Qedit/ Linux operates in Line mode on Linux. We are investigating Screen
mode for the Linux version. We are interested in getting information about the
environments you would be using Qedit in.
Here we describe the Qedit commands in
alphabetic order. For each command, we show both the longest and the shortest
name that Qedit can recognize, as in Add [A]. Highlighted terms (e.g., linenum) and jargon words (e.g.,
"workfile") are defined in the "Glossary".
Here are general guidelines that apply to
using the Qedit commands.
Each Qedit command has a name such as List that you can abbreviate
to any leading subset. Thus, L means List. Some commands require more than one
letter: GARbage, DEStroy, RENumber, SHut. You may append option letters to the
command: Q, T, or J. Q means "quiet", T means "template",
and J means various things, depending on the command.
list all {fully spelled out}
l @ {maximal abbreviation}
lq {list quietly}
listqt {list quietly, with template}
lqjt {list quiet, jumping, with template}
list $ {most recent external file name}
s dec on {Set Decimal command}
sh {Shut command}
You
can enter the commands in uppercase or lowercase. Shell commands such as ls and
cd can only be in lowercase. These commands are identical:
LIST ALL {uppercase}
list all {lowercase}
You can enter several commands on a single line, if you separate
them with semicolons. The maximum command line is 256 characters, and \ is not
supported for continuation. If you want to have an Linux command or a
calculator command in the stack, you should enclose it in parentheses. This
prevents Qedit from passing the rest of the line as parameters. For example,
List 5;!find .
-name testfile -exec cat {} ; {fails}
List 5;(!find . -name
testfile -exec cat {} ;) {works}
If the syntax requires semicolons and
parentheses, you have to put the problematic command in a shell script and use
it in the command list instead.
Any error causes Qedit to flush the
remaining commands in the line.
list 505;add
*-1 {list line 505; add just before it}
shut;who
When combining Qedit commands, be certain
to use the same quote character in all the commands.
Wrong:
/c7/7"DISPLAY";c\.\\
Right:
/c7/7"DISPLAY";c".""
You
may annotate Qedit commands by putting comment text in curly braces at the end
of the line:
keep
sample,yes {update disc file}
Such comments are recognized at the
"/" prompt, in usefiles, Next? prompt and List's More? prompt.
You
can stop most Line mode functions by pressing the Control-Y key. For example,
to stop an inadvertent List ALL, use Control-Y. To stop the Add, Modify, or
Replace commands, use either Control-Y or two slashes (//).
Some
commands have no alphabetic name. In Line mode, pressing only Return means
display the next line and a backslash (\) means display the previous line, $
means enable Memory Lock and $- means disable Memory Lock. In either mode, ?
means Help, any line number means go to that line, a string means display the
next line with that string, and "^" means search backwards for a
string:
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55
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find and display line 55 or higher
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FIRST
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find and display first line
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;;;;
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display the next 5 lines
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\
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display the previous line
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-5
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move current line back 5 lines
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"string"
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display next line with string
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^"string"
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display previous line with string
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$
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turn on memory lock at this line
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$-
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turn off memory lock
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Qedit accepts most Linux commands and scripts. If the shell command
matches an existing Qedit command, you must precede it with a colon (:) or an
exclamation (!). See Running Qedit on Linux
for more details.
Any command that begins with an equal sign (=) is treated as a
calculator expression. This feature can be used to compute temporary values and
do conversions from one number base to another.
Adds lines into the workfile. There are five varieties of Add that
cover all the ways you can add lines into a Qedit workfile:
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NEW
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Add new lines to your workfile from
Stdin.
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STRING
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Add a new line from the command prompt.
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COPY
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Copy lines from one place to another.
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MOVE
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Move lines from one place to another.
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FILE
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Bring lines in from an external file.
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Add some new lines from the terminal keyboard. Insert them at a
given line number or after it.
ADD
[ linenum ]
(Q=no linenums, J=justified, T=template)
(Default: linenum = *)
The linenum
parameter specifies where to add new lines and also determines the
increment between new lines. If linenum is
9.1, lines will be incremented by 0.1; if 9.01, then 0.01. If linenum already exists, Qedit increments
it and begins adding after the existing line. If linenum is 0, Qedit adds new lines before the first existing line
in the file. If you don't say which linenum,
Add inserts the lines after the current position (*). (See Miscellaneous Points
below.)
Examples
/add 5 {add new lines after line 5}
5.1
line a {Qedit prompts with line
number}
5.2
line b {you enter line of text
and Return}
5.3
// {you enter // or
Control-Y to stop}
/aq {add after * line; no prompt}
This is new text
// {end the Add command}
Temporary Workfile
If you do not have a named workfile Open when you Add, Qedit
automatically builds a temporary workfile for you. This file has a random file
name and is created in /var/tmp by
default. If you want to have temporary files in a different directory, enter
the new path name in the TMPDIR environment variable.
TMPDIR=/home/user1/tmp
export TMPDIR
Keep in mind that Qedit works with
absolute filenames and these names can not have more than 240 characters.
If you make any changes to the file
(e.g., by adding lines), Qedit will ask if you want to save your changes when
you exit.
Using the Tab Key
By default, Qedit defines tabs every 8 columns across the line
(every 10 for Qedit/MPE). You can override these default tab stops using Set
Tabs Stop n (every 2 to 15
characters) or Set Tabs 5 10 22 28 ... for completely custom tab stops. When
you press the tab key as you Add lines, Qedit correctly inserts spaces in your
lines and skip to the correct column on your screen (assuming you are using an
HP terminal).
Overflowing Lines or Line Numbers
The Add command continues prompting until you press Control-Y, or
you type "//" at the end of a line, or you run out of line numbers.
When you exhaust the line numbers possible between two lines, Qedit prints
"Error: Already". You can continue by doing a range Renumber on the area
where you wish to add more lines. Thus, if your last line added was 4.999, use
Renum 4/5 to spread out the lines between 4 and 5.
You can configure Qedit to automatically renumber part of the file
so that you do not have to renumber it manually. See the Set Visual Renum
option.
Line Wraparound
If you enter a line that is too long, Qedit divides it into several
lines. Set Wraparound ON divides lines on "word" boundaries only. Any
words that will not fit on the current line are moved to the next line. If only
a small number of words are moved to the next line, Qedit prompts you to
complete the line. To end the Add when this happens, press Return before typing
"//". If you are editing FORTRAN source code, Qedit generates a valid
continuation line for you.
Automatically Indenting Lines
AJ for
justified is a special option to indent new lines. The linenum you specify must be an existing line. You enter new lines
beneath it. Qedit will then indent the new lines by exactly the same number of
spaces as the existing line. You can shift the indentation left by typing {'s
at the start of a line, or shift it right with }'s. To redefine the { and } characters,
use Set Zip.
Modifying a Line During Add
When you know you made a typo, and prefer to fix it now instead of
going on, the auto-modify character will help you. Enter the command Set Zip
[]@{}#, or better yet, put it in your Qeditmgr configuration file. The #
character (or other special character of your choice) is called the auto-modify
character. It allows you to modify the line you are currently entering. Type
"#" at the end of the line, and Qedit redisplays the line for you to
modify. When you are done with the Modify, you press Return to continue adding
new lines.
Miscellaneous Points to Note
If you have Set Left/Right margins, the new lines added will have
spaces to the left and right of the margins. That is, the line you enter will
be left-justified within the current margins of the workfile.
The maximum default increment between new lines is 1.0 (or 0.1 for
standard COBOL files). You can change this default with Set Increment.
You
can ask Qedit to remove nonprinting characters from your input lines using Set
Editinput Data ON. If you do not wish to allow the extended Roman-8 characters,
use Set Editinput Data ON Extend OFF.
Add one new line, with the text coming from a string in the command
itself. This is handy when you need some literal text within a User Command or
Use file, but don't want to create a temporary file to hold it.
ADD
linenum string
(Q=no linenums, J=justified, T=template)
(Default: linenum = *)
The linenum
parameter specifies where to insert the new line containing the string.
Examples
/add 5 "new
line"
5.1
new line
/add 10.01
"change datasetdata setall"
10.01
change datasetdata setall
Add
lines by copying duplicates of existing lines.
ADD
linenum = rangelist
(Q=no display)
(Defaults: none)
The linenum
parameter tells Qedit where to insert the copied lines. The number of
decimal places in linenum tells Qedit
how finely to number the new lines:
/add 50 = 1/9 {new lines will be 50.1, 50.2,
50.3...}
/add 50.10=1/9 {new lines will be 50.10, 50.11,
50.12...}
The rangelist
parameter tells Qedit which lines to copy:
/add 50.1 = 1/9
10/15 {'1/9 10/15' is the rangelist}
Examples
/list 4/8 {how lines look before the copy
command}
4
aaaaaaaa
5
bbbbbbbb
6
cccccccc
7
dddddddd
8
eeeeeeee
/add 5 = 7/8 {copy lines 7 and 8 after line 5}
5.1
dddddddd
5.2
eeeeeeee
2 lines COPIED
/list 4/8 {how lines look after the copy
command}
4
aaaaaaaa
5
bbbbbbbb
5.1
dddddddd
5.2
eeeeeeee
6
cccccccc
7 dddddddd
8
eeeeeeee
/aq 5 = 5 {duplicate line 5 after itself}
Notes
Add prints each new line, unless you use
AQ. When you copy lines, the rangelist must
not include the linenum (e.g., /Add 5
= 4/6 is rejected because it would be an infinite loop). Qedit prints
"Error: Already". The lines copied are not deleted from the original
location. You now have two copies of the lines (and a copy in the Hold0 file,
see Add-Move).
If you have Set Left/Right margins, Qedit prints only the portion of
each line within the margins. However, it will actually copy the entire line,
including the portion outside of the current margins.
Move
some lines from one place in the file to another, deleting them from the
original position.
ADD
linenum < rangelist
(Q=no display)
(Defaults: none)
The linenum
tells Qedit where to move the lines. The number of decimal places in linenum determines the line number
increment. For example, "/add 5.10<100/200" creates lines 5.10,
5.11, 5.12, etc.
The rangelist
tells Qedit which lines to move. Add deletes the original lines after
moving them. You still only have one copy of each line.
Examples
/list 4/7 {how lines look before the move}
4
aaaaaaaa
5
bbbbbbbb
6
dddddddd
7
cccccccc
/add 5 < 7 {move line 7 after line 5}
5.1
cccccccc
1 line MOVED
/list 4/7 {how lines look after the move}
4
aaaaaaaa
5
bbbbbbbb
5.1
cccccccc
6
dddddddd
Notes
Control-Y during a move stops the move,
but it also changes the move into a copy. The lines being moved in the current
range are not deleted.
Add-Move ignores Set LEFT/RIGHT margins; it moves entire lines.
However, it only prints the portion of the line within the current margins.
When
you copy or move lines using Add= or Add<, Qedit first puts the lines into a
"Hold" file called Hold0. It then counts the lines. If you do not
have sufficient line numbers to insert the new lines, Qedit stops and prints
"Error: Already". Use Renum to renumber the range of line numbers and
then copy the lines from the Hold0 file. See also the Hold command.
/list hold0
/add 55=hold0 {add from Hold file}
Add
lines to the workfile from an external file.
ADD
linenum = filename [,UNN] [ rangelist ]
(Q=no display)
(Default: entire file)
The linenum
tells Qedit where to begin adding the lines from the external file.
The filename
tells Qedit which file to copy from. It can be any type of disc file. If
any of the lines are too long, they will be truncated with a warning. Use filename,UNN when you are adding from a
data file with numeric characters in the last eight columns which are not
really sequence numbers.
The rangelist
tells Qedit how much of the file to copy. The default is to copy the entire
file. If the external file does not have sequence numbers, Qedit assumes that
the file is numbered from 1 by the current Set Increment. When you specify a
rangelist, Add leaves a copy of the lines from the external file in the Hold0
file, as well as in your workfile.
Examples
/add 500.01 =
abc {copy in the file ABC after
500.01}
500.001 abc line-1 {prints each line copied from file}
500.002 abc line-2 {prints new line numbers too}
/aq 5 = xyz 5/10 {copy in lines 5/10 of the file XYZ}
/l template
"$page"(up) {list page breaks in a file}
1
$PAGE "xx" {select
the template you want}
24
$PAGE "yy"
37 $PAGE "zz"
/add 5=template
24/36 {copy the lines between $pages}
/shut
/dev/src/test.c {establishing
"previous" file}
/new cust {open another file}
/a 1 = $ 50/60 {$ stands for /dev/src/test.c}
Notes
Add prints each line as it copies it,
unless you use AQ. If Qedit finds invalid sequence numbers in a file, it begins
assigning "logical" sequence numbers using the last valid sequence
number and the current Set Increment.
If you have Set Left/Right margins, Qedit inserts blanks before the
left margin in each line. That is, the lines from the external file are
left-justified within the current margins of the workfile.
Appends a string to the end of each line in the rangelist.
APPEND
"string" [ rangelist ]
(Q=no display)
(Default: rangelist = *)
Append allows you to add a semi-colon (or
any other string of characters) to the end of a line (/AP ";" 5/10).
Append prints each line that it changes. If the resulting line would be too
long, Append goes into Modify on that line.
Examples
/list 25
25
to the end of the line
/append "!"
25
to the end of the line!
/ap ")" 1/4
1
(redo function)
2
(modify function)
3
(append function)
4
(list function)
Starts
"browsing" the current file by displaying one page
"backward". You stay in "browse" mode until you enter any
command (see List, jumping option).
BACKWARD
(F5 key does the same)
In Line mode, Backward and Forward (or
F5/F6) throw you into List-Jumping's browse-mode. Qedit displays a screen of
text, where the screen size is either 23 lines or what you specify with Set
List LJ, then waits for you by asking "More?". Press Return to see
the next screen. Typing a line number moves you to the screen starting at that
line, pressing F2-F6 does the appropriate action, and F8 or "//" or
Control-Y or typing any command gets you out of browse-mode. At the
"More" prompt, the * "current" line is the last line
displayed.
Repeat any combination of the previous 1,000 command lines, with or
without editing.
BEFORE
[
start [ / stop ] ]
[
string ]
[
ALL | @ ]
(Default: redo previous line)
(BQ=redo without change)
(BJ=listredo)
The Before command allows you to modify
the commands before it executes them. If you don't need to change them, use BQ
or :Do. Commands are numbered sequentially, starting with 1 for the first
command entered and, by default, the last 1,000 commands are accessible. This
numbering sequence applies only to the temporary redo stack, because this stack
is discarded when you exit Qedit. The numbering sequence in a persistent redo
stack, which is accessible across Qedit invocations, continues between
invocations. Use the :Listredo or BJ command to display the previous commands.
You can redo a single command, a range of commands, or the most recent command
whose name matches a string.
The Before command uses Qedit-style
Control characters for modifying the commands. The default mode is to replace
characters. To delete use Control-D, and to insert use Control-B. If you prefer
HP-style modify (D, R, I, and U), use the :Redo command instead of Before, or
do Set Modify HP.
Examples
/ls /users/obb {"bob" is not spelled
right}
/users/obb not found
/Before {redo most recent
command}
ls /users/obb {last command is printed}
bob {you enter changes to it}
ls /users/bob {the edited command is shown}
{you press
Return}
/listredo -10/ {show last 10 commands}
/before 5 {redo 5th command in
stack}
/bef 8/10 {redo 8th through 10th}
/b ls {redo last ls command}
/b @temp {redo last containing
"temp"}
/before –2 {redo command before
previous}
/before -5/-2 {redo by relative lines}
Notes
Linux reacts to certain control
characters which might conflict with the Robelle codes. For example, control-D
sends an end-of-file signal to Linux but is also the delete rest of line in Robelle
Modify. You should use the Linux stty program to change the default end-of-file signal. See Control
Characters and stty for more details.
If you wish to change any characters
within the line, the modify operators are the regular Control Codes used in
Qedit:
Any printing characters replace the ones
above.
Control-D plus spaces deletes columns
above.
Control-B puts you into "insert
before" mode.
Control-A starts appending characters at
the end of line.
Control-A, Control-D, plus spaces, deletes
from the end.
Control-T ends Insert Mode, allowing
movement to a new column.
Control-G recovers the original line.
Control-O specifies "overwrite"
mode (needed for spaces).
Change current working directory.
CD [directory]
(Default: $home directory)
You can switch directories using the cd
command. The cd command affects your Qedit processes and any processes that you
create. When you exit Qedit, you will be in the same directory that you were in
when you invoked Qedit.
Examples
cd /usr/local/bin
cd {return to home}
cd $HOME {return to home}
cd ~ {return to home}
cd $SAVEDIR {Error!!!}
The last example shows a limitation of cd
inside Qedit. You can't refer to a directory name that is saved in a variable,
because Qedit simulates the cd command, instead of passing it to your shell
program for execution. Qedit does not simulate the shell command processing
such as variable substitution. (The three special cases for "home"
are hardcoded into Qedit's cd.)
In addition, a few things still do not work well when doing shell
commands in Qedit. If you launch a command in the background using
"&", the jobs command will not show the status of it. If you set
an environment variable, it will not be set for Qedit. Both of these problems
are caused by the fact that shell commands are executed by a child process
which is unable to change the status of Qedit.
Changes one string or column range to another string in some or all
of your lines. There are two basic varieties of Change:
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STRINGS
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replace one string with another
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COLUMNS
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replace a column range with a string
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Replaces one string of characters by another string, the two strings
being separated by a single quote character.
CHANGE
"string1"string2" [ rangelist ]
(Q=no display, J=verify, T=CobX Tag)
(Default: rangelist = *)
The string1
tells Change what string of characters to find. The default for string1 is the last string used, and you
specify this default via the null string (e.g., change
""xxx"). The null string recalls the
last string and the window used with it. If the target string1 occurs more than once in a line, Qedit changes every
occurrence.
The string2
tells Change what characters to substitute. In this format of the Change
command, only three quote characters are used to define the two strings, not
four as you would normally expect. Another oddity is that string2 does not become the current string. This is so that you can
do another Change or Find command using "" as the target (i.e., the
last string), finding and fixing multiple occurrences of the same string (e.g.,
find "nad"; CH ""and"; F; CH
""and"; ...). The third difference of string2 is that a null string for this
parameter actually means "null". change
"very"" 100 means remove
"very" from line 100.
The rangelist
tells Change what lines to search for string1.
The default rangelist is the current
line only.
If string2
is shorter than string1 (e.g., change
"Robert"Bob"), Qedit shortens the line
by shifting the rest of the line left. If string2
is longer (e.g., change "Bob"Robert"), Qedit lengthens the line by shifting characters right. If string2 is so much longer that the line
would be too long, Qedit sends you into the Modify command to fix the line by
hand.
Change prints each line that it updates,
unless you use CQ.
Examples
/list 55 {display line with mistake}
55
select lines contaning both of two
/change
"contan"contain" {change string in current line}
55
select lines containing both of two
/change
"sub"subindex" all
{make a global change}
10
subindex = subindex + 1
11
table(subindex) = 0
213
if subindexway = 0 {oops-bad
change!}
/cj
"cust"Customer" 200/300
{change with user approval}
225
Display Customer {shown for
approval}
Change okay (Y,N,or
Modify) [No]: yes
/list 9 {display line to review}
9
The test results were very exciting.
/c
"very"" {remove
word, change to null string}
9
The test results were exciting.
/find
"wiith" {search forward for
line with error}
99
the string is combined wiith the second string
/c
""with" {change "wiith" to
"with"}
99
the string is combined with the second string
Using Alternates to Quote
You may select your own quote character if you find " too much
work because it is a shifted key. Among the alternatives are \ : and '
(apostrophe). See the "Glossary" for more on strings and other alternates to quotes.
/c :wiith:with:
/c \wiith\with\
Approving Each Changed Line
Use CJ to give yourself approval over each change before it is
updated. With CJ, Qedit displays the line as it would be and asks you for a
Yes, No, or Modify answer. Use CJ when you have trouble working out the precise
strings to change.
Searching for Two Strings at Once
Because
the rangelist can contain a search
string, you can actually select lines containing both of two strings:
/c
"xxx"filename" all
{"xxx" becomes "filename" in ALL}
/c
"xxx"filename" "rename" {line must contain "rename" too}
Including a Window
The form of Change command just described requires only three quotes
per command, but does not allow all options. You cannot specify a special window - you will always use the default
Set Window value. To do a Change with a special window, you must specify four
quote characters, two for each string:
CHANGE "string1" (window)
"string2" [ rangelist ]
Each string is delimited by two quote
characters and the two strings must be separated by a space or a comma. Between
the two strings you may insert a window such
as (SMART) or (20/30) or (UPSHIFT).
Changing Within a Column Range
If you insert a column window, Qedit changes only the columns within
the window. Columns outside the window are untouched:
/change
"CUSTREC" (10/39) "CUSTOMER-RECORD"
In this example, "CUSTREC" is
expanded to "CUSTOMER-RECORD", but the data at column 40 and beyond
is not moved. In addition, the Change must not cause the rest of the window to
overflow.
Changing Uppercase and Lowercase
If you
specify an upshift window, Qedit ignores the case of letters when matching the
target string. It will match words that are spelled with caps or without:
/change
"JONES" (upshift) "Fitz-Jones" all
In this example, Change selects lines containing
"JONES", "Jones", or even "joneS".
Avoiding Changes to Embedded Words
If you
specify a Smart window, Qedit rejects those matches in which the target string
is actually in the middle of another word:
/change
"FRANK" (smart) "Frank" all
This example selects "FRANK",
but reject "FRANKLYN." You can combine Smart and Upshift.
Patterns and Windows
In
other commands the window can specify
a pattern to match. In the Change
command patterns are not allowed, because Change cannot perform pattern
changes. However, a string specified in the rangelist portion of the Change
command may be a pattern. For example:
/change
"CUSTREC" "CUST-REC" "@01@PIC@" (pattern)
{change custrec to cust-rec in
all lines that}
{ also contain "01" and
"PIC" in that order}
CobX Tags
Cobol tags are short strings stored in columns 73 to 80 of CobX
source files. The Cobol tag value is defined using the Set X command. Once
enabled, updated lines and added lines are automatically updated with the tag.
They can also be modified manually with custom tag values.
In its regular form, the Change command
affects only the text area in columns 7 to 72. If you wish to make changes to
Cobol tags, use the T suffix. You
can think of it as the Tag option.
This option operates only on the tag area itself, columns 73 to 80.
/change
"CUST" "SUPP" all
{change cust to supp in all
lines. }
{ cust must be between columns
7 and 72. }
/changeT
"CUST" "SUPP" all
{change cust to supp in all
lines. }
{ cust must be between columns
73 and 80. }
To to this, the Tag option temporarily changes the margins to (73/80). Qedit displays a warning every time this option is used. Because
the margin values have changed, explicit column range in a Window can only be
between 73 and 80.
/changeT
"CUST" (50/60) "SUPP" all
Warning: ChangeT: editing the Cobol tag area only
(73-80).
Error: Window
/changeT
"CUST" (73/80) "SUPP" all
Warning: ChangeT: editing the Cobol tag area only
(73-80).
10
SUPP0102
1 line changed
Because the margins have been changed,
Qedit displays text in the tag area only except when the Justify option is
used. In this case, Qedit prompts for confirmation before making the change. It
would be hard to determine if a line needs to be changed based only on the tag
value. So, when the Justify option is used, Qedit displays the complete line.
The user has the option to accept the changes, reject the changes or manually
modify the line. If the user chooses to modify the line, only the tag is
displayed.
Replace some columns in some lines with a new string of characters.
Use Change to insert columns, shift text left, or shift text right.
CHANGE
column [/column] [(window)] "string" [rangelist]
(Q=no display, J=verify)
(Default: rangelist = *)
Change replaces the target column range with the string in the lines of the rangelist. You can use this to insert a
string at a specified column. You can also use it to replace, expand, or
contract specified columns.
If you specify a single column instead of a range, Qedit inserts
the string before that column and
shifts the rest of the line to the right. You can create new columns by
inserting blanks in front of a position (e.g., change
5 " ").
If you
specify a range of columns, Qedit replaces that column range with the string. The string may be the same length as the column range, longer, or
shorter. If the string is shorter than the column range deleted, the rest of
the line shifts left. If longer, the rest of the line shifts right. You can
remove columns entirely by changing them to a null string (e.g., change
5/7 "").
Examples
/change
5"|"all {draw vertical
line of "|"s in file}
/cq 1/2 ""
10/15 {shift lines 10/15 left 2
spaces}
/cq 1 " " 10/15 {shift lines 10/15 right 3 spaces}
/cq 1(1/8)"
" all {shift columns 1/8 right 1
space}
{don't change text beyond
column 8}
/change 12/12 :: {delete column 12 in the current line}
Notes
See the discussion of windows under "Changing
Strings". Those notes also apply to column changes.
The first column number is usually 1,
except for standard COBOL source files, where it is 7 (seven). The last column
number depends on the current values for Set Language, Set Length, and Set
Right.
Change prints each line modified, unless
you use CQ. CJ asks you to verify each change.
Shut the current work file and remove it from the recently accessed
file list.
CLose
(Default: none)
The Shut command is the normal way to
close a workfile. When you Shut a file (or Open another one), Qedit remembers
the name of the current workfile in a list of recently accessed files. This
allows you to reopen the file using open ?. However, the list is of limited size. If you are not coming back
to edit the current file again, use the Close command instead of Shut. This
keeps other file names from falling off the bottom of the list.
Examples
/open abc
/open def
/close {close "def" and forget it}
/open * {current file is now "abc"}
Copies one or more columns to a different location on the same line.
COLCOPY source [ /source2 ] destination1
[ /destination2 ] [ rangelist ]
(Q=no display, J=verify, T=CobX Tag)
(Default:
rangelist = *)
Colcopy copies text in columns specified
by source1 and source2 to the destination columns specified by destination1 and destination2 in the lines of rangelist.
Even though Colcopy can modify multiple lines using a rangelist, it really operates on one line at a time. You can not
copy columns from one line to another.
Source and destination columns always
represent the original location. All changes are based on that assumption.
If source1
only is specified, Qedit copies just that column (length of 1). If destination1 only is specified, the
source columns are inserted at that location. If you wish to replace a single
column, enter a destination range where destination1
and Destination2 are the same e.g. Colcopy
1 10/10.
/list 1
1
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
/colcopy 1 10 { insert column 1 at column 10 }
1
abcdefghiajklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
/colcopy 1/5 10 { insert columns 1/5 at column 10 }
1
abcdefghiabcdejklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
If destination1
and destination2 are specified, text
in these columns is replaced by the source text. If the source text is narrower
or wider, the line is shortened or expanded as needed.
/colcopy 1 10/15 { copy column 1 to columns 10/15 }
1
abcdefghiapqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
/colcopy 1/5
10/11 { copy columns 1/5 to 10/11. Line
expands. }
1
abcdefghiabcdelmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
/colcopy 1/5
10/20 { copy columns 1/5 to 10/20. Line
shortens. }
1
abcdefghiabcdeuvwxyz
1 line changed
Trailing Spaces
Trailing spaces on the line are not significant. This means that a
line can expand until a non-space character reaches the current right margin (Set Right). However, trailing spaces from the source text are significant and
are copied in the operation. If the line can not be expanded further,
Qedit displays a warning message and allows the user to modify it.
/list 2
2
abcd efghiabcdeuvwxyz
/colcopy 1/8 20 { insert columns 1/8 at 20 }
1
abcd efghiabcdeabcd uvwxyz
1 line changed
/Set right 30
/colcopy 1/5 30 { insert columns 1/5 at 30 }
Warning: Source columns
could not be inserted. Please modify. (Warning 2)
1
abcd efghiabcdeabcd uvwxyz
1 line modified
Overlapping Columns
When source and destination columns do not overlap, the results are straightforward.
If source and destination columns overlap partially or completely, the results
might not be as expected. Keep in mind that:
·
source and destination columns
are always based on the original line
·
the destination columns are
removed
·
the source columns are put in
their place
Approving Each Changed Line
Use COLJ to give yourself approval over each change before it is
updated. With COLJ, Qedit displays the
line as it would be and asks you for a Yes, No, or Modify answer.
CobX Tags
Cobol tags are short strings stored in columns 73 to 80 of CobX
source files. The Cobol tag value is defined using the Set X command. Once enabled, updated lines and added lines are automatically
updated with the tag. They can also be modified manually with custom tag
values.
In its regular form, the Colcopy command
affects only the text area in columns 7 to 72. If you wish to make changes to
Cobol tags, use the T suffix. You
can think of it as the Tag option.
This option operates only on the tag area itself, columns 73 to 80.
/ColT 73/74 79/80
all { copies content of columns 73 and
74 }
{ into columns
79/80 }
/ColT 73/74 75 all { inserts content of columns 73 and
74 }
{ in column 75. Columns
76-80 are shifted. }
To to this, the Tag option temporarily changes the margins to (73/80). Qedit displays a warning every time this option is used. Because
the margin values have changed, explicit column range in the source and
destination columns can only be between 73 and 80.
/ColT 23/24 79/80
all
Warning: ColcopyT: editing the Cobol tag area only (73-80).
Error: The Sourcestart column (23) is not between 73
and 80
/ColT 73/74 79/80 10
Warning: ColcopyT: editing the Cobol tag area only
(73-80).
10
ME0307ME
1 line changed
Because the margins have been changed,
Qedit displays text in the tag area only except when the Justify option is
used. In this case, Qedit prompts for confirmation before making the change. It
would be hard to determine if a line needs to be changed based only on the tag
value. So, when the Justify option is used, Qedit displays the complete line.
The user has the option to accept the changes, reject the changes or manually
modify the line. If the user chooses to modify the line, only the tag is
displayed.
Moves one or more columns to a different location on the same line.
COLMOVE source [ /source2 ] destination1
[ /destination2 ] [ rangelist ]
(Q=no display, J=verify, T=CobX Tag)
(Default:
rangelist = *)
Colmove moves text in columns specified
by source1 and source2 to the destination columns specified by destination1 and destination2 in the lines of rangelist.
The source columns are removed from their original location. Even though Colmove can modify multiple lines
using a rangelist, it really operates
on one line at a time.
You can not move columns from one line to
another. Source and destination columns always represent the original location.
All changes are based on that assumption.
If source1
only is specified, Qedit moves just that column (length of 1). If destination1 only is specified, the
source columns are inserted at that location.
If you wish to replace a single column, enter a destination range where destination1 and Destination2 are the same e.g. Colcopy
1 10/10. A move means the original columns are removed
and the line is shifted left. Then the source text is inserted at the
destination.
/list 1
1
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
/colmove 1 10 { move column 1 to column 10 }
1 bcdefghiajklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
/colmove 1/5 10 { move columns 1/5 to column 10 }
1
fghiabcdejklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
If destination1
and destination2 are specified, text
in these columns is replaced by the source text. If the source text is narrower
or wider, the line is shortened or expanded as needed.
/colmove 1
10/15 { move column 1 to columns
10/15 }
1
bcdefghiapqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
/colmove 1/5
10/11 { move columns 1/5 to 10/11 }
1
fghiabcdelmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
/colmove 1/5
10/20 { move columns 1/5 to 10/20 }
1
fghiabcdeuvwxyz
1 line changed
Trailing Spaces
Trailing spaces on the line are not significant. This means that a
line can expand until a non-space character reaches the current right margin (Set Right). However, trailing spaces from the source text are significant and
are moved in the operation.
/list 2
2
abcd efghiabcdeuvwxyz
/colmove 1/8 20 { move columns 1/8 to 20 }
1
efghiabcdeabcd uvwxyz
1 line changed
Overlapping Columns
When source and destination columns do not overlap, the results are straightforward.
If source and destination columns overlap partially or completely, the results
might not be as expected. Keep in mind that:
·
source and destination columns
are always based on the original line
·
the source columns are removed
·
the destination columns are
removed
·
the source columns are put in
their place
Here is an example:
/list 1
1
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
/colm 6/20 15
1
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 line changed
Apparently, nothing has changed but, in
fact, something did happen to the line. Qedit removed the source columns
"fghijklmnopqrst" and tried to insert the original text where column
15 used to be. Column 15 was part of the area that has been removed so Qedit
inserts the text where it should have been i.e. between "e" and
"u". So, it's putting the original text back where it was.
Moving Passed the Right Margin
Destination columns can exceed the current right margin. In this
case, Qedit assumes the columns should be moved to the end of the line.
Effectively, the source columns are inserted in the rightmost columns of the
line. The destination columns do not have to be a precise value. They just need
to be larger than the current right margin. If the right margin is currently
set at 80, the following commands yield the same results.
