMINAL, 28
RECOVER, 18 TEXT, 28
REMOTE, 25 TOFEOF, 28
RENUM, 18 TOP, 30
REPEAT, 19 TRANSFER, 30
REPLACE, 19 TRANSLAT, 28
RESERVED, 26 TRUNC, 28
RESET, 7, 19 TYPE, 30
RESTORE, 19 typewriter mode, 4
retain, 9
reuse, 9 -U-
RGTLEFT, 19 UP, 30
RIGHT, 19 UPDATE, 4
RINPUT, 19 UPPERCASE, 30
RXEDIT, 2
-V-
-S- VARBLANK, 28
S, 32 VERIFY, 28
SAVE, 19
SCALE, 26, 32 -W-
SCHANGE, 20 WIDTH, 4
SCREEN, 26 WRAP, 29
SCRIPT, 13
SELECT, 26 -X-
SEQ8, 4 X, 32
SERIAL, 26 XEDIT, 31
SET, 20 XEDIT macros, 35
SET =, 20
SET EMSG, 23 -Z-
SHADOW, 26 ZONE, 29
SHIFT, 29
SIDCODE, 4, 26 -3-
SORT, 29 3270 simulator, 22
SOS, 29
SPAN, 27
SPELL, 29
SPELLFIX, 29
SPILL, 27
SPLIT, 30
SPLTJOIN, 30
SSAVE, 30
STACK, 30
STATUS, 30
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