Utilities Handbook

Table of Contents

Index

Chapter 7: Editor

• 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.1.1 General Editing Features
  • 7.1.2 COBOL Program Editing Features
• 7.2 Invoking the Editor
• 7.3 Exiting from the Editor
• 7.4 The Editor Screen
  • 7.4.1 The Work Area
  • 7.4.2 The Information Line
  • 7.4.3 The Menu
  • 7.4.4 The Message Line
  • 7.4.5 Multiple Files and Views
• 7.5 Functions
  • 7.5.1 Loading a File
    • 7.5.1.1 Using the File Prompt
    • 7.5.1.2 Using the Directory Facility
    • 7.5.1.3 File Access Considerations
  • 7.5.2 Entering Text
    • 7.5.2.1 Caps Lock
    • 7.5.2.2 Num Lock
    • 7.5.2.3 Word-wrap
    • 7.5.2.4 File Lock Indicator
    • 7.5.2.5 Margins
  • 7.5.3 Inserting, Deleting and Restoring Text
    • 7.5.3.1 Characters
    • 7.5.3.2 Words
    • 7.5.3.3 Lines
  • 7.5.4 Moving Through a File
    • 7.5.4.1 Moving Across a Line
    • 7.5.4.2 Moving to the Next/Previous Line
    • 7.5.4.3 Moving to the Beginning/End of a File
    • 7.5.4.4 Moving Up/Down Through a File
  • 7.5.5 Tagging Text Lines
  • 7.5.6 Finding and Replacing Text
    • 7.5.6.1 Entering the Text String
    • 7.5.6.2 Moving Through the Find and Replace Fields
    • 7.5.6.3 Clearing the Find and Replace Fields
    • 7.5.6.4 Locating the Text String
    • 7.5.6.5 Moving to a Specific Line
    • 7.5.6.6 Replacing the Text String
  • 7.5.7 Moving and Copying Text
    • 7.5.7.1 Defining Blocks of Text
    • 7.5.7.2 Moving/Copying Blocks of Text
    • 7.5.7.3 Editing Blocks of Text
    • 7.5.7.4 Combining Blocks of Text
  • 7.5.8 Saving a File
    • 7.5.8.1 The Save-file List Boxes
    • 7.5.8.2 File Access Considerations
  • 7.5.9 Using Edit Windows
    • 7.5.9.1 Creating a New Window
    • 7.5.9.2 Selecting a Window
    • 7.5.9.3 Sizing a Window
    • 7.5.9.4 Moving a Window
    • 7.5.9.5 Closing a Window
    • 7.5.9.6 The Window Navigation List Box
    • 7.5.9.7 Accessing Files in a Window
  • 7.5.10 Clearing a File
  • 7.5.11 Printing a File
  • 7.5.12 Additional Features
    • 7.5.12.1 Drawing Lines
    • 7.5.12.2 Calculate
    • 7.5.12.3 Editing Files Identified in Your COBOL Program
• 7.6 The Directory Facility
• 7.7 COBOL Support Functions
  • 7.7.1 Syntax-checking and Animating
    • 7.7.1.1 Syntax Checking
    • 7.7.1.2 Specifying Compiler Options
    • 7.7.1.3 Compiler Error Handling
    • 7.7.1.4 Starting Animator
  • 7.7.2 Command File Processing
  • 7.7.3 COBOL Source Information (CSI)
    • 7.7.3.1 Accessing CSI-functions
  • 7.7.4 File Handling Considerations
• 7.8 Compile Menu Functions
• 7.9 Configuring the Editor
  • 7.9.1 Toggle Settings
  • 7.9.2 Defining Language Settings
  • 7.9.3 Defining Margins
  • 7.9.4 Defining File Search Extensions
    • 7.9.4.1 Defining Copyfile Search Extensions
  • 7.9.5 Default Configuration of the Editor