/v right
Set Right 50
/lt2
....+....10...+....20...+....30...+....40...+....5
2
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
/colm 1/5 51
2
fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcde
1 line changed
/colm 1/5 88/90
2
fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcde
1 line changed
Approving Each Changed Line
Use COLMJ to give yourself approval over each change before it is
updated. With COLMJ, Qedit displays the line
as it would be and asks you for a Yes, No, or Modify answer.
CobX Tags
Cobol tags are short strings stored in columns 73 to 80 of CobX
source files. The Cobol tag value is defined using the Set X command. Once enabled, updated lines and added lines are automatically
updated with the tag. They can also be modified manually with custom tag
values.
In its regular form, the Colmove command
affects only the text area in columns 7 to 72.If you wish to make changes to
Cobol tags, use the T suffix. You
can think of it as the Tag option.
This option operates only on the tag area itself, columns 73 to 80.
/ColmT 73/74 79/80
all { copies content of columns 73 and
74 }
{ into columns
79/80 }
/ColmT 73/74 75 all { inserts content of columns 73 and 74 }
{ in column 75. Columns
76-80 are shifted. }
To to this, the Tag option temporarily changes the margins to (73/80). Qedit displays a warning every time this option is used. Because
the margin values have changed, explicit column range in the source and
destination columns can only be between 73 and 80.
/ColmoveT 23/24
79/80 all
Warning: ColcopyT: editing the Cobol tag area only
(73-80).
Error: The Sourcestart column (23) is not between 73
and 80
/ColmoveT 73/74 79/80
10
Warning: ColcopyT: editing the Cobol tag area only
(73-80).
10
ME0307ME
1 line changed
Because the margins have been changed,
Qedit displays text in the tag area only except when the Justify option is
used. In this case, Qedit prompts for confirmation before making the change. It
would be hard to determine if a line needs to be changed based only on the tag
value. So, when the Justify option is used, Qedit displays the complete line.
The user has the option to accept the changes, reject the changes or manually
modify the line. If the user chooses to modify the line, only the tag is
displayed.
Deletes lines from the workfile.
DELETE
[ rangelist ]
(Q=no display, J=verify)
(Default: rangelist = *)
Delete prints each line in rangelist, with an underline character
after the line number, as it deletes them, unless you use DQ.
Notes
If you do Delete All, you must answer "Y" to a verifying
question before the lines will be deleted. This also applies if you Set Check
Delete is ON and you delete more than 5 lines.
If you delete the wrong lines, you can cancel the Delete by striking
Control-Y. However, you must use Control-Y before you press Return on the next
command line. Qedit responds by printing "Undeleted" or
"Canceled". Once you have typed in the next command line and press
Return, your chance to recover using Control-Y is gone and the previous Delete
command is final. You can still undo the deletion using Undo.
Delete All resets the Set Keep Name
(default for Keep command) so that a later Keep command will not wipe out the wrong file by
mistake.
Confirm Each Deletion
Use DJ to give yourself approval over each delete before it is
carried out. With DJ, Qedit displays the
line (even if the Quiet option is used) and asks you for a Yes, No, or Stop
answer.
Answer No or Return to keep the line.
Answer Yes to delete the current line. Unlike the basic Delete operation where
lines are removed with the next command, lines confirmed in DJ are deleted
immediately. They can be recovered with an Undo command.
Answer Stop if you wish to stop the delete process. When you use Stop, lines
that have been deleted are not recovered automatically. Use Undo to recover
them.
Examples
/delete 5/6 {remove lines 5 and 6 from file}
5
_this is line 5
6
_and this is line 6!
/dq 2 10/49 {delete lines 2 and 10/49}
/delete
"."(1/1) {delete lines
with "." in column 1}
{Implied rangelist is
ALL}
/del "."(1/1
nomatch) {delete lines without "."}
/d
"~"(pattern) {delete all
blank lines}
/dj 3/66
3
this is line 3
Delete it (Y,N or Stop) [No]:
4
this is line 4
Delete it (Y,N or Stop) [No]:Y
5
this is line 5
Delete it (Y,N or Stop) [No]:n
6
this is line 6
Delete it (Y,N or Stop) [No]:S
1 line Deleted!
Purges
the current workfile, or a named Linux file, after first verifying with the
user.
DESTROY
[ filename ]
(Default: current workfile)
The filename
parameter can be the name of any file that you have write access to,
"$" to refer to the "last" file name mentioned in another
command, or "*" to refer to either the current workfile or, if none
is currently open, the one just Shut.
Examples
/destroy
/dev/src/test.c
/dev/src/test.c # of
lines=162
Purge file [no]?
Oui {that's French for "yes"}
/open ctemp
/des *
ctemp Qedit file, # of
lines=15
Purge file [no]? {Return key means "no"}
File NOT purged
/list datapg2 {check contents of file}
/destroy $ {...then purge it}
Divides
a line into two or more lines at specified columns. Divide can turn a
field-oriented record into a series of lines with one field per line. It can
also append a blank line after every line in a file. See also VV in Visual. For
the opposite of Divide, see the Glue command.
DIVIDE
[ ( columnlist ) ] [ rangelist ]
(Default: columnlist = ], rangelist = *)
The columnlist
parameter is one or more valid column numbers in ascending order such as
(10 20 30), or it may be a (]) for "after end-of-line" (i.e., append
a blank line). All characters from the specified column to end-of-line are
moved to a new line after the original line.
The rangelist
parameter specifies one or more lines in the file. Each line is split into
two or more lines according to the column parameter. The default rangelist is the current line.
The default columnlist is "]", except when the Divide command has no
parameters or only a "string" rangelist.
Then the current line is split at the "current column". When Divide
has no parameters, the current column is "]". Following a successful
string match, the current column is the first column of the string position in
the line(s).
Examples
/find
"abc";divide {move
"abc..." to a new line}
/list *+2;divide {move ahead 2 lines, add a blank line}
/divide (20) all {split every line at column 20}
/divide (20 40) @ {split every line at columns 20 and 40}
/divide (10 20
30) {split current line at 3 places}
/divide (])
*/*+10 {add blank line after lines */*+10}
/divide
(20)"Qedit" {split all
"Qedit" lines at column 20}
/divide
"Qedit" {split all
"Qedit" lines at "Qedit"}
/divide
(])"Qedit" {add blank line
to all "Qedit" lines}
Notes
After a Divide command, the current line
is the last line divided. To not print the lines, use DivideQ.
Divide works within the current Left and
Right margins. That is, characters to the right or left of the current margins
are not moved.
When working with COBOLX files, the
Divide command does not consider the tag (columns 73 to 80) as part of the
data. This means that the current tag data is not moved to the new split line.
It also means that you cannot divide a line past column 73.
The :Do command repeats (without changes) any of the previous 1,000
commands.
DO [ start
[ / stop ] ]
[
string ]
[
ALL | @ ]
(Default: repeat the previous command)
Commands are numbered sequentially from 1
as entered and the last 1,000 of them are retained. Use the :Listredo command
to display the previous commands. You can repeat a single command (do
5), a range of commands (do
5/10) or the most recent command whose name matches a
string (do list). If you want to modify the
commands before executing them, use :Redo or Before.
Examples
/listredo {or /bj or ,, }
/do {do previous command again}
/do 39 {do command line 39 again}
/do 5/8 {do command lines 5 to 8 again}
/do list {do most recent List command}
/do ls {do last starting with "ls"}
/do ls job {do last "ls job" command}
/do @job {do last containing "job"}
/do -2 {do command before previous}
/do -7/-5 {do by relative line number}
/do 5/ {do command lines 5 to
"last"}
Notes
To stop a :Do All, use Control-Y.
Exit from Qedit and return to the operating system.
EXIT
[string]
The current workfile is closed and Qedit
terminates. The F8 user key is the same as Exit.
To close the current workfile without
exiting, use Shut.
When you Exit, Qedit checks whether you
have any unsaved edits in any of your scratch files. If so, you are prompted to
Discard? them, or stay in Qedit to
save them.
Examples
/opt/robelle/bin/qedit
/open qedit.doc {open file to work on}
/modify 2482.5/ {do some editing...}
.
.
.
/exit {ready to quit for the
day!}
Notes
To avoid accidental Exit as a result of
pressing F8 one time too many, you can run Qedit with the –v option. This
forces user approval of Exit.
The string parameter is only allowed when Qedit is running as a
server. The
string is a message sent to the Qedit for Windows client. The client receives
the exit notification, displays the message and disconnects immediately. If no
string is specified, a default message is displayed.
Finds the next line in the workfile that contains a string. Use
Findup if you want to search for the previous line. Find always finds a single
line that matches a string. Use the List command if you want to find many lines
that match a string.
FIND
[string] [linenum]
FIND
[string range] [linenum]
(Q=no display)
(Default: string = recent; linenum =
*+1)
Find defaults string to be "same as last string" and linenum to be "starting from the
next line". This saves having to repeatedly type the string and linenum. Once
you have defined your string and
starting position, just enter "F" to find the next line.
Find does not start searching at the
beginning of your file. Find will start searching for the string at the line after the current line, unless you
specify a linenum to start the
search. If you want to search from the beginning of your file, use Find string FIRST.
Examples
/find
"exit" first {find first
line with "exit"}
45
this command will cause an exit from the
(28)^
/f {find next line with
"exit"}
90
after you exit from a module, the program
(11)^
/f {continue finding
lines...}
...
/f {...until you reach end of
file}
Warning: No Line {prints error and rewinds}
Error: End of File
/f {next Find wraps around!}
Warning: Rewind to
FIRST
45
this command will cause an exit from the
(28)^
/fq"$page"(1/5);m {find next $page and modify it}
/fq;c""exit" {find next string and change it}
/fq;c""" {find next string and remove it}
/f
"start"/"end" [ {find string range and set ZZ}
Lines 5/11 saved in ZZ
Notes
The Q option lets you find the line
without printing it. Use FQ if you intend to Modify the line after you find it.
Find prints an error when the search
reaches the LAST line without locating the string. Then, if you enter another
Find without a line number, the search starts from the FIRST line in the file,
after printing a warning.
To find/see all occurrences of a string
in a file, use the List command.
When a string range is used and a
corresponding block is found, the start and end line numbers are stored in the ZZ marker.
Finds the previous line in the workfile that contains a string.
Findup can be shortened to ^. Use Find if you want to search for the next line.
FINDUP [string] [linenum]
(Q=no display)
(Default: string = recent; linenum =
*-1)
Findup defaults string to be "same as last string" and linenum to be "starting from the
previous line". This saves having to repeatedly type the string and linenum. Once you have defined your string and starting position, all you need to enter is
"^" or "FINDU" to find the next string.
The F3 user key does the same function as
Findup without parameters.
Examples
/findup
"exit" last {find last line
with "exit"}
90
after you exit from a module, the program
(11)^
/findup find previous line with
"exit"
45
this command will cause an exit from the
(28)^
/^ {continue finding lines...}
...
/^ {...until you reach start
of file}
Warning: No Line {prints error and rewinds}
Error: Beginning of
File
/findup {next Findup wraps around!}
Warning: Rewind to
LAST
90
after you exit from a module, the program
(11)^
/findupq;mod {find string and modify it}
/findupq;c""exit" {find string and change it}
/findupq;c""" {find string and remove it}
Notes
Refer to the notes under the Find
command.
Displays information about a self-describing file created by
programs such as Suprtool. These programs store information about the record
layout such as field names, data types, length.
FORM [ $LP | $LPA | $LPB ] [ filename ]
(Default:
filename = current Text file)
If filename
is omitted and a workfile is currently active, Qedit uses the name of the Text
file (see Verify
Keep). An external filename can be specified. In this case, the name
must be the name of the data file.
If the file is not self-describing, Qedit
displays the following message:
Error: File is not self-describing.
Self-describing files on Linux have 2
components: the data file and the data description file. The name of the data
description file is the name of the data file followed by the .sd extension. For example,
/home/user1/mydata.dat { data }
/home/user1/mydata.dat.sd { data description }
The Form output looks like this:
Self-describing
information for /home/user1/mydata.dat
File: /home/user1/mydata.dat (SD Version B.00.00) Has linefeeds
Entry: Offset
CHAR-FIELD X5 1
<<Sort# 1 >>
INT-FIELD I1 6
DBL-FIELD I2 8
PACKED-FIELD P12
12
PACKED*-FIELD P12
18
QUAD-FIELD I4 24
ID-FIELD I1 32
LOGICAL-FIELD K1
34
DBLLOG-FIELD K2
36
ZONED-FIELD Z5
40
Entry Length: 80 Blocking: 1
LP Listing
$lp,
$lpa and $lpb send output to a device associated with an environment variable
of the same name. For example, to print to the device called Laser with the
$lpa option, you must set the |4LPA| environment variable to Laser, as in
|2export lpa=laser|. If the LP environment variable is not set, Qedit will
attempt to send the output to the default system printer. But if the LPA or LPB environment variables
are not set with a valid device name, an error will occur.
Starts
"browsing" the current file by displaying the next page
"forward". You stay in "browse" mode until you enter any
command (see List, jumping option).
FORWARD
(F6 key does the same)
In Line mode, Backward and Forward (or
F5/F6) throw you into List-Jumping's Browse mode. Qedit displays a screen of
text, where the screen size is either 23 lines or what you specify with Set
List LJ, then waits for you by asking "More?". Press Return to see
the next screen, typing a line number moves you to the screen starting at that
line, pressing F2-F6 does the appropriate action, and F8 or "//" or
Control-Y or typing any command gets you out of browse mode. At the
"More" prompt, the * "current" line is the last line
displayed.
Finds
and recovers wasted space in the current workfile.
GARBAGE
(Q = no summary)
If you
keep adding lines to a workfile and editing them, eventually you will get an
"Error: Full" message in Line mode or "File nearly full!"
in Visual mode, and be unable to add more lines. One method of continuing at
this point is to use the Garbage command.
/garbage
/gar {minimal command name}
Garbage combines partially full blocks to
squeeze out free blocks, but it also searches the workfile for any blocks that
have been "lost" (i.e., are no longer on the "free list" or
the "text list"). It does not make your file any smaller, it just
allows you to continue editing by finding usable space within the file.
Garbage prints a summary of how much
space it recovered and how much is available in the file. The summary report
can be suppressed using GarbageQ.
5 blocks squeezed
out, 2 found, 55 used,
10 on free list, 9 for expansion.
In this example, Garbage reports that 5
blocks were retrieved via squeezing, 2 lost blocks were found, 55 blocks are
currently used to hold text, 10 empty blocks are held on a
"deleted-block" list (the free list), and 9 blocks are available if
the EOF is expanded toward the LIMIT.
Joins
a line with one or more following lines, either concatenated or at specified
tab positions. Use Glue to turn a list of fields into a single record-oriented
line. See also GG in Visual mode. For the opposite of Glue, see the Divide
command.
GLUE
[ ( columnlist ) ] [ rangelist ]
(Defaults: columnlist = ], rangelist =
*/*+n)
The columnlist
is a list of ascending column numbers in parentheses such as (10 20 30), or
( ] ) for "after the end-of-line", which is the default.
The rangelist
specifies which lines to combine. The default rangelist is the current line plus n. When you specify a range of lines, Glue joins the lines in
"pairs".
Examples
/glue {joins *+1 to *}
/gluej {joins *+1 to * with space
between}
/glue;glue {join *+1 and *+2 to *}
/glue (10) all {joins lines in "pairs" at
column 10}
/glue (10 20 30) {joins 4 lines into 1 record}
/glue
"string" {glue
"string" lines to lines that follow}
Notes
If there are not enough lines at the end
of a rangelist to fill in each column
of the list, Glue does not go beyond
the rangelist. If there is not enough
room to move all of the characters into the line, as many characters as will
fit are moved, the following line is not deleted, and Qedit prints an
"overflow" warning.
After a Glue command, the current line is
the line last spliced together. To suppress printing of the spliced lines, use
GlueQ.
If you don't specify a list of column
fields, Glue removes leading spaces from the following lines before moving
them. To insert a single space between them, use GlueJ instead. If you do
specify columnar fields, Glue treats spaces as valid data and moves them
intact. If you specify more than one field, some nonblank data may be
overwritten if the columns are too close together or the lines to be glued are
too long. You can always use Undo to cancel a Glue command.
If Left or Right margins have been Set,
only the text within the margins is copied and the following lines are not
deleted.
When editing COBOLX files, the tag area
(columns 73 to 80) is not considered part of the data. This means that the tag
string on the next line is not moved to the new line. It also means you cannot
glue to columns past 73.
Only the Quick help option is available in Qedit/Open.
HELPQ
(Default: browse through the entire help
file)
(Q = Quick Reference Guide "Quick
Help")
HQ looks for entries under the keyword Quick in the helpfile. Quick
contains the text from the Qedit Quick
Reference Guide, offering the experienced user a review of command syntax.
/hq shortcuts {quick list of shortcuts}
Lets you explicitly write lines to the Hold file.
HOLD
[ filename ] [ rangelist ]
(Default: hold current line)
(Q=hold without display)
(J=append, without erasing)
You can refer to the current contents of the Hold file by the actual
file name, "hold", in any of the commands that access external files
(Add-File, List, Use).
Examples
/hold 50/60 {erase Hold, hold lines}
/holdj 100/198 {append more lines to Hold}
/ho
"direct" {hold lines with
string}
/open abc.src
/add 33=hold {adds held lines to abc.src}
/holdq /etc/profile
/list hold
Implicit Hold
When using the Add command to move or
copy lines within a file, Qedit overwrites a file named Hold0 with a copy of
the lines. It counts the lines and tries to select a line number increment that
will accommodate the number of lines being added to your workfile. So, if the
command fails or if you wish to copy the same lines again, you can refer to the
Hold0 file. Adding from an external file also holds the lines if you specify a
rangelist for the file, and if the file is not the Hold file itself.
/add 55=hold0
/list hold0 {the Hold file is temporary}
Notes
By default, the Hold files are created in
/var/tmp (/usr/tmp is the default on
older versions of Linux). If you want to keep your Hold files in a different
location, you can enter the new path name in the TMPDIR environment variable.
TMPDIR=/home/user1/tmp
export TMPDIR
The file name starts with
"qhold" and ends with a random string of characters. The Hold0 file
ends with ".0". Keep in mind that Qedit works with absolute filenames
and these names can not have more than 240 characters.
Every
time you use "hold" or "hold0" by themselves as a file name
in any command, Qedit replaces the word with the fully-qualified file name of
the appropriate Hold file.
translates to
/Add
1=/var/tmp/qholdDAAa05429.0
With
Justify, you can do text formatting: center lines, right-justify lines,
left-justify lines, and fill text into margins.
JUSTIFY
[option] [keyword ...] [rangelist]
(Q=no display)
(Default option: Null or Set Justify)
When the Justify command is processing
the range of lines you specified, if you decide not to continue, press
Control-Y to stop the formatting.
Options Specify Which Function
|
Justify Right
|
right-justify each line
|
|
Justify Center
|
center each line
|
|
Justify Centre
|
Canadian spelling!
|
|
Justify Left
|
remove leading spaces
|
|
Justify Format
|
fill lines, ragged right margin
|
|
Justify Both
|
fill lines, straight right margin
|
|
Justify Null
|
default - no changes - safety
|
Keyword Parameters of Justify
|
MARGIN column
|
right edge, relative to left
|
|
TWO [ ON|OFF ]
|
maintain 2 spaces after . ? and !
|
|
INDENT spaces
|
indentation for list of points
|
|
WITHINDENT
|
activate configured indentation
|
|
STOP "chars"
|
break justification when found
|
|
START "chars"
|
start new paragraph
|
You may shorten options and keywords to
the leading letters.
Rangelist Specifies Which Lines
For the Format and Both options, the rangelist specifies some lines to format. Warning: if you type a
single line number (e.g., just
both 5), Qedit begins formatting lines from that line
number to the end of the paragraph. Qedit sees blank lines as end-of-paragraph
markers, so if you justify format all you end up with smooth and even chunks of text, set off by blank
lines. This is one of the few places in Qedit where a single line number
implies a range of lines.
For the Left, Right and Center options, a
single line rangelist means a single
line. But, you can specify a "string" rangelist to center or justify only lines containing a string.
Specifying a "string" rangelist with the Format or Both options is
equivalent to specifying a single line number i.e. formatting starts with the
line which has the string and continues to the end of the paragraph.
Verification Before Formatting
If Set Check Justify is ON, Justify Format and Both require user
verification before formatting more than 5 lines. This should eliminate
inadvertent formatting of entire source programs!
You can also use the Undo command to undo
the effects of the Justify command.
Left and Right Edges for Justify
Justify works within borders called the left and right edge. The
left edge is usually column 1, or column seven 7 in standard COBOL. The right
edge is usually the highest column number allowed in the file (e.g., 80 for JOB
files). However, if you use Set Left and Set Right to create margins for your
file, Justify operates within those limits. Set Left will be the left edge and
Set Right will be the right edge. You can also use the Margin keyword to
establish the right edge for Justify, but remember that this edge is relative
to any Set Left value.
Examples
/justify center
5/6 {center lines 5 through 6}
/j right 5/6 {right-justify lines 5 through 6}
/j left 5/6 {left-justify lines 5 through 6}
/j format 5/50 {format lines 5/50 into margins}
/j f 5/6 {splice lines 5 and 6 into one
line}
/j both 5 {format a paragraph, even right
edge,}
{ from line 5 to the next blank line}
Right Justifying Lines
Justify Right shifts each line of rangelist to the right until the last nonblank character is at the
right edge. For example:
/justify right
margin 50 rangelist
Input lines:
Robelle Solutions
Technology Inc.
Tools for HP3000
Output lines:
Robelle Solutions Technology
Inc.
Tools for
HP3000
Centering Lines
Justify Center adjusts each rangelist
line so that it is centered between the left edge and the right edge. For
example:
/justify center
margin 50 rangelist
Input lines:
Robelle Solutions
Technology Inc.
Tools for HP3000
Output lines:
Robelle Solutions Technology Inc.
Tools for HP3000
Left Justifying Lines
Justify Left removes leading spaces from each rangelist line, until the left-most nonblank character is at the
left edge. This will left-justify the lines. Use for this option to recover
from an inadvertent Center or Right option. For example:
Input lines:
Robelle Solutions Technology
Inc.
Tools for HP3000
Output lines:
Robelle Solutions
Technology Inc.
Tools for HP3000
Filling Words into Tidy Paragraphs
Justify Format adjusts the processed lines so that the words fill
the space between the left edge and the right edge, but allows the right edge
to be ragged:
/justify format
margin 50 rangelist
Input lines:
The Format keyword
performs a
function which is
equivalent to .ad l
(left-justify) in
nroff and troff.
Uneven lines are
converted into lines
of about the same
length.
Output lines:
The Format keyword
performs a function which
is equivalent to .ad l
(left-justify) in
nroff and troff.
Uneven lines are converted
into lines of about
the same length.
Making Both Edges Even
Justify
Both is similar to Justify Format, except that both the left and right edges of
the text are even. This is accomplished by inserting blanks between words. For
example:
/justify both
margin 50 rangelist
Input lines:
The Both keyword
performs a
function which is
equivalent to .ad b
(adjust both) in nroff
and troff. Uneven
lines are converted
into lines
of exactly the same
length.
Output lines:
The Both
keyword performs a
function which is
equivalent to
.ad b (adjust both) in nroff and
troff. Uneven lines are converted into lines
of
exactly the same
length.
Null Option
Justify Null is included as an option to
serve as a default. If Both were the default option, most of your file would be
quickly formatted if you accidentally typed "J 5" instead of "LJ
5".
Configuring the Justify Command
The five options (Right, Center, Left, Format, and Both) and the four
keywords (Margin, Two, Indent, and Withindent), configure the Justify command.
The hierarchy of configuration values is as follows:
Startup default (the "default
default")
overridden by
SET Justify (the configured default)
overridden by
Keywords in Justify command
You set your own defaults for the Justify option and keyword values
using Set Justify. Once you find the setting you like, you may want to put them
in your Qeditmgr configuration file so you won't have to do the Set Justify
command every time you run Qedit. For example:
/set justify null margin 50 two on
causes
/justify both 5
to be interpreted as
/justify both margin 50 two on 5
but you can override your own defaults,
as in
/justify both margin 60 10/20
which merges with your Set Justify values
to produce
/justify both margin 60 two on 10/20
Configuring the Right Edge
The
Margin keyword specifies the right-most column for processed lines. This column
is needed for the Right, Center, Format and Both options. The value you specify
is relative to any Set Left margin that is effective at the time of the Justify
command.
Determining the Left Edge
For
the Both and Format options, the left margin is determined by looking at the
first and second lines of each "paragraph". If the first and second
line are indented, the entire paragraph will be indented. Of course, this
indentation is relative to any Set Left.
/justify both
margin 50 linenum
Input lines:
The Both keyword performs a
function which is equivalent to
.ad b (adjust both) in
nroff and troff.
Uneven lines are
converted into lines
of exactly the same
length.
Output lines:
The Both keyword performs a function which
is
equivalent to .ad b (adjust both)
in nroff
and
troff. Uneven lines are converted into
lines of exactly the same length.
Two Spaces at End of Sentence
Normally, when Qedit adjusts text with Format and Both, it inserts
one space between each symbol, regardless of the number of spaces between
symbols in the input text. If the Two keyword is ON, Justify maintains two
blanks after the end of a sentence (i.e., after a . ? or !, or one of those
three followed by a quote mark or a right parenthesis and a space). The default
for this keyword is OFF.
Justify does not insert two spaces if the
input only contains one; it merely maintains two spaces if they are there
already (this means you don't have to worry about getting two spaces in a name
like Calvin C. Cook).
/justify format two
on margin 70 99.5/
Formatting a List of Points
The Indent keyword is a special capability for handling lists of
numbered points (1., 2., 3., ...). It assumes that your text is indented and
that the numbers for each point appear to the left of that indentation. The
Indent parameter specifies the number of spaces at the start of each line that
will not contain text to format. Justify leaves anything to the left of this
border "as is". In fact, the existence of text to the left of the
border acts as an "end-of-point" indicator, eliminating the need for
a blank line between points to stop the justification. Indent is relative to
any Set Left.
The end of each point in a list is
effectively an end of paragraph. Here is a sample of what happens when you
attempt to format a list of points without the Indent keyword:
/justify both
margin 50 rangelist
Input lines:
1. Text which occurs in
a list of points should also
be formatted into even lines.
2. Any text to the left of column 5
causes a
"justification break".
Output lines:
1. Text which occurs in a list of points
should
also
be formatted into even lines. 2. Any
text
to the left
of column 5
causes a
"justification break".
All of the points have been run together
into a single point. You can avoid this result by inserting a blank line at
each point, or by doing Justify on each point individually, or by using the
Indent keyword:
/justify both
margin 50 indent 4 rangelist
Input lines:
1. Text which occurs in
a list of points should also
be formatted into even lines.
2. Any text to the left of column 5
causes a
"justification break".
Output lines:
1. Text which occurs in a list of points
should
also be formatted into even lines.
2. Any
text to the
left of column 5 causes a
"justification break".
Activating Indentation
Withindent activates an Indent value that you have previously
configured with Set Justify Indent. Withindent allows you to settle on a single
indentation for all "lists of points" without having to respecify
that value on every Justify command. You merely specify Withindent when you
format a list of points:
/set justify indent
4 {configure potential indentation}
/justify format 5 {this is not a list of points}
/just f with 9
{this is a list of points}
Justification Breaks and Formatting Commands
Justify has options to define characters that start and/or stop
justification when found in column one. These options make it much easier to
justify text in files which contain embedded commands and special characters
for a format program (e.g., Prose, TDP, etc.). The specific characters are
defined using the Start and Stop options:
/set justify stop
".+" start "` "
This command says that any line with
"." or "+" in column one stops text justification and that
line is not changed. Any line with "`" or " " (space) in
column one ends justification of the previous paragraph and signals a new
paragraph (i.e., that line is formatted as part of the next paragraph).
It's important to note that a
"string" rangelist has precedence over Start and Stop characters. In
other words, the latter options are ignored.
Here is an example which justifies some
text from a Robelle document that consists of both text and embedded Prose
formatting directives. Note that lines beginning with "." and
"+" are not altered, and the line beginning with "`"
properly appears as a new paragraph.
/justify start
"` " stop ".+" margin 50 format all
Input lines:
.for([ T S:40 // l55 / "-" pn:1 "-" /]
+ [ S
T:40 // l55 / "-" pn:1
"-" /])
.par(f` p5 s1
u3).com Define ` as Start of Paragraph
.ent `|1Welcome to
Compare|
.beginkey compare
Welcome to version 2.2 of Compare -- a
file comparison
program for text files.
`Compare answers the
question,
"How different
are these two text files?"
Compare will tell you
whether lines
have been added, or
whether a block of
lines is now
different.
Output lines:
.for([ T S:40 // l55 / "-" pn:1 "-" /]
+ [ S
T:40 // l55 / "-" pn:1
"-" /])
.par(f` p5 s1
u3).com Define ` as Start of Paragraph
.ent `|1Welcome to
Compare|
.beginkey compare
Welcome to version 2.2 of Compare -- a
file
comparison program for
text files.
`Compare answers the
question, "How different are
these two text
files?" Compare will tell you
whether lines have
been added, or whether a block
of lines is now
different.
Creates a standard disc file and writes the workfile into it. Keep
is the reverse of Text, which copies a standard disc file into a workfile that
you can edit. Use Text when you need to duplicate a file.
KEEP
[filename][,options] [ rangelist ]
(Q=no linenums)
(Defaults: rangelist=ALL, filename=last)
Keep Options
Qedit allows several options on the Keep
command. Note that the comma preceding the option name is mandatory, and that
spaces are not allowed before the comma or the option name.
|
Keep filename,UNN
|
unnumbered (same as KQ)
|
|
Keep filename,YES
|
go ahead and purge old file
|
|
Keep filename,NO
|
never purge an old file
|
|
Keep filename,XEQ
|
assign xeq access
|
|
Keep filename,IFDIRTY
|
only if changes made
|
|
Keep filename,LF
|
insert Newline delimiters
|
|
Keep filename,NOLF
|
Do not insert Newline delimiters
|
Keep creates a new disc file named filename. You can combine several
options on the same Keep command. The default filename is the name of the last Text or full Keep (i.e., it does
not count if you use a rangelist or
have reduced the margins with Set Left or Set Right). If filename already exists, Qedit will ask you to verify that it is
okay to purge it unless you specify the ,YES or ,NO option.
Sometimes the file will have sequence
numbers in each line (this is called numbered), but you can omit the sequence
numbers with KQ, or by specifying the ,UNN option.
Keep transfers rangelist lines from the workfile to filename. The default rangelist
is ALL. Warning: Qedit writes only the data within the current left and
right margins, so reset the margins first if you want the entire line (e.g.,
Set Left; Set Right).
Examples
/text
/src/report.cob {make a copy}
Scratch file
/find
"FUNCTION-CODE"
14
05 FUNCTION-CODE PIC X8.
/change
"X8"X10"
14
05 FUNCTION-CODE PIC X10.
/keep /src/new.cob {create a new file}
... {do some more changes}
/keep {save again with same
name...}
/src/new.cob # of
records = 127
Purge existing file
[No]? yes {you must authorize purge!}
/s left 1;s right
50 {define margins as first 50
columns}
/kq /data/nov99 {unnumbered with 50-byte records}
/k notes,UNN,YES {unnumbered, purge old file}
/keep ,yes {keep to last text, purging
old}
Absolute File Name
When you are using CD, you may find yourself doing the following:
Text file xxx, change to another directory to add from some other files, then
Keep to update your original file. Keep defaults to the "absolute"
name (e.g., /user/dev/lib/src/xxx). This means you can change to other
directories after a Text, but still easily Keep the file back under its
original name. In the past, Keep would default to the "relative" name
of the Text file (e.g., xxx), saving the file in your current working
directory.
Keep Only When Changes Were Made
Keep,Ifdirty only does the Keep operation if the workfile has been
modified since the last Text or Keep. This can be useful in scripts that do
Changes: by not Keeping files where no string changes occurred, you reduce the
number of files that appear on the partial backup. To see whether your workfile
is clean or dirty, do Verify Open.
File Modification Timestamp
When you use the Text command on a file, Qedit stores the file's
modification timestamp in the workfile. If you try to Keep the file, Qedit
compares the stored timestamp with the file's current timestamp. If they are
different, it means the original file has changed since you first opened it.
Qedit will alert you to the difference by displaying a message similar to the
following:
Warning: Original
file has been modified since the initial
Text or last Keep
The file timestamp can change for a
number of reasons. Here are few examples:
·
Someone else might have been
working on that same file with Qedit and saved their changes before you did.
·
The file could have been
restored.
