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Screen I/O Settings in the IDE

The following configuration settings are available in the IDE:

Strip trailing spaces
Select this to hide any trailing spaces in DISPLAY ... UPON CONSOLE statements.

Equivalent switch: A1

Allow command line redirection
Select this to allow redirection of standard input, standard output and standard error from the command line of your character user interface application.

Equivalent switch: S5

ANSI input mode
Select this to use the ANSI character set when inputting keystrokes. This enables characters such as the Euro symbol to be input and displayed.

Equivalent tunable: ansi_input_mode

Console size
Specify the size of the console or COBOL text window for your application, measured in character spaces. The default is 80 characters wide by 25 characters deep.

Equivalent switches: C4 (80 x 43) and C5 (80 x 50)

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