VM Tips

VM Settings

set CMDline location of the command line (TOP/BOT); do not use OFF
set SCALE location of the scale line (3-24/OFF)
set TABline location of the tab line line (3-24/OFF)
set TABS identify desired tab stops
set CURLine location of the current line line (3-24/OFF)
set NUMBer sequence numbers in the prefix area (ON/OFF)
set PREfix location of prefix area (LEFT/RIGHT/OFF)
set PREfix SYN sets a synonym (i.e. PRE XYN I A makes 'A' after in the copy/replace prefix commands)
set COLOR defines the color of various screen areas
set PFKx "command" defines PF key x
set SCReen n V sets the number of horizontal screens to n; if V is specified the screens are vertical
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XEDIT Commands

/ (pfx cmd) moves the line to the top of the screen, makes it the current line
# concatonates commands into a single string
ALL /xxx/ finds all occurances of xxx
AUT xx autosaves the file after xx entries
CDelete to delete a word or words
CFirst moves to column 1
CInsert to insert a word or words
CLast moves to the last position
CLocate :n|+n|-n|/c :n moves to column n; +n, -n moves the column to the right, left n positions, respectively;
/c where c is any character, puts the scale line at the first letter and moves that line to the top of the screen
CMS exits to CMS, commands can be issued from there
COverlay to replace selected characters
COUnt /xxx/ :yyy counts the occurances of string xxx from the current line to line yyy
CReplace to change a word or words
DUPlicate x y duplicates y lines starting with the current line x times
GET fn ft fm ss ee ftc external copy from fn ft fm {start with line} {end with line} {from to copy}
F data case-sensitive find data from current line down
FILEL to view the file list; FILEL * * X displays X disk
FUP data case-sensitive find data from current line up
HEXType xx displays in hex all lines to line xx starting with the current line
I (pfx cmd) will place mulitple blank lines on the screen
Join CURSOR (usually a PFKEY) the line joins at the cursor location
L /xxx/ locate xxx from current line down
L - /xxx/ locate xxx from current line backwards
MErge xx yy merge xx and yy
PACK ON/OFF packs the file
PF6/PF18 recall previous commands
POWerinp (pfx cmd) power typing allows continuous typing with automatic word wrap
PUT tfc export {to from copy}
PUTD deletes lines and places them in memory
Q AUTosave checks if AUTOSAVE is on or off
Q MSGL displays message line
Q PF displays PFKey settings
SAVE = newname = (command lind) save without overlaying
SF / user-id (command line) send file
SORT :xx yy zz sort from the current line to xx on columns yy through zz
SPlit CURSOR (usually a PFKEY) the line splits at the cursor location
SPLTJOIN (usually a PFKEY) combines SPlit and JOIN
ZONE xx yy vertical control of columns to be accessed
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CP Commands

#CP IPL CMS re-IPL's CMS, used when the system is in a hard loop
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Last Update: 16 November 2000
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