·
Maybe you used the file to test
a program which modified the file in some way.
Because the timestamp message is just a
warning, Qedit continues its processing. It then asks for Keep confirmation. If
you answer "Yes", the file will be purged and you might lose someone
else's changes. Qedit will also store the new modification timestamp.
If you answer "No", you should
compare the contents of the file with your workfile and decide if it is safe to
Keep your changes. This is one way to compare the files:
·
Keep the workfile under a
different name
·
Use our Compare bonus program
to display the differences between the original file and the new version you
just created
·
Look at the report and separate
the lines that you changed from the ones you did not touch
·
If needed, apply changes to
your copy so you are not missing anything important
By default, timestamp checking on Keep is
enabled. If you want to change this setting, use the Set Keep Checktimestamp
command.
If you want to erase the saved timestamp,
you can use the Set Keep Name command.
Variables for Suprtool
Suprtool needs to know two things about a
file when inputting a non self-describing file. The Input command can now use
two .dotfiles which will be set by Qedit upon keeping a fixed length file.
The first file is ./.qxrecsize, which
will have the record size that the keep command and qedit used to make the file
fixed length. The second file is ./.qxlf lets suprtool know if the file will
have Line Feeds at the end of each
record or not. Currently the .qxlf will only have ON in it.
You can easily turn the contents of the
two .dotfiles, into variables by doing
the following:
Set keep var off lf on
Keep myfile,unn
exit
export
ROBQXRECSIZE=`cat .qxrecsize`
You can then use the variables in
Suprtool by doing the following:
suprtool << EOD
set varsub on
in myfile, rec
$ROBQXRECSIZE, LF
Newline Delimiters
Normally, lines in a UNIX or Linux file
are terminated by a NewLine character. Even the last line of the file has to be
terminated. For cases in which the last NewLine character is missing, Qedit is
still able to read all the lines. However, if the file is saved back, Qedit
adds a NewLine terminator. This makes the new file a little different than the
original, even if you have not made any changes to it.
By default, Qedit inserts a Newline
delimiter after each line. If you do not want
Newline terminators, use the NOLF option. The only Newline characters written to the file are the
ones included in the data. Using the Length option on the Text
command disables the
LF Keep feature (Set
Keep LF Off). If you wish to override this, you can use the LF option.
Notes
When you Text a file and Keep it again,
Qedit attempts to duplicate the original file. The form of the Keep file
depends upon the current language and Set options, especially Set Keep. To see
what the Keep file will look like, use Verify Keep.
Keep will retain the security of your existing file (i.e., the
file's ACL) if you answer Yes to the "Purge old?" question.
Prints lines of the current workfile or
an external file either on your screen or to a printer device.
LIST
[$option...] [ rangelist ]
(Default: rangelist = *)
LIST
[$option...] filename[,UNN] [ rangelist ]
(Default: rangelist = ALL)
(Q=no linenums, T=template, J=jumping)
If you do not specify a filename,
List displays lines of the current workfile. If you do specify a filename, List displays lines from that file
without Shutting your current workfile. You can refer to the
"previous" file by a shorthand method, a "$".
If you specify a single line number as a rangelist and that line
does not exist in the current file, Qedit's action depends on the Set List
Nearest setting. If the option is Off, the default, Qedit displays a No Line
warning. If the option is On, Qedit displays the nearest line. For example, if
lines 100 to 120 are missing from a file, here is what would happen:
/List 100
Warning: No Line
/Set List Nearest On
/List 100
121
This is line #121.
If you are trying to do something similar
on an external file, Qedit does not display anything.
Specify filename,UNN when listing a data file which has numeric characters
in the last 8 column positions and they are not valid sequence numbers.
When you list lines of your current
workfile, Qedit shows only the columns within the current left and right
margins, and the default rangelist is
the current line (e.g., List = List *). When you List an external filename, margins are ignored and the
default rangelist is ALL.
Examples
/list 5 {display line 5 only}
/listq 5/ {List-Quiet from 5 to Last}
/list
"customer" {all lines
containing "customer"}
/list -5/+5 {display current vicinity}
/l report.cob {display entire source file}
/l report.cob
]-10/ {print last 11 lines of file}
/l $
"$page"(1/5)
{"$page" in column 1 of previous file}
/set left 55;set right
132 {set margins in wide file}
/listt all {show template above columns}
/list
"bob" (upshift)
{"bob","BOB","Bob",etc.}
/list
"@UPD@MAST@" (pat) {strings
UPD and MAST both in line}
{pattern matching}
$-Options
You can configure permanent options
for the List command using Set List; you can also select temporary options within a specific List command. The temporary
options are preceded by a dollar sign.
LIST
[ $option ... ] [ filename[,UNN] ] [ rangelist ]
The temporary $-options come after the
command name and before the external filename
and rangelist.
Here are the $-options accepted in the
List command:
|
[$DEVice device ]
|
The $device option sends output to a
specified device. The device must be a valid printer name or class. The
following command sends lines 1 through 30 in the current file to the device
printer:
/list $device printer 1/30
|
|
[$lp | $lpa | $lpb | $record ]
|
$lp, $lpa and $lpb send output to a device associated with an
environment variable of the same name. For example, to print to the device
called Laser with the $lpa option, you must set the LPA environment variable
to Laser, as in export lpa=laser. If the LP environment variable is not set, Qedit will attempt to
send the output to the default system printer. But if the LPA or LPB environment variables
are not set with a valid device name, an error will occur. $Record sends
output to LPCRT=stdlist via Record mode.
|
|
[$HEX | $OCTAL | $DECIMAL]
|
Numeric dump
|
|
$CHAR
|
Remove
garbage; combines with Hex/Octal/Dec
|
|
$PCL code
|
LaserJet fonts and orientation
|
|
$DUPLEX
|
Double-sided printing on certain LaserJets
|
|
$EVEN | $ODD
|
Outputs
even or odd number of pages
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[$COLUMNS (range, ...)]
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Lists
only certain columns
The $columns option allows you to list only the contents of certain columns.
You can specify up to four column ranges. The ranges have to be enclosed in
parentheses and can be separated by commas or spaces.
A range must have a start column and, optionally, an end column. If only a
start column is specified, the end column is assumed to be the same. In this
case, Qedit lists only one column. For example
/List $columns (5) {lists only the contents of column 5}
/List $columns (5/10) {lists the contents of columns 5 to 10}
/List $columns (5 20/30) {lists column 5 and 20 to 30}
Column numbers must be valid for the Language of the file. For most files,
the first column is 1. For COBOL-type files, the first column is 7. Column
numbers must also be within the current left and right margins. The column
numbers do not have to be entered in a particular order. For example, the
column numbers in the first range can be greater than the column numbers in
the second range. The text appears in range order (i.e., range1, range2,
range3 and range4). The same column can be included in multiple column
ranges. The total number of columns listed cannot exceed the absolute line
length maximum (8,172 characters).
Although a template Listing is allowed with $columns, the output might not be
very helpful. For example,
/LT $column (15/20)
+....2
1 O
2 pp
3 QQQ
4 rrrr
List $include is supported with $columns, but included files are treated as
if they are the same type as the main file. For example, if you include a
COBOL file within a Data file, the COBOL file will start at column one.
You can specify a rangelist (e.g., a search string with $columns). Qedit
first searches for the string, which can appear anywhere on the line, then
applies the $columns specification.
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$DOUBLE
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Double space the listing (or $DBL)
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$SHIFT
|
Shift the listing four spaces to the
right
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[$RIGHTBY spaces]
|
Shift the listing to the right by the number of spaces
The $rightby option works like the $shift option. It allows you to shift the
printed output to the right. The $shift option shifts the output by four
spaces. The $rightby option allows you to specify the number of spaces by
which the output is shifted. This number can be between 1 and 30.
/List $shift LP {shifts output by four spaces}
/List $rightby 4 LP {also shifts output by four spaces}
/List $rightby 20 LP {shifts output by 20 spaces}
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$INCLUDE
|
List/search $include files as well
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$USE
|
List/search usefiles as well
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$PAGE [ ON|OFF ]
|
Override Set List Page option
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$LINES count
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Override Set List Lines (per page)
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$LENGTH characters
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Specify the maximum line length
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Here is an example that uses three of the
$-options:
/list $lpa $double
$shift all
This command would list all of the current file to the LPA with
double spacing, and the listing would be shifted four spaces to the right. To
send the output of the List command to the device called Laser, an environment
variable must be set to a valid printer name before running Qedit (export
LPA=laser).
When listing an external file, the
$-options must come before the file name:
/list $hex $char
filename {hex-char dump of file}
Include Files
Normally,
Qedit only searches the current file for a string. If you specify the $include
keyword, however, Qedit will also search the $include files for the string.
/list $include
"global_variable"
The
lines that specify Include files must begin with either "$",
"#", "!", or ".". In SPL programs, an exclamation
point indicates that the rest of the line should be treated as a comment. So, if
a line starts with an exclamation point followed by the word Include, Qedit
also assumes this to be a comment and not an actual Include statement.
The $include command must be spelled out
in full, and it can be indented from the prefix character ($, #, etc.).
The prefix character can be in any column
as long as it is preceded by spaces only. Even though Qedit allows prefix
indentation, other programs such as compilers might require prefixes to be in
specific columns e.g. column 1.
So, as far as Qedit is concerned, the
following examples are valid Include source lines:
$include
'globals.source'
$include constant.srcinc
$
include headers
#include
<strings.h>
#include
"parser/bnf.c"
! include somefile
.include chapter1.book
You cannot combine the $use and $include
options.
Listing C Include Files
Qedit/Open assumes that any include statement such as
#include <stdio.h>
is a C include file. If the file name
starts with a letter, it is qualified with /usr/include/. This is where the standard C include files are located. C file
names that start with "../h" are ignored because they indicate
Include files for rebuilding the Linux kernel.
Usefiles
The $use option is very similar to the $include option. If you
specify the $use keyword, Qedit will also search any usefiles for a string.
Usefiles are commonly used in PowerHouse source code, Qedit and Suprtool
command files, and jobs streams that run Qedit and Suprtool.
The lines that contain the
"use" directive must have the word "use" as the first word
in the line. Leading blanks are allowed. Everything after the word
"use" is assumed to be a file name.
You cannot combine the $use and $include
options.
$Device Option
The List command now has an option to
specify the Linux print device. For example:
list $device
printer 1/10
The above command prints lines 1 through
10 of the current file to the printer name or class called Printer. The name specified
after the $device keyword must be a valid printer name or class. If both the
$device and $lp keywords are used, the $device takes precedence.
Configuring Printers
By
using environment variables before running Qedit, you can define LP, LPA and
LPB in your .profile as three different printers on your system.
$LP;export LP
$LPA=serialp;export
LPA
$LPB=shipping;export
LPB
Merging Options
The $-options in the List command are
merged with the Set List options, except that Set List Record ON applies only
to the file LP, not LPA and LPB. The $-options can be combined wherever they
make sense; they can be used with Jumping, Quiet and Template, and can work on
the current workfile or an external file. $-Options may be shortened (e.g., $h
= $hex).
Interrupting a Listing
Press
the Control-S key to "pause" the listing for review. Then, press
Control-Q to resume the listing. On newer HP terminals, the Stop key pauses a
listing until you press Stop again. To stop the List command, press the
Control-Y key.
Listing External Files
With the List command, you can look at
any file on a system to which you have read access security.
Qedit studies the file and determines
whether it has sequence numbers or not. If you ask for a rangelist of lines, Qedit implicitly numbers a file without
numbers. It starts at line 1.0 and adds the current Set Increment value. If the
file has sequence numbers, Qedit uses them, unless it finds illegal numbers or
numbers out of sequence. It then prints the following
message:
Error: line number
out of sequence (001200) - renumbering the rest
The string in parentheses is the
incorrect line number. You should make sure it contains numeric digits only and
that it is greater than the number on the previous line. To check this
information, you should text the file using the Unnumbered option.
After reporting the
information, Qedit then assigns new numbers to the
lines, starting with the last valid number and adding the current increment.
Qedit uses this shorthand character to refer to the most recent
external file name: "$". For example,
/list report.cob
"$page"(1/5)
/list $ 500/600
Template Listing
The LT command prints a column-number template before the first line
of the listing.
/lqt 5
....+....10...+....20...+....30...+....40...+....50..
training of Qedit users is so easy that you
will
Remember that the first column number in
a standard COBOL source file is column 7, not column 1. For a COBFREE file, the
first column is 1. In addition, if you have done Set Left and Set Right to
define margins for your file, the template starts with the Left margin column
and ends with the Right margin column.
/set left 20;set
right 41
/lqt 5
20...+....30...+....40
it users is so easy th
Browsing or "List-Jumping"
When
you add "J" to "List" it means list-jumping. This lists the
lines specified, but stops every 23 lines (this pause is handy at 19.2K baud).
Browse quickly throughout a file, viewing as much or as little of each section
as you like. The default rangelist for
ListJ is */Last, and ListJ linenum means
start jumping at linenum. You can go
into Browse mode quickly from Line mode by using the function keys. Press F6 to
start browsing at the current line, press F5 to browse starting back a page,
and press F2 to roll the screen forward a few lines before starting to browse.
At the end of each screen, ListJ prompts
you for "what to do next?" and waits for your reply. If the user
presses Return or F6, or types "yes", Qedit displays the next screen.
If the user presses F8 or Control-Y, or types "no", Qedit stops the
listing. If the user types a line number, a string, or a relative line count
(e.g., -50, +5), or presses F2, F3, F4, or F5, Qedit moves to a new location
within the file. When you enter any command, Qedit stops the listing, returns
to Command mode, and executes the command. When you are on an HP terminal,
ListJ enhances and erases the line with the "what to do next?" prompt.
You can combine ListJ with the $include
option to browse through the specified files as well as their $include files.
You can combine with ListJ with "Q" to display the lines without
sequence numbers. Also, you can combine "ListJ" with "T" to
print a column template at the top of each screen. In fact, you can combine all
three options into "ListJQT" to List-Jump without line numbers, but
with a column template.
The screensize can be changed from 23 lines
to another number with Set List LJ nn (where
nn is some number of lines from 5 to
100). If you put the command Set List QJ On in your Qeditmgr file, you can
avoid seeing sequence numbers when you browse.
When List-Jumping reaches the last line
of your file, it prints "End! Are you DONE? [yes]" and waits for your
answer. "Yes" ends the listing, and "No" starts listing
again from the beginning. Set List Endstop On disables this question;
List-Jumping just prints the last line of the file and ends the LJ command.
Controlling Printer Listings
When
you specify "$lp" (or "$lpa" or "$lpb") in a List
command, Qedit looks for an LP environment variable, retrieves the value, and
uses this as the device name. The lines that would have been printed on the
terminal are written to the printer file instead. At the end of the command,
Qedit closes the file, which releases it for printing.
The default Qedit listing to the printer
is a raw dump of your lines, with or without line numbers. It has no page
breaks, no headings, no title, and no page numbers. However, you can override
this default with the Set List command.
Listing to Attached Printer
To list to a printer that is attached to your terminal, use List
$record. If you want all listings to $lp to go to the attached printer, do Set
List Record On and then List $lp. Qedit will use Record mode on your terminal
or PC to print on the attached printer. This option opens a file named LPCRT
instead of LP. If you are listing to an attached printer from a terminal, your
terminal may remain locked after the printout is completed. This generally
happens when you have handshaking enabled. (G-H straps set to No). You can do a
soft reset to unlock your terminal.
If handshaking is disabled (G-H straps
set to Yes), the List command works and returns control to the terminal, but
two "S" characters are printed on the terminal. There is currently no
known workaround to these problems.
If you
have a LaserJet connected to your PC and are using Reflection, you will want to
Set Printer-Passthru-Conv No in Reflection. Otherwise you will find that some
characters are printing oddly, such as the square block printing as a
plus-minus sign. If you are using Reflection for Windows, the above option may
be called "Disable Printer Translation" or "Use Host Character
Set." As well, you have to select "Bypass Windows Printing" and
disable "Auto Form Feed."
You can combine this option with other listing options such as $PCL
or $duplex. You cannot interrupt Record mode with Control-Y, but you can do a
soft Reset. This unlocks the keyboard and causes the rest of the output to
appear on the screen. You can then stop it with Control-Y.
LP Listings with Headings
To
have Qedit do a page break every 60 lines and put a heading with a page number
on each page, do List $page On $lp (or $record, $lpa, $lpb). To configure
"paging" as the default, do Set List Page On. Two lines at the top of
each page are used as a heading. The first line contains the page number, the
file name (or the last Text file name in the case of Qeditscr), and the time of
the listing, and the second line is blank.
In this mode, Qedit also looks for $title, $page, #pragma page, and
#pragma title commands in your file and uses them to create page breaks. The
optional string parameter of these commands replaces the date and time in the
page heading (e.g., $page "Monthly Staff Review"). A $page or $title
command without a string clears the title area of the heading.
To vary the number of lines per page, do List $lines nn, or use Set List Lines nn for a permanent override, where nn is a value between 1 and 256.
(Assumes Set List Page On.).
/set list page on
lines 59
To print the heading only on the first
page, use $lines 0. This causes continuous printing
with no page ejects.
/list $lp $lines 0
all {ignores $page too}
To perform continuous printing with no
automatic page ejects but skip to a new page on $Page directives, use $lines
999.
/list $lp $lines
999 all {skips to a new page on $page
only}
To
drop the file name from the page heading, do Set List Name Off. (Assumes Set
List Page On.)
/set list page on
name off
To
drop the page numbers from each page, do Set List Num Off. (Assumes Set List
Page On.)
/set list page on
name off num off
To
drop the title from the heading, do Set List Title Off. (Assumes Set List Page
On.)
/set list page on
title off
To drop the two-line heading from each
page while still doing page breaks, use Set List to disable the three
components of the heading:
/set list page on
name off num off title off
Getting an Even or Odd Number of Pages
There are times when the number of printed pages is important. For
example, you could have a printer that is always loaded with pre-printed forms
that come in pairs (e.g., Page 1 of 2 and Page 2 of 2) or the paper is folded
in certain ways so that a report is easier to tear up and insert into a binder.
In both examples, sending a report with an odd number of pages would cause the
next output to be on a wrong page.
To prevent this from happening, you can
now use the $even or $odd options on the List command and ask Qedit to
"round up" the number of pages. The $even option ensures that the
output has an even number of pages. Similarly, the $odd option ensures there is
an odd number of pages by sending an extra page eject sequence before closing
the output file.
These even and odd options are mutually
exclusive (i.e., they cannot be both enabled at the same time). If you try use
them both on the same command, Qedit uses the last one in the sequence. For
example, you can type
/List $even $odd
$lpa myfile
Qedit does not see this as an error and
uses the $odd option, ignoring $even.
These options only make sense if you are
sending the list to a printer, either attached or spooled. They have no effect
when listing the file to the screen. For this reason, you have to specify a
destination printer using $lp, $lpa, $lpb, $record or $device.
You can also use one of these options as
the default by using the Set List command. Specifying a $-option on the List
command overrides the Set value. There is currently no way to completely ignore
the Set options. If you want both options to be disabled, you have to issue
/Set List Even Off
Odd Off
prior to the List command.
Double-Spaced Listings
When
listing to LP, you can force the result to be double spaced with List $double.
This feature can be combined with most of the other features of List, including
LT, LQ, and Set List Page On. To make all printer listings double spaced, do
Set List Dbl On. LQ on a CCTL file disables the Double option because the CCTL
codes in the file control the spacing on the listing.
LaserJet Listings
Qedit has two special options for HP LaserJets: $duplex and $PCL.
Duplex means double-sided printing, and PCL means Printer Command Language,
which is used to select fonts, spacing, and orientation.
$Duplex for Two-Sided Printing. Some
LaserJets can print on both sides of the paper; use List $duplex to enable this
option.
PCL = Printer Command
Language. All LaserJets have several sizes of character fonts and can print
in either landscape or portrait orientation. To help you take advantage of
these features, Qedit has a number of PCL codes that can do all the work for
you. PCL stands for Printer Command Language, which is the HP standard for
printers. To specify a LaserJet option for a single listing, use List $PCL; to
configure all listings, use Set List PCL. To disable the special PCL option,
use PCL 0. Get a quick on-line listing of the PCL options with
Changing
Fonts and Orientation
Landscape-Tiny:
PCL 1. To list to the LaserJet in the tiny font
that prints across the paper sideways (i.e., 16.67 pitch, landscape), use PCL
1.
/list $device
printer $pcl 1 all
Landscape-Regular:
PCL 2. To list with the regular Courier font in landscape
orientation, use PCL 2.
The
Standard: PCL 3. The normal default for LaserJet
output is portrait orientation (across the narrow side) with the Courier font.
However, once you insert a font cartridge into your LaserJet, it may select one
of the cartridge fonts as the default instead of Courier. PCL 3 allows you to
select the standard Courier font, even if another font cartridge is installed.
Portrait-Tiny:
PCL 4. Some LaserJets provide the tiny "Line
printer" font in portrait orientation as well as landscape orientation.
PCL 4 selects this option.
A4 Special: PCL 5. To
print 80 columns, instead of 77, across A4 paper using the standard Courier
typeface, try PCL 5. This tightens the spacing between characters.
Legal-Landscape-Tiny:
PCL 6. To print tiny letters in landscape
orientation on legal-size paper, use PCL 6.
You can combine PCL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
with Page On and Off, with Lines 0, with LQ, with $DBL, with $record, and with
$duplex.
Two-Column Listings
If your LaserJet supports "Line printer" font in landscape
orientation, you can print listings across the page with two columns of text
side by side.
/list $lp $pcl 10 all {two-column listing format}
/lq $rec $pcl 10 1/200
If you have a legal-size paper tray, you
can use PCL 11 to print two wide columns of 110 characters each on a single
piece of paper.
A4-Size Paper
Most of the PCL options, with the exception of PCL 5, were designed
and tested with North American letter-size paper. PCL 5 is especially for A4
paper; it reduces the horizontal spacing between characters so that 80 columns
of Courier output can fit on a single line. In addition, if you add 2000 to a
PCL code, Qedit adjusts the number of rows and columns for that option to match
A4 paper. For example, to print two-up landscape on A4 paper, use PCL 2010
instead of PCL 10.
In general, selecting A4 paper gives you
more space along the long dimension of the paper and less space along the short
dimension. If you are happy with the way letter-size rows and columns work on
A4 paper, simply do not add 2000 to the PCL code.
Summary of Qedit PCL Codes
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PCL
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L/P
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Font
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A4 Rows
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A4 Columns
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Letter Rows
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Letter Columns
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Notes
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1
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L
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lp
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58
|
188
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60
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175
|
|
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2
|
L
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courier
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43
|
110
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45
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100
|
|
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3
|
P
|
courier
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64
|
77
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60
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80
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"standard"
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4
|
P
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lp
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85
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128
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80
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132
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5
|
P
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courier
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64
|
80
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60
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80
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A4-squeeze
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6
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L
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lp
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60
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223
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60
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223
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legal-size*
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10
|
L
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lp
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58
|
95
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60
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87
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two columns
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11
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L
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lp
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60
|
110
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60
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110
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2-up legal*
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L/P mean landscape or portrait
orientation.
* Note: PCL 6 and 11 were designed to
print on North American legal-size paper and will select that size. However,
you can see what happens with A4 paper by using 2006 and 2011. Some people have
found this useful.
Roman-8 vs. ASCII
The PCL option requests a Roman-8 character set, but some
combination font cartridges only supply the ASCII character set (half as many
characters means twice as many fonts in a single cartridge). If you ask for
landscape Line printer and get landscape Courier instead, your Line printer
font probably has the ASCII character set instead of the Roman-8 character set.
To request an ASCII font, add 1,000 to the PCL code. For example, if you have a
Super Cartridge (55 fonts in one!), use PCL 1001, 1004, 1006, 1010 and 1011. To
select both ASCII and A4 paper, add 3000.
Folding Wide Lines
Qedit/Open might have difficulty handling files without Newline
delimiters at the end of each line or files with lines longer than 8,172
characters. To be able to access these files, you can use the $length
option to specify the maximum number of
characters you want on each line.
The :Listredo command displays any of the previous 1,000 commands.
LISTREDO [ start
[ / stop ] ] [;ABS] [;OUT=file]
[
string ] [;REL]
[
ALL | @ ] [;UNN]
(Default: display previous 20 commands)
(BJ, F7 and ,, are short for Listredo)
Commands are numbered sequentially from 1
as entered and the last 1,000 are retained. You can display a single command, a
range of commands, all 1,000, or all the commands whose name matches the
string. You can print the commands with ABSolute line numbers (the default),
RELative line numbers (-5/-4), or UNNumbered. The OUT option is not available
for Qedit/Open. If you want to redo any of these commands, see :Do, :Redo, and
Before.
Examples
/listredo 5
/listredo 5/10
/listredo help {print all Help commands}
/bj {historical shorthand!}
/listredo -10 {print last ten commands}
/listredo ALL {print entire redo stack}
/listredo rm {print all rm commands}
/listredo rm xx {print all "rm xx"
commands}
/listredo @rm {print all with "rm"
anywhere}
/listredo @;rel {print all, relative numbers}
Notes
The :Listredo command can be abbreviated
to ",," or BJ, or can be invoked by the F7 function key. Using F7 to
invoke Listredo only works in Line mode, not Visual mode. You cannot use
";" to combine commands on the same line.
Displays the complete Undo change log of commands that modified
text, starting with the most recent and working backward.
LISTUNDO
Listundo shows the complete Undo change log, including each command,
the number of lines updated, deleted, added, or renumbered by that command, and
the text lines. Text for deleted lines is preceded by an underscore
("_") as in the Delete command, and the "before" value of
lines that were updated has a Greater Than ">".
Commands are printed in reverse order,
with the most recent command first. This is the command that would undone by
the next Undo command. To stop the Listundo report, use Control-Y.
Examples
Display
contents of a directory.
LS names
(Default: current directory)
Qedit has a command called Lsort. Due to
Qedit's shorthand command parsing, ls would be interpreted as Lsort. The Lsort
command is retained for compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit, but Qedit/Open
accepts ls to mean the Linux ls command.
Examples
/ls {current directory}
/ls -a {show hidden files also}
Sorts
a range of lines.
LSORT range
[ KEYS keylist ]
LSORT string range [ KEYS keylist ]
(Q=no display)
(Default: by entire line)
The simplest Lsort command just specifies
a range of lines to be sorted and no other parameters. This means to use the
entire line as the key and sort the lines into ascending order, printing them
once sorted.
To stop Lsort from printing the sorted
lines, use LsortQ. The Lsort command can be abbreviated to "lso",
"lsq" (quiet), "lst" (template) and "lsj"
(justify). "ls" followed by a space executes the Linux shell command. "ls" followed by any other character is executed as a
possible shell command.
Parameters
To sort by some other key fields in the
lines (from one to four are supported) or to sort the lines in Descending
Order, you need to specify the KEYS keylist
parameters. The keylist consists
of one to four keys separated by spaces or commas, with a key consisting of
either a column range or a starting column and length:
column , length [DESC]
column / column [DESC]
Ascending Order is assumed by default,
but you may specify DESC to sort this key in Descending Order.
Examples
/lsort all {sort entire file}
/lsortq all {sort without printing}
/lsort 10/33 {sort some lines only}
/lsort 30/last keys
10,5 {col 10 through 14}
/lsort zz keys
10/20 {col 10 through 20}
/lsort 20/last keys
1,10 20,5,desc {two keys}
Merges
an external file into the current workfile by line number. Use Merge to apply
source-code "changes-files" containing new and revised text, that are
distributed by some application vendors.
MERGE
filename [ (rangelist) ]
(Q=no display, J=Justified)
(Default: rangelist: ALL)
MergeQ suppresses printing of the merged
lines.
The optional rangelist specifies a subset of the external file to merge into the
current file.
Examples
/text
master.src {start with the master file}
/merge changes {update changed lines, add new}
Notes
To make your own "merge file",
create a file that contains edits to be applied to your current workfile. Mark
the lines of text that will replace existing lines in your workfile, with the
corresponding line numbers. Give new line numbers to any completely new lines
of text to be added to your workfile. $Edit Void removes the line number
specified in the command and, optionally, lines up to and including a Void=
line number. Warning: the Void=
parameter cannot accept a decimal
point so, for example, you must enter Qedit line 60.1 as 60100. To delete from
line 55 to 60.1, you would use the following:
Justified
The
default is to replace existing lines with the corresponding line from the
external file. The Justified option appends the corresponding line from the
external file. Text is appended immediately after the last non-blank character
if Set
Work Trailingspaces is disabled. If
Trailingspaces is enabled, text is appended immediately after the last
significant trailing space. If the resulting merged line is too long for the
current length, the merged line is truncated. Let's say the current workfile
contains:
and the external file contains:
A MergeJ would result in:
If the maximum length was 5, the
resulting file would be:
/mergej myfile
1
11111
Warning: Result line will be too long. Truncating merged text.
2
22222
Warning: Result line will be too long. Truncating merged text.
3
33333
Warning: Result line will be too long. Truncating merged text.
3 lines merged
/l all
1
abc11
2
def22
3
ghj33
Editing characters within lines using either Control codes (default
Set Mod Robelle), D-I-R-U edits (Set Mod HP). Set mod Qzmod is currently not
supported and is mapped to Set Mod HP On.
MODIFY
rangelist
(Q=no linenum, T=template)
(Default: rangelist = *)
By default, Modify displays the first
line and puts the cursor under the first column. You enter an
"edit-line" to specify a changes. You use spaces to move the cursor
under the word you want to change, then type new characters to replace those in
the columns above. For example:
/modify 5
5
Over 2000 computers use Suprtool.
{prints line}
750 {you edit it}
5 Over
2750 computers use Suprtool. {prints new
line}
<Return> {end Modify}
Each time you press Return, Modify
applies your changes to the line and prints the new result. This cycle
continues until you enter only a Return (no more edits).
You use nonprinting Control codes for
editing, such as Control-D to delete. If you would prefer to use MPE-style
edits (D-I-R-U) instead of Control Codes, do Set Mod HP to reconfigure Modify.
To force the line number onto a separate line,
use Set Mod Prompt OFF.
Examples
/modify 5/ {modify from line 5 until ^Y or end}
/find
"corelate";m {find spelling error and modify line}
/mod
"q_flag" {modify all lines
with "q_flag"}
Getting into Modify Mode
There are other commands that invoke Modify mode in Qedit:
·
Change, when a line overflows
or you use CJ.
·
Add, when you use the auto modify character from Set Zip.
·
Before, so that you can revise
and redo a previous command.
·
Redo, also enables you to
revise and redo a previous command.
Edit Functions of Modify
Here are the edit functions of Modify and
their Control codes, which may be changed with the Set Modify command.
|
Function
|
Key
|
Purpose
|
|
Overwrite
|
Control-O
|
Replace characters (default).
|
|
Delete
|
Control-D
|
Delete characters.
|
|
Before
|
Control-B
|
Insert characters before a column.
|
|
Append
|
Control-A
|
Add characters to end of the line.
|
|
Divide
|
Control-V
|
Divide line in two at this column.
|
|
Goof
|
Control-G
|
Restart Modify with original line.
|
|
Terminate
|
Control-T
|
End this edit so you can do another.
|
|
Lengthen
|
Control-L
|
Same as Append (Control-A).
|
|
Insert
|
Control-^
|
Same as Before (Control-B).
|
Linux reacts to certain control
characters which might conflict with the Robelle codes. For example, control-D
sends an end-of-file signal to Linux but is also the delete rest of line in Robelle.
You should use the Linux stty program to
change the default end-of-file signal. Please see the section "Error!
Reference source not found."
for more details.
You create Control codes by holding down the Control key while
pressing the other key. Most Control codes are invisible and do not move the
cursor. In the user manual, the symbol (^) as a prefix stands for the Control
key (^-D for Control-D).
Some functions combine two of the Control
codes: pressing ^-T then ^-V in the first column of a line splices two lines together (and deletes the second line if it's
emptied). Actions not restricted to column 1 may be performed at any point on
the line.
|
Function
|
Key
|
Col.
|
Purpose
|
|
Splice
|
^T ^V
|
1
|
Fills current line from next line.
|
|
Insert Line
|
^A ^V
|
1
|
Adds a blank line before current one.
|
|
Insert Line
|
^A ^V
|
|
Adds a blank line after current line.
|
|
Delete Last
|
^A ^D
|
|
Spaces remove characters at end of line.
|
|
Replace End
|
^A ^O
|
|
Replaces from end of line (overwrites).
|
|
Delete Line
|
^T ^D
|
1
|
Deletes current line.
|
Overwriting Characters
To overwrite characters in a line, type
the new characters underneath the ones to be replaced. There is no need to type
a control character; "overwrite" is the default edit function. Once
you are in Overwrite mode, you can also use the Space bar to erase the columns
that you move through. If you have not yet typed any characters, the Space bar
just moves your column position to the right one place. You can get into
Overwrite mode at any time while in modify by pressing Control-O. Terminate
overwrite mode and go into space- transparency mode by typing Control-T.
