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EDITOR
The EDITOR command starts the EDIT/3000 subsystem, which enables you to
create and alter ASCII text files.
Syntax
EDITOR
Parameters
None.
Operation Notes
* Usage
You can enter this command from a session or a job. You cannot
enter it from a program unless you or the program have process
handling (PH) capability. You also cannot enter this command from
break mode.
Pressing Break suspends execution of this command; entering the
RESUME command continues execution.
Examples
Table 2-1 lists the primary EDIT/3000 commands, explains their
purpose, and provides an example of each command.
Table 2-1. Primary EDIT/3000 Commands
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| Command | Purpose | Example |
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| ADD | To enter lines of text into the work file | ADD 60,HOLD |
| | or from the hold file | |
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| CHANGE | To replace old text with new text | CHANGE "RECORD" TO "LINE" IN |
| | | 40/70 |
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| COPY | To duplicate portions of text from one | COPY 11/20 TO 80 BY .1 |
| | location to another in the work file | |
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| DELETE | To delete characters and lines from the | DELETE 50/75,150(3)/155(7) |
| | work file | |
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| END | To terminate execution of EDIT/3000 | END |
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| FIND | To locate a point in the work file | FIND *; FIND "PROGRAM" |
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| HOLD | To copy text from the work file into the | HOLD 100/150,APPEND; HOLD 1/10 |
| | hold file (either replacing or appending) | |
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| INSERT | To insert text into the work file from the | INSERT 25(4) |
| | terminal and the hold file | |
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| JOIN | To add all or part of a file to the work | JOIN FILE02 TO 1000 by .1 |
| | file | |
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| KEEP | To save all or part of the work file in a | KEEP FILE02 |
| | user file | |
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| LIST | To display any part or all of the work file | LIST 10/30 |
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| MODIFY | To modify text in the work file using three | MODIFY 50/100 |
| | operations of delete (D), insert (I), and | |
| | replace (R) | |
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| REPLACE | To replace lines in the work file | REPLACE 10/20,HOLD,NOW |
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Table 2-1. Primary EDIT/3000 Commands (cont.)
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| Command | Purpose | Example |
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| TEXT | To copy the contents of a user file into | TEXT FILE02 |
| | the work file to be edited | |
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| XPLAIN | To get help on one or more commands. | XPLAIN TEXT |
| | (XPLAIN ALL provides help on all commands.) | |
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Related Commands
FCOPY
PRINT