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by Robelle Solutions Technology Inc.
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Updated Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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Qedit is our
fast and efficient full-screen editor and development home base for MPE, HP-UX and
now Linux systems.
The first goal
for this version of Qedit is to support line mode commands such that users have
written scripts to edit data files via job streams or scripts are able to run on
Linux, just like they do on MPE and HP-UX. We have this currently working and
are adding more and more tests every day to ensure that it works the same on
Linux when using Line Mode commands.
Visual
mode now works in Qedit 6.5
Currently screen
mode does not work as that one works via the curses library.
We are looking
for feedback as to your environmental needs for visual mode, specifically, if
you can and do connect to your Linux box via an HP terminal. If not, how do you
connect, what type of terminal software do you connect with?
The Qedit Server
works for Qedit for Windows will start up, however, we have some more work to
do on this portion of the product.
This is
an overview of all the changes implemented in this version.
·
Visual
Mode for HP terminals has been added to Qedit/Open. (Linux Only)
·
Extra
output on the screen from statements that invoke regular expressions in some cases
has been stopped.
·
Help
files are now working in Qedit/Open. (Linux Only)
·
Hold
files are now working in visual mode and in other areas of Qedit/Open.
·
An
issue was fixed when Qedit repainted the updated screen incorrectly after a
block copy or move is now fixed.
·
Set
vis above can only be 0. This is a temporary. (Linux Only)
·
Set
Vis BlockEmulation has been turned on by default. (Linux Only)
·
Verify
@ and Verify Justify would abort Qedit, fixed in Qedit Build 3.
·
The
verify command formatting has been improved.
·
Add
with move syntax would abort, this is now fixed. A typical syntax is add last
< 1/3.
·
Adding
a block of text would incorrectly print out line numbers at the end of the
block of text. For the time being ADD will revert to ADDQ while we investigate
this issue.
·
The
Modify command will default to Modifyq for the time being as to when we resolve
some terminal issues.
·
Qedit has
been ported to Linux, specifically Small Endian Linux Machines.
Qedit/Open is
compatible with most versions of Linux. We have tested on Red Hat and Ubuntu.
There
are no known problems at the moment.
Qedit normally comes with a User Manual and a Change Notice. These
are currently being worked on.
The user manual contains the full description of all the Qedit
commands, as well as usage tips. The manual is up-to-date with all the latest
changes incorporated in Qedit. To see only the changes in the latest version,
see the "What's New" section of the manual, or see the change notice.
For a complete
description of the latest changes made to Qedit, the installation instructions,
and any compatibility issues, see the change notice that was included with the
release.
You
can download the files from the Robelle web site at http://www.robelle.com/library/manuals/.
The installation
Instructions for Qedit are directly under the download link on the download
page.
The installation
should take about 5 minutes during which time no one can use Qedit.
If you have any
questions about the upgrade or run into any problems, please call us. Technical support is available on weekdays from
6 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pacific time.
Qedit/Open 6.4 was
the first production version of Qedit/Open.
The following
section describes what does and doesn’t work on Qedit / Open currently.
The two main
functionality areas that are not currently functioning are Screen mode and
Server Mode
Screen mode,
which is primarily for VT type terminals, is supported by curses and the
command set vis screen on, is what tells Qedit to use screen mode when
the vi command is invoked.
Visual mode is
now working, this is the full screen mode that is supported through HP
terminals.
Commands that do
work and have been tested:
Add Glue ZZ
Append Hold
Change Justify
Colcopy Keep
Colmove List
Delete Renumber
Divide Replace
Find/ Findup Text
Online and
environmental commands that we have been testing:
Before
cd
Do
Form
Listredo
Listundo
Ls
Visual Mode
Modify (Set MOD
HP on is the default)
Redo
Zave
= Calculator,
limited testing
Commands that appear to work and have some testing but not extensive:
Merge
Lsort
So, to review,
and as you can see the first commands and the bulk of the commands are those
that operate on a number of lines, and frankly is what differentiates Qedit
from a lot of WYSIWIG editors. The ability to work on lines in a myriad of ways
in bulk and selecting lines by column, line number, rangelist with values,
range list with columns and even the newer features like regex.
We are looking
for feedback and testing to be done in other small endian environments running
Linux.
The
following problems have been fixed since the first release version of
Qedit/Open.
·
After a block copy or move Qedit would incorrectly handle
the lines before re-painting the screen.
·
Hold files were not working correctly in previous
versions.
The following
problems have been fixed since the first release version of Qedit/Open.
·
The ADD command move syntax would abort, this is now
fixed. Typical add move operation would be add last < 1/5 or similar.
·
The Add command now works quietly in both add and addq
cases. Line numbers would print out in a confusing manner on some terminals.
This is temporary while we investigate how to accommodate more terminals.
·
Verify @ or Verify Justify would abort Qedit, this is
now fixed in 6.3.50 Build 3.