Start Over Editing a Line
To correct a Modify mistake, enter the Goof control code (Control-G)
and press Return. Qedit restores the line to its original contents and restarts
the Modify cycle. Control-G does not undo Splits and Splices.
Doing Several Edits in One Line
You can do more than one edit operation
in one edit-line if each edit is clearly separated from the preceding and
following ones. When the edits are at different ends of the line, you must
Terminate the first function so that you can move the cursor right to the next
column. The Terminate control code (Control-T) provides this capability.
The following illustrates where to place
your control codes (^ stands for the Control key), even though they will not
appear on your screen. The first example capitalizes the "r" in
"return", then replaces "in error" with "by
mistake", which requires inserting the letters "ke." The second
example inserts the word "Goof" and a space at the start of the line,
and deletes the last two words at the end of the sentence, adding a final
period.
/m 13
13 a
return. If you do this in error,
{displays line}
R by mistake {^codes are: }
<spaces> R<^T, spaces> by mista<^B>ke<Return>
13 a
Return. If you do this by mistake,
{redisplays}
/m+1
14
control code restores the line for you. {displays line}
Goof . {^codes are: }
<^B>Goof <^T, spaces> .<^D, Return>
14
Goof control code restores the line.
{redisplays}
Deleting Characters
To delete characters from the line, starting with the current column
position, enter the Delete control code (Control-D). Then space to the right
the number of columns to be deleted. Any remaining characters in the line are
left-shifted to fill in the deleted columns.
In all cases, the columns deleted are
those immediately above the cursor, regardless of what other functions have
been performed previously on the same line. The Delete function is stopped by
the first nonblank character, either Return, a printing character to switch
back into Overwrite function, or another control code.
Linux reacts to certain control
characters which might conflict with the modify codes. For example, control-D
sends an end-of-file signal to Linux but is also the delete character in
modify. You should use the Linux stty program to change the default end-of-file signal. Please see the
section "Error!
Reference source not found."
for more details.
Erasing the Line
To erase from the current column to the
end of the line, enter the Delete control code, followed by a Return. If you do
this by mistake, the Goof control code restores the line for you.
Inserting Characters
To insert characters in the line before the current column position,
enter the Before control code (Control-B). Then type the characters to be
inserted. The existing characters starting in the insert column are
right-shifted to make room for the new characters.
Adding Characters to the End of a Line
To add
characters to the end of the line after the last nonblank character in the
line, enter the Append control code (Control-A). Then type the characters to be
added. This function is independent of the current column position.
Dividing a Line into Two Lines
The
Divide control code (Control-V) splits the current line into two lines at the
current column position. If a line number is available, Qedit moves all
characters from the current column to the end of the line to a new line that is
added after the current line. The Goof function recalls the original contents
of the line, but does not delete the new line (neither does Control-Y). See
also Divide command.
Splicing Two Lines Together
To
splice two lines together, you must be on the first column of the first line
you wish to splice. Type Control-T, then Control-V, and quick as a wink, all
the characters from the second line are appended to the end of your current
one. Qedit moves only as many characters as will fit. If all the characters are
moved, the second line, now empty, is deleted. See also the Glue command.
Editing Lines with More Than 80 Columns
To modify long lines (i.e., more than 80
columns), use Set Left and Set Right to define a slice through the lines.
/set left 55
/mqt * {quiet, with template}
+....60...+....70...+....80...+....90...+....100..+....
ubsequent Sales
Follow-up - Completion Ratio Report
Hpmodify
Keys - Reference
|
Directive
|
Effect
|
|
i
|
INSERT. If text follows the i, this text
is inserted in the current line, starting at the position of the i.
|
|
r
|
REPLACE. If text follows the r, this text
replaces the same number of characters in the current line, beginning at the
position of the r.
|
|
d
|
DELETE. Deletes a character from the
current line for each d specified in the edit line. Note that "d d"
does not specify a range as it does in MPE V but simply deletes one character
above each d. Multiple d's may be followed by an Insert or Replace operation.
|
|
d>
|
DELETE. Deletes to the end of the current
line from the position specified by d>. May be followed by an Insert or
Replace operation.
|
|
>
|
APPEND. If text follows the >, this text is appended to the end
of the current line. If a > without text is positioned beyond the end of
the current line, then a simple replacement is performed instead.
|
|
>d
|
DELETE. Deletes from the end of the
current line, right-to-left. Multiple d's and Insert and Replace strings may
be specified after > .
|
|
>r
|
REPLACE. Replaces characters at the end
of the command line. The last (rightmost) character of the replacement string
is at the end of the line.
|
|
c
|
CHANGE. Changes all occurrences of one string to another in the
current line starting at the c. The search string and replace string must be
properly delimited. A proper delimiter is a nonalphabetic character (such as
' " or /) The substitution is specified as cdelim search-string delim [replace-string
[delim]]. Omitting the replace-string causes occurrences of search-string to be deleted, with no
substitution.
|
|
u
|
UNDO. A single u in column one cancels the most recent edit of the
current line. Using the Undo command twice in a row cancels all edits for the
current line and re-establishes the original, unedited line. If u is placed
anywhere other than column one of the current line, then a simple replacement
is performed. Undo makes sense only if you have a line on which you have
performed some editing that can be "undone."
|
|
other
|
Simple replacement. Any other character
(not i, r, d, d>, >, >d, >r, c, or u) will be put into the
current line at the position above where it is placed, replacing any existing
character. Simple replacement also occurs for the editing characters i, r, c,
or > if they are not followed by text; or if > appears at or beyond the
current end of line.
|
Hpmodify
Examples
|
Edit
|
Action
|
|
u
|
First occurrence undoes the previous
edits. The u must be in column one.
|
|
u
|
Second occurrence undoes all edits on the
current line. The u must be in column one.
|
|
rxyz
|
Replaces the current text with xyz
starting at the position of r.
|
|
xyz
|
Replaces the current text with xyz
starting at the position of x.
|
|
ixyz
|
Inserts xyz into the current line,
starting at the position of the i.
|
|
ddd
|
Deletes three characters, one above each
d.
|
|
d xyz
|
Deletes a single character above the d,
skips one space, then replaces the current text with xyz starting at the
position of x.
|
|
ddixy
|
Deletes two characters, then inserts xyz
in the current line starting at the position of the i.
|
|
d d
|
Deletes one character above the first d,
skips two spaces and deletes a second character above the second d. It does
not delete a range of characters, making it unlike the MPE V version of Redo.
|
|
d d>xyz
|
Deletes a single character above the
first d, skips two spaces and deletes to the end of the line beginning at the
second d, and then places xyz at the end of line.
|
|
>xyz
|
Appends xyz to the end of the current
line.
|
|
>ddxyz
|
Deletes the last two characters from the
end of the current line and then places xyz at the end of the line.
|
|
>rxyz
|
Replaces the last three characters in the
current line with xyz.
|
|
>ixyz
|
Appends xyz to the end of the line. In
this case, the i command is superfluous, because > accomplishes the same
result. Using >xyz would be sufficient.
|
|
c/ab/def
|
Changes all occurrences of ab to def,
starting at c.
|
|
c"ab"
|
Deletes all occurrences of "ab"
starting at c.
|
|
cxyz
|
Replace the current text with cxyz,
starting at c. Because delimiters have not been specified (as they were in
the previous two examples), this is a simple replacement with the four
characters.
|
Creates a new, empty Qedit workfile and opens it. This can be either
an unnamed extra scratch file or a named workfile. The advantages of a workfile
are that you can instantly Open and Shut it, and that it compresses your data.
You can use Text to make a copy of a Qedit file when you wish to protect the
work you have done.
NEW filename [,language [ (size) ]
NEW
(Default: extra scratch, 3200 lines)
Qedit shuts the current file and builds filename, which it then opens for
editing. If you leave out filename,
Qedit creates a new extra scratch file and assigns it a number (1,2,3..) so
that you can recognize it in Verify Open and Open ?. Up to eight extra scratch
files are allowed (see also the TextJ command). You cannot Exit without
discarding or saving any edits you have done in an extra scratch file.
The language
defaults to the current Set Lang value, but can be overridden.
If you want to force creating a Wide-Jumbo format, you should set
the Length to a value larger than 1,000 before issuing the New command.
/Set Length 2500
/New newwork
These commands create a new permanent
workfile called Newwork. If you want to create a new scratch file, enter the
New command by itself.
The optional size is
ignored by Qedit/Open. The maximum number of lines in a Qedit/Open workfile is
99,999,999.
Examples
/new {create an extra scratch
file}
/new memos {create an empty file named
Memos}
/set lang job {define file as 80-column
records}
/add
/new frankie {build frankie}
/aq 1=johnny {memos was shut automatically}
Building Workfiles with Text
You
can also create new workfiles while doing a Text command.
/t
frankie=johnny {build Frankie
file ...}
{and copy Johnny
into it}
Instantly opens or reopens a Qedit file for editing or browsing, as
opposed to the Text command which creates a copy of a file for editing.
OPEN filename[,BROWSE|DEFER|NODEFER]
*
*-n
?
(Default: edit primary scratch file)
Qedit shuts the current workfile and
opens filename. The filename must exist (see New and Text)
and must be a Qedit workfile or scratch file. You cannot Open a Keep file - you
must first Text it into a scratch file.
Open filename,Browse opens a workfile for
browsing in Qedit. You can use the List command, including List-Jumping, Hold,
Visual mode HH and ZZ, and any other functions of Qedit which do not modify the file. Open-Browse
protects you from making unplanned changes to a file.
If you try to Keep the file with its
original name i.e. you enter a Keep without a filename, you will get an error.
/Open
workfile,browse
/Verify Keep
Set Keep Name txtfile
/K
File opened with
Browse, please specify a Keep file name
You can still force a Keep by specifying
an explicit filename as in:
/Open
workfile,browse
/Keep txtfile
TXTFILE.DATA.ACCT,OLD
80B FA # of records=16
Purge existing file
[no]? y
Open filename,Defer
opens the workfile without write access, but acquires write access later if you
attempt to modify the file. Set Open Defer On makes Defer the default and Open filename,Nodefer overrides that command.
It is important to remember that certain
workfile attributes and settings are normally saved when the file is opened
with write access. Some of these settings are the ZZ marker, the current line
marker (*), and a new default Keep name modified with Set Keep Name. If you
open a workfile in Browse mode, these settings are not updated unless the file
is re-opened with write access.
To reopen the file most recently
accessed, do open *; for the
file before that do open *-1, then open
*-2, and so. To select from a list of recently accessed
files, do open ?.
Examples
/open mail {want to edit Mail}
/c
"stop"start" @
/open * {reopen previous file}
/list all
/open ? {select a recent file}
/visual
/open *-1 {select file before last}
/list
"function"
/open *-2 {select file before that}
/hold 400/500
/open {edit scratch file}
Notes
Since you must Open a file before
editing, any command that requires an Open file creates a scratch file if none is Open.
If you attempt to Open a file which is
not a Qedit workfile, you see a message similar to the following:
/open qpart2
Error: Cannot open a non-Qedit file. Use Text command.
You need to Text this file, not Open it.
The Open Stack
Qedit maintains an Open-Stack of the ten most recently Opened files.
One of these is always reserved for the primary scratch file. You can have up
to eight extra scratch files (see TextJ and New), which take priority over
named workfiles in the Open-Stack. To reopen one of these files, do an open
? command. Open ? prints the list and prompts for a
relative file number, starting with zero for the most recent (same as Open *).
Open *-n allows you to open one
of the recently accessed files directly. Open
*-2 opens the third file in the list, since zero is the
first.
When you open any file it moves to the
top of the list and the other files are pushed down one position. The Close
command shuts the current workfile and removes it from the list of recently
accessed files. This is useful to stop desired file names from dropping off the
bottom of the list. If the file is a scratch file, you are prompted to Discard
Changes.
Set Open Defer On
If you
use Set Open Defer On, the Open command does not acquire write access to a
workfile until you make a change to it. The workfile is opened with read access
by default, unless Qedit knows you are going to be writing to it (as when Text
or Add force an Open). If you only browse through the file, the Last-Mod date
does not change. This includes full-screen mode viewing. However, if you make
any changes to the file or use Set Left/Right/Length /Lang, Qedit reopens the
workfile with write access.
It is important to remember that certain
workfile attributes and settings are normally saved when the file is opened
with write access. Some of these settings are the ZZ marker, the current line
marker (*), and a new default Keep name modified with Set Keep Name. If you
explicitly open a workfile in Browse mode or use Set Open Defer On, these
settings are not updated permanently unless the file is re-opened with write
access.
You can override the current Set Open
Defer value by doing Open filename,Defer
or Open filename,Nodefer.
There are a few error conditions that may
occur if you attempt to modify a file because now someone else can edit the
file while you have it open. For example, you cannot obtain write access if
someone else already has write access to the file. In Visual mode, you may see
the error "Unable to reopen file with write access. Concurrent
usage/backup?".
If "Error: File open by
another Qedit Process" appears when you try to open a file, it means that
someone else is editing the file.
If you are working in Visual mode, someone
can delete the lines you want to edit after Qedit has displayed them on your
screen. If this happens, Qedit does not update your screen and displays this
error message: "File has changed since page last displayed. Another
user?"
Crash Recovery
Qedit
ensures the validity of workfiles after a system crash or program termination.
It checks to see whether the file was properly closed the last time. If the
file was in the midst of Renumber, Qedit completes the renumber. If the file
was in the middle of a Text, Qedit clears the file so you can do the Text over
again. In all other cases, Qedit prints a RECOVERY warning and searches through
the file to eliminate any duplicate lines. After a RECOVERY, examine the area
of lines that you were last editing. A few lines may be missing or out-of-date,
but that is all.
File Modification Timestamp
When you use the Text or Keep commands on a file, Qedit stores the
file's modification timestamp in the workfile. If you Shut the workfile to do
something else, the next time you Open it, Qedit will compare the stored value
with the file's current timestamp. If they are different, it means that the
original file has changed either since you last worked on it or since the last
time you saved your changes. Qedit will alert you to the difference by
displaying a message similar to the following:
Warning: Original file has been modified since
the
initial Text or last Keep !
The file timestamp can change for a number
of reasons. Here are few examples:
·
Someone else might have been
working on that same file with Qedit and saved their changes before you did.
·
The file could have been
restored.
·
Maybe you used the file to test
a program which modified the file in some way.
Because the timestamp message is just a
warning, Qedit continues its processing. However, if you want to be sure you
are not missing important data, you should compare the contents of the file
with your workfile and decide if it is safe to continue editing your copy.
This is one way to compare the files:
·
Use Verify Keep and write down
the default Keep name
·
Keep the workfile under a
different name
·
Use our Compare bonus program
to display the differences between the original file and the new version you
just created
·
Look at the report and separate
the lines that you changed from the ones you did not touch
·
If needed, apply changes to
your copy so that you do not miss anything important
It is important to remember that certain
Qedit commands will shut and open workfiles on your behalf. The timestamp
warning might appear when you do not expect it.
By default, timestamp checking on Open is
disabled. If you want to change this setting, you can use the Set Open
Checktimestamp command.
The Proc command has been disabled in
Qedit/Open.
Prints a message on $stdlist.
Q [ "string" ]
(Default: print a blank line)
The string
of up to 80 characters is printed on $stdlist.
Use the Q command to print prompts from usefiles.
This works especially well when you use a file quietly.
Enables you to modify and repeat any of the previous 1,000 command
lines.
REDO [ start [
/ stop ] ]
[
string ]
[
ALL | @ ]
(Default: redo the previous command)
The :Redo command allows you to modify
the commands before it executes them. If you don't need to change them, use the
:Do command. Commands are numbered sequentially from 1 as entered and the last
1,000 are retained. Use the :Listredo command to display the previous commands.
You can redo a single command, a range of commands, or the most recent command
whose name matches a string.
The :Redo command uses MPE-style commands
(D, I, R, U and >) to modify a line. The following are some common commands.
A complete list of commands appears at the end of this section. The default
mode is to replace characters. To delete, type DDDD under the characters to be
removed. To insert, type I under the insertion spot, then the new characters.
To undo your changes, type U. To append to the end of the line, use >xxx. To
delete from the end of the line, use >DD. To replace at the end of the line,
use >Rxxx. And to erase the rest of the line, use D>. See below for a
complete list of edits.
Examples
/ls /users/obb {"bob" is not spelled right}
/users/obb not found
/Redo {redo most recent command}
ls /users/obb {last command is printed}
bob {you enter changes to it}
ls /users/bob {the edited command is shown}
{you press Return}
/listredo all
/redo 5 {redo 5th command in stack}
/redo {redo previous command}
/redo -2 {redo command before previous}
/redo 8/10 {redo 8th through 10th}
/redo -10/ {redo -10 through last}
/redo rm {redo last rm command}
/redo rm test.c {redo last "rm test.c"}
/redo @test {redo last containing
"test"}
Editing in :Redo
:Redo uses the same edits as the MPE/iX
:Redo command, except that control characters in lines are printed as dots
"." so that you can see them. Use Set Modify Hpmodify to select these
MPE-style edits for all commands. If you prefer the Qedit-style edits, use Set
Modify Robelle to select Qedit editing for all commands, including :Redo.
Persistent Redo
Redo commands can be saved in a permanent
file and can therefore be used from another session. You can use the Set Redo
command to specify a file name to save your redo commands. Please see the Set
Redo command for details.
Executes a Reflection command on your PC. Qedit checks whether the
command succeeds or fails. :Reflect allows you to control a PC from within your
Qedit Usefiles and shell scripts (send and receive files, backup your PC,
execute PC programs, etc.).
:REFLECT
reflection command
(Defaults: none)
Examples
/reflect type
mreport.crt
/reflect shell lotus
Version of Reflection
The :Reflect command depends on
Reflection's ability to accept commands using an escape sequence, and to be
able to pass back a status code indicating whether the command succeeded. These
features are implemented in the following versions of Reflection:
·
Reflection 1 for DOS version
1.40 or later
·
Reflection 3/7 for DOS version
1.55 or later
·
All versions of Reflection for
Windows
·
All versions of Reflection for
Macintosh
Debugging PC Errors
If the :Reflect command fails, Qedit will
display the Reflection error-\code. For an explanation of Reflection error-\codes,
refer to the Reflection Command Language reference manual.
Using Line Mode
Some Reflection command files work fine when executed from the Alt-Y
command line, but fail (possibly leaving your terminal in a locked state) when
invoked with Qedit's :Reflect command.
The reason is that Qedit's :Reflect
command sends an escape code to Reflection to invoke the command. Then Qedit
waits for Reflection to send back a status code to indicate when the command is
finished. While Qedit is waiting for the result code from Reflection, it isn't
capable of executing other Qedit commands -- it's already executing a Qedit
command! The only thing that Qedit is capable of doing while it's waiting is to
execute any shell commands that Reflection might send to the HP 9000. The
reason shell commands must be accepted is that Reflection sends a command to
run unxlink2 whenever a file transfer is requested.
As long as the command or command file
doesn't attempt to transmit any data
to the HP 9000, :Reflect will probably work the same way as Alt-Y.
For example, here is a Reflection command
file that works from Alt-Y, but not from :Reflect.
; EXIT.RCL
; This command file
gets me out of Qedit, logs me off
; the HP 9000 and
exits from Reflection.
;
transmit
"exit^M"
wait 0:01:00 for
"[no]:"
transmit
"yes^M"
wait 0:01:00 for
"$"
transmit
"exit^M"
wait 0:01:00 for
"terminated>"
wait 0:00:05
hardexit
Also see the chapter "Qedit Issues
and Solutions" for more information.
Renumbers
a range of lines or the entire workfile.
RENUM [ firstline ] [ maxincr]
[
startline / stopline ] [ maxincr ]
(Default: entire file from 1.0 by current
increment)
If you specify a range of lines (e.g.,
101/102), Qedit spreads out the line numbers in that range to allow as much
space as possible between each line. The numbers of the startline and stopline are
not changed.
If you do not specify a range, Qedit
renumbers the entire file, starting at 1.0 or from the optional startline value.
If you specify a maxincr value, Renum will attempt to renumber with that increment.
If it must use a smaller value, it will print a warning. If you do not specify
a maxincr value, Renum attempts to
use the current Set Increment value which defaults to 1.0 (except for standard
COBOL which is 0.1).
Examples
/ren {assign new numbers to all lines}
/list 10/11 {show current line numbers}
10
The Renumber command
10.2
has two basic modes:
10.21
1. renumber an entire file
10.211
2. spread out a range of lines
11
to make room for new lines.
/add 10.21 {attempt to add a line}
Out of line
numbers. Suggest Renumber.
/ren 10/11 {spread out line range evenly}
/list 10/11 {check new lines numbers}
10
The Renumber command
10.2
has two basic modes:
10.4
1. renumber an entire file
10.6
2. spread out a range of lines
11
to make room for new lines.
/add 10.4 {now you can add some lines}
10.5
(usually from 1.0 by 1.0).
10.51
//
Notes
If you keep adding new lines at the same spot in a file, Qedit will
assign incremental line numbers such as 3.01, 3.011, but it cannot add a line
between 3.011 and 3.012. The smallest increment between lines is 0.001. When
you run out of line numbers, Qedit warns you. You can Renumber a range of lines
or the entire file to get around this problem.
Replaces lines with new text, either from Stdinx or from the Hold
file.
REPLACE
[ $HOLD ] rangelist
(Q=no printing, T=template, J=justified)
(Default: rangelist = *)
Replace $hold looks for new lines of text in the Hold file (see the
Hold command) and uses each to replace one of the lines of the rangelist. Replace without $hold prints
each line of rangelist, then waits
for you to type a new line at the keyboard. Pressing Return only erases the line! Replacej indents the new line
the same number of columns as the original line. $Hold can be abbreviated to
$h.
Examples
/rq $hold
50/70 {replace from the Hold file}
/rq $h 50/70 {replace from the Hold file}
/rep 5 {replace line 5 only}
5
LINE 5 {prints existing
contents}
5
NEW LINE 5 {prompts you with
linenum}
Column Editing with $Hold
You
can use the $hold option of the Replace command to do extensive column editing:
/lt @
....+....10...+....20...+....30...+....40...
1
*****************
2
* Page One *
3
*****************
4
*****************
5
* Page Two *
6
*****************
/holdq 4/6 {hold the second page of text}
/deleteq 4/6 {now delete those lines}
/set left 20 {set your left margin to starting column}
/repq $hold 1/3
{overlay from the Hold file}
/set left 1 {don't forget to reset left margin}
/lt @
....+....10...+....20...+....30...+....40...
1
*****************
*****************
2
* Page One *
* Page Two *
3
*****************
*****************
You can copy columns of text from one
position in a line to another by setting margins with the Set Left and Set
Right commands, holding the columns of text that you want to copy, setting new
margins, and replacing the new column range with the text in the Hold file.
Changes
configuration options of Qedit.
SET keyword [ value ... ]
You can use Qedit in its default mode, as
it comes out of the box. To get the most out of Qedit, you will eventually want
to try some of the optional features. To see all of the Set options available
and their minimal abbreviations, type Verify All at the prompt.
/set modify hp {select MPE-style modify}
/set visual save on
update on {full-screen options}
Each Set command may specify one keyword from among those listed below.
Here is a list of the Set keywords:
|
Account
|
Where to find Qedified compilers and help
files.
|
|
Alias
|
Redefine Qedit commands or create new
commands.
|
|
Autocont
|
Do not abort in batch on errors.
|
|
Check
|
Verify Delete or Justify > 5 lines,
hold programs.
|
|
Decimal
|
Apostrophe means Control Character ('7 =
Bell).
|
|
DL
|
Reserve memory in DL area for user Procs.
|
|
Editinput
|
Remove line noise; allow Roman-8.
|
|
Expandtabs
|
Expand tab characters into spaces when
Texting.
|
|
Extentsize
|
Minimum sectors/extent for Keep and New.
|
|
Extprog
|
Attach an external program such as MPEX
to Qedit.
|
|
Filename
|
Override file names on Help, Hint files.
|
|
FORTRAN
|
External files default to FORTRAN, not
SPL.
|
|
Hints
|
Disable the "hint of the day".
|
|
Hppath
|
Override default path for cmd/prog files
(MPE V).
|
|
Increment
|
Default increment between added lines.
|
|
Interactive
|
Override batch/session mode.
|
|
Justify
|
Margins and options for justifying and
centering.
|
|
Keep
|
Format of the next Keep file.
|
|
Language
|
Type of program or text to be kept in
this file.
|
|
Left
|
Left margin for edit, list, keep
(default=1).
|
|
Length
|
Maximum characters per line for a
Lang=Text file.
|
|
Lib
|
Default Lib= for the :Run command.
|
|
Limits
|
Restricting features of Qedit available
to user.
|
|
List
|
Format of LP listings; also LJ options.
|
|
Modify
|
Type of modify (Robelle or HP).
|
|
Open
|
Default modes for Open Command (Defer,
etc.)
|
|
Pattern
|
Switch back to old pattern-matching.
|
|
Priority
|
Switch Qedit execution to a new MPE subqueue.
|
|
Prompt
|
Replace "/" with new prompt
string.
|
|
Right
|
Right margin for edit, list, keep, etc.
|
|
RL
|
Default RL= value for the :Prep command.
|
|
Shift
|
Configure how to up- and down-shift.
|
|
Spell
|
Configure how spell checks lines and
words.
|
|
Statistics
|
Print CPU and wall time of each command.
|
|
Suspend
|
Whether to suspend on Exit or not.
|
|
Tabs
|
Set "tab" key and columns; set
on terminal.
|
|
Term
|
Adjust number of terminal display
columns.
|
|
Totals
|
Print number of lines processed by a
command.
|
|
UDC
|
Recognize User Defined Commands in Qedit.
|
|
Undo
|
Disable/enable ability to
"undo" changes.
|
|
Visual
|
Full-screen options (save fkeys, update,
etc.).
|
|
Warnings
|
Print warning messages (or not!).
|
|
Whichcomp
|
Which COBOL compiler, etc.
|
|
Window
|
Rules for string search (columns,
upshift, etc.).
|
|
Work
|
Default size/function of workfiles.
|
|
Wraparound
|
Move words to next line when long line
Added.
|
|
X
|
Tag changed lines in COBOL file with
string.
|
|
Zip
|
Configure auto-modify, first, last, all,
etc.
|
To configure Qedit to operate as you like
best, put your favorite Set commands in a file named /opt/robelle/qeditmgr.
These commands will apply to every user that invokes Qedit. If you can't build
/opt/robelle/qeditmgr or you don't think your Set options will appeal to everyone,
create the file $HOME/.qeditmgr with your personal Set commands.
A typical configuration file for a COBOL shop might look like this:
{These are default
Qedit values for all users:}
set lang cobolx all on
{always use 80 columns}
set x date list
off {mark changed lines with date}
set check on {verify delete/format of >5
lines}
set vis save 1 {Visual saves function keys}
z=listj */last {define Z command}
set shift down 3 up
3 {shift everything but strings}
Syntax of Set Commands
The syntax descriptions that follow list
the initial values. These are also the defaults that are used if you omit
values in Set commands. For example:
Set
Foo [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: ON)
(Initially: OFF)
The (imaginary) Foo keyword may be set ON
or OFF. Initially when Qedit starts up it is OFF. Thereafter, if you type Set
Foo without specifying ON or OFF, the default will be
as though you had specified ON.
Error Messages
If you type a Set command that Qedit does
not understand, you usually get an error message telling you specifically what
is wrong, sometimes suggesting valid values. Occasionally you will see the
error message
Error: Param.
This is Qedit's catch-all message for
when you have typed something that it doesn't like, and cannot guess what you
meant.
Set
Account accountname
(Initially: same as the Qedit program)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set Alias aliasname
To aliasdefinition
Qedit commands have priority over any external commands, such as
shell commands and scripts. The fact that Qedit commands can be abbreviated to
a few characters (e.g., C for Change) and combined with various suffixes (e.g.,
CQ for Change Quiet) has caused some problems with seemingly different external
commands.
The new Set Alias command now allows you
to override Qedit's command priority. Aliases are always executed first. For
example, "at" is the abbreviation for Qedit's AddTemplate command
(i.e., add new lines with a column template). If you want to use the UNIX
"at" command, you can get at it only by explicitly using the
exclamation mark prefix (!at).
Using the Alias feature, you can now use
From that point on, entering
"at" would always call the shell command.
The alias name and definition must be
enclosed in a string delimiter such as quotes. You must use the same delimiter
for both items.
/Set Alias
"SPJ" to "!ls /home/joe/spj*" {valid}
/Set Alias \SPJ\ to
\!ls /home/joe/spj*\ {valid}
/Set Alias
"SPJ" to \!ls /home/joe/spj*\ {invalid}
/Set Alias \SPJ\ to
"!ls /home/joe/spj*"
{invalid}
The alias name can have up to 50 characters.
It can contain only alphabetic characters. Although the alias should not
contain numeric digits, special characters or spaces, the Set command does not
currently prevent you from using these characters. If you do use them, the
alias feature will not work properly. If you use an alias name that has already
been defined, the new definition replaces the old one.
The alias definition can contain up to 77
characters and can include one or more commands. The definition can contain any
command that can normally be entered at the Qedit prompt, including other
aliases.
You can use Qedit's command stacking
feature to enter a series of commands and create something that resembles a
macro command.
Set Alias
"Five" to "First;F 'string';List */*+5"
The length of all alias names and
definitions cannot exceed 2,500 characters.
Stacked commands are separated by a
semicolon (;). If you use UNIX commands or shell scripts, you might have to use
semicolons to separate parameters. This will confuse Qedit. There are different
ways to work around this problem.
You can put the command in another shell
script that does not require parameters.
/echo find . -name
core -exec rm {} \\\; > myscript
/chmod +x myscript
/Set Alias
"SPJ" To "myscript"
The last option is to enclose the command
and its parameters in parentheses.
/Set Alias
"SPJ" To "L 1;(!find . -name core -exec rm {} \;);V"
If the command itself contains
parentheses, you will have to use the shell script approach.
Function Key
Set Alias Fkey keynumber
To aliasdefinition
You can also assign an alias definition to a function key. Let's say
you want the F1 key to perform a series of commands, simply enter
/Set Alias Fkey 1
to "ls /home/joe"
The function key number can only have a
value of 1 through 8. The function key aliases only work in Line mode. In
full-screen mode, they are redefined to the standard Visual meanings.
You can define function keys by
specifying the escape sequence they transmit. For example, the F1 key sends
ESC+P. Thus you could use
/Set Decimal On
/Set Alias
'27"p" To "ls /home/joe" {'27 is the ASCII code}
Ignorecase
Set
Alias Ignorecase [ ON | OFF ]
(Default: On)
(Initially: Off)
On Linux, alias names are case-sensitive by default (i.e., spj and SPJ
are not the same). You can disable sensitivity with Set Alias Ignorecase On, in
which case spj is considered the same as SPJ.
Trace
Set
Alias Trace [ ON | OFF ]
(Default: On)
(Initially: Off)
If you are nesting aliases and are experiencing problems, you can
enable the alias trace with Set Alias Trace On. Qedit then displays aliases as
it executes them.
Remove
Set Alias aliasname OFF
If you want to remove a single alias, you can use Set Alias
"SPJ" Off.
Reset
Set
Alias Reset
If you want to remove all your current aliases, enter Set Alias
Reset.
Set
Autocont [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: ON)
(Initially: OFF)
Normally,
Qedit aborts in batch mode if errors occur. Set Autocont ON disables this
abort. If the ON|OFF parameter is omitted, ON is assumed.
Set
Check [ [ Delete | Justify ] ON|OFF ]
(Initially: both OFF, Hold Ask)
Causes
Qedit to ask for approval before performing certain tasks.
Set Check Delete On asks approval before
deleting more than 5 lines. Set Check Justify On asks approval before
formatting (i.e., Justify Format or Both) more than 5 lines. Both options are
OFF by default. Set Check ON turns them both on and Set Check OFF turns them
both off. Or you can adjust them individually.
When Check Delete is ON, you are asked
before deleting more than five lines.
/dq 1/10
Delete 10 lines [no]? yes
Regardless of whether Check is ON or OFF,
you can always undo the effects of a Delete or Justify, using the Undo command.
