Input Mode - IBM ZVM - FOR LINUX V6 RELEASE 1 Getting Started

Input mode

By issuing the subcommand INPUT at the command line (you can abbreviate the
subcommand as "i"), you enter input mode.
MY FILE
DMSXMD573I Input mode:
* * * Top of File * * *
|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....
_ 1
====> * * * Input Zone * * * 3
XEDIT places the cursor 1 at the beginning of the input zone 2 . The input
zone is an area in which you can place data. You can start typing at the cursor
and, when you reach the end of a line, press the new line (Enter) key to return the
cursor to the beginning of the next line. If you press the new line key on a line
without data, XEDIT returns the file to editing mode.
XEDIT blocks the command line 3 because you cannot enter subcommands
while in input mode.
Example of using input mode
1. Issue this command:
xedit my file a
2. On the command line, type input and press the Enter key.
3. Type this phrase, then press the Enter key:
CP is the z/VM hypervisor
4. Type this phrase, then press the Enter key:
CMS is the interactive component of z/VM
5. Type this phrase, then press the Enter key:
XEDIT is the CMS editor
A1 F 80 Trunc=80 Size=9 Line=0 Col=1 Alt=0
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