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verify the existence of a file, you can enter ces STATE or LISTFILE commands. CONTROLLING THE EDITOR'S DISPLAYS eXisting files. To
subset and issue the When you are using a typewriter terminal, you may not always want to see
the editor verify the results of each of your subcommands. Particularly
when you are making global changes, you may not want to see each line
displayed as it is changed. You can issue the VERIFY with
the OFF operand to instruct the editor not to display anything unless
specifically requested. After you issue:
verify off
lines that are normally displayed as a result of a subcommand that moves
the current line pointer (UP, DOWN, TOP, BOTTOM, and so forth), or that
changes a line (CHANGE, ALTER, and so forth), are not displayed. If the
current line pointer moves to the end of the file, however, the editor
always displays the EOF: message.
If you are editing with verification off, then you must be
particularly careful to stay aware of the position of your current line
pointer. You can display the current line at any time using the TYPE subcommand:
type gng When you enter an invalid subcommand
while you are using the editor, the editor normally responds with the
error message:
?EDIT: line ••• displaying the line that it did not recognize. If you prefer, you can
issue the SHORT subcommand so that instead of receiving the long form of
the error, you receive the short form, which is: When you issue an invalid edit macro request (any line that begins with
a $), you receive the message:
To resume receiving the long form of the error message, use the LONG subcommand:
long LONG and SHORT control the display of the error message regardless of
whether you are editing with verification on or off. On a display terminal, all EDIT messages that are displayed at the
top of the screen, including error messages and '?EDIT:' messages, are
highlighted.
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The PRESERVE and RESTORE subcommands are used together; the PRESERVE subcommand saves the settings of the EDIT subcommands that control the
file format, message and verification display, and file identifier. If you are editing a file and you want to temporarily change some of these
settings, issue the PRESERVE subcommand to save their current status. When you have finished your temForary edit project, issue the RESTORE subcommand to restore the settings.
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