Set
Decimal [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: ON)
(Initially: OFF)
If you
need to find nonprinting characters, you can enable the Decimal option. When
this option is active, character strings in Qedit can refer to characters by
giving the ASCII character code in decimal, preceded by an apostrophe:
/set decimal
on {enable entry of control codes}
/list '7 {list all lines with Bell}
/c "~" '27
all {change "~" to Escape}
Set Decimal ON disables use of the
apostrophe (') as a string delimiter, and the use of ' as part of a string in
the Change command.
Whenever you use the apostrophe with Set
Decimal On, you have to use a space as a delimiter between the search string
and the replacement string. This means that you cannot use the abbreviated syntax,
as in
Qedit is able to determine that
"abc" is the target string and "def" is the replacement
string. With Set Decimal On, the space
between the target string and the replacement string is mandatory. Also, it is
possible to mix ASCII code values and regular characters. Regular characters
must be enclosed in another set of string delimiters. For example,
/c
'27"&d@" '27"&dJ" all { target=<ESC>&d@, replacement=<ESC>&J }
/l "abc"'13 { target is abc<CR> }
/l
'9"ColumnData"'9 { target is
<tab>ColumnData<tab> }
Set
DL [ size ]
(Default: 132)
(Initially: 132)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set Editinput option
value ...
Data
ON|OFF
Command
ON|OFF
Extend
ON|OFF
Asian
ON|OFF
(Initially: Data=OFF, Command=OFF,
Extend=ON, Asian ON)
Normally Qedit accepts whatever you type
as being valid. However, if you are connected to the computer via a phone line
you will probably find that strange, nonprinting characters are getting into
your files. These are generated by line noise. You can use Set Editinput Data
or Set Editinput Command to tell Qedit to remove nonprinting characters from
your input. However, nonprinting characters include useful characters such as
BELL and ESC. You can explicitly insert nonprinting characters into your text
using Set Decimal and Change.
Set Editinput Data ON removes
"noise" from text added to your file in Line mode (it has no effect
on Visual mode).
Set Editinput Command ON removes
"noise" from commands.
If you don't want to edit Roman-8 characters in either Line or
Visual mode, use Set Editinput Extend OFF. This tells Qedit to discard the
Roman-8 characters as noise, rather than allow them through as valid
characters. The default setting is ON for the benefit of European users. When
Extend is ON, UPSHIFT string windows will work on Roman-8 characters (e.g.,
List "ü" (up)).
Asian
terminals use a two-character code for each symbol in the language. When you
set Extend ON, you also set Asian ON by default. This validates all possible
character codes from 128 to 255, not just 161 to 254 as used by the Roman-8
character set.
If you want Roman-8 characters, but don't
want Qedit Visual mode to display undefined control codes (such as decimal 130,
which might be included in a file as a printer control), use Set Editinput
Asian OFF. Otherwise, some terminals change the value of the codes, and other
terminals just drop the codes from the file. When you turn Asian OFF, Roman-8
characters may still be displayed and edited, but control codes from 128 to 160
are displayed as dots (".") with a question mark to the left of the line,
indicating that they can only be edited in Line mode, not Visual mode.
Set
Expandtabs ON | OFF
(Initially: Off)
When
Qedit encounters tab characters in an external file, it can either copy them as
is or it can expand them into the appropriate number of space characters (using
the Set Tab Stops value). The default is to leave them as is, in the file. You
can enable the removal of tab characters by expansion into spaces through use
of Set Expandtabs On. However, there are some applications that use tab
characters as field separators in their data files.
Set
Extentsize keepfile [ workfile ]
(Initially: 100, 30 sectors)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Extprog [ program [ parm ] [ Com [ ON|OFF ] ] ]
(Default: none)
(Initially: none)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Filename Help | Hint | Qzmod filename
(Initially: /opt/robelle/help/qedit)
By default, Qedit looks for the help file as
/opt/robelle/help/qedit. You may force Qedit to open specific file names with
the Set Filename command. The Hint and Qzmod options do not apply to Qedit/Open.
They are still accepted for compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
/set filename
/usr/local/help/qedit
Set
FORTRAN [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: ON)
(Initially: OFF)
When Qedit is TEXTing in a file, it must decide what language type
that file has. If the file is a Qedit file, there is no problem, because the
language type is stored as a field within the file.
If the file is a Keep file, Qedit
examines the record length, and position of the sequence number field.
Unfortunately, there is no foolproof way to distinguish between SPL, PASCAL and
FORTRAN source files, since all have sequence numbers in columns 73-80. If the
current language is set to FORTRAN, Qedit treats the external file as FORTRAN.
If the current language is not set to FORTRAN (i.e., to JOB, COBOL, SPL, etc.),
Qedit treats the file as an SPL (or Pascal) file. If a file is mistakenly
created as SPL or Pascal, you can change it to FORTRAN with Set Lang FORTRAN.
You can also resolve the ambiguity by specifying the language after the file
name when you Text it (e.g., /text abc,fortran).
If you primarily edit FORTRAN source
files, you can avoid this problem with Set FORTRAN. When this option is set,
Qedit will always resolve decisions on external files in favor of FORTRAN,
regardless of the current language setting. You may then have to convert the
occasional file from FORTRAN to SPL or Pascal.
Set
Halfbright ON|OFF
(Initially: ON)
Certain monitors do not support halfbright display enhancements very
well. Some messages and prompts are hardly visible. To prevent Qedit from using
halfbright, enter Set
Halfbright Off.
Set
Hints ON|OFF
(Initially: ON)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Hppath "path list"
(Initially: "!hpgroup,pub,pub.sys")
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Increment linenum
(Initially: depends)
The default increment between new lines is 1.000 in SPL, FORTRAN,
Pascal, TEXT, RPG, JOB and COBFREE, and 0.100 in standard COBOL. You can
override this value with Set Increment. The linenum is a number between 0.001
and 10,000. This increment is also used as the default increment in Renumber
and in assigning line numbers to external files that lack them.
Qedit will sometimes pick an increment
smaller than your requested one. For example, if you Set Inc 0.2 and do Add
55.2, Qedit will increment by 0.1 based on the number of decimal places in
55.2.
Set
Interactive [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: no change)
(Initially: depends)
If you run Qedit from a Session, Set Interactive is ON. If you run
Qedit with Stdin or Stdlist redirected, Set Interactive is OFF. When it is OFF,
Qedit will abort on any error, will assume the default answer to any question,
and will generally act as if there is not an intelligent being typing the
commands. When it is ON, Qedit waits for answers to questions and does not trim
trailing spaces from input lines (allowing you to enter // plus a space as a
data line in the Add command).
Entering Set Interactive with no ON or
OFF parameter does not change the current setting.
Set
Justify [ keyword [value] ... ]
(Initially: NULL function, TWO OFF)
The Set Justify command allows you to configure Qedit for the type
of justify operations that you are going to use most frequently. These are then
the defaults.
For example, the command
/set justify margin
70 two on null
causes
/justify both
5 {J=justify, B=both}
to be interpreted as
/j both margin 70
two on 5
See the Justify command for further
details.
Set
Keep [ option value ]...
(Default: same as Text file)
Determines the format of the next Keep file. Attributes are taken
from the previous Text or Keep, or they are based on the current Set Lang
value. Qedit attempts to duplicate the Text file as much as possible when doing
the Keep. Use Verify Keep to display the current Set Keep values, including the
default file name.
The options
you can set for the Keep file are ASCII, CCTL Checktimestamp, Code, Lab, Name,
Num, Var, Cobfree and Bytestream. All options are accepted by Qedit/Open for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit. However, you should only use the
CHECKTIMESTAMP, NAME, NUM and VAR options.
Set
Keep ASCII ON|OFF
(Initially: ON)
Files
can be either ASCII or Binary. Qedit takes this value from the file that you
Text, but will revert to ASCII ON for any new workfile. Even though Qedit will
create binary files with Keep, it is not recommended for use in editing binary
files. The reason is that Qedit treats Carriage Return as end-of-line, which
may truncate some records. ASCII files have their records padded with blanks;
Binary files are padded with zeros (nulls).
Set
Keep Bytestream ON|OFF
(Initially: OFF)
POSIX introduces a new type of file called Bytestream. These files
do not necessarily have record structures that are similar to typical files on
MPE. Bytestream files come from the UNIX environment. To application programs,
they simply appear as a stream of bytes (hence the name). To MPE, these are
variable-length files in which each record contains only one byte.
When a Text command is used on an
existing bytestream file, Qedit is able to recognize the file and preserve its
attributes on a Keep command. To create a new bytestream file, you have to use
Set Keep Bytestream On.
Because bytestream is sort of an
extension to variable-length files, these two options are closely linked. If
you use Set Keep Bytestream On, the Variable option is also enabled. If you use
Set Keep Bytestream Off, the Variable option is also disabled. If you use Set
Keep Variable Off, the Bytestream option is also disabled. You can still enable
Variable by itself, without enabling Bytestream.
Set
Keep CCTL ON|OFF
(Initially: OFF)
Ordinary
ASCII files have the CCTL value OFF. When CCTL is ON, the first column of each
record must contain a carriage control value. Some of the common values are
"1" for new page, "+" for overprint, and " " for
normal single-space. When Qedit prints a file with CCTL in quiet-mode (i.e., no
line numbers and no template), it interprets the carriage control values.
Set
Keep Checktimestamp ON|OFF
(Initially: ON)
Qedit stores the file modification timestamp in the workfile. It
uses the timestamp to determine whether the file has been modified since either
the initial Text command or the last Keep command was used. By default,
timestamp checking on Keep is enabled.
If you want to disable this feature, type
Set Keep
Checktimestamp Off
If you wish to see the current saved
timestamp, you have to use Verify Info.
Saved modification
timestamp 2005/10/14 18:29:02
Trailing spaces in
workfile are trimmed
Set
Keep Cobfree ON|OFF
(Initially: On)
Qedit uses the file extension (.cbl, .CBL, .cob or .pco) to identify
COBOL source files. The .pco extension
is typically used to identify Cobol source files that needs to be processed by
the Oracle pre-compiler.
If Qedit detects this attribute, it
assumes the lines have a specific format. In particular, it looks for the
presence (or absence) of sequence numbers in the first six (6) columns of each
line.
If these columns do not contain numeric
digits or spaces, Qedit assumes the file is a free-format source file without a
sequence number. The file is then assigned the COBFREE language.
The Set Keep Cobfree option controls the
format of the file when you Keep it back. If this option is enabled (On), it
means you allow Qedit to save files in the COBFREE format (i.e., without
sequence numbers). If this option is disabled (Off), it means you don't want to
create COBFREE files. When this option is disabled, Qedit converts the file to
COBOL, assigns it sequence numbers and writes them to the saved file. A warning
is displayed before this occurs.
/Keep
Warning: Lines are now
numbered.
Language changed from Cobfree to
Cobol.
COBFON.COBSRC.APP,OLD
EDTCT # of records=26
Purge existing file
[no]?
Set
Keep Code nnn
(Initially: <null>, 0)
Any file can have a special file code to help identify what kind of
data it contains. Qedit workfiles, for example, always have a Code of 111,
while COBOL source files have a Code of 1052 (EDTCT).
You can create files with any code you
like using Set Keep Code and the Keep command. However, the file code cannot be
changed if the Language is COBOL or COBOLX.
Set
Keep Label num
(Initially: 0)
This value is set to the number of user labels attached to the file,
when you Text it. Text filename,Labels will copy the user labels into
the new file. Keep will append those labels to the file, unless you do Keep filename,Nolabels. If you want to change the number of user labels to be
created on the new Keep file, do Set Keep Label n.
Set
Keep LF ON|OFF
(Initially: ON)
To write Newline delimiters, use Set Keep
LF ON. A delimiter is added at the end of each line whether there was one or
not in the original file.
To create a file without Newline
delimiters at the end of each line, use Set Keep LF OFF. The only Newline
characters written to the file are the ones included in the data.
Set
Keep Name [ filename ]
(Initially: <null>)
The default name for Keep is the same name as the last Text or full
Keep command, if any. A "full" Keep is one without a limiting range
or margins. The default is invoked when you do a Keep without any parameters.
You can set the default name with this command.
If you do not specify a file name, the default Keep name is erased
as if this was a brand new file. If you erase the default Keep name or replace
it with a new name, the saved modification timestamp is erased.
Set
Keep Num ON|OFF
(Initially: ON)
Keep
files may or may not have sequence numbers. In standard COBOL files, the
sequence numbers are in columns 1 through 6. In all other files they are in the
last eight columns. When Qedit copies in an external file it remembers whether
that file was numbered or not (if not, new sequence numbers are assigned to
each line in the workfile).
When you set the language to Job or Text,
Qedit turns the Num flag Off. This means that default Keeps of these files will
be without sequence numbers. You can always override the Qedit default by doing
an explicit Set Keep Num prior to the Keep.
Set
Keep Var ON|OFF
(Initially: ON)
All Linux files are inherently variable-length. However, if you turn
Set Keep Var Off, Qedit/Open will keep your file with trailing spaces appended
to each record to fill them out to the current Set Length value. There will
still be a newline character at the end of each record. This appears to be what
COBOL expects for a data file.
Set
Language lang
(Initially: SPL)
The lang codes accepted by Qedit are:
COBOL, COBOLX [ALL], SPL, FORTRAN,
Pascal, RPG, Job, Text, Data, CC, CPP, PowerHouse (PH), COBFREE, Html, XML, Java and QSL
(Qedit Scripting Language).
Initially when Qedit starts the language is assumed to be SPL, but this
may be changed when you Text a file ("SPL" stands for Systems
Programming Language, which is an obscure software tool on the original HP
e3000 system; files have 80-character records with columns 73-80 containing a
sequence number). You can override this default this with Set Lang. When you
Set Lang, you also reset the Window, the Length, the Left margin, and the Right
margin.
The "language" sets the
following file attributes:
1.
Increment between lines
2.
Number of digits in line number
3.
Placement of line number (left
or right)
4.
Maximum data line length
5.
Number of first data column
6.
Name of compiler program file
7.
Delimiters for Set Window
(SMART)
8.
Numbered or not for Keeps
The following chart shows the values set
for each language:
|
Lang
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
|
COBOL
|
0.100
|
6
|
Left
|
66
|
7
|
COBOL
|
Special, not "-"
|
Yes
|
|
COBOLX
|
0.100
|
6
|
Left
|
74
|
7
|
COBOL
|
Special, not "-"
|
Yes
|
|
SPL
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
72
|
1
|
SPL
|
Special, not "'"
|
Yes
|
|
Fortran
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
72
|
1
|
Fortran
|
Any special
|
Yes
|
|
Pascal
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
72
|
1
|
Pascal
|
Special, not "_"
|
Yes
|
|
RPG
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
80
|
1
|
RPG
|
Ignored
|
No
|
|
Job
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
80
|
1
|
Null
|
Any special
|
No
|
|
Text
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
256
|
1
|
Null
|
Any special
|
No
|
|
Data
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Any special
|
No
|
|
CC
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special, not "_"
|
No
|
|
CPP
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special, not "_"
|
No
|
|
PH
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special, not "-"
|
No
|
|
COBFREE
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special, not "-"
|
No
|
|
HTML
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special
|
No
|
|
XML
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special
|
No
|
|
JAVA
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special, not "_"
|
No
|
|
QSL
|
1.000
|
8
|
Right
|
1,000
|
1
|
Null
|
Special, not "_"
|
No
|
COBOL and COBOLX are identical, except that COBOLX allows data to
extend into columns 73-80, while COBOL does not. This is a protection against
compile errors for those programmers who do not use columns 73-80 for comments.
You can force all COBOL files to be in COBOLX format by using
This is useful when you are using Set X
to tag program changes with a string or the date. You can change from a
non-COBOL to a COBOL language, if the highest line number in your file is less
than or equal to 999.999.
The COBOL and COBOLX languages follow the COBOL standards very
carefully. These standards describe the format of a statement. Most, if not
all, compilers support the standards. Some compilers, however, allow a source
file to be in a different format. Here is a quick summary of the differences
between COBOL, COBOLX and COBFREE:
|
|
COBOL
|
COBOLX
|
COBFREE
|
|
Line numbers
|
columns 1-6
|
columns 1-6
|
none
|
|
Control column
|
column 7
|
column 7
|
column 1
|
|
Statements
|
columns 8-72
|
columns 8-72
|
columns 1-1,000
|
|
Comments
|
none
|
columns 73-80
|
None
|
|
Starting column
|
7
|
7
|
1
|
|
Variable length
|
no
|
no
|
Yes
|
|
Record length
|
72
|
80
|
1,000
|
The
Data Language setting defaults to 256 characters per record, but it can handle
up to 8,172 characters in a Wide-Jumbo workfile. In a workfile of Jumbo format,
the limit is actually 1,000. To use Data, your workfile must be in Jumbo or
Wide-Jumbo format, which supports longer lines and more of them (99,999,999
instead of 65,535). If a non-Jumbo workfile is open, you will have to shut it
before you can use Set Lang Data and create a new workfile. To check whether
your open workfile is Jumbo or not, use Verify Open. If you see "No
Recall" in the display, you are using an old workfile. If you see
"Jumbo" or "W-Jumbo" after the Language value, you are using
a Jumbo file.
Because RPG is a column-oriented
language, SMART searches on RPG source files are performed in DUMB mode.
In FORTRAN, spaces in the middle of names
have no significance (i.e., CUST BOOK is the same as CUSTBOOK).
If a workfile is empty, you can set the
Language to anything you like.
When you change Language, you change the
maximum line Length. If Length is reduced, as in going from Job to SPL, the
lines are not actually truncated to the shorter Length. They are only
permanently truncated if you modify the lines. Therefore, you can switch back
to the previous Language at once and still recover the full lines. (Note: when
you switch from COBOLX to COBOL, lines with comments are actually stripped of
their comments.) Of course, when you Keep your file, only the data within the
new margins are kept.
Set
Left [n]
(Default: first column)
Set Left specifies a temporary left margin for your file. Existing
data to the left of the margin is not changed (unless you delete a line). When
you copy or move a line with Add, the entire line is moved. If you add new
lines, they will contain spaces to the left of the margin.
Set Left applies to all Qedit commands,
including Visual, Modify, List, and Keep. Don't forget to reset Set Left when
you want to Keep a file.
Set Left resets the Set Window columns
for string searches. See also Set Right.
Set
Length nn
(Initially: from file TEXTed)
Most
files have a fixed record length determined by the Language setting (e.g., SPL,
COBOL, etc.). Workfiles with Language Text or Data can have their maximum line
length set to a custom value. "Text" defaults to 256, but can be set
to any value between 1 and 256 columns. "Data" defaults to 256 as well,
but can be set to lengths of up to 8,172.
Set Length will reset the Set Left/Right
margins and the Set Window columns for string searches.
When you reduce the Length, you should
treat data beyond the new Length as gone, unless you immediately reset the
Length. As soon as you begin modifying lines, Qedit begins reducing lines to
their new maximum length. If you wish to reduce the line length temporarily,
use Set Right.
Set
Lib G|P|S
(Initially: S)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Limits [ option value ] ...
Sys
OFF
Run
OFF
Colonreq
OFF
Hold
n
Proc
x
(Initially: Sys ON, Run ON, Colon OFF,
Hold 10, Proc 4)
Set Limits Sys Off disables the execution of shell commands from
within Qedit. It also prevents Qedit for Windows users from accessing host
commands.
Qedit normally accepts shell commands
with or without a prefix (colon or exclamation mark). To enforce the use of a
prefix for shell commands, use Set Limits Colonreq ON.
These are one-way options -- once
disabled, they cannot be enabled again by the user.
The rest of the options do not apply to
Qedit/Open. They are still accepted for compatibility with the MPE version of
Qedit.
Set
List [ option value ] ...
The Set List command controls the format and functions of the List
command. The valid options are:
|
Page ON|OFF
|
page breaks on List LP
|
|
Lines nn
|
lines per page with PAGE ON
|
|
Name ON|OFF
|
file name on each PAGE
|
|
Num ON|OFF
|
number on each PAGE
|
|
Title ON|OFF
|
title on each PAGE
|
|
Dbl ON|OFF
|
double-spacing of List LP
|
|
PCL nn
|
LaserJet fonts and orientation
|
|
Record ON|OFF
|
use attached printer via Record Mode
|
|
LJ nn
|
lines per screen for List-Jump
|
|
QJ ON|OFF
|
"quiet" for List-Jumping (no
seq#)
|
|
Endstop ON|OFF
|
no "End?" question in
List-Jumping.
|
|
Even ON|OFF
|
outputs even number of pages
|
|
Odd ON|OFF
|
outputs odd number of pages
|
|
Nearest ON|OFF
|
displays warning or nearest line
|
For more information on Set List options,
including examples, see the List command. For a quick list of the PCL values
and their meanings, see also the Quick-Help: /hq set,list
Set
Maxdata nnnn
(Initially: no stack expansion)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Modify [ option [ value ] ... ]
Qzmodify
| HP | Robelle
Prompt
ON|OFF
codes
Set Modify controls what style of line modify is used throughout
Qedit. The defaults are Qedit-style (^D for delete) in Modify and Before, with
MPE-style (D for delete) in Redo only. Set Mod HP forces MPE-style in all
places, while Set Mod Robelle selects Qedit-style and Set Mod Qzmod selects
Qzmodify (a "what you see is what you get" version of the
Qedit-style), which is not supported in Qedit/Open, so it is mapped to Set
Modify HP On. If you type Set Modify with no parameters you go back to the
defaults.
You also use Set Modify to control
placement of the Modify line number and redefine the Qedit-style control codes.
Prompt
Option: Where to Print Line Number. Robelle Modify
normally prints the line number on the same line as the data. This makes lines
look alike in List, Delete, Add, and Modify, and also makes maintaining your
tab stops simpler. On the other hand, placing the line number on a separate
line makes it easier to press Control-Y and re-enter edits. Set Mod Prompt OFF
separates line and number ("_" represents the cursor):
/set modify prompt
off
/modify 10.2
10.2
Now is the time for
all good people
_
/set modify prompt on
/modify 10.2
10.2
Now is the time for all good people
_
You can also use the Quiet option not to
see line numbers at all.
Replacing Modify with Hpmodify. If you
prefer the MPE-style edits provided in the :Redo command, do Set Modify
Hpmodify.
Qedit will accept DDD to delete
characters, Ixxx to insert xxx, Rxxx to replace with xxx, and U to undo. Other
edits include > to append, >D to delete from the end, >Rxxx to replace
from the end, and D> to clear the line. HP-style modify does not support tab
stops and always prints the line number on a separate line from the data. See
:Redo command for a complete list of edits. Hpmodify applies in Modify, Redo,
Before and modify in Change and Add.
Forcing Redo to Use
Qedit-Style. If you like the Qedit-style modify better than HP style and
want to use it even in Redo, do Set Modify Robelle.
Replacing
Modify with Qzmodify. To make Qzmodify the style
throughout Qedit, use this command:
SET
MODIFY QZMODIFY [TAE|TAEOFF]
(Default: disable Qzmodify)
The TAE options apply only if you have a Telamon Type Ahead Engine:
·
TAEOFF means to disable your
Type Ahead Engine.
·
TAE means to enable your Type
Ahead Engine.
·
The default is to ignore the
Type Ahead Engine.
You can control the behavior of Qedit
when opening workfiles. With the first option, you can get Qedit to warn you if
the workfile you are working on is not synchronized with the file it is based
on. The second option helps you preserve timestamps on workfiles so that you
have a better idea when the workfile has actually been accessed and modified.
Set
Open Checktimestamp ON|OFF
(Initially: OFF)
Qedit stores the file modification timestamp in the workfile. It
uses the timestamp to determine whether the file has been modified since the
initial Text command or since the last time the Keep command was used.
By default, timestamp checking on the
Open command is disabled. If you want to enable it, type
Set Open
Checktimestamp On
Set
Open Defer ON|OFF
(Initially: Off)
The Open command is used to access a Qedit workfile for editing.
Normally, the workfile is opened with write access, which updates the
"Last Modified Date" of the file, even if you don't actually make any
changes to it. However, by doing Set Open Defer On you can instruct Qedit to
"defer" the write access until a modification is attempted. Qedit
opens the workfile with Read Access initially, then reopens it with Write
Access later if it is necessary to post a modification to the file. See the
Open command for more details.
It is important to remember that certain
workfile attributes and settings are normally saved when the file is opened
with write access. Some of these settings are the ZZ marker, the current line
marker (*), and the new default Keep name modified with Set Keep Name. If you
explicitly open a workfile in Browse mode or use Set Open Defer On, these
settings are not updated permanently, unless the file is re-opened with write
access.
Set
Pattern Old|New
(Initially: New)
Qedit uses "@", "#", "?", and
"~" to define a pattern to be matched. The original pattern-match
logic in Qedit did not allow you to look for a pattern that contained a literal
"@". The current pattern-match logic allows "&" as an
"escape" character. This means that you can look for any reserved
pattern-match character by putting & in front of it. For example,
/list
"@first&@second@" (pat)
Note that the "escape"
character does not match the ASCII escape character, whose value is decimal 27
or octal 33. In this case "escape" means the same as the
"transparency" character in VPLUS/3000 pattern-matching: the next
character following the escape is to be treated as a literal instead of a
pattern-match metacharacter.
Two other characters have been reserved
for future use: ^ and !.
To reset Qedit to the old pattern-match
logic, use Set Pattern Old (the default is Set Pattern New).
Set
Priority CS | DS | ES
(Initially: logon priority)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Prompt "string"
(Initially: "qux/")
The default prompt string is "qux/", but you can change
that with Set Prompt.
set prompt
"Qedit /"
set prompt "Sys2
/"
Set
Redo [ filename ]
(Default: none)
(Initially: temporary file)
Commands entered at the Qedit prompt are saved in something called
the redo stack. You can recall commands from this stack by using other commands
such as Before, Do and Redo. By default, the redo stack is stored in a
temporary file and discarded as soon as you exit Qedit. This does no allow the
stack to be preserved across Qedit invocations.
Set Redo allows you to assign a permanent
file as the redo stack, allowing the stack to be available for future Qedit
invocations. To assign the Myredo file as a persistent redo stack, enter
If the file does not exist, Qedit creates
it. Otherwise, Qedit uses the existing file. All your subsequent commands are
written to the persistent redo stack. The setting is valid for the duration of
the Qedit session. As soon as you exit Qedit, the setting is discarded. Next
time you run Qedit, you will get the temporary stack. If you want to use a
persistent stack every time you run Qedit, you have to insert the Set Redo
command in one of the Qeditmgr files.
If the file name is not qualified, the
redo stack is created in the current working directory. This may be desirable
if you want to have separate stacks. If you prefer to always use the same
persistent stacks, you should qualify the name.
The Verify command shows which stack is
currently in use. If it shows <temporary>, then Qedit is using the
default stack. Anything else is the name of the file used on the Set Redo
command.
Concurrency
When Qedit uses the default, the
temporary stack is only accessible to that particular instance of Qedit. You
can run as many Qedit instances as you need, and each one gets its own redo
stack. You will never have concurrency problems.
If you start using a persistent redo
stack, however, you might start running into concurrency problems. A persistent
redo stack can be used only by one Qedit instance at a time. If you try to use
a persistent redo stack that is already in use, you will get the following
message:
/Set Redo Myredo
The redo file is
already in use.
Unable to open file
for REDO stack
In this situation, Qedit continues to use
the redo stack active at the time and lets you continue working as normal.
Suprtool, STExport and Suprlink also have
the ability to have permanent redo stacks. It is advisable to have separate
redo stacks for each product, because they will write commands to each other's
redo stack if you supply the same file name.
For example if you use the command
you will have a redo stack called Myredo
for your Qedit commands. If you exit Qedit and run Suprtool and supply the same
Set Redo command, your Suprtool commands will be written to the same file that
is used for your Qedit commands.
This command is ignored if Qedit is run
in server mode.
Set
Right [ n ]
(Default: same as Set Length)
(Initially: same as Set Length)
Set Right fixes a right margin for listing and editing lines in your
workfile. Any existing data to the right of the margin is retained unchanged
while you edit to the left of the margin. Set Right also resets the Set Window
columns. See Set Left for setting the other margin.
Remember, the left and right margins
apply to most commands, including Visual and Keep. To reset the margin to the
far right edge, Set Right with no parameter.
Set
RL [ filename ]
(Default: none)
(Initially: none)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Shift [ DOWN n ] [ UP n ]
(Default: none)
(Initially: both 0)
Configures string logic for the built-in PROCedures, DOWN and UP.
Valid values are 0 through 4:
|
0
|
not configured
|
|
1
|
shift every character in the line
|
|
2
|
ignore characters within double quotes
|
|
3
|
ignore characters within single quotes
|
|
4
|
ignore characters within either single or
double quotes
|
Set
Spell [ option value ]...
(Default: <null>)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Statistics [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: OFF)
(Initially: OFF)
If you turn Set Stat ON, Qedit prints the
CPU and wall time after each command.
Set
Stringdelimiters POSIX | "DelimiterList"
(Initially: |\~%:'")
The initial list indicates the characters that can be used as valid
delimiters.
The single quote (') is removed from the
list if Set Decimal is enabled (On). Quote characters (") are always valid
delimiters (i.e., they cannot be removed from the list).
From full-screen mode's homeline, a tilde
always represents the most recently accessed line number. If the tilde is
removed from the delimiter list, it also becomes a reference in line-mode to
full-screen's mode most recently accessed line.
The delimiter list itself must be
enclosed between a pair of valid delimiters. The new delimiters must be chosen
from the initial list. If you do not remember what the initial list is, simply
enter the Set String command with a letter or a numeric digit as a list. For
example,
/Set String
"a"
Error: Not an acceptable quote char: a
select from |\~%:'"
You can reduce the list to just a few
characters. If you want to reduce it to just a colon (:) and a number sign (#),
enter:
From that point on, only quotes, colons
and number signs can surround a string.
/List
"filename"
/Find #procedure#
/Delete :badline:
/Change 1/7 \oldtext\
@ {this is invalid now}
The Posix option allows you to easily
bring the delimiter list down to three characters: quotation marks ("), a
backslash (\) and a colon (:). This option is useful when working with file
names that contain a lot of special characters. It reduces the number of
parsing errors.
There is no easy way to bring the
defaults back. You have to enter the Set String command with all the characters
in the initial list.
Set
Tabs ^char HP [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: Control-I, HP ON)
When you enter lines in Add, Modify, or Replace, Qedit looks for and
interprets "tab" keys. Each time Qedit finds a "tab", it
fills the input line with blanks to the next tab position. The default
positions are every eight columns. If there are no more positions, Qedit
terminates the current line and saves the remaining text for the next line.
Using Set Tabs, you can define the
logical "tab" key to be any nonprinting control code such as BELL
(^G, decimal 7) or a printing character such as tilde (~). Control-I is the
default because it is the character most commonly used as the hardware TAB key
on terminals. All HP terminals generate a Control-I when TAB is pressed.
/set tabs ^i
/set tabs
"~"
Set Tabs Hp Off tells Qedit not to set
physical tab stops on your terminal (for example it does not work on 2640 or
non-HP terminals). With Set Tab Hp On (the default), Qedit will update your
terminal's tab stops at once. With Hp On, each time you switch from Add to AQ
(or any similar change that would shift the tabs left or right on the screen),
Qedit also resets the tab stops.
When using the TAB Key, remember that you
must not backspace past the last tab stop. If you do, Qedit will never see the
TAB key.
Set Tabs STOP columns | NULL | nn nn nn nn ...
(Default: every 8 columns
NULL means no tabs)
By default, Qedit sets the tab stops every 10 columns (MPE) or 8
columns (Linux). You can override this with Set Tabs NULL to set no tab stops,
Set Tabs STOP n (every 2 to 15
columns), or Set Tabs with a custom list of column numbers. The maximum number
of custom tab stops is 32. Remember that the columns of input text are numbered
differently depending on the source language. In SPL, Pascal, FORTRAN, RPG,
Text, Data and Job, the first column is numbered 1; in standard COBOL, it is 7.
You cannot set a tab in the first column.
/set tabs stop
8 {every 8 columns (9 17 25 33 ...)}
/set tabs 5 10 15 {SPL,FORTRAN,RPG,Job,Text,Pas}
/set tabs 12 16
20 {COBOL}
/set tabs null {cancel all tabs}
Set
Term Columns nnn
(Default: 80)
(Initially: 80)
When
you run Qedit, it tries to determine the number of columns in the display width
of your terminal. The default is 80. You can override this value by setting the
display width manually and putting the correct value in the RCRTWIDTH variable. If the variable is not set, Qedit queries your terminal for the
width. If you change it manually from within Qedit, you can force a re-query by
doing Set
Visual Stop. However, there is an easier way.
On most terminals, Set Term Columns nnn adjusts the display width of your
terminal. You must be on an HP-type terminal whose width can be varied, and the
column value nnn can be between 80
and 999. It is better to use this command to change the number of columns than
to do it manually because the command also adjusts your terminal listing file
width, and other parameters within Qedit.
Set Term Columns is effective only for
Line mode. When you enter Visual mode, Qedit may adjust your display width to
suit the file being edited and resets the width when you exit completely from
Visual mode or Qedit.
If you have set RCRTMODEL to 1234, Qedit assumes the
terminal or emulator has limited capabilities. Qedit assumes the display width
can only be changed manually. So, if Set Term Columns is used, Qedit displays:
Please change
display width and press Enter:
and waits for confirmation from the user.
When you execute a command via the Home
line and find yourself at the "Next Visual?" prompt, Qedit may not
have reset your display width because you often immediately press Return to go
back into Visual mode. Flipping the width frequently is slow, erases your
display memory, and sometimes causes irritating screen flicker.
Set
Text Exclusive ON|OFF Cobolfixed ON|OFF
(Initial: Exclusive OFF, Cobolfixed OFF)
Exclusive Access Control
When you text in a file, Qedit creates a workfile and copies the
contents of the original file into it. The original file is then closed. This
means that other users on the system can text in the file and make changes of
their own. This is great for concurrency but not so great for version control.
A new option, Set Text Exclusive,
provides increased control over files that you are editing. To enable, simply
enter:
When this option is enabled, files that
you text in are kept open for read-only access. This means the files are still
accessible to compilers and other programs with non-conflicting access
including Qedit with Set Text Exclusive disabled. In the latter case, a user
will be able to text the file in but will not be able to save changes with a
Keep command. When Set Text Exclusive is enabled, a user requires read and
write permissions to be able to Text in a file. If he only has read permission,
he has to use the Browse option on the Text command even if the file is not
currently accessed.
Once Set Text Exclusive is enabled for
all users and a particular file is being worked on, subsequent Text commands
immediately fail with:
Error: File open by another Qedit
process
On a system where Qedit is the editor of
choice, we recommend that Set Text Exclusive be inserted in the
/opt/robelle/qeditmgr file.
Once a file has been texted in, the user
retains control over it. The file is released when:
·
another file is texted in
·
the workfile is closed
explicitly by a Shut command or implicitly by a New or Open command
·
the workfile is purged e.g.
purge *
·
Qedit is terminated
All these operations signal Qedit that
the work is done on this file. When the workfile is shut (explicitly or
implicitly), Qedit tries to clear its contents. If the file is clean (i.e., has
not been modified), the file is erased. If the file has been modified, Qedit
prompts for a confirmation:
/shut
Reminder: you have not
saved the changes to /home/bob/testisql.c
/var/tmp/qscr.CAAa09829
Clear file [no]?
If you answer No, nothing happens. The
workfile remains open, the original file is still in use and a warning is
displayed.
File NOT cleared
Files still open. When
Text Exclusive is On, workfile must be cleared to Shut.
If you answer Yes, the workfile is
cleared and the original file is released. This accomplishes two things:
·
releases the file so it can be
used by someone else and does not remain blocked
·
forces the user to stop and
decide what should be done with the changes
·
forces the user to text the
file in again to make sure he has the latest version
Fixed-length Cobol Source Files
By default, all UNIX files are processed as variable-length files.
If needed, you can override this option using Set Keep Var OFF. Some Cobol compilers prefer
to have fixed-length records. It can quickly become tedious to enter the Set
Keep command after every Text command, not to mention the likelihood of forgetting to do it.
If you wish to force all Cobol source
files to be processed as fixed-length files, use Set Text Cobolfixed ON. Every
Cobol source texted in from that point will be fixed-length. If a file has
already been texted in, the Keep command will switch to fixed-length
records automatically. Qedit displays a warning in this case.
qux/v text
Set Text Exclusive OFF
Cobolfixed OFF
qux/t mysource.cob
26 lines in file
qux/v k
Set Keep Ascii OFF
Cctl OFF COde 0 Lab 0 Num ON Var ON Checktimestamp ON
Set Keep COBfree ON
NAme /users/robdev/qedit/test/file1CobFixed
Set Keep LF ON
qux/s text cobolfixed
on
qux/k testcob.txt
Warning: Set Text Cobolfixed is On. File will have
fixed-length records.
/users/robdev/qedit/testcob.txt
#Records = 26
Purge existing file
[no]? Y
qux/set keep var on
qux/t mysource.cob
26 lines in file
qux/v k
Set Keep Ascii OFF
Cctl OFF COde 0 Lab 0 Num ON Var OFF Checktimestamp ON
Set Keep COBfree ON
NAme /users/robdev/qedit/test/file1CobFixed
Set Keep LF ON
Set
Totals [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: ON)
(Initially: ON)
Shows the number of lines changed, deleted, added, texted and moved
by each command.
The total line is considered a
"warning" or status-type message. Therefore, Set Warnings Off will
disable Set Totals, as will Option Nowarn in a User Command.
Set
UDC [ON|OFF|filename] [ LOCK ]
(Default: ON)
(Initially: OFF)
This
option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for compatibility
with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Undo ON|OFF
(Initially: ON in session, OFF in batch)
"Undo" is the ability to cancel the effect of previous
commands that modified your file. By default, Undo is enabled for interactive
use and disabled in batch use of Qedit.
Set Undo allows you to override that
default, or even disable Undo around some very large editing tasks, to speed it
up.
Set Varsub ON | OFF
(Default:
Off)
When
this option is enabled, Qedit parses entered commands looking for variable
names. If a variable name is found and currently exists, its value is
substituted before the command is executed. If the variable does not exist, the
variable name is left unchanged.
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Warning: The trailing comments
limitation is an incompatibility with older versions.
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Qedit commands are added to the Redo
stack before the substitution occurs i.e. with the variable name. So, if the
variable value changes between the time the command is entered and the time
it is retrieved from the stack, the results may be different. It's also
important to note that commands related to Redo stack operations such as Listredo,
Do, Before can not have trailing comments enclosed in curly braces anymore.
The comments are not removed and likely cause a syntax error.
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/listredo { see which commands I
have entered so far }
Bad option, expecting ;UNN ;ABS ;REL or ;OUT
/listredo
1) t testisql
2) l "$myvar"
3) s varsub on
4) l "$myvar"
5) setvar myvar
"qed"
6) l "$myvar"
7) LISTREDO { SEE WHICH COMMANDS I HAVE ENTERED SO FAR }
Variable names are identified by a
leading dollar sign "$". For example, $HOME is replaced with the current value of the HOME environment
variable. Some Qedit commands such as List have an extensive series of
$-options which, as their name implies, also start with a dollar sign. These
options have precedence over environment variables. In other words, if a
variable has the same name as a $-option, the substitution does not occur. The
only workaround is to change the name of the variable to something that does
not conflict.
If you wish to prevent variable
substitution and have Qedit interpret the dollar sign at face value, insert a
backslash immediately in front of it as in \$HOME.
The tilde is a special character with
different meanings in Qedit. Among other things, it can be a string delimiter
or a shortcut pointing to the most recent current line in full-screen mode. In Linux
shells, it's also commonly used to designate the user's home directory.
Here's how Qedit handles the tilde
character. If it's still part of the string delimiter list (Verify
Stringdelimiter), it is used as such. If it's not part of the list and is
entered by itself on a line, it's interpreted as the most recent current line
of full-screen mode. If it's not part of the list, Set Varsub is enabled and is
used anywhere else in a command, it's replaced with $HOME. The Varsub feature
would then substitute the appropriate value.
Set Varsub On automatically removes the
tilde from the string delimiter list.
Set
Visual keyword [ value ] ...
(Default: see Visual)
The Set Visual command controls how Visual mode operates. The
following section shows how to change the number of lines per screen, how to
set where the current line will appear, and other options. New users should use
Set Visual Update On. This option does an automatic screen update whenever you
press any function key. This saves your changes even if you forget to press
Enter when changing screens.
Here are the Set Visual options, with the
minimal abbreviations shown in capitals:
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Above
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show 0 to 9 lines above * line?
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ATtachmate
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allow for KEA! emulator to widen to 500
columns
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BELL
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define printable substitute for
"Bell"
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Below
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show 0 to 99 lines below * line?
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Blockemulation
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use block-mode emulation in Visual
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BUF
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change size of screen buffer
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Carry
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carry 0 to 9 lines to next page?
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CLEardisplay
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clear all of display memory or not?
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Cutcurrent
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keep cursor near original current line
after cut-and-paste
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Editonopen
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return to full-screen after Open at Next Command
prompt
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Esc
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define printable substitute for
"Esc"
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Field
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redefine the GG/VV field separator (~)
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HALfbright
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use fewer enhancements in the status line
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Hidetags
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hide +1,+2 line tags with display
enhancement
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Home
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put cursor on home line or * line?
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Ignorelf
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accept screens without line feeds
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Inschar
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enable Insert Character on your terminal
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Label
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load function key labels?
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Marginfixed
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do not change terminal right margin
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MSG
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leave Setmsg OFF or mesg n on exit from
Visual
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Renum
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renumber screen if out of line numbers?
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Roll
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adjust number of lines on UP (F2)
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Save
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save and restore existing function keys?
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SI
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define printable substitute for
"ShiftIn"
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SO
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define printable substitute for
"ShiftOut"
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Stop
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reset Visual mode, forces restart.
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TAB
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define printable substitute for tab
characters
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TAE
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make Qedit work with Telamon Type Ahead
Engine
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Update
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automatically update screen every time?
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Widen
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whether to go beyond 80-columns of
display?
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Wordwrap
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enable wordwrap in Reflection?
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Above
Set
Visual Above n
(Default=0)
By
default, the * line is the first text line on the page. Set Vis Above specifies
that from 0 to 9 lines are to be shown above the * line.
Set
Visual Attachmate OFF | ON
(Default=Off)
When
enabled and used in conjunction with the Attachmate's KEA! Terminal emulator,
Qedit is able to work with up to 512 colums.
Bell
Set
Visual Bell 'nnn | "char"
(Default=None)
If you edit text containing Bell characters, they will appear as
dots with a "?" at the left of the line. Otherwise, they would
disappear from your file when you press Enter because Bells are not saved in
display memory. To get around this problem, you can define another character as
a translation for the Bell character. For example, Set Vis Bell "|"
defines "|" to represent Bell.
When Visual needs to print a Bell on the
screen, it prints a "|" instead. When Visual sees any "|"
on the screen, it converts it into a Bell internally. To avoid turning every
occurrence of the "alias" character in your file into a Bell, Visual
prints a "?" for any line with a valid alias already in it and will
not let you update that line in Visual mode (use Modify instead).
Below
Set
Visual Below nn
(Default=19)
By
default, Visual shows 19 lines below the * line. Set Vis Below can change this
to 0 through 99 lines. Qedit reads and writes a fixed number of characters per
screen (see Set Visual Buf). If you Set Vis Below to a large number of lines
such as 99, Qedit may not have room in the screen write buffer for all of the
lines requested. Qedit prints an error message, attempts to reduce Set Vis
Below to a value that will work, and returns you to Line mode. You type
"vis" to restart Visual mode.
Set
Visual BLockemulation ON | OFF
(Default=Off)
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This feature does not work on the hpterm
terminal emulator at the moment.
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Full-screen editing as implemented on
HP3000 computers only works on HP-UX versions earlier than 11.0. On HP-UX
11.0 or later, full-screen editing is available in Screen mode (Set Visual Screen On) on
VT-type terminals or in Visual Blockemulation emulation (Set Visual Blockemulation On) on HP-type
terminals.
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As its name implies, Blockemulation
emulates block-mode operations by reading each line one by one instead of
reading the whole screen in a single operation. Depending on the type of
connection, this process might take a few seconds as the cursor moves down the
screen. Otherwise, it works the same as ordinary block-mode.
Set
Visual Buf nnnn
By default, Qedit reads and writes a
maximum of 10,000 characters per screen. Set Vis Buf will increase or decrease
the size of the screen buffer. The minimum size is 2,000 characters and the
maximum is 30,000. Increasing the buffer size may increase the load on your
network -- watch for hangs, delays, and write errors.
Carry
Set
Visual Carry n
(Default=1)
The F5 and F6 keys move the screen
display Backward and Forward one page. In doing this, they carry over one line
from the previous display for context. You can vary the number of lines carried
over from 0 to 9 with Set Vis Carry.
Cleardisplay
Set
Visual Cleardisplay OFF
(Default=On)
This option tells Visual mode not to clear all of display memory
before writing the next page of text. Instead, Visual erases enough lines at the
start of display memory to make room for the Visual screen. This means that a
Home Down will still show you what was last done in Line mode and a Home Up
will redisplay the Visual screen. When you press Enter, only the Visual screen
is transferred, up to the // template line.
Do not use this option if you only have a couple of pages of display
memory, or with hpterm on HP-UX workstations (although it works fine with PC
terminal emulators and Qedit/UX).
In Reflection for Windows (versions earlier
than 3.70), changing the display width also clears display memory, beyond the
control of Set Vis Cleardisplay. If you want to retain your display memory, you
also need to use Set Vis Widen Off.
Cutcurrent
Set
Visual Cutcurrent ON | OFF
(Default=On)
This
option tells Qedit where to put the current line marker after a cut-and-paste
operation. By default, Qedit sets the current line at (or near) the first
pasted line. If you turn the option Off with Set Visual Cutcurrent Off, Qedit
tries to keep the current line as close as possible to the current line
position before the paste operation.
This option only affects full-screen mode
editing.
Editonopen
Set
Visual Editonopen ON | OFF
(Default=On)
While
in full-screen mode, you can enter shell commands at the home line. Doing so
causes Qedit to temporarily switch to line mode and prompt you for more
commands with next command [visual].
You have to hit return or enter visual to return to full-screen mode.
There is one exception to this. If you
enter an Open command at the prompt, Qedit automatically switches back to
full-screen mode after opening the file. This is the default behavior.
If you wish to disable this option, use
Set Visual Editonopen Off. When disabled, an Open command is treated as any
other command. In other words, Qedit continues to prompting for more commands
until you explicitly tell it to go into full-screen mode.
Esc
Set
Visual Esc 'nnn | "char"
(Default=None)
If you
edit text containing Esc characters, most will appear as dots with a
"?" at the left of the line. Otherwise the escape sequence would be
executed by your terminal and be lost. To get around this problem, you can
define another character as a translation for the Esc character. For example,
Set Vis Esc "\" defines "\" as meaning Esc.
When Visual needs to print an Esc on the
screen, it prints a "\" instead. When Visual sees any "\"
on the screen, it converts it into an Esc internally. To avoid every valid
occurrence of an alias character turning into an Esc, Visual mode looks for
alias characters that already occur. Any line with a valid alias in it is
printed with a "?" and Visual will not let you update it (use Modify
instead).
Field
Set
Visual Field 'nnn | "char"
(Default=~)
When you divide a line with VV or glue lines with GG, Qedit looks
for a special character in the first line as the field separator. The field
separator is the ~ (tilde) by default, but you can redefine it to another
character with Set Vis Field if you have many natural occurrences of the tilde
in your text. For example, Set Vis Field "|" redefines the field
separator as |.
Halfbright
Set
Visual Halfbright ON
(Default=Off)
The standard status line uses display enhancements all across the
screen to highlight the status fields. For a status line with fewer display
enhancements, use Set Vis Halfbright On.
Hidetags
Set
Visual Hidetags ON
(Default=Off)
The Hidetags option replaces the +1,+2,+3 line tags on your screen
with a Security Video enhancement and some line drawing characters. This makes
the Visual screen cleaner and less confusing. However, the option only works if
your terminal supports both Security Video and line drawing. It works on the
700/92, the 2392, the Cumulus terminal, and with Reflection 1 for DOS. It fails
with hpterm (HP-UX), on some versions of Reflection for Windows and Macintosh,
and all versions of Session.
Set
Visual Home ON | OFF
(Default=On)
After processing the Enter key or a
function key, Visual places the cursor on the ===>
line. This makes it convenient to enter a command. You
must then press Return a few times to move the cursor down into the text. Set
Vis Home Off puts the cursor at the first column of the * line instead. After a
Find or Findup, this means the cursor will appear on the first character of the
found string.
Ignorelf
Set
Visual Ignorelf ON
(Default=Off)
Normally,
when Qedit reads the screen it finds a Return and line feed at the end of each
line. Qedit uses this information to divide the characters of the screen read
into lines and then match them up with the lines in your file. However, some
networks strip the line feed from the lines, sending only the Return. In this
case, Qedit will print an error such as "Missing status line" and the
qscreen dump will indicate that Returns were found without line feeds. It may
be easier to reconfigure Qedit than your network: the Set Vis Ignorelf On
option directs Qedit to accept screens with only a Return at the end of each
line and without the line feed.
Qedit enables the Ignorelf option
whenever it is being run on the Qcterm terminal emulator.
If you are using the Minisoft 92 terminal
emulator from Minisoft Inc., you should always enable the Ignorelf option.
Inschar
Set
Visual Inschar ON
(Default=Off)
By default, Visual mode disables Insert Char and you must enable it
after each time you press Enter or a function key. Set Vis Inschar On tells
Visual to enable Insert Char each time it displays the screen.
Label
Set
Visual Label ON | OFF
(Default=On)
When you memorize the eight function keys, you can speed entry into
Visual by disabling the "labels" on the screen. Use Set Vis Label
OFF. This only works with a 2645 terminal, where the labels must actually be
painted into the display memory every time a new page is written.
Set
Visual Marginfixed ON | OFF
(Default=none)
Qedit
normally adjusts the terminal right margin and display width based on the
file's record length. This caused some terminal emulators like hpterm to behave
erratically.
When Marginfixed is enabled, Qedit does
not change the terminal settings. It assumes the right margin is the physical
display width. This should work properly as long as the user let's Qedit poll
the terminal for the information. If the user decides to override this function
by setting the RCRTWIDTH variable or change the width with Set Term Columns, Qedit trusts that the user has set the terminal properly.
Users should be aware of two things when
Set Marginfixed is ON. If a file is narrower than the configured width, nothing
prevents the user from entering text beyond the file's right edge. This extra
text will simply be ignored.
If the file is wider than the configured
width, Qedit tries to display as much text as it thinks it can. This causes the
text to overflow. However, instead of truncating the extra characters, the
emulator writes them out on the last displayable column. For example, if a file
has 100 characters but the configured width is 80, the first 79 characters
are displayed correctly. Characters 80
through 100 are written to column 80. The net result is characters 80 to 99 are
lost and character 100 ends up in column 80 on the screen.
Msg
Set
Visual Msg ON | OFF
(Default=On)
Visual
always disables messages from other users (using Setmsg OFF on MPE and mesg n
on HP-UX). On MPE, this is why a Showjob will show QUIET. Normally, Visual
re-enables messages upon Exit (using Setmsg ON on MPE and mesg y on HP-UX). If
you want messages to be left disabled at all times, use Set Vis Msg OFF. These
same rules apply to Qzmodify.
Renum
Set
Visual Renum ON | OFF
(Default=On)
When you insert lines, Qedit attempts to assign them new line
numbers between the existing lines. Sometimes this is impossible, as between
500.01 and 500.011. In this case, Qedit will renumber the lines on your screen
to make room for the new lines. Qedit uses the appropriate Increment value that
ensures proper renumbering. The value it chooses might be different from the
current Increment value.
Although this value also affects
operation of the Add command in Line mode, it does not affect the Divide
command.
You can disable this option with Set Vis
Renum Off.
Set
Visual Roll nn
(Default=6)
The F2 key means "roll the current
screen up" by 6 lines. You can vary the number of "roll" lines
from 1 to 20 by doing Set Vis Roll nn.
You can also do an individual "roll" of any size by pressing Home Up,
typing +n or -n and F7.
Save
Set
Visual Save Fast | ON | OFF | 1
(Default=Off)
Set Vis Save ON causes Qedit to save your function keys upon entry
into Visual and reset them again on exit. If you only want to save the keys on
the first entry into Visual (and reset them to the same values on every Exit),
use Set Vis Save 1.
The 700/92 terminal and Reflection have
the ability to save and restore the current user function keys within the
terminal memory. If you do Set Vis Save Fast, Visual will take advantage of
this feature, which is much faster and invisible to the user. This feature only
works on Reflection if the Terminal ID is configured to 700/92 and on versions
greater than 3.3 (DOS), 3.6 (Macintosh), or 3.7 (Windows). If Qedit decides
that you do not have this feature, it will revert to a regular Set Vis Save On.
Set
Visual Screen ON | OFF
This
option, only available on HP-UX, controls which full-screen editing interface
Qedit will use. When it is set to Off, Qedit uses Visual mode. When it is set
to On, Qedit uses Screen mode. On HP terminals, Off is the default; on VT
terminals, On is the default.
SI
Set
Visual SI 'nnn | "char"
(Default=None)
If you
edit text containing ShiftIn characters, they will not appear on the screen.
Even worse, if there is ShiftIn character but no ShiftOut character preceding
it on a line, the ShiftIn character disappears from your file when you press
Enter. This is done "on your behalf" by the terminal or terminal
emulator. To get around these problems, you can define another character as a
translation for the ShiftIn character. For example, Set Vis SI "|"
defines "|" to represent ShiftIn.
When Visual needs to print a ShiftIn on
the screen, it prints a "|" instead. When Visual sees any
"|" on the screen, it converts it into a ShiftIn internally. To avoid
turning every occurrence of the "alias" character in your file into a
Shiftin, Visual prints a "?" for any line with a valid alias already
in it and will not let you update that line in Visual mode (use Modify
instead).
SO
Set
Visual SO 'nnn | "char"
(Default=None)
If you
edit text containing ShiftOut characters, they will not appear on the screen.
From the location of ShiftOut, the display switches to the alternate character
set which typically is the Line Drawing set. When you press Enter, the terminal
or terminal emulator automatically inserts an escape sequence in front of the
ShiftOut. The escape sequence is <esc>)B. To get around this problem, you
can define another character as a translation for the ShiftOut character. For
example, Set Vis SO "|" defines "|" to represent ShiftOut.
When Visual needs to print a ShiftOut on
the screen, it prints a "|" instead. When Visual sees any
"|" on the screen, it converts it into a ShiftOut internally. To
avoid turning every occurrence of the "alias" character in your file
into a ShiftOut, Visual prints a "?" for any line with a valid alias
already in it and will not let you update that line in Visual mode (use Modify
instead).
Set
Visual Scrollup 'nnn | "char"
(Default="-")
You
can enter a minus sign in one (or both) copy/paste columns in full-screen mode.
A single character scrolls up the number of lines defined in the |5Set Visual
Roll option. Enter 2 minus signs to scroll up twice the number of lines and so
on.
The minus sign is the default scrollup
character. You can change it to another character that you may find easier to
type. It must be a printable character and must not be a valid copy/paste code.
Valid codes are: A B C
D F G H J M P R V Z ? !. Use Set Visual Scrollup "c" to change the character.
You can enter Set Visual Scrollup
"" to reset it back to the default character.
Set
Visual Stop
The Set Visual Stop command resets Qedit to an uninitialized state.
On your next function, Qedit will re-identify your terminal and re-check the
entire context. Use this when changing your terminal configuration while inside
Qedit.
Tab
Set
Visual Tab 'nnn | "char"
(Default=None)
If you edit text containing tab characters, most will appear as dots
with a "?" at the left of the line. Otherwise the tab characters
would be executed by your terminal and be lost. To get around this problem, you
can define another character as a translation for the tab character. For
example, Set Vis Tab "\" defines "\" as meaning tab.
When Visual needs to print a tab on the
screen, it prints a "\" instead. When Visual sees any "\"
on the screen, it converts it into a tab internally. To avoid every valid
occurrence of an alias character turning into a tab, Visual mode looks for
alias characters that already occur in the text. Any line with a valid alias in
it is printed with a "?" and Visual will not let you update it (use
Modify instead).
TAE
Set
Visual TAE ON | OFF
(Default=OFF)
To make Visual mode work with Telamon's Type Ahead Engine, use Set
Vis Tae On. Qedit sends out a Control-A "A" upon entry to Visual mode
and a Control-A "V" on exit. These special codes disable and
re-enable the TAE. However, Control-A may be a code for your modem or network
and could cause a problem. If you do not have a TAE, the "V" may
appear on your screen upon exit from Visual mode.
Update
Set
Visual Update ON | OFF [ Except 7 ]
(Default=Off)
If you find that you are losing work by pressing F5 or another
function key before you have saved your screen work with the Enter key, this
option is for you. When Set Vis Update is ON, Qedit does an automatic screen
update with every function key. This makes it almost impossible to lose your
changes, but it does slow down Visual mode. However, you may do *> F7 or
*< F7 to move ahead or back one page, without updating the current page.
Note: to refresh the screen, type * in the home line before pressing any
function key or Enter.
If you want to be able to execute a
command via F7 without updating the screen, use Set Vis Update On Except 7.
Set
Visual Widen 76 | 80 | OFF
(Default=80)
The
Widen option controls whether and when Visual will request and use more than 80
display columns on your terminal. For example, you can control whether to
switch the 700-series terminal into 132-column mode and widen Reflection's
Display Memory. The default value is Set Vis Widen 80, which causes Visual to
go into wider-mode whenever Length is greater than 80 columns. Therefore, with
this value Visual will switch your 700 series terminal into 132-column mode and
expand the width of Reflection's Display Memory. Set Vis Widen Off restricts Visual
mode to at most 80 columns.
Reflection version 5.x and later allows you to set the display width to a value between
80 and 512. Qedit can detect this feature and use it whenever possible. Qcterm
emulates a 700/92 terminal but supports up to 200 columns. Full-screen mode
takes advantage of the extended width when appropriate.
If Visual switches into 132-column mode
when the Length value for your file is higher than 80 columns, this means that
a Job file with exactly 80 columns will not go into 132-column mode and you
won't be able to see columns 77 through 80. However, you can reconfigure Visual
to switch into 132-column mode when Length is greater than 76 by doing Set Vis
Widen 76.
Some new versions of Reflection will automatically switch into
132-column display when Qedit asks to widen display memory. To have Qedit
follow the Set Vis Widen rules, you must have Reflection 4.2 for DOS,
Reflection 3.6 for the Macintosh, Reflection 4.0 for Windows; add 20,000 to the
value in your RPCVERSION variable. In some versions of terminal emulators, you
have to explicitly tell the software which type of graphics adaptor you have.
You need to refer to your computer manual, or use the MSD utility program
included with newer versions of DOS and Windows. The RCRTMODEL variable is also
useful for controlling 132-column mode.
Qcterm emulates a 700/92 terminal and can
have a display width of 80, 132 or 200 columns. Qedit takes advantage of these
widths when necessary.
Wordwrap
Set
Visual Wordwrap ON | OFF
(Default=Off)
The Set Vis Wordwrap option enables wordwrap for new lines. This
makes Visual mode much better for entering memos and documentation. If you have
Reflection 4.00 for DOS or Reflection 5.0 for Windows, Set Vis Wordwrap allows
you to keep typing at the end of your line. There is no need to press Return.
The overflow words will automatically be moved to the following line. Words
will not be split arbitrarily.
The Reflection Wordwrap feature only works when entering new lines.
It does not work with INS CHAR. Because it does not work in Line mode, Qedit
enables and disables it as you enter and exit Visual. The Reflection configuration
setting called Force-80-Columns must be set to No for Wordwrap to work
properly. If you cannot turn off this setting for compatibility with other
software, then try Set Visual Widen Off in Qedit.
Set Visual XX [ startline [ / endline ] ]
(Default=reset)
Set
Visual XX defines the lines that should be excluded from the full-screen mode
display. Excluded lines are replaced by a single line.
--- Excluded Area
--- 10/34.5
This line shows the line numbers which
are currently excluded. If no parameters are specified, the current excluded
area is reset. An excluded area must have a start and an end line. If only startline is specified, the excluded
area is incomplete. An appropriate message is going to be displayed on the
status line next time the user goes into full-screen mode.
To complete the excluded area, enter
another Set Visual XX command with another line number. This number is going to
be used as the endline. Of course,
you can specify both startline and endline on a single command.
/Set Visual XX
5 { Sets the start line. XX
incomplete. }
/Set Visual XX 10 { Sets the end line. XX=5/10 }
/Set Visual XX
5/10 { Sets XX to 5/10 }
Labels in Line Mode
This is not a Set command, but an environment
variable value.
Normally,
Qedit always displays the modes keys except within Visual mode. You have the
option of displaying the User Keys instead, or removing the labels from the
screen. This is done by setting a shell variable before running Qedit:
$RLABELDEFAULT=2;
export RLABELDEFAULT
%setenv RLABELDEFAULT
2 {C shell}
Valid values for this variable are as
follows:
0
don't care, Qedit displays modes
1
terminal has NO labels (2645)
2
display user keys
3
display modes keys
4
remove labels from screen
5
display default F1-F8 key labels
6
display the Qedit labels
These values define which key labels will
be displayed when you are in Line mode rather than Screen mode.
Technical Notes
Qedit turns echo off (echo is reset to its previous state on exit),
disables the Break key, and disables messages from other users (:Setmsg OFF on
MPE and mesg n on HP-UX). Visual disables your Type Ahead Engine (if you have
one and have not done Set Vis TAE Off), and puts your HP terminal into
block-mode, page-mode, but with Format off. Qedit loads the function keys with
their default values, and writes descriptive labels for them.
Labels in Line Mode
This is not a Set command, but an
environment variable value.
Normally,
Qedit always displays the modes keys except within Visual mode. You have the
option of displaying the User Keys instead, or removing the labels from the
screen. This is done by setting a shell variable before running Qedit:
$RLABELDEFAULT=2;
export RLABELDEFAULT
%setenv RLABELDEFAULT
2 {C shell}
Valid values for this variable are as
follows:
0
don't care, Qedit displays modes
1
terminal has NO labels (2645)
2
display user keys
3
display modes keys
4
remove labels from screen
5
display default F1-F8 key labels
6
display the Qedit labels
These values define which key labels will
be displayed when you are in Line mode rather than Screen mode.
Technical Notes
Qedit turns echo off (echo is reset to its previous state on exit),
disables the Break key, and disables messages from other users (:Setmsg OFF on
MPE and mesg n on Linux). Visual disables your Type Ahead Engine (if you have
one and have not done Set Vis TAE Off), and puts your HP terminal into
block-mode, page-mode, but with Format off. Qedit loads the function keys with
their default values, and writes descriptive labels for them.
Set
Warnings [ ON|OFF ]
(Default: OFF)
(Initially: ON)
When you put commands in a usefile for an end-user, it is often
irritating to have Qedit print numerous warnings and status messages (i.e.,
Shut Qeditscr, * = 55, Warning: Noline, etc.). Set Warnings OFF will suppress
all of those warnings. It also suppresses printing the line when you enter a
line number to move the current position (i.e., /55 sets * to 55, but does not
print line 55).
Set
Whichcomp keyword value ...
(Initially: COBOL, FORTRAN 66, Pascal V,
IN Robelle)
This option does not apply to Qedit/Open. It is still accepted for
compatibility with the MPE version of Qedit.
Set
Window ( [ window ] )
(Default: all columns, exact match)
Set Window establishes the default window, or conditions, for string
searches in all Qedit commands. You can override the default by specifying an
explicit window in any command (e.g., list
".BEGINKEY" (1/10 UPS) ). Once a window is
set, it remains in effect until the next Set Window command. See the Change
command and the "Glossary" for further details on window.
The window itself consists of two parts:
a range of column numbers to search,
and four independently enabled options that determine how to select a line.
(
[ column / column ] [option ...] )
A column
is a number between the Left and Right margins of the file. Qedit searches
only the specified range. An option is
one or more of these:
|
[NO]Match
|
select lines with[out] string
|
|
[NO]Upshift
|
upshift before searching [or not]
|
|
[NO]Smart
|
ensure match is a "symbol" [or
not]
|
|
[NO]Pattern
|
string is a pattern to find [or not]
|
|
[NO]Regexp
|
string is a regular expression to find
[or not]
|
The default window is all columns,
Nosmart, Noupshift, Match, Nopattern and Noregexp.
A pattern may include at-signs (@) to match anything, # to match a
single numeric character, ? to match a single alpha-numeric, and tilde (~, wavy
line) to match zero or more blanks. Any other character must be matched
exactly. (To match a pattern character itself, precede it with an ampersand: "&
".) For example, to look for "QEDIT"
followed by "TOOL" in the same line, use:
/set window
(pattern upshift)
/list
"@Qedit@Tool@"
Either or both parts of the window can be Set in one command:
/set window (1/10)
/set window (smart
upshift)
/set window (1/20
upshift)
/set window (pattern)
To reset the window to the defaults, enter:
Set Work keyword
value ...
(Initially: Block 8, Temp ON, Labels OFF,
Jumbo ON, Random ON, Trailingspaces ON, Size
3200)
Set Work specifies the default size, attributes and functions of
Qedit workfiles. Most of Set Work does not apply to Qedit/Open. However, Set
Work Jumbo, Set Work Random and Set Work
Trailingspaces do apply. The syntax of Set Work is as follows:
Set WORK [ options ]
|
Jumbo
|
ON | OFF
|
Control use of Jumbo workfiles
|
default ON
|
|
Random
|
ON | OFF
|
Control use of random scratch file name
|
default ON
|
|
Trailingspaces
|
ON | OFF
|
Preserve or remove trailing spaces
|
default ON
|
Jumbo.
Jumbo Off disables use of Jumbo workfiles. It can
also be used if you want to build an original format workfile. For example,
/set work jumbo off
/new oldfmt
/set work jumbo on
Workfile. By default, Qedit creates a workfile named /var/tmp/qscr.xxxxx whenever it needs it. /var/tmp is
used by default. If you want to specify a different location, enter the new
path name in the TMPDIR environment variable. Keep in mind that Qedit works
with absolute filenames and these names can not have more than 240 characters.
TMPDIR=/home/user1/tmp
export TMPDIR
You can force Qedit to use only the file
named QEDITSCR by using Set Work Random Off.
Trailing
Spaces. By default, Qedit preserves trailing spaces on all lines in a
variable-length file. Set Work Trailingspaces ON requests that Qedit preserves
trailing spaces and make them significant characters. The option also allows
creation of odd-length lines.
Once enabled, all workfiles created or
opened from that point will have trailing spaces preserved. To check the
current status, do:
/Verify Work { Checks global setting }
Set WOrk Jumbo ON
Block 8 Labels OFF Temp ON Size 3200 Random ON
Set WOrk
TRailingspaces ON
/Verify Keep { Checks current workfile }
Set Keep Ascii OFF
Cctl OFF COde 0 Lab 0 Num OFF Var ON Checktimestamp ON
Set Keep COBfree ON
NAme /home/user1/afile.txt
Set Keep LF ON
/Verify Info
Saved modification
timestamp 2003/04/30 13:23:17
Trailing spaces
preserved
The last line shows that trailing spaces
are preserved in this workfile. If the option is disabled, that line reads Trailing
spaces trimmed. Disabling the global setting with Set
Work Trailing Off does not disable the option in the workfile. You have to
clear the workfile after disabling it.
The Trailingspaces setting is stored in
the workfile so it's recognized when the file is opened in the future. These
workfiles may contain data specific to Trailingspaces. This may cause
unexpected behavior if opened with versions prior to 5.4.11. Because trailing
spaces are now treated as significant characters, Keep files created from these
workfiles may be different from Keep files created with an older version.
Set
Wraparound [ chars | ON|OFF ]
(Default: ON)
(Initially: OFF)
The
Wraparound option is intended to make line-overflow in the Add command more
friendly. When it is enabled and a line-overflow occurs during entry of new
lines, Qedit splits the long line between two "words" and prompts you
with the overflow words on the next line. An appropriate continuation line is
generated for FORTRAN and COBOL source files. There is no wraparound capability
in Visual mode, due to limitations of the HP terminals. The Reflection for DOS
terminal emulator, however, can do wraparound in Visual mode. See Set Visual
Wrap for details.
The chars
option allows you to specify the maximum number of characters you will be
able to type before pressing the Return key. You can specify any number of chars between 150 and 5000. When
Wraparound is ON, and no chars parameter
is specified, the default maximum number of characters that you can type before
pressing Return is 256.
When you do an Add command, you can
"burst" enter an entire page without looking at the screen. Do not
press Return at the end of each line -- just keep typing. Qedit will put the
words into lines for you. Press Return once only at the end of each page of
text.
At the end of a paragraph (or any other
time that you need to do an "end of line"), type Control-C and start
typing the next line. Do not put a space after the Control-C unless you want
the next line indented. For a blank line, press Control-C twice in succession.
You end the Add command as always by
entering "//". Then you may use Visual or Modify to correct any
typing mistakes you may have made. Qedit will fill the words into lines that
are less than or equal to the current Set Length value. To create lines of a
specific length, use Set Lang Data and Set Length.
Set X keyword value
...
(J=justified)
(Initially: <null> List ON Tab OFF
Local OFF Global OFF)
Set X configures automatic tagging of source changes in COBOL
programs. The syntax of Set X is as follows:
Set X [ options ]
|
["xx"][dateform]["xx"]
|
define the tag content
|
default is a null string
|
|
List ON | OFF
|
control the display of tag columns
|
default ON
|
|
Tab ON | OFF
|
allow manual editing of tag columns
|
default OFF
|
|
Local ON | OFF
|
tag value saved in workfile
|
default OFF
|
|
Global ON | OFF
|
allow use of local tags
|
default OFF
|
|
Null
|
reset global and local tags
|
|
To check on the current tag value and
options, use Verify X.
If you want all COBOL changes to be
tagged, all files must be have Set Lang Cobolx, not Set Lang Cobol. You can
enforce this for all users by putting Set Lang Cobolx All On into your Qeditmgr
file.
Tag
format. The Set X command allows several formats
for the date tag, plus the ability to replace, precede or follow the date with
a short string. Once you have configured your "X" tag, Qedit will
automatically mark all changed lines in COBOLX files with that tag in columns
73 to 80.
The dateform
parameter can be any of these options:
|
Keyword
|
Sample
|
|
DATE
|
22 NOV99
|
|
DDMMMYY
|
22 Nov99
|
|
CCYYMMDD
|
19991122
|
|
YYMMDD
|
991122
|
|
MMDDYY
|
112299
|
|
DDMMYY
|
221199
|
DDMMMYY and CCYYMMDD occupy 8 characters,
but YYMMDD, MMDDYY and DDMMYY occupy only 6. Therefore, the last three can be
combined with a string giving your initials, before or after today's date.
/set x
"rg" yymmdd {tag is
"rg991122" }
Null vs Blanks
Entering Set X without parameters, Set X
Null, or Set X "" effectively turns off the tagging feature. Tags on
modified lines are not changed. Lines without tags do not get one. Lines that
already have tags retain their current values.
This is different from setting the value
to blanks, as in Set X " ". With this setting, tags on modified lines
are actually cleared.
List.
The List option tells whether the comment tag should
be shown during normal editing and listing of lines. The default value is ON,
but you can disable listing with S X List OFF. Even though the comment tag is
not listed, it is still part of the line and is retained when you Text or Keep
the file.
When
you edit a COBOLX file in Visual, Qedit sets the right margin in column 72
(instead of column 80). In this way, you can see the comment field (columns 73
through 80) but it won't shift left when you delete characters.
Line Overflow
Tagging can be disabled by specifying an
empty string.
While disabled, the text and tag areas
are treated as one. As such, edit commands, such as Change, are applied to the
complete line.
Also, if a tag is specified and the List
option is On, tag values are treated as part of the text.
If a line has a tag value and an edit
operation, such as Change or Modify, causes the line to expand, Qedit reports
an overflow error. To avoid this, you can Set X to Null, but you would have to
remember the previous setting. A better solution is to turn the List option Off
temporarily. The X value is preserved, but the tag area cannot be edited.
Margins.
For those users who still must enter and edit the
tag field manually, Set X Tab On puts Qedit's Visual right margin at column 80
instead of column 72. This makes it much easier to edit those columns because
you can tab to them.
Local
Tag. Users can define a
tag that is specific to the workfile currently opened. The local tag value is
stored in the Qedit control blocks. Thus, the local tag is preserved when you
Shut the workfile. You can also control the tag display for a specific workfile
with the List option.
To enable the local tag option, simply enter
From that point, any changes to the tag
are recorded in the workfile. The statement above sets the local tag to a null
value. You can specify the new value on a similar statement so that it can be
used immediately. Because a local tag is workfile-specific, if you switch to a
different workfile, the local tag option is automatically disabled and Qedit
starts to use the default tag again.
If you want to stop using the local tag,
enter Set X Local Off. This clears the local tag value and Qedit starts using
the default default tag. Enabling the local option again does not return the
tag to its previous value.
If you are strictly using the Text and
Keep commands to edit your source files, the information is lost as soon as the
workfile is purged or cleared.
Global. By default, users can define
their own local COBOL tag. If this is undesirable, system managers can enforce
the use of a single tag for all COBOL files by using
Once enabled, users are not allowed to
use the Local option of the Set X command. They can still use the Set X
command, but only the global tag value can be changed.
To allow the use of local COBOL tags
again, simply enter
The global tag has priority over any
local tag. If you are accessing a workfile with a local tag and you disable the
Global option, Qedit resumes using the saved local tag.
/Set X
"localtag" Local On
/Verify X
Set X
"localtag" Local On Default "ME990204" List ON Tab OFF
/Set X Global On
/Verify X
Set X
"ME990204" Global On List ON Tab OFF
/Set X Global Off
/Verify X
Set X
"localtag" Local On Default "ME990204" List ON Tab OFF
When the local option is enabled, the
first tag shown on the Verify output is the local value. It is followed by the
words Local On. The global tag is displayed after the keyword Default.
Null.
If you want to reset all COBOL tags currently in
use (global and local), use the Set X Null command.
Change
Confirmation. The justified option,
"SetJ", displays the current X values including the active tag, the
default tag and the local tag settings. It applies the changed settings entered
on the command and, lastly, it displays the revised settings. When none of the
Cobx tags are set, the output is:
Set X values before
this command:
Active tag value=,
List ON
Default tag value=,
List ON
Local tag value.
NONE List NOT SAVED
Set X values AFTER the
command:
Active tag value=,
List ON
Default tag value=,
List ON
Local tag value.
NONE List NOT SAVED
The first 4 lines show the current
settings. The last 4 show the settings after the requested change has been
applied. When there is no tag value, Qedit displays an empty string or the word
"NONE". When the List option displays as "NOT SAVED", it
means the Local feature is enabled but the List setting has not been explicitly
set yet.
If the tag values are set, the result
strings are displayed as in:
/set x local off
/set x "GB"
yymmdd
/set x local on
/setj x "LC"
yymmdd
Set X values before
this command:
Active tag value=, List
ON
Default tag
value=GB011213, List ON
Local tag value.
prefix= suffix= dateform=0 List NOT SAVED
Warning: Local ON: only updates tag for this workfile,
not defaults.
Set X values AFTER the
command:
Active tag
value=LC011213, List ON
Default tag
value=GB011213, List ON
Local tag value.
prefix=LC suffix= dateform=2 List NOT SAVED
In this example, the first Set command
turns Local X off. The second Set command changes the default tag to the prefix
"GB" followed by the current date in year-month-day format. The third
Set command turns Local X back on and, finally, the SetJ command sets the local
tag to the prefix "LC" followed by the date in the same format.
Looking at the SetJ output, there is the then-current default tag,
"GB011213", with List enabled. There was no local tag and List was
not set at that point.
The new local tag is applied and produces
a warning. After the change, the active tag is the local one and List is
enabled (default value). The default tag is unchanged. The last line provides
details on how the local tag was constructed. The List option still shows as
NOT SAVED because it has not been changed explicitly after Local X was turned
on.
Verify. The Verify command displays detailed information about the local
and default settings.
/verify x
Set X Tab OFF
"ME011214" List ON
/set x local on
/verify x
Set X Tab OFF Local On
"LC011214" List ON Default: "ME011214" List ON
Set Zip characters
(Initially: []@{} )
The Set Zip command changes the special abbreviation keys provided
in Qedit. The Zip list of characters is positional and without quotes:
|
1st character
|
FIRST
|
[ is the default
|
|
2nd character
|
LAST
|
] is the default
|
|
3rd character
|
ALL
|
@ is the default
|
|
4th character
|
Left
|
{ is the default (see Add)
|
|
5th character
|
Right
|
} is the default (see Add)
|
|
6th character
|
auto-mod
|
OFF by default (inactive)
|
Therefore, the default Zip list is:
[]@{}. The only way to reset ZIP to its default value is to re-enter these
codes in a Set Zip command.
Auto-Modify in Add. The
"auto-modify" character (the 6th one) is disabled by default. If you
do Set Zip []@{}_ to specify "_" as the "auto-mod"
character, whenever you end a command line, or a new text line in Add, with an underline,
Qedit puts you into Modify on that line.
For example, Set Zip [%:~+? specifies [
for FIRST, % for LAST, : for ALL, ~ for shift-left, + for shift-right, and ?
for auto-modify. You may specify any special characters you like for these
functions, but each must be unique and must not conflict with the other
characters configured in Qedit (e.g., TAB, $).
Closes the current workfile. May also rename it.
SHUT
[ filename ]
(Default: close with same name)
With no filename parameter,
Qedit merely stops editing the current file. Although Qedit will close the
current workfile for you when you Open another one, you may sometimes want to
Shut explicitly. One thing that Shut does is guarantee that all of your changes
are actually posted to the disc and will not be lost if the system fails or you
disconnect yourself by attempting to make a phone call on your modem phone. To
post your changes to the disc without closing the workfile, specify any shell-command
(e.g., ls).
You may want to leave your terminal for
lunch, in which case it is a good idea to Shut your current file. You can
always use Open * to reopen it when you return.
/shut {you may shorten Shut to SH}
/open * {reopen same file later}
If you are using a scratchfile and specify a filename parameter, Qedit saves the scratchfile as a permanent
Qedit workfile. In this case, the filename must not exist. If you are using a
Qedit file, Qedit renames it before closing.
qux/t myfile1
'Language' is now
DATA {copy of myfile1 in
scratchfile}
20 lines in file
qux/sh myfile1
Retained existing file
for you. {myfile1 already exists. No
change.}
qux/sh
myfile1.work {renamed to
myfile1.work}
qux/open *
Open
/home/user1/myfile1.work Current = 1 Margins = 1/80
qux/sh myfile1.newwork
File renamed.
Examples
/open
crept45.dev {open source file to edit}
/modify 5/ ...
{make some changes...}
/shut {close workfile}
The Spell command is not available in
Qedit/Open.
Copies
a file into Qedit. Use Text to convert a file into Qedit format or to make a
copy of an existing file. After a Text, the new copy is "open" and
ready to edit or browse.
TEXT filename [,type]
filename [,SAVETABS]
filename [,BROWSE]
filename [,NEW]
filename [,SETINCR]
filename [,LABELS]
filename [,LENGTH size]
workfile
[,workformat] [ (size) ] = filename [,type]
(Q=unnumbered)
(J=extra scr file, same as ,NEW)
(Defaults: size = 50% bigger)
If you do not specify a workfile, Qedit checks to see if you
have a workfile Open and it is empty. If it is, Qedit will Text filename into it. If not, Text uses the
primary scratch file. If you do Text xx,New or TextJ, Qedit creates an extra
scratch file to receive the copied file. You can have up to eight extra scratch
files (as well as the primary scratch file) and switch among them with Open ?.
Use filename,type
to override the attributes that Qedit assigns to your file. Use workfile,workformat to override the
attributes assigned to the workfile. See below for details.
The Text command works on any file that
you can read, but it truncates records longer than 8,172 columns and prints a
warning. You can use Qedit to edit binary files.
The
Text filename,Browse command copies a
file into Qedit, but it won't let you modify the file. You can use the List
command, including List-Jumping, Hold, Visual mode HH and ZZ, and any other
Qedit functions that do not modify the
file. There are two advantages to Browse mode: it protects you from making
unplanned changes to a file, and it does not update the Mod-Date of the file.
An asterisk (*) as filename means the workfile most recently shut.
If you do specify a workfile name, Qedit shuts your current workfile and creates a new workfile to hold a copy of filename.
If you try to Keep the file with its
original name i.e. you enter a Keep without a filename, you will get an error.
/Text
txtfile,browse
/K
File opened with
Browse, please specify a Keep file name
You can still force a Keep by specifying
an explicit filename as in:
/Text
txtfile,browse
/Keep txtfile
TXTFILE.DATA.ACCT,OLD
80B FA # of records=16
Purge existing file
[no]? y
Examples
Make copy of source file, change and save
it:
/text hwsy.src {copy Hwsy.Src into scratch file}
/modify 10 {make changes}
/keep {save changes}
Absolute File Name
When you Text a file, Qedit remembers the absolute path name of the file, not the relative name. This becomes
the default for the Keep command. If you Keep with an explicit name, Qedit
remembers the absolute path of that name. If you do Set Keep Name xxx to
override the default Keep name, Qedit remembers xxx as a relative name, not as an absolute name. This gives you all the
options you need to take advantage of the cd command within Qedit.
How to Text Several Files?
Qedit
has a primary scratch file that is referred to as "Qeditscr". Any
time you take the default options for Opening or Texting a file, your work will
be in the Qeditscr primary scratch file.
What if you want to edit two or more
files and copy lines between them? You could Text the first file, Hold the
desired lines, Keep your changes, then Text the second file and insert the
lines. However, if you are doing a large number of edits, the constant Text and
Keep operations are inconvenient.
A faster method is to Text each file into
an extra scratch file of its own.
Then use the Open ? or Open *-n command
to switch quickly among them. By default Text always copies the file into the
primary Qeditscr scratch file. However, Qedit can supply up to eight extra
scratch files. Use the New option (text abcdef,new) or do Text-J (textj
abcdef).
The New command can also create extra
scratch files. Warning: If you do
New;Text file,New you will create two Extra Scratch Files, not one.
Saving Your Work
When you Exit, Qedit checks whether you
have any unsaved edits in any of your scratch files. If so, you are prompted to
Discard? them, or stay in Qedit to save them. Qedit also asks you to Discard
your changes if you Close a scratch file, which removes it from the Open-Stack
and purges the file.
Clearing the Workfile
Sometimes Qedit will ask you if it is okay to clear the existing
contents of the scratch file and sometimes it won't. If you have not made any
changes to the scratch file since you last did a Text or Keep, Qedit assumes
that you have another copy of the lines and it is okay to delete the copy in
the scratch file.
In batch, the answer to the
"Clear?" question will always be "yes". If you know the
answer you want, you can append it to the file name parameter just as you do in
the Keep command:
/text abc,yes
/text def,no
Using Set Keep for File Attributes
When you Text a file, Qedit remembers as
many attributes of the file as possible. When you later Keep the file, Qedit
attempts to reproduce the original file. The Text command does an implicit Set
Keep command to record what it has discovered about the Text file.
Using TextQ for Numeric Data Files
TextQ
means "text quiet" or "text unnumbered" and is the same as
using ,UNN after the filename. Use
TextQ to edit any data file that may contain numeric digits in the last eight
columns. Otherwise, Qedit may interpret those digits as sequence numbers, if
the first five records of the file contain data that looks like ascending
sequence numbers.
Treatment of Sequence Numbers
Qedit retains whatever sequence numbers
it finds in the external file. If Qedit finds an invalid number, it begins
assigning new numbers starting from the last valid number and adding Increment.
If the file does not have sequence
numbers, Qedit assigns new ones, starting at 1.0 and going up by a calculated
increment. The calculated increment is based on the file's current
characteristics such as the number of records.
This works well in the majority of cases. However, there are cases
where the calculated increment is not accurate enough or the user wishes to
have a specific increment. This can be done by setting the increment with the
Set Increment command. Then, use the Setincr option on the Text command.
/Text bigfile {Use calculated increment}
/Set Increment
.02 {Set the increment value}
/Text
bigfile,Setincr {Override the calculated
increment}
Files with Header Records
Text has an option to skip 1 to 9 records
before deciding the "language" of the external file. The format is as
follows:
TEXT lines/filename
where lines
is the number of lines to skip over.
This
is useful with source files from external sources, such as IBM machines, that
may have control cards without sequence numbers, followed by a numbered COBOL
source program. By skipping the control cards, Qedit may recognize the file as
a COBOL program, instead of a Job file.
Tab Character
By default, Qedit retains tab characters in a file when it Texts the
file. However, another option is to expand the tab characters into spaces (to
the next tab as established by Set Tabs Stop). You can expand tabs on a
specific file by using the Expandtabs option on the Text (or List or Add-File)
command. To force all file accesses to expand tabs, do Set Expandtabs On (the
default is Off). With Set Expandtabs On, use the Savetabs option to access a
file without expanding tabs into spaces:
/text
srcfile,expandtabs
/set expandtabs on
/text
dbfile,savetabs {override Set Expandtabs
On}
If you are editing files with tab
characters, see Set Vis Tab.
Overriding Qedit's File Type
Sometimes Qedit will interpret the format of the external file
incorrectly. You can override the file type that Qedit would assign by
appending a file type keyword to the
file name:
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filename,COBOL
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filename,FTN
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or FORTRAN
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filename,SPL
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filename,PASCAL
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filename,JOB
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filename,RPG
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filename,TEXT
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filename,COBFREE
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filename,DATA
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forces Jumbo workfile
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filename,UNNUMBERED
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filename,HTML
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filename,XML
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filename,QSL
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filename,JAVA
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The keyword
may be shortened to any leading substring, but the comma is required. You cannot use this option to force Qedit to
warp a file into something that it is not. You can only use it to resolve
ambiguities (i.e., between FORTRAN, Pascal, and SPL, which look the same).
/text funny {this should be a COBOL file}
Language is now
JOB {but it has a file code of 0}
678 lines in file
/text funny,cobol
Language is now COBX
678 lines in file
File Modification Timestamp
When you use the Text command on a file, Qedit stores the file's
modification timestamp in the workfile. You can display the timestamp by using
the Verify command. Qedit uses the stored timestamp to perform some
verification if you try to either Keep the file or Shut and re-open the
workfile.
$File Keyword
File names containing special characters might cause problems to
Qedit. For example,
/Text file:name
Error: Extra or invalid character in Text command
If you run into this problem, you can use
the $file keyword instead. The $file keyword can be used wherever a file name
is expected, such as in Text, Add, List. The syntax is:
$File is a reserved keyword, which is
followed by an optional equal sign and the actual file name enclosed in string
delimiters. Without doing anything to the string, Qedit tries to open the
specified file. The previous example now becomes:
/Text
$file="file:name"
10 lines in file
Implicitly Folding Wide Lines
When texting files, Qedit assigns a
language to the file. This is done by looking at file characteristics such as
the file extension. Each language has a set of predefined attributes. One of
these attributes is the maximum line length. As it reads the file in, Qedit is
able to detect lines exceeding the maximum length. When that occurs, Qedit
folds the line. Characters exceeding the maximum are moved to separate lines.
Since folding lines is equivalent to
inserting new lines, Qedit has to renumber the file from that point. When all
this occurs, Qedit displays a warning message. For example, if Qedit is texting
in a Cobol line which maximum length is 80, a line with 200 characters is going
to turn into 3 lines.
qux/t /home/demo/longline.cbl
'Language' is now COBX
Warning: Found line(s) over 80
characters. Lines folded and renumbered.
Error: line number out of sequence (001200) - renumbering the rest
See line 1.2
16 lines in file
Line 1.2 is the beginning of the long
line. The file now looks like this.
1 This is really the first
line.
1.1 This is the second line.
1.2 This line is too long. Qedit
will split it into multiple lines of roughly
1.3 the same length. Line folding
is not smart. In other words, words can be s
1.4 plit in the middle.
1.5 "commit work" cw
Originally, lines 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 were
together forming one very long line.
Explicitly Folding Wide Lines
There are 2 file types on UNIX: files with
Newline delimiters at the end of each line and files without Newline
delimiters. By default, Qedit/Open can not handle files without Newlines or
files with lines longer than 8,172 characters. It is possible to edit these
files by folding the content into manageable pieces. This is done using the Length option. Use this option to specify
the size of each line. The maximum value is 8,172.
When
reading the file in, each Qedit/Open read retrieves the specified number of
characters until it reaches the end of the file. Lines will all have the same
size except the very last line, if the total size of the file is not evenly
divisable by the specified size. For example, if the file contains 8,000
characters and the specified Length is 80, Qedit/Open creates 100 lines. If the
file contains 8,020 characters, there will be 100 lines of 80 characters and
the last line will only have 20 characters.
If the
Length option is used, Qedit/Open assumes the file does not have any Newline
delimiters even if it actually had some.
These characters are processed as if they were part of the data. In this
case, Qedit/Open automatically disables Set Keep LF. To insert Newline delimiters at the end of each
line, you can enable the option with
or use the LF option on the Keep command as in
Reverses the effect of the previous command that modified text,
after showing you the command and asking your permission.
UNDO
[ ALL | REDO ]
(Default: the last editing task)
Undo prints the command to be undone and
how many lines it actually updated, added, deleted, and/or renumbered. The
commands can only be undone in reverse order, one at a time, and no commands
can be skipped. Therefore, you don't have to specify which command to Undo; you
are always presented with the next one, then asked if you want to actually undo
it.
If you want to see the commands in the
Undo Stack, use the Listundo command.
After an Undo, another Undo will cancel
the command that was one further back. In this way, you can Undo back to the
time the file was first Texted or Opened. If you Undo one step too far, you can
cancel your preceding Undo task using the Undo Redo command. This option is
accepted until there are no more Undo tasks to be cancelled. Once you enter a
non-Undo edit command, you have approved your Undo tasks and they can no longer
be cancelled.
Or, you can use Undo All to undo all the
updates since the last Text or Open. If you don't like the results after an
Undo All, you can put the file back in the edited state by doing another Undo
(i.e., you can Undo the Undo All).
Examples
/cq
"Bob"Robret" all {mistake
in Change}
23 lines changed
/undo {reverse Change command}
Command to Undo: CQ "Bob"Robret" all
( Update:8 ) {shows actual update counts}
Undoing Changes in Visual Mode
You can use the Undo command to cancel changes in Visual mode as
well as in Line mode. All of the changes you make on the screen before pressing
Enter are treated by Qedit as one "undo-able" command, except for
cut-and-paste operations. Qedit always executes your cut-and-paste operation
last after updating the file with any other changes, no matter what order the
changes were made in. This means that you can choose to undo just the
cut-and-paste operation, or undo it and all of the other changes. You can
continue undoing your previous changes from each Enter, one at a time, until
your file is back to its original state.
Notes
An Undo cannot be undone, except by Undo
All.
The Undo change log is reset by a Text
command (but not a Keep), by a Delete All, or by shutting the file. The Undo
log is temporary and is not retained if you exit Qedit or log off the system.
You cannot go back and undo changes that you made to a file after you leave
Qedit.
You can Undo any text-altering commands
since the last Text or Open command, except for Delete All. Delete All can be
canceled before the next command line is executed using Control-Y.
In the unlikely event that the undo log
file (i.e., "undolog") overflows, Qedit will print a warning message
and disable the Undo feature. Undo is disabled in batch by default, and active
in session usage. Using the Set Undo command you may override this default or
disable Undo for a particularly large edit, to save overhead.
/set undo on
/set undo off
Starts
"browsing" the current file by displaying one page, starting about
six lines forward. You stay in "browse" mode until you enter any
command (see List, jumping option).
UP
(F2 key does the same)
In Line mode, Up (or F2) puts you into List-Jumping's browse-mode.
The starting location is a few lines ahead of the current position, where the
actual number of lines is determined by the Set Visual Roll amount. Qedit
displays a screen of text, where the screen size is either 23 lines or what you
specify with Set List LJ, then waits for you by asking "More?". Press
Return to see the next screen, typing a line number moves you to the screen
starting at that line, pressing F2-F6 does the appropriate action, and F8 or
"//" or Control-Y or typing any command gets you out of browse-mode.
At the "More" prompt, the * "current" line is the last line
displayed.
Executes part or all of the commands in a file.
USE
filename [ rangelist ]
(Q=no display, J=no open error)
(Default: * means current or last
workfile, range=all)
Qedit opens filename and reads command lines from it, instead of from Stdin.
"*" as the filename either
closes the current workfile and Uses it, or Uses the workfile most recently
closed, including a scratch file. Execution continues until the last line of
the usefile or until you strike Control-Y.
Qedit prints the commands on Stdlist,
unless you do UQ. To print instructions to the user even when UQ is in effect,
put Q commands in your usefile.
Examples
/use fixspell {execute a list of Changes}
ch
"reveiw"review" @
{commands are printed}
ch
"corelate"correlate" @
/use $ 30/ {rangelist, last file}
/use * {* = last Open workfile}
/use fixit 2/5 {do lines 2/5 only}
/use compile
"extfile" {do lines with
string}
{See the Q command for a sample usefile that
compiles}
Notes
The Use command temporarily redirects
Qedit's command input device, reading commands from a file. The same features
and restrictions apply to the commands in a usefile as would apply to commands
typed on the terminal. For example, a command cannot be continued from one line
to the next, usefiles do not accept parameters, etc.
The usefile can be of any file type
allowed in Text or Add. Although Qedit allows nested usefiles, you cannot have
nested loops.
If the usefile does not exist, UJ
suppresses the error message that would be printed, allowing optional Use
commands in Qeditmgr files.
Prints the status of Qedit, the current workfile, and Set options.
VERIFY
[ @ | ALL ]
[ keyword
...]
(Default: show nonstandard options)
The default is to show the options which
are not in their default state. Verify All shows every Set option in the exact
form that Qedit accepts (the shortest form is shown in uppercase).
The keywords
may be any Set option, or Alias, Exit, Proc, Prog, Run, String, Lastfile,
Visual, Version, Z for Zave, or ZZ for the marked range.
Examples
/verify {show nondefault values}
/ver open {describe the Open workfile}
/ver visual {Visual mode status and options}
/v @ {print full status on Stdlist}
/verify version {Qedit version number}
/verify string {current "string" for F3/F4}
/verify lastfile {previous file for List $}
/v $ {abbreviation for previous file}
/verify exit {does Qedit suspend on Exit?}
/verify zz {currently marked range}
Switches to full-screen editing at the current
line, at a specified line, or at the next occurrence of a specified string.
VISUAL [ linenum | "string"
]
(Default: linenum = *)
Qedit allows you to edit text in "full-screen" mode on
most HP terminals that have block-mode, and on PCs equipped with terminal
emulators such as Reflection and AdvanceLink. You use the terminal's special
keys to edit the screen, instead of using Qedit commands. When the image on the
screen suits you, press Enter and Qedit reads the screen and records the
changes in your file. For full details, see the "Getting a Quick Start
with Full-Screen Editing" chapter.
Examples
/visual {start full-screen
editing now}
/vis 45 {start full-screen
editing at line 45}
/vi "go" {find
"go" then change to full-screen}
Notes
For a help screen that summarizes most of Visual mode, type a
"?" in the top screen line (at the ===>) and
press the F7 key.
If you are a novice, use Set Vis Update ON. Qedit now automatically
reads your updated screen when you browse or use a function key.
Other tips: Do not add more than 60 lines before pressing Enter. If
you have trouble at 9600 baud try turning your terminal down to 2400 baud.
Avoid the Clear Display key; if you press it by mistake, type "*" in
the top screen line and press F7 (this will refresh the screen). To save and
restore your function keys, use Set Vis Save ON. To get out of Visual, use the
F8 function key.
Visual Blockemulation on HP-UX
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This feature does not work on the hpterm terminal emulator at the
moment.
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As of HP-UX 11.0, HP has dropped support for block-mode terminals.
For this reason, full-screen editing as implemented on HP3000 computers only
works on HP-UX versions earlier than 11.0. On HP-UX 11.0 or later,
full-screen editing is available in Screen mode (Set Visual Screen On) on VT-type terminals or
in Visual mode emulation (Set Visual Blockemulation On) on HP-type terminals.
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Blockemulation emulates block-mode operations by reading each line
one by one instead of reading the whole screen in a single operation. Depending
on the type of connection, this process might take a few seconds as the cursor
moves down the screen.
In most cases, Qedit is able to detect that block-mode is not
available and activates Visual Blockemulation automatically. If it does not,
use the Set Visual Blockemulation command.
Visual Blockemulation also has the following limitations:
·
Does not allow more than 20
contiguous blank lines
·
Can not add more than 30 new
lines at a time
·
Can not display more than 260
characters on a line
Visual Blockemulation sometimes can not detect it has read all the
lines. To workaround this, Qedit assumes that 20 contiguous blank lines
indicates a potential transmission problem and stops reading the screen. If you
have to insert more than 20 empty lines, make sure you insert less than 20 and
hit Enter. Repeat until you have all the lines you need. Of course, you can use
the Add command outside
of Visual mode.
Similarly, you can not add more than 30 new lines to the current
screen before transmitting your changes. Make sure you insert lines in smaller
numbers then hit Enter or use the Add command.
Visual Blockemulation can not display more than 260 characters on
each line. To edit wider lines, change the Set Left and/or
Set Right values.
Right Margin and Display Width
Full-screen mode can take advantage of most
features available on the terminal or emulator it's running on. A couple of
these features are the ability to adjust the display width and the right margin
based on the file's record length. Unfortunately, these features are not
implemented equally well on all devices and may cause undesirable behavior.
For example, the hpterm emulator supports display width larger than
the standard 80 columns. However, Qedit can not change the display width using
the usual escape sequences. Setting the right margin also caused problems for
some users. That's why we introduced the RCRTMODEL 1234. This tells Qedit that the terminal can be
polled to determine the current display width and has basic block-mode
capabilities.
At the same time, we introduced Set
Visual Marginfixed. When RCRTMODEL is set to 1234, Marginfixed is
automatically enabled. In this case, Qedit does not try to change the display
width nor does it change the right margin. It assumes both are set by the user
and have the same value. If needed, a user can manually enable Marginfixed on a
terminal or emulator other than hpterm.
The Words command is not available for Qedit/Open.
Saves or recalls a string of Qedit commands.
Z [
= [commands] ]
(Default: if no commands, Z= prompts)
Use Z= to save some Qedit commands for later use. Use
";" to combine multiple Qedit commands. If Qedit does not find
anything after the "=", it reads the commands from the terminal. Qedit saves the commands and you can execute them again at any time by typing Z.
There is only one "Z" in Qedit. When you enter a new Z string, you
lose the existing one.
When you type Z with no = sign, Qedit
inserts the saved commands in place
of Z. The total length of the Z string plus the remainder of the original line
must be 80 characters or less.
Examples
/z= {redefine value of Z string}
list */last {you enter new line of commands}
/z {use Z to mean "list
*/last"}
/z=l*-5/*+5 {define z as "list vicinity"}
/fq
"trish";z {find string and display around it}
/z=f"`|1@"(p);
a*=*; c"`".ent "
{find string that matches
pattern; copy line}
{change a string in the new line}
Notes
You can display and edit the current Z
string only if you entered the Z string at the same time as the Z= command.
/z=q "hi"
/z
hi
/redo z=
/Z=q "hi"
hello"
/z
Hello
Although the line saved in Z need not be
a complete command, it is recommended that incomplete strings not be put in Z,
as they may be upshifted.
"ListJ *" is a useful command
string to save. Just type Z, and Qedit will start listing from your current
position. When you find what you want, press Control-Y to stop the listing.
Marks
a block of lines so you can refer to them in any command.
ZZ
[ line [ / line ] | OFF ]
ZZ
[ [
string range ] | OFF ]
(Q=no display)
(Default: * becomes start or end of
block)
ZZ
line/line marks a range of lines, while ZZ line marks the start or end of a
range. ZZ marks one range only, not a rangelist. To mark a single line, say 5,
use zz 5/5.
ZZ OFF cancels the currently marked range, eliminating the
half-bright display enhancement in Visual.
Examples
/zz 5/10
/change
"prog"program" zz
/find "procedure
open" (up)
/zz {mark start of block}
/find "@end;~{open}@"
(pattern up)
/zz {mark end of block}
/keep savefile zz {save block in a file}
/verify zz {check current range}
/zz off {cancel current range}
Notes
The marked range is adjusted for Renum
operations. Use Verify ZZ or List ZZ to check the currently marked range. ZZ is
also valid as a cut-and-paste operator in Visual mode.
Using a string range on a Find
command automatically updates the ZZ marker. For
example:
/v zz
ZZ OFF
/find
"start"/"end" [
Lines 5/11 saved in ZZ
/v zz
ZZ 5/11
The
calculator evaluates an expression and prints the result.
=expression [,O | D | B | H | A | # % $]
Any command that begins with an equal
sign (=) is treated as an expression to
be evaluated. An expression consists of numbers and operators, followed by an
optional display format. The operators can be addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication
(*), division (/), or exponentiation (**). The value of the expression is
printed immediately on Stdlist.
=20+15 {add two numbers together}
Result=35.0
=20*15 {multiply the same numbers}
Result=300.0
=20-15 {subtraction}
Result=5.0
=20/15 {divide, print precise result}
Result=1.33333333333
=20**15 {20 raised to the 15th power}
Result=.327680000000E+20
Order of Evaluation
Unlike most programming languages, the
calculator always evaluates the calculation from left to right. This is similar
to an electronic calculator, where each keystroke is operated on immediately.
You can use parentheses to force the calculator to evaluate the expression in a
different order.
=14+16+15/3 {compute an average}
Result=15.0
=14+16+(15/3) {add 14, 16, and the result of 15/3}
Result=35.0
=14+((16+15)/3) {divide 16+15 by 3, then add to 14}
Result=24.3333333333
Percentages
A number in the calculator expression may be followed by a percent
sign (%). The calculator assumes that you want to qualify the number as a
percentage.
=125*5% {what is 5% of 125}
Result=6.25
=125+125*5% {add 5% of 125 to 125}
Result=12.5
=125+(125*5%) {oops, we needed to change the order}
Result=131.25 {this looks like the answer we wanted}
The last two examples show the importance
of the order in which calculator evaluates the expression. We needed to use
parentheses to force calculator to evaluate our expression in the correct order.
Display Formats
A calculator expression may be followed by a comma and a display letter. The
default is decimal (#) and the options are Hex ($ or H), Octal (% or O), Double
(D), ASCII (A) and Binary (B). With these options, the result is treated as a
32-bit integer.
=10,% {standard octal format}
Result=%000012
=-10,% {negative number in octal}
Result=%37777777766
=100,$ {hexadecimal}
Result=$0064
In Double format, calculator prints the
double result as two octal numbers. The first number represents the high-order
16-bits and the second number represents the low-order 16-bits.
=10,d {treat result as two 16-bit octal
words}
Result=%000000 %000012
=1000000000,d {high-order 16-bits are nonzero}
Result=%035632 %145000
=-10,d {note negative value, 2's complement}
Result= %177777
%177766
In ASCII format, up to four characters
are printed in hexadecimal, decimal, and ASCII display format.
=$2020,a
Result=$2020: 32,32
:" "
=%20161 %72145,a
Result=$2071:
32,113:" q" $7465:116,101:"te"
In Binary format, the high-order 16-bits
are examined. If these bits are not zero, they are printed as two groups of
eight bits. A one (1) means that the bit is on and a zero (0) means that the
bit is off. The low-order 16-bits are always printed as two groups of eight
bits.
=10,b {high-order 16-bits suppressed}
Result=%(2)00000000
00001010
=-10,b {note negative value, 2's
complement}
Result=%(2)11111111
11111111 %(2)11111111 11110110
=1000000000,b {high-order 16-bits are nonzero}
Result=%(2)00111011
10011010 %(2)11001010 00000000
Input Format
The calculator supports different input
formats for numbers. Octal values are prefixed with a percent sign (%) and
hexadecimal values with a dollar sign ($). Decimal is assumed by default, but
decimal values may be prefixed with # if desired. An ASCII string of up to 4
characters is entered in quotes. The result of the last calculation is referred
to using #.
=%12 {octal 12 or decimal 10}
Result=10.0
=%12,o {octal input and octal display format}
Result=%000012
=$10
Result=16.0
=%177766 {octal number that is really
negative}
Result=-10.0
="abcd",h
Result=$61626364
=#,a
Result=$6162: 97,98
:"ab" $6364:
99,100:"cd"
Calculator Help
The calculator offers a number of
options. You can refresh your memory on the calculator's abilities by entering
=? {? gives help}
{prints a summary of =
functions}
- means back some lines or minus............................... 249
- means range (regexp).................................................. 249
! for shell commands........................................................ 27
! in Visual mode.............................................................. 242
! means shell script......................................................... 242
# means numeric............................................................. 249
$
memory lock................................................................. 240
previous file.............................................. 66,
91, 97, 240
$ means end-of-line (regexp)........................................ 240
$double option
List command................................................................. 95
$even option
even number of pages................................................. 100
$file. 190
$include option
List command................................................................. 95
$lp options............................................................. 73,
92, 96
$odd option
odd number of pages................................................... 100
$-options
List command................................................................. 92
$record option
List command................................................................. 92
$shift option
List command................................................................. 95
$use option
List command................................................................. 96
%
octal number................................................................. 242
&
ampersand in patterns........................................ 175,
245
( means command........................................................... 248
( means parameter........................................................... 248
( means subpattern (regexp).......................................... 248
) means command........................................................... 248
) means parameter........................................................... 248
) means subpattern (regexp).......................................... 248
*
current file.............................................................. 66,
243
current line.................................................................... 242
* means repeating (regexp)........................................... 243
. means any character (regexp)..................................... 242
... (dot-dot-dot)..................................................................... 8
/
prompt and range delimiter........................................ 244
// ends line input................................................................ 39
? means alphanumeric (pattern)................................... 240
? means optional (regexp)............................................. 240
@ means ALL................................................................. 245
[ means character class (regexp).................................. 244
[ means FIRST or [default]........................................... 244
[default]........................................................................ 9,
244
] means end class (regexp)............................................ 245
] means LAST................................................................. 244
^ (circumflex)..................................................... 13,
14, 241
^ means control character (regexp).............................. 241
^ means negate (regexp)................................................ 241
^ means start-of-line (regexp)....................................... 241
{braces} for comments............................................ 38,
245
~ (tilde)
blank pattern......................................... 65,
175, 233, 249
field separator............................................................... 165
most recent screen....................................................... 249
+ means ahead some lines or add................................. 248
+ means repeating (regexp)........................................... 249
< means move.................................................................. 247
= means copy................................................................... 246
> means forward page.................................................... 247
132-column mode
controlling..................................................................... 171
512-column width........................................................... 162
A4-size paper................................................................... 102
abbreviating...................................................... 37,
182, 225
absolute file name.................................................... 88,
187
Account
Set 132
ACD security..................................................................... 90
Add command.................................................... 12,
41, 177
adding a string as a line.................................................... 43
adding lines.................................................................. 11,
41
Alias
Set 132
Alias Fkey
Set 134
Alias Ignorecase
Set 134
Alias Off
Set 134
Alias Reset
Set 134
Alias Trace
Set 134
all lines.............................................................................. 245
Already error.................................................................... 207
Alt-Y Reflection command........................................... 126
ampersand (&)
pattern-match....................................................... 175,
245
anchors.............................................................................. 218
Append command............................................................. 47
appending
Hpmodify...................................................................... 114
appending to the end of a line....................................... 113
approval of changes
Colcopy............................................................................ 59
Colmove.......................................................................... 63
approval of Changes......................................................... 53
ASCII
Set Keep........................................................................ 140
Asian character sets........................................................ 137
attached printer.................................................................. 99
Attachmate....................................................................... 162
Autocont
Set 24,
135
autoindent........................................................................... 42
auto-renumbering..................................................... 42,
168
backreferences................................................................. 223
backslash means display previous line........................ 243
backslash means literal (regexp).................................. 243
backslash means special (regexp)................................ 243
Backward command......................................................... 48
batch.................................................................................... 24
definition of.................................................................. 225
Before command............................................................... 49
bell characters in Visual................................................ 162
binary files....................................................................... 140
blank lines
deleting................................................................... 65,
234
Both
Justify............................................................................... 83
Bourne shell....................................................................... 22
braces for {comments}..................................................... 38
brackets............................................................................. 8,
9
browse.................................................... 13,
48, 74, 98, 194
Browse
Open............................................................................... 118
Text................................................................................ 186
building a workfile.......................................................... 117
Bytestream
Set Keep........................................................................ 141
-c cmdstring option........................................................... 24
calculator.......................................................... 39,
203, 226
carriage control................................................................ 141
case
ignoring................................................................... 54,
237
CCTL
Set Keep........................................................................ 141
cd command....................................................................... 51
Center
Justify............................................................................... 82
Change command....................................................... 15,
52
change tagging
COBOL......................................................................... 178
character class.................................................................. 219
character range................................................................ 220
Check
Set 64, 81,
135
Checktimestamp
Set Keep........................................................................ 141
Set Open........................................................................ 150
circumflex (^).................................................................. 241
clearing the screen.......................................................... 164
clearing the workfile....................................................... 188
Close command................................................................. 57
closing workfile............................................................... 184
Cobfree
Set Keep........................................................................ 141
Set Lang........................................................................ 145
COBOL
tagging changes............................................................ 178
COBOL comments......................................................... 180
COBOL left margin.......................................................... 81
Cobolfixed
Set Text......................................................................... 158
Cobolx
Set Lang............................................................... 145,
178
Cobx tags
Change............................................................................. 54
Colcopy............................................................................ 59
Colmove.......................................................................... 63
Code
Set Keep........................................................................ 142
Colcopy command............................................................ 58
Colmove command........................................................... 61
colon for shell commands.............................................. 245
column
definition of.................................................................. 226
column changes................................................................. 55
column editing................................................................. 129
column range in list.......................................................... 93
columns
copy.................................................................................. 58
copying.......................................................................... 129
move................................................................................. 61
removing.......................................................................... 55
shifting............................................................................. 55
Columns
Set Term option........................................................... 156
Com Name error.............................................................. 207
combining commands.............................................. 38,
246
comma means a list........................................................ 246
command names.............................................................. 227
commands........................................................................... 37
comments in commands................................................... 38
configuring full-screen mode........................................ 169
configuring Qedit..................................................... 23,
130
configuring Visual.......................................................... 161
Confirm deletion............................................................... 64
Continue
automatic....................................................................... 135
control characters............................................... 9,
135, 227
control codes for editing................................................ 111
Control-A codes
TAE................................................................................ 171
Control-S to pause............................................................. 97
Control-Y to stop a command.................................. 39, 97
Control-Y to undelete....................................................... 18
conventions........................................................................... 8
Copy command.................................................................. 43
copying a file into Qedit................................................ 186
copying columns............................................................. 129
copying from a file............................................................ 45
copying lines...................................................................... 43
CPU time.......................................................................... 154
crash recovery.................................................................. 120
creating columns............................................................... 55
CRT
definition of.................................................................. 228
curly braces { }................................................................ 245
current line
definition of.................................................................. 228
position on screen............................................... 162,
163
Cutcurrent
Set Visual option......................................................... 164
Data
Set Lang........................................................................ 146
data files
texting............................................................................ 188
Decimal
Set 135
default answers..................................................................... 9
default text formatting
Justify............................................................................... 83
defaults.............................................................................. 228
Defer
Set Open option........................................................... 150
deferred write access............................................. 119,
150
delete
ask approval.................................................................. 135
Delete
confirm............................................................................. 64
Delete command......................................................... 18,
64
deleting blank lines.................................................. 65,
234
deleting characters.......................................................... 112
delimiters................................................................... 53,
237
Destroy command............................................................. 66
differences
MPE versus HP-UX...................................................... 29
dirty workfile............................................................... 87,
88
Discard changes on exit................................................... 25
display width
Visual............................................................................. 198
display width in Line mode........................................... 156
Divide command............................................................... 67
divide function
Modify........................................................................... 113
DL
Set 136
Do command...................................................................... 68
dot-dot-dot …....................................................................... 8
Double option
double-spacing...................................................... 95,
101
double-sided printing
LaserJet............................................................................ 93
Duplex $-option
List.................................................................................... 93
duplex printing................................................................ 101
edit several files at once.......................................... 21, 187
editing columns............................................................... 129
Editinput
Set 43
Editonopen
Set Visual option......................................................... 165
EDITOR variable.............................................................. 25
embedded words................................................................ 54
Empty error...................................................................... 207
end-of-line........................................................................ 218
EOF In error..................................................................... 207
equal sign......................................................................... 226
Equals error...................................................................... 208
error abort
override......................................................................... 135
Error Already..................................................... 42,
45, 128
Error Full............................................................................ 75
error messages................................................................. 207
escape character.............................................................. 221
escape character in Visual............................................. 165
escape sequences............................................................. 135
escaped sequences in regular expressions.................. 222
escaped sequences in replacement string.................... 224
even margins
left and right.................................................................... 83
even or odd number of pages.......................................... 93
exclude lines, full-screen............................................... 172
Exclusive
Set Text......................................................................... 157
executing commands in a file....................................... 195
Exit command.................................................................... 69
exit with verify................................................................... 25
Expandtabs
Set 137
extension, file.................................................................. 213
Extentsize
Set 137
external command process............................................ 137
external files....................................................................... 45
definition of.................................................................. 228
Extprog
Set 137
Extra error........................................................................ 208
F2 function key............................................................... 194
F5 function key.................................................................. 48
F6 function key.................................................................. 74
F7 function key............................................................... 104
Fclose error...................................................................... 208
Fcontrol error................................................................... 208
Fgetinfo error................................................................... 208
field separator in Visual (~).......................................... 165
file
modification timestamp..................................... 141,
150
file extension.................................................................... 213
file format
Jumbo........................................................... 146,
211, 230
original.......................................................................... 211
Wide-Jumbo................................................ 146,
211, 230
file formats....................................................................... 210
file full................................................................................. 75
file name
definition of.................................................................. 229
file names
hardcoded........................................................................ 28
file open error.................................................................. 120
file timestamp.................................................. 88,
120, 190
file type
override......................................................................... 189
Filename
Set 138
Filename error................................................................. 208
filling text
even left margin............................................................. 82
Find command............................................................. 13,
70
Findup command........................................................ 13,
72
fold lines........................................................................... 191
Fold lines, List................................................................. 103
Fopen error....................................................................... 208
force disconnection........................................................... 69
Force-80-Columns in Reflection.................................. 172
Form command.................................................................. 73
Format
Justify............................................................................... 82
formatting listings with Set List..................................... 98
formatting text................................................................... 80
FORTRAN
Set 138
Forward command............................................................ 74
Fread error........................................................................ 208
Freaddir error................................................................... 208
Full error........................................................................... 208
full file................................................................................. 75
full-screen after Open..................................................... 165
full-screen editing.................................................. 197,
229
function key labels........................................ 167,
173, 174
saving............................................................................. 168
Fwrite error...................................................................... 208
Fwritedir error................................................................. 208
garbage collection............................................................. 75
Garbage command............................................................ 75
Gather command...................................................... 44,
128
GG cut-and-paste (glue)................................................ 165
global COBOL tag.......................................................... 181
glossary............................................................................. 225
Glue command................................................................... 76
goof in modify................................................................. 112
Halfbright
Set 138
Set Vis option............................................................... 166
header records.................................................................. 189
Help command................................................................... 77
Hidetags
Set Vis option............................................................... 166
Hints
Set 139
Hold command............................................................ 45,
78
Hold file.............................................................. 26,
78, 229
name substitution........................................................... 78
replacing from.............................................................. 129
Hold0 file..................................................................... 45,
78
holding programs
restricting...................................................................... 147
Hpmodify
Set Modify option........................................................ 149
Hpmodify editing
examples........................................................................ 115
reference........................................................................ 114
Hppath
Set command................................................................ 139
hpterm...................................................................... 164,
166
HP-UX versus MPE.......................................................... 29
I/O redirection................................................................. 247
IBM files.......................................................................... 189
ignore case in string search.............................................. 54
ignore line feed option................................................... 166
ignoring case in string search....................................... 237
implicit commands............................................................ 39
implicit hold....................................................................... 78
In Use error...................................................................... 208
Include file prefix character............................................ 95
Include files................................................................. 95,
96
incorrect line numbers.................................................... 188
Increment
Set 43,
139
indentation.......................................................................... 85
indenting a list of points................................................... 84
indenting line automatically............................................ 42
initial command line......................................................... 24
Insert Char........................................................................ 167
inserting characters.................................................. 14,
113
Interactive
Set 139
interrupting a listing.......................................................... 97
J option............................................................................. 230
Join command.................................................................... 45
joining lines........................................................ 76,
81, 113
Jumbo files..................................................... 146,
211, 230
jumping
List.................................................................... 48,
74, 194
justification breaks............................................................ 85
justify
ask approval.................................................................. 135
Justify
Set 83,
140
Justify command............................................................... 80
KEA! Terminal emulator............................................... 162
Keep
Set 140
Keep command........................................................... 18,
87
Keep file........................................................................... 230
Korn shell........................................................................... 22
Label
Set Keep........................................................................ 142
language
definition of.................................................................. 230
Language
Set 144
Language warning.......................................................... 208
LaserJet............................................................................. 101
fonts and orientation................................................... 101
leading spaces
removing.......................................................................... 81
Left
Justify............................................................................... 82
Set 146
left edge
floats in Justify............................................................... 84
left margin........................................................................ 231
Length
Set 147
Length, Text option........................................................ 191
Lib
Set 147
Limits
Set 147
line
definition of.................................................................. 231
line feeds missing........................................................... 166
Line mode display width............................................... 156
line numbers
strange........................................................................... 188
line overflow.................................................................... 177
Line range........................................................................... 34
linenum............................................................................... 80
definition of.................................................................. 231
Linenum error.................................................................. 208
lines
fold................................................................................. 191
length............................................................................. 231
Lines option of List........................................................... 99
List
Set 99,
148
List command.................................................................... 12
$-options.......................................................................... 92
list double-spaced........................................................... 101
list of files......................................................................... 106
list of points
formatting........................................................................ 84
list without file name on page....................................... 100
list without page numbers.............................................. 100
list without title............................................................... 100
listing column ranges........................................................ 93
List-Jump..................................................................... 13,
98
Listredo command.......................................................... 104
Listundo command......................................................... 105
LJ
Set List option................................................................ 98
local COBOL tag............................................................ 180
long lines............................................................................. 42
looking at the file.............................................................. 12
LP listing............................................................... 73,
92, 96
LP Open error.................................................................. 208
ls command...................................................................... 106
Lsort command................................................................ 107
Margin
Justify............................................................................... 84
margin, full-screen.......................................................... 198
Marginfixed
reset in Visual............................................................... 167
margins.................................................................... 146,
153
Add command.......................................................... 43,
46
copying lines................................................................... 44
definition of.................................................................. 232
moving lines.................................................................... 45
margins in Visual............................................................ 180
marking a block of lines................................................ 202
Maxdata
Set 148
maximum line length...................................................... 147
means multiple commands.............................................. 38
memory lock.................................................... 39,
232, 240
Merge command............................................................. 108
merge horizontal............................................................. 108
Merge-command
justified.......................................................................... 108
merging files.................................................................... 108
metacharacters................................................................. 217
missing columns.............................................................. 188
missing line feeds........................................................... 166
modification timestamp.................................................... 88
erase............................................................................... 143
Modify
Set 149
Modify command............................. 14,
42, 110, 150, 183
Modify error..................................................................... 208
moving lines....................................................................... 44
MPE versus HP-UX.......................................................... 29
multiple search strings................................................... 235
Name
Set Keep........................................................................ 143
Name option of List........................................................ 100
names of commands....................................................... 227
Nearest, List command..................................................... 91
negated character class................................................... 221
New command................................................................. 117
new extra scratch file........................................................ 22
NewLine character............................................................ 33
next line display.............................................................. 243
next page function............................................................. 74
No Line error................................................................... 209
No Open error.................................................................. 209
No Write error................................................................. 209
Nomatch window option...................................... 233,
239
nonprinting characters............................................. 43,
135
Num
Set Keep........................................................................ 143
Num option of List......................................................... 100
numbered files................................................................. 188
numerical expressions.................................................... 203
off-line listing.................................................................... 98
Open
Set option...................................................................... 150
Open command......................................................... 19,
118
open stack......................................................................... 119
optional character............................................................ 219
Overflow error................................................................. 209
overlapping columns
Colcopy............................................................................ 59
Colmove.......................................................................... 62
overlapping lines in a rangelist..................................... 235
overwriting characters............................................. 14,
112
page numbers
remove from listing..................................................... 100
Page option of List............................................................ 99
paragraphs
start and stop................................................................... 85
Param error....................................................................... 209
Paren error........................................................................ 209
PATH
default for Qedit............................................................. 23
Pattern
Set 151
Pattern window....................................................... 233,
239
pattern-matching............................................................. 233
patterns
not allowed in Change................................................... 54
pause during printout........................................................ 98
pausing listings.................................................................. 97
PCL setting
List command............................................................... 101
period
two spaces after.............................................................. 84
Permanent redo................................................................ 152
Persistent redo................................................................. 152
PH
language........................................................................ 143
Prep
Maxdata......................................................................... 148
RL default..................................................................... 153
previous file..................................................................... 240
previous line display....................................................... 243
previous page function..................................................... 48
primary scratch file........................................................... 21
printer
attached to terminal....................................................... 99
printers................................................................................ 96
Priority
Set 151
Proc error.......................................................................... 209
Prompt
Set 151
Purge command................................................................. 66
Q command...................................................................... 123
qcat. 29
QEDCURWFILE variable............................................... 29
Qedhint.Help.Robelle..................................................... 139
Qedit
workfile formats........................................................... 210
Qedit file formats............................................................ 210
Qedit version number..................................................... 211
Qeditmgr files.............................................. 23,
28, 96, 131
QJ
Set List option................................................................ 98
quick help........................................................................... 77
Quiet mode
reset in Visual............................................................... 168
Quiet option..................................................................... 234
quotes
alternate........................................................................... 53
quotes means string........................................................ 247
Qzmodify
Set Modify.................................................................... 150
range
definition of.................................................................. 234
Range................................................................................... 34
Range error....................................................................... 209
rangelist
definition of.................................................................. 234
overlapping lines.......................................................... 235
rangelist in Justify command.......................................... 80
read-only access..................................................... 118,
186
Record mode
List option................................................................. 92,
99
recovery of workfile....................................................... 120
Recovery warning........................................................... 209
Redo
Set 152
Redo command................................................................ 124
Reflect command............................................................ 126
Reflection and LaserJets.................................................. 99
Reflection commands in Qedit..................................... 126
Reflection for Windows................................................... 99
Reflection Force-80-Columns...................................... 172
refresh line.......................................................................... 14
regexp
anchors.......................................................................... 218
backreferences.............................................................. 223
character class.............................................................. 219
character range............................................................. 220
escape............................................................................ 221
escaped replacement................................................... 224
escaped sequences....................................................... 222
metacharacters.............................................................. 217
negated class................................................................. 221
optional character........................................................ 219
repeating characters..................................................... 219
repeating class.............................................................. 221
single character............................................................ 219
subpattern...................................................................... 223
Regexp.............................................................................. 239
Regular Expression......................................................... 239
relative line numbers...................................................... 236
removing columns............................................................. 55
removing garbage from listings...................................... 93
renaming workfile........................................................... 184
renumber
automatic................................................................ 42,
168
Renumber command...................................................... 128
renumbering.............................................................. 42,
128
repeating characters........................................................ 219
repeating class................................................................. 221
Replace command........................................................... 129
replacing words................................................................. 14
reset Visual (Set Visual Stop)....................................... 170
reset ZZ............................................................................. 202
restarting Modify on a line............................................ 112
restricting users............................................................... 147
retain current line............................................................ 164
Return means display next line..................................... 243
Right
Justify............................................................................... 81
Set 153
right margin...................................................................... 236
Colmove.......................................................................... 62
justify............................................................................... 84
right margin in Visual.................................................... 198
Right margin, Visual...................................................... 167
RL
Set 153
RLABELDEFAULT variable.............................. 173,
174
Robelle
Set Mod option............................................................. 149
ROBELLE environment variable................................... 28
roll amount....................................................................... 194
roll up function................................................................ 194
Roman-8 characters................................................. 43,
136
Roman-8 versus ASCII.................................................. 103
RPCVERSION
132 columns................................................................. 172
Run
lib=................................................................................. 147
restricting...................................................................... 147
-s option.............................................................................. 25
save 18
saving function keys....................................................... 168
scratch file.......................................................................... 26
scrollup character, full-screen mode............................ 170
searching for two strings at once.................................... 53
searching for words........................................................... 13
Self-describing files.......................................................... 73
semicolon............................................................................ 38
semicolon means multiple commands........................ 246
Set command................................................................... 130
Set commands in Qeditmgr............................................. 23
Set Open Defer................................................................ 119
Set Text............................................................................. 157
Set Visual command....................................................... 161
Setincr
Text command.............................................................. 188
Setmsg
reset in Visual............................................................... 168
several files
editing.............................................................................. 21
shell command limitations............................................... 51
shell commands........................................................... 27,
39
Shift
Set 153
ShiftIn characters in Visual........................................... 169
shifting case (uppercase and lowercase)..................... 237
shifting columns................................................................ 55
shifting listings to the right.............................................. 95
Shifting Output.................................................................. 94
shiftout characters in Visual.......................................... 169
Shut command.......................................................... 19,
184
single file edit
-s option........................................................................... 25
Size error.......................................................................... 209
Smart string matching............................................. 54,
238
sorting lines...................................................................... 107
spaces, preserve trailing................................................. 177
special characters............................................................ 239
Spell
Set 154
splicing lines....................................................... 76,
81, 113
splitting lines............................................................. 67,
113
Start and Stop
Justify options................................................................. 85
start-of-line....................................................................... 218
straight margins................................................................. 83
string delimiters...................................................... 154,
237
String error....................................................................... 209
String range........................................................................ 34
string replacement
Hpmodify...................................................................... 114
string search.............................................................. 13,
175
strings
changing.......................................................................... 52
definition of.................................................................. 237
maximum length.......................................................... 237
subpatterns....................................................................... 223
Substitution, variable...................................................... 160
Super Cartridge............................................................... 103
symbol
Smart search........................................................... 54,
238
tab character..................................................................... 189
tab character in Visual................................................... 170
tab stops.............................................................................. 27
tabs
whether to expand....................................................... 137
Tabs
Set 42,
155, 156, 237
TAE
Set Visual option......................................................... 171
Target error...................................................................... 209
Tell messages in Visual................................................. 168
template...................................................................... 97,
238
Term Columns
Set 156
terminal config
changing........................................................................ 170
Text
Set 157
Text command................................................................. 186
building workfiles........................................................ 117
Text into extra scratch file............................................... 22
texting data files.............................................................. 188
TextJ command............................................................... 187
tilde (~)
blank pattern................................................. 65,
175, 233
field separator...................................................... 165,
249
most recent screen....................................................... 249
timestamp
file 88
Title option of List............................................................ 99
titles
listing without.............................................................. 100
Too high error.................................................................. 209
Totals
Set 159
trailing spaces
Colcopy............................................................................ 58
Colmove.......................................................................... 61
trailing spaces, preserve................................................. 177
two spaces at end of sentence......................................... 84
two-column listings........................................................ 102
two-sided printing........................................................... 101
Type Ahead Engine............................................... 173,
174
typeahead codes
suppressing................................................................... 171
UDCs
see User Defined Commands.................................... 159
undefined control codes................................................. 137
Undelete....................................................................... 18,
64
Undo
Set 159
Undo command............................................... 18,
105, 192
Undo edit
Hpmodify...................................................................... 114
Undo in Visual mode..................................................... 192
unnumbered files............................................................. 143
unprintable characters.................................................... 135
Up command.................................................................... 194
up lines (|)............................................................................. 8
updating Visual screen................................................... 171
uppercase versus lowercase.................................... 38, 237
Upshift window option................................. 233,
237, 239
Use command.................................................................. 195
usefiles
searching.......................................................................... 96
User Defined Commands.............................................. 159
Set 159
-v option.............................................................................. 25
Var
Set Keep........................................................................ 143
Variable substitution...................................................... 160
variable-length files........................................................ 143
Varsub, Set....................................................................... 160
Vemodify
now Qzmodify.............................................................. 150
Verify command............................................................. 196
Visual
configuring.................................................................... 161
Set 161
Visual command.................................................... 197,
229
Visual mode....................................................................... 28
saving function keys................................................... 168
VV cut-and-paste (divide)............................................. 165
wall time........................................................................... 154
warning messages........................................................... 207
warnings........................................................................... 174
what you see is what you get........................................ 150
Whichcomp
Set 175
wide lines......................................................................... 191
Wide-Jumbo
create.............................................................................. 117
Wide-Jumbo files............................................................ 230
Widen
Set Visual option......................................................... 171
width, display in Visual................................................. 198
window....................................................................... 54,
233
definition of.................................................................. 238
Window
Set 175
Window error................................................................... 209
windows and Change........................................................ 53
Withindent
Justify............................................................................... 85
word processing................................................................. 80
Words command............................................................. 200
wordwrap
Visual............................................................................. 172
Work
Set 117,
176
workfile............................................................................. 117
definition of.................................................................. 239
temporary........................................................................ 41
workfile format................................................................ 210
Wraparound
Set 42,
177
write access
deferred......................................................................... 150
X
Set 145,
178
Set Global..................................................................... 181
Set Local....................................................................... 180
XX, Visual....................................................................... 172
Zave command................................................................ 201
Zip
Set 182
ZZ command.................................................................